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japanese dub in the west?

PokeCobra21
PokeCobra21 Member Posts: 37 ✭
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SO! when i watch anime, i normally go to see the original japanese dub. and its WAAAAAY better than the english dub (not trying to say that i hate the english dub, it is the one i was raised with and i know that the cast does their best to do a good job) so, i would LOVE to have avaiable the japanese dubs of the anime, that way i can enjoy watching it. what do you think guys?

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  • MajorBrendan
    MajorBrendan Member Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭✭
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    #2

    I would love to hear japanese audio and Korean dub in the west. They're much better than english dub.

  • TheJeffers
    TheJeffers Member Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    #3

    I believe a lot of anime have licencing issues for the Japanese voice dubbing and music. That might be part of the issue.

    Also many localisers are convinced they can do better than the original creators, and are given a lot of leeway to essentially make their own story out of the source material. Pokémon has more internal oversight so I don't think that happens as much there.

  • HGemini93
    HGemini93 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
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    #4

    I respect that. Although I personally am perfectly fine watching the English dub anime of Pokémon since it’s what I grew up on and am familiar with, having a Japanese dub language option would be pretty cool.

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