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Sugar Wiki Superlative Dubbing Discussion
One thing.
I've tried to put examples of this in several YMMV pages about other languages other than English, but I see they've been systematically removed.
Does that mean that non-English dubs can't be mentioned at all in a work's YMMV page?
If it's so, please specify in the tropes' main page.
"The most famous example is the Cowboy Bebop English dub, which is equally liked and even considered to be better than the original by series creator Shinichiro Watanabe."
Despite how widespread this idea is, on this site and others, I can't find where Watanabe has actually said that he prefers the English voices. I've read through many interviews but I've had no luck in my search. Does anyone have any idea where he stated this? Or is it simply a rumor?
Is the Zeta Gundam dub really popular? Most of the people I know can't stand it. It was really poorly done, as are most Blue Water dubs.
Azaram: Never understood this myself. Blah, blah 'the original voices'. When you don't understand the original voices, then it's just gibberish. You don't get to see the anime because you're reading the light novel at the bottom of the screen. :P Nevertheless, I enjoy both of them, often even the same series.
And more importantly, because you have to read at the pace they speak, a lot of stuff is LOST in translation. I don't understand a lot of Japanese, but I do know some, and often hear words that aren't in the subtitles.
What it comes down it is, if you like X, then watch X, accept that other people like Y, and that liking X does not make you any better than them, and bitching about it makes you worse, not 'right'.