Will FUNimation stop using Faulconer for future Z releases?

[dbboxkaifan]

For the future Dragon Ball Z releases, that is, I think everyone's aware that the situation between FUNimation and Faulconer isn't the friendliest and also considering they're now using the official scores of anime series than US replacements this might be the case.

Also, if FUNimation wants to ditch their old fanbase who cling so hard onto the Faulconer (forgetting that the early Z was by Nathan Johnson) score this is the way to go.

[Valerius Dover]

Future Z releases? I honestly think there's been enough already. IF they did another one, though, I still don't think they'd remove the Johnson / Faulconer option. They'd lose a whole lot of dub fans that way. But, then again, these dub fans probably are happy with the current releases. I'm satisfied with my Season DVDs, for one.

I do agree that a lot of people forget about the existence of the score that was there for a whole 67 episodes. Not much compared to the rest of the series, but there are still entire series that are shorter than that.

[theoriginalbilis]

As much as I'd LOVE to see the US scores gone for good, I'm sure we'll see it on the next set of Blu-Rays a couple years down the road. That's right, FUNimation will milk that cow again with another Blu-Ray remastering down the road.

FUNimation did make the right choice with the Dragon Boxes though, only having one English track on there. As a product touted for the "hardcore, true-to-the-original-version fan", it made perfect sense to have the English dub with Japanese score on there only. One of the reasons I bought that release right away and dumped off my Orange Bricks and single DVDs.

I'd rather see FUNimation use the money they're paying Faulconer for the music royalties, and instead put that towards producing and releasing high-quality products with faithful localizations.

[Valerius Dover]

Don't quote me on this, but wasn't it said that they only have to pay him royalties if they air it on TV? They don't have to pay him a thing for Home Video releases, apparently. I don't know, lawsuits are confusing.

[jjgp1112]

Um...Funi and Faulconer have had issues for the last 10+ years now. The agreement is that while Faulconer still gets royalties for the score on TV, it's property of Funimation's. There's no legal issue that would prevent it from being included on future releases. This is a non-story.

[Fizzer]

I hope not. I, along with a lot of other people, enjoy the Faulconer score as an alternative for nostalgia reasons. I usually watch the series in Japanese, but I still like the Faulconer score to be included. Unfortunately, they've yet to put out a tri-audio release that isn't either shit or cancelled after 34 episodes.

They know how popular that score is among the Western fanbase, so I doubt they'll be omitting it except in things like the Dragon Boxes which are aimed exclusively at fans of the original version, at least for a very long time.

[dbboxkaifan]

They know how popular that score is among the Western fanbase, so I doubt they'll be omitting it except in things like the Dragon Boxes which are aimed exclusively at fans of the original version, at least for a very long time.

It's not really that known amongst the Western fans, it's mostly just within the English fanbase and few from non-English countries (like Valerius Dover).

[jjgp1112]

They know how popular that score is among the Western fanbase, so I doubt they'll be omitting it except in things like the Dragon Boxes which are aimed exclusively at fans of the original version, at least for a very long time.

It's not really that known amongst the Western fans, it's mostly just within the English fanbase and few from non-English countries (like Valerius Dover).

What do you think the Western fanbase is?

[dbboxkaifan]

Europe and US. France has a large fanbase of Dragon Ball and Japan Expo always takes place in France over the rest of Europe.

[jjgp1112]

Europe and US. France has a large fanbase of Dragon Ball and Japan Expo always takes place in France over the rest of Europe.

Europe isn't in the West...

[rereboy]

Europe and US. France has a large fanbase of Dragon Ball and Japan Expo always takes place in France over the rest of Europe.

Europe isn't in the West...

I'm sorry, what?

[DoomieDoomie911]

I hope they don't. The Faulconer score is terrible.

[jjgp1112]

Europe and US. France has a large fanbase of Dragon Ball and Japan Expo always takes place in France over the rest of Europe.

Europe isn't in the West...

I'm sorry, what?

Most of Europe is in the Eastern Hemisphere

[VegettoEX]

Most of Europe is in the Eastern Hemisphere

Yeah, but "eastern" vs "western" civilization is traditionally defined as a pretty crude "the orient" and "everything else".

[jjgp1112]

Most of Europe is in the Eastern Hemisphere

Yeah, but "eastern" vs "western" civilization is traditionally defined as a pretty crude "the orient" and "everything else".

Ah, I see.

[rereboy]

Most of Europe is in the Eastern Hemisphere

The term "the west" and "western world" comes from a time that predates the discovery of the "new world" and the discovery that the world was round.

That's why at the time it made complete sense to call something as The West, because without knowing the world was round, they didn't actually know that there's always something to the West and that even the East is to the West of the West if we always follow West, got it?

That is why at the time "The West" and "The western world" become terms that related mostly to Europe and later on its colonies as an extension of european civilization.

Why do you think asians and arabs for example will refer frequently to europeans and americans as westerners? Why do you think that Aragorn screams for the "men of the west" at the end of the Return to the King of the Lord of the Rings trilogy that is based on a european medieval fantasy novel?

You can say that most of Europe is located mostly on the what is modernly called the Eastern Hemisphere of the globe simply by geographic convention, but to say that Europe isn't in the west or is not the west or something like that is to completely disregard the historical meaning of the term. In fact, the historical meaning is the most relevant one because, like I said, the world being round, West and East are just relative terms.

[Valerius Dover]

It's not really that known amongst the Western fans, it's mostly just within the English fanbase and few from non-English countries (like Valerius Dover).

Not a lot of people know this, but I'm actually Swedish-American. Born in Sweden, grew up in the US (Fairfax County, Virginia) and am now living in Sweden again. So, I'm sort of 50-50. If you heard me speak, you probably wouldn't know I'm not fully American. In that sense, I would more or less count as a native speaker. Actually, I'm in the US right now for the summer.

I use R1 DVDs, however, since I didn't want to replace everything when I moved, and I'm not a big fan of R2 stuff. Same with games. As for how I get them over here? I have my ways.

Either way, I went with the US score to heighten the contrast when I see the original. Makes things more interesting in my opinion.

[hulkty]

I think they should include every soundtrack and every type of dub and put them all in one set, then you can adjust which one of each you can view.
For example:
Jap voice w/ Faulconer track
Green dub w/Falconer track or Jap track
ETC ETC ETC

Also, include a brand new soundtrack. Maybe Jap Rock Pop or whatever its called. (The rock music like in Bleach, Naruto, etc.)

[90sDBZ]

I doubt it considering the target audience for most of their releases. And I also hope not as I'm a huge fan of that score. The way I see it is most people either watch the English dub with the dub score or in full Japanese. The English dub doesn't fit as well with Kikuchi so as long as future releases contain the dub they'll most likely also contain the Jonson/Faulconer score too. The only way they'd ditch it completely would be if they did a complete re-dub with a script closer to the Japanese version and made that the standard version for all future releases like how the Remastered Funi dub has replaced the Original Funi dub now.

[Black_Anime_Fan]

God I hope not! The Faulconer score just holds a special place in my heart, and I'm sure nostalgia has a big part in it, I just love it, especially in the Frieza and early Android Saga. And in all honesty, I just can't listen to the original FUNi dub with the original soundtrack.