Sub is better than Dub

Real talk, if you think either is unacceptable, and you like telling other people about this, then people 100% think you're a douchebag. Myself included.

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I like dubs so I can do other shit while I watch it but if it's something I'm really going to pay attention to I'll watch it either way. I don't get why some people think subs are so much better. Either is fine.

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- I don't get why some people think subs are so much better.
  
  It's not necessarily better, but it's closer to the original material. Dubs often change various things in order to adapt it to their language, these changes are sometimes good, sometimes bad. Sure the translations are not perfect either, but they're not limited by lip-syncing and therefore tend to be more accurate.
  
  For example:
  
  Say a character makes a pun that only works in japanese;
  
  Even a very good dub, will have to replace this pun with something else that fits the lip-syncing and makes sense in their language.
  
  But a sub can keep the original joke and have a little asterix at the corner explaining that word A and word B look similar in japanese or something like that.
  
  Plus, those of us who don't have english as their first language are often already used to subs, since not as many things are dubbed in our language, and when they are, it's usually terrible.
  
  That said, use whatever works best for you.
  
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My father is extremely dyslexic and it takes him 5-6x as long to read something as most readers. My family has always had to read subtitles out loud for him. I actually have to stop myself from reading subs aloud when I'm with friends and he isn't around.

So I prefer dubs because it allows my father to enjoy a program without depending on others.

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Real talk, if you think either is unacceptable

What are you referring to?

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- People who think you should learn Japanese. Yes Ive met them.
  
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- sub or dub
  
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What am I supposed to do? Not much anime while I wash the dishes and fold laundry?

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You can enjoy either. I don't discriminate although my preference is sub. This meme was just too good to not post because of how this joke goes along with the format. Doesn't matter what you watch, the only things that matters is your enjoyment. <3

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- Thank you, loved the joke but I don't like people hating dubbers
  
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I'm running out of great anime, so now I'm learning Japanese. I'm not joking, haha. It's actually a really, really cool language.

I'm like, maybe 5% the way there, though... I still really love dubs, but I also enjoy a few subs!

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Imagine being an ANIME fan and watching TEXT instead of the amazing ANIMATION ANIMEtors worked their ass off for. If you want to watch text, read a book instead, genius. But you're too lazy to move your eyes huh? You have to have the text all stay in one place and be delivered to you like the milkshakes to the morbidly obese content addicts in WALL-E. Watching with subs is disrespectful to the animators and reveals your extremely flawed character. I watch with dubs because I am sophisticated and I know how to appreciate art.

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I can't take dubs seriously. It's like every character has to talk like Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Some are definitely bad, and also you hear the same voices over and over again haha. But a lot of them are genuinely great!

The are a LOT of good examples, but for some reason the one that comes immediately to mind is Mushishi. Check it out!

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We’re still doing this toxicity in 2023? Really?

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Unpopular: Learning German, I download both German subs and dubs from 𝚊𝔫ιᴍɘ-Iᴏ𝗮𝕕𝘴•𝑜я𝖌, combine the two in ffmpeg and watch dubs with non-matching subs

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I'm something of a Dom myself, but you do you

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I'm sub on both fronts

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- Same, first comment was for the meme tho
  
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I can't play on my GBA with subs

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A few anime's break this rule. Like Space Dandy where the dub is clearly superior.

I also want to recommend the dub of SGT Frog. It's not as wild as Ghost Stories, but man do the VAs sometimes throw out some wild pop culture references.

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Also Ghost Stories, where the source material was so boring that giving in the Abridged/MST3K treatment made it infinitely better.

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Steve Blum's dub of Spike is pretty amazing, too. But you should just watch both.

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- Steve Blum is always even amazing, even in Digimon.
  
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I feel the same with Cyberpunk Edgerunners. It just feels more natural somehow

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Baccano!!! I cannot imagine watching it without the accents!

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I prefer dubs mostly cause its hard to read subs when I'm wasted.

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I just want subs that match the dub because audio processing disorder sucks.

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Ah, the ancient traditions persist I see.

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Unless you speak Japanese, dubs are better because otherwise you miss out on vocal cues that you, a non-japanese speaker, can't understand and that text can only partially convey

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Maybe if you're totally new to anime but if you watched a few animes this is not a problem at all.

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- I've watched plenty of animes, the languages aren't so different that it's impossible to get used to, but as an English speaker you'll always have an easier time parsing English words
  
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sub is absolutely better than dub, on average. but the best sub can't touch the best dub.

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