Essential What Anime are you currently watching?

[VegetasHairline]

Clearly you do or you wouldn't have said it who bullied you? Those cacs on reddit shouldn't be taken seriously breh, it's okay

I don't browse or post on Reddit.

you didn't understand what I said, I'm not telling you to switch



I said it's not automatically someone being an anime snob, there's actual examples of people turning in bad dubs of things,

couldn't care less what your personal preference is, simply explaining the reasoning isnt always people just being elitist

 

[tripleaamin]

1) Subs vs Dubs?
# Team Subs.

But dubs get more people to watch anime, I love it.

I wish comic book movies got more people to read comic books
Same with Sci-Fic and Fantasy novels...I digress.

Tbh it feels like the MCU and the others just don't really respect the source material like that, and it doesn't feel like it gets the push. Not to mention how being faithful isn't as big of a deal for the West as it is for Japan. Imagine if One Piece had the creative liberties you see in the MCU their would be a giant outcry

Tbh I don't really care about subs vs. dubs, but I do admit on a consistent basis Japanese voice actors hit a higher and more consistent level you don't see in dubs. I feel part of it has to do with the language itself, and it lends itself more to voice acting than live action. Like Atsumi Tanezaki voice Anya, Frieren & Gyokuyou. That is some insane range.

Probably also has to do with the culture. In America anything animated is looked at as lesser than live action. So the talent will go to live action, while for Japan, they stay with voice acting, as they are much well regarded. Though in Japan you got some crazy stans for these Seiyuus tho

 

[T-K-G]

Tbh it feels like the MCU and the others just don't really respect the source material like that, and it doesn't feel like it gets the push. Not to mention how being faithful isn't as big of a deal for the West as it is for Japan. Imagine if One Piece had the creative liberties you see in the MCU their would be a giant outcry

Imo it's because american comics be default don't stick to the source material, imagine if they had as many versions of Naruto as they did Batman or spiderman, not fanfictions, but legit alternate universes Shounen jump put money behind and promoted as Naruto. Fans would be burning those offices to the ground within weeks

They show way more respect to the OG creators in Japan than they do here, that's why we only see the same handful of heroes here it's easier and cheaper for an author to just take the superman character and world and force their story to happen there instead of creating a new original character and universe.

It's hard AF to get into American comics for that reason, how are people supposed to know what's "canon" or not? shyt is all over the place

Tbh I don't really care about subs vs. dubs, but I do admit on a consistent basis Japanese voice actors hit a higher and more consistent level you don't see in dubs. I feel part of it has to do with the language itself, and it lends itself more to voice acting than live action. Like Atsumi Tanezaki voice Anya, Frieren & Gyokuyou. That is some insane range.

America does have really good voice actors, but usually they only work on American cartoons, and they are usually paid way better because they are legit serious actors, protected by the unions.

like Invincible for example, spends a TON of money to get Seth Rogan and them to do the voice work every season, shyt might cost more than the animation in some episodes.

Meanwhile a a Dub of a Japanese anime is typically gonna use the same handful of American voice actors, they get paid poorly but they don't care because they can work on 10 anime at the same time, it's a clear quality drop

 

[T-K-G]

My brother your gotta be trolling you can watch dub or sub, that doesn't matter

What mattered was your reasoning for why some people prefer sub, shyt was just wrong some folks have reasonable gripes.

They would be watching the Japanese dub for American cartoons like Teen Titans if they really were snobs about a language like that

 

[VegetasHairline]

My brother your gotta be trolling you can watch dub or sub, that doesn't matter

What mattered was your reasoning for why some people prefer sub, shyt was just wrong some folks have reasonable gripes.

They would be watching the Japanese dub for American cartoons like Teen Titans if they really were snobs about a language like that

 

[WIA20XX]

Tbh I don't really care about subs vs. dubs, but I do admit on a consistent basis Japanese voice actors hit a higher and more consistent level you don't see in dubs. I feel part of it has to do with the language itself, and it lends itself more to voice acting than live action. Like Atsumi Tanezaki voice Anya, Frieren & Gyokuyou. That is some insane range.

Probably also has to do with the culture.

I don't have that level of technical analysis, but for the most part it just sounds wrong to me.

If the film is foreign, I usually look for the subtitled version of it. Netflix has a few Spanish and German series, that I have to watch in the original language, just for the mouths to match up.

I think the only dubs I mess with are Shaw Brothers productions, lol

 

[tripleaamin]

Cygames Pictures really showed up and delivered a top-tier adaptation for Hikaru. It's insane that they were able to elevate the manga through visuals, animation, and music in so many creative ways. It's slower-paced than traditional horror series, but it uses that well since the whole story is 1 long arc. I assume S2 will happen at the earliest 2 years from now since the mangaka has stated the series will end with 10 volumes.



As a big fan of character-driven stories, AoButa/Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus. Is a giant miss not because it is bad because story isn't bad or it looks bad. It's more so the point of introducing new characters and having their arcs before having reasons to care for them. Sakuta feeling too much how he was before after his big arc in Knapsack Kid. Not to add the issue of the series how it uses supernatural elements is just lazy. The movie should be good since it focuses on Mai again.

Would give S2 6/10.



Lastly, I finished the Anne Shirley remake. The first half executed a coming-of-age story well, only adapting the first book, even if the OG anime took its time with it. The real issue is the 2nd half adapting 2 books, and the pacing made it feel like more of a recap than an adaptation. It was good, but the pacing in the 2nd half just lacked the connection to the characters that you would have in the 1st half of the season. The stuff with Matthew is a notable example.

I would give it 7/10.

 

[T-K-G]

@tripleaamin @Jmare007 after seeing this Reze movie I am fully confident part 1 of CSM is gonna go in the rafters Mappa bodied this and the arcs only get crazier from here

 

[Neuromancer]

it gets Baki-like very quickly with the feats they be pulling off can't help but laugh watching him fight with all the GameShark cheat codes enabled

It's surpassed Baki in the insanity department.

 

[Neuromancer]

Them hoes were scrapping scrapping on that Shield Hero Finales. Felt like a Marvel vs Capcom battle

Dr Stone has truly been fascinating. Them nikkas finna go to the fukking bloodclot moon.

Dr.Stone continues to be a series more people need to talk about.

 

[T-K-G]

It's surpassed Baki in the insanity department.

until Sakamoto has world governments respecting him as a military power by himself I'm gonna have to disagree, Yujiro was hoeing COUNTRIES dolo


that season was so fukking wild

 

[Neuromancer]

I wish comic book movies got more people to read comic books

Superman did increase sales of Superman comics apparently. But there's too much history to go through in some cases.

 

[Neuromancer]

until Sakamoto has world governments respecting him as a military power by himself I'm gonna have to disagree, Yujiro was hoeing COUNTRIES dolo


that season was so fukking wild

Fair point. I meant the wanton destruction.


That Barak Obama season Yes. You Can!

 

[Neuromancer]

I'm still watching Dr. stone and Sakamoto. Waiting for the New season of Baki and JoJo reboot to come out.

 

[T-K-G]

Dr.Stone continues to be a series more people need to talk about.

I think people might be having the same experience I had when reading the manga, story just repeats the same formula for mad long

The moment when they have revelations are usually dope, like how they found out about the petrification stone and how it worked

But it's just too far and few between the same cycle of Senku making some shyt and everyone's reactions

I think the anime actually caught up to the point where I dropped the manga space nikka, really?