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Message: <blockquote data-quote="babomb" data-source="post: 4690805" data-attributes="member: 1316">I understand this, and to a certain extent I agree, if the dub is high quality. Unfortunately, in many dubbed versions of anime, the English voice acting is poor (though this has gotten somewhat better as anime has become bigger business in America). This is one reason many anime fans prefer dubs (some of them are quite snooty about it); other reasons are that the translations are often superior to dubs because the words don't have to match the mouths and the fact that one can get a fan subtitled version much sooner than an English dub, if the dub comes out at all.We just have to find you interesting anime that have good dubs.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Movies made by Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli are distributed in the US by Disney, and have pretty good dubs. They're also among the best anime there is. They tend to be very character-centric, rather than plot-centric. Some of these movies are: Princess Mononoke Howl's Moving Castle Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Castle in the Sky The Castle of Cagliostro (You should preferably see the Lupin III series before watching this, see below.) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cowboy Bebop is one of my favorite series. The dub is not bad. It's about bounty hunters in space. Music is an important theme in the series. It's not super sci-fi. There are space ships and jumpgates, but they still shoot people with pistols. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lupin III is about a gentleman thief, grandson of the famous gentleman thief Aresene Lupin, a contemporary of Sherlock Holmes. He and his team pull off daring capers that are undermined by Interpol or betrayal by Lupin's romantic interest Fujiko. There are actually three different Lupin series, usually referred to by the color of the jacket Lupin wears. The one you're most likely to find is the second (red jacket) series dubbed, and the dub is not bad. There are some serious moments, but it's mostly played for laughs. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ranma 1/2 is about a skilled male martial artist, who is cursed to change into a female in cold water and back to male in hot. His father is similarly cursed to turn into a panda, and they later meet other cursed characters. Although there's some martial arts stuff, this is really a romantic comedy. It gets a bit repetitive after a while, and it's very, very silly, but it's kind of fun, and the dub is tolerable. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ghost in the Shell is probably a good choice for you, with your stated interests. It's about a counter-terrorism unit in a cyberpunk world, and the dub is good. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monster is probably the best anime drama I've seen. It's not available dubbed yet, but I hear it will be soon. It's about a brilliant brain surgeon who has to choose between operating on one of two patients: an important politician and a young boy. He chooses the boy, and has to deal with the consequences of this choice as he learns the boy is a serial murderer. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Metropolis is a movie loosely based on the 1927 Fritz Lang silent film. It's a dystopian future, with class warfare and a robot girl who is the key to controlling a weapon that will take over the world. The dub was pretty good, and there's a nice jazz soundtrack. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FLCL is...well, it's different. I don't really know how to describe it to you. But it's worth seeing, and it eventually makes more sense than it initially appears. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGDhmJJ6ghw]Here it is on youtube[/ame].</li> </ul></blockquote>

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