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by MasenkoHA
Sun Apr 19, 2026 12:51 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Weird Old Dub Stuff
Replies: 229
Views: 67615

Re: Weird Old Dub Stuff


The weirdest thing about Killa is that I don’t know of any other instance where FUNimation did that with a black character. They didn’t do that with Staff Officer Black or even Mr. Popo.


Minor characters are more prone to these quirks being added to them. To Funimation it probably wasn’t any ...
by MasenkoHA
Sun Apr 19, 2026 8:04 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Weird Old Dub Stuff
Replies: 229
Views: 67615

Re: Weird Old Dub Stuff

TheBigBoy wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2026 9:53 pm
Killa is such an inconsequential character that it doesn't really bother me. I mean at least people actually talk about him now.
Tbf the problem wasn’t “oh they ruined this minor character “ the problem was it was racist as shit
by MasenkoHA
Sat Apr 18, 2026 12:25 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Replies: 5339
Views: 1130895

Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions


Ocean Super Buu sounds way better than what we got over here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEMwbv0j3Y0


Tbf the original rendition wasn’t bad

https://youtu.be/RRJ_UJ6ZXY4?si=1HdjMEjrR-6Qwkyi

But they forgot to reapply for the voice filter for the remaster release and now its literally just ...
by MasenkoHA
Sat Apr 18, 2026 7:41 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Weird Old Dub Stuff
Replies: 229
Views: 67615

Re: Weird Old Dub Stuff


This isn't "weird", but I was watching the Buu arc Funimation dub and I really like Rick Robertson's Dabura and Duncan Brannon's Babidi. I think they are one of the few voices in the dub that aren't obnoxiously annoying (along with Dameon Clarke's Cell which I think is very good). Not only that ...
by MasenkoHA
Thu Apr 16, 2026 1:12 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 365
Views: 15695

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?




My point goes back to what people where arguing before: That they think Gohan beating Boo after sitting on his ass for hours and doing nothing would feel unearned, so they're glad Gohan's story got co-opted by Goku and Vegeta again in the end. To which I counterargue: Goku and Vegeta had several ...
by MasenkoHA
Tue Apr 14, 2026 11:15 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The uniqueness of Dragon Ball's art style in manga history
Replies: 4
Views: 322

Re: The uniqueness of Dragon Ball's art style in manga history

Dragon Ball pretty much dropped the cartoony style when it did become more serious and martial arts focused though

Look at the Z era and compare it to like early Dragon Ball up through at least Red Ribbon
by MasenkoHA
Sun Apr 12, 2026 12:58 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Voice actors that you want to be replaced
Replies: 67
Views: 17383

Re: Voice actors that you want to be replaced




If memory serves in his Geekdom interview he said Blue Gender and Yu Yu Hakusho were the first dubs where the directors actually had the Japanese version on hand and they didn't really become familiar with Japanese Dragon Ball until the video games.


That always seemed…odd to me. Ian and Peter ...
by MasenkoHA
Sat Apr 11, 2026 10:50 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What if Dragon Ball was never dubbed in English?
Replies: 43
Views: 1334

Re: What if Dragon Ball was never dubbed in English?

It probably would have been a fairly well known cult classic of the 90s and early 2000s to anyone plugged into anime at the time but fade into obscurity with young generations.

Not quite the same as they had dubs but Ranma 1/2 and Neon Genesis never left the home video market and they’re still ...
by MasenkoHA
Sat Apr 11, 2026 10:38 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Weird Old Dub Stuff
Replies: 229
Views: 67615

Re: Weird Old Dub Stuff


Don't ask me why I remember this but I pirated a bunch of random ass DB episodes while I was in college two decades ago and there's a line from a filler episode in OG Dragon Ball where Ten is asking the locations for a Dragon Ball from a man he crippled during his more villanous days and the man ...
by MasenkoHA
Fri Apr 10, 2026 10:12 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Weird Old Dub Stuff
Replies: 229
Views: 67615

Re: Weird Old Dub Stuff




Also, maybe I asked this & someone else answered it before, but was it all 3 of the first 3 Z films that used the Saban Ocean dub scripts as their bases, or just Tree of Might?


There was no Saban Ocean dub script for the first 2 Z movies so they stuck close to the Pioneer Ocean scripts for ...
by MasenkoHA
Fri Apr 10, 2026 6:25 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Weird Old Dub Stuff
Replies: 229
Views: 67615

Re: Weird Old Dub Stuff



So, the old Z dub came up on Twitter because Kai's anniversary just passed & nostalgic Z dub fans can't let people enjoy Kai's better dub & I wanted to ask these in a more level-headed environment.

Does anyone know at all why the Z dub as presented since 2007 has: outtakes replacing the used ...
by MasenkoHA
Wed Apr 08, 2026 11:49 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Voice actors that you want to be replaced
Replies: 67
Views: 17383

Re: Voice actors that you want to be replaced


I don’t think I really understand the “they sound too cartoony” complaint when it comes to the “legacy cast.” Aside from the fact that Dragon Ball is a silly cartoon, I don’t think Schemmel or Sabat sound especially goofy or fake as their respective characters.

If anything, I’d say Peter Kelamis ...
by MasenkoHA
Fri Apr 03, 2026 3:38 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Would you like Dragon Ball to get an AI dub?
Replies: 38
Views: 1793

Re: Would you like Dragon Ball to get an AI dub?


I feel like people have been psyop to hate AI because the powers that be (global elites - e.g. Hollywood execs) hate the idea of creative control and freedom being available to the masses. Imagine if movies/tv shows/ads could be made at a professional level by anyone that has a bit of creativity ...
by MasenkoHA
Thu Apr 02, 2026 8:49 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Would you like Dragon Ball to get an AI dub?
Replies: 38
Views: 1793

Re: Would you like Dragon Ball to get an AI dub?


If a dub comes out and it's really good but you only find out at the end of the season that it's AI, would u automatically begin to hate it?


Well yes because we know it was made to screw actual voice actors and script adapters out of a job. Hating AI goes beyond “it sounds and looks like shit ...
by MasenkoHA
Wed Apr 01, 2026 7:29 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Would you like Dragon Ball to get an AI dub?
Replies: 38
Views: 1793

Re: Would you like Dragon Ball to get an AI dub?

This feels like asking

“Would you want to eat pizza someone puked on?”

I’m sure you might get one weirdo or contrarian saying yes but majority are gonna say no
by MasenkoHA
Sun Mar 29, 2026 1:59 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 365
Views: 15695

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?


I don’t get why Toriyama tried to do that whole “next generation” idea in the first place. Did he think Goku was getting too old or something?


I don’t know if it was Toriyama’s reasoning but he really had nowhere to go at that point.

Winning a Tenkaichi Budokai and being declared the strongest ...
by MasenkoHA
Fri Mar 27, 2026 9:44 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 365
Views: 15695

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?


I'd argue Vegeta's arc was already complete with his sacrifice and willingly dooming himself to Hell to fix his own screw up. I wish it stuck.


Or do what the Fusion movie did and have come back to help stop Boo and then return to the next world.

I do think it was necessary for Vegeta to help ...
by MasenkoHA
Fri Mar 27, 2026 9:24 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 365
Views: 15695

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?




It's not about whether Gohan won or not, it's that his story is an incomplete essay that still got turned in anyway.


Meh I’d say it’s more like an essay that was finished then the student asked for the essay back to expand on it but then gave up halfway through the second go around.

Gohan’s ...
by MasenkoHA
Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:30 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 365
Views: 15695

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?



I I will never fail to be impressed at how many people here think they know Toriyama better than the people who worked with him. Any time his editors or friends come out and say something about him, people that ACTUALLY knew him and worked with him, here comes the audience, so sure of itself ...
by MasenkoHA
Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:09 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?
Replies: 365
Views: 15695

Re: How do you feel about the trope where everyone waits for Goku?


Isn't Trunks' hairstyle just John Connor? A better argument could be made for his hair color .


I assume that’s what Jjggp meant, but also yes there’s no reason for Goku and Chi Chi’s hypothetical second son having Bulma’s hair color and wearing a jacket branded with Bulma’s family’s company ...