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What's wrong with Mediablasters [dubs]?

Now I see Toward The Terra is Sub-Only, is going to dubbed later on?

This is probably the biggest reason why the market is in such shambles as is...it seems that people are simply not willing to shell out money for something if it doesn't meet all of their requirements. I understand money is tight nowadays for a lot of folks but, if you already had the intention of buying it before you found out that a dub wouldn't be included, do the companies a favor and buy the release anyway. If you don't want to buy it because of a lack of an English-dub, that's your right as a consumer but, in my opinion that's just being anal and is really detrimental to the industry as a whole.

One question that always crosses my mind when people say they aren't buying something because it doesn't have a dub is - do you mean you're going to do without seeing it at all, or have you already seen it fansubbed and are being extremely hypocritical?

One question that always crosses my mind when people say they aren't buying something because it doesn't have a dub is - do you mean you're going to do without seeing it at all, or have you already seen it fansubbed and are being extremely hypocritical?

if you already had the intention of buying it before you found out that a dub wouldn't be included, do the companies a favor and buy the release anyway. If you don't want to buy it because of a lack of an English-dub, that's your right as a consumer but, in my opinion that's just being anal and is really detrimental to the industry as a whole.

One question that always crosses my mind when people say they aren't buying something because it doesn't have a dub is - do you mean you're going to do without seeing it at all, or have you already seen it fansubbed and are being extremely hypocritical?

Ah yes, that's very true sometimes. I experienced that with Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicle I liked it when I watched the subs and the story was interesting but with the slow pacing I just found it too much of a chore and dropped it after about 10-15 episodes. I picked up the whole first season on a whim and was surprised how much better the series was dubbed and how well it flowed.

Generally, I don't buy sub only releases either unless I have a fairly good idea they're going to be good. I consider not having a dub to be like general laziness or penny-pinching which I don't agree with or feel like supporting by handing over my cash and thus boycott them for the most part. It's like buying a car without a stereo or air conditioning, you don't need them to drive but they're handy to have. I do own Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, the Kimagure Orange Road TV series, OVA, and movie, and some of the Patlabor series I have are undubed. Generally it's a discouragement, but if I want to see it badly enough it's not going to stop me.

MB has offered low cost dub releases before, with mixed results. Noein was ok, but they also gave us Green Green.