Comment on Crunchyroll & Now Netflix Both Confirm Anime Sub Watchers Are the Minority on Their Platforms

sag@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I watch the subs out of either impatience or avoiding certain English VA/character pairings that I absolutely cannot stand. I can muddle my way through the shittiest of subs rather than put up with localized VA’s who sound NOTHING like their Japanese counterparts…

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  • MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I used to be staunchly dubs. But then VAs stopped being people who were hired, and became personalities that controlled. And then I just learned to watch subs. Either I read faster, or rewind.

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    • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Either everyone’s Rimuru(good-enough VA I guess, but mis-cast/shoe-horned a LOT), or they’re taking characters(girls mostly, like Kazari Uiharu) who are shallow, bat-shit insane and sound so in Japanese, but giving them reasonable voices that try to make their obsessions with rules and feeding sardines to their absolutely uninterested crush sound profound …

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