Dubs vs Subs

[Force-Attuned Krogoth]

The point you make about Engrish is an interesting one. But I have to consider the purpose behind each use of it. The idea that something sounds cooler when yelled in Engrish than Japanese I flatly reject. It doesn't matter how you say the name of your special attack as long as it's loud. Mecha pilots just happen to choose English more often than swordsmen or ninjas. Using foreign words as emphasis or style, that's not unique to Japan. It's a concept that translates easily, in fact. In most cases, a dubber would use French as a splash language, though depending on the temperament of the character they might choose Spanish or German or Japanese. The third case where you'd hear Engrish is if it's simply a borrowed word. This is, admittedly, harder to deal with because there are so many different ways it can be used. But English has a great stock of borrowed words to choose from, it's rare that a thesaurus wouldn't come up with a suitable analog, if it's necessary at all.

New animes have nothing to do with good or not.

Neither does a dub track, that's my point. A random new series is as likely to suck as a random English voice track.

But overall, I think we're both starting to repeat ourselves. Maybe we're approaching the time when we have to agree to disagree. There are some core tenets that we clearly disagree upon, and some choices we make differently. You have raised some very good points, that caused me to question how I look at certain things. I hope you've enjoyed this as much as I have.