Nail on the head.Belzera said:1 Reason not to watch Anime on Netflix.
1) Anime is not on Netflix (UK)
((The only one I found was Knights of Sydonia))
This may be changing. Knights of Sidonia, at least for now, is a Netflix exclusive in the west, and they had the entire season dubbed and available the very week after the season finished airing in Japan. I'm not sure how far they intend to go with this, but it seems that Netflix is taking some serious measures to get some good content going.Alterego-X said:Netflix is great for random people wanting to check out a few of the bigger hits of the past years, but for actual hardcore anime fans, the offering is ridiculosly limited compared to the dozens of new series that are airing every season, and that anime fandoms already got used to before anime was attempted to be officially accessbible in the west.
Though it's a moot point for me anyways, given that I live in Hungary, so for me there is no moral dilemma between the wider opttions and the Straight 'n Narrow, my only choice is between watching anime and not watching anime at all.
You should play the visual novel next. It goes into more detail on the science bits as well more in-depth interaction with the characters that aren't Kurisu.Fifty-One said:Try Hulu as well. Most of the anime on Hulu is in subtitles rather than dubbed, but I would've never watched Stein's Gate if it weren't for Hulu.
I will have to take a look at it. Thanks for the heads up!Scars Unseen said:You should play the visual novel next. It goes into more detail on the science bits as well more in-depth interaction with the characters that aren't Kurisu.Fifty-One said:Try Hulu as well. Most of the anime on Hulu is in subtitles rather than dubbed, but I would've never watched Stein's Gate if it weren't for Hulu.
2nd reason not to watch anime on Netflix: Crunchroll exists.Belzera said:1 Reason not to watch Anime on Netflix.
1) Anime is not on Netflix (UK)
((The only one I found was Knights of Sydonia))
They have the Japanese version as well. You just have to go to the audio/subtitle settings when starting the show for the first time and choose Japanese audio and English Subtitles.MorganL4 said:2nd reason not to watch anime on Netflix: Crunchroll exists.Belzera said:1 Reason not to watch Anime on Netflix.
1) Anime is not on Netflix (UK)
((The only one I found was Knights of Sydonia))
3rd reason not to watch anime on Netflix: All their content is dubbed, and while some dubs can be done well, there is often much lost in translation, and the quality is very hit and miss, whereas voice acting in Japan is such a competitive field that there is real competition just to get into the university programs offered for it.
That said, I will say that I think the English version of Death Note surpasses the Japanese one, there are a few others but that is the one that I think set the bar for English dubs, few since have reached it.