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by MasenkoHA
Mon Jun 15, 2026 11:52 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Would Dragon Ball be successful in English-speaking countries if the old English dubs weren't Americanized?
Replies: 101
Views: 65863

Re: Would Dragon Ball be successful in English-speaking countries if the old English dubs weren't Americanized?




I don't think Goku is as popular if he wasn't made into a traditional super hero character in the US with kids in the 90's. Adults like the different character arc but I just showed my nephews kai the other day and they interpreted Goku as a traditional hero.

Not sure how'd they take the ...
by MasenkoHA
Sat May 23, 2026 9:18 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Two questions I can't find real answers to
Replies: 15
Views: 1926

Re: Two questions I can't find real answers to


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Also got a source for that "They used a early draft" for the Revised/Remastered dub?


*Scott Morgan (or one of the CakeMix Studios guys believe it was him though) confirmed at least one instance of a different music track in the Orange Bricks was the original track composed for the scene ...
by MasenkoHA
Sat May 16, 2026 4:45 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Two questions I can't find real answers to
Replies: 15
Views: 1926

Re: Two questions I can't find real answers to

I coulda sworn people didn’t like Kai 1.0 widescreen presentation it was just forgiven because it was the correct aspect ratio on home video and not a simple drop and crop like the Orange Bricks

When TFC only has availability in widescreen plus an ugly green tint to boot more people are gonna ...
by MasenkoHA
Sat May 16, 2026 2:33 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Two questions I can't find real answers to
Replies: 15
Views: 1926

Re: Two questions I can't find real answers to


1. Is the Ultimate Uncut Dub episode 1-67 and Original Single Dub 68-291 the same as the '07 Remastered Dub? If not, What are the differences?

No. Too many minutia differences to list but the remastered dub has newly recorded dialog to present consistency with the Ultimate Uncut dub (in theory ...
by MasenkoHA
Thu May 14, 2026 4:51 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Weird Old Dub Stuff
Replies: 324
Views: 104480

Re: Weird Old Dub Stuff


I always heard that the supposed reason Schemmel didn’t redub his lines is because he wanted to keep his old performance intact as a reminder of how far he had come as a voice actor.

To this day, I’d still say the weirdest thing about the remastered redub is the fact that they went through the ...
by MasenkoHA
Sat May 09, 2026 9:07 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: The Nicktoons Broadcast of Kai
Replies: 26
Views: 44024

Re: The Nicktoons Broadcast of Kai


Funimationa and Crunchyroll pay extremely little. Only rarely higher pay actors just say "Fuck my salary, I wanna do this!" like James Masters or Laura Bailey. I doubt he has enough money to retire.


I mean their voice acting gigs aren’t their only source of income.

There’s a reason so many of ...
by MasenkoHA
Tue May 05, 2026 2:39 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Voice actors that you want to be replaced
Replies: 87
Views: 28879

Re: Voice actors that you want to be replaced



A lot of people buy into the narrative that Drummond was the perfect Vegeta for the Saiyan and Namek arcs but Sabat was the perfect voice going forward after, and the switch happened at the perfect time


They all conveniently forget that this is what Sabat Vegeta actually sounded like when he ...
by MasenkoHA
Sun May 03, 2026 8:45 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: My head canon of why Gohan didn't turn into Ultimate/Mystic in GT
Replies: 27
Views: 3972

Re: My head canon of why Gohan didn't turn into Ultimate/Mystic in GT

I’m gonna be honest pre-modern era I didn’t think Ultimate/Mystic Gohan was ever meant to be a transformation and was just another example of the fandom’s hyper fixation with attributive adjectives. Teen Gohan. Kid Goku, Base Goku etc etc etc

Like, ignoring all the stuff in the modern material I ...
by MasenkoHA
Mon Apr 27, 2026 8:38 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Weird Old Dub Stuff
Replies: 324
Views: 104480

Re: Weird Old Dub Stuff



For the life of me I will never understand so many people on here’s’s hyperfixation with Dragon Ball airing on traditional television.

Dragon Ball being on Adult Swim or Nick does what exactly?


Get more people into Dragon Ball? Sure, it may be a minority in this day and age, but those ...
by MasenkoHA
Mon Apr 27, 2026 2:59 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Weird Old Dub Stuff
Replies: 324
Views: 104480

Re: Weird Old Dub Stuff


Daima had a bit of hype but it sadly was not a huge hit. Super however has the fact we will get to see key hype fights reanimated. Not to mention eventually getting the continuation to Super complete with the last story arcs of the manga Akira Toriyama did with Toyotaro. That's got to be a big ...
by MasenkoHA
Sun Apr 26, 2026 6:55 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What if Dragon Ball was never dubbed in English?
Replies: 72
Views: 12195

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


If Dragon Ball was never dubbed in English, Funimation as we knew it would have never existed, which given that they were such a major player in the English speaking anime industry for decades, would have drastically changed the landscape of the anime industry. Heck, putting aside the anime ...
by MasenkoHA
Sun Apr 26, 2026 5:06 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Best dubbed arc or movie in the old international dubs of DB/Z/GT
Replies: 11
Views: 2537

Re: Best dubbed arc or movie in the old international dubs of DB/Z/GT






I don't understand – Toei sent them a track with the Japanese soundtrack but without the sound effects?

Unless they did send it, but considered it unusable because it was in mono.


The sound effects are the exact same. Ocean just added their own Hanna Barbera esque sfx on top of it to a ...
by MasenkoHA
Sun Apr 26, 2026 3:58 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Best dubbed arc or movie in the old international dubs of DB/Z/GT
Replies: 11
Views: 2537

Re: Best dubbed arc or movie in the old international dubs of DB/Z/GT




For movie, Pioneer's dub of Dragon Ball Z movie 2 has to be the best English dub of anything Dragon Ball.


The Pioneer movies are great, but one thing I find consistently annoying and basically a deal breaker for me are the changed SFX from the iconic originals, in addition to those ...
by MasenkoHA
Sun Apr 26, 2026 8:22 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What if Dragon Ball was never dubbed in English?
Replies: 72
Views: 12195

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


"What if Dragon Ball was never dubbed in English?"

Well, the simplest answer would be "Something else takes its place as America's popular anime". I mean wasn't Pokemon still fresh in people's minds or its popularity was getting dwindled by the time Dragon Ball entered the picture?

They more or ...
by MasenkoHA
Fri Apr 24, 2026 6:20 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What if Dragon Ball was never dubbed in English?
Replies: 72
Views: 12195

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



I definitely recommend watching the entire DCAU run if you’re a fan of Batman: The Animated Series. Funny enough, Epilogue is one episode I feel a bit differently about. I can watch it, but I’ve always felt that Return of the Joker was the stronger and more fitting conclusion to the Batman Beyond ...
by MasenkoHA
Wed Apr 22, 2026 11:31 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Crossover that should happen
Replies: 45
Views: 7669

Re: Crossover that should happen

Gohan seems like a big enough dork to get into Duel Monsters. Boom crossover
by MasenkoHA
Sun Apr 19, 2026 12:51 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Weird Old Dub Stuff
Replies: 324
Views: 104480

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: 324
Views: 104480

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: 5407
Views: 1237321

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: 324
Views: 104480

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 ...