+426 How come Japan is so high-tech but when it comes to anime their mouths say "om nom nom" and don't match the words. amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because you're close-minded and have never seen the original Japanese dub of anything. ;)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah, i was gonna say "What anime are you watching??"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They do match the words in the Japanese versions.. |: It's only in the english version that they don't match up, because Americans have changed the language, but not the animations.. I'm actually surprised so few people know that.. XD

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's easier to dub that way. Have you ever seen an anime where the characters are mouthing the Japanese words and speaking english? It looks awkward. The animation's still better, but it's just easier for them to sell it to foreign nations that way.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's usually not reanimated to match english words, unless foreign fan bases are big like Inu-Yasha, Bleach and Naruto. A lot of people prefer to watch Anime in subs instead of dubs because a lot is lost in translation as well as lines are sometimes changed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If you don't like it then watch the original Japanese version. Most anime are better with the original voice actors. The only exception I can think of is Dragon ball Z. Goku's voice is just too wimpy in Japanese.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Noooo what I think OP means is that, even to the Japanese versions, the mouth doesn't move in any other position. In western animation, the mouth makes many other movements to make the ooo, eeee, ahh, sounds, the mouth looks a lot different. A good example of this is in Avatar the Last Airbender. You can tell it's Western, not just because of the style, but because the mouth obviously fits the words. In Eastern animation, the mouth only moves open and closed when speaking, not getting to specific. The reason for this, I think, is because they pay attention to other aspects of the animation, not just matching the mouth to the Japanese speaking. They've got a detailed face, and they don't want to have to re-draw the whole thing so the jaw moves down much more. At least. That's how I see it. :/

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They DO match

by Anonymous 13 years ago

In Japanese animation, they actually draw out the scenes before voicing it, so you just get a generic mouth-opening-and-closing. However, in western animation, the voice comes before the art so the artist can match up the mouth's movement with the words.

by Anonymous 13 years ago