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Originally Posted by The Ninjinister
(I do like how you indicated "redubbed" in the title - because people often seem to forget that all cartoons are dubbed in the first place, no matter the language. That's what the process of adding vocal tracks to it is called :P )
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Bah! Technicalities. ;) They're just terms to help distinguish; it's easier to call them "subs and dubs" versus "dubs and redubs." And what about the case of something like
Akira, which has been dubbed into English twice? Is the newer one a reredub? ;)
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Originally Posted by Peanut
I dunno, I think people are just stupid. A lot of anime in the original Japanese have insanely irritating/grating voices that really start to bug me. At the same time, some are really well done. I don't think something getting dubbed in English automatically makes it worse, far from it.
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I can understand preferring a dub to a sub (kinda, I guess), but to call me and others stupid just because we like subs more? Really, now. For me, I prefer subs automatically based on them being the original language. Original dialog, original voice acting, and what the lip movements were animated around. A dub, to me, is bastardized just because of the changes necessary to create proper lip syncing, and the added problem of putting voices to animation, rather than animating to the voice actors' performances. (Not all cartoons—Japanese or otherwise—are voiced first, but a lot, probably most, are.)
That, and I've never heard a dub I like more than the sub. The Japanese put a lot of emotion into their voice acting that's rather over-the-top, and I like that excessive emoting; it fits the stylized animation and concepts. Most US voice actors, however, sound pretty drab and with almost no vocal range whatsoever. If you'd rather listen to Steven Blum play the same monotonous voice in every anime and video game ever, fine; but I'll taking emoting and the "excited when necessary, including in his voice" Spike Spiegel over that any day. ;)
Also, dub dialog usually just bites the dust, I find. Again, because they have to use words that go relatively well with the lip movements. Compromises have to be made, and you can only get so much of the same message across, and it usually comes across very stilted. I'd rather read English translations of the original dialog, imperfect as that may be, over an even more bastardized form of the original wording.
BUT OH I GUESS I'M JUST A BIG STUPID SO DON'T LISTEN TO ME ;)