Quote Originally Posted by Vilhem View Post
I share your sentiment, Sir Dragoon D: It takes me forever to read books/textbooks and I usually have to stop after a short while because of straining and headaches XD I'll watch some things subbed, but it's usually not a preference for me.

Straight-to-DVD dubs aren't as terrible as what they were when dubs were first being produced back in the day. They've significantly improved. That being said, I usually get pelted with rocks when I say sub isn't all that much of a better experience. It's mostly the weaboos and purists that scream "OMG JAPANESE ORIGINAL OR GTFO" that annoy me. It also really depends on which language you're exposed to it first.

For me, shows like Evangelion, and Slayers, those to me are great dubs. I've tried to watch them in Japanese and they're just meh. Sure the acting is great and all, but I just prefer to hear the dialogue in English. Same with Sailor Moon and Saint Seiya, I was exposed to those shows in Spanish so the Japanese versions really don't strike me as interesting or worthy of all the worship people claim.
My friend works for an anime distirubting company, she can read/write/speak Japanese fluently as she has taught English in Japan for a short period before. She understands my problem and suggests anime with decent subs. She mainly told me to beware of any ADV Dubs for they are aweful. I guess I have good taste of anime because so far I have not run into any terrible dubs.

I don't have to read long before my headaches kick in, I am straining against multiple eye conditions so it can be any length of time from 2-5 mins or if the text is large enough and I could probly read for 10-20 mins. It sucks but I'm used to it by now 26 years of coping can do that.