I feel like some of y’all are just holding onto old grudges from the 90s and 2000s when dubs were done on zero budget and didn’t have experienced actors who were being paid enough to take the roles seriously. Modern dubs are generally pretty great now that voice acting as a profession is taken a lot more seriously over here. There are even a few dubs I’ve watched just because a VA I like is in them.
At this point it’s all preference, and anyone being an elitist gatekeeper about it is a dick.
English American (especially) voice acting uses a totally different acting methodology than the Japanese voice actors typically do. Imo unless the dub is exceptional (maybe one piece), you are missing emotional content that I prefer to consume.
Most subs are still objectively worse than the sub in VA quality. That’s just how it is. It’s certainly gotten better and some dubs such as the Konosuba dub are fantastic, so good it’s worth watching both
I feel like some of y’all are just holding onto old grudges from the 90s and 2000s when dubs were done on zero budget and didn’t have experienced actors who were being paid enough to take the roles seriously. Modern dubs are generally pretty great now that voice acting as a profession is taken a lot more seriously over here. There are even a few dubs I’ve watched just because a VA I like is in them.
At this point it’s all preference, and anyone being an elitist gatekeeper about it is a dick.
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English American (especially) voice acting uses a totally different acting methodology than the Japanese voice actors typically do. Imo unless the dub is exceptional (maybe one piece), you are missing emotional content that I prefer to consume.
Most subs are still objectively worse than the sub in VA quality. That’s just how it is. It’s certainly gotten better and some dubs such as the Konosuba dub are fantastic, so good it’s worth watching both
To me dubbed shows just make me think of kids’ shows