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Author: VampireBuddha

Jul 20th 2008 at 1:57:29 PM

I'd say that with animation, most dubs are decent; the hardcore dubhaters seem to think that 4Kids is the only company around that dubs foreign language shows.

Anyway, here are VampireBuddha's favourite dubs.
* ''CowboyBebop'', English dub - NeoChaos heard correctly. In fact, some English-speaking fans consider the dub to be superior to the original Japanese.
* ''PrincessMononoke'', English dub - the voices fit the characters, and everything is done very well, very subtly, and no errors in sight.
* ''AvatarTheLegendOfAang'', Irish dub - the voices fit the characters extremely well; in fact, I'd go so far as to say that Iroh and Azula's Irish voice actors are even better than the Americans. The dubbers also did an excellent job of converting the English poetry and wordplay into Irish poetry and wordplay.
* ''TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya'', English dub - Haruhi sings a song in episode 12. Rather than leave it in Japanese, or write a new one, Bandai translated the song directly into English. The fact that it sounded good in English at all is a testament to both the care and attention tha went into the dub and Wendee Lee's talent as a voice actress.
* ''DeathNote'', English dub - this has no awkward sentences, weird pauses, or incorrect emphasis at all. Plus, the Epic Crisps Scene and Mikami's cry of "Delete. ''Delete''. '''Delete'''. '''''Delete'''''. '''''DELETE'''''. '''''DDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEE.''''' in the penultimate episode are nothing short of awesome.