What makes you an anime fan?It's been bothering me a lot lately, the continuous battle between dubs and subs. In fact, I'm starting to see this as being crazy. I know that animes are best watched in their original version, but are dubs really as bad as it's been claimed?
If dubs were that bad, I wouldn't have liked Cardcaptor Sakura in which I've never watched the Japanese version until I got my hands on the second movie. If dubs really are that bad, why are dubbing companies continuing to dub them anyway?
So if I were to like these dub versions, does that make me a very bad anime fan?
So what really makes an anime fan? By the looks of it, they must be able to have some understanding of Japanese in their language and culture. They must also be able to converse a little in Japanese like saying the words 'Hai', 'Baka' and 'Kawaii'. They must have a wide collection of animes and it must be expensive or top notch. And they must never... NEVER like dubbed animes.
It's like a sin that dubbed animes exist. I'm reading the newspapers on Sunday and everyone is rooting for subs and not the dubs. What's wrong with dubs? Sure, there are a lot of bad dubs out there. I know Cardcaptors was bad! I heard One Piece was horrible. But what about others like Slayers, Samurai X, Gravitation and many others? Were they really that bad? To me, they kept the story line pretty well. Just because they sound nothing like their Japanese counterparts or because they change the names, all true anime fans are outraged and want these dubs to die.
Sigh... people really need to look at things in a different perspective. Just because of a few bad dubs, the others have already been labelled as bad. I've heard that Chrno Crusade and Full Metal Alchemist was done really well. I think that should count for something...
Dubs don't exist to ruin the original anime. Just like the anime, they're trying to gain more viewers who prefer to watch shows in their own languages. There's also the difference in culture and such, and though Japanese culture may be fascinating, it can be overwhelming. That's why changes are inevitable.
So stop condemning dubs. If it weren't for dubs, there won't be a lot of anime fans out there right now. Me included.
posted by Michelle J Brohier @ 11:37 PM
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