Dubs vs Subs

[Riverl]

The problem is, Japanese VAs, even though sometime not the one the author intended, are trained much more extensively than those normally chosen to be in a dub, who also happen to be, of course, not the person the author intended to take the roles too.
Also to consider: those with superb dub are normally successful show themselves, since there's just no point bring in a superb cast for a mediocre show.
And, if the anime original voices themselves was off, how much you think it will be even worse after the transition, where the (less trained?) VAs have to work on bridging the gap between two different culture and language? There would be something lost during such a transition, with a 90% if not 99% chance.

Long paragraph short: If it goes wrong the first time, what is the chance for a second time, by totally different people speaking totally different language, who dont really know what the author wanted the show to be, would do better



I stumbled upon a lot of good dub too, however up till today, I find none of them actually superior to the original. This is from the stand point of a non-native English user nor Japanese user, and actually came to contact with western cartoon and dub first; the reason I brought that up was because some will prefer the dub or sub/raw due to the voice being more familiar to what they hear daily (I know some think Japanese VAs are too high-pitch and unbearable) or what they come into contact first, this can affect how they feel about a show.


Yes, there are always those super rare exceptions, and if you choose to look only at the exception then, yes, anything goes.
You can take the chance, I dont really mind, its up to you after all.
Personally I'll take the higher chance for a better show, myself, and only double-check shows I liked how the most original version play out

Frankly, if the original went wrong, unless some reliable source tell me otherwise, I'll drop it altogether, no point wasting more time on the 1% (guesstimated, might be lower or slightly higher) chance of the dub being better


On a site note, "closest to the original" dont have to mean what the mangaka expected, but rather *how it was made*
Finally for some nit-picking: several animes was based not on manga, but visual novel, games, or a stand alone on its own, so I think we should use author instead of Mangaka