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Classic dubs seemed so much better. Now most dubs seem unwatchable (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 92 points 4 months ago (13 children)

This has to be sampling bias or something; most classic dubs sucked.

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 4 months ago* (11 children)

    Or it’s just nostalgia. MS Gundam Wing, Trigun, YuYu, DBZ, Tenchi, Bebop, all those Toonami era shows feel right dubbed. Tho watching stuff like DB Super I prefer the sub now.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    As bad as the translation and other changes in Pokémon were, the voice acting was great (English and German dubs)

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    And then there was Ghost Stories.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    That was either the best or the worst dub to exist, depending on how you look at it. They somehow managed to insult every person on the planet regardless of race, gender, nationality, political view, or anything. Yet its still hilarious at least to me.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    As someone who just watched Trigun dubbed for the forst time a year oslr so ago.... I would not call it a great dub. It wasn't awful by any stretch, but it doesn't hold up against something like Cowboy Bebop either. The truth is, there have always been, and there continues to be, really good dubs, but they have also always been few and far between. It takes more money than most are willing to invest to make them good, but there's always a few gems that are willing to pay up and make them work.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Yeah, the ones that made it to TV in the late 90s and early 00s had mid to decent dubs. But anything else was localized as cheaply as possible. There's some gems in there, but mostly the dubs sucked until business realized how deep the market was. Evangelion is a good example. Great show, but it was clear when it was brought over they thought they were doing some cartoon and not a generational existential crisis.

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