Question about referring to people.

[Kazuto Kirigaya]

In anime, when some says something like "What are you going to do about it?", and it shows that in the subs, the actual words I can hear are always of the actually characters name. For example, "What Gray-san going to do about it?" or "I think Akari-chan's in trouble now", using the name instead of you/you're.

I'm, guessing this may be just it works as part of the grammar, but I'm not officially studying the language yet so I', not sure; it was just bugging me.

 

[pauro12]

The purpose of the subtitle is to make the watcher understand the THOUGHT of the language being used. Though it is translated by fluent translators, sometimes they revise the words being used into something that will relate to the actual thought of the words. Like what you have said, the real meaning that have been said for example is 'that woman is beautiful/その女性が綺麗な', but being subbed with みわちゃんが綺麗な or 彼女が綺麗な/ Miwa-chan is beautiful/she is beautiful... Though, there will only be slight changes with the translations from the literal one. 頑張てね！（Goodluck）

 

[LewiiG]

Because in Japanese you don't say "you," you use the persons name when referring to them except parents and the like. You would only use "you" if you didn't know the persons name, (even then it doesn't have to be used). Sometimes certain types of characters (I cannot attest to people irl) will use a less polite version of "you" such as "omae" (you may have heard this a lot) and even worse, temae (usually shortened to "temee"). If you are talking about Gray from Fairy Tail, then as an example Gray and Natsu use these words as a kind of banter, and some characters who think they are superior (or are) will use them when reffering to anyone.

Well I may have went off track a bit, but that is why. Honestly though it depends on the translator. Not all of them translate like that. And yes, it is part of the "grammar."

 

[Kazuto Kirigaya]

Okay, thank you both!