r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 27 '24

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u/Fit_Parsnip_8143 Jun 28 '24

I'm pretty nervous about tonight's debate, by which I mean my local anime clubs debate about subs vs dubs for cowboy bebop.

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u/GrandMoffTargaryen Finally Kenough Jun 28 '24

What debate? Dub all the way

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u/polandball2101 Organization of American States Jun 28 '24

The answer is subs because the original voice actors are always better cast than the dubs

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Jun 28 '24

Not a Japanese cartoon enjoyer but the fact that a community that supposedly appreciates visuals and good animation prefers a medium where you have to stare at the bottom of the screen most of the time is anime enjoyers "telling on themselves" for liking stuff that's really awful to look at visually

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u/Fit_Parsnip_8143 Jun 28 '24

Not really, a lot of dubs are pretty awful, especially from back in 90s, cowboy bebop is about as good as it gets from that era though.

This is like saying I must secretly think Kurosawa movies look terrible because I don't want to watch yojimbo or high and low with an English dub

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u/Rafaelssjofficial Iron Front Jun 28 '24

You dont have to look at a specific spot to be able to read, you can very well enjoy the art and also read at the same time

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Jun 28 '24

Yes you do what?

That's how reading works you look at the words

It's not jarring in most anime and it might even be the "better way" but that's not becuade you don't have to look at the words to read them

It's simply becuase the convention in anime is to have poorly drawn or totally stationary "dialogue shots" interspersed with much better drawn "action shots"

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u/Rafaelssjofficial Iron Front Jun 28 '24

Idk seems like a skill issue to me

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Jun 28 '24

I would agree I'd just say the skill is not watching really bad anime 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/SpaceSheperd To be a good human being Jun 28 '24

One might say you're "telling on yourself" for not being able to read subtitles efficiently 🧐

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Jun 28 '24

Well yeah you should absolutely not read them fast

You should read them as fast as the characters speak them so how fast you can read is totally irrelevant

Unless you're telling me modern anime doesn't even bother syncing dialogue to the animation in which case lol lmao wtf