i'm sick of the double standard in this community where sub watchers are treated like the problem just because we prefer to experience a show in its native language. it is completely unhinged that western dub defenders act like the entire industry needs to bend over backwards to cater exclusively to their comfort zone, and then have the absolute nerve to call us annoying for simply wanting to enjoy anime the way it was actually created.
let's talk about the actual execution, because you can't even compare the two. anime is a japanese art form, born in japan, carrying the cultural nuances, pacing, and emotional weight intended by the creators and the original voice cast. when you watch it in japanese, the voice actors match the physical and emotional architecture of the characters. they actually understand the context of the scenes, the subtlety, and the gravity of the moments.
meanwhile, the english dub track half the time sounds like a joke. you either get a grating, hyperactive 8-year-old on a sugar rush or a 50-year-old chain-smoker trying to force a teenage voice, with zero regard for whether the vocal delivery actually fits the character design or the emotional stakes. half the dialogue is heavily americanized, butchered, or awkwardly localized to pander to an audience that apparently can't handle reading subtitles for twenty minutes.
and don't even get me started on the blatant disrespect for the source material. they refuse to put in even the bare minimum effort to pronounce basic japanese names, titles, and honorifics correctly, butchering them with a thick american accent while acting like they did a masterpiece of adaptation. if you point this out, they jump down your throat with "it sounds better in english because i can understand it." that is not an objective metric of quality; that is just a lazy preference masked as an objective fact. god forbid a piece of media from a specific culture remains in that culture's language without western audiences throwing a fit because they have to read words at the bottom of the screen. if you want everything catered to american sensibilities, go watch western animation, but stop shitting on the original product and the people who actually respect it. why do americans make everything about them? like the entitlement is ridiculous. 
