Kanzenshuu

I'd love a tasteful, thoughtful, clever parody of Dragon Ball by fans, be they Western or otherwise. Oh wait...we've had one for a decade. Judging by the segments, I don't think that those associated with Family Guy like anime. They're pretty much mocking it. I think if they mocked DBZ, surely someo...

8000 Saiyan wrote:I don't think Toei cares one bit about the dubs.

I would presume most likely not, from an artistic/respect perspective, however the money & influence it has simply for being American is pretty egregiously widespread. & they did use dub terms in the Super subs, so there's that.

When someone calls Dragon Ball "dark, gritty and realistic" with a straight face. I don't know whether to laugh or get those nuclear launch codes and put mankind down in the name of eugenics. Yeah, I agree. That annoys me to no end. tbh I don't get why that should annoy people. It's a bel...

They would have been too young for Bardock at the time of the special. Had they gone with a male actor, I think Akira Kamiya, Shigeru Chiba or Akio Otsuka would have been great choices IMO. I don't think Nozawa's Bardock sounds childish. While Goku and Bardock , she's able to differentiate the deli...

I'm not entirely sure, but I think the other VA was brought in while the original VA was out on a theater troupe or something. Theater doesn't really pay, but anime dubbing pays even less, & he couldnt do both at once, so he went with his theater troupe.

At least I think that's the main factor.

Even with FUNi's dub aside (sad as it is, regardless of quality it always tends to be the case that US has heavy international influence, due to imperialism), I would probably have to agree. Even in major territories not influenced by FUNi's dub, it seems to be that DB is, if not *the* biggest anime...

I have similar thoughts on how I view a lot of characters who are voiced by the same person for connections' sake. I don't think her performance is bad, but I feel Goku & Bardock are so diametrically opposite characters (with Bardock being largely a typical gruff male soldier type) that I can't ...

I feel as if this is a tad myopic question & a bit of a false equivalency? I like Scott's take better, but out of English voices I like Ray Chase almost as much as Scott & much better than Sabat tbh. However I don't think any of them have really captured the tone of the Japanese actor that w...

I think there were some interviews where they said they had the Japanese audio. If you might possibly give me pointers to it, I'd love to hear it. I personally have only heard that was the case for Pioneer's & Bandai Namco's dubs (& I suspect it was the case for HG's dubs). I don't think FU...

When it comes to Chi-Chi, I don't like her or dislike her. I kind of find her cute in the way that she deals with the stereotypical Japanese house-wife role. I feel like, in a way, she's kind of the "One Sane Man" of the main DB cast, if that makes sense. I'm not a huge fan of this archet...

I wonder whose idea it was to take it that high and raspy. Probably the voice director. It wasn't the voice director. The producers originally told him that Vegeta was a complete and evil psychopath, so that's how he came up with that voice. Essentially all the issue is, is FUNi's ignorance of the ...

When it comes to Chi-Chi, I don't like her or dislike her. I kind of find her cute in the way that she deals with the stereotypical Japanese house-wife role. I feel like, in a way, she's kind of the "One Sane Man" of the main DB cast, if that makes sense. I'm not a huge fan of this archet...

Why is it a terrible idea to air Kai and Super back-to-back? Basically because they spammed their biggest hitters in one shot, & allowed very little room in the schedule to grow smaller shows' popularity. JJBA &/or HxH would work easily between Kai & Super, & DB was always going to ...

I think it's great that they're at least a place over here for anime to be on TV (even if, yes, CR & such are far cheaper alternatives for Japan), & I really appreciate how they've done Space Dandy, FLCL2, Big O S2, & far more in terms of just what they've introduced to wide audiences. I...

Z-era, when I wasn't watching Kai. Or reading the manga.

I don't really see how they're closer to the Japanese ones outside of King Kai and that could just be because they couldn't find anyone that could do an impression of Schemmel's voice for him. I just wish that they'd give their own take on the characters Sabat has a pretty deep brutish voice, &...

Has Bauza ever done an anime dub before? Because I don't think he has. Bauza isn't exactly a regular, but as a favor to Jamie Simone (who began to use him heavily in his original cartoons) likely, he did Ezekiel Stane in Rise of Technovore, & Amadeus Cho in Avengers Confidential. & Baron Ze...

Dragon Ball's about as niche as Call of Duty. Only if you think DB is some hype WWE-type stuff. Most people are familiar with DB the way that Backstroke of the West viewers enjoyed Star Wars. It kinda is. In fact, it outplaced WWE (known as WWF at the time) in 2001 as most-searched media on the Lyc...

Aside from FUNi's adaptation, I think it's pretty niche. The dub did pave the way for relatively accurate versions though, & those are relatively popular nowadays. As ABED said, not exactly mainstream (currently at least) but still pretty big for anime. As for the Pokemon comparison - the thing...

The Daizenshuu, a mainstream Dragon Box-esque release, All the animated shorts/OVAs; I have to say, as much as I don't care for (DB's) FUNi dubs, I can't help but feel they aren't giving it spotlight it deserves by letting it go sub-only.