I guess I own a few anime DVDs.
I prefer dubs myself. It's all about the art and the story. If it were just about the dialog, one would read the original manga. How many realize that except for songs, Japanese audio is not lipsynced? Not many. You also have to play stop and go a lot of times to read the dialog then watch the scene. That hardly seems like the experience the creator wanted you to have when watching their anime. I dare someone to try to watch Excel Saga subbed especially the later issues and the next episode "previews". I dare you all.
A lot of times the dub has the same exact script as the translated sub except the dub matches lip flap. You'll notice that when there are no lip flaps and time permits, the dialog of the sub and the dub is the same. Not too much of any issue since a lot of animes hide the mouth of a speaking character to make it cheaper to produce.
Companies like ADV, Pioneer, Bandai, AnimEigo (they're mac users too), Viz, and Anime Works (mostly) do excellent dubs. Way above bar. However, U.S. Manga and FUNImation do so-so dubs/subs. There is nothing wrong with the dialog of U.S. Manga (Read or Die, Virus) dubs but the subtitles are annoying. They do not have a signs only sub. So you have to turn on the subtitle track to read the signs/songs translations. Even Hard Titles are better than this. FUNImation (Dragon Ball series, Fruits Basket, Yu Yu Hakusho suffers from the same problem and on some series if the in show Kanji is translated at all, it's done at a separate point in the DVD. It's really fun when you have a joke that plays off some sign (Fruits Basket) and you never get to see the translation. Worst, they seriously change the script of the episode. It's almost depressing how bad it is. For example, when they are arriving at the place to rescue Yukina, the sub says something like "Wow, this is a very big place." the dub translates it to "This place smells like ass." There are plently more of these examples where the story suffers seriously from such replacements. Saiyuki also seems to have this problem of randomly adding curse words. Son Goku has quite a month on him.
I'd have to say my favorite animes are Love Hina, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Lain, Slayers (hitting next on the DVD remote always goes to the next episode, not the next chapter), Ranma 1/2, Now and Then, Here and There (most depressing anime ever), Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Kimagure Orange Road, I My Me! Strawberry Eggs (never have I cried so much at the end of something before...), Mahoromatic, Berserk, Excel Saga (All hail Lord Ilpalazzo!), Hellsing, Great Teacher Onizuka, Ai Yori Aoshi, Chobits (so cute...), Sugar (so cute...) and many more.
Personally I love Shoujo the most. Mmm... Menchi Snacks.
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why oh why did AnimEigo change it from "Lupin III" to "Rupan III?!?!" worst name change _ever_. now i dont want to buy the dvd from fear that when they speak to lupin they will say "Rupan." what a horrible horrible name. :(
Posted by: fireside on June 16, 2003 9:13 PMHave you tried watching FLCL? I liked Excel, but found FLCL funnier (but not wackier)!
Posted by: Mecha on June 17, 2003 1:22 AMHeh, I have FCLC. Forgot to put it on the list. And it was changed to Rupan for legal issues. And Lupin is pronounced the same as Rupan ;)
Posted by: Rosyna on June 17, 2003 2:34 AMNo, you pronounce it "rupawn"; Rupan is just the romanized spelling of how it's actually spelled/pronounced in katakana. There's no L sound in Japanese.
Posted by: Quobobo on June 17, 2003 9:20 PMYou have to pause subtitled movies? [Stifled laughter]
I hate dubbed films, but I love foreign film, so I've watched a lot of subtitled movies. Hell, I've managed to follow a few in one language I only know a little of subtitled in a different language I know a little of.
I've never needed to pause one yet.
I think you need to work on your speed-reading... :¬)
Posted by: Liam Proven on June 19, 2003 10:26 AMCool I'm an anime fan and I am a member of a local screening club. I also run an anime/art board: http://untitledimage.shows.it/ if anyone is interested. FLCL is great fun, is the anime that really got me hooked, that and Escaflowne.
Posted by: NetworkShadow on June 22, 2003 1:47 AMYEAH! Rupan/Lupan is cool (just about the only anime that doesnt draw colored people with clown lips heheeh)....But *sigh* Gainax, Gainax, what are we gonna do with you? does every series you produce have to be ridden with social commentry undertones?! Man, i swear thier entire production crew musta minored in philosophy/socio-phychology in college. nevertheless FLCL is fun...=)
Posted by: Rob Diddo on August 7, 2003 3:41 PMhey i got an anime chat site type of thing goin but it need people plz go http://link9990.proboards21.com/
Posted by: johni on August 12, 2003 10:39 PMI've only seen the teaser for Excel Saga And I think its just as funny as FLCL. Anyone know where I can get the DVD set? I can't find it at Best Buy.
Posted by: Gabe on August 16, 2003 6:17 PMIncidentally, from what I've heard, Animeigo had to use the alternate (i.e. wrong) spelling of 'Rupan' because Pioneer has a trademark on Lupin... or something along those lines, anyway.
Posted by: codeman38 on May 20, 2004 6:31 PMI LOVE FRUITS BASKET!!! It's such a great anime (manga too)Well...actually I've never seem the anime but people I know have...and...I trust them! I'm so happy that Takaya sensei is making things with Tohru and Kyou together!!! Yeah...I'm a Kyoru!!! With PRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Kari on October 8, 2004 3:07 PMI watched excel saga only the first one though. There's nothing wrong with the subs. I love the dog(Menchi) singing in the end though!
Posted by: Mystic on April 12, 2007 7:48 AMWait come to think about it I don't think I watched Excel Saga in sub but it was to long ago. Fruit Basket though, it is hard to read the subs because the words switch before they are even done talking. And that whole pausing and reading thing is so true, it's not a fun thing to do.
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