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[Keitarooo (#85240)]

 SUBS OR DUBS?

[SupraGuy (#92823)]

Well, since I'll be watching this by renting the DVDs, I'll let you know after I watch it.

[Ken Hayashi (#52012)]

Both the series I own (Onegai Sensei and Onegai Twins) are fansubs. And I must say the quality of the subs are very good. Very few grammar errors I can detect, and the language is concise and makes sense.

Can't get any better than that.

I all fansubs were as good, I wouldn't mind them at all.

[cranston (#84421)]

If it's dubbed, wouldn't you lose Karen's 'Nyu' noises? That would be terrible.

[Ken Hayashi (#52012)]

[Kainy (#22295)]

The dub for Onegai Teacher is about par. If you're expecting quality voice acting... or have any idea what quality voice acting is... then you'll be disappointed, but in that case why are you watching the dub in the first place?

I buy anime to support the industry, not to be able to hear dubs. I've seen at least 40% of the series I own fansubbed before I ever bought them... in fact, it helps determine what I buy and what I don't.

[nauXolo (#69311)]

Just to comment on Ken's fansub comment, you can never accurately judge a fansub's quality until you learn japanese fluently in both reading and conversationally. (reading because once you can read, you can understand sentence structure well enough).

therefore, although you can say tht the grammar of the actual english sentences is fine and proof-read, it is difficult to measure the actual intonations in the japanese--> english translation process..

that aside, i like Kainy's comment. Buy the anime to support it not for the English voice acting. it is much more enjoyable to watch the anime in its original intonation and not someone's refiltered interpretation of English lines.

[Doormatter20 (#59409)]

Well the dub in Onegai Teacher is decent, however I still prefer the sub version.

[Caddberry (#27690)]

Don't know why I never answered this post.. Must have missed it..

Anyway.. The DVDs have both language audio tracks.. So if you prefer the original language it's still there..

[SupraGuy (#92823)]

Well, as is usual for me, the first pass though I watched it subbed. I often don't finish watching them dubbed, but this one is short enough, I probably will. I listened to just enough to know that I didn't like the voices as much. They're similar, but what sounds good speaking in Japanese often doesn't sound as good in English...

[SupraGuy (#92823)]

The English voices weren't bad. I think I recognise Kei's voice from somewhere else, but I've been too lazy to check. It's still lost some elements that I think were much better subbed.

Pet peeve in dubbed dialogue: Statements like: "It is definitely (something) probably." GAH! Definitely and Probably are mutually exclusive adverbs!

[BallerGamer (#88382)]

I'm biased towards the Japanese language over the English, but I preferred the dub. I really loved Hyosuke's voice, because he really sounded like a true comedian and those type of people who tries to entertain their group of friends.

[SupraGuy (#92823)]

Well, I'm almost through it in dubbed. (Much slower than I watched it subbed, where I blitzed through it.)

Funny though the voices for Mizuho Sensei were similar in English and Japanese, I much preffered her voice in Japanese. The stilted pacing in English, typical of dubs is the main reason.

The voices themselves weren't badly cast (Though Kei's often sounded just a bit to close to the cracking pubescent, IMO) but the pacing is always awkward in places.

[Styledatol (#113447)]

I saw a couple of dubbed episodes, and from that point on I watched only subs.
There is absolutely no justification to watched dubbed version of any anime (Except maybe Vampire Hunter D, which has the only normal dubbing).
Especially in animations that involve teenage kids. U.S. companies manage to get kids with the most annoying voices ever, which makes you want to choke the voice actor. Seriously now, I've seen only few animes that have good dubbing, and Onegai Teacher is not one of them. I'd recommend to watch subbed version, there are several very good ones out there.
Subbed versions don't have annoying voices, and they allow me to practice my Japanese. Subs all the way!

[SupraGuy (#92823)]

Wow. Reopen of an old thread. Again. My last post there was more than a year ago.

Styledatol, you're making some broad statements, there. I would never say that there isn't a reason for dubs. For example, the anime series that I let my kids watch (Of which this isn't one) dubs are preferable, because the kids are still young, and wouldn't be able to understand what's going on with subs. For that matter, I'll watch a series dubbed so that I can pay more attention to the visuals. I often miss details in the backgrounds when watching subs, particularly when there's a lot of dialogue to read.

There are good reasons for the dubs to exist. While I don't like all of them, indeed I dislike a lot of dubs, I'll usually watch them if I have them.

[Caddberry (#27690)]

Show your kids subs from the time they are born and chances are their first world will be japanese.. LoL

But seriously.. My kids better learn to read quickly.. Dubs are horrid..

[funsch (#117191)]

I prefer dubs over subs unless the voice acting is pretty bad or if most of the japanese dialogue is not the same as the english dialogue.

The Onegai Teacher dub was pretty good actually and portrayed a lot of emotion into it. I find that most dubs these days are staying true to most of the japanese dialogue.

So to keep it short I prefer dub over sub.

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[Milo (#124508)]

I hate dubs... Subs are the thing.
When you dub you really loose the spirit and
the meaning that the director wanted from the
voice actors...

[Last Exile (#35342)]

Dubs are about as bad as mentioning the war...I.e. VERY bad.

Look, no offense, but hearing anime in English just makes me laugh msyelf silly. I can only watch subs.

[SupraGuy (#92823)]

[LoStSouLs (#17272)]

same as last. Subs only for me. Though there are good dubs out there. See trigun. And there are even dubs that i watch over subs. See Escaflowne. Then there are dubs that are so horrible that i cringe every time i hear the voices. See Love Hina. But 95% of the time i only watch the subs and then check out like the first 5 minutes of a dub to see how badly its done.

[Ken Hayashi (#52012)]