So this coming week, we get the start of TechTV’s Anime Unleashed. Starting off the lineup is Crest of The Stars.
As is usual with most anime on US television it is dubbed. My first reaction is ‘bleh’. Though, as I think about it more I’m starting to wonder if this is actually necessary as a first step. While anime has a growing audience in America it still doesn’t have the pull of US animation (in general). There are also a lot of people who just change the channel the moment they see subtitles. My personal feeling is that once more people start watching shows, there will be more of a demand for subtitling. I know I’d personally love to see them do a dubbed block, then maybe a subbed block really late that I could grab with my TiVo.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Beyond just the whole ‘dubs are evil, subs rule’ type arguments.