Fellow dub vs sub debaters, who gave you advice that backfired?

I still remember a guy on a forum years ago telling me 'dubs are always trash, never watch them.' So I forced myself through the first 12 episodes of Attack on Titan subbed and honestly? I was bored out of my mind. Couldn't follow the action because I was reading too slow. Then I tried the dub on a whim last month and actually loved it. Now I'm wondering if that guy's advice was just his own bias. On the flip side, someone told me to stick with subs for One Piece because the English cast is rough, and after trying 10 episodes, I gotta agree with them there. So how do you decide who to listen to about this stuff? Has anyone else had a specific person's take on sub vs dub totally lead them wrong?

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blairm772d agoTop Commenter

Read a blog post once that broke down dub quality by studio. Funimation dubs are usually solid, but some of those early 2000s dubs were rough. That's probably why that Attack on Titan guy was wrong. Saw something similar with Cowboy Bebop - the dub is legendary, but I'd never tell a first-timer to start with subs. One Piece though? Yeah, the English Luffy voice drove me nuts after a while. Gotta take one-off advice with a grain of salt.

wells.evan2d ago

My buddy Mike swore by subs for years, then made me watch the FMA dub and I never went back.

taylor.brooke1d ago

Hang on, I gotta disagree with everyone here. Subs are the only way to go, period. The AoT dub is fine but you miss the raw emotion in the Japanese voice acting. One Piece takes some getting used to subbed but once you do the English voices sound like bad impressions. That guy who gave you bad advice probably just had terrible taste.