/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I watch dubbed cartoons all the time though. Subbed for live action movies though, since dubbing is more obvious and off-putting with real mouths.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ufBleUNos&t=48s

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Subtitles for everything, why would you want to watch any dub unless you just have it on in the background and aren't actually paying attention to the movie?

Subbed is superior.

>>11654022
Because I have terrible vision and staring at subtitles means I don't get to see the action.

There's a reason silent movies would cut to black screens with text. And don't none of you cinema nerds tell me they couldn't figure out how to transfer text onto film back then because yes they could probably.

>>11654025
How come? What if the dudes dubbing it have better voices or acting capabilities?

It's a Japanimation but Hayao Miyazaki said the French dub of Crimson Pig was better than the original Japanese version.

Back when Chinese movies started getting popular in the 90's I tried watching some dubbed movies and it was horrible. Since then, subs for everything.

What was the deal with this film? Certain scenes were obviously dubbed but some looked like they were dubbed from another language and some looked like they were dubbed in their original language (maybe ADRed if that existed back then).

The worst was in the DVD edition they re-added some scene to establish Ugly-san's cohorts joining him, but I guess the actors were speaking Spanish or Italian or maybe they were just dead and they dubbed over with new voices and it's like why is this a part of the film just cut it out it's not that important.

Bad movies become funnier with bad dubbing.

>>11654030
>Hayao Miyazaki said the French dub of Crimson Pig was better than the original Japanese version.

That may be true because drama schools in France are ruff. This is not the case with most dubs.

I wouldn't recommend dubs for Jap stuff,ever.You'll miss some amazing voice acting.

Depending on the material it may change your entire viewing experience.

>>11654030
>Live action only

>>11654089
That may be true mostly because >Miyazaki. The guy was infamous for his voice casting choices even before he went full retard and gave a main role to Anno.

original audio

>>11654094
Holy shit this board is pathetic, you mean it's 2013 and you still don't even know Japanese?

banana oil

>>11654089
>I wouldn't recommend dubs for Jap stuff,ever.You'll miss some amazing voice acting.

Japanese literally has two tones. It's like being half-autistic.

I respect the guys for animation and stuff, but seriously, they cannot act.

Live action voice acting sounds like crap compared to 2D stuff so I have no preference

>>11654109
Why waste the time? I learned Mandarin, Russian, and Hebrew instead.

>>11654117
Why would you waste your time like that?

>>11654117
>Hebrew

>>11654117
FILTHY KIKE GET OUT

>>11654117
Are you CIA?

Wow four replies this is a new record for me.

>>11654112
Now you're just being ignorant.

>>11654151
eat shit degenerate

>>11654019
>If I watch a movie i want to relax, not read.

That makes no sense. Reading does not take any effort. You just glance at the text and you've already read it. ...Or maybe it does for dumb , fat, ignorant americans who cant even locate their own country from the world map. How did you find you way to the Internet?

>>11654027
>Because I have terrible vision
There are these things called eyeglasses. They work unless you are (almost)blind, and if you are your opinion doesn't matter since you are such a small minority.

MST3K reminds me of the good old days of 4chan. How I am nostalgic for it.

I am compelled to watch an episode of it now for old times sake.

>>11654264
>I am compelled to watch an episode of it now for old times sake.

It's not as funny as you remember it. The gags are dated and the sketches are painful.

I love the puppets and the idea but MST3K is best left in the past.

>>11654283
Oh yeah the sketches are mediocre at best but I am still fond of the movie bits they do. Some of them I still find funny despite the dated jokes.

Maybe it is just nostalgia goggles but I still find it enjoyable at times.

I know a few of my mates just watch films in the background, so they prefer dubs.

I always actively watch films though - I prefer subs since I find live-action dubs grating. You can probably tell that I'm the sort of person who can't even watch porn if the audio isn't synced properly. I doubt most of the films I watch could've even afforded the luxury of another set of actors.

2 hours of text ruins immersion

so guess which has priority

>>11654496
Yeah, I never get how people can watch films without dedicating themselves to them.

I haven't been to the cinema in years. Maybe I had more tolerance for it in the past, but if someone talked at me or I had to go to the toilet during a film, it would ruin the whole experience. Even if the film was shite.

>>11654513
Do you understand nihongo well?

If immersion is your only criterion, I'd go with nothing but subs - I simply don't understand enough Japanese to watch films without them.

I feel that another language dub over the original live-action would break immersion more than text would. I certainly don't find out-of-sync lip movements and dialogue very immersive.

>>11653998
Okay, listen here anon. Back when I was a kid, born 92, if I saw any movies relating to Japan it was all 1980's mivies my dad watched and rented for me. My Dad occasoinally watched serious Japanese and American mash up movies from the 80's, for example Black Rain. I know that I saw a glimpse of dubbed Japanese fantasy movies at somepoint. I remember almost everything from my childhood and I think the reason I tend to watched dubbed Japanese 80's movies SOMETIMES is because I must have seen the VHS tapes up on the shelves next to the Dark Crystal, The laybrnth, Legend, and The Never Endung Story(1 & 2, but 1 was the best). The dubs are nice to fall asleep to, because only low quality dvds really have dubs these days which reminds me of my childhood grounded in 80's Japanese movies. Other wise I'm stricky English subbed or raw Japanese, unless nothing else but dub is availible.

>>11654513
Speak for yourself. Subs dont bother me

>>11654595
>born 92

>>11654646
I don't get it. Are you angery or are you luaghing at me still being here?

I prefer to watch the raw

>>11654667
You can't even figure that out for yourself?

>>11654683
I don't think anyone can.

>>11654683
Man, I could go for some Kitsu butts and anuses right now.

I remember I had so many favorite girls in that show but Kitsu stood out the most for me.

>>11653998
>>>/a/

dumb crossboarder

japanese all the way
dubbed are for when you are too lazy to read
dubbeds storys are never as good as the originals plus the voice acters for rawjapanese are 50times better

>>11654816
Are you retarded? /a/ isn't for live-action series.

>>11655174
neither is /jp/

Both subs and dubs are terrible. Raw or get out of /jp/.

>>11656581
i'll give it to ye raw if ye dint watch yer gob

Good sites for download asian movies subbed?

>>11656647
Asian DVD Club.

>>11654033
This. And for some reason they always got a British guy. Or if not, it's some non-Asian guy speaking with a "Chinese" accent.

>>11654283
The guys themselves have grown with the times, unlike MST3K. You should check out their new stuff at Rifftrax.
Now, where's my shill money?

>>11657785
http://youtu.be/ZnVn-oES5T0

YOU WERE SAYING?

>>11653998
Neither since jap movies (and obviously live-actions) are terrible.

Reading is for fags. I don't need to know what's going on in a Godzilla film.

I don't watch Japanese movies.

>>11657797
Being everythingbutjapanese is just as bad as being wapanese.

Go watch some Japanese movies, Anon.

>>11657807
I never said I've never seen one, weeab.

Subs. Dubs are absolute shit, regardless of language.

Just how are the English/Western releases of Japanese films?

A lot of anime nerds get upset by their cartoons being dubbed badly or whatever, but live-action films are closer to art so things like censorship and altering the source video is far more of a real concern.

Are scenes ever excised or altered, perhaps to better fit Western standards or an English-language audio track? Are they ever "remastered" in stupid ways, like removing film grain or adding new effects, replacing the Japanese version?

I want to become a DVD otaku but there are so many factors that could potentially flare up my autism.

Subtitling vs dubbing varies greatly from country to country.