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Favorites - Note, these are all in Spanish.

1- Sakura Card Captor (Venezuela) - Nearly 100% equal to the original
2- Evangelion (Spain) - as good as the original, and the VA for Asuka is from Germany, so she's got a german accent (as she should.)
3- Mirmo Zibang (aka Mirumo de Pon) (Chile) - For a "kiddy" show, they still put a lot of effort into the VAs sounding right for the characters.
4- Ghosts At School (Venezuela) - The voices were quite similar to the original, though there's too much slang added (and not all Spanish is the same.)
5- Digimon 01-Frontier (Mexico) - Unlike the US version, the voices here sounded like they should.

Least favorite - Some Spanish, some from the U.S.

1- Card Captors (USA) - It's the "All your base" of dubs, the apogee of lame, the worst attempt ever at turning a shoujo show into a shonen.
2- Rurouni Kenshin (Argentina) - Kaoru sounds like a crackwhore on withdrawal, Kenshin sounds like a geek, Yahiko sounds like Kero with a stick up his a**, and Shishio thinks he's Freezer (androgynous voice)
3- Digimon Tamers (USA) - I was ticked off at how Ruki (Rika) sounded like a cheerleader, and Takato like an emo b***h (got'em VAs switched there? lol )
4- Sailor Moon (Any and all languages but Japanese.) They just don't try. At all.
5- Slam Dunk (Spanish) EVERYONE SHOUTS! FOR NO REASON! HELL YEAH! AWESOME! BOOYAH! rolleyes

I don't have a favorite dubbing company, as they all have hits and misses. I have some in my shitlist forever, namely Nelvana, Cloverway, DiC and 4Kids.

About dubs in general... They're a need. Specially in countries like mine, where intranets suck so downloading off internet is quite slow, if it wasn't for cable TV getting dozens and dozens of shows (some unlicensed in the US) I wouldn't have watched a lot of anime shows.

Yugioh Spanish needs a special mention. Why? Because it's based off the 4Kids crap of a dub, but shows a dub can sometimes save the original, as it's overally better than the US one. It's like that Abridged Series thing in YouTube, but with a brain or two to back it up. wink

And good dubs can really save BAD anime, too. Viewtiful Joe was one lame anime originally (I saw several episodes) but the Spanish dub's hillarious.

Tamers is actually the only Digimon season whose dub I don't hate. Adventure two had the worst dub of Digimon.

i only really dont like the dubs for one piece,naruto,bleach,inuyasha,prince of tennis,and saiyuki
i liked the dubs for slayers(if anyone knows it any more..),yu yu hakusho, and ruroni kenshin XD

One thing that nags me about dubs, is when they feel the unavoidable need to unjapanize names (see, I can make up words. I rule.)

Like, the Sailor Moon dubs? 95% of my hatred for it is the raping gangbang wrongdoing to everyone's name.

I mean, come on... Lita? Whatever crack the dubbers were smoking there, I'll stay away from.

Pokemon started okay, Ash = Satoshi, Misty = Kasumi, but then they ******** up other things (May = Haruka? Unless it's a may breeze, I don't think so.)

Or attacks. The Spanish Dragon Ball is superior to the NA one, simply because they didn't need the feel to violate attack names. Whoever thought up "Gatling Gun" needs to be hung from a pit full of rabid Vegetta (Bejita!) fangirls with dental floss.

And don't get me started on Krillin's "Destructodisc." That sounds like something out of old, lame Hanna Barbera superhero toons, and that's wrong in one too many levels.

I must point out, many Spanish dubs are amazing. I like some even more than the Japanese versions. They tend to do a much better voice ACTING

Favorite Dubs:

1) Sakura CardCaptors (Spanish)

2) Ranma 1/2 (spanish)

3) Full Metal Alchemist (English, haven't watched it in spanish)

I'll leave it there, because I can't think of the other 2, I tend to avoid dubs


Most Hated Dubs:

1) Naruto Dubs (English, spanish, whatever they all suck)

2) Yu Gi Oh! (same as above...)

3)Inu Yasha (Spanish, haven't dared to watch the english dub)

4) One piece (4kids murders yet again another anime)

5) Sailor Moon Dubs (see #1)


My Favorite dub company....right now, it'd have to be FUNimation for the amazing job they did with FMA, but they all have their highs and their lows.

I don't usually like dubs. But if I must watch them, I prefer the Spanish (Mexican) dubs. Why Spanish? Better voice acting. Why Mexican? Because they have tons of experience at dubbing and have managed to do most dubs accent-less (some accents, such as the Mexican and the Argentinian, bug me to no end. It also gives it a more professional feeling to the dub altogether).

Whats so bad about Naruto's dub? I understand not liking it but how is it worse then the rest of your list which are the worst dubs ever. Naruto has one of the most loyal dubs ever. the voices are fitting but not great and nothing is changed.

Really what is so wrong with Naruto's dub anyway?

Well, ah.....


Favorite has to be Ghost in the Shell. The flaps were next to flawless, and Motoko's voice could not possibly be more perfect.


Naruto, because aside from minor language, nothing was edited out. Sometimes, the mouth flaps can get a little askew(Dousu was horrible, and the guy didn't even have a freakin' mouth!) But the voices are perfect. They couldn't have gotten a better VA for Sasuke or Lee. (Lee sounds eerily like his japanese equivalent) I was plesently Surprised with Tsunade (Not as smooth as her seiyu, but still rich and deep) and Naruto's "Belive it!" while not quite as endearing as "ttebayo!" still makes my hair stand on end, and Jiraiya's hit the pervetrted old man type right on the mark.

FMA. Again, flawless. No flaps to be seen. Language and blood was kept intact, and there weren't any confusing americanization's since it wasn't set in Japan in the first place.


Least favorite dub is Once Piece, hands down. Hammer guns, sour-creaming people, smoldering lolopops and vacant mouths(That's probably a serious edical condition) just....no.