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It doesn’t matter if I am watching a Godzilla movie, Crouching Tiger, Princess Mononoke, or a foreign film, there is something about the “actors” hired to redub the performances that irks me - they don’t emote well, or they’re ill-cast because they’re celebrities. Sometimes they’re in the “so bad, they’re good” category, resulting in total hilarity, but that’s the only time I’ve ever enjoyed them.

If you aren’t smart enough to read a subtitle as you watch something, then just don’t watch it. Dubs are the distributors literally finding a way to expand an audience to the lowest common denominator.

It doesn’t matter if I am watching a Godzilla movie, *Crouching Tiger*, *Princess Mononoke*, or a foreign film, there is something about the “actors” hired to redub the performances that irks me - they don’t emote well, or they’re ill-cast because they’re celebrities. Sometimes they’re in the “so bad, they’re good” category, resulting in total hilarity, but that’s the only time I’ve ever enjoyed them. If you aren’t smart enough to read a subtitle as you watch something, then just don’t watch it. Dubs are the distributors literally finding a way to expand an audience to the lowest common denominator.

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That may have been the one where I first realized how bad dubs were in anime. As a kid I would watch stuff like Voltron without realizing why everything seemed so weirdly off. Giant magical robot? Cool. Bizarre over and under acting? My little brain just fizzled and popped.

Then BBT in Mononoke put it all into perspective. Not only that, it seemed like he recorded his session poolside or something so they had to do major work in post to fix it.

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It truly was bad.

I generally don’t mind the dub; it’s hard for me to sit and focus on only one thing for long, so forcing myself to watch and read is a chore. I’ve always heard the subs are better, but…I suppose I don’t k ow what I’m missing.