![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
So, I was dicking around on the internet, and I decided to go watch some Cowboy Bebop subs. I was feeling nostalgic, what can I say?
So anyway, I was watching the subs, and was yet again reminded just how much I prefer the dub VA's to the Japanese seiyuus. CB is definitely in the rare category of anime where the English dub far and away outshines the Japanese version.
I'm the first to admit to being a dub-snob--I don't generally like them and I would usually much rather watch a sub than have to sit through terrible voice acting, and I'm sorry, but not having to read subtitles is usually just NOT WORTH the damage to my ears and the headaches that frequently ensue--but I'm also the first to admit that some dubs are on par, or even better (gasp!) than the original. Cowboy Bebop is just one of the examples. I also like Samurai Champloo's dub, though it isn't even close to as good as the Japanese and I VASTLY prefer Full Metal Achemist's dub to the subs. I <3<3<3 Edward's VA and think he does a fantastic job, and Roy's is simply too sexy for words, and Al's VA is so close to the original, that it's not even funny. They gave the FMA characters depth that I just didn't get from the subs.
Then there are attrocious dubs, of which there are too many to count, ahem Yu Yu Hakusho, Prince of Tennis, Yami no Matsuei, Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura, Bleach ahem, just to name a few.
Anyway, I found a thread the other day that was a few years old, and wanted to add my two cents, even if it's too late and not even in the right place. That's what really spawned this little monologue.
I've only one thing left to say. I both anticipate and dread the time when Death Note make it to Adult Swim (and it will--I have no doubt) to see how they butcher my beloved characters' lines. Because they will. Because it's Viz and Viz is the antichrist of Anime.
So anyway, I was watching the subs, and was yet again reminded just how much I prefer the dub VA's to the Japanese seiyuus. CB is definitely in the rare category of anime where the English dub far and away outshines the Japanese version.
I'm the first to admit to being a dub-snob--I don't generally like them and I would usually much rather watch a sub than have to sit through terrible voice acting, and I'm sorry, but not having to read subtitles is usually just NOT WORTH the damage to my ears and the headaches that frequently ensue--but I'm also the first to admit that some dubs are on par, or even better (gasp!) than the original. Cowboy Bebop is just one of the examples. I also like Samurai Champloo's dub, though it isn't even close to as good as the Japanese and I VASTLY prefer Full Metal Achemist's dub to the subs. I <3<3<3 Edward's VA and think he does a fantastic job, and Roy's is simply too sexy for words, and Al's VA is so close to the original, that it's not even funny. They gave the FMA characters depth that I just didn't get from the subs.
Then there are attrocious dubs, of which there are too many to count, ahem Yu Yu Hakusho, Prince of Tennis, Yami no Matsuei, Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura, Bleach ahem, just to name a few.
Anyway, I found a thread the other day that was a few years old, and wanted to add my two cents, even if it's too late and not even in the right place. That's what really spawned this little monologue.
I've only one thing left to say. I both anticipate and dread the time when Death Note make it to Adult Swim (and it will--I have no doubt) to see how they butcher my beloved characters' lines. Because they will. Because it's Viz and Viz is the antichrist of Anime.
