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INTEREST: American Teens Share Their Reactions to Attack on Titan

It still doesn't sound like *A MAN*. It's very obviously in all three cases a female's voice. And while that may work with some of the more effeminate adult male characters, Goku is one of the LAST character's I'd ever refer to as "effeminate".

Actar wrote:

To me, watching a dubbed anime is like watching American cartoons or Hollywood movies dubbed in Japanese or a Korean drama dubbed in Chinese. It's just so bizarre when you can just experience the original.

The difference there though is you're watching real people. You most likely know what those hollywood actors sound like before even turning on the movie, so seeing that person with another person's voice coming out of them is strange. There's a visual and auditory disconnect there. While that can certainly happen with anime if you've watched a show a lot in japanese and then switch to english, I feel it's far less pronounced compared to live-action.

Man, i've just encountered so many people with that attitude who hate on perfectly good dubs thats it just becomes unbearable at times. I understand people have a preference but when they they say things like "nothing in anime sounds good in english" i just ... ugh. And also that is a phase that a lot of people go through that they eventually grow out of but i wasn't implying watching subs as a whole i meant just putting japanese things on a pedestal which is what i encountered in my early days of fandom that a lot of people (me included) were doing.

I also wasn't trying to sound enlightened or condescending (and i apologize if i was) but its just frustrating hearing things like that all the time everywhere. Its not even that i hate subs cause i watch subbed stuff all the time its just irritating is all.

I mean, I like Japanese, but I see no reason in watching this, regardless of quality, over the original English version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZS36w_fxdg

Getting back on topic, it just seems like the Attack on Titan dub sounds very amateurish, at least based on the first few episodes. It was surprising to me because Funimation has improved over time, but this one seems half-hearted. Aside from a couple of characters here and there, there seems to be a lot of forced, stilted deliveries. But then, given the material they have to work with, it shouldn't be surprising.

I find Eren's VA to be especially troubling, as he seems incapable of genuine emoting. Thus my Vic Mignogna comparison.

I did include American cartoons in my original comment as well. I mean, I like Japanese, but I see no reason in watching this, regardless of quality, over the original English version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZS36w_fxdg

Actar wrote:

I did include American cartoons in my original comment as well. I mean, I like Japanese, but I see no reason in watching this, regardless of quality, over the original English version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZS36w_fxdg

Aro? So Japan puts more effort into American cartoons than America does? That's kinda cool!

I did like the drill instructor's VA, definitely. Potato Girl sounds pretty decent, too.

Even the casual viewers know that the dub isn't that good hahaha.

Well, ep3 was better, more faithful to the original script.