Opinions of English Narrators?

[Ringworm128]

Dale Kelly. Really gets you hyped up for the episode and does a great job for what the dub was going for.

Kyle Herbert. Does every thing Dale Kelly does without sounding to over the top. IMO his voice fits better with the Japanese OST with Eng dub from the Season Sets. Though for some reason I prefer Dale Kelly for the beginning of TV Special 2.

Andy Chadler. Nothing special though I suppose it goes well with Funi's dub of GT.

Brice Armstrong. Really well done fits well with the adventure theme DB has. Almost like a cross between the hype you up for the episode vibe Kyle Herbert and Dale Kelly had with the old man reading a story book vibe Jouji Yanami had.

Chris Sabat. Even though he only narrated one thing I thought he did a decent job.

Doc Morgon. Has the a similar vibe to Brice Armstrong but can sound to authoritative at times.

Big Green dub VA. Really well done. Who ever he was he had that old man reading a book vibe that the Japanese narrator had. Its a shame he was in such a bad dub.

[Pokewhiz7]

Kelly - Shit, way too overacting.
Hebert - A good narrator, though a little too "hardcore", if you know what I mean.
Chandler - Haven't heard much, seemed like a younger version of Hebert, from what I remember.
Armstrong - Excellent, just like Yanami.
Morgan - Just like Armstrong.

[Gonstead]

There's also Jim Conrad, Doc Harris and Steve Olsen.

[penguintruth]

Brice Armstrong and Doc Morgan are the only good English narrators. The others sound way too "pro wrestling announcer" for me. They might as well have Mean Gene do the narration.

[thedarkuniter]

Out of all the English narrators, I like Brice Armstrong and Doc Morgan the most.

[BluezaBladeNZ]

Doc Harris - Amazing voice work that gives the dub a pumped up and mystical feeling whenever he's narrating.

Dale Kelly - I'll be perfectly honest, even with how amateur and monster-truck commentator sounding it was, I still prefer his over Hebert's, Kelly's was still over the top but I didn't find it as annoying.

Kyle Hebert - I preferred his earlier narration during the Great Saiyaman arc, as well as when he is calm like in Dead Zone, but it's when he gets all too hardcore and says 'DRAGON BALL ZEEEEEEE' a lot that gets me annoyed. In most bits during the Freeza arc, I don't think even Kelly when that hardcore.

Andy Chandler - Average, I found him better than Kelly and Hebert, but not as much as Harris.

Brice Armstrong - Simply amazing, he really had the grandfather-reading-fairytale vibe when narrating like Yanami, and knew when to get a bit more heavy during big moments.

Chris Sabat - Even though he was only in World of DBZ, I still prefer it over Kelly and Hebert's.

Doc Morgan - Also amazing, he's like a mix between Harris and Armstrong. I would have loved to see him do the narration for Z instead.

[Ashura]

I believe David Kaye did it for this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y85RsoPZTEY

Sorry for the weird video, it's the only one I can find with good audio.

[Gonstead]

I believe David Kaye did it for this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y85RsoPZTEY

Sorry for the weird video, it's the only one I can find with good audio.

I believe that was Jim Conrad, the second ever English Narrator for something Dragon Ball related.

First one goes to the Harmony Gold dub. Not sure who did that one.

[DBZ Mick]

Whoever did the narration for the original Dragonball. Like others mentioned he was the perfect storyteller kind of voice for English.

Otherwise and preferrably Jouji Yanami all the way.

Kyle Herbert would have been okay I guess, if they didn't add in all that stupid extra bits the dub added to the narration.

[jjgp1112]

I like Kyle Hebert, Bryce Armstrong, and Doc Morgan the best.

[BlazingFiddlesticks]

Dale Kelly- Can't remember enough from him to really comment, sadly.

Kyle Herbert- His very initial Buu stuff was rough, but for later Buu and the first three arcs I've always liked him. I don't know how much of it was direction and how much of it was him, but he seemed to know how to make that kind of writing do what is was supposed to do without being straight obnoxious.

IMO his voice fits better with the Japanese OST with Eng dub from the Season Sets.

It most certainly does; one of my favorite points about that mix, probably why I'm speaking so highly of him. The pace of the narration actually syncs with the recap music pretty well from time to time.

Andy Chandler- Love his Coola, but sadly is was tailor-made for the dub soundtrack. I hear it sounds like a bad joke when played with the Japanese score on the Season Sets.

Brice Armstrong- Going to steal it.

Really well done fits well with the adventure theme DB has. Almost like a cross between the hype you up for the episode vibe Kyle Herbert and Dale Kelly had with the old man reading a story book vibe Jouji Yanami had.

Chris Sabat- Where was this?

Doc Morgan- Same vibe as Armstrong, but with more annunciation, unless I'm selling Brice short.

[dbboxkaifan]

Despite not knowing the names of the narrators, these are my two favourite:

Dragon Ball Z Kai's & Ocean Dub's DBZ (The narrator whom was talking at the end of Gohan SSJ2 scene).

About Ocean Dub, the narrator is the same as the one for FUNimation's DBZ Dub? Definitely, he sounded the same with the same exact dialogue, which didn't make sense for Ocean's Dub DBZ because they never showed Freeza/Garlic Jr dub version.

[Gaffer Tape]

First of all...

I believe David Kaye did it for this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y85RsoPZTEY

Sorry for the weird video, it's the only one I can find with good audio.

Wow. I have never seen an updated animation for that opening before. Where did it come from? Did British stations continue to use that opening song when FUNimation redubbed, and they just decided to update some parts for later segments? But anyway, my opinions:

Jim Conrad and Doc Harris: Obviously the first two narrators I was ever introduced to, and I still think they're great to this day. Not completely over the top (maybe a bit more with Harris), but just both had a great set of pipes to get you motivated to see the fantastic and mystical.

Dale Kelley: Urf. Usually painful to listen to, although a lot of that was due to the ridiculous lines he was given. Only redeeming factor was that the combination sometimes worked for a "so bad it's good" laugh.

Kyle Hebert: When I first heard him for season 5, I thought he was a marked improvement without being the "ol' sandpaper voice"/monster truck announcer of Dale Kelley. Maybe he just faired better in direct comparison to what I was used to at the time, or maybe he just got a lost worse as he continued, but listening to him now he seems ALMOST as bad as his predecessor. But that's certainly a big almost.

Brice Armstrong and Doc Morgan: Just like Jim Conrad and the original Doc, these two both do a wonderful job. And just like the first two, they complement each other pretty well. Everything I said about that pair I can say about this pair.

GT Guy: Can't say I've ever watched any narration in GT in English, so I honestly have no idea...

[kei17]

I like the one who did in the Blue Water dub because he doesn't sound too macho. I don't know his name, though.

[Codarik]

Dale Kelly - My favorite Narrator, but also the worst of them all. Overacted and had a bunch of stupid lines to say.
Kyle Hebert - Obviously he was having the time of his life voicing the Narrator. On one of his live stickcam shows he said that he really wishes that he was the Narrator in DBZ Kai.
Doc Harris - Haven't heard a lot to comment on him.
Brice Armstrong - THE BEST OF THEM ALL.
Doc Morgan - Don't like his Narrator voice, I kind of find it annoying at times.
Andrew Chandler - Listening to him with the Japanese recap music is a total clusterfuck, but I like his voice.

[jda95]

I really like Brice Armstrong. He seems to best reflect Jouji Yanami. It has a very adventurous sound to his narration, but it's also calm and not over the top like the Z narrator.

[Ashura]

Wow. I have never seen an updated animation for that opening before. Where did it come from? Did British stations continue to use that opening song when FUNimation redubbed, and they just decided to update some parts for later segments?

I'm pretty sure it's just a video some guy edited. Again, I unfortunately couldn't find a better quality video of the actual opening so had to settle for this weird one.