Comment on Reject reality

• Asudox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Voice actors in dubs are usually worse than the original VAs

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Unless you speak the language they’re speaking: How would you even know if they’re doing it good?

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    • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I actually kinda like that, because when the VAs are being cringy and shitty, I can’t tell. All I get is the emotion of the delivery.

      And in the past, very passionate or emotional performances were really cringy in English, so I would prefer listening to the original VAs for the delivery of emotion and tone, and read the subs for the meaning.

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      • Asudox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Exactly. I don’t care whether I understand it or not (I do understand some words and phrases), the tone and the emotions the original VAs have are rare to be seen in the dubs.

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  • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m reaching a point where I’m exclusively watching dubbed. It’s gotten better in the past decade now that anime companies have a bigger budget to hire better trained voice actors.

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  • Sorgan71@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The original VAs dont speak my language. Why even have sound if I’m not going to understand what they say.

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  • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Depends on anime and country. English dubs just sound off in nearly everything to my non-native ears. Brazilian dubs, on the other hand, often hit a good spot, but that could be nostalgia and/or bias. Portuguese dubs, on the other hand… Dear lord, just no.

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  • Pyro@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That used to be the norm, but many newer anime (and older popular ones) have great dub VA talent.

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