Don't get me wrong, there are SOME cases where I'd go with the sub first. If it's a very serious show/game like Fate/Zero or Danganronpa , then I don't want to risk any of the emotional weight in the performances being lost in translation. But for more generic/fun weeb games like Neptunia or Tales, do you REALLY lose all that much "emotion" from the dub? Doesn't the ability to understand the dialogue without having your eyes glued to the bottom of the screen more than make up for it?
Is dub hatred overblown?
Noah Walker
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Easton Edwards
Some of the hatred for dubs comes from anime. Video game dubs are somewhat less putrid because the actors and script don't have to conform to mouth flaps and scene transitions. It's kind of funny playing Persona games and seeing the voice acting quality totally plummet during the anime cutscenes compared to the text box dialogue.
Isaiah Murphy
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Levi Nelson
Everyone outside of ironic Any Forums weebs agree that nep's dub is far superior to its sub.
Dylan Williams
Ehh, it'd be perfect if every scene was dubbed. The fact that scenes randomly go from voiced to non-voiced in ENG triggers my autism too much, so I'd rather just go with JP where all the scenes have voice acting.
Alexander Baker
>defending woke shit
Go back
Brody Howard
cope and sneed
Ethan Gomez
fair and agreeable.
Jason Lewis
>western aaa flopping
>chink shit is all jp dubs
English is over
Carter Rodriguez
Nep dub is awful. Voices suck and localization gets worse each game.
Gavin Torres
The bait would've been better if you didn't use a clip from the MLA anime
John Bell
Dubs vary in quality. First the voice actors are important, especially if several voice actors in that industry dominate it so hard that you get tired of hearing them yet again. Then you got the translations, and how faithful they can be (definitely had friends that could point out the errors and weird word choices right as we were watching with subs).
Jeremiah Reyes
You posted a fucking Nep. You know full well how bad dub Rom is.
Henry Cox
No it isn't.
Dominic Miller
But the most important thing I'd say is whether or not they could catch the original vision of the author, and clearly gave a damn. It's rare, but when you see it, it makes for a magical experience. I even think shit like English Bobobo actually did pretty well with the source material, given how many untranslatable Japanese puns there already are, and how the zaniness of the original allow for them to have their own take. I was actually surprised how close a lot of the fights and original writing still matched up.
Lucas Thompson
Its no bait. Its just a fact that english dub will always be shit.
Alexander Williams
>English Bobobo actually did pretty well
Neck yourself.
Samuel Parker
Not reading all that shit, I just prefer things in their original language, here in my country dubs are mostly for children or retards who can't read fast enough.
And I grew up watching anime in Japanese or sometimes in my own language so I can't get used to anime characters speaking English, it just doesn't fit them imo, furthermore I see no fucking reason to insert a third language into the mix, you know? Like why the fuck would I want a language that isn't the original but at the same time isn't my native language? It doesn't make any sense.
Alexander Williams
It's not overblown, but the hatred has its roots from another era.
Back in the 90's it wasn't a serious business.
They didn't hire actors to do the dubbing.
They just hired random losers who have never even set foot in any form of acting environment.
And this was the result: youtu.be
Ultra cringe shit, and it stayed that way for over 2 decades.
John Peterson
English voice acting is absolutely terrible because voice acting is considered to be the lowest caste of acting. Dubbing anime and games is what you do when you've failed as an actor.
Meanwhile, in Japan, voice acting is a top tier career. Little kids dream of being voice actors when they grow up. It's a highly valued line of work.
The only Japanese game you should ever play with English voices is Ace Combat. Everything else, always pick Japanese.
Eli Clark
Cherami Leigh gets a pass
Luke Stewart
>Is dub hatred overblown?
no. next question
Jose Torres
Voice acting is a lot more director-dependent than regular acting. There are fewer variables, so the director has a lot more control over performance, and can give better guidance. The fact that weeb dubs have been bad for so long, in both cartoons and vidya, is due almost entirely to bad directing. Directors are an even more incestuous cliquish bunch than even voice actors; and since they're way higher on the food chain, they're harder to deal with. Remember: with every bad performance, the director said that was good enough.
Cooper Hill
Damn even my broke wagie ass makes more than almost all of these.
Gavin Diaz
>Ace Combat
No.