Let's see....most animes I prefer in Japanese with English subs, but when it comes to animes that base around using an English or non-Japanese setting and theme,I perfer the dubs....UNLESS! The dubs suck REALLY badly

Amen to that,Kenshin sounded like a sissy in Japanese

Jewel- He does. And really, I like of alot of the female voice actors that play males in Japanese animes, but I just did not like his voice at all. It didn't seem to suit him.

I usually prefer all anime in English, because I have almost zero knowledge of the Japanese language. :)

I prefer japenese dubbed anime.

The english (and german*cough*) versions just end up sounding horribly wrong to me .___." Everytime I hear my favourite Character with a completely unfitting voice. ..a little something in me dies ._.". (Same with "live-action"-stuff. I'm weird like that XD").

Not to mention that they tend to change pretty much =/

I actually never prever anime in English...Japanese with English subtitles is my favorite, and only choice. I have this obsession with everything being original so original voices is a must, even though I can't understand them ^.^

Dubbing - The Good and The Bad
The Pros

* If the quality is good, its hard to tell the movie was dubbed at all.
* Many of us hear faster that we can read, which makes a dubbed movie easier to keep up with.

Subbing - The Good and The Bad
The Pros

* If the quality is good, the viewer gets the full meaning of what has been said.
* The audio matches the facial expression, making the movie much more enjoyable to watch.

The Cons

* Poor subbing can include misspelled words, letters written backwards and entire pieces of conversation ommitted completely.
* If you're reading the words, how can you watch the show?

I usually watch the English dub first and then watch it subbed to catch some of the edited things and jokes. The dub has to be really bad for me though to watch it subbed right away.

I have never taken any Japanese classes; but after watching subtitles for while you can pick up on words and their meanings.

As for English dubbing, early works tend to have poorer translations and voices to match the characters. But as the industry grew, it became clear that the voices and translations needed to improve. Granted not all of the early works had bad dubbing, but the quality has grown over the years. For example, when I went to Anime Next, I attended a Q&A panel with some of the voice actors from Full Metal Alchemist (Vic Mignogna, Caitlin Glass, and Travis Willingham). After auditions for their roles, the producers sent their choices to be heard by the Japanese board and had gotten their approval for the voices. More attention is being given to the tone and pitch of the original Japanese voices when choosing an appropriate English dub.

I prefer the original Japanese version, over english. I like classic anime, but many of which are not avalible in english. Sadly, many of them are unavalable subbed.

The only anime I like in English is Inuyasha. Other than that, I prefer only Japanese.

Which Came First...
 

I find it depends on which version I've seen first, subbed or dubbed. And it also depends on how WELL it was dubbed. Breaking my own rule was Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z. They were so horribly edited down for the kiddies and then horrendously dubbed that when I finally saw them in their unedited and subtitled form, I was in awe of how much better they were!

But if the dubbing is at least decent, I'll prefer it over subtitled if I've heard the dubbed version first. As I haven't watched anime in a loooong while, the only ones that come to mind are Full Metal Alchemist and Trinity Blood. The dubbing has been really good!

One thing that annoys me though is how some films refuse to give you the option of listening to it in its original Japanese format. Miyazki films have this problem, as does the younger of the Vampire Hunter D movies. We know these started in Japan. Now let us hear 'em gosh darn it!

Which is better
 

:):):):)Which better English Dub or keeping it in Jappaness and reading enlish dub?
I like to have some in endlish like ones that have a lot that go on in them. were some just sound way better in JP.

I prefer Japanese. They are always the best. =) The only one I loved in English is Inuyasha.

I prefer japanese. For some reason anime in english just sounds weird to me. Mostly, because the japanese version is easier to find.

For me it depends on what anime it is. Like for Digimon and pokemon for example, I can't really sit through the Japanese version. Ash doesn't really look like a 'Satoshi' to me ^^" And its probably because I first started those two with the english dubbed versions. Though mostly, I would prefer for the characters to be speaking Japanese for any other anime. I think that the seiyuus are very talented and can emit a lot of emotion and feelings with the language whereas it does get a little dry with the English version. But then again, the Japanese version would only have a good effect if the subs were good and accurate ^^"

I would prefer anime in English, but only because I cannot understand Japanese.

I found out that the only Japanese anime I liked in english isn't even anime its the movie 'Spirited Away' I prefer the movies and anime in usually Japanese. I don't mind reading subtitles. And I love watching both movies and Anime.

I usually like to watch anime in English because I like using it for background noise. The few exceptions I have is things like Sailor Moon, Slayers, Love Hina, and a few others that I like to watch in Japanese because I love the Japanese voice actors too much. ^_^

I like watching it in Japanese with English subtitles and there are a few anime series that I like in English dubbed.