Finally stopped watching subbed and tried the dub on a rewatch

I've been watching anime for like 8 years now and always been a snob about subs. You know, the whole "original voice acting is the only way" thing. But last week I decided to rewatch Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and figured I'd give the English dub a shot for fun. Man, I was wrong. The voice acting is actually really solid and I caught so many details I missed before because I was reading subtitles the whole time. Stuff like background conversations and little sound effects that just slide past when you're focusing on text. Plus I could actually look at the animation during fight scenes instead of my eyes darting down every 2 seconds. Has anyone else had that experience where you switch dubs and realize you were missing half the show?

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leelewis1d ago

Yeah, feel that. Missed a ton of stuff in fights myself.

karenlee1d ago

Right! I once stood there like a lemon while the whole group got wiped because I was too busy checking my inventory. Classic.