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Top anime to watch dubbed and why.

Anime with notably good dubs that you should watch in English if you can. Not just good dubs that stand up well next to the subs and that not having to read makes the difference, but ones that actually bring something of their own to the show.
1 Ai Yori Aoshi

Ai Yori Aoshi

Aoshi's English VA actually does a much better job of conveying the quiet strength of the character.  For a demure character that is supposed to be rather strong willed underneath appearences, this is really important.  The fact that she sounds more her age helps too, as she's not a character trying to come across as childlike for cuteness, but one trying to present herself as a mature young lady.

2 Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

This one should go without saying. The english version is largely rewritten from the notoriously bad origional into a great abridged-series-like comedy.

3 Log Horizon

Log Horizon

Nyanta's english VA makes him easily one of the coolest characters in anime.  So suave!

4 Maria the Virgin Witch

Maria the Virgin Witch

Nothing against the Japanese VAs, but being able to hear the characters speak in a way that showed their French and English heratage really helped draw me more into the setting.

5 Okami-san & Her Seven Companions

Okami-san & Her Seven Companions

While most of the Japanese cast actually outperforms the english cast by a small amount, the English narrator is absolutely helarious.  With how much the narrator talks and how the Japanese one came across as just anoying rather than adding anything, this makes a really supprising difference.  I actually raised the rating I gave this show after seeing it in english.

6 Steins;Gate

Steins;Gate

While the Japanese version is good (some even prefer the Japanese version of Mayuri as being cuter, though I'm not sure I agree on that point) a lot of the humor involves referencing non-anime memes and the dub does an absolutely flawless job of adapting this to an english audience.

7 Yu Yu Hakusho

Yu Yu Hakusho

Sorry, but this one, the English VAs just outperformed the Japanese ones.  The dramatic moments are more powerful and the comedy is funnier.  Often overlooked due to the praise lumped on Cowboy Bebop when looking back to that era, but actually a great example of dubbing.

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