Best Dubs/Worst Dubs . . .

[Digimon_Sommelier]

Q: Which dubs in anime are the best or worst, in your opinion? And why?

[Clayton_n]

Ghost Stories and Desert punk

[宅女-lover]

I already mentioned this in another thread I started, but I sure appreciate the opportunity to repeat it. I don't know about worst dubs; as for best, well, I certainly liked "Death Note"'s English dub, but my favorite one so far has definitely got to be "Ah! My goddess"!
I find it genuinely hard to believe that so many people would bash it so strongly, even some of the series' fans.

[PictureGuy]

Death Note's English dub was good, but to really judge you need to compare it with the original Japanese. That I feel is true of all English dubs. Comparing the English to the subtitles on the Japanese dub won't do it because who knows if those subtitles are accurate. I have seen a few anime where the subtitles tell you nothing. You really have to know Japanese to answer this question.

[sj4iy]

Honestly, I would say the English dubs of Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke were far superior to the original Japanese version. The acting was better and the voices 'fit' better, imo.

A long time ago, I used to only watch stuff in Japanese because the dubs were typically terribly acted, heavily censored or non-existent. These days, however, I find that I have no trouble watching either the original Japanese or the English dub because they actually put effort into translating and dubbing it well. The most recent dubs I have watched were Noragami and Ao no Exorcist, both of which were enjoyable and fare well next to the original Japanese.

[Shikalukakuta]

I can not decide yet. let me think

[MudanTV]

Have to agree with Ghost Stories, that is freaking awesome, I'm in the middle of watching it myself and can't stop laughing. Also Afro Samurai is a freaking good dub, altough it was meant as a dub not a sub so don't know if that even counts.

[FluffyDango]

Samurai Champloo has a great dub.

[Digimon_Sommelier]

As far as English dubs go, the later seasons of Pokémon (with Sarah Natochenny voicing Ash Ketchum) are pretty bad. I stopped watching when I found out the original voice actress, Veronica Taylor, left the series.