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Yeah, it's deeply frustrating. I don't want to read subtitles so I like dubs. But compare it to American animated series (eg The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Par
by jmyeet 3y ago
Yeah, it's deeply frustrating. I don't want to read subtitles so I like dubs. But compare it to American animated series (eg The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, etc) where voice acting is taken seriously as acting, which it is. Having the right voice actor matters.
But for dubs it seems like they have like 6 people on staff whose job it is to do the dubs and they're just bad at it. It's clear it's not taken seriously. Being bad at it isn't the end of it either. The voice just has to be appropriate to the presentation and demeanour of the character.
This shouldn't be an afterthought.
- vintermann 3y agoIf they have just 6 people who do all the dubs, those people aren't bad at it. But they will be good at it not in the way you like, but the way producers like - do everything acceptably in one take etc. Dubbing is a pretty extreme industry, from what I've heard. I used to know someone who had contracts to dub Disney stuff - they had ridiculous (and possibly illegal) contracts with huge penalties for quitting, since Daisy Duck better not start sounding different... I have also witnessed Norwegian children's TV "dubbed" by a broken nynorsk TTS engine.