Mangaranga said:
Honestly, does it really matter?
I'm not saying you are AF, but the real extreme Dub purists are annoying, not just because they moan about the lack of a dub - which they do, (steer clear of the comments section on ANN when NISA licenses something) - they skip over great shows just because there isn't an English audio track - Bakemonogatari or Garden of Sinners comes to mind.
Purists are the worst fans either way: dub or sub. I know a sub purist and that person hates me just because I watch dubs.
(And yes: the original version is the way the creator intended it to be, I do understand that reasoning and it's true. But dubs can be good/great/awesome.)
Garden of Sinners, I'll watch that at some point. Bake/Nisemonogatari, I'm hoping to watch it in 2014... ^_^
In the next few weeks I'll be looking into watching a subtitled show this summer. ^_~
I really don't see the point in creating a thread for this. Of the shows that are actually released sub only, only a very small amount of them get re-released with a dub, in fact I can only name Clannad, Blue Exorcist and Sentai's upcoming re-release of Nyan-Koi off of the top of my head. Anything which is released sub only is advertised on social media sites and the internet as being so multiple times anyway. By all means mark where there are two different versions of a product available, but I fail to see the need for a "Sub Only Releases" thread.
Add Special A & Fate/Zero to that list.
I also lack a good reason to have a thread to just mention a few titles (Waiting in the Summer, Blue Exorcist dvd, Mayo Chiki, Bakemonogatari, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge, Black Rock Shooter & Bakuman if I recall correctly).
animefreak17 said:
All I'm saying is that it would be useful if we did have some something like that that's all you know know. And even if there only subs now someone could up date it What's going to be dubbed when they get the info.
I'm just saying
Honestly, I'm a dub fan as well... And...
Is it so hard to google "MyAnimeList (Showname)" and check there if a dub exists? Or check the US release?
If a dub exists it'll be on the UK release as well. The only exceptions in recent history being DRRRR & Blue Exorcist,
but to be fair: as far as I'm aware the dub didn't exist at the time of the UK release, so yeah.. It was kinda obvious there wouldn't be one on the disc.
Plus: When announced in the UK the distributor always clearly state that "this will only feature Japanese audio with English subs, no dub exists".
The only exception being Mayo Chiki where MVM assumed a dub was going to be made what didn't happen after all (and they told us about that).
Research isn't that hard.. How do you otherwise decide what you are going to watch?
I always check some videos on YouTube & check MAL for trailers, premise and such. Also reviews if I feel like it.