 What's up internet? My name is Glassfoot, and as many of you know, probably by now, based on the myriad of things I have in my background, including Crazy Diamond, who is my personal favorite thing that I own right now. Okay, while editing, I realized I didn't say I'm a fan of anime. I kind of just jumped right into my point. I thought I did, my bad, but back to the rest of this video. But there is a debate that occurs between a number of fans, most of between newer fans and older fans, and that debate comes down to dubs versus subs. And of course, you know that subs are better, right? Who the fuck are you? I am a true anime fan. Clearly, the subs are always better, because they are the original way that the series was made, and how it should be enjoyed by everyone. Okay, that makes no sense and is elitist. And gatekeeping. For people that want to get into the genre, not even genre, just the style of series the anime is, people that want to get into it, saying that subs the only way to listen to it is fucking gatekeeping and bullshit. Alan, how do you know that? Because I've been watching anime since I was about 10. So obviously you prefer the subs to the dubs, right? Wrong. I prefer the dubs. But why? Well, allow me to go over that and I will explain that in this video. So yeah, as that short little stupid skit demonstrates, the debate between sub versus dub is not very nuanced. Most people that prefer subs believe that subs are the only proper way to watch a series, which is wrong and bullshit, while people like myself who prefer dubs don't care. And here's the thing, it doesn't matter how you want to watch your show. You want to watch it in the original Japanese, that is totally 100% fine. If you are like me and prefer listening to it in English, a language that I can actually understand because I don't know Japanese, that's also fine. And here's the thing, it's a little more nuanced than oh the Japanese is the original and so it's obviously better. After Cowboy Bebop, once Funimation started dubbing things themselves and getting the rights, Funimation dubs things pretty accurately to the original series. And when I see it pretty accurately, I'm talking, they go for the translation that is as close to the original meaning and original words that were used as possible, unlike a lot of shows that people typically point to. More kids oriented shows, Yu-Gi-Oh, the original Pokemon dub, the original Digimon dub shows that when brought over to America specifically into kids, so a lot of the darker things got taken out. That I think is unfair to point to when saying dubs are worse. Now, if you prefer watching it in the original sub, that's fine. And if you think that a voice in the English doesn't sound right, that is also fine. Personally, the reason I actually prefer dubs is because I had ADHD and mild dyslexia. So when I try to keep up by reading the subtitles, it almost hurts my brain in a way. Because especially if it's a longer sentence that's being on screen that is said incredibly quickly, if it goes away, I don't understand what they said and I have to rewind the episode just to be able to play catch up, which is a massive pain in my butt. Yeah, those are pretty much the main reasons that I would argue that dubs are better in a way. Now, I'm not going to say that there aren't bad dubs out there. The Shinzo dub is horrendous. And that's partially because again, 90 show that got brought over and aimed small children, but they re-edited like the beginning part of the show. So in like episode one, it makes no sense because it randomly goes to another thing happening about halfway through the episode. It doesn't even explain how the hell anyone got there. Nothing is explained in Shinzo's first episode. And it's jarring and confusing and I don't like it. And I want to try and find the original Japanese of that show and see if it makes any fucking more sense. Here's the thing, if you don't like dubs because you prefer that your Japanese voice acting and just prefer to watch a show more quickly as it's airing, that is totally fine. But especially for newer fans of anime and people like me who have a harder time keeping up with subtitles while reading, don't hate on us for preferring the freaking English version of the series. And there are three series that I will 100% always argue are better than the original Japanese. Those series are Bakano, Black Lagoon, and Cowboy Bebop. Cowboy Bebop is pretty much the only dub that everyone can agree is actually good. Black Lagoon takes place in, I believe, the South China Sea. And one character is canonically Japanese in that show. One, that being Rock. Revy, Chinese American. Dutch, African American. Benny, American. Belalika, Russian. Literally the only Japanese character in that show consistently is Rock. And not only is Rock the only consistent Japanese character in that series, when they go to Japan for some reason, they made Revy speak in this broken ass English. And I'm absolutely sorry, but the dub is a million times better than that because in the dub, they just used the original Japanese for the characters that are speaking Japanese and had the English parts spoken in English, which makes sense. And Bakano, the final series on this list, takes place in 1930s America with gangsters. Zero characters are Japanese canonically in Bakano. All of them are American. And so it is absolutely distracting to hear Kauai-esque voices and anime reactions when these characters are fucking mobster, gangster-style people. And I will fight anyone on that. Those are my opinions on Sub vs Dub. Overall, it doesn't matter. You can enjoy the series however you want to enjoy the series at the end of the day. Who cares? People that try to make you enjoy it a certain way are gatekeepers and don't listen to them. Whichever you prefer, Subbed and Dubbed, whichever you can watch. Hey guys, I hope you all enjoyed that video from me about subs versus dubs. It's just something I've had on my mind for a bit, kind of what I wanted to get into about them. Because it's a debate that I've seen going on since I really got into anime. I've always personally preferred dubs. I'm not saying dubs are inherently better or that subs are, but yeah. I've always thought it was a dumbass argument because at the end of the day, we're watching the same fucking thing. Why should it matter if I prefer it with an English voice cast versus a Japanese voice cast? Like I said, I hope you all guys enjoyed that video. 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