Poll: Subbed or Dubbed?

[fustercluck]

I'm curious to get an idea as to what most people prefer. I've watched a lot of anime in the past, all with subtitles, and I'm not bothered by them at all. Infact i very much prefer them. When i see foreign stuff on TV that is dubbed, I almost always can't stand it. Starz always shows foreign movies with dubbing, stuff i was looking forward to seeing, but I can't bare watching it, because dubbing is just so bad I think.

 

[Ricemarine]

Uhh...

Anything in foreign = subbed.

I rather not see voice dubs where it doesn't match the movement of the mouth..

 

[Shawn]

I dunno. For movies dubbed is ok but for porn it sucks. WhyTF dubbed porn even exists i'll never know, but it is HORRIBLE.

 

[Vinny N]

I like having both.

Sometimes it's nice to watch an anime in english so that I can stay focused and enjoy the animation/art instead of reading subtitles.

Which isn't to say subs ruin visual enjoyment, but it's just not the same when your eyes gravitate to words.

 

[Powermoloch]

subtitles any day.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Dubbed. I can't stand having some lame two-color font taking up 1/15th of the screen.

 

[HN]

subbed

 

[Goosemaster]

subtitles...that way the audio is basically guareenteed to be perfect for msot films and you get to see what people sound like....

<--reelly surprised when he first saw Ghost in the SHell

 

[TwiceOver]

Neither.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Uhh...

Anything in foreign = subbed.

I rather not see voice dubs where it doesn't match the movement of the mouth..

Indeed. Worst is how they ruin perfectly good characters by not having a voice that fits.

 

[caivoma]

sub for me, i cant stand dub.

 

[Baked]

Dub is for lazy people who can't read.

 

[neegotiator]

grew up on old subbed chinese flicks, so definitely subs

 

[jagec]

Almost all dubs totally BLOW. Subbed is much, much better.

 

[uhohs]

dubs make me cry.

 

[bersl2]

Sub snob here.

I've seen a few acceptable dubs here and there, but most of them completely blow. And even the decent ones usually trip up in a few places.

The only downside to subs is that some of the more verbose titles---GitS especially---move too quickly to read the text fast enough. Of course, a quick pause or rewind fixes this.

P.S.: Die, 4Kids!

 

[Colt45]

subs FTW

 

[cubby1223]

I prefer subs. But the language is all jibberish to me, and I can only take it in small quantities. Sit in front of subs for like 4 hours straight and I'm ready to go crazy.

 

[So]

subs are the only reasonable way to go.