English dub quality

Jan 25, 2023 7:46 AM

funtime43_tr

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Did Cowboy Bebop really set the standard of how English dubs should be made?

Jan 25, 2023 8:36 AM

Wilko0217

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Well not many reached that standard

Jan 25, 2023 8:49 AM

ohpts

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Dub is not bad it's actually good compare to many anime that got really worse dubbing.

Jan 25, 2023 9:03 AM

Ariel_Ariel

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I like the dub. I can't watch most anime's dub idk why but I just can't but cowboy bebop's dub is so good that I could watch both sub and dub

Jan 25, 2023 9:40 AM

DoobieSam

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This dub is excellent

Jan 25, 2023 9:44 AM

Udon_samurai55

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Bebop's dub is awesome

Jan 25, 2023 10:02 AM

squeekeez

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Cowboy bebop dub > sub.

Jan 25, 2023 10:03 AM

Papaswag

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Bebop’s dub is arguably better than the sub, which is actually very rare in most cases. Some people (including myself) believe it to be the best dub of all time

Jan 25, 2023 10:14 AM

sainic82

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not really . . . it just happened to be a really good dub in the middle of the sea of trash dubs (especially at the time it came out).
if you wanna treat is as a standard . . . fine . . . it's honestly good enough to be the standard. but, it's not like nothing else has ever came close to it. plenty of newer dubs have come close and sometimes even surpassed it. examples are, jojos 5 and 6 ,some parts of overlord, made in abyss, promised neverland, baccano, vinland saga, berserk 1997, first half of claymore, golden kamuy, one piece at times, death parade, gosick, and many more dubs that are comparable (not necessarily better but close) to cowboy bebops dub.

sainic82Jan 25, 2023 10:19 AM

Jan 25, 2023 10:32 AM

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LostSpectre

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I guess? I'm not familiar with a better quality dub that predates Bebop.

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Jan 25, 2023 11:11 AM

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Yeah Bebop is definitely one of the best that it almost feels like the anime was first produced in English. I think there are still other great dubs but Bebop is definitely one that everyone can agree on

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Jan 25, 2023 4:06 PM

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Factually, yes. The creator himself says the english dub is the version of spike he wanted originally. And his later work Space Dandy is proof of this, hence why it was released in an english dub, originally. You heard that right the canon version of Space Dandy is English.

Jan 25, 2023 5:40 PM

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It was good. I was never one to shit on a Dub, cause its much easier to suffer lesser VA Quality as opposed to reading your shows, but I watched it entirely in English, and it was nowhere near bad. That 90s feel it has makes it a pleasant watch. You cant really have a bad time watching Cowboy Bebop, anyways. Give the Dub a try. Save yourself the reading for this one.

Jan 25, 2023 7:17 PM

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BigRigMuhammad

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This is one of the only shows I prefer the dub. I can tell they put a lot of care into the voice acting.

Jan 26, 2023 8:14 AM

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giffica said:
Factually, yes. The creator himself says the english dub is the version of spike he wanted originally. And his later work Space Dandy is proof of this, hence why it was released in an english dub, originally. You heard that right the canon version of Space Dandy is English.

Oh so one learns something new everyday..

Jan 26, 2023 10:02 AM

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afacann

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Dubbing really sucks.

Jan 26, 2023 10:30 AM

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afacann said:
Dubbing really sucks.

No one fucking asked.

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Jan 26, 2023 10:55 AM

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Truly_Evil said:

Oh so one learns something new everyday..

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Jan 26, 2023 11:04 AM

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LostSpectre said:

afacann said:
Dubbing really sucks.

No one fucking asked.

I did, and i'm glad someone answered.

Jan 26, 2023 10:08 PM

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The dubs for the ghibli films are very well done, Dragonball is good if not better, Naruto is good, death note, pretty much any super popular or high budget projects tend to have good dub. There's the occasional badly voiced characters even in good dubbed shows.

Jan 26, 2023 11:40 PM

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Cowboy Bebops Dub is without a doubt a great dub but I’m not gonna lie I think it’s kinda overrated like everyone says it’s the best dub ever and like I said yes fantastic dub but I feel like I’ve heard better Dubs still. I just don’t see how this one trumps all of them

Jan 27, 2023 1:31 AM

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This and Spice & Wolf both had really well done dubbing. The voice actors captured the spirit of the characters and managed to find the tone well in English, which can be difficult with localization.

Jan 27, 2023 1:32 AM

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MKSTEEL

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afacann said:
Dubbing really sucks.

In ‘your opinion’ 🤔

Jan 27, 2023 6:38 PM

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Thaitan

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Spike afterlife launching kameha meha waves xD

Jan 27, 2023 9:47 PM

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They raised the standard with the dub. Looking back to what we were getting, especially from some of the lesser titles, we had two dubs we would end up with. Balls to the wall overacting that some actors just ran with for their whole careers, and bless them for it, or cold, don't feel a thing for this script reads. And there are plenty of times prior and since we had a seasoned stage/screen actor faceplant giving a dub. But then Bebop got dubbed and even second and third tier titles were getting really good English dubs. Shows that didn't have any following in Japan were licensed on the cheap here, got a killer dub, aired on Toonami, and are now classic for fans overseas. If it hadn't been as good as it was, alot that came out in the early oughts wouldn't have been as good.

Jan 28, 2023 2:34 PM

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not really however it doesn't take away the fact that it is one of the best dubs, cos you got to remember that there was anime like 1997 berserk out which also provided with subliminal voice acting

Jan 30, 2023 7:05 PM

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It’s one of the better dubs out there. A lot of the 90s adult swim era anime like Bebop, Outlaw Star, and Trigun have pretty good dubs. I’m usually sub > dub but I watched those dubbed.

Jan 31, 2023 4:15 AM

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Papaswag said:
Bebop’s dub is arguably better than the sub, which is actually very rare in most cases. Some people (including myself) believe it to be the best dub of all time

Same for samurai champloo and black lagoon.

Jan 31, 2023 4:42 AM

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Sand_bag said:

Papaswag said:
Bebop’s dub is arguably better than the sub, which is actually very rare in most cases. Some people (including myself) believe it to be the best dub of all time

Same for samurai champloo and black lagoon.

Black Lagoon has meh dub compared tro sub

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