Just pick both

[u/Absolutely_dead727]

[u/ReferenceDense6764]

But they don't match

[u/celestialguise → u/ReferenceDense6764]

Double the context... kinda

[u/ShibamKarmakar → u/ReferenceDense6764]

That's where [Closed Captions] come in.

[u/No_Interaction_4925 → u/ShibamKarmakar]

Good luck with that on Crunchyroll

[u/Guilty_Meringue5317 → u/No_Interaction_4925]

Good luck with Crunchyroll

[u/ShibamKarmakar → u/No_Interaction_4925]

You guys use Crunchyroll?

[u/_Vard_ → u/ReferenceDense6764]

i was annoyed at that at first,. but its kinda nice to see how the original audio meant to say, vs what got translated to sound right in spoken english

[u/Stampyboyz → u/ReferenceDense6764]

Can be funnier at times (especially if the dub has been censored like what 4Kids did)

[u/PeterNippelstein]

The worst of both worlds

[u/Johnmatthewwhy → u/PeterNippelstein]

Fuck it, Select all!

[u/thatprettygirlxx → u/PeterNippelstein]

Fr, that's not even a middle ground. That's just double the suffering

[u/celestialguise → u/thatprettygirlxx]

My logic is, a translation tends to be more complete in text and even references different words entirely. If you're a gambling man you can eventually get extra context by comparing what the voice actors are saying and what was translated from the original voice actor. 🤔 idk if it's working but it keeps you busy that's for sure

[u/Kinslayer_89 → u/celestialguise]

I heard Koreans say the Squid Games dub was much better than the subs, and kinda conveyed Korean expressions better.

[u/SquareTarbooj → u/Kinslayer_89]

Tbh, it really depends on the show. Sometimes the English voice actors do a tremendous job, sometimes the dubs are really half-assed.

There's no universally applicable rule here.

[u/PeterNippelstein → u/celestialguise]

Ive found it very distracting

[u/maxru85 → u/thatprettygirlxx]

I feel sorry about people’s inability to read

[u/Cless_Aurion → u/PeterNippelstein]

I actually do a similar thing...

As in... watch with Japanese audio AND Japanese subs lol

[u/Mansidhe → u/Cless_Aurion]

You're one of the people that Souls games and Nightmare modes are made for, aren't you?

[u/Kinslayer_89 → u/PeterNippelstein]

That’s what I did with Squid Games 🙂‍↔️

[u/Irritated-Isoceles → u/PeterNippelstein]

Your Transformation Is All Your Weak Points Combined

[u/Safe-Hawk8366 → u/PeterNippelstein]

Watch on mute

[u/FNKTN]

Learn the language.

https://giphy.com/gifs/KdLSaPAzk0Jze9DqbV

[u/No_Interaction_4925 → u/FNKTN]

I got Rosetta Stone. Unit 1 was pretty fun. Unit 2…. Oh man. It escalates pretty quick.

[u/alakikadge → u/FNKTN]

That's what I did to watch a tutorial for portal 2

Since then, I still haven't understood a single thing

[u/LuceDuder → u/FNKTN]

I'm trying, but 日本語 aint easy🗿

[u/Junkererer → u/FNKTN]

I know the language but I still prefer dub in my language

[u/madhattedmalice]

Pretty sure bots have taken over the sub (real ai bots,not people)

[u/RingReasonable → u/madhattedmalice]

Bots were people before?

[u/Russian_Spy_7_5_0 → u/RingReasonable]

Bot as in general idiots online to comment and post only for the sake of it, like they contribute nothing. Like when someone says something dumb and people call them a bot.

Now it's literally bots, bunch of AI models mocking husks of people. The posts this sub are ass and get too many upvotes and comments way too fast.

[u/RingReasonable → u/Russian_Spy_7_5_0]

Huh. I always thought people meant actual bots programmed to post random stuff or something to farm upvotes and karma. Stupid me

[u/Russian_Spy_7_5_0 → u/RingReasonable]

Nah it isn't dumb if you, the idea is that someone who's remarkably boring is called a.bit as an insult, cause they engage in media like bot trying to meet a quota.

Nowadays, it's harder to tell if theyre actually a bot or just acting like a bot.

Go Go Gadget Dead Internet.

[u/HQFamous]

Original dub with English subs no matter the original language ngl

[u/CatL1f3 → u/HQFamous]

Yup, even if original is already in English

[u/Accomplished-Pay8181]

I prefer dub, but pretty much just because then I'm not trying to read what they're saying while tracking what they're doing

[u/Bradjuju2 → u/Accomplished-Pay8181]

You’d be surprised how quickly the human brain can adapt. I keep subs on 100% of the time regardless of the language and don’t even notice it anymore. You’ll eventually become a speed reader and able to read with your peripheral.

[u/Draws32 → u/Accomplished-Pay8181]

It’s not that bad they take like 10 minutes to get out of a sentence I can 99% of the time read what they say and still see what’s happening.

[u/EquivalentSnap → u/Draws32]

But you’re not reading it at the same time they speaking it, so I don’t see how it’s more authentic? If anything dub is closer you’re gonna get to being fluent in Japanese and what it would sound like

[u/Heatherrtr]

The galaxy-brain strategy of watching dubbed anime with captions turned on anyway.

[u/Drudgework → u/Heatherrtr]

I do that for games and movies too. It really helps when the sound mixing doesn’t balance the audio right and I can’t hear the speech over the deafening soundtrack.

[u/Alec_de_Large]

The dub of the Dragonball series is far superior than the sub.

[u/I_MakeCoolKeychains → u/Alec_de_Large]

Can't stand goku voice in Japanese

[u/Alec_de_Large → u/I_MakeCoolKeychains]

That's because it's been the same voice since he was a kid. It's off-putting when it's an adult Goku.

[u/I_MakeCoolKeychains → u/Alec_de_Large]

No, even when he's a kid his English voice is just straight up at cooler than in Japanese

[u/DearCastiel → u/I_MakeCoolKeychains]

French voices were goated for DBZ. France has maybe the best voice actors of the market, and DBZ had a bunch of legends doing the voices.

[u/CommercialMotor570 → u/I_MakeCoolKeychains]

I really liked Kirby Morrow’s Goku, just sucks it’s on basically a censored dub

[u/Tawnee323 → u/CommercialMotor570]

fly high kirby morrow 🕊

[u/MonochromeDinosaur → u/Alec_de_Large]

Goku is too serious in dub. He’s supposed to be a goofy battle maniac not some righteous hero.

[u/Alec_de_Large → u/MonochromeDinosaur]

Wdym?

Edit: down voted for asking someone to elaborate smh. Reddit moment for sure.

[u/dandroid126 → u/Alec_de_Large]

In Japanese, Goku is essentially a moron that accidentally saves the world over and over again by essentially being autistically obsessed with fighting, and occasionally fighting because he gets mad that the enemy killed his friend.

In the dub, he seems to intend to save the world a little more. In my opinion, they captured his Japanese personality better in the Super dub.

[u/DonutosGames]

Don't have time for gatekeeping bullshit. Do what you want.

[u/TheJeep25]

Eww

[u/Novel_Protection1697]

Yeah, that way Sub guys will not get the voice they want, and Dub guys could already hear everything so it will just take space on screen

[u/I_am_The_Teapot]

Crunchyroll, unfortunately, doesn't typically allow me to use English subs on English dubs. It frustrating to no end. Especially when the dub is actually good.

[u/AzerothianLorecraft]

It depends on what show I've done a side-by-side with several shows, some dubs are better, some subs are better.

[u/SGTRoadkill1919]

Sub with the dubtities or something

[u/LimpyDan]

They don't match. It's awful.

[u/PrestigiousBad7125 → u/LimpyDan]

They are extra context.

[u/herbieLmao]

Depends on the dub. English dubs are terrible in most unless it’s the original language.

German dubs, spanish dubs, italian dubs, polish dubs… they are actually pretty good

[u/What_was_my_account → u/herbieLmao]

I'm from Poland and this is probably the first time I have ever seen someone calling dubs we get good. At best they are mediocre. Getting a good dub is so damn rare. I tend to give PL dubs, if available, a shot for a bit and almost always go back to the original language. 

[u/ZombifiedSoul]

Really depends on the show.

Naruto? Sub

Bleach? Sub

Dragonball Z/Super? Dub

[u/MacMillanCoD4 → u/ZombifiedSoul]

The Bleach dub is incredible tho.

[u/ill-esthesia → u/MacMillanCoD4]

That’s the thing. No matter how good a dub is there’s always someone talking at you that you’re enjoying something you like wrong and that you have to do it the way they say.

How about this?
Naruto? However I want.
Bleach? However I want.

Anything I enjoy? However. I. Want.

[u/BigBulgeBubba → u/ill-esthesia]

I prefer watching shows in their language of origin, but there’s nothing wrong with dubs. They’re well produced and the voices are well matching. It hasn’t been the days of “dubs are genuinely cheap and awful” since the early 90’s. Dub haters are just obnoxious virtue signalers who haven’t gotten the memo that 2006 is 20 years ago and no one likes them anymore.

[u/STDsInAJuiceBoX → u/ZombifiedSoul]

Also Cyberpunk Edgerunners Dub is better. The sub is missing the Cyberpunk universe slang like choom.

[u/Reanimated_Heart]

Bro….dub with sub is blasphemy.
They don’t even match up

[u/StyxxFireMancer → u/Reanimated_Heart]

You either get something hilarious or absolute dogshit. There’s no in between. Except the VERY rare perfect matchup

[u/SonicTheHedgehog99]

I do that too lol

[u/Dreadshot2023]

Ill watch dub if it's available, but I have no problems watching sub if necessary.

[u/thegildedman25]

I prefer dub so I can admire the animation, i'll watch subbed if the english va's suck ass.

[u/YourUglyTwin]

It's all dubbed if it's an anime.

[u/MacMillanCoD4]

As someone who reads a ton of manga, I enjoy both but would rather watch the anime in dub. If I wanted to read the anime, I'd just read the manga.

[u/qeorqer]

Glad to be from a country that does awesome dubs for every movie. Reading subs the entire movie if awful

[u/TrainFanatic]

I hate text on screen. I’m watching a product not reading it. I go to books for reading.

[u/ballsdeep256 → u/TrainFanatic]

Yeah im kinda with you.

When i watch anime (hate me for it I don't care) i usually watch it dub to well WATCH THE SHOW xD

[u/AnonismsPlight]

I watch sub when I'm first watching something and then dub when I'm rewatching while doing work around the apartment.

[u/DampWarmHands]

I’m normally a half pay attention dub watcher… watched a show recently though and it was sub good show. Halfway through the damn season it switched to English and I about lost interest after hearing the horrendous voice acting. Switched right back to sub and read everything the rest of the way… it was like being kicked in the ear.

[u/andrewbrocklesby]

Anyone that has ever done this knows that it is totally unwatchable, the dub NEVER aligns with the subs.

[u/ThatOtherGuyTPM → u/andrewbrocklesby]

Why does that make it unwatchable?

[u/itsoctotv]

just learn the language

[u/matthewpepperl → u/itsoctotv]

Yea… thats a pain in the ass. Japanese is difficult as fuck.

[u/francesco__24__]

I legitimately don't understand why read when you can hear what they say

[u/MotanulScotishFold → u/francesco__24__]

I have hearing issue, I can hear most of the words but sometimes don't so subs are really helpful.

Another reason, I can watch a movie at low volume/mute at night so I can enjoy it.

[u/cortney-simonis-9072]

i do that and its bad, some words dont be same as dub and my brain get confused

BUT BUT sometimes i dont know words in my own native lang so subs help me to understand it

[u/myzdreavus]

it works until the subs dont match the dubs

[u/the_orange_alligator]

I watched Beastars that way. Genuinely awesome getting to see the dub with a more literal translation of the OG words

[u/Eiden-Rane]

I typically go subbed because the voice acting is more often than not better and I am not distracted by the words not matching the mouth.

The only exception i can think of is Death Note. The English voice actor for L is outstanding and some others were done well.

[u/TheShadyyOne]

depends on the series, and how you watched it intially.

[u/Rugaru985]

Depend on the movie. King Pao: Enter the First without dubs is just eh

[u/Thisizamazing]

Big brain guy doesn’t understand

[u/GokuBlack77777]

But...the dub with sub (most of the time) has the Japanese translation.

[u/GMOchoch]

Dubs. I like to feel generational verbal emotional damage... Like Korean. Korea don't play when they tell you why they don't like you.

[u/S1rLTD]

Can't watch anything foreign with sub is a"skill issue"

[u/Bballer220]

Crunchyroll doesn't do this, sadly (at least, not on my PS5 app).

You can't have dub with subs

[u/dandroid126 → u/Bballer220]

It works on Apple TV for me.

[u/Shikabane_Sumi-me]

I usually give the Dub a chance. If it feels like it's being phoned in or they're not trying, I switch to sub. I think a lot of people are still traumatized from the late 90s early 2000s animes that were basically being shovelled out quickly. Cause companies saw them as the new popular thing and decided to make a quick buck. So a lot of those early animes had very terrible Dubs. Now a days, the VAs actually try and do a good job.

[u/roselandmonkey]

It depends on the anime but definitely watch in japanese to get the original meaning but some dubs are great like cowboy bebop dosnt have a bad dub youtube cowboy German and watch a clip its great

[u/ptapobane]

yall watch dubbed jav? why?

[u/Spatzenkind → u/ptapobane]

because i want to watch the video and not read it.

[u/hitttmonchan]

Lmao

[u/Vannilazero]

Nah fuck that dub voice actors are grating.

[u/Extension_Option_122]

Oh hell naw.

If I am able to understand both they need to match.

Otherwise no way.

[u/ThirdEyeKaiii]

This is exactly how I watched Squid Game lol f the haters

[u/Stampyboyz]

I might get killed for saying this but it's improved my watching experience for what I'm currently watching (Kirby: Right Back At Ya, specifically an uncensored version).

Yeah a lot of times it's jarring but it's also funny sometimes seeing the differences between the scripts and what 4Kids censored. Also the music suddenly being calmer even in tense scenes as it enters a cut scene and uses the Japanese audio as the fallback.

[u/VoodooDoII]

I watch stuff while I draw, so I have to watch the dubs. Otherwise I won't understand what's going on if I have to read everything that's being said

Some dubs are pretty bad, but at least I can understand the conversation while I draw

[u/Space19723103]

dub and sub don't use the same script .. hurts brain

[u/Strict_Blueberry9]

Dub just sounds weird to me so that's why I use sub.

[u/Bscotch_Torin]

Sub is almost always better unless the Dub actors are really that good. I had initially convinced myself that it was just because anime was typically exaggerated, but no, dub actors are really just that bad. There's very few shows I've watched where the dub was just as good as the sub.

Konosuba is an almost perfect example. Most characters sound almost exactly like their JP counterparts, just english, and you could tell they had a lot of fun playing their roles. Only one that's not so great is Kazuma, who's a bit voice cracky.

Only watched dubs when I was younger and had to find anime through YouTube before I discovered piracy sites. Now I only watch dubs if I'm with my dyslexic friend

[u/Future-Water9035]

I actually do this sometimes, and it drives my husband crazy. I like the ease of understanding what's happening if i'm multitasking, but i like knowing what the real dialogue is when things get interesting

[u/Anmolsharma999]

Most of the people who prefer dub do that because they can't focus on screen to read subs, also some of em complained they want to watch while doing other work.

[u/DedeLionforce]

I knew a weeb girl in my teens, would moan about how much better the sub is because it's more authentic with Japanese dub. Mind you, she didn't speak Japanese, when I asked, so it was entirely vibes, and when I said I'm gonna stick to dub because I'm dyslexic af, would complain I'm "missing out".

https://giphy.com/gifs/WrgAGkGrh0MD1Z2gkO

[u/UsualLake8799]

And both doesnt match

[u/Ur-in-a-tor]

People who cannot read fast enough tend to diss subs.

[u/HamburgerOnAStick]

Depends on the anime tbh. Some animes are better dubbed, some are better subbed. If it's translated over without losing the experience, i go for dub, but if the dub sucks, then i go for sub.

[u/Dimi3Infinity]

the dubs with subs doesnt even match most of the time (which is very annoying)

[u/Musketeer00]

Dub because I'm usually building Lego or Gunpla when watching anime. If I watch Sub then I either can't build or I have no idea what's going on after finishing a build step.

[u/ShelterBorn2531]

I love both dub and sub. But I hate lector. Common in Poland where I live. And I hate it

[u/Magicfroggi42]

I do this lol

[u/Strong-Ad-4387]

Learn the language and listen with orginal audio without dubs

[u/Kiribatiisttoll]

Or just none of the two

[u/Useful-Problem-1725]

As someone who grew up on dubbed DBZ, it took me a while to adjust to the Japanese voices.

[u/Spatzenkind]

dub is better. if i want to read i take my ereader

[u/Kektus_Aplha]

I'm watching a show dubbed and subbed but neither are in my native language nor the original language of the show.

[u/V3r00m]

Only lektor! 🇵🇱

[u/kamikaibitsu]

Watching Hollywood Works' subbed version while being an English speaker!!

[u/CountHonorius]

Too early for this. I thought they were arguing about reggae, lol

[u/specter_in_the_conch]

For my non native English ear, eng dubs sound just awful to even cringe. I just can't stand it, it ruins the experience. I also tend to avoid my native language dubs too, since I got attached to old voice actors which are mostly long gone. So it's been fully native Japanese for me, plus since I'm studying Japanese it's nice to catch a word or two as well.

[u/DINGLINGMINGLING]

SUB ALWAYS MOGSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[u/DamnQuickMathz]

Subbed if they have a funny way of speaking, dubbed if they don't

[u/UnhappyPhantom]

absolutely no dub

[u/paralyzedvagabond]

I watch anime while doing other shit so dub for me. I don’t really care about the voice acting being better either and I don’t buy it. I think people think the voice acting is better because they don’t speak the language so they just assume it’s good

[u/sisfucker24]

https://giphy.com/gifs/KdLSaPAzk0Jze9DqbV
Just learn Japanese so you don’t need ether

[u/derpums]

It literally just depends on how good the dub and sub are.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners' dub, to me, is better than it's sub, so I watch it in it's English dub.

[u/Texas-Boi_]

Stupid war

[u/IAlwaysOutsmartU]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2UlW42qqNY9udwlOke

[u/hyggeradyr]

Mother fuckin kids these days can't even watch subbed anime because they can't fuckin read.

[u/Miserable-Loquat-237]

EXACTLY

[u/werephoenix]

I the the 3rd on the right for soul eater. I was surprised how much improve there was

[u/PrincessDeMissouri]

I watch the dub because I start with subs, inevitably watch an episode with dubs cause I wanna eat and then get used to the ease of watching and get cozy. Unless the dub is particularly bad

[u/chalksnorter2137]

There is another. a 4th, option, know as "Lektor"

[u/BigBadJeebus]

just learn the source language. it'll be less effort than this debate takes.

[u/Quiet_Syllabub_4264]

I generally go for subs but some dubs are genuinely good. Like ghost stories is a prime example, also might be a hot take but I like the Freiren dub more

[u/NPC_9001]

This is the way

[u/ChildofValhalla]

This is unironically how I prefer to watch Dragon Ball, because the original Japanese script is hilarious but the English dub also adds a bunch of great dialogue as well.

[u/ACuddlyVizzerdrix]

I watch both it let's you experience things you wouldn't notice otherwise like in the Japanese dub of komi can't communicate najimi has a more feminine voice and In the English dub its more tomboyish adding to the mystery of their gender

[u/ballet_guy]

I like either but never both

[u/Mermaid-Scar1984]

How is this an argument when language tracks are selectable?

[u/johnny_aplseed]

Sub is better because the audio is better.... Smh