#but ive always preferred funimation as a company

[misslydian]

fuck crunchyroll

[liquidstar]

but the thing is that i actually like dubs, im dyslexic so i can miss dialog sometimes with subs and i also like to multitask so i like being able to split my attention more and do multiple things. generally speaking i would prefer to watch things dubbed in theory

but in practice i really have been finding more and more anime dubs to be sort of... mid at best. im not sure why, maybe its just because ive gotten older and i have a more critical eye now, so its easier for me to see these things. or it could be that ive sort of gotten sick of hearing the same funimation dub voices over and over again for the past decade, not to knock the voice actors or anything but a lack of variety can get stale over time.

but to be honest, and this is just speculation, i feel like the real reason more and more dubs have sort of just been mid is because theres more anime now. seriously, the amount of anime being produced is more now than EVER, and on top of that anime has become so much more mainstream this last decade, so more dubbing is being ordered. not only that but plenty of shows are being dubbed as they air in japan. 

so i would imagine that time in the studio must be spread pretty thin, that theres probably not a whole lot of time to dedicate to making sure each series gets a proper passionate dub because theres just too much going on, too much to churn out. it feels like the only shows that get really good dubs are the popular ones, and that makes sense! of course you would put the proper direction you have into the series that people actually care about, and just sort of do well enough on the more obscure ones. like why would there be time to do retakes for generic isekai #2135 when you have to record for 20 more shows today?

and like, with so many shows coming out, i would also imagine that the voice actors would have a hard time getting passionately invested in every single role. like, how into it can you get voicing anime twink #15839 after so many years? but its a job after all and i can understand, sometimes its just for the paycheck and i dont think thats a problem, voice actors need to eat too lol. but like ive seen anime bloopers where the voice actors walk into the booth to record and only realize which character theyre reading for WHILE theyre there (im sure thats not always the case tho). so it seems like it could be a bit more assembly-line style at times.

but yeah basically i think the issue with dubs is just kind of that funimation and crunchyroll or less has a monopoly on them, which makes it so its the same voices over and over again (and this may make the voice actors themselves unenthused or tired), and it also makes it so the company cant put effort into each product, opting instead to churn out things as quickly as possible to keep up with the market. because by the time you wait a season or two to dub a a seasonal show, interest will have faded and everyone will be talking about the new seasonal shit. just like all things in life i believe the issue is capitalism, but again this is just speculation on my end. dont take this as somekind of source on anything its just sort of thinking out loud