Anime Death Note (Anime DUB vs SUB Comparison)

[@amandapr1me]

This is one of the best English dubs out there. Alessandro Juliani is especially perfect as L, but I love Light's manic moments as well.

[@jacksonx7251]

L's English VA has such a sexy voice and that's why I watch the dub.

[@outofworldlol]

L turning to light and saying he’s l always gave me chills the way he stares and whispers it. Probably because the first time I watched it was at like 2am but still

[@SantanaBanana47]

damn the dub is very well done. I usually sub

[@AgieSebie]

One of the few animes where the dub is equal if not better than the sub.

[@rat-chan]

i don’t know I kinda agree and disagree, i’m not sure why, but the dub sounds kind of weird and i’m a fan of both sub and dub anime.

[@just_a_person9583]

Way better in my opinion

[@banana1000]

Which other animes?

[@AgieSebie]

@@banana1000 Cowboy Bebop, Castlevania, Ghibli come to mind

[@banana1000]

@@AgieSebie Thanks, I'll watch them

[@arkfounder7056]

A comparison gives me different impressions on Light's character, the Japanese voice sounds more like he desires to be a hero cleansing the world of evil, while the English voice personifies all the corruption of him being Kira, basically Japanese Voice is how he presents himself on the outside, but English is his devious embodiment that works perfectly with his internal monologues and ego exposure.

[@anandusuresh9302]

Deathnote dub is supreme🔥

[@Cindy67917]

Well we can play the song from the South Park movie, but we can't blame Canada for dubbing this.

[@JollibeenosHasYourCoordinates]

Both do the anime justice.

[@Ajidepollolover]

I quite like lights dubbed voice but I prefer his subbed voice as it suits him more, he sounds calmer, detached and lighter which makes him sound deceptively more innocent which fits his entire facade of being a “regular high schooler”, not just that he’s a regular high schooler, he is the “it” guy in his class, good grades, good looks, good behaviour, no one would be able to suspect him of anything. But L’s dubbed voice really takes it to another level, which is why I prefer the dubbed. L’s dubbed voice is great, and suite his character very well, but the dubbed goes a step further. I love how the va plays and draws out his lines, has an inconsistent pattern of speaking, mumbles, and takes many breaths, it sounds like he is speaking to himself most of the time, not really addressing those around him, forces others to pay attention to what he says closely. Also I think the dubbed is where L’s playful side shines, in some lines he has this sassy undertone in his voice, while still maintaining his deadpan monotone voice. + the dubbed voice is hot.

[@monamonalyza]

外国人にとっては日本版月の声ってかなり高く聞こえるんですね…興味深い 私は表面上は人当たり良くて魅力的な人物像な声であってほしいので日本語版派ですね！(日本人だからなのもありますが)

[@-Jake]

The dub was one of the first few anime’s I watched. Loved it. But the dub is sounding pretty damn good 😮

[@simplewrites]

I'll take a potato chip... AND EAT IT

[@daeganshepherd1849]

Yeah I’m not a dub hater or anything, but that was really funny to me idk why 😂

[@hannahlynn9662]

i genuinely cackled when i heard how high his japanese voice is compared to the english 😭😭

[@rolandovillareal9434]

LOL its the opposite.. if anything it isn’t even a bad thing. The dubbed Light sounds way too fucking american for a Japanese show.. and when he talks he forces it unlike the japanese VA.

[@DansilSchroeder]

Uchida Naoya, who voices Uchiha Madara in Naruto, is also the voice actor for Yagami Soichiro, the police chief and Light's father. Fun fact.

[@CarlosVillareal-lg5tm]

Bro when some anime shows have a decent or good dub, people always go ahead and say that it is "better" than the sub. No dub will ever be as good as the sub

[@cleangoblin2021]

Dub is so good, the Japanese should watch it with subs😂 @5:31 nails it. Light sounded really rageful in this moment

[@akakaaoao123]

こんなゴミみたいな吹き替えみるわけない🤭笑わせてくれてありがとう😂

[@dprzeesy8278]

⁠​⁠@@akakaaoao123I like both. I disagree. That’s exactly how an English person would say it. It certainly wouldn’t be as dramatic as the Japanese dub. I do however respect your opinion, and I think the voice actor certainly put in more emotion. But I found it accurate to an English soliloquy. I would argue some English listeners found it over the top and comedic.

[@rolandovillareal9434]

the dub is shit

[@GalaxyRoyal]

I got the chance to meet both Alexis Tomassian as Light Yagami and Emmanuel Karsen as L in the French dub. In other case, both Japanese and English dubs are really outstanding! 😮

[@scorp8576]

Light is supposed to be this calm, detached and calculating individual, who’s an edgelord with teenage angst deep down, but that angsty side is supposed to rarely show. That’s exactly what the sub manages to achieve, while in dub he always sounds intense, anxious and insecure. Don’t get me wrong they’re both good, but Light is done better on sub.

[@Yoel-Yt]

Dub fitted him more when he became evil

[@IDisagree100]

Cope

[@mariotheraviolieater4718]

The only reason why Dub is better it for me it's cuz of Light's voice. The rest of the characters are on par with the japanese sub

[@ariawalker-98]

One of the few anime where I prefer the dub

[@Walter_white162]

The dub is best.

[@armeliascherger7096]

Shame on you from all the anime gods 😠😂😂 ;)

[@Cindy67917]

And we can cue that song from the South Park movie, but we cannot blame Canada for dubbing this gem.

[@VampireA1056]

@@armeliascherger7096 he is right though.

[@Goosethegoat]

As a sub only watcher for 99% of anime, this dub absolutely kills it. Personally I consider the dub the definitive way to watch this show.

[@First-Name--Last-Name]

Nope

[@riv0221]

Light yagamis voice to high pitched to me in subbed

[@revan4130]

Me personally, I like the "higer pitch" in sub, as it presents the message that Light is a "good guy" the higher pitch seems more innocent and convincing but then gets dark and lower. I don't mind the dub, but I think the sub contrasts pitches better IMO

[@CarlosVillareal-lg5tm]

You didn’t watch it in sub clearly. The dub L emphasizes every word 😆

[@AkiRalcolf]

​@@CarlosVillareal-lg5tmENOUGH! leave him alone

[@ayushbirjepatil4342]

I'm 99% sub watcher but if I have to suggest how to watch death note ... I would say dub because nothing can beat it ❤️

[@rolandovillareal9434]

if your a 99% sub watcher than you would say sub is better because it is 😂 stop the cap your not a sub watcher

[@DangerNoodle68]

Ngl, I only watch the sub-that’s mostly because I don’t have any apps that have the dub on there for free. I’d watch the dub instead if I could!

[@QuestionMARK618]

I kinda like the Dub better (but Matsuda's voice really fits in Japanese). While characters like Light, L, Misa and Light's Father are bit better in the English Dub.

[@DansilSchroeder]

I disagree for Soichiro. He's voiced by Uchida Naoya, who also voiced Uchiha Madara in Naruto; he's quite a talented voice actor and his voice is really good in the sub. But, I do have to say, Deathnote has probably the best English dub

[@rolandovillareal9434]

delusional asf 😅

[@AkiRalcolf]

Don't disrespect Kai's VA like that

[@OliverKane3582]

I love the dub, but I will say, every scene with Misa i switched to the sub to change her from ear grading to kawaii

[@owlspider62]

sub feels more depressing while dub feels a little less depressing and a little more emotions

[@shoeuf8163]

Fun fact L have same VA as shigechi from jojo

[@1DeletedAccount]

Damn, how he go from this to.... _that?_

[@shoeuf8163]

@@1DeletedAccount and he also voice ussop from one piece

[@SuperPlacido1]

Jap voice or English voice?

[@Milfuelle100]

If I absolutely **had** to choose, I’d choose the sub. But the dub comes damn close. I think InuYasha, FMA, and FMAB are the only anime that have dubs that Iove a lot more than the subs.

[@dwoopy_cwybb_bunny]

Usually dub is bad, however, this dub is good. For me, I prefer Death Note sub.

[@hendrikvisk2332]

Only good thing in sub is the ending light laught

[@losiekk6494]

as a hard anime Purist i'll say the dub is better on this one

[@RashtaEinthisB]

5:38 me

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

I love both But dub is a little better

[@bond5821]

Sub is way better english is slite robotic

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

@@bond5821 I’m ok if it was robotic, but In my opinion, there is more depth, character, personality, and emotions, in the voices

[@rolandovillareal9434]

@@akiraevangelionultimateali5199EMOTIONS??? their “emotions” sounded so forced whereas in Japanese it sounded like they meant it

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

@@rolandovillareal9434 that’s subjective

[@AkiRalcolf]

​@@rolandovillareal9434Have you been behind a fucking microphone in your life. Are you a Voice actor elitist? Huh?

[@Bonnitvines]

I'd say they are equal😊

[@dubisbetterthansub5254]

Dub is better. If one speaks fluent Japanese, then the situation would probably be different. But not for me.

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

Do the 2006 death note movie It had a dub too

[@IDisagree100]

Common dub W

[@Krystalmyth]

Light sounds too young in the dub. He sounds like a little boy.

[@near5148]

He sounds like he didn't hit purbety yet

[@alwandemthethwa7594]

Bro that's how alot of teenage american white boys sound, nd the sub sounds abit too high pitched in that first scene than I would've liked

[@BowserEditz]

You when a young person sounds young 😱😱😱

[@-Jake]

A lot of times I will listen to the dub and like the voices of main characters as much as I do subbed.. But the extras...like newscasters, bystanders etc are SO BAD and cringey. It goes from a dramatic, high stakes plot to Nickelodeon in 4 seconds.

[@AkiRalcolf]

Blud did NOT just call this Nickelodeon type of acting. I'm dead 😂😂😂

[@itsobito4110]

Wtf they are comparing from sub 🤣🤣 Have you all ever seen last laugh of Kira in sub ? Sub is god for reason 😊❤️

[@harsh-oq1fn]

No bro dub is way better than sub

[@dimresin]

@@harsh-oq1fn exactly

[@malikblack4323]

A laugh doesn’t mean the whole show is better

[@itsobito4110]

@@harsh-oq1fn bhai Japanese anime ko agar tu Japanese voice with subtitles ke sath na dekho to koi matlb nahi hota anime dekhna ....tum Ben 10 dekho fir 🌚🌝

[@itsobito4110]

@@malikblack4323 xD DBZ and Naruto is only anime good in dub

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

This video doesn't work without a straight translation in the Japanese parts. I wouldn't touch a dubbed version of an anime. I want the plot and script exactly as it is and not changed for an american audience.

[@1DeletedAccount]

The dub is actually really close to the sub. The only reason why they would slightly change words is for it to lip sync

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

@@1DeletedAccount Actually they change a lot of the dialogue, mainly to americanise it because otherwise americans wouldn't understand certain elements.

[@dubisbetterthansub5254]

Subtitles have their own adaptive limitations. They aren’t consistent across different translators. There are always losses in translation. The only original experience is through learning Japanese fluently, but there are much easier and more widely spoken foreign languages that take much less effort. So even that isn't worth the effort.

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

@@dubisbetterthansub5254 I'm not fluent in Japanese but I know enough to tell whether subtitles don't reflect the original dialogue. Japanese is a different style of language and obviously a different culture. The dubs change parts of the dialogue that change the tone of the scene and affect elements of the plot. Every line in a script has a purpose. When you change even one, it changes the story. I think Cinema Sins reviewed Ghost In the Shell and pointed out a few changes that impacted the story.

[@AkiRalcolf]

Excuse me? But the fuck are you smoking rn? It doesn't cut out anything like a 4kids dub does. So if I were you, I'd be quiet

[@First-Name--Last-Name]

Sub>>

[@PhiBrian]

I think the comparison is not possible for the simple reason they are targetted to diferent regions. The sub for Japan and the dub for english countries. And if there was necessary the comparison, it wouldn't be fair for the reason that the original is so much better. The dub are ok, but they had the bad luck that, especially in this anime, the seiyuus were just out of this world.

[@AkiRalcolf]

OKAY? You're out of your mind 😂

[@mr.brightside7702]

Dub is very good but I first watched in sub and its so good

[@fxeditors]

Dub is better

[@kingslayerx1716]

Dub

[@Cindy67917]

And we didn't wanna cue that song from the South Park movie.

[@rolandovillareal9434]

If you had actually watched the sub (which 80% of these people in the comment section haven’t) you would know that it is better. An American voice does not fit a Japanese character for one. Not to mention that dubbed L sounds like my math professor 🤣. Yagami Light (Japanese) is so much more versatile where he can go from a calm genius to a complete psycho. The dubbed Light talks in the SAME tone throughout the whole show 😂. If I am looking at Ryuzaki I would expect him to sound like the Japanese VA.. not some 40 yr old American highschool teacher 😅

[@rolandovillareal9434]

The Japanese also has way more emotion. For example watch the final scene where Matsuda shoots Light.. it all comes naturally in Japanese, but in English is just sounds forded

[@rolandovillareal9434]

RYUK is also better in Japanese. People be saying he is better in English bc he sounds more “menacing” but in the show Ryuk is shown to be more comical than menacing.

[@rolandovillareal9434]

forced*

[@AkiRalcolf]

Do you ever shut up and let people enjoy what they want to without you being a sub elitist entitled asshole?

[@AkiRalcolf]

​@@rolandovillareal9434Lies. And Denial

[@JariloVII]

Sub is slightly better because Madara (Soichiro Yagami) and Okabe Rintaro (Light)

[@OliverKane3582]

LOL IS LIGHT OKABE?

[@killershadow_pro7834]

Some scenes dub are better some and sub so basically light's scene are better in dub every other character is better in sub

[@sohambhogale7700]

L's scene and ryuk's scene also

[@JimMilton-ej6zi]

I don't like how they pronounce "death note" as "desu noto" in Japanese

[@Ajidepollolover]

🤷 that’s how you would say it in Japanese. Many words in English have been adopted into the Japanese language, like “thank you” would be said as “san kyu” in casual speech. Or even caramel, it’s literally just “ka-ra-me-ru” in japanese. It would be a bit jarring to suddenly have them say “death note” in completely perfect English in the middle of speaking japanese, not even multilingual people do that (I can attest to this one personally), they would just say the word in the accent of the language they are speaking in at that moment.

[@JimMilton-ej6zi]

@@Ajidepollolover i know, it's because none of their words end in "th" or "te" (not in the way "note" is pronounced at least), but if light is so fluent in english that he can read a random book and is one of the most successful students in Japan, you'd think he'd be fluent enough to get an accent for English pronunciation.

[@CarlosVillareal-lg5tm]

Bro its a different language what did you expect

[@JimMilton-ej6zi]

@@CarlosVillareal-lg5tm its silly

[@pureelusion648]

The english dub is pretty cringe

[@mesha6810brown]

How?

[@riv0221]

Light yagami SubDub