Do YOU watch subtitled or dubbed anime?

Subbed for sure.

The only anime I've ever watched dubbed was Cyberpunk Edgerunners due to my playthrough of the game being in English.

Dubbed and subbed, I do other things while watching, and when I do pay attention I like seeing the difference in translation.

90% dubbed. Sub only of no dub available.
I'm happy for anyone who can read that fast but I just prefer looking at the scene. Also most dubs I know are pretty good anyway, I never understood the hate.

If I know the dub is good I would watch that. The same reason non-english speaking television or movies are less interesting; I want to be able to not have to watch the bottom of the screen every few milliseconds.

Both

Dub. The problem with subs is that if you blink, or take your eyes off the screen to grab your drink or something, you miss stuff. Ears still work if eyes get distracted. 👂

That said, I’ve seen some dubs that were so bad I gave up watching the thing (live action).

Subs, gotta have that original language. I want to have the feeling of the character as it was intended by the director and/or casting director.

Sometimes when you watch a show with dubbed language, it can completely change the vibe of the character if the voice is too different.

Sub with subtitles, my neurodivergence won't let me watch a show otherwise. If the two aren't synced that's a big nope.

I just started watching some anime and was thinking about this!

I watched a few different series in English, dubbed, and they seemed good... then I tried another "classic" dubbed in English (Attack on Titan) and I didn't like it. I had a gut feeling that it would be better w/ Japanese and subtitles, so I decided to try it, and it was almost a different show... much better. Not only did the voices make more sense, the words are very different, almost completely different on some occasions.

I'm scared to rewatch the shows in Japanese that I already watched in English, haha.

I totally understand about not wanting to read subtitles, I don't necessarily want to, either, but it can completely change the show and be the difference between it being good and not good... not to mention the creators' original intentions...

I always watch subs, that thing they do in dubs where they say words in a weird cadence to lipsync better is really offputting to me.

I don't think I've ever watched anything live action dubbed but I struggle with live action subs a lot more than with animated subbed stuff.

When the Ukraine war started a TV channel in the UK decided to air the comedy Zelensky was in before he became president and I could barely even follow what was happening.

Subs for almost everything, including things like donghua or live-action stuff, it just always feels way better to me.

The only exception I can think of where I preferred the dub is Dragon Ball. And I've seen Princess Mononoke in Japanese, English, and German, and enjoyed all versions a lot. Outside of anime, also SpongeBob and The Simpsons in German, but that might just be bc that's how I grew up with them.

when I was young the preference was subtitled but my eyes have gotten worse as I aged. both far and near sighted and although the near should not matter everything is kinda worse. anyway now favor dubbed.

I always watch subbed.

On one hand because I just like the Japanese language.

But also because there are no dubs in my native language, and whether English or Japanese... it's all just foreign languages anyway. So I don't see a banefit to watching dubbed. Sure I'd understand what's said, but it's really not that hard to read subtitles. In fact, information tends to stick better for me when I read it rather than hear about it, so I only see benefits for myself with subtitles.

I watch dubbed, it doesn't bother me that they pronounce things stranglely, I'm use to it, I'm Hispanic and live in usa T.T