Ya it's really good.. I thought it was funny, when a proffessor up at my university was actually showing it to his students in a film class. It's definitely a good and entertaining film, just was surprised they used it.

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Saw it very young, only remember that one guy got his arms chopped off

Ya i remember that scene, with an arrow shot or something.

Speaking of not having both arms, I really liked the scene, where the main character had that chick tucked underneath his left arm, and he pushes open that massive wooden door with one arm as he's gushing blood from a wound in his side... (which took like 30 men earlier to open)

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I will not watch cartoons with subs. When it's live action, I like the words to be synced to the actors' lips so I use dubs. Otherwise, why the fuck do I want to listen to gibberish?

So judgemental... So presumptive....

Evidence #1: As any anime viewer will tell you there are countless examples in where either the original or more often the english dubbed version of an anime is absolutely horrible voice acting, sometimes in addition to just a horrible sounding voice, whereas a subbed version is much more tolerable and enjoyable to watch. A simple example is imagine that one starwars reviewer guy from that vid you posted, was doing a character in that voice in english, you'd probably prefer a voice that sounded better to not distract from the show.

Evidence#2: Just because you don't understand the words doesn't mean you can't take meaning from them. This is a defining characteristic of what makes a good voice actor. Sometimes the original language or another language has people who when the character is angry change their tone and volume appropriately, whereas some people maintain a monotone voice no matter what the situation or what they're saying. When they're doing sadness their voice softens etc ... etc.. For whatever reason in Japan, where much of this animated content comes, animation is very popular over there amongst all ages, and because of this voice acting is a legitimate career, where there is competition and high demand for people who does well with voice acting. So often if you read around you'll hear everyone say it, even Americans, that japenese voices are so much better. Majority of the time I Found this true, sometimes it's not true.

DBZ has decent english voice acting, Samurai Champloo has good voice acting, Princess mononoke... But many anime have horrible voice acting in english, because the show was redone for a smaller audience, say for kids... and the standard and demand for high quality isn't as present here in the U.S., so they get random people to do the voices, say for example Naruto, the most annoying english voice acting on Earth.

Anyway that's the primary reason people watch subs at times, and honestly it's not too bad to get used to it, and can really make a cartoon more enjoyable.

Watch a animated film in english on cartoon network, and compare it to a disney film, the voice acting quality will be worlds apart.. it's a whole new world....

I'd recommend trying it, and most who have have liked it after a small adjustment to reading.

Syd, that adjustment would be easy to make if they wanted to put some wording into more proper or conversational english form.

It's more the issue, that in an english version they don't give a damn, because the profit isn't there to invest or take pride/care for the voice quality.. It's like the main characters family all dies... and he says in a robotic voice. "My FAMILY is gone. Oh (5 second pause) what will I do." Then there character starts crying, and the voice actor is not even making a crying sound.

That's a bit extreme.. but if you want proof watch an episode of naruto in english, and an episode of naruto in japenese. I'm not saying naruto a good show per se, but it's a good illustration. If you watch a lot of anime, you'll get to see it.

Wolf's Rain is another good example where the english is fine.

If the English is good watch it, I do...

If it's not that great I generally watch it in the language of origin, an if i can't catch a tonal change for sarcasm, likely i'll catch it in the text, and if not, I still enjoy it a lot more than having a lack of feeling or otherwise badly done dub. there are good dubs, I would give the language of origin a shot from time to time, you may be surprised.

One pieces plot was completely slaughtered as they changed it to be for kids. Naruto, Narutos voice is very high pitched and annoying.. "Believe it" Ya, I do naruto, Guy Sensei and Kakashi in the few episodes i saw had very monotonous tone. . Yu-gi oh was decent, they did a good job, Pokemon was also good from what i can remember, as with DBZ. I guess in the list most were decent. Maybe the mainstream ones have done a bit better... I have watched a good amount of anime, why it's tempting and more natural to listen to it in a language you understand, it's not always better entertainment wise.

If you haven't seen Samurai Champloo I highly recommend it you can even watch it in english, I did. It's only 26 episodes long, and they go by quick.