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I was wondering if it's legally possible for an anime to be spoken in the
English language only. Sure a Japanese dub can be optional, but in terms of
main dubbing, can anime have English as the main dub?

I know such anime may not even exist, but I'm wondering if there's any law or
regulation preventing anime from being dubbed in English only. And when I say
anime, I mean actual made-in-Japan anime, not anime-styled cartoons produced
anywhere else.


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Can an anime be in English only?


There is **_absolutely no law_** that specifies that an anime can only be in
English.

I will state that this is incredibly rare, given that most anime are actually
made in Japan for a Japanese audience (hence why they're in Japanese), but
given that the [_Afro Samurai_
anime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro_Samurai#Anime) was released in
English-only, and it and its original manga source work was _originally_ made
in Japan, this only goes to demonstrate that there can be no law against this.


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Afro Samurai, Akira, Blade Runner Black Out 2022, and Space Dandy are all
examples of anime that were produced and dubbed in English during their
production overseas. Some of these titles listed have Japanese Dialogues, but
all of these were released with English Dialogue as a priority for those areas
that will receive them.


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