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Ms. Answerman and the Broken Angel

Nagisa wrote:

Kazuki-san wrote: ex_mutants wrote: Better than “Really Bad” dubs just means they are “Bad” dubs. Hmm.. or maybe "good"? Or "really good." Quite a few "really goods" out there.

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He makes a comment on how when you're watching subtitles part of that includes trying to comprehend the forign language. Sorry, but unless you're watching with the intention of actually understanding the language, it's going right in one ear and coming out the other. To say you're trying to comprehend the language while watching would be to say that you're trying to learn the language while watching which is impossible (unless you're some sort of savant which I doubt most anime fans are).

f you're best experiance with dubs was back in the VHS days then it could be said that the voice actor pool is now Olympic sized compared to the kiddie pool of the 90's. It's been a real treat lately watching shows that I don't recognize the voices in. Better yet, thanks to the huge volumes of titles that are being licensed now, great voice actors who got minor roles way-back-when are now getting the leads. Next time you're buying a DVD try picking something you haven't already seen subtitled that you've heard good things about, you're very likely to notice an improvement in the quality.

Actually, I've picked up a lot of vocabulary watching anime, as well as few verb forms. .

Actually, I've watched some newer shows dubbed and they STILL make me gag. not all of them, but most of them. Especially superGALS!. That show makes me cry dubbed. Cry like a little girl.

I know people like this, so I speak from experience.

Actually, I've picked up a lot of vocabulary watching anime, as well as few verb forms.

You have two people. Both are at home watching Spirited Away, let's say. Person A is watching it dubbed. He is thinking about the dialogue, thinking about the symbolism in the story, thinking about all the little nuances in the art and formulating his own theories about what the story represents and what kind of messages the director was trying ot send.

Person B is staring blankly at the subtitles, reading the words, but not thinking about anything beyond staring at subs.

Who's lazy then?

Unless you find a peer-reviewed scientific journal about an experiment with at least 100 participants, presided over by a neurologist, a biochemist, a psychologist, and a cognitive science specialist, using data gathered from CT CAT scans, MRIs, and EEGs, your "facts" are nothing but a load of bull.

While the byline claims to be a translation, all of the articles are actually totally rewritten by the dirt-cheapest people I can find with no respect for maintaining the original author's words and intentions. Instead I say that I "made different choices" than the original, and the industry at large accepts that as a "good thing"

I can read the average subtitle in about 1/4 second, and have plenty of time to decipher nuance and meaning derived from the intended performances.