I'll agree there are certain lines I wish never made it into the Hetalia dub (case in point: that awful Germany "What is it, another Jew?" line. No. Just no.), but I find myself laughing too hard at most of the rest of the script to categorize the dub as one that I dislike completely.
I tend to prefer subs myself for the very reason you just stated: some series just sound weird in English. Ouran High School Host Club is a good example of this, even though the voice acting itself was quite good in my opinion, because FUNimation chose to keep the Japanese honorifics like -chan and -senpai, which just sounds... strange... in English.
YYH did have a particularly good dub (at least the series did, and now the first movie/OVAs since FUNi finally licensed and released them with redubs, but the second movie still makes me want to weep with how bad US Manga Corps' dub was). It, along with Cowboy Bebop and many of the Studio Ghibli dubs, sets my standards for what a truly great dub is/can be.
YES, KURAMAAAAA/LKSDJFKLAJFASKLF TOTAL KURAMA FANGIRL FOREVAR
I tend to prefer subs myself for the very reason you just stated: some series just sound weird in English. Ouran High School Host Club is a good example of this, even though the voice acting itself was quite good in my opinion, because FUNimation chose to keep the Japanese honorifics like -chan and -senpai, which just sounds... strange... in English.
YYH did have a particularly good dub (at least the series did, and now the first movie/OVAs since FUNi finally licensed and released them with redubs, but the second movie still makes me want to weep with how bad US Manga Corps' dub was). It, along with Cowboy Bebop and many of the Studio Ghibli dubs, sets my standards for what a truly great dub is/can be.
YES, KURAMAAAAA/LKSDJFKLAJFASKLF TOTAL KURAMA FANGIRL FOREVAR
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