Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 15; Still Unreleased

[eledoremassis02]

When I spoke to Drummond months ago he said they finished the last episode then. He even wrote on Twitter that he was done and all the grueling hours of screaming were over.

Do you know if it was it for boo or for Cell? I am a little confused because Scott McNeil brings up playing buu and such, but I am not sure if he was referring to Z. It would seem a little odd that they would have gotten the Green Light from TOEI to do Buu Kai before FUNi has received theirs?

[TheBlackPaladin]

When I spoke to Drummond months ago he said they finished the last episode then. He even wrote on Twitter that he was done and all the grueling hours of screaming were over.

Do you know if it was it for boo or for Cell? I am a little confused because Scott McNeil brings up playing buu and such, but I am not sure if he was referring to Z. It would seem a little odd that they would have gotten the Green Light from TOEI to do Buu Kai before FUNi has received theirs?

I think he thinks they're done. Like he recorded the last episode of the Cell arc, and the producers told him that it was done...which, at the time, would have been true, but is true no longer.

When I spoke to Drummond months ago he said they finished the last episode then. He even wrote on Twitter that he was done and all the grueling hours of screaming were over.

Ha.........not that I take joy in people's suffering--I don't--but it would be kinda funny in a dark/comedic kind of way if he only completed Kai up to the Cell saga at that point. Then later his agent calls and is like, "Guess what, you just got 46 more episodes...something called the 'Buu arc,' I guess?"

[Attitudefan]

Ha.........not that I take joy in people's suffering--I don't--but it would be kinda funny in a dark/comedic kind of way if he only completed Kai up to the Cell saga at that point. Then later his agent calls and is like, "Guess what, you just got 46 more episodes...something called the 'Buu arc,' I guess?"

I'd think in a sadistic way, he'd like that haha! Vegeta is kinda his alter ego (in the public eye at least).

I think he thinks they're done. Like he recorded the last episode of the Cell arc, and the producers told him that it was done...which, at the time, would have been true, but is true no longer.

Pretty much. For all we know, Drummond finished his lines (it was the end of Cell by the way), but it is possible they have not finished lines for characters such as Goku or Gohan since they probably have new actors. I have a feeling the actors reprising their roles probably were doing their lines long before the new actors since actors like McNeil and Drummond have a good sense of who their characters are and what direction they are taking them in. But that is all speculation. If anything, they just need to voice background characters or something insignificant or music/sfx need to be done/replaced.

[JackyBoi99]

I just want a little sneak peek of an episode or a clip or something.

[andrewtuell1991]

in which case Dale wasn't asked to even re-audition for his role, which is unfortunate; he's a cool guy.

If this is the case, I'd be okay with it. Yes Dale Wilson is an awesome VA, but his Cell is just... no. His first form sounds like an impersonation of Clarke's Cell with Strep throat, his second form, admittedly, is better than even Clarke's Kai performance, although it is a little generic, and his perfect form sounds more like a game show host than an ultimate android who believes he's God's gift to Earth, so to speak.

[Hades]

And in other news, They've confirmed a release date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

[Ajay]

And in other news, They've confirmed a release date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Pahaha, oh wow. I didn't realise it was 2007 again. I haven't been Rick Rolled in forever.

[Hades]

And in other news, They've confirmed a release date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Pahaha, oh wow. I didn't realise it was 2007 again. I haven't been Rick Rolled in forever.

You can never beat the classics.

[ErikB]

So, I, uh, I bumped into Scott McNeil on my walk home from work today. I won't get too specific but he frequents a place not too far from the studio I work at. We had a brief chat/introduction/whatnot.
Unfortunately, I didn't have the foresight to ask him anything pragmatic and can only really reaffirm things we already know.
I asked him what he had worked on lately, and he mentioned a few things among which was "just finished Dragon Ball Kai". Namek is being pronounced with an "ah" sound, he referred to the dub as having "the original cast"; it's safe to say that was pretty general since we already know some actors aren't returning, but I want to say that it might also mean that characters whose voices we don't know yet, could very well be reprised by their former Ocean actors.

There's a fairly decent chance I'll run into him again given the conditions so I might still have the chance to learn some more.

...Didn't occur to me until just now; I lamented not having my camera with me, but I did have both my phone and 3DS which I could have used...dang it.

[El Diabeetus]

So, I, uh, I bumped into Scott McNeil on my walk home from work today. I won't get too specific but he frequents a place not too far from the studio I work at. We had a brief chat/introduction/whatnot.
Unfortunately, I didn't have the foresight to ask him anything pragmatic and can only really reaffirm things we already know.
I asked him what he had worked on lately, and he mentioned a few things among which was "just finished Dragon Ball Kai". Namek is being pronounced with an "ah" sound, he referred to the dub as having "the original cast"; it's safe to say that was pretty general since we already know some actors aren't returning, but I want to say that it might also mean that characters whose voices we don't know yet, could very well be reprised by their former Ocean actors.

There's a fairly decent chance I'll run into him again given the conditions so I might still have the chance to learn some more.

...Didn't occur to me until just now; I lamented not having my camera with me, but I did have both my phone and 3DS which I could have used...dang it.

Is it safe to assume Saiyan will still be pronounced 'Say-yan' in this dub even though they've gone and corrected Namek/Namekian?

[JackyBoi99]

Would be nice if they pronounced saiyajin instead of say-yan

[ErikB]

I didn't even think about that, and he didn't mention it. I'd expect so though; I think "say-yan" is just far too ingrained in the English-speaking fanbase for anybody to want to use the proper pronunciation for fear of alienating people.

[El Diabeetus]

I didn't even think about that, and he didn't mention it. I'd expect so though; I think "say-yan" is just far too ingrained in the English-speaking fanbase for anybody to want to use the proper pronunciation for fear of alienating people.

True, don't doubt that. I wonder if that came up with FUNimation/Sabat when they were deciding what to do with Kai.

[TheOverlyMadHatter]

And in other news, They've confirmed a release date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Pahaha, oh wow. I didn't realise it was 2007 again. I haven't been Rick Rolled in forever.

Well, we do have shiny new controversially-cropped remastered Season sets coming out for Dragon Ball Z...

[Ajay]

And in other news, They've confirmed a release date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Pahaha, oh wow. I didn't realise it was 2007 again. I haven't been Rick Rolled in forever.

Well, we do have shiny new controversially-cropped remastered Season sets coming out for Dragon Ball Z...

Well shit, you're right. Congrats to FUNimation for inventing time travel!

[Blade]

Well shit, you're right. Congrats to FUNimation for inventing time travel!

The Dragonball franchise is just a big endless cycle of regurgitation anyway. How many years have we had games covering the same story? How many re-releases have we seen? Dragonball SD is just a manga retelling, and Kai is just another rehash.

I mean, apart from Neko Majin (f that counts?), Battle of Gods, the JSAT and Episode of Bardock (and now Jaco) we haven't actually had anything properly new for like 17 years. The franchise is a like giant ouroboros that wont be satisfied until it's eaten it's own head.

[TheAldella]

Well shit, you're right. Congrats to FUNimation for inventing time travel!

The Dragonball franchise is just a big endless cycle of regurgitation anyway. How many years have we had games covering the same story? How many re-releases have we seen? Dragonball SD is just a manga retelling, and Kai is just another rehash.

I mean, apart from Battle of Gods, the JSAT and Episode of Bardock we haven't actually had anything properly new for like 17 years. The franchise is a like giant ouroboros that wont be satisfied until it's eaten it's own head.

Dragonball Online doesn't count....Uh...Dragon Ball Heroes is different, I guess. We also got the crossovers and we're getting that new chapter thing or whatever, so it's not too bad.

[Blade]

Well shit, you're right. Congrats to FUNimation for inventing time travel!

The Dragonball franchise is just a big endless cycle of regurgitation anyway. How many years have we had games covering the same story? How many re-releases have we seen? Dragonball SD is just a manga retelling, and Kai is just another rehash.

I mean, apart from Battle of Gods, the JSAT and Episode of Bardock we haven't actually had anything properly new for like 17 years. The franchise is a like giant ouroboros that wont be satisfied until it's eaten it's own head.

Dragonball Online doesn't count....Uh...Dragon Ball Heroes is different, I guess. We also got the crossovers and we're getting that new chapter thing or whatever, so it's not too bad.

Dragonball Online is a bit of a grey area, as had the game seen a wider release and it's story-line received more attention in any official Dragonball publications, it could have constituted as a genuine expansion upon the franchise. Essentially, though, it just petered out and its storyline and any in-game events seem confined purely to the game itself, and appear to be totally independent from the main thread of the franchise.

To me, Heroes is just a more expansive, original take on rehashing existing story-lines and characters - but then again so was Shin Budokai: Another Road.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

DBO & DBH, while they have an original story & characters, they have those new characters going back in time to the events of the manga & anime respectively. So, you have the same old story even inside the new stories.

[Flame Dragon]

Will this have a replacement score? If so... why? Honestly i can't see Kai working well with Megaman music