| Description: | What’s the difference between dubbed and subbed anime?
Anime comes in two formats: Dubbed and subbed. Subbed anime plays the original Japanese vocal track for the show or movie you’re watching with English (or whatever language you’re watching in) subtitles. Dubbed anime, on the other hand, features an English-speaking cast of voice-over actors working from a translated script. There are advantages to both formats.
Subtitled anime, when done right, gives you the most accurate version of the original version, down to the vocal inflection of the Japanese-speaking actors. Dubbed titles offer more of a mixed bag, especially with other series and films. American anime dubs in the ’80s and ’90s were often laughably wrong, due to cheap production budgets. Most modern titles have fixed this issue, but you’re more likely to see voiceovers that don’t sync with the characters’ mouths in dubbed versions. |
