A question for Anime Fans

[Spiderbri]

Hey all,

I consider myself a big fan of anime, I own the classics like Akira and Ghost in the shell, but I love lesser known ones like Blue Sub #6 and Ergo Proxy. Outlaw Star and Fullmetal Alchemist being my two favorites.

However as with most of my hobbies I don't get too hardcore. I love comic books and can tell you all about storylines, villains backgrounds, heroes origins, etc. But I don't know issue numbers or artist/writers.

So my question about anime is what makes the english dubs so hated? I don't understand Japanese, and while I don't mind watching movies/shows with subtitles the fact remains that while you are busy reading you miss the action and subtle things being shown.

And yet everyone...I was about to type "cries" but that is to insulting which I am not trying to be ..everyone is vocal about how they won't buy if there isn't original Japanese dialogue/soundtrack/subtitles. Why?

I understand that things can get lost in translationg, that makes sense, yet if they are lost vocally they will be lost in the subtitles too. Won't they?

Like I said I really love anime and cartoons in general, but I know that if I were to say something in some of these forums I'd get roasted and insulted because I "don't know what I'm talking about" or I'm "not a real fan" similar to how I must be stupid because I hate grain and don't see it as some brilliant artistic expression

thoughts?