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[–] RamSwamson@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well that just sucks. So if you’re a die hard fan of [anime name] and happen to be European how would you find something close to the source material?

I noticed that “creative liberty” first with the Dragonball series. I grew up watching the dubbed versions then one day discovered a little import store that sold tapes of the series with the original dialogue subtitled into English. There were a noticeable amount of differences in the story and it was slightly mind blowing to me at the time.

[–] ayaya@lemdro.id 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's not exactly what you're looking for but the website https://animelon.com lets you use English and Japanese subtitles at the same time. And you can look at definitions of individual words. It is probably only useful if you are beyond a beginner level though.

I think using Japanese subtitles would be the way to go in general assuming you can read them but have trouble with listening.

[–] RangerAndTheCat@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So I’m old as fuck… did the horriblesubs scene die? They were a bunch of die hard fans encoding subs with direct translations. I appreciated them so much for Knocking on Heavens Door and the complete Cowboy Bebop series 🥹

[–] ayaya@lemdro.id 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All HorribleSubs did was rip directly from Crunchyroll, they didn't do any encoding or translations themselves. And yes they shutdown a few years ago but were immediately replaced by SubsPlease who do the same thing.

Well shit TIL… thanks for the intel friend 🙏🏾

[–] Hanabie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's possible to get close to the original other than learning the original source language. I'd think this goes for English books/movies translated to Japanese, too.