Dubs vs Subs

[Force-Attuned Krogoth]

You do realize that you're implying the average show that's too new to be licensed is of a consistently higher quality than the dub of a licensed show? There's alot of terrible stuff that gets made, this has always been and will always be the case. One nice thing about licensing, it means enough people liked it that one of them was willing to throw money at the chance. I'm more inclined to watch a show that has been dubbed than one that hasn't, because it's a filter to remove some of the trash. Even if the dub turns out horrible and I switch to the original sound, the reasons it was sufficiently popular are clear.

As far as "cultural differences" I think it's pretty plain that has to be judged for each series. SOME shows are very punny and/or deal consciously or not with Japanese society. (Welcome to the NHK, Maison Ikkoku or Azumanga Daioh) SOME shows don't, and are in fact set in or analogous of foreign cultures, often America. (Baccano!, Hellsing or Monster) By your logic, the latter category would inherently be better in English. Although if we take your logic a step further, any subtitle scripts are inherently inferior. Do you turn them off?