Which do you prefer?  

I prefer dubs, simply because I find it difficult to completely immerse myself in the anime I'm watching if I have to focus on the text at the bottom of the screen instead of the visuals. I know there's a big debate among anime fanatics with a side that argues that only "true fanatics" watch anime with subtitles, but I'd rather enjoy what I'm watching rather than please a group of people I've never met.  

It depends.

Black Lagoon is one of the few I prefer watching in dub because it just works way better.  

I prefer subs, although I'd have to pay attention to both text and show I'd rather keep the japanese feel to it, besides they sound absolutely ridiculous in english dub.  

Subs. I prefer to read than have to listen to annoying dubbed voices...
I thought most could read the subs while watching the show  

I've watched a couple of good dubbed animes, but there are so many using the same voice actors and others using plain voice actors, that I just didn't bother with it anymore. Also, the Japanese voices are much more passionate when exerting their emotions. I feel a lot of the English voice acting lacks that passion.  

Posted by GlazeyB

It depends.

Black Lagoon is one of the few I prefer watching in dub because it just works way better.

Yeah certain dubs sound a lot better than others.

Like Bacanno or Hellsing Ultimate.

Those have to be the best dubs I've heard so far.  

Posted by Tyler

I've watched a couple of good dubbed animes, but there are so many using the same voice actors and others using plain voice actors, that I just didn't bother with it anymore. Also, the Japanese voices are much more passionate when exerting their emotions. I feel a lot of the English voice acting lacks that passion.

Yeah, we don't have that many American voice actors simply because the demand in the west isn't all that high.

Not to mention it's easier to sell a series people probably already watched if they attach accomplished names on it.  

Both. After watching One Piece and its maybe 400 something dub episodes you feel so use to it, but the dubs haven't caught up with the main newer episodes so I'll have to watch them in subs. It really depends on what you prefer from the start. If you start watching an anime with subs from the start you'll be so used to it that you won't switch over to dubs because you think it sounds better with subs. As for me when I started watching SAO dubs when they started on Adult Swim, I was getting tired of waiting every Saturday so I decided to watch the subs and it sounds even way better than the dubs do. I'm currently watching Shingeki No Kyojin for the first time and I can't wait to see what the dubs is going to sound like because I think it will fit the show better than subs. Naruto dubs will grow on you because I didn't have internet back in 2007 and Naruto started to come on in dub on Saturdays.  

Depend on the quality of either:/  

As a man of subs, of course I would say sub is better and here is my point of view.

1. More variety in shows, sinced dubbed animes mainly focus on animes that are popular in the west, there is only so many out there, only like 10 animes get dubbed in a year while subs gets over 200 animes made in a year.

2. Emotions, Japanese voices portrays more emotion in my own opinion, since voice acting is big in Japan, they hire the best of the best and often choose the right person to play each characters. Where as American dubs only have so few people, so half the time the voice doesn't really match the appropriate character.

3. Being able to know what they say when they are talking. Many times I've watched an film in English and there are those moments when I never catch what they are saying, because the characters are mumbling, talking too fast or I just didn't catch them at all, which annoys me. Having subs allow me to know what everyone says without missing what they said, well unless you can't read fast enough.

All in all, many people are turned off by subs, because you have to read. After watching alot of anime, the reading doesn't really even feel like reading. It becomes natural and you can see what you're watching while understanding what they are saying, almost as if you kinda understand Japanese and having it translate to you.

And that is my opinion why subs are better than dubs.  

Subs, as I can experience the voices as they were originally designed and intended to be portrayed. However, I'm reaching higher on the CEFRL scale (gauges ability/expertise in a language) and am trying to watch anime raw now. Though I don't understand a considerable amount of it, I get the gist of what they're saying through extrapolation and what not. Helps me learn conversational and more regional dialect. I only do this on shows I've already watched so I don't miss out on anything important.

But yeah, subs.  

I haven't watched anime in so long, I thought this thread was originally about sandwiches

But anyways~ Subs, because I like viewing how the voices were originally meant to be. The original voices can be super expressive too, and I love the girl voices-- when I was little, I tried to speak like the girls in animes I watched because I thought it was so cute.  

I despise dubs. The English voices just don't sound right. On top of that. most of the voice acting is terrible. I have only heard once Japanese voice actor i din't like. I like subs a lot. It may be unique for me because I'm an exceptionally fast reader so i can read while watching the action. It also helps if you use a device with a somewhat small screen. It makes the resolution look better, too. I used to use a 4th gen. iPod, but now i use my Samsung Galaxy S4, and anime looks beautiful on it, subs still easy to read while catching the action.  

I can't really say I find either way better. When it comes to watching a series, I'll often watch it dubbed if available. Though I still love watching subbed and agree that voice acting is often better then. I still feel like its hard to pay complete attention to visuals while reading. I'm a slow reader so sometimes I have to pause the video to finish reading what the characters are saying.