Subbed anime is better than dubbed anime

I would like to point out con did not follow the round set up I had declared, and instead of posting an opening statement he posted a rebuttal in the second round. "Funimation does an amazing job by giving the Japanese anime English dub." Obviously there are some good English dubs, but as a whole they are sub-par. The majority of their voice actors are inexperienced, and don't know how to properly convey the emotion showed in the original show. "Funimation also gets the permission from the artists before giving it English dub. How is that a unacceptable compromise of artistic integrity?" In the original Japanese version of the anime, the animation studio works with the original artist to get his input on certain scenes, and how they should be portrayed. Oftentimes in English dubs they change the general feel of the anime due to not working with the original artist and not knowing how certain things should be portrayed. "Funimation's English dub is also very accurate and sometimes better than the subtitles. " This is entirely dependent on what subs you watch. If you're watching some shady fansubs with little to no reputation then yes, of course things will be messed up. Often times however, the original animating studio does the subtitles, which are usually done well. Other times reputable fansubbers pick up the series, and these are just as accurate, if not more, than the English dub. I would also like to state that many English dubs are inaccurate, such as the dragon ball dub which mistranslated over 8000 to over 9000. "The subtitle's wording also is changed like the English dub. Trust me, I know Japanese and that English dub is far superior to English sub." Yes, it is often changed, but not to the extent of the English dub. When certain things are translated and changed in subs, there is often a note near the corner or top of the screen pointing out what they changed. One example would be honorific based humor. In English dubs it is extremely difficult to pull this off, and they often completely change the words. In subs they often just put the honorifics in the subtitles, so you can better understand the humor. "The English sub sometimes cover the lower part of the show and blocks it." If there is something important on the bottom of the screen you can still see it through the words, and sometimes they even put the words on top when they want you to focus on the bottom. "It is also hard for some people to read the subtitles and watch the anime at the same time." Most people without a reading disability can easily take one glance at the words and read what they are saying. It may be difficult for some people to start, but after watching a lot of subs they will get used to it. "Funimation also alters the mouthing animation so it goes along with the English words." Even so, they are not the only dubbing company and others don't. This isn't really an issue anyways. "Finally if you truly want to learn about Japan and his customs...... DO NOT LEARN IT FROM AN ANIME." Many anime certainly does incorporate Japanese culture into it. Obviously it is not 100% correct, but it sparks an interest in the viewer to go look things up and learn about the culture. That is like Japanese people learning American culture through SpongeBob or any other cartoon. I disagree, some anime obviously is not very realistic, but certain slice of life anime as well as anime from other genres show things that are very similar if not the same as Japanese culture. There are thousands of ways to learn about Japan and watching anime is not very high on the list. It may not be the most ideal way, but it is definitely a viable way to get into Japanese culture. Also, only watching dubbed anime HUGELY limits the amount of anime you can watch. There are very few dubbed anime compared to subbed anime, and even fewer good dubs. By only watching dubbed anime you completely throw out the window some great anime, just because you don't like subs.