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ArcticWolf said:
Subs all the way.
I don't think dubs are bad or anything; I just don't like them. No matter the genre or the anime, dubs always sound awkward and corny to me, and they take away the serious tone of an anime and turn it childish. This annoys me the most in action anime because a really intense fight scene oftentimes begins to sound like a child's cartoon instead of an anime with a mature plot line. Basically, for me, watching an anime with dubs is the same as watching a live-action movie with dubs - it's just awkward either way. Perhaps this is because, like many others on here, I grew up with western cartoons and animated movies, and the English voice actors for Japanese anime in comparison to them sound so monotone and emotionless. On a side note from that last point, I think several of the female English voice actors have annoying/whiny voices. I have no problem with female Japanese voice actors because they're, you know, Japanese, whereas I know most English female voices aren't really that high-pitched, yet many of them in anime still have that fake high ring to them (in my opinion). As for the subtitles themselves, I honestly don't have a problem with them at all because I'm a really fast reader, but for people who read slowly, I understand why they at least don't like subs.
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![Subs all the way.
I don't think dubs are bad or anything; I just don't like them. No matter the genre or the anime, dubs always sound awkward and corny to me, and they take away the serious tone of an anime and turn it childish. This annoys me the most in action anime because a really intense fight scene oftentimes begins to sound like a child's cartoon instead of an anime with a mature plot line. Basically, for me, watching an anime with dubs is the same as watching a live-action movie with dubs - it's just awkward either way. Perhaps this is because, like many others on here, I grew up with western cartoons and animated movies, and the English voice actors for Japanese anime in comparison to them sound so monotone and emotionless. On a side note from that last point, I think several of the female English voice actors have annoying/whiny voices. I have no problem with female Japanese voice actors because they're, you know, Japanese, whereas I [i]know[/i] most English female voices aren't really that high-pitched, yet many of them in anime still have that fake high ring to them (in my opinion). As for the subtitles themselves, I honestly don't have a problem with them at all because I'm a really fast reader, but for people who read slowly, I understand why they at least don't like subs.](http://images6.fanpop.com/image/answers/3493000/3493628_1396119505131.39res_500_281.jpg)
