I've heard that people don't like the dubbed because of the bad voice acting, but in my opinion, it doesn't matter that much to me, as long as it's tolerable. Personally, I'd go for dubbed so I wouldn't have to peek my eyes down and miss most of the action, and since I'm usually on my laptop, it's a problem for me to look down at the subtitles. But hey, it's my opinion, and I respect everyone else's opinion.

I prefer dubs because I'm not very fast reader, and sometimes when I watch subbed version it actually feels like I miss most of the episode because I have to look bottom of the screen all the time. But maybe I learn to read faster if I watch subbed versions.

I've seen too many people take a s**t on dubs too many times and it's annoying. Some of the backlash is justified (somewhat) but give me a reason to not watch a dub. Even though I prefer to watch both depending on the scenario (meaning what anime I'm going to watch).

Sub is better, in most cases. Dubs for things like Studio Ghibli Films, mainstream Shonen, Cowboy Bebop, and the occasional show aren't that bad, and sometimes they even surpass the original Japanese voice acting. However, with things like Evangelion, Welcome to the NHK, and Watamote, the sub is pretty much the clear winner. Not only that, but the dub has the disadvantage of having to voice a thing once it's already been made in another country is clear in things like a certain episode of FLCL, where a bunch of Japanese puns were sort of just nonsensical and out of context. Pronunciation of native Japanese names are also pretty atrocious in most cases.

Besides, the reading isn't even usually that bad. An episode will usually have less words than a short story.

There is no problem with dubs although some people like me prefer to watch subs, as the voice acting is not always great in anime that is dubbed.

There's something else with the dub that is beyond the voice acting, called censorship. I can understand censorship sometimes, but sometimes it's just ridiculous, and for it I prefer to watch the original episode, with the full scenes. What's wrong with the main heroine slapping the hero because he was acting like a coward instead of being the light who guides everyone? Does this really need to be censored? Anime for Japan is +12 and everywhere else is +3?

I don't have a problem with the voices in dubbed. I prefer the original ones, but well, just an opinion out of many. The problems are: changing the dialogues, cutting like 1/4 of the episode for no apparent reason and stopping to dub a series yet again for no reason, or even worse, for a stupid reason.

These are the reasons why people hates dubbed anime the most. We have to wait weeks, months and even years to get a bunch of episodes, just to see they're cut off, only half of the  season will air, and the dialogues make no sense. Not to mention the quality of the translation, which sometimes it deserves a public execution. I know I'm being radical, but I can't withstand things done the wrong way in so many ways, it makes me lose control of myself.

I prefer subbed. I am not from an English speaking country and therefore I don't have any connection to the English language. The result is that I choose my favourite between subs and dubs based on the pitch, lip sync and on how natural it feels. The dubs is in my opinion losing there. The voice of the Girls are unusually high pitched bordering to screeching, the lip sync is in most occurrences terrible, and when it comes to the overall feel I think it is weird if you have a whole cast of American voice actors and then suddenly you get an over the top British accent even though they have the same nationality.

Honestly I prefer Dub. If I have the option then I will choose Dub. It's usually because I'm horrible at focusing on one thing at a time so I'm usually playing my handheld while I'm watching and I can't do that with Sub. You have to be fully invested in Sub. And if I really wanted to be invested in the story then I could have just read the manga and got the same thing.
I really don't mind the voice acting either way because if it's Sub then I don't understand what they're saying anyway so I don't even know if they're doing good or not. And I've never come across a Dubbed anime voice actor so horrible that It ruined the anime for me. Also I never even notice when the voice and lips are out of sync for me. I just figure they're doing their best and leave it at that. Again it's never ruined an anime for me.

It definitely has to be a case by case basis because if the voice acting is grating on the ears I won't want to watch it whether the voice is in English or Japanese. If they are both equally good I usually watch the subbed version because I like to hear the original voice actors interpretation of a character not that I think that the dubs aren't real anime.

And lets be honest you are watching the anime because you enjoy it, not because you want to fit someone else's definition of an otaku. So watch what you enjoy and don't worry about what your friend thinks.

I heavily prefer subs. This may be because I can speak Japanese (or at least enough to get by) but I am also a fast reader if I do end up watching an episode with subs. When I first started watching anime, I was exposed to dubs and that was what I watched. That being said, I agree there are good dubs out there, the main ones for me being Wolf's Rain, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Code Geass but then there are shows that are cringe-worthy. It's not to say the actors did bad, although in some cases that may be true, it's just some of the voices don't feel right or some of the phrases/jokes fall flat.

Secondly, many times anime companies change around certain things or censor them. This takes away from the original way the show was supposed to be viewed and just seems like a waste after all that effort was put in to make the show a certain way. 

Finally, I just prefer it in Japanese. It's the original way it was meant to be seen after all. Sure, putting it in other languages makes it more widely available to a varied audience, but in the end, it's not the same as it was. To me, original is best. I respect others opinions and in no way think that people who watch dubs aren't "true anime fans". It's just how I see things.

If the dub is good, I'd say it's better to watch dub because the translations can sound more natural in English. Unfortunately, it seems like the majority of the time, the dub and translation just sounds super cheesy and awkward. It's hard to focus on the show/movie when you're just face palming about the voice acting the whole time. That's why I generally watch anime subbed except for a few exceptions.

Well, it's often the case that the dub isn't as emotional and into it like the original voice o: and also the pronunciation of certain names in dubs is often very awkward... (in german dubs for example, the voice actors always sound very monotone... )

I don't like dubbed anime, because sometimes the context of something can be lost and some not all anime that are dubbed don't sound that great.

Most argument's I've heard from people is that the voices sound bad on the dubs.
If you know Japanese, heard other Japanese shows, you'd know the voicing on the subs or original anime is just as bad. Mind you, there are good voice acting in Japanese, as in English.

But, overall I don't really care. I usually just watch it in the original language, have no problem listening to it as long as I know the language (Which is kind of easy, considering polyglot...ism?) because it was sort of what it was meant to be. Doesn't mean I don't like hearing dubs. Example, the Shrek movies. I grew up listening them on Spanish, so I like it more because I've grown attached to it.

Honestly, it depends. If the sub is more accurate than the dub, I'll watch the sub, and vice versa. To, me I like being able to understand anime better than good voice acting or original format. It just depends for me. However, I do prefer dubs a little more to the subs, since it's a little more natural for me to hear and understand than looking down all the time.

Well the vibes that are given by the Japanese voices are very different from the vibes given from the Japanese voices, I think this is mostly influenced by the fact that Japanese is the original language that these animes were designed for, thus, they are the best ones to capture the feeling of the scene, but also because anime is something that is very common over there in Japan the voice actors over there are more dedicated and more used to the animating process. I think another part of the problem is that japanese and English are different languages, I have noticed that most of the time japanese tends to be a very quick spoken language, so when one switches from sub to dub one can notice the difference in speed between the Japanese dialogue and the English dialogue (which might also be that we are used to reading the dialogue and well, reading normally goes faster than hearing so that might also cause the people who move to be anxious when hearing the dub since the dub goes so slow it might be frustrating). I honestly love the sub too because sometimes the English companies censor some of the dialogue. As well as the anime itself... I like to be as close to the original content as possible so my personal opinion is that dub gets far away from the meaning that the actual dialogue from Japan conveys.

What I find is some anime create little easter eggs relating to the voice actors they pick.  
Excel Saga the character Illparazzo is said to want one day be a singer which plays off his voice actor Koyatsu Takehito who is a singer of the group Weiss Kreuz.
Weiss Kreuz the anime is made, voiced, and songs made by the group Weizz Kreuz so I could never watch that in english because well it would make NO sense. 
Funny tidbit.  You know how Jessie and James from Pokemon are always singing and acting?  Well that's because their japanese voice actors are the famous singers Megumi Hayashibara and Koyatsu Takehito! Make sense now eh?
Now there are some good dubbed anime like Cow Boy Beebop, Ghost in the shell, Kenshin, and so on.  So I'm not 100% against dubbed I just know some anime are hard to watched dubbed when they were ment for the japanese voice actors.

Unless you enjoy "reading" your movies (or understand Japanese), I see no problem with dubbed animes. My hearing is still good so I want to take advantage of it and keep my sight for the actual movie.

I think a lot of the "problem" is some weird form of elitism. I don't understand it either, so I'm in the same boat as you!

I will say, however, that some dubbed anime is just...horrible. The voice acting is grating, the voices themselves are too odd even for the characters they play, and sometimes the translations are just too corny. They make watching things distracting and ultimately wind up taking away from whatever I'm trying to watch. This is only some, though. For instance, Naruto (since it's popular and people will get it). I hate the dubbed version. The voices get on my nerves, it's simple as that. Sasuke especially, because he sounds like he's 40 instead of a teenager.

The subbed version, however, at least makes him sound closer to his age. Naruto is annoying regardless of dub or sub, but that's...kind of beyond the point. The translations in the dub are also a bit more facepalm worthy. I mean...maybe it's just me, but I prefer hearing Naruto yell "DATTEBAYO!~"  over "YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!" I don't know why, it just works out better in my mind as I'm trying to follow along.

It's actually the same with Bleach, on the rare occasion that I get to watch it. I prefer the subbed version. The voices sound right, and the vocal reactions seem to go better with the situations they're timed to. The English version sounds like they tried to hard. (Kiiind of like Dragon Ball Z at points, as sad as that is.)

Another one is Cowboy Bebop. Now on that one, I prefer the dubbed version. The voices match better, the translations aren't ridiculous, and the situations in the anime seem to be read perfectly with the English voice acting. The subbed version confuses me because the voices are off  in my head. 


It may simply come down to choice and what you are used to for a specific anime, I'm not sure. Like, I grew up watching Sailor Moon, and it was in English, but I VASTLY prefer the Japanese voice acting for that one. I grew up watching Pokemon, too, and I prefer the English version over the Japanese, at least for the original series.  It could have something to do with how you hear things, as well? 

The whole elitist 'you're not a true anime watcher unless you watch it subbed' is a bunch of silliness, though. There's nothing inherently wrong with either/or unless you get a really...REALLY horrific translation job, but that's usually not the case. It's simply a case of preference and what you are used to on a series by series basis.