Dragonball Kai (FUNimation English) Dub: General Discussion

MCDaveG · Post by **MCDaveG** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:37 pm

JulieYBM wrote:Welp, if what Mr. Sabat is saying is the truth, I would no doubt be estatic. He himself realizes the cons of the current dub and I can't wait to see how this turns out.

I like Sabat's personality and think that he's smart one and have a sense of humor which is familiar to me.....
Also he had some nice and true toughts on story in anime and guys he dubbed, so for me it's not a suprise that he realizes flaws of the dub, because that's what will obviously people realize.....
For me it'll be surprise if he'll say: This dub? That's actually one of our masterpieces we should be proud of and the best dub that fans of series can have here!

B · Post by B » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:52 pm

I would say it's pretty much guaranteed there wouldn't be too many problems with a 2009-era FUNimation dubbing Kai.

I can't say the same about them actually getting it. That seems to be up in the air, as Sabat also thinks.

SSJmole · Post by **SSJmole** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:48 pm

JulieYBM wrote:Assuming Sabat retained the Vegeta role, I'd prefer he used his natural voice like he does with most of his non-DB roles, unless he can blend into a little Zarbon...

I love his Vegeta voice as is. I've said it before on here but to me his vegeta IS the Vegeta i think of. Like Japanese Goku IS the Goku I think of. I like both dub and original but some people can never be redone IMO.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:13 pm

Chuquita wrote:They're really going to try and do it the way I think the Japanese would have intended, keep it very Japanese friendly, maybe recast some new people. We'll see.

Freeza, Freeza, Freeza, Freeza, Freeza, Freeza...

//Crosses fingers, prays hysterically//

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:26 pm

Freeza, please! But to be honest, I think they'll only recast simply to avoid having to hire the people who've moved out of Texas. That would be Schemmel and Clarke, right? If anyone's to be recast it's Clarke - Sabat can actually imitate him pretty well as proved by the video games.

B · Post by B » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:59 pm

bkev wrote:Freeza, please! But to be honest, I think they'll only recast simply to avoid having to hire the people who've moved out of Texas. That would be Schemmel and Clarke, right? If anyone's to be recast it's Clarke - Sabat can actually imitate him pretty well as proved by the video games.

Two actors who moved to L.A. are still performing in their shows, so distance isn't really a problem. Plus, I could never see the main character getting a voice change anyway.

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:23 pm

bkev wrote:Freeza, please! But to be honest, I think they'll only recast simply to avoid having to hire the people who've moved out of Texas. That would be Schemmel and Clarke, right? If anyone's to be recast it's Clarke - Sabat can actually imitate him pretty well as proved by the video games.

Schemmel is the American Goku, Funimation will never recast somebody else as Goku.

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:50 pm

SSJ2bardock wrote: Schemmel is the American Goku, Funimation will never recast somebody else as Goku.

Wasn't that said before about the Ocean cast?

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:43 pm

bkev wrote:Freeza, please! But to be honest, I think they'll only recast simply to avoid having to hire the people who've moved out of Texas. That would be Schemmel and Clarke, right? If anyone's to be recast it's Clarke - Sabat can actually imitate him pretty well as proved by the video games.

I don't believe Sabat actually voices Cell in any games. Clarke just records under an assumed name.

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:16 pm

bkev wrote:
SSJ2bardock wrote: Schemmel is the American Goku, Funimation will never recast somebody else as Goku.
Wasn't that said before about the Ocean cast?

I really couldn't tell you, but I guess the proof is in the pudding right? I mean not only did this cast replace Ocean.... but they're still around too.

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:39 pm

SSJ2bardock wrote:
bkev wrote:
SSJ2bardock wrote: Schemmel is the American Goku, Funimation will never recast somebody else as Goku.
Wasn't that said before about the Ocean cast?
I really couldn't tell you, but I guess the proof is in the pudding right? I mean not only did this cast replace Ocean.... but they're still around too.

Well, Ocean did dub the Android, Cell, and Boo stuff (albeit, for only Canada, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands), FUNimation's really still only doing video games (or rather, Sabat's Okratron5000).

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:48 pm

JulieYBM wrote:
SSJ2bardock wrote:
bkev wrote: Wasn't that said before about the Ocean cast?
I really couldn't tell you, but I guess the proof is in the pudding right? I mean not only did this cast replace Ocean.... but they're still around too.
Well, Ocean did dub the Android, Cell, and Boo stuff (albeit, for only Canada, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands), FUNimation's really still only doing video games (or rather, Sabat's Okratron5000).

Well yeah that's what I meant. Those guys did all that stuff in the UK, but I was referring to the US.

linkdude20002001 · Post by **linkdude20002001** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:17 am

SSj Kaboom wrote:
Chuquita wrote:They're really going to try and do it the way I think the Japanese would have intended, keep it very Japanese friendly, maybe recast some new people. We'll see.
Freeza, Freeza, Freeza, Freeza, Freeza, Freeza...

//Crosses fingers, prays hysterically//

His under arms are pink, pink, pink! In his head he's sick, sick, sick!

If anyone gets recast, I hope it's Freeza! ...And Goku. I never liked Sean Schemmel's Goku. I liked his first voice and his second, but with the third voice, he stopped sounding like Goku.

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:18 am

linkdude20002001 wrote:I liked his first voice and his second, but with the third voice, he stopped sounding like Goku.

You thought Peter Kelamis sounded like Goku?

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:26 am

To each his own man, but there's a reason why MasakoX bases his Goku off of that of Peter Kelamis. Despite the slight accent, he really brought a light-hearted and innocent-sounding nature to the character. And, come on, his scream in movie 2 - even fanboys on both sides give him great credit for it.

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:57 am

I'm not saying I didn't like ol' Pistol Pete (and yes, I did just call Peter Kelamis "Pistol"), it's just that most people complain that Goku doesn't sound childish enough like Nozawa and Kelamis just sort of sounds like... well, a surfer.

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:35 am

bkev wrote:And, come on, his scream in movie 2 - even fanboys on both sides give him great credit for it.

Eh, I'd take any of Schemmel's Super Saiyan 3 screams over that any day.

linkdude20002001 · Post by **linkdude20002001** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:56 am

bkev wrote:Despite the slight accent...

What kind of accent? I never noticed him having an accent.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:39 pm

SSJ2bardock wrote:I'm not saying I didn't like ol' Pistol Pete (and yes, I did just call Peter Kelamis "Pistol"), it's just that most people complain that Goku doesn't sound childish enough like Nozawa and Kelamis just sort of sounds like... well, a surfer.

He did sound like a surfer in the series, but in the movies he was a part of it was toned down a bit, I think.

penguintruth · Post by **penguintruth** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:48 pm

SSJ2bardock wrote:I really couldn't tell you, but I guess the proof is in the pudding right? I mean not only did this cast replace Ocean.... but they're still around too.

Only because Funimation decided it was a good idea to start dubbing things in-studio, and they've kept them in those roles for consistency.

SSJ2bardock wrote:I'm not saying I didn't like ol' Pistol Pete (and yes, I did just call Peter Kelamis "Pistol"), it's just that most people complain that Goku doesn't sound childish enough like Nozawa and Kelamis just sort of sounds like... well, a surfer.

I never really heard "surfer" in his voice.

Now Matt Hill, that guy sounds like a surfer.

As for Schemmel, he sounds like he's trying to give Goku a hard edge, which I disapprove of.

Kelamis' Goku voice fits the personality more.

Kanzenshuu

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