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Totoro wrote on 2011-08-19 10:38
[FONT="Arial"]Hey Nation! :D I'm planning on starting the anime Baccano soon, and I was wondering whether I should watch it in Japanese Dub or English Dub. I've watched clips of both, and they both seem pretty good to me, but what's your opinion? D: [/FONT]
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Kazuni wrote on 2011-08-19 10:41
Subs, no question. You'd be hard pressed to find an anime where the dubs are better than the subs, if one exists at all.
Of course, baccano is a fairly cryptic anime, so having it in english might be helpful as some subs are confusing. Still, though, ever since I was exposed to subs, dubs make me throw up in my mouth a little.
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Okitaru wrote on 2011-08-19 10:52
Dub. Anyone saying otherwise is either Japanese, butthurt, or refuses to accept differences.
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TA wrote on 2011-08-19 11:03
The English dub is far superior. It takes place in America and the voices and culture is much better fit with English voices.
Dub haters are gonna hate. To be honest, I've only disliked maybe 1-3 dubs I've watched out of the hundreds I've seen, and that's saying a lot.
Nevertheless, get Dual Audio and compare and decide for yourself. It's a matter of opinion, and yours is the only one that matters.
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Okitaru wrote on 2011-08-19 11:13
Quote from TA;557854:
The English dub is far superior. It takes place in America and the voices and culture is much better fit with English voices.
Dub haters are gonna hate. To be honest, I've only disliked maybe 1-3 dubs I've watched out of the hundreds I've seen, and that's saying a lot.
Nevertheless, get Dual Audio and compare and decide for yourself. It's a matter of opinion, and yours is the only one that matters.
There's certain amounts of authenticity to be added with Baccano specifically, but still quite a bit to be accredited to recent dubs, especially since subs don't give you the entire picture unless you understand the language and how it works/can work.
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Vinhthehero wrote on 2011-08-19 11:47
It's your choice. I watch every anime subbed because I like reading subtitles. Even with American movies and T.V. shows I watch subbed. I just get a better understanding if I read it. However, as Kazuni mentioned, the show is somewhat cryptic as it plays out in a non-linear format so it may require multiple watchings. Maybe watch it dubbed first, then subbed on a second try.
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Paul wrote on 2011-08-19 15:33
I actually watched mines in English Dub cause I watched it on-demand with Comcast. If I had torrented it and watched on my computer, I would have watched in JapDub+EngSub. Regardless, it was perfecting fine in Eng Dub.
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Sariyassa wrote on 2011-08-19 18:12
The dub's great. But some of them, not so much, like Lua.
Claire's English VA was fine, but it just... wasn't Claire. His Japanese voice fit his personality a lot more. The English VA was just SO ANGRY in general, but that's not what Claire is. He's an arrogant person and it showed a lot better in the Japanese version.
That bugged me so much I stopped watching the dub after Episode 9.
If you don't mind Claire's voice different from what it's supposed to be, I'd choose the dub for authenticity's sake, although the Japanese version is done great as well.
It's just unfortunate I worship Claire too much. :blush:
Or you could watch the Japanese version first and then watch the English dub. Baccano!'s that much worth anyway.