c/anime-discussions

Finally figured out why people keep calling Dragon Ball Z 'deep storytelling'

I noticed at least 20 posts this week in the sub comparing Goku's character arc to classic literature. But DBZ is literally about fighting stronger guys while screaming for 50 episodes. Does the community just not watch anything outside shonen or what?

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nathanj56•2d ago

Found out the average anime fan spends $600 a year on merch and I'm somehow below that

I saw this stat on some crunchyroll blog post last month. $600 average for figures, posters, dvds, all that. I did the math on what I spent in 2023 and it was only around $200. Either I'm way more casual than I thought or everyone else is just loaded.

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faith684•3d ago

Bought a $300 collector's edition blu-ray and the subtitles don't match the dub

I dropped $300 on that new steelbook set for my favorite mecha series from the 90s. Opened it up last night and the subtitles are completely different from what the characters are saying in English. It's like they translated straight from the Japanese script without any thought to the dub. Anyone else run into this with these anniversary re-releases?

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hunt.quinn•3d ago

I used to skip slice-of-life shows until Barakamon

Always thought they were boring with no plot, but I tried Barakamon on a whim last summer and the slow character growth actually hit me hard. Now I look for that relaxed pacing in shows like Yuru Camp - what made you change your mind on a genre you wrote off?

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jakel36•5d ago

My anime watchlist got corrupted and I lost 3 weeks of tracking

Happened last Tuesday. My MAL app crashed during a sync and wiped out everything I had marked as watching. I had notes on episode timestamps for a few seasonal shows like Dandadan and Blue Box. Had to manually re-add 14 shows from memory. Anyone else lose their progress in a bad update?

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nancygrant•8d ago

Why does nobody talk about how long it takes to find that one specific anime opening song?

I spent three whole evenings scrolling through YouTube and forum posts trying to track down the opening for a mid-2000s mecha show I barely remembered. Turns out the show was "Soukou no Strain" and the opening "Hikari no Synchronizer" was only on some obscure music site from 2006. Has anyone else wasted hours hunting down a song that just vanished from streaming?

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blairtaylor•8d ago

Unpopular opinion: the "skip opening" crowd is missing half the show

My buddy told me to always skip the OP and ED to save time, so I did for like 6 months straight. Then I watched Jujutsu Kaisen S2 and realized the visuals literally change to match the arc, and I'd been missing those details the whole time. Has anyone else had a friend give anime advice that turned out to be totally backwards?

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eric723•9d ago

Spent $150 on a Crunchyroll sub for a year and it actually saved me from impulse buys

I kept buying random blu-rays every month because I wanted to watch stuff right away. Finally caved and got the annual mega fan plan for $150 back in March. Now I just stream everything and only buy physical copies of shows I actually rewatch. Has anyone else noticed their wallet getting lighter after switching to streaming only?

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aaron884•9d ago

Three back to back clients cancelled on me this Tuesday and I'm honestly losing it

I had three houses scheduled for Tuesday and all of them called off within an hour of each other, one saying they 'forgot' they had a plumber coming. That's a solid $240 I was counting on for the week just gone in a single afternoon. Anyone else have their whole day fall apart like that for no real reason?

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thompson.nathan•10d ago

Bought the complete set of a 90s anime on DVD for $150

I found someone selling the whole series of a show I watched as a kid on Craigslist. Paid $150 cash for all 26 discs, which felt like a steal compared to streaming rights that keep disappearing. Turns out half the discs were scratched beyond repair and the seller blocked me. Did anyone else get burned on old physical media or did you have better luck?

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ryan_gibson84•11d ago

Thought the whole 'Dub vs Sub' debate was just elitist gatekeeping until I tried dubbing for a seasonal show

Was forced to watch the first 3 episodes of the new Gundam series dubbed because my buddy's kid can't read subs fast enough and the pacing felt way more natural for action scenes than I expected, has anyone else flipped sides after giving dubs a real shot?

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kelly_west74•13d ago

Took me 6 hours to fix a subtitle sync issue on one episode

Was trying to watch an old subbed release of Gundam Wing and the audio kept drifting after 10 minutes. Spent an entire evening remuxing the file with different delays until I realized my media player had a weird audio offset setting enabled by default. Has anyone else had a simple setting screw up their whole watch session?

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gavinlopez•13d ago

The animation quality in Season 3 of that shonen show fell off a cliff

I just watched the first episode of Season 3 and compared it to Season 2 from two years ago. The fight scenes went from fluid motion to mostly still frames with speed lines, and I counted at least four reused shots in one five-minute sequence. Anyone else notice the studio switch or am I just being picky?

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blakem37•16d ago

Binged Attack on Titan subbed vs dubbed and the difference was huge

I watched the first season dubbed a few years back and thought it was okay, but after switching to subbed for season 2 last month, the voice acting just hit way harder for me. Eren's screams in Japanese had way more emotion, and the pacing felt tighter without the lip flaps being off. Anybody else find that one version completely changes how you see the show?

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evan_burns95•20d ago

Was binging an old series on Crunchyroll and the subs went out for 12 minutes

I was watching episode 7 of an 80s OVA on my laptop, and the subtitle track just vanished during a key fight scene. Had to scramble through three forum threads to find a standalone sub file that actually synced up. Anyone else keep backup subs for older shows just in case?

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allen.charlie•20d ago

Stuck between subbed or dubbed for Attack on Titan

I finally got around to starting Attack on Titan last week and I hit that wall where I had to pick a version. Subbed feels more real with the original voices but I gotta keep my eyes glued to the screen and I miss stuff when I look away. Dubbed lets me fold laundry or eat while watching but some of the English voices just don't hit right especially Eren's screams. I went with subbed for the first 15 episodes and honestly I'm second guessing myself now because the action moves so fast I can't read fast enough. Did anyone else struggle with this choice or am I just overthinking a cartoon? What version did you settle on?

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wilson.kelly•21d ago

That one guy on Reddit who changed my mind about subbed anime

I used to be all about dubbed versions because I could multitask while watching. Then a user named Ryoji42 in a thread about Dragon Ball Super explained how the Japanese voice actors put in way more emotional nuance. He pointed out a scene at episode 66 where Goku's scream sounded completely different between versions. Now I can't go back to dubs for serious shows.

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thomas.parker•21d ago

Appreciation post: That fact about Goku's power level in early Dragon Ball Z blew my mind

I was rewatching DBZ on Crunchyroll last night and checked the wiki on my phone. Turns out Goku's power level was only around 8,000 when he fought Vegeta, but by the Namek arc it jumped to 90,000 after training. I never realized the gap was that huge in just a few episodes. Did any other fact from an old anime catch you off guard like this?

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the_joel•21d ago

Can we talk about the pacing in One Piece's Wano arc?

I'm rewatching the Wano arc right now and I'm stuck on episode 982. The anime drags out every single fight with reaction shots and flashbacks. My buddy says the slow pace builds tension and makes the big moments hit harder. I think it just kills the momentum and makes me skip ahead. I timed it once - a single clash between Luffy and Kaido took like 4 minutes of screen time for 2 seconds of action. Which side are you on: do the slow stretches make the payoff better or are they just filler?

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johnson.jason•24d ago

Just realized I've been holding my clay sculpting tool backward for 7 years

I was watching a YouTube tutorial on facial proportions last night when the guy casually mentioned holding the loop tool with the curve facing down. I've had mine flipped the whole time. All those little divots and uneven eye sockets make sense now. Has anyone else had a similar moment where you found out you were doing a basic technique completely ass-backwards?

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nancy475•25d ago

Rant: Sub vs Dub debate took me 3 hours to settle with my own brother

I spent a whole afternoon arguing with my brother about whether subbed or dubbed One Piece is better, and even after pulling up timestamp comparisons from episode 278, we still didn't agree, so what's your go-to way to end these arguments without losing a Friday?

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the_cameron•26d ago

How I used to watch dubs exclusively and now I can't stand them, what flipped for you?

I noticed after watching Steins;Gate subbed on a whim last year that the emotional delivery in the original Japanese felt way more natural, and now I wonder if I was just impatient before or if dubs actually got worse.

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jana119•26d ago

At a con panel last month someone said 'skip the filler arcs' and it changed how I rewatch stuff

I was at Anime Expo in LA during a Q&A and the speaker mentioned skipping entire filler arcs for a cleaner experience. I tried it on Bleach last week and now I wonder if I missed anything important or if they were right all along-have you ever skipped filler and regretted it later?

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grayc27•27d ago

TIL that one guy at the anime convention actually changed how I watch dubs

Was waiting in line for a panel at Anime Expo last year and this guy behind me started talking about how he always watches subs because dubs 'ruin the emotion'. I told him I mostly watch dubs cause I like to look at the animation without reading. He just looked at me and said 'have you ever watched one where the voice actor actually matches the character's breathing?' Then he named a specific scene from Cowboy Bebop where the dub actor pauses at the exact same moments as the character's chest movement. I went home and checked it and he was right. Made me realize some people just hate on dubs without actually paying attention. Has anyone else had a random convo like that change how you watch something?

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shane655•28d ago

Question about sub vs dub watching: Did I miss the real experience by switching too early?

I grew up watching Dragon Ball Z on Toonami with the original english dub (you know, the one with the Bruce Faulconer music). A few years ago I switched to subbed for Attack on Titan and thought it was way better, more emotional. But now I'm rewatching some older shows like Cowboy Bebop and I wonder if I'm losing something by not just sticking with one approach. Anyone else flip between sub and dub and feel like you're missing part of the show either way?

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