Instigator / Con
14
1476
rating
16
debates
40.63%
won
Topic
#840

Should anime be watched in sub instead of dub?

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
6
3
Better sources
4
4
Better legibility
2
2
Better conduct
2
2

After 2 votes and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

King_8
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Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Pro
11
1402
rating
44
debates
40.91%
won
Description

For the viewers who are unfamiliar with anime, dub means watching anime in English audio with no subtitles, and sub means watching anime in Japanese audio with English subtitles. This will help in your voting decisions. I am on the DUB side (Con), and my opponent is on the SUB side (Pro). I will let my opponent make their first argument.

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@David

Understood

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@King_8

Hey sorry for the delayed response. I'm not calling it a troll vote rather I am clarifying that this is not a troll debate. A troll debate is any (a) competition-style debate (e.g. rap battle, talent show, poetry competition), (b) debate primarily designed to be humorous or facetious or containing primarily humorous or facetious content, and (c) debate on a truism (e.g. "a bachelor is someone who is unmarried"). Votes on troll debates are not moderated. I am clarifying there that votes are moderated and this does not qualifty as a troll debate.

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@David

I don't even see how he picked Pro for sources when none of us provided any sources, so it should have been tied. Well, in my R3 all I did was provide youtube links and that was it, nothing serious. Probably would have been more accurate if he picked Pro for better arguments from looking at his RFD. May not have been the best vote, but how was it a troll vote?
Anyways, I hope more people vote.

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@RationalMadman

If there ever was an objective vote in this universe, that was it.

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@K_Michael

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Vote Reported: K_Michael // Mod Action: Removed

Points awarded: 3 to pro for sources

RFD: I believe that the lost in translation argument by Pro is superior. The English-speaking voice actors won't necessarily carry the intended tone of voice.

Reason for mod action: This is not a troll debate and as such all votes are moderated. The arguments are not explained.

In order to award argument points, a voter must explicitly, and in the text of their RFD, perform the following tasks:


Survey the main arguments and counterarguments presented in the debate
Weigh those arguments against each other (or explain why certain arguments need not be weighed based on what transpired within the debate itself)
Explain how, through the process of weighing, they arrived at their voting decision with regard to assigning argument points

Weighing entails analyzing how the relative strength of one argument or set of arguments outweighed (that is, out-impacted) and/or precluded another argument or set of arguments. Weighing requires analyzing and situating arguments and counterarguments within the context of the debate as a whole.

The voter does none fo this.
The voter should review the COC here: https://www.debateart.com/rules

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@King_8

You'll adjust quickly. You don't have to go off my arguments, you can just imagine my possible arguments and go off those.

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@Wrick-It-Ralph

Damn, I was planning to let Pro make their argument first, so I have something to go on and respond to. Apparently when someone accepts my debate, I must go first. I guess I can't do acceptance rounds, I'm used to DDO. (I guess you can't make a R1 argument and then put up your debate for people to accept, because in DDO you put in your argument when you make a debate, but here you can't do that) I'll just go ahead and make my first argument. I'll use half of my argument in R1, and then you come with your opening arguments and respond to mine, and in R2 I will use the other half of my argument so it won't be overbearing since I have long argument.
Still new to this site so I'm still slightly confused on some things.

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@Club

I can't stand watching AOT dubbed because I'm so used to their Japanese voices. In particular, Hanji and Armin sound awful in English.

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@King_8

Finally! Something I can apply my collective subjective argument too. Shameless spoilers. Since this is an anime debate, I'm going to add some ass pull and say that I'll make an "unreasonable comeback". ;)

I take the side that to each their own.

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@K_Michael

Yeah same, sometimes the voice actors sound so different and don't fit the character, I end up hating it.

I prefer sub, but not enough to debate you. Dub is fine if the voice actors fit my picture of the character.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood gives Edward Elric a really annoying voice in the dubbed version.