Why do people hate English dubs of anime so much?

• Now I know I'll probably generate a lot of hate from this, but everyone I hear who voices their opinions about hating English dubs have all sounded like whiny weeaboo's with the complex that Japan is a perfect country. I do love Japan and it's culture, but I don't use anime as the key part of that. I'll search up this question and all of their points are: -English dubs have a small cast of voice actors -English ruins the "feel" of the show -"English is a horribly ugly language compared to Japanese" -English dubs censor and butcher jokes from the Japanese versions -"English dubs are for weeaboo's who know nothing about anime and Japan" -Characters have no emotions when they talk -ALL English dubs "just suck" To me, none of these reasons are valid. You cannot judge something so large so harshly without give both sides and equal chance in a clean mindset, which they have not. They have the mindset that dubs are bad before they start watching, so it does to them. These people are generally the ones who know next to nothing about Japan, yet they treat it as their "promise land". They have no real reasons for hating dubs. I will admit it though, I was an equal amount of dubs and subs; but I believe it's only fitting to the case. To address their reasons though. Yes, the dubbing industry of anime is usually stuck close between a group of the "stars", but when I hear them in their respective shows they do a great job and while I may recognize them from their other shows, I don't let any of that get in the way because they're doing a good, fitting job. In some cases, yes, an English dub feels awkward and out of place for some shows; mainly the ones that use a lot of Japanese terminology, or when they use an actor with an accent for a character where it's not necessary. I honestly have not seen too many examples of this though. Being an good English speaker natively I can appreciate our own language and see the beauty where it is inserted, but personally I cannot deny how much I love the Japanese language though I don't speak it. I listen to tons of Japanese music and I think it's a beautiful and cool sounding language. However this does not make me bias one or the other. To address the next point, the last time I've seen an English dub completely butcher a show were for series like Card Captors, Pokemon, etc. (however I do prefer Digimon and Pokemon in English no matter how butchered they are). From what I have seen though, this is not true at all for a lot of anime past that time. For all the shows I watch, I watch both the English and Japanese dub. And for a lot of shows, yes, I do prefer the dub over the sub. There are times where I will hate the Japanese dub, but that's only been for one show or so. Some main anime famorites I prefer in English are: Death Note, Full Metal Alchemist, Ouran High School Host Club, Boys Over Flowers, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Bleach, Inuyasha, Eureka Seven, and many more than this. Don't judge the titles I listed as "weeaboo anime" just because shows like Bleach and Inuyasha have an annoying fanbase. They're not as bad as we may think sometimes. And some of my biggest peeves are when people say dubs are people who know nothing about anime or Japan. I know quite a bit about both, but I won't bash a dub unless it deserves it. Sometimes it doesn't matter to me which I watch, but then there are times when I feel that English doesn't fit the show or it's characters. For example, the English dub for Eden of the East was well received, but in comparison to the Japanese version I didn't find I got the same feel from the characters. This can of course go both ways depending on the show, however. And one argument they like to use is that English voice actors give no emotions in their performances. Sometimes it's true, sometimes not. But I have not seen a dub I enjoyed where the voice acting fell flat. In fact, they were very rich. And last of all the argument that "English dubs just suck". It's the worst one of all since it has nothing backing it up, but it's used most frequently. These people will bash a dub without so much as hearing them. Some more things that p*ss me off are when they think that they are Japanese and fully understand the humour, but when they laugh at a Japanese joke they don't understand it at all because it's not relevant to their own culture. The only reason they laugh is because they think anything Japanese is automatically better. For one example, Cromartie High School is hands down better and funnier to an English speaker because of how excellently they made it fit with the show. To those who hate English dubs, go try it out. But this is just my take on it, and I fail to understand how they can have such unfair and bias views. In your opinion, why do so many pe

• Answer:

  Compared to what everyone thinks, not all dubs are bad. There are alot out there that did a great job and had great voice actors. They probably put them down because they have that "if it isn't as close to the original, then its an abomination". I like both, I even have a great appreciation for dubs because watch a couple of interviews with the English voice actors, they look like they really enjoy their job. SO IF ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE SAYING DUBS SUCK, I DON'T SEE YOU HAVING A VOICE ACTING CAREER. HELL, I BET MOST OF YOU COULDN'T DO ANY BETTER.