With more professional voice actors and actresses being hired in order to come up with the best dubs possible, today's dub fans are spoiled for choices.
Most fans may not be aware of this, but a sizeable chunk of dubs that they get to see on screen are thanks to 5 major companies. They are: Funimation, Crunchyroll, Sentai Filmworks, Aniplex, and Viz Media. Of course, there are other companies out there, but these 5 are currently the biggest names in the world of anime dubs. Speaking of, which were the best-dubbed anime from last year? Here’s a look at 10 of them.
10 Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun: Girl Makes A Wish To A Ghost & Ends Up Becoming His Assistant
Nene Yashiro wishes to have a memorable love in her school life, so she ends up wishing to the legendary ghost of Hanako-san to make her request come true. To her surprise, Hanako turns out to be a boy.
To make things worse, she ends up becoming this ghost’s assistant! How will she survive her school life, now that she is followed by Hanako-kun wherever she goes?
9 Dorohedoro: a Man Wakes Up One Day To Find Himself Turned Into A “Lizard Head”
The Hole is a world where human laws — or even the laws of physics — don’t apply. In this world where magic is as common as breathing air, the strong hunt on the weak often for sport.
It is in this very world that the once human Kaiman wakes up, only to find himself a victim of sorcery. Now, he’s a man with the head of a lizard, who has no memories of his past and with just one mission: to find out what happened to him and recover his lost memories.
8 Tower Of God: a Boy Climbs The Tower To Get His Beloved Back From Said Tower
The Tower grants any wish, so long as one climbs it. A determined young Bam wants to climb the Tower in order to pursue Rachel, who desperately wanted a wish of hers to come true.
Despite not being chosen, Bam is surprisingly accepted into the tower. This makes him an Irregular, and some of the competitive Regulars will do anything to ensure he never reaches the top of the Tower. Will he succeed, or is he doomed to fail?
7 Fire Force Season 2: In Order To Save His Family, Shinra Must Fight The Mysterious Evangelist First
After Shinra confronts his brother Shou in the Nether, he resolves to turn Infernals back to humans. However, the biggest obstacle in his way is the Evangelist, whose only aim is to repeat the Great Cataclysm from 250 years ago.
With the Special Fire Force by his side, Shinra battles the Evangelist and eventually discovers the long-lost secrets of the Great Cataclysm.
6 My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!: Girl Is Born Into An Otome Game As The Game’s Villainess
This reverse harem is a comedic take on the genre, where a young girl is born again, but into an otome game that she once used to play! To make matters worse, she was reincarnated as the villainess of the game — Katarina Claes.
Now, she is forced to use the knowledge of her game in order to avoid a bad ending for her character, so that she may live to see another day.
5 Jujutsu Kaisen: A Cursed Item Opens A Young Boy's Eyes To The Supernatural Around Him
Yuuji Itadori’s carefree life went for a toss after his visit to his bedridden grandfather. After coming in contact with a cursed item, Yuuji is exposed to the hidden world of Curses.
These creatures are born from negative human emotions, and after discovering that he possesses powers, Yuuji decides to become a Jujutsu sorcerer.
4 Violet Evergarden Movie: Unable To Give Up On Gilbert, Violet Begins To Actively Seek Him
A long time has passed after the events of Violet Evergarden. The world is advancing and there’s been a steady decline in the demand for Auto Memory Dolls.
Despite the fame she’s achieved, Violet’s life feels hollow because of her inability to give up on her feelings for Gilbert. Holding on to the hope that he’s alive, she sets out to find the one man she truly loves.
3 Attack on Titan: The Final Season: The Survey Corps Finally Visits The World Beyond Their Own Walls
After learning of the shocking truth Eren and his comrades learned in the Yeager family basement, their worlds turn upside down. They not only learn the secrets of the Titans, but that of the outside world.
Now, the Survey Corps visits the nation of Paradis, shocking the Marleyans living there. With two different worlds colliding, which one is it that will come out on the top?
2 Kaguya-Sama: Love is War Season 2: The Two Geniuses Are Still Playing Mind Games At The Shuchiin Academy
After their summer vacations ended, Miyuki and Kaguya enter their school’s second term. With Miyuki’s birthday looming near, Kaguya is at a loss for how she should celebrate it.
To make matters worse, the school council’s tenure is coming to an end, threatening the time these two super geniuses spend on playing mind games with each other. What will they do now?
1 Great Pretender: Two Con-Men Join Hands In Order To Pull Impossibly High Stake Frauds Out There
After Edmura is conned by Laurent Thierry, he challenges him to a con in order to prove his worth. Laurent agrees, but after a series of incidents, the two decide to work together in order to rope in big fish.
They travel from city to city, targeting everybody, right from the West Coast’s Hollywood mafia to the owners of international airlines. But how long will it be before one of them slips up and ends up behind bars?