Dragonclaw wrote in message
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>"[DFC]cOwMoO" <cowmoo@bikerider.com> wrote in message
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>> Did you see the dub first?
>> just wondering
>
>Yeah, I did. I don't think that makes a difference, though, when I can
>state reasons why I prefer the dub voices.
>>

Actually, it makes a huge difference. First impressions tend to have the
biggest effect, so it's not unusual that you would associate the english
dubbed voices with the eva characters.

My impression towards dubs is, if the story doesn't call for it, then it is
unnecessary and would only lower the entertainment value that I would get
from watching the anime or movie. For example, the setting of Evangelion is
in Japan, and they are Japanese people, except Asuka(but she IS speaking
Japanese), it would be VERY awkward for me to watch it in english, german,
spanish, or even chinese dubbing. I feel perfectly comfortable watching my
Record of Lodoss War OVA in english dub because it's Fantasy, my experience
with fantasy has been through D&D, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and the
Forgotten Realms novels. Especially with Rurouni Kenshin, if I had to watch
it in anything other than Japanese with English Subtitles, I would find it
very annoying to see Kenshin or any of the Japanese characters constantly
speak in a different language other than Japanese.