Dragonball Kai (FUNimation English) Dub: General Discussion

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by JulieYBM » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:40 pm

Zach Logan at One Piece Podcast is Tweeting live from the FUNi panel at Katsucon. In short, new cast members have been revealed: http://twitter.com/OnePiecePodcast

Son Gohan: Colleen Clinkenbeard
Pu'er and Chaozu: Brina Palencia
Bulma: Monica Rial
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by SilverPlaqueVII » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:49 pm

JulieYBM wrote:Zach Logan at One Piece Podcast is Tweeting live from the FUNi panel at Katsucon. In short, new cast members have been revealed: http://twitter.com/OnePiecePodcast

Son Gohan: Colleen Clinkenbeard
Pu'er and Chaozu: Brina Palencia
Bulma: Monica Rial
Narrator: Doc Morgan
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Strongbad456 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:52 pm

I don't know the the new narrator or new Bulma. Still, Luffy and Gohan having the same voice should be interesting and Puar/Chaozu having the same voice as Tony Tony Chopper will be good I hope.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Innagadadavida » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:01 pm

So this Doc Morgan guy... He's apparently a commercial narrator. http://docmorgan.net/.

I can understand why they recasted Gohan. That was a good choice. Still don't understand why they recasted Bulma but not Freeza.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by The Time Traveller » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:05 pm

I just hope the old cast don't fuck up like before, Sonny Strait, Sean Schemmel and Chris Sabat mostly...

And we need a new Freeza!!!

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Strongbad456 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:08 pm

Innagadadavida wrote:So this Doc Morgan guy... He's apparently a commercial narrator. http://docmorgan.net/.

I can understand why they recasted Gohan. That was a good choice. Still don't understand why they recasted Bulma but not Freeza.
If they're gonna recast Freeza I don't think they'd announce it so soon. They'll probably announce that kind of thing when FUNi gets to Namek.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by verto » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:12 pm

Anyone have any good clips of the woman doing puar? Apparently she voiced her in BT3/meteor (I think that was 3).
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Taku128 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:12 pm

Strongbad456 wrote:
Innagadadavida wrote:So this Doc Morgan guy... He's apparently a commercial narrator. http://docmorgan.net/.

I can understand why they recasted Gohan. That was a good choice. Still don't understand why they recasted Bulma but not Freeza.
If they're gonna recast Freeza I don't think they'd announce it so soon. They'll probably announce that kind of thing when FUNi gets to Namek.
But he appears in the very first episode. Hell, he appears before Goku does!
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Strongbad456 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:14 pm

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Strongbad456 wrote:
Innagadadavida wrote:So this Doc Morgan guy... He's apparently a commercial narrator. http://docmorgan.net/.

I can understand why they recasted Gohan. That was a good choice. Still don't understand why they recasted Bulma but not Freeza.
If they're gonna recast Freeza I don't think they'd announce it so soon. They'll probably announce that kind of thing when FUNi gets to Namek.
But he appears in the very first episode. Hell, he appears before Goku does!
Right I forgot about that. Been awhile since I've seen the first episode of Kai. Freeza didn't really have much of a speaking role though considering all he did was laugh.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Xyex » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:17 pm

So, we've got Zangya as Gohan and Lumiere (from Kiddy Grade) as Bulma, eh? The other two, I'm not sure I've ever heard.
Anyone have any good clips of the woman doing puar? Apparently she voiced her in BT3/meteor (I think that was 3).
Interesting. Just checked her wiki, apparently she's been doing Chaotzu since BT2. I hadn't even noticed a difference. Heh.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Innagadadavida » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:21 pm

She sounds exactly the same. I wonder what happened to that poor librarian.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Taku128 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:22 pm

http://twitter.com/OnePiecePodcast/status/9108819639

Welp, looks like the dub is gonna suck after all.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by JulieYBM » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:22 pm

Zach on Twitter wrote:OnePiecePodcast @JulieYBM Freeza should have the same VA

Yeah, I'm not going to watch the dub now. I'll check out the new cast members, but that's it.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Innagadadavida » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:24 pm

I wonder why they're comfortable recasting somebody as predominate as Gohan, yet still will not recast Freeza. Fuckin' a guys.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Taku128 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:25 pm

Innagadadavida wrote:I wonder why they're comfortable recasting somebody as predominate as Gohan, yet still will not recast Freeza. Fuckin' a guys.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by The Time Traveller » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:28 pm

Taku128 wrote:Linda Young is John Burgmeier's mom.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by B » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:47 pm

Well, fuck that shit.

The only way they could possibly make this right now is by fixing terms and names, which is a hell of a long shot. Those recasts aren't bad actors(However, I don't know Doc Morgan) but they were not necessities like Freeza. Fuuuuck.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by jjgp1112 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:47 pm

Stephanie Nadolny's being replaced as Gohan? Fuckin' A, she was great as Gohan after Season 3.
Innagadadavida wrote:So this Doc Morgan guy... He's apparently a commercial narrator. http://docmorgan.net/.

I can understand why they recasted Gohan. That was a good choice. Still don't understand why they recasted Bulma but not Freeza.
The main reason they're probably recasting the characters is because their original actors probably weren't available. It has nothing to do with quality. I don't see why Funi would base their recasting on the opinions of a minority audience.

I mean, do you really think that Funi employees are in the office saying, "Those guys on the Daizenshuu EX forums don't like the DBZ cast, we're gonna replace them even if everyone is available."
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Super Sonic » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:53 pm

Strongbad456 wrote:I don't know the new Bulma.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Taku128 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:57 pm

jjgp1112 wrote:Stephanie Nadolny's being replaced as Gohan? Fuckin' A, she was great as Gohan after Season 3.
Innagadadavida wrote:So this Doc Morgan guy... He's apparently a commercial narrator. http://docmorgan.net/.

I can understand why they recasted Gohan. That was a good choice. Still don't understand why they recasted Bulma but not Freeza.
The main reason they're probably recasting the characters is because they're original actors probably weren't available. It has nothing to do with quality. I don't see why Funi would base their recasting on the opinions of a minority audience.
Actually, aside from Hebert, none of the replaced actors do voice over work anymore. It's probably easier to work with actors who work for the company then people who have other jobs now. Hebert on the other hand works for Viz now. Interesting that they'd recast him as the narrator but keep him as Gyu-Mao/Ox King. (I'm assuming, since a replacement wasn't announced) I'm also guessing since they didn't announce anything that Schemmel is still Goku.
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