Quote Originally Posted by shadowfox View Post
I'll be honest ... some of the first series I watched when I got "re-introduced" to anime were Slayers, Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop. All dubbed. And initially, I didn't notice the quality of the voices - Cowboy Bebop's dub, especially is very good, and Evangelion isn't bad either.

However, as I ventured deeper into anime territory and started expanding my list of watched series (and my current list is insanely long), I got used to the quality of the voice acting in Japanese series - and I have now managed to re-watch all three of those series in their original Japanese. And regardless of how much credit I would like to give their English counterparts, I absolutely cannot go back to the dubbed versions.

Dubs are fine if you're being introduced to the medium, and a large chunk of the folk watching Naruto on SABC probably wouldn't have anything to compare against, but if you take your anime as seriously as I do, then subbed is the way to go.

That's my opinion anyways
Which is all that was needed. Thanks for the info. I can only assume that the Japanese express phrases slightly differently than us English speaking folk. I'll make a note to watch Slayers, Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop.