Art wrote:

> Hahaha! That's great... That reminds me... I own the subbed versions of AMS,
> but I can't understand why people buy dubbed versions... Is it because
> people get irritated by the subtitles? (Just like I get irritated by dubbed)
> I'm quite used to subtitles because here in Holland everything is subbed and
> nothing is dubbed... I guess some people are used to the other way around...

I own the subbed version of episode 1, and all later episodes are
dubbed.  I really didn't care back then whether it was subbed or dubbed,
so I didn't even bother to see which version I was buying when I picked
up episode 1.  I happened to get the subbed.  I was surprised, because I
didn't know there were any subs (I was an anime newbie then).  Then I
picked up episodes 2, 3, and 5 without looking at which versions I was
getting... I thought it was going to be subbed as well (they were out of
4).  Doh.  Got the dubbed.  I didn't care, except that the pictures
didn't line up when I put them up neatly on my shelf.  So I got episode
4 just so that the pictures line up from 2-5. :)  I didn't care if it
was subbed or dubbed.  Now, however, I wish I had gotten all subbed.  I
just like it better.  I think the Japanese language is just cool to
listen to.  My friends like dubbed, they said, because they can pay
attention to the picture (i.e., stare at the goddesses ;) ) instead of
busily reading the subtitles.  Well, there you have it -- too much
information than asked. :)

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Tony Cha