I was attempting to tread carefully around this so someone didn't blunder in and yelp that...


...yet i haven't. My post was a lot more on topic then you seem to have perceived. I was blithering about how it is the children's ones that are brought over that are generally poor. I would assume due to budgetary reasons or something, something cheap and cheerful to fill broadcasting space perhaps, whatever. The post wasn't supposed to refer to all Animé, personal opinions on it aside, theres some high quality dubs and accurate representations i'm sure.

It has to be done properly, from your explanation, 4kids seems a bit too corporate to have made a proper job of it. Usually one of the perquisites of a respected foray in this is that they have no idea whats going on having never seen it

All i'm saying is that to give it justice, an outright dub probably wouldn't work. Characters would need to take on completely different personalities, shorelines would need completely different undertones and as many of the names and placed altered to avoid people grumbling about how "they haven't done this, this, this and this right" and then moaning over how the importing should never had happened. This approach is easier to succeed at by a considerable margin over the chances for a decent outright dub.

Us as the fans wouldn't want to see the program tamed for the global youth, better that if the visuals are given a new lease of life it is as something completely different.
I'n my books anyway

I don't understand all this dissatisfaction for anime titles that are released sub-only. The anime industry is really hurting right now and the companies can save money by not producing dubs. There have been good dubs for some shows over the years I really enjoyed. The dubs for Hare + Guu and Azumanga Daioh, and alot of ADVs old OVAs are great and I'm currently enjoying You're Under Arrest! dubbed. Along with other titles I've liked but a lot of the time I think dubs are terrible. It all depends on the actors and dubbing studios and the nature of the show as well but i digress.

But a lot of people claim they won't buy shows if they aren't dubbed and it doesn't help the issue. All the people complaining about pricing and wanting collections instead of volumes grate me too sometimes. I really don't think the anime industry as we know it is gonna last much longer. In a few more years it'll probably be well on its way to regressing to the way it was in the 90s. Very few licenses/releases and more expensive prices.

I watch/watched a number of titles as they aired/ are airing in Japan and I always make a noble effort to buy shows that make it stateside regardless of whether a dub is included or not. I don't see it as paying for something that is normally available for free cause you weren't really supposed to have it in the first place. So many people watch tons of fansubs and don't contribute a dime to the industry and it's sad. I'm part of the group that enjoys the fansubs but I try to do my part to help the industry too. I see watching fansubs as a way to watch shows that'll never make it stateside or to plan in advance things I will buy if they do make it here.