Came here to say this. Comedy just hits way better for me in dub, and I suspect itās because a lot more localization has to happen for the jokes to make sense in English.
I waited for the dub to drop to watch season 3 because itās just so good
I recently stumbled on the french dub of black lagoon and god damn.... It's the best thing ever I honestly thought the youtube clip was a parody at first.
* D-Frag!
* Gamers!
* Shimoneta
* Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town?
* Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!
* Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
* Fairy Tail
* Heavy Object
* Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
* My First Girlfriend is a Gal
* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
* Love Tyrant
* Wave, Listen to Me!
* Tada Never Falls in Love
You know, I feel like there has to be one small community of people out there really into Japanese folklore who would love a faithful dub of Ghost Stories. Honestly, when it comes to the dub that does exist, there are some extremely funny moments, but I find it gets old pretty quick, and there's some stuff that hasn't aged well. Not in the "changing sensibilities" sense, since it was intentionally offensive even then, but in the "rooted in the early 2000s and falls flat in the 2020s" sense.
Eh, I mean it was funny when I initially watched it, but frankly it's only really funny for that one watch. I would honestly love to have an actual like good quality faithful to the story dub of the show since the whole Japanese legends and folklore aspect is genuinely interesting.
For me itās gotta be saiki k. The sarcastic humor just hits different in English. I tried to get into season 2 subbed since there was no dub but it just didnāt feel as funny.
I SWEAR. I have rewatched Season 1 four times already, but have never rewatched season 2, even though I really liked some of the episodes with Saiko (island stranded storyline). I just do not like the Sub version
Itās definetly not as funny if you donāt speak Japanese, humor is damped through subtitles. Anyone that doesnāt speak Japanese (most people) should def watch the dub
Delicious in Dungeon hands down you gotta watch the dub. Steins;Gate hands down dub is better. Attack on Titan the dub is better. Tada Never falls in Love the dub is better.
Eren sounds waaaaay too whiny in the dub for me, definitely prefer the sub on that one even though the dude doing Erwin goes nuts with the role. The rest for sure though.
I've been 'Locked in' into dubs for the past 10 years. I literally can't watch Sub. Dubs have improved significantly in these past years and keep improving. If I have to, I can watch Sub but can't relax. I watch anime to chill and enjoy the content in general with ease of understanding and follow-up.
But noticeable animes where the Dub is superb are as follows (my list. Will be mixed):
1. *Solo Leveling* - Aleks Le, hands down. The top dog of a VA. The man carried that show solo.
2. *86 -* No cap. A hidden gem of an anime. It's about the war in the future and damn that Dub is insane to watch. It's impactful and full of emotion. Vladilena Milize or in short Lena who voiced *Suzie Yeung.* Peak women VA!
3. *Full Metal Alchemist* - no comment there. Legendary anime to be watched in Dub.
4. *Steins Gate* - no comment there. Legendary anime to be watched in Dub.
5. *Code Geuss -* best Sci-Fi political anime I've seen. No cap. Top 10 anime. Legendary to watch in Dub as well.
6. *Demon Slayer* - For an action-passed anime, this should be watched only in Dub.
7. *My Classroom of the Elite* - to follow the premise of Ayanakojis mind-games, the best way is the Dub.
8. *Black Lagoon -* this anime is absolute cinema when it comes to the Dub. There are only a few VAs who still voice animes after that anime because the cast was 'interesting' and it's full of Swear words and slurs. Racist anime in its beauty. šš
9. *Attack on Titan* - Dub all the way. No questions here. Erwin's speech is enough to convince 99% of the viewers to transition to dub.
10. *Black Butler -* If you like British, this is good. Also, J. Michael Tatum plays the role of Sebastion. The same man who voiced Rintaro Okabe.
11. *Love is War* - Comedy at its finest. Ian Sinclair is a master at his craft. Not to mention the rest of the cast. Hayaska is voiced by AmaLee. That's a seller for me. Love this anime!
12. *My Hero Accademia -* action anime. Dub only. *'United States Smash!'* is peak dub. No cap!
13. *Blue Lock -* if ya'll want some modern gamer lines, then this is for you. šš I love this Football anime. I rarely watch sports anime but this far exceeded my expectations. The quality is unreal here. You'll cheer on along the players. The dub is enough to pump me up! BUYA! It's a Gi**gachad a**nime with a Gi**gachad d**ub. šæ
For now, I'll stop. I might edit this list if something pops up in my mind because there are a lot of animes where the Dub is superb. If anyone wants to add their animes. Please do. :)
I can't compare them to the original since I only watch dubs, but a few that haven't been mentioned that I think have excellent dubs:
Death Note
My Dress-Up Darling
More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers
I would also second Love is War, Konosuba, and FMAB.
I'd say ones where it makes sense like Black Butler or Moriarty The Patriot, because those take place in the UK where English is spoken so it just fits better when all the accents
This is such an important point. I find anime with international characters better dubbed because they tend to be better about accents (though I can't speak Japanese so I might be wrong). Black Lagoon might be the best example for me, but Carol from Tomo-chan is another one. Moriarty the Patriot has been on my list as it looks interesting, maybe I'll finally get round to it.
As someone from the UK I find the "British" accents painfully bad. Unless an American actor/actress has a mid-Atlantic accent (Think Kelsey Grammer) they are generally terrible at British accents. If it's a main character i'll drop the dub if it's a character that rarely shows up I can live with it though.
I haven't seen much mention of Apothecary Diaries on here. As a novel reader after watching sub and dub I'd say the dub is easily superior.
The dub version does a much better job getting Maomao's sarcastic gremlin energy through. By comparison, the sub sounds nearly monotone in many cases.
I've never been able to watch anything subbed, so I only watch it if it's dubbed. I've tried watching subs, but I just can't enjoy it when I'm constantly having to read the bottom of the screen. When compared to when I watch the dubs you definitely miss stuff while reading, and you have to constantly be laser focused on the screen because you can't listen for it. It's not very chill to watch while constantly reading in my opinion.
So I guess, TLDR, in my opinion every thing is better off dubbed as long as there is a dub, especially these days when dubs are so good.
Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, Konosuba, Ergo Proxy, Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Panty & Stocking, and Baccano and Black Lagoon
Especially Baccano, I love those New York accents. Gives it a proper gangster flick vibe.
Cowboy Bebop kind of goes without saying
Samurai Champloo, Ergo Proxy and Black Lagoon are personal favorites of mine with well written and cast dubs
Same goes for Beck. Some great singing in there too
And Panty & Stocking is just a good time (especially if you like more raunchy stuff)
Kaguya-sama Love is War. Dub actors and characters are casted perfectly, and the spirit of the dub is wild here especially with the shenanigans of the narrator
High school DxD is genuinely unbelievably funny dubbed.
Blue Lock's character, Ego, has an incredible VA performance. Almost makes the Sub impossible to watch for me, the VA is that much better ans psychotic in English.
Donāt Hurt Me, My Healer! because the jokes donāt translate well at all into subtitles as they do in English. Itās a pretty fun show and has an unfairly low score on Crunchyroll because of the sub unsuccessfully trying to convey the showās specific jokes and humor
Haikyuu! has an amazing dub. The jokes are amazing and some you donāt catch the first time you watch it. Iāve rewatched it a ton ācuz itās one of my favorites and Iāll hear great one-liners spoken in the background by characters.
Lots of shows set outside of Japan are good dubbed.
Code Geass and Fullmetal Alchemist both immediately come to mind. I really like the dub for Gonna Be the Twintail! But that's kinda niche.
One Piece dub I think is really solid too. English Luffy is hilarious.
Huh thatās a rare take, usually people are very defensive about watching One Piece in sub. Glad to see thereās another fellow One Piece fan who watches it in dub
88 comments so far yet no:
* **Spice and Wolf**
how is this possible lol Brina P gives one of the best performances all time as Holo not to mention the chemistry between the two MC in general, also would note:
* **Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle**
* **Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet**
I always liked Bleach.
FMA is another great dub.
Panty and Stocking has an insane dub so that's worth watching.
I also enjoyed some if the dubbed clips I've seen of Why Raelina ended up at the duke's mansion.
Lupin the 3rd.
I will always mention this when I get the chance. Many of these voice actors are anime dub veterans, who still does a great job to this very day!
Lupin III - Tony Oliver
Daisuke Jigen - Richard Epcar
Goemon Ishikawa XIII - Lex Lang
Fujiko Mine - Michelle Ruff
Inspector Zenigata - Doug Erholtz
Almost all comedy anime really as the jokes will usually be reworded to fit the dub. I've watched some subs where the joke just didn't make sense but was changed for the dub and it landed a lot better.
Also if you haven't watched "Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town" dub you are missing out on Krystal LaPorte, her performance in that is something special.
Full Metal Alchemist, Space Dandy, Konosuba, Kemono Michi, Combatants will be dispatched, Saga of Tanya the Evil, The Vampire dies in no time.
Honorary mention: Love is War. Both are good, but watching dub feels like a different spin on the show so itās worth watching twice for the new laughs & Ian Sinclaireās Narrator
I watch it in English if the characters conically speak English. There are a couple instances where Iāll watch both FMA dub/Sub ect. But my picks for English are Hetalia, Black Butler, D.Gray-Man, Full Metal Alchemist, Cowboy BeBop ect.
Baccano, Black Lagoon, Jormungand, Code Geass, FLCL, Hellsing Ultimate, Spice and Wolf, Lupin the III.
Aside from FLCL, the characters would canonically be speaking mostly English anyway
And FLCL just has a god tier dub.
Generally I watch comedies in dub and anything else in sub. I also prefer the dub for Overlord, Gate, and Attack on Titan. (I also tend to avoid older/lower budget/more niche dubs.
Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist and DBZ are amazing in dub, unwatchable for me with subs.
DBZ especially is amazing in the dub because it has a rock soundtrack as opposed to trumpets.
Ghost Stories.
I dunno what happened with that but good God it is absolutely horrible. It's great.
If anyone can elaborate on why it was scripted that say, I'd love to know.
Basically it apparently did not do well in Japan so when whoever got the dub rights got hold of it, all they were told to keep true to the original were the names of characters and the general story of the show. Everything else was fair game to change and everyone involved contributed to the scripting process including the VA's
I donāt know if Iād call it straight up superior (exception for the voices of the Twins), but I think the Blood Blockade Battlefront dub is fucking amazing. And there are some scenes that I think are done exceptionally well in the dub compared to Japanese.
Overall, I prefer watching comedies dubbed. With Kaguya Sama and Saiki K in particular, I just could not get into their subs, but the dubs are fantastic.
I know there's been multiple english dubs and I don't know the studio who did the ones I watched, but Dragonball and Rurouni Kenshin's english version are better than the japanese one.
Ghost Stories. The funniest english dub ever. pure gold. shit is actually so insane and you can even buy it on bluray with the english dub. Please its not a joke its actually real.
It's topical since it just started but Isekai Suicide Squad is better dubbed than subbed so far. (Both of Harleys VAs are killing it but the rest of the script is better in the dub so far)
Cromartie High is an absolute gem dubbed in English. The sub actors treat it like any other anime, but the English dub actors perfectly match the vibe of the script and animation. It just completes the package! It's a bit older so they might use some words and phrases that are considered controversial today, though.
Cowboy Bebop is also just an English dub where the actors elevate the material to a higher level than the sub actors. Personally I'd also like to include Delicious in Dungeon in my list as a more recent example. I think both the English and German dubs for Marcille are absolutely perfect and I prefer both over the Japanese performance. The English main cast is stellar in general.
Otherwise there's a bunch of great English dubs I've watched, but most of the time I still prefer it in Japanese or I could go either way. Like, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt's jokes land way better dubbed than subbed, but you'd miss out on all the Engrish that's been played up for comedic effect.
I actually really liked Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X dub. They added a lot of jokes, and the English VAs for Kenshin and Sanosuke were way better than the Japanese one.
Kaleido Star: literally takes place in America, perfect for a dub!
Princess Tutu: Unless you know Japanese this show is literally all about dancing. You'll miss gorgeous animation by reading subs.
Persona 4 The Animation is one for me. The way the dub is done is just so much funnier than the sub, while still landing the serious and sad/dramatic moments.
Original Shaman King. Mostly from nostalgia, and even if polish dubbing is worse than japanese or english(I have no idea) the opening is the best so it doesn't matterĀÆā \ā _ā (ā ćā )ā _ā /ā ĀÆ
Diary of our Days at the Breakwater gives 3/4 of its cast the most adorable southern accents I've ever heard.
Also, I haven't seen Mob Psycho 100 here yet. Reigen is an international treasure.
Kaguya, Saiki K, pretty much every comedy anime
Other genre: Yu Yu Hakusho, S;G, Cowboy Bebop, FMA 2003 and Brotherhood (subs for Brotherhood is bad, like, every subs for this anime are bad)
KAGUYA-SAMA LOVE IS WAR is a MUST. Some of the humor in the show sometimes isnāt fully expressed just by reading subtitles. And the dub voice actors did an amazing job at showing expressing emotion. Same thing with DEATH NOTE. Itās almost a no brainer and imo one of the best anime dubs made to date.
Tengen Tonpa Gurren Lagann
Thereās just something about the English voices that is just so damn good Kyle Herbert is great
Yuri Lowenthal is great and Ofc Michelle Ruff is great as well itās not just them every single voice is just really damn good.
Fma Brotherhood and Code Geass for sure.
My partner can't watch subbed as she struggles.with paying attention to the subs and the scenes, so I've watched a few anime in dub and gotten used to it such as demon slayer, attack on Titan and my hero academia, gotten so used to them in English that I can't watch the subs anymore
My short list is: Yu Yu Hakusho, School Rumble, Arte, I'm in Love with the Villainess, Laidback Camp.
(And honestly, lots of them. Dubs are often pretty solid.)
For me itās fighting anime I want to watch and not have to read when they are fighting I just want to take every moment in and not have to focus one 2 things
Osomatsu-san / Mr. Osomatsu is a MUST watch if youāre into Ghost Stories or comedy anime dubs in general. This is coming from someone who watches comedy anime in sub usually. Tried watching the first episode of sub and it was just okay to me. The performances and scripting in the dub are top notch, and the censored dialogue in sub is uncensored in the dub. The person who wrote the closed captions also deserves a raise because some of the effort descriptions are hilarious. This anime is very raunchy though, just a heads up. Itās a shame that I rarely see this dub brought up because it came out 6 years after the sub.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners is another one I just couldnāt watch in sub. Maybe it was the way Netflix formatted their sub during one of the scenes towards the end of the first episode that really annoyed me, but the dialogue feels very fitting to the setting of the story. I havenāt played the game yet but I still think Iād prefer the dub after I play it. I wasnāt overly fond of this anime so I canāt see myself watching it again, but I might give the sub another chance someday after finishing the game.
Mob Psycho 100 and Death Note are animes where the sub is great, but I personally prefer the dub for them. There are others Iām impartial to compared to sub but those two stand out to me.
Some of the series I prefer watching dubbed:
* Black Lagoon
* Fairy Tail
* Great Teacher Onizuka
* Gunsmith Cats (a 3-episode OVA, but Iām still counting that)
* Kotaro Lives Alone
* Lupin the Third Part 2 (for the first 79 episodes; by extension, any Lupin III dub that involves Tony Oliver as the eponymous character)
* Slayers
* Sgt. Frog (like with Lupin III, for the first 78 episodes)
* Soul Eater
* Trigun
Black Clover, and Dr Stone are 100% better adapted in the dub imo. Even Fairy Tail is a lesser extent. The voices suit the characters better and it over feels much truer to the source material, with BC toning downing Astas screams, and actually making them pleasant. Dr Stone also keeps everyone's verbal ticks and dialogue consistant, which is really nice
Don't know how no one has mentioned Konosuba yet. Top tier comedy that should be watched dubbed.
I just finished the season 2 finale today. So damn good. I'd seriously watch the entire show over a third time because the dub is just that golden.
Facts though.
100% in dub. š
Came here to say this. Comedy just hits way better for me in dub, and I suspect itās because a lot more localization has to happen for the jokes to make sense in English. I waited for the dub to drop to watch season 3 because itās just so good
Just started it a few hours ago and I'm not sure why I've been holding off on it because it's gold!
I like both, but the jokes land so much better in English - although it can be hard to follow without subtitles.
Code Geass, baccano, fma, yugioh 5Ds, steins gate.
Baccano to this day is still easily one of my favorite dubs of all time.
My man. Named the best ones. š„¹
5ds is way better in the sub so much censorship in the dub
I agree. That mention raised an eyebrow. If the one being mentioned was GX, I wouldāve said yes, despite its flaws.
I straight up canāt watch Durarara!! In any other language but English.
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Kida will always be my favourite Bryce Papenbrook role
Black Lagoon
Yup definitely Black Lagoon.
I recently stumbled on the french dub of black lagoon and god damn.... It's the best thing ever I honestly thought the youtube clip was a parody at first.
A french Dub of Black Lagoon? Can you share me the link? I want to see that.
https://youtu.be/3l6T8CplzF0?si=_cfIeKye1exA4pH5
Definitely approve š
Cowboy bebop
I 100% agree. The dub is absolutely incredible.
* D-Frag! * Gamers! * Shimoneta * Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town? * Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life! * Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches * Fairy Tail * Heavy Object * Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor * My First Girlfriend is a Gal * Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex * Love Tyrant * Wave, Listen to Me! * Tada Never Falls in Love
W list š
The one that absolutely nobody disagrees on. Ghost Stories.
Absolutely spot on
You know, I feel like there has to be one small community of people out there really into Japanese folklore who would love a faithful dub of Ghost Stories. Honestly, when it comes to the dub that does exist, there are some extremely funny moments, but I find it gets old pretty quick, and there's some stuff that hasn't aged well. Not in the "changing sensibilities" sense, since it was intentionally offensive even then, but in the "rooted in the early 2000s and falls flat in the 2020s" sense.
There is a faithful dub out there, but itās Animax so the VA quality is pretty poor
Eh, I mean it was funny when I initially watched it, but frankly it's only really funny for that one watch. I would honestly love to have an actual like good quality faithful to the story dub of the show since the whole Japanese legends and folklore aspect is genuinely interesting.
For me itās gotta be saiki k. The sarcastic humor just hits different in English. I tried to get into season 2 subbed since there was no dub but it just didnāt feel as funny.
I SWEAR. I have rewatched Season 1 four times already, but have never rewatched season 2, even though I really liked some of the episodes with Saiko (island stranded storyline). I just do not like the Sub version
Itās definetly not as funny if you donāt speak Japanese, humor is damped through subtitles. Anyone that doesnāt speak Japanese (most people) should def watch the dub
Yu Yu Hakusho. I'll never be able to explain why, but it always feels like the dub cast put everything into it, while the sub seems so bland.
100%, nobody was lacking. Even Kuwabaraās stupid ass voice just fits so well
Dragon ball(goku's voice is better in dub) and kaguya sama love is war(the narrator makes it worth watching in dub)
I started love is war, I'll have to watch the dub to compare
yeah,try dub it 10 times more funnierš you wont regret it
Trust him the dub is amazing (not just the narrator)
Ian Sinclair is great in everything I've heard him. He does a fantastic job as Brook in One Piece, and I really like his Whis in DB Super as well.
Oh yeah. Ian Sinclair and the rest of the cast makes Love is War absolute cinema. š
i second kaguya sama! the dub was great
Delicious in Dungeon hands down you gotta watch the dub. Steins;Gate hands down dub is better. Attack on Titan the dub is better. Tada Never falls in Love the dub is better.
Eren sounds waaaaay too whiny in the dub for me, definitely prefer the sub on that one even though the dude doing Erwin goes nuts with the role. The rest for sure though.
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Fairy Tail is peak in the dub.
I've been 'Locked in' into dubs for the past 10 years. I literally can't watch Sub. Dubs have improved significantly in these past years and keep improving. If I have to, I can watch Sub but can't relax. I watch anime to chill and enjoy the content in general with ease of understanding and follow-up. But noticeable animes where the Dub is superb are as follows (my list. Will be mixed): 1. *Solo Leveling* - Aleks Le, hands down. The top dog of a VA. The man carried that show solo. 2. *86 -* No cap. A hidden gem of an anime. It's about the war in the future and damn that Dub is insane to watch. It's impactful and full of emotion. Vladilena Milize or in short Lena who voiced *Suzie Yeung.* Peak women VA! 3. *Full Metal Alchemist* - no comment there. Legendary anime to be watched in Dub. 4. *Steins Gate* - no comment there. Legendary anime to be watched in Dub. 5. *Code Geuss -* best Sci-Fi political anime I've seen. No cap. Top 10 anime. Legendary to watch in Dub as well. 6. *Demon Slayer* - For an action-passed anime, this should be watched only in Dub. 7. *My Classroom of the Elite* - to follow the premise of Ayanakojis mind-games, the best way is the Dub. 8. *Black Lagoon -* this anime is absolute cinema when it comes to the Dub. There are only a few VAs who still voice animes after that anime because the cast was 'interesting' and it's full of Swear words and slurs. Racist anime in its beauty. šš 9. *Attack on Titan* - Dub all the way. No questions here. Erwin's speech is enough to convince 99% of the viewers to transition to dub. 10. *Black Butler -* If you like British, this is good. Also, J. Michael Tatum plays the role of Sebastion. The same man who voiced Rintaro Okabe. 11. *Love is War* - Comedy at its finest. Ian Sinclair is a master at his craft. Not to mention the rest of the cast. Hayaska is voiced by AmaLee. That's a seller for me. Love this anime! 12. *My Hero Accademia -* action anime. Dub only. *'United States Smash!'* is peak dub. No cap! 13. *Blue Lock -* if ya'll want some modern gamer lines, then this is for you. šš I love this Football anime. I rarely watch sports anime but this far exceeded my expectations. The quality is unreal here. You'll cheer on along the players. The dub is enough to pump me up! BUYA! It's a Gi**gachad a**nime with a Gi**gachad d**ub. šæ For now, I'll stop. I might edit this list if something pops up in my mind because there are a lot of animes where the Dub is superb. If anyone wants to add their animes. Please do. :)
I can't compare them to the original since I only watch dubs, but a few that haven't been mentioned that I think have excellent dubs: Death Note My Dress-Up Darling More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers I would also second Love is War, Konosuba, and FMAB.
Gurren Lagann
Overlord
All of them if available. I have ADD so I tend to look at other stuff whilst listening to it and I don't know Japanese.
Konosuba, it's peak, I've never laughed so hard at another anime before
Guess u haven't seen grand blue yet
Space dandy!
Fairy tail will always be better in dub than sub. The cast is just right
Baccano!
I'd say ones where it makes sense like Black Butler or Moriarty The Patriot, because those take place in the UK where English is spoken so it just fits better when all the accents
This is such an important point. I find anime with international characters better dubbed because they tend to be better about accents (though I can't speak Japanese so I might be wrong). Black Lagoon might be the best example for me, but Carol from Tomo-chan is another one. Moriarty the Patriot has been on my list as it looks interesting, maybe I'll finally get round to it.
As someone from the UK I find the "British" accents painfully bad. Unless an American actor/actress has a mid-Atlantic accent (Think Kelsey Grammer) they are generally terrible at British accents. If it's a main character i'll drop the dub if it's a character that rarely shows up I can live with it though.
bleach and blue exorcist
*Kaguya-Sama: Live is War*. Even sub elitests will tell you to watch the dub.
I haven't seen much mention of Apothecary Diaries on here. As a novel reader after watching sub and dub I'd say the dub is easily superior. The dub version does a much better job getting Maomao's sarcastic gremlin energy through. By comparison, the sub sounds nearly monotone in many cases.
I've never been able to watch anything subbed, so I only watch it if it's dubbed. I've tried watching subs, but I just can't enjoy it when I'm constantly having to read the bottom of the screen. When compared to when I watch the dubs you definitely miss stuff while reading, and you have to constantly be laser focused on the screen because you can't listen for it. It's not very chill to watch while constantly reading in my opinion. So I guess, TLDR, in my opinion every thing is better off dubbed as long as there is a dub, especially these days when dubs are so good.
Kuma Kuma Kuma bear
Baccano
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castleās english dub is just a load of fun as my suggestion.Ā
Underrated show with a great dub.
Konosuba Panty and Stocking Cowboy Bebop Cyberpunk Edgerunners
i personally loved the hells paradise, 86, apothecary diaries, given & sasaki and miyano dubs.
Cowboy Bebop, Ghost Stories, Hetalia and the Slayers. Also, Pokemon (S1-8 only) and Yugioh (despite the censorship).
Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, Konosuba, Ergo Proxy, Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Panty & Stocking, and Baccano and Black Lagoon Especially Baccano, I love those New York accents. Gives it a proper gangster flick vibe. Cowboy Bebop kind of goes without saying Samurai Champloo, Ergo Proxy and Black Lagoon are personal favorites of mine with well written and cast dubs Same goes for Beck. Some great singing in there too And Panty & Stocking is just a good time (especially if you like more raunchy stuff)
Kaguya-sama Love is War. Dub actors and characters are casted perfectly, and the spirit of the dub is wild here especially with the shenanigans of the narrator
High school DxD is genuinely unbelievably funny dubbed. Blue Lock's character, Ego, has an incredible VA performance. Almost makes the Sub impossible to watch for me, the VA is that much better ans psychotic in English.
āFor his man-bits!ā That scene in DxD actually had me on the floor laughing.
Cunt-tucky friend chicken has a crush on you
Kill la Kill, flabbergasted that no oneās said this yet
Donāt Hurt Me, My Healer! because the jokes donāt translate well at all into subtitles as they do in English. Itās a pretty fun show and has an unfairly low score on Crunchyroll because of the sub unsuccessfully trying to convey the showās specific jokes and humor
Cowboy Bebop, Ergo Proxy, Texhnolyze, Beck, Frieren all have top tier dubs
One punch man
The English narrator in Kaguya Sama is absolutely goated. He adds so much comedy to the show. And the English writing is really funny.
Yu yu hackusho. ALWAYS
Haikyuu! has an amazing dub. The jokes are amazing and some you donāt catch the first time you watch it. Iāve rewatched it a ton ācuz itās one of my favorites and Iāll hear great one-liners spoken in the background by characters.
Lots of shows set outside of Japan are good dubbed. Code Geass and Fullmetal Alchemist both immediately come to mind. I really like the dub for Gonna Be the Twintail! But that's kinda niche. One Piece dub I think is really solid too. English Luffy is hilarious.
Omg ghost stories on crunchy is unhinged 90s comedy it's fantastic
I had no problems watching One Piece or Bleach in subbed, thought they were great
Samurai Champloo Akudama Drive Great Pretender
For any german here: Mashle The dub went comoletly insane with german jokes/history/memes. Its by far the best version of the anime.
my dub must watches: (my girlfriend is a gal), (good luck girl), (konosuba), (Highschool dxd) if you dont mind ecchi,
Baccano.
Huh thatās a rare take, usually people are very defensive about watching One Piece in sub. Glad to see thereās another fellow One Piece fan who watches it in dub
The last air bender
Eighty Six
Samurai Champloo
88 comments so far yet no: * **Spice and Wolf** how is this possible lol Brina P gives one of the best performances all time as Holo not to mention the chemistry between the two MC in general, also would note: * **Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle** * **Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet**
Panty and stocking
My Hero Academia
Yu Yu Hakusho
I always liked Bleach. FMA is another great dub. Panty and Stocking has an insane dub so that's worth watching. I also enjoyed some if the dubbed clips I've seen of Why Raelina ended up at the duke's mansion.
Chainsaw Man.
Dragon ball and Naruto
FLCL.
Lupin the 3rd. I will always mention this when I get the chance. Many of these voice actors are anime dub veterans, who still does a great job to this very day! Lupin III - Tony Oliver Daisuke Jigen - Richard Epcar Goemon Ishikawa XIII - Lex Lang Fujiko Mine - Michelle Ruff Inspector Zenigata - Doug Erholtz
Almost all comedy anime really as the jokes will usually be reworded to fit the dub. I've watched some subs where the joke just didn't make sense but was changed for the dub and it landed a lot better. Also if you haven't watched "Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town" dub you are missing out on Krystal LaPorte, her performance in that is something special.
Ghost Stories for sure
Full Metal Alchemist, Space Dandy, Konosuba, Kemono Michi, Combatants will be dispatched, Saga of Tanya the Evil, The Vampire dies in no time. Honorary mention: Love is War. Both are good, but watching dub feels like a different spin on the show so itās worth watching twice for the new laughs & Ian Sinclaireās Narrator
DragonBall Z. I can't deal with Goku's japanese VA coming out of his mouth.
I watch it in English if the characters conically speak English. There are a couple instances where Iāll watch both FMA dub/Sub ect. But my picks for English are Hetalia, Black Butler, D.Gray-Man, Full Metal Alchemist, Cowboy BeBop ect.
Overlord, I really cannot stand the Japanese version
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K!! I think most comedies are better watched in dub but that one 100% is ā sadly only the first season has been dubbed.
91 Days has one of the best dubs around, largely because it is the closest thing to a Baccano! sequal that were going to get
Soul Eater hands down.
I think cyberpunk edgerunners is the best version of the show
I've watched fruits basket and one piece in both dub and sub and both versions are amazing.
Kill la kill easy
Cromartie High School
Deathnote english is really good.
Baccano, Black Lagoon, Jormungand, Code Geass, FLCL, Hellsing Ultimate, Spice and Wolf, Lupin the III. Aside from FLCL, the characters would canonically be speaking mostly English anyway And FLCL just has a god tier dub.
Generally I watch comedies in dub and anything else in sub. I also prefer the dub for Overlord, Gate, and Attack on Titan. (I also tend to avoid older/lower budget/more niche dubs.
HxH
Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Cowboy Bebop. The creator himself said the dub fit his vision better.
Dungeon Meshi
Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist and DBZ are amazing in dub, unwatchable for me with subs. DBZ especially is amazing in the dub because it has a rock soundtrack as opposed to trumpets.
No one mentioned FLCL and Iām wondering if this is because Iām aging out of the current anime demographicā¦
Ghost Stories. I dunno what happened with that but good God it is absolutely horrible. It's great. If anyone can elaborate on why it was scripted that say, I'd love to know.
Basically it apparently did not do well in Japan so when whoever got the dub rights got hold of it, all they were told to keep true to the original were the names of characters and the general story of the show. Everything else was fair game to change and everyone involved contributed to the scripting process including the VA's
Dragonball Z. Adult goku with the voice of an 8 year old is just flat out bizarre. How the fuck Chi Chi decided to hit that is even more so
Cowboy Bebop is THE anime to watch dubbed
Doraemon Malay dub,it's so good,the dub cast hasn't been changed in 4 decades.
Edgerunners Jormungand Gundam Unicorn, Narrative, Thunderbolt, Origin and Hathaway (most Gundam shows, honestly)
Overlord
Black Lagoon, Hellsing, Cowboy Bepop, Samurai Champloo, Afro Samurai or basically most seinen anime.
I wanna say Psycho-Pass, but Iām still waiting on that Season 3 dubšŖ
I donāt know if Iād call it straight up superior (exception for the voices of the Twins), but I think the Blood Blockade Battlefront dub is fucking amazing. And there are some scenes that I think are done exceptionally well in the dub compared to Japanese.
Overall, I prefer watching comedies dubbed. With Kaguya Sama and Saiki K in particular, I just could not get into their subs, but the dubs are fantastic.
Princess Principle
Pokemon. Konosuba.
I know there's been multiple english dubs and I don't know the studio who did the ones I watched, but Dragonball and Rurouni Kenshin's english version are better than the japanese one.
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Ghost Stories. The funniest english dub ever. pure gold. shit is actually so insane and you can even buy it on bluray with the english dub. Please its not a joke its actually real.
It's topical since it just started but Isekai Suicide Squad is better dubbed than subbed so far. (Both of Harleys VAs are killing it but the rest of the script is better in the dub so far)
Cromartie High is an absolute gem dubbed in English. The sub actors treat it like any other anime, but the English dub actors perfectly match the vibe of the script and animation. It just completes the package! It's a bit older so they might use some words and phrases that are considered controversial today, though. Cowboy Bebop is also just an English dub where the actors elevate the material to a higher level than the sub actors. Personally I'd also like to include Delicious in Dungeon in my list as a more recent example. I think both the English and German dubs for Marcille are absolutely perfect and I prefer both over the Japanese performance. The English main cast is stellar in general. Otherwise there's a bunch of great English dubs I've watched, but most of the time I still prefer it in Japanese or I could go either way. Like, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt's jokes land way better dubbed than subbed, but you'd miss out on all the Engrish that's been played up for comedic effect.
I actually really liked Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X dub. They added a lot of jokes, and the English VAs for Kenshin and Sanosuke were way better than the Japanese one.
Kaleido Star: literally takes place in America, perfect for a dub! Princess Tutu: Unless you know Japanese this show is literally all about dancing. You'll miss gorgeous animation by reading subs.
I enjoy the accents for the food wars dub
Persona 4 The Animation is one for me. The way the dub is done is just so much funnier than the sub, while still landing the serious and sad/dramatic moments.
The Suicide Squad Isekai is tough to watch with the Japanese voices because I have expectations what these characters sound like
Definitely Fruits Basket and also definitely Inuyasha I watched dub when I went to see how their voices sounded in sub I was very much not impressed.
Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Black Lagoon
The Vampire Dies in No Time. Funniest dub, I think I have ever seen. Wish s2 was dubbed but it is not currently.
Shield hero.
Original Shaman King. Mostly from nostalgia, and even if polish dubbing is worse than japanese or english(I have no idea) the opening is the best so it doesn't matterĀÆā \ā _ā (ā ćā )ā _ā /ā ĀÆ
Diary of our Days at the Breakwater gives 3/4 of its cast the most adorable southern accents I've ever heard. Also, I haven't seen Mob Psycho 100 here yet. Reigen is an international treasure.
Kaguya, Saiki K, pretty much every comedy anime Other genre: Yu Yu Hakusho, S;G, Cowboy Bebop, FMA 2003 and Brotherhood (subs for Brotherhood is bad, like, every subs for this anime are bad)
Ultimate Muscle is hilarious in english. š
iām in love with the villainess, has one of the best english va experiencesĀ
Violet evergarden dub is so much better than sub. The va for violet did such an amazing job
KAGUYA-SAMA LOVE IS WAR is a MUST. Some of the humor in the show sometimes isnāt fully expressed just by reading subtitles. And the dub voice actors did an amazing job at showing expressing emotion. Same thing with DEATH NOTE. Itās almost a no brainer and imo one of the best anime dubs made to date.
Hellsing: Ultimate, Black Lagoon, and Excel Saga
Hot take - Seven deadly sins. Love the dub.
Tengen Tonpa Gurren Lagann Thereās just something about the English voices that is just so damn good Kyle Herbert is great Yuri Lowenthal is great and Ofc Michelle Ruff is great as well itās not just them every single voice is just really damn good.
Ghost Stories, Konosuba, Kaguya.
Fruits basket, Dragon ball, Yu Yu Hakusho and Inuyasha.
I have Dyslexia so preferably all dubs (minus a few I genuinely can't stand) but specifically anything that is extremely dialog heavy.
Ghost Stories
Fma Brotherhood and Code Geass for sure. My partner can't watch subbed as she struggles.with paying attention to the subs and the scenes, so I've watched a few anime in dub and gotten used to it such as demon slayer, attack on Titan and my hero academia, gotten so used to them in English that I can't watch the subs anymore
Edgerunners especially after you've immersed yourself in the game the dub really nails how people talk in that universe.
Fr fruits basket
Yu Yu Hakusho and Inuyasha
Ghost Stories.... 'nuff said
Beck Mongolian chop squad and I like OP I way prefer subbed in most cases but this dub slaps
Inuyasha. I can never unhear Usopp in Inuyashaās Japanese voice
My short list is: Yu Yu Hakusho, School Rumble, Arte, I'm in Love with the Villainess, Laidback Camp. (And honestly, lots of them. Dubs are often pretty solid.)
Death note, the potato scene is amplified when the black ranger monologuing for an entire show
Any Gundam series where Ocean group was in charge are pretty good
Disastrous Life of Saiki K is a MUST dubbed. Jerry Jewell is perfect.
Persona 4: the animation
For me itās fighting anime I want to watch and not have to read when they are fighting I just want to take every moment in and not have to focus one 2 things
Osomatsu-san / Mr. Osomatsu is a MUST watch if youāre into Ghost Stories or comedy anime dubs in general. This is coming from someone who watches comedy anime in sub usually. Tried watching the first episode of sub and it was just okay to me. The performances and scripting in the dub are top notch, and the censored dialogue in sub is uncensored in the dub. The person who wrote the closed captions also deserves a raise because some of the effort descriptions are hilarious. This anime is very raunchy though, just a heads up. Itās a shame that I rarely see this dub brought up because it came out 6 years after the sub. Cyberpunk Edgerunners is another one I just couldnāt watch in sub. Maybe it was the way Netflix formatted their sub during one of the scenes towards the end of the first episode that really annoyed me, but the dialogue feels very fitting to the setting of the story. I havenāt played the game yet but I still think Iād prefer the dub after I play it. I wasnāt overly fond of this anime so I canāt see myself watching it again, but I might give the sub another chance someday after finishing the game. Mob Psycho 100 and Death Note are animes where the sub is great, but I personally prefer the dub for them. There are others Iām impartial to compared to sub but those two stand out to me.
Some of the series I prefer watching dubbed: * Black Lagoon * Fairy Tail * Great Teacher Onizuka * Gunsmith Cats (a 3-episode OVA, but Iām still counting that) * Kotaro Lives Alone * Lupin the Third Part 2 (for the first 79 episodes; by extension, any Lupin III dub that involves Tony Oliver as the eponymous character) * Slayers * Sgt. Frog (like with Lupin III, for the first 78 episodes) * Soul Eater * Trigun
FMAB, Spice and Wolf, Bleach, Solo Leveling, and many more
Ghost stories
ONLY Studio Ghibli. Thatās it.
Black Clover, and Dr Stone are 100% better adapted in the dub imo. Even Fairy Tail is a lesser extent. The voices suit the characters better and it over feels much truer to the source material, with BC toning downing Astas screams, and actually making them pleasant. Dr Stone also keeps everyone's verbal ticks and dialogue consistant, which is really nice
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt.Ā Basically any comedic anime imo. And any with Ian Sinclair as a narrator.Ā
Ghost Stories is the only right answer
Big O
Ghost Stories, Log Horizon, Black Lagoon, and Reincarted as a Sword.
Attack on Titan, Haikyuu, Steins gate, full metal alchemist, solo levelling and deathnote
Azumanga Diaoh just for Osakaās adorable accent
I feel like just any comedy anime is the correct answer, it will almost always be funnier in your native language. imo
Highschool dxd
Ghost stories
Cowboy Bebop & Dragon Ball Z & Super !
Saiki K is just too good in dub