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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by JulieYBM » Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:08 pm

Personally, I think Morgan might be the nameless narrator from this old promo that was on the first Pioneer volume. Anyone else?
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Onikage725 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:43 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:I've never heard anyone ever having a problem with Gohan's voice in the FUNimation voice. I've heard people hate the voices for Vegeta, Freeza, Krillin... but never Gohan. I don't know why he's been re-cast. Oh well, perhaps it's for the best...
I have heard, and have, complaints. I generally blame direction, as I don't hate her Goku. Out of curiosity, does anyone know why she isn't available? She still voices her roles in the games (as recently as Raging Blast), and doesn't seem to have major commitments to another series. On a related note, I wonder if this will affect castings in future video games.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by DemonRin » Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:52 pm

The major problem with her Gohan, is that her 4 Year old Gohan from the first episode sounds pretty much exactly like her Cell Arc Gohan. She doesn't sufficiently "Young Up" her Gohan for his 4 year old days.
I'm really happy with this replacement, as well as Bulma.

Pu'erh is a GREAT replacement for me, I hope this actress dials down the high-pitched-ness. Old Pu'erh made my ears bleed. Hell, I woulda been fine with the old actresss as long as she dropped the pitch just a tad.

I already said this in the other thread, but I REALLY hope these casting replacements are only for the Saiyan arc, one more replacement (Linda Young) and we've got a perfect Dub!!

Not to mention that some of Sabat's more minor roles might have been replaced but not be listed since they're so rarely featured, like Karin or Popo.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by LeprikanGT » Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:24 am

Smug smile for Frieza and all the Sabat characters being voiced the same.

Itll be interesting to hear Gohan now, but Bulma isn't around enough for it to matter too much for me.

Which Gohan is that? the namek Gohan, the Android Saga Gohan or teenage turned into ultimate Gohan one?

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by The Time Traveller » Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:12 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:I've never heard anyone ever having a problem with Gohan's voice in the FUNimation voice. I've heard people hate the voices for Vegeta, Freeza, Krillin... but never Gohan. I don't know why he's been re-cast. Oh well, perhaps it's for the best...
Her Goku and Gohan were terrible, she just doesn't pull of that childish voice that Saffron Henderson and even Zoe Slusar pulled off so well. I just remembered how Colleen Clinkenbeard sounds as Luffy too, I hope she doesn't put that much raspy-ness into Gohan.


I'm still holding out hope that Chris Sabat realises he needs to pull his Vegeta back quite a bit, he's just too croaky.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Lance Freeman » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:25 pm

... WHY?! Why the re-casts? Is it because "Hey, they're doing it in Japan, so let's just copy them."? I guess this isn't as bad as Sega re-casting the entire Sonic franchise with their corresponding 4Kids voice actors because Deem Bristow died.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by B » Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:46 pm

These people aren't voice actors anymore.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by linkdude20002001 » Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:48 pm

JulieYBM wrote:Personally, I think Morgan might be the nameless narrator from this old promo that was on the first Pioneer volume. Anyone else?
That sounds like Doc Harris to me...
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Amigo Ten » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:07 am

What are the chances of Kami being called God? 0.01%?

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

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Amigo Ten wrote:What are the chances of Kami being called God? 0.01%?
I think there would have been a better chance of Sabat not doing any roles at all. Go, censorship!
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Greenman » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:10 am

Amigo Ten wrote:What are the chances of Kami being called God? 0.01%?
Nope, those odds are too good. It needs a few more zeros.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by mystic trunks » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:57 am

Man...I was really hoping Freeza would be recast. That was the only one I cared about. Oh, and Fat Buu. Any word on him?

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Adamant » Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:16 am

Lance Freeman wrote:I guess this isn't as bad as Sega re-casting the entire Sonic franchise with their corresponding 4Kids voice actors because Deem Bristow died.
That was a bad thing? The 4Kids VAs were at least tolerable.

As for Gohan's voice, I actually gave the Funi redub a chance when the first Ultimate Uncut disc came out. I lasted up to the point where Gohan started talking. Absolutely horrible.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Lance Freeman » Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:34 am

I'm starting to think that this is FUNimation's way of pushing more copies of the Dragon Box. If you hate the new dub voice actors, go buy the Dragon Box or the orange bricks to get the dub you want. It still seems weird that FUNi is putting out Kai so soon after the Dragon Boxes started to come out. If they aren't careful, then they're going to start stealing sales from themselves. How can the Dragon Boxes compete in a normal market against "Dragon Ball Lite, now with 40% less staring, 60% less panning, and 80% less charging attacks."

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by DemonRin » Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:34 am

Lance Freeman wrote:I'm starting to think that this is FUNimation's way of pushing more copies of the Dragon Box.
How many times do people have to tell you "They re-casted those voices because of lack of availability of the actors".

These people can come back to do a Video game easy because you only have to sit down and shout into a microphone for about a day or so. Coming back for a 100 Episode series isn't exactly the best thing if you don't live nearby.
They have to work something out with these actors to make it financially and practically feasible for them to come back. If the actor moved out of the state, or simply couldn't handle the 100 episodes worth of work that Kai would require wouldn't be ABLE to come back.
Hell, you dubbies are lucky you're getting Schemell back. He lives in New York now, and does NOT have a good relationship with FUNi anymore, that's supposedly the reason he left. The only comes back to do roles as Son Goku, and only because he loves the character. But being able to do Video games is one thing, but being able to do a whole new series... yeah, you guys are lucky you got him.

Now, if only Linda Young could be stricken with a sudden desire to move out of state before recording time... everything would be perfect...
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by TripleRach » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:08 am

Lance Freeman wrote:It still seems weird that FUNi is putting out Kai so soon after the Dragon Boxes started to come out. If they aren't careful, then they're going to start stealing sales from themselves. How can the Dragon Boxes compete in a normal market against "Dragon Ball Lite, now with 40% less staring, 60% less panning, and 80% less charging attacks."
I agree that it is a little weird. It's certainly kept me from buying their Kai releases, at least for the time being, because the Dragon Boxes of the original Z are a much higher priority for me. But on the other hand, it's probably better to sell Kai ASAP, while it's still the new hotness. I imagine FUNi has just been releasing things as soon as they're able to, so it ends up as an unfortunate coincidence. I'm sure both releases will do just fine, though, because they do kind of appeal to different markets. One's a high-quality SD collector's set, and the other's a chopped up HD remix.
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