c/anime-discussions

Just realized sub vs dub was the wrong debate for me

I spent years swearing by subs, thinking dubs were for people who couldn't read fast enough. Then I started a new job where I'm on my laptop for 8 hours straight, and my eyes were killing me by evening. I barely had energy to watch anything. A buddy in the anime discord said he switched to dubs for the same reason and it saved his nightly viewing. I gave it a shot with Attack on Titan season 4 since I already knew the story. Honestly, the voice acting was solid and I didn't miss a single scene because I was looking away. Now I just pick whichever format fits my mood or my tired eyes. Has anyone else switched teams like this or do you stick to one side no matter what?

DAE notice every anime intro has a character dramatically walking toward the camera?

I was rewatching Attack on Titan season 1 last night and counted 4 separate walking shots in the first 3 minutes, now I can't unsee it in any show. Has anyone else gotten stuck on this random detail?

Just hit 500 episodes of One Piece and I'm lowkey mad about it

I started watching back in March thinking I'd catch up in a few months, but here I am 8 months later and I still have over 400 episodes left. The pacing in the later arcs is brutal, like 10 minutes of recap and 5 minutes of new content per episode. Anyone else feel like the show is punishing you for wanting to finish it?

Comparing Crunchyroll and Hulu for anime streaming really opened my eyes

I finally got around to watching season 2 of that show everyone talks about. I tried it on Crunchyroll first because that's what my buddy uses, but the ads were driving me nuts, about 3 minutes every 10 minutes. Then I checked Hulu and the same episodes had way fewer breaks and better video quality. Has anyone else found that Hulu handles older anime libraries better than the dedicated streaming services?

My buddy swore I'd regret skipping the filler on my wall patch, but he was dead wrong that time

He told me at Home Depot that if I didn't use spackle before painting, the patch would crack in a week, but I went ahead with just sanding and paint on my living room wall and it's been three months with zero issues, has anyone else gotten away with cutting corners like that?

Spent 4 hours fixing a sub that worked fine after a hard reset. Router config was the issue the whole time.

That debate at Anime Expo 2019 changed how I pick what to watch

I was standing in line for a panel at Anime Expo 2019 when a stranger overheard me complaining about a show I'd dropped. He told me to skip the first three episodes of any slow starter and judge it from there, which felt wrong at first. Has anyone else tried skipping ahead in a show to save their patience?

Can we talk about how everyone says to watch Cowboy Bebop first but I think that's terrible advice for new anime fans

I told my buddy to start with Bebop last month and he bounced off anime completely. Said it was too slow and he didn't get the hype. Then I made him watch Death Note and he binged the whole thing in 3 days. I was the guy always saying start with the classics but that only works if someone already likes the genre. What made me realize I was wrong was when my nephew asked for something like My Hero Academia and I tried to push Samurai Champloo on him. He sat through 4 episodes looking bored. Finally I just asked him what he actually wanted to watch and he said stuff with tournaments and powers. So we watched Haikyuu and he loved it. Now I ask people what they already like before recommending anything. Has anyone else figured out they're bad at recommending shows?

Rant: I blew $80 on a blu-ray box set that had terrible subtitles

I bought the complete 90s Berserk set from a seller on eBay last month. The discs looked fine but the subtitles were straight up machine translated, like they didn't even check them. I got through 3 episodes before I gave up, half the dialogue made no sense. Now the guy won't refund me either. Has anyone else gotten burned by bootleg anime sets online?

I finally get why people rave about the 'show dont tell' rule after watching Jujutsu Kaisen season 2

I overheard a guy at my local comic shop saying that the Kyoto arc dragged because it explained every move through dialogue, but then I binged the Shibuya Incident and realized how much more intense fights hit when they just let the animation and silence do the work, anyone else notice that difference between seasons?

Found a hidden gem at a tiny anime shop in Akihabara

Wandered into this back-alley store near the main strip and they had a whole shelf of out-of-print 90s OVA cel reproductions for like ¥500 each. Anyone else stumbled on random spots in Tokyo that blow the tourist places out of the water?

Took me 3 years to realize I was skipping the wrong episodes of One Piece

So back when I first started watching One Piece, I looked up a filler list online and skipped everything it told me to skip. I figured that's what you do. Then I finally caught up to the Wano arc last month and realized I missed like 5 key episodes that were actually canon but some random blog labeled as filler. Now I have to go back and rewatch all that. Does anyone else just watch every episode now no matter what?

Vent: Dropped my whole anime watchlist after missing episode 12

I was halfway through a 24-episode series I'd been following weekly for three months. Then my streaming service glitched and lost my progress, so I couldn't remember where I left off. I tried skimming through episodes to find the right spot but ended up watching the same scene three times. Gave up and started a completely different show from the 90s instead. Has anyone else had a streaming crash mess up their whole viewing schedule?

Subbed vs Dubbed isn't even a debate for newer shows

Everyone acts like dubs have caught up in quality, but I tried the latest season of that big action anime on Crunchyroll in English and the lip sync was off by half a second the whole episode. The subtitled version had way more natural emotion in the voices... has anyone else noticed dubs still can't get the timing right?

Ran into a cosplayer at the grocery store who was still in full armor

Last weekend I was grabbing milk at the Wegmans by my house and saw this guy in full metal cosplay armor just casually pushing a cart. I mean he had on the whole thing, even the helmet, and he was trying to grab a bag of frozen peas. The store manager came over and asked if he was okay and he just said "I'm between conventions, don't worry about it." Has anyone else had a random run-in with someone who clearly just didn't want to change out of their costume?

That little anime shop in downtown Portland closed down

Stopped by Akiba Central last weekend and saw the 'for lease' sign in the window. Anyone know if they moved somewhere else or just shut down for good?

Showerthought: Figuring out why my anime downloads kept failing took me 3 hours

I spent all Saturday trying to download a new series from a fansub group and it kept stopping at 73 percent every time. Tried resetting my router, switching browsers, even reinstalling my torrent client. Turned out my antivirus was flagging the folder as suspicious and blocking the write access. Has anyone else had a dumb software setting waste half their day?

Just realized I've been watching dubs for 3 years and I used to be a sub-only purist

Back in 2020 I swore I'd never watch a dubbed anime, called it fake or whatever. Then last year during a late night binge of Attack on Titan season 4, my eyes were so tired I accidentally clicked the English dub and just... kept going. Now I'm watching Jujutsu Kaisen dubbed and I can't even go back, it feels too normal. Has anyone else made the switch and felt weird about it at first?

Finally finished my first 90s anime watchlist challenge

Tbh I set this goal back in January to watch 50 classic anime from the 90s by the end of the year. I thought it would be easy since I grew up on stuff like Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z. But man, I underestimated how many shows I missed like Yu Yu Hakusho and Cowboy Bebop. I just hit number 50 yesterday with Trigun and honestly I feel kinda proud. I learned that the older animation styles have a charm that new shows don't always capture. The pacing is slower but the stories feel more grounded. Has anyone else here tried a decade-specific watch challenge and found a show that surprised you?

Spent $45 on a Crunchyroll subscription and it finally got me through Evangelion

I kept bouncing off Neon Genesis Evangelion for like 3 years because the free streaming sites had terrible subs and bad quality. Finally caved and paid for a month of Crunchyroll to watch it properly. The clean video and accurate translation made such a difference I finished the whole series in a week. Anybody else find that paying for a service actually helped them get into a show they were struggling with?

Shoutout to that one anime YouTuber who convinced me to give slice-of-life a real shot

I always thought slice-of-life was boring, no action no point. Then I watched a 20-minute video breaking down the subtle animation in 'Non Non Biyori' and how the backgrounds tell a story, and I gave it three episodes and got hooked. Has anyone else been swayed by a deep dive video on a genre you wrote off?

Dub purists need to stop gatekeeping donghua

I keep seeing people in threads say that Chinese anime donghua doesn't count as real anime because it's not from Japan. That's ridiculous, like saying a movie isn't a movie if it wasn't shot in Hollywood. I've watched about 30 episodes of The Daily Life of the Immortal King this month and the animation style is literally the same as any shonen from Japan. Why does the country of origin matter more than the actual content?

Picked subbed over dubbed for Cyberpunk Edgerunners and I still think the original voices hit harder

Everyone kept saying the English cast nailed it but Lucy's lines felt way flatter in English so I switched back after three episodes, has anyone else had a favorite show ruined by a dub change?

Rewatching Black Lagoon in English dub changed my whole take on action scenes

I always watched subbed, thought dubs were for casuals. Then I got three friends together last Friday for a rewatch of Black Lagoon, and one guy insisted on the English version. I rolled my eyes so hard. But Revy's voice actress actually killed it with the screaming and cursing. It made the gunfights feel more real somehow. The lip flaps matched better than I expected too. Now I'm going back through other 2000s action anime to see if the dubs hold up. Anyone else written off a version for years and then flipped on it?

That time Berserk 2016 killed my watch party in 10 minutes

I invited three buddies over to my place in Denver to binge Berserk for the first time. I hyped it up as this legendary dark fantasy, popped in the 2016 version because I thought newer meant better. Ten minutes in, the CGI was so janky my buddy Mark literally asked if this was a fan project. We switched to the 1997 version instead and everyone was locked in for 4 hours straight. Anyone else almost ruin a first impression with the wrong adaptation?