Hi. I'm a native San Franciscan and I've been watching Anime since the 90s. It's always been a personal thing though: I don't have many friends that watch anime nor was I ever part of a club. I'm hoping to change that as I get more and more into it though. I get ripped a lot because I prefer to watch dub over subbed. It also sucks to be a dub fan because I usually have to wait until the Anime gets big in Japan before a dub is released (I'm guessing I miss out on a lot of good Anime that just never get dubbed). My favorite Anime of all time is the Record of Lodoss War OVA (yeah, real ol' school). I think the first Anime I watched was robotech, but I don't remember anything about it except the half transformed robosuits. I pretty much exclusively stick to the action genre of Anime. I'm currently watching Shippuden and Bleach (who isn't though?). I'm also giving Guin Saga a chance. When's the next meet up? Always looking for good new Anime (dub if possible, subbed... just as good) and good new friends.
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AveryBrightman
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Posted 2 years ago # -
Hi Avery! Thanks for posting and welcome to BayAnime!
Unless you know Japanese I think it usually makes sense to not necessarily be a fan of subtitled anime. For me I'd say that in general the quality of Japanese voice acting is better as anime is a more serious business there. Also Japanese people actually talk differently, so some translated dialogue can come off pretty weird or cheesy in English.
Our next meetup is in a couple of weeks on Saturday, the 24th of October in San Francisco Japantown. Hope you can make it!
Posted 2 years ago # -
MoFoQ
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hence when I use to fansub...I added "translator's notes" to give some background information especially on cultural topics.
Posted 2 years ago # -
hi and welcome!
i started with robotech too and i prefer action anime also. =)
i like watching subs because i've watched enough dubbed anime to the point where the voices started sounding the same.
and in some of the dubs the directors tweak the story a bit and the anime strays from it's original form a la harmony gold's robotech (macross/southern cross/genesis climber mospeada) or 4kids version of one piece.
i hear what you're saying and i feel that the fansubbers empower non-japanese speaking anime fans with a greater freedom to enjoy other anime titles in addition to the licensed dubbed anime.
also touching on what ann mentioned when watching dubs i have found that the vocal inflections and subtle intonations by the japanese voice actors are difficult to reproduce. i did enjoy the dub for black lagoon though.
i have friends that watch dubs because they want to enjoy "watching" the anime and not "reading" the anime on tv and i respect that.
subbed or dubbed...it's all personal preference and sometimes that can change over time or even with the particular anime.
Posted 2 years ago # -
michi
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Hi! Welcome!
I'm new here too. ^_^Posted 2 years ago # -
AveryBrightman
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Great to be welcomed!
Ann: Thanks for the info about the October 24th meet up. I see the thread and I hopefully I can make it. Sometimes I find the cheesy dubs amusing, but I agree with you about the quality of voice actors in the subs compared to the dubs though.
DYRL84: The voices probably started to sound the same in different dubbed anime because they probably are the same. As far as I can tell, there's like 5 people who do all the dubs. At least one person isn't do all the voices for all the characters and doing them in a monotone voice. But yeah, it all depends on the anime.
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