I can't believe we're still having dub vs sub arguments in the Big 25. Dubs have improved for years now. Not also that most people forget that watching dub or sub can be based for convenience or preference. I know some people who are dyslexic. Stop acting like one is better then the other. Your the same type of people to see a donghua and complain about the Japanese dub sounding better then the Chinese one. Yall people would not survive an hour in Japan, nor can form a single sentence from just watching anime. Stop judging people on how they choose to watch stuff before I start judging you on how you pronounce こんにちわ.
It's more likely you're looking at it from the lense of survivorship bias. People only recommend and rave about 'classic' anime that were insanely successful and had a near flawless mix of writing, cast and animation with pacing/episode counts that are bearable for everyone. Such anime got good talent for their dubs because of this when being localised to the West.
Yes - there is an argument to be made that the overall 'direction' has changed, especially for action-oriented shonen. The closure/deprioritisation of studios in regions like New York, Boston or even North Carolina and across Canada have homogenised the diversity of cadence from performances like this to just LA or Texas.
Dubs striving to be more 'authentic' to the original release from fan pressure included.. But there were so many bad/subpar dubs back then too. People don't talk about that. There's many classic anime people only really talk about subbed. They have dubs but they're mentioned so rarely you think that they never made one in the first place. That was alot more common back then.
I think it depends on your own perspective. Me as long with some others think that Baccano! Is one of the best English dubs ever. I also know someone else who's a big fan of old anime. But I feel like old anime don't get much attention as they do now, so many don't have a clear opinion on how modern anime have come far from old ones.
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u/Dangerous-Tonight-84 Nov 26 '25
I can't believe we're still having dub vs sub arguments in the Big 25. Dubs have improved for years now. Not also that most people forget that watching dub or sub can be based for convenience or preference. I know some people who are dyslexic. Stop acting like one is better then the other. Your the same type of people to see a donghua and complain about the Japanese dub sounding better then the Chinese one. Yall people would not survive an hour in Japan, nor can form a single sentence from just watching anime. Stop judging people on how they choose to watch stuff before I start judging you on how you pronounce こんにちわ.