Do you think anime would proliferate without dubs?

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:16 am

/me thinks fast...

nope!

leathelanime · Post by **leathelanime** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:25 am

the world would become antisocial.....no one could relate at all

MAS PRODUCTIONS · Post by **MAS PRODUCTIONS** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 12:53 pm

NO clue, If it were me, I can live without dubs.

leathelanime · Post by **leathelanime** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 1:00 pm

and you do...so move along

Nurd · Post by **Nurd** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 1:20 pm

Would anime still spread without dubs? Yes, as long as there were subs, very slowly, but yes, because admit it, those of us who like it, are not concerned with what languages are spoken in the movies and would still like anime even if we had to read subtitles for every last one of them.

Nurd

leathelanime · Post by **leathelanime** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 1:56 pm

it wouldnt be as popular I can tell you that

jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 2:48 pm

Nurd wrote:Would anime still spread without dubs? Yes, as long as there were subs, very slowly, but yes, because admit it, those of us who like it, are not concerned with what languages are spoken in the movies and would still like anime even if we had to read subtitles for every last one of them.

Nurd

Is spreading slowly the same as proliferating? :p

Kazutaka · Post by **Kazutaka** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:34 pm

I dont think it would be as wide spread, most people I know hate subs..... I call it too lazy (joke with my friends) But I grew up watching international flics - even as a kid, my dad was really into international films - so I learned real early to read subs and got used to them.
Some how (for me at least) it just does not seem the same with english subs, I like the Japanese voices. Just does not feel like its real with voice overs, and I think the original Japanese voice actor's (overall) do a better job of getting the emotion of the story across.

Milk-Toast! · Post by **Milk-Toast!** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:38 pm

I can really live without dubs, but I know a lot of people can't....
Anime would't be popular with alot of people if there where no dubs... *Sniff*
I still hate the bad one's tho...

bmatsea · Post by **bmatsea** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 8:51 pm

I beleive that dubs have done a lot to get anime in to the main stream. If you remember back in the day there only was subs except for the cut-up revamped stories shown on saturday morning cartoons (when there was such a thing as a true saturday morning cartoon). Those of us who truely love anime will buy/rent/watch it no mater what form (sub/dub) it is in. If you don't like either of those forms then i would recommend that you learn Japanese and watch it they way they do in japan. (wait a minute am i preaching to the choir?) oh well. I know that here (at sea) the ship's anime club watches both sub/dubs depending on what is available to watch. On occasion we have watched the same anime two or three times from various sources (origional/sub/dub) From japan/american/another country to see if there is any difference. sometimes there is and somtimes not. it all just dependes on the anime. I myself like to watch subs but it is nice to watch a well done Dub.
And in the words of Forest Gump "thats all I have to say about that"