Watch the Kai Dub with Anime Senses on or off?

[Super Sonic]

Thought about this earlier and was wondering do any of you American guys who watch the Kai dub, be it on tv or on dvd, watch it with your anime senses on or off? What I mean by senses is how US anime fans tend to watch anime and especially anime dubs differently than they watch US cartoons. One such example would be a guy watching the Ouran dub and cricizing voice acting and if some characters sounding familiar, yet watch Justice League and not think about such things he did while watching the anime dub and just enjoy the show. Myself, I kinda keep mine in neutral while watching Kai on tv, as I haven't opened my dvds yet, and just enjoy what I'm watching mostly.

[Chuquita]

I can pretty much watch Kai's dub in neutral; it's just really, really hard for me to listen to Funi's Goku now that I've been watching TFS for so long. I prefer TFS's English Goku; I just like his voice better for the character.


I don't really critique while I'm watching a dub, but I do do that thing where sometimes if I hear a familiar voice I try to guess who it is before the credits roll and reveal the answer. :3

[jjgp1112]

I never watch anything with anime senses.

[theoriginalbilis]

I never watch anything with anime senses.

I used to, but nowadays I just enjoy cartoons for cartoons, unless the bad dub alarms go off in my heads, which for modern stuff is pretty rare. Fortunately, for Kai, the show feels pretty natural (in both languages) except for the jarring animation inconsistency, but that's not the actors' fault.

[Codarik]

I don't have anime senses for some reason.

[Kuwabara]

I've watched everything with the same senses always turned on, whatever those senses may be.

[Akumaito Beam]

I don't necessarily have an "anime sense" as you describe it. If something makes me cringe or laugh inappropriately I'll assess what it was. Some of the time I come to the conclusion of "it's this poor voice acting" or "it's this poor script" which I'll then attribute to a bad dub if multiple things point in that direction. To me "turning off anime senses" would probably just mean putting up with or outright ignoring a bad dub which I will do from time to time if nostalgia gets the better of me.

[El Diabeetus]

I never watch anything with anime senses.

I used to, but nowadays I just enjoy cartoons for cartoons, unless the bad dub alarms go off in my heads, which for modern stuff is pretty rare. Fortunately, for Kai, the show feels pretty natural (in both languages) except for the jarring animation inconsistency, but that's not the actors' fault.

Basically these two post describe what I'd have to say. Mainly just the morning dubs on Cartoon Network are the only things that bother me, I notice mispronunciations and mediocrity from those dubs in general. (I'm referring to the ones like Beyblade and Bakugan that I occasionally see on CN, don't really follow the shows. And the Back-ew-ghan pronunciation bothers me to no end, it's Bah-koo-ghan").

So, Kai and most dubs I do not watch with anime "senses" on. I mean, I'd like for more things to be consistent in the dub, but it's the most accurate dub we've gotten yet from English DB, but I still wish they'd keep all attack names in one style, correct Saiyan's pronunciation (no different than the whole Kayo-ken problem that used to exist for Kaio-ken), etc. Just some small areas. Overall I have no complaints with the new dub.

[funrush]

I don't necessarily have an "anime sense" as you describe it. If something makes me cringe or laugh inappropriately I'll assess what it was. Some of the time I come to the conclusion of "it's this poor voice acting" or "it's this poor script" which I'll then attribute to a bad dub if multiple things point in that direction. To me "turning off anime senses" would probably just mean putting up with or outright ignoring a bad dub which I will do from time to time if nostalgia gets the better of me.

These are my thoughts exactly. Actually, a few days ago, I popped in an old dub VHS just for the hell of it.

[Metalwario64]

If I think acting is bad, I think it's bad, and if I think it's good, I think it's good.

I'm especially this way with movies, and I always point out when I think a movie has bad acting, even if the person/people I'm watching the movie with thinks otherwise.

[BlazingFiddlesticks]

If I think acting is bad, I think it's bad, and if I think it's good, I think it's good.

I'm especially this way with movies, and I always point out when I think a movie has bad acting, even if the person/people I'm watching the movie with thinks otherwise.

This. I do give almost everything the benefit of the doubt, though.

As for Kai, between the footage cuts, new dub, and until recently the soundtrack, it's basically like watching DBZ all over again. I really wasn't comparing it to any prior version for the most part, just letting it be DBZ the way it wants to be. That only comes in when there's money involved, as I'd really rather not double dip. Funi's Kai two-packs are a start though.