Dubbed One Piece is amazing and better than the sub in places.
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Dubbed One Piece is amazing and better than the sub in places.
Early this year Crunchyroll murdered their streaming bitrates and it has kind of sucked ever since.
I think i can help you out with this since I also have a Roku TV.
VRV is going to get you the most bang for your buck because not only do you get majority of the catalog from Crunchyroll and Funimation, but you also get a free Crunchyroll Premium Membership along with it, so any Crunchyroll Content it misses out on you can use the CR app for.
With that said, both VRV and CR have a really obnoxious bug on the Roku TV where just about any brand new series will not play on the app. It will freeze at the "retrieving" loading screen and not play. It's been a problem for a long time, and Ellation has not yet fixed it.
FunimationNow is a good go-to app if you're more interested in English Dubs. Their app also used to be pretty bad, but they've been doing major updates through it throughout the year and now it runs pretty great. Since you're just getting into anime, another perk here is Funimation is the only English Distributor that has started to dub anime as they air in Japan, so that is also nice.
HiDIVE is Sentai Filmworks' new(ish) streaming service. Their service lets you get access to both their subs and dubs of their catalogs. They've also recently added some oldschool stuff to their catalog like Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Space Runaway Ideon. The downside here is since it is still new, right now they only have a Web Browser Player and apps for IOS and Androids. They plan to launch apps for streaming devices and consoles throughout next year.
Anime Strike is a mistake.
Finally there's Hulu. Hulu has a pretty damn large catalog and also does a few simulcasts for the more popular titles of the season airing in Japan.
Exclusive to Toonami & Adult Swims website. Good rule of thumb is, if an English Dub premiers on Toonami, it means it will be a while before it is available for streaming.
HiDive looks real interesting on account of featuring classics like Ideon and Legend of the Galactic Heroes along with newer stuff like Girls und Panzer and Log Horizon.
However, some of that doesn't seem to apply in Europe, which is another problem with Crunchyroll discouraging me from giving them money.
However, some of that doesn't seem to apply in Europe, which is another problem with Crunchyroll discouraging me from giving them money.
Yup, anime and manga rights are a mess when your are outside the US.
I have honestly gone full Pepe Silvia trying to figure out who the hell has the streaming rights to One Piece in the UK.
The dubs are very atrocious in my opinion. Lots of out of place references and whatnot. I'd rather the characters not randomly bring up stuff like Gamergate and Donald Trump
Did they sub it themselves or steal from CentralAnime?
Not sure if all the series they've ever done, but certainly a very large chunk. They actually have an agreement with Crunchyroll right now - CR get to do subs, Funimation do dubs, rather than before where Funimation put out both subs and dubs, often keeping CR from having the former.
Funimation dubs about 95% of whatever anime they license. They have a few sub-only licenses in their catalog but chances are if there's an anime you want to watch on their app, it's going to have a dub for it.
One thing to keep in mind though is that with their business partnership with Crunchyroll, they've actually been slowly moving their subs over onto Crunchyroll, so if say, you want to watch something like D-Frag or Assassination Classroom subbed on Funimation, that's not going to be available.
The only notable thing they don't actually stream on their service is DBZ Kai (I think Adult Swim has that exclusively for the time being) and Nichijou.
I've got no clue. I hadn't even heard of HiDive until I searched LotGH and saw that it was streaming somewhere legally. Or, at least, I think it is legal. Does HiDive have a history of stealing from subbing groups?
It's legal - they have an official partnership with Sentai Filmworks and everything (looked into this today). Apparently it might be related to some previous service called 'The Anime Network'?
Thanks a lot for the info there. I think it's going to have to be mostly dubs for me moving forward. So I'm looking into funimation right now actually.
Sounds good. Not sure if you also have Netflix, but they've been upping the ante with producing new anime series as well, and have been getting the licenses to a lot of popular series, so that can be another solid source for dubbed anime.
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Oooh, would you happen to know if I get access to the HxH manga with CR/VRV?
I've been watching a ton of dubs on there, the only stuff where they really rewrite the dialog is stuff like Hetalia, and Shin Chan. I did hear about the Gamergate reference. Ultimate Otaku Teacher rewrote stuff, but it was for the better. The main character sounded so BORING in Japanese. Him quoting stuff like Zelda and "Gotta go fast" fit and really adds to the experience. It made sense because he was a huge nerd. Otherwise I think the minor changes to the dubs are for the better. It just clicks with you more and makes it fun and easy to binge watch.
Cool man, not sure what you and your wife are into but if you're wondering what to check out first there's My Hero Academia, Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Space Dandy (if you haven't seen it yet), New Game (a bit fanservicey but my sister and I absolutely loved it.
Just took a look and I'm sorry to say, no HxH manga on the CrunchyManga app. But Crunchy/VRV does have the anime. And would also recommend the VRV service. Like others have said, link it with Crunchyroll and you get the entire CR library. Hulu has quite a few to choose from as well.
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Yeah, I'll be pulling the trigger on VRV shortly. Thanks for checking!
I'd say VRV is definitely the most bang for your buck. Plus it keeps me from having to deal with the shitty Funimation app.
Crunchyroll sorta has it, though it's the RE:0096 versions which is cut and edited for TV.
Jesus Christ, this happened in what, maybe three dubs total?
Pretty outlandish to blanket all Funimation dubs as "very atrocious".
There are plenty of great dubs on their site but these were done by other companies that are mostly dead now.
If it weren't for that GAF thread I would have never noticed it.
I noticed it right away, haha. It was quite a bit worse on the OP for Rakugo Shinjuu S2.
Nah, Milk is right, you're totally nuts, their recent stuff has been better and more solid than ever.
I didn't know Steins;Gate, My Hero Academy, Dragon Ball Super, 91 Days, Space Dandy, Barakamon, School Rumble, Desert Punk, Yu Yu Hakusho were all done by Funimation.
Yep, Funimation has never made a good dub on their own.
But seriously, these hot-takes are hilarious.
It still drives me insane that there is no way to watch DBZ in its original aspect ratio, subbed with good image quality at a reasonable price anywhere!
I subscribe to Funimation and find it really great value.
They've recently started adding Space Battleship Yamamoto 2199 (They use the Starblazers name for it on the listings) and Phoenix Wright at a rate of 1 episode a week which I was really happy to see.
And of course they've started adding the Dragonball Super dub at long last!
All of Dragonball/Z/GT is on there too, though sadly Z lacks the Faulconer soundtrack and only has the original soundtrack available even on the dub.
The PS4 app is a lot better than it used to be, though still not great. And the website can be a bit difficult to navigate that's for sure.
I've no idea what their Android app is like though as I live in the UK, and the app isn't available in our appstore. I could just track down the APK I suppose but then it just becomes troublesome to keep up to date outside of an app store. (And even the website/PS4 app I have to access through either VPN or a DNS service)
They've recently started adding Space Battleship Yamamoto 2199 (They use the Starblazers name for it on the listings) and Phoenix Wright at a rate of 1 episode a week which I was really happy to see.
And of course they've started adding the Dragonball Super dub at long last!
All of Dragonball/Z/GT is on there too, though sadly Z lacks the Faulconer soundtrack and only has the original soundtrack available even on the dub.
The PS4 app is a lot better than it used to be, though still not great. And the website can be a bit difficult to navigate that's for sure.
I've no idea what their Android app is like though as I live in the UK, and the app isn't available in our appstore. I could just track down the APK I suppose but then it just becomes troublesome to keep up to date outside of an app store. (And even the website/PS4 app I have to access through either VPN or a DNS service)
Because we grew up with 80's and 90's anime and thus actually understand what a bad dub is versus having a personal preference to reading over other valid options.
I do about 50/50 depending on the series and what i plan on doing (subs requires more attention since you can't read if you aren't facing the screen, but can still hear fine)
I would definitely watch shows like Space Dandy, Baccano, and Black Lagoon dubbed over subbed any day.
