Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 14; Still Unreleased

[TheGreatness25]

I mean, he does voice Goku, but... is he really that big of a star that nobody can put him in his place? Seriously, I wouldn't take that disrespect from anyone, especially someone who's not as big as they think they are.

[Dbzfan94]

Personally the hate circle for Schemmel is really overblown.

[SX10]

Sean Schemmel is a notorious rube whose friends struggle to put up with his douche-iness. He's a self-important twerp people put up with because they swim in the same pond.

Agreed. He seems like an insecure "nice guy".

[Planetnamek]

Sean Schemmel is a notorious rube whose friends struggle to put up with his douche-iness. He's a self-important twerp people put up with because they swim in the same pond.

Agreed. He seems like an insecure "nice guy".

Disagree, he does not come off as insecure to me at all.

[Azelf89]

At this juncture, I feel it is right to once again post my roundup of everything we know about Ocean Kai:

Spoiler:

Voices that are returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Scott McNeil as Piccolo, Jeice, Caroni, Dr. Brief - Confirmed at a panel: https://youtu.be/VUq625WPv54?t=44
Michael Dobson as Nappa - Acknowledged on Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaeldobson07/sta ... 2241665024
Brian Drummond as Vegeta - Confirmed in an interview. https://youtu.be/r9Qs5FfhO2Q?t=2538
Brendan Hunter as Tien Shinhan (Blue Water) - Confirmed at a panel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CRPKL2 ... be&t=1m10s



Voices that are not returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Terry Klassen as Krillin, Guldo, Cell Jr., Roshi, and Grandpa Gohan - According to NitroEX, Brian Drummond confirmed at a con that he isn't back (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 0#p1533007); he's transitioned entirely into directing.
Robert O. Smith as Grand Elder Guru - Passed away in 2010. The last work he's known to have done was back in 2005/2006, and the earliest recordings for the Namek arc of Ocean Kai would have been after he died, so even in the unlikely event that he was cast in Kai three years after he stopped doing any other work, he wouldn't have had the chance to actually play the role.
Pauline Newstone as Freeza - Recast in favour of Lee Tockar.
Ian Corlett, Peter Kelamis, and Kirby Morrow as Son Goku - Morrow was re-auditioned, but ultimately rejected (https://youtu.be/yIkDTE-yvsk?t=47). The other two were allegedly not auditioned. Richard Ian Cox was cast in this role instead.
Matt Smith as Tien Shinhan - Rejected in favour of the Calgary actor who played the role in the Blue Water dubs, Brendan Hunter.



Known new voices for Ocean's Kai dub:

Richard Ian Cox as Son Goku - Confirmed by Scott McNeil (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 38#p825538), Kirbopher, and I believe also KaiserNeko
Lee Tockar as Freeza - Confirmed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leetockar/status/529493816236331008
Cole Howard as #17 - He mentioned it in a Reddit post (https://i.imgur.com/EaaDKhw.png). Account now deleted.
Trevor Devall - Unknown role. Confirmed in an interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_snEpBI ... e&t=23m26s), and briefly touched on in an episode of his podcast (https://youtu.be/yIkDTE-yvsk?t=71).
James Beach (Blue Water) - Unknown role in episode 21. Likely an unnamed Namekian. Confirmed in a forum post where he asked for a copy of the episode to use in his demo reel. (https://dbzf.co.uk/would-anyone-have-ka ... 72223.html - dead link. I've read it before, though; he asks if anyone has a copy of episode 21 for his demo reel. IIRC someone said it hasn't aired yet)



Voices that probably are not returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Brian Drummond as Yajirobe - TheBlackPaladin on Kanzenshuu said we know Drummond will not be reprising Yajirobe, and that his new casting is from Calgary. (viewtopic.php?p=831605#p831605)
Doc Harris as the narrator - Said he wasn't back when asked in an email.
Dale Wilson as Cell, Kami, and King Yemma - Said he doesn't remember recording for this dub when asked in an email.
Paul Dobson as Zarbon - Kirbopher claimed to have talked to the "New" voice of Zarbon.
David Kaye as Recoome - He works out of LA now, so we can be pretty certain he's not back.
Jason Gray-Stanford as Raditz - He hasn't really done much voicework since the '90s, so he's unlikely to be back.



Voices that may be returning for Ocean's Kai dub: (Excluding actors we've heard nothing about)

Ted Cole as Yamcha and Korin - According to NitroEX, Brian Drummond said he may be returning (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 0#p1533007). We know he was recast as #17 in favour of Cole Howard, though. Assuming he was re-auditioned for Yamcha, he was likely also re-auditioned for Korin aswell.
Saffron Henderson as Gohan - She made a Tweet that many believe refers to getting to play Gohan again for Kai after having initially dropped the role due to having to move to California. (https://twitter.com/SafHen/status/575006852930347008) She was "Temporarily replaced", as she put it, for the rest of Z's run, and as I recall didn't return to Canada until after the Westwood Z dub was over, so it would make sense if she was returning. Ultimately, we can't be 100% sure at this time, but I would say it's likely what she was hinting at.
Don Brown as King Kai, Emperor Pilaf, Burter, Hercule/Mr. Satan, Shenron, and Roshi - He still works, and Brian Drummond said on Twitter that he's worked with him somewhat recently (https://twitter.com/BrianDrummondVO/sta ... 8186138624), so the jury is still out on this. I would say he was at the very least re-auditioned for Kai.
Scott McNeil as #16, and farmer in field - He has talked about playing basically all the same characters as he did in Z, including mentioning Boo, Old Kai, South Kai, and Dabura (https://youtu.be/VUq625WPv54?t=52), but a handful of his old roles haven't been mentioned, and we're also unsure if he's gained any new roles this time around. If Alec Willows isn't reprising Oolong, there is precedent for McNeil playing that character in Willows' absence, after all... Whether this all just slipped his mind, or if he's been recast in some of his old roles is not known, though he can be quite forthcoming about this stuff at cons when asked. (Similar case for any characters not mentioned above played by actors I've mentioned)



Other misc. info about Ocean's Kai dub:

According to Kirbopher and others, the idea of doing both a cut and an uncut version of this dub was discussed. We have no way of knowing which way this went, however a cut version does exist.
The edited video master for this dub's production was licensed by Funimation, though with their episode titles used instead of Ocean's. This video master is what aired on NickToons USA. It's possible this edited video master was only produced in standard-definition. Ocean are credited for their work in the closing credits to the NickToons edit (https://i.imgur.com/m9yausY.png).
The edited video master gives us some small insights into one or two things about this dub; chiefly, the tournaments will be referred to with a direct romanisation, "Tenkaichi Budoukai" (https://i.imgur.com/WqijgTW.png), instead of the localised "World Martial Arts Tournament" title Funimation's dubs, and productions that follow their naming conventions, have used in the past.
Allegedly, the scripts are new, original scripts done by Ocean. I forget who talked about this, probably Kirbopher.
The romanised name of the Tenkaichi Budoukai goes along with the more-accurate approach this dub seems to be taking in other areas, with Freeza's recasting away from Pauline Newstone, Goku's recasting away from Kirby Morrow(It's not online at this time, but Kirby Morrow said in the famous Voiceprint podcast episode 26, "They let me re-audition to see if I could kid him up a little bit, make him a lot more childlike [...]"), and the fact Namek will be pronounced closer to how it's pronounced in the Japanese version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5SG5Sp ... be&t=7m28s).
Karl Willems was the primary ADR director of this dub, according to Brian Drummond via SX10.
At least one other ADR director was involved in some capacity, as allegedly at least one person connected to this dub who'd talked to Kirbopher knew it to be directed by someone else. SX10 claims there was another director involved; Gary something, he says.
One of the first people to be cast in this dub was allegedly Scott McNeil. James Beach allegedly heard some of the music for this dub (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... d#p1522597), so he likely recorded much later in the production.
Because Maggie Blue O'Hara was not in Vancouver at the time this dub was recorded, and I believe the same is true of Lalainia Lindbjerg, it's probably safe to assume we're getting a new Bulma.
The exact number of Vancouver-based actors vs Calgary-based actors is not known, but rumours go around that the bulk is from Vancouver.
This dub will not be using the Yamamoto or Kikuchi scores, instead having a new score composed by Anitunes (https://i.imgur.com/RBsyw77.png), the guys who scored the Westwood Z dub. The wrong number of episodes was listed on their site for both Z and Kai, however. Though, the site is now down.
The last few seconds of the opening theme song are available via the online editing supervisor's demo reel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46pqBb3zdjo&t=14s). This video also notes "2 seasons", which gels with the CRTC listing of Kai (https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/CanrecL ... 4-01&C=07E) as "DRAGONBALL KAI (I)(#1-50)" and "DRAGONBALL KAI (II)(#51-98)", which suggests it was packaged and officially considered as two "Seasons" of about 50 episodes each. This snippet also gels with something David Steele said about a 30-second snippet of a song called "Dragonball Kai" on his website (https://web.archive.org/web/20190314075 ... l-z_01.mp3) "I did that spot in 2009 and unfortunately don't have any info on it as I was just hired to sing, I can't even remember if it was a demo or went final?" (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 76#p757376) The voice in the editing demo reel version doesn't sound like his, and the instrumentation sounds entirely different. It's possible the lyrics are also entirely different. So, while the 2009 demo which has been going around online has been known as "The opening to Ocean Kai", it is likely nothing more than a scratch track, if that.
Sean Schemmel has seen a small amount of this dub, which had a replacement score and an altered SFX track (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 16&t=13178), likely because of Funimation's acquisition of Ocean's edited video master.
Last news we'd heard on this is that Marni Shulman of Wow TV in Canada is still working on acquiring it (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 8287607808). It all seemed to be going smoothly by her last word (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 7795988485 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 1722204161 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 8938145792 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 7541698566). She has said she will ask for a cast list when she gets the chance in response to a fan asking if she can share one. (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 0174950400) However, it looks like Wow are having trouble scrounging up money to launch their channel; as it is, it may not launch at all, and if it does, it may not be for a long time, so if we want Ocean Kai to air, other avenues will have to be chased (such as Toon-A-Vision, or Netflix).
Brian Drummond recorded "Over 8000" and "Over 9000", leaving it up to the director/producer to decide which to use. (viewtopic.php?p=1532986#p1532986)
I personally would be rather surprised if Dave 'Squatch' Ward isn't back as Ox-King.

I updated this repository of info recently, but haven't posted it in this thread for a while, so I thought I'd post it again.
Plus, it's relevant to the rest of this post now...

Just to point out, you should also add in the info that I had found out regarding Steve Olson (the narrator for the Blue Water dubs of GT and OG DB):

While we’re all waiting, here’s something that you guys might find interesting.

A little while back, I contacted Steve Olson (the narrator for the Blue Water dubs of GT and OG DB) on Twitter and asked if he was ever auditioned for Ocean Kai (specifically, reprising his role as the narrator, or at least lending some additional voices for that dub).

Recently (less then 8 months later), he actually responded to my question:

Hi, my schedule at the time was limited. For Kai, I only did some incidental voices.

With this, that pretty much confirms that, while he is part of the dub, he’s not back as the narrator. And since Doc Harris has already confirmed that he wasn’t back either, unless they got Jim Conrad (BLT dub narrator) to reprise the role, I think it’s safe to say that we’re going to be getting an entirely new narrator for Ocean Kai.

[Robo4900]

Just to point out, you should also add in the info that I had found out regarding Steve Olson (the narrator for the Blue Water dubs of GT and OG DB):

While we’re all waiting, here’s something that you guys might find interesting.

A little while back, I contacted Steve Olson (the narrator for the Blue Water dubs of GT and OG DB) on Twitter and asked if he was ever auditioned for Ocean Kai (specifically, reprising his role as the narrator, or at least lending some additional voices for that dub).

Recently (less then 8 months later), he actually responded to my question:

Hi, my schedule at the time was limited. For Kai, I only did some incidental voices.

With this, that pretty much confirms that, while he is part of the dub, he’s not back as the narrator. And since Doc Harris has already confirmed that he wasn’t back either, unless they got Jim Conrad (BLT dub narrator) to reprise the role, I think it’s safe to say that we’re going to be getting an entirely new narrator for Ocean Kai.

Thank you!! Don't know how I missed that.

Noted.

Updated infodump:

Spoiler:

Voices that are returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Scott McNeil as Piccolo, Jeice, Caroni, Dr. Brief - Confirmed at a panel: https://youtu.be/VUq625WPv54?t=44
Michael Dobson as Nappa - Acknowledged on Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaeldobson07/sta ... 2241665024
Brian Drummond as Vegeta - Confirmed in an interview. https://youtu.be/r9Qs5FfhO2Q?t=2538
Brendan Hunter as Tien Shinhan (Blue Water) - Confirmed at a panel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CRPKL2 ... be&t=1m10s



Voices that are not returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Terry Klassen as Krillin, Guldo, Cell Jr., Roshi, and Grandpa Gohan - According to NitroEX, Brian Drummond confirmed at a con that he isn't back (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 0#p1533007); he's transitioned entirely into directing.
Robert O. Smith as Grand Elder Guru - Passed away in 2010. The last work he's known to have done was back in 2005/2006, and the earliest recordings for the Namek arc of Ocean Kai would have been after he died, so even in the unlikely event that he was cast in Kai three years after he stopped doing any other work, he wouldn't have had the chance to actually play the role.
Pauline Newstone as Freeza - Recast in favour of Lee Tockar.
Ian Corlett, Peter Kelamis, and Kirby Morrow as Son Goku - Morrow was re-auditioned, but ultimately rejected (https://youtu.be/yIkDTE-yvsk?t=47). The other two were allegedly not auditioned. Richard Ian Cox was cast in this role instead.
Matt Smith as Tien Shinhan - Rejected in favour of the Calgary actor who played the role in the Blue Water dubs, Brendan Hunter.
Steve Olsen as the narrator - No major roles, only incidental voices. (https://twitter.com/radiosteveo/status/ ... 23104?s=21)



Known new voices for Ocean's Kai dub:

Richard Ian Cox as Son Goku - Confirmed by Scott McNeil (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 38#p825538), Kirbopher, and I believe also KaiserNeko
Lee Tockar as Freeza - Confirmed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leetockar/status/529493816236331008
Cole Howard as #17 - He mentioned it in a Reddit post (https://i.imgur.com/EaaDKhw.png). Account now deleted.
Trevor Devall - Unknown role. Confirmed in an interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_snEpBI ... e&t=23m26s), and briefly touched on in an episode of his podcast (https://youtu.be/yIkDTE-yvsk?t=71).
James Beach (Blue Water) - Unknown role in episode 21. Likely an unnamed Namekian. Confirmed in a forum post where he asked for a copy of the episode to use in his demo reel. (https://dbzf.co.uk/would-anyone-have-ka ... 72223.html - dead link. I've read it before, though; he asks if anyone has a copy of episode 21 for his demo reel. IIRC someone said it hasn't aired yet)



Voices that probably are not returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Brian Drummond as Yajirobe - TheBlackPaladin on Kanzenshuu said we know Drummond will not be reprising Yajirobe, and that his new casting is from Calgary. (viewtopic.php?p=831605#p831605)
Doc Harris as the narrator - Said he wasn't back when asked in an email.
Dale Wilson as Cell, Kami, and King Yemma - Said he doesn't remember recording for this dub when asked in an email.
Paul Dobson as Zarbon - Kirbopher claimed to have talked to the "New" voice of Zarbon.
David Kaye as Recoome - He works out of LA now, so we can be pretty certain he's not back.
Jason Gray-Stanford as Raditz - He hasn't really done much voicework since the '90s, so he's unlikely to be back.



Voices that may be returning for Ocean's Kai dub: (Excluding actors we've heard nothing about)

Ted Cole as Yamcha and Korin - According to NitroEX, Brian Drummond said he may be returning (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 0#p1533007). We know he was recast as #17 in favour of Cole Howard, though. Assuming he was re-auditioned for Yamcha, he was likely also re-auditioned for Korin aswell.
Saffron Henderson as Gohan - She made a Tweet that many believe refers to getting to play Gohan again for Kai after having initially dropped the role due to having to move to California. (https://twitter.com/SafHen/status/575006852930347008) She was "Temporarily replaced", as she put it, for the rest of Z's run, and as I recall didn't return to Canada until after the Westwood Z dub was over, so it would make sense if she was returning. Ultimately, we can't be 100% sure at this time, but I would say it's likely what she was hinting at.
Don Brown as King Kai, Emperor Pilaf, Burter, Hercule/Mr. Satan, Shenron, and Roshi - He still works, and Brian Drummond said on Twitter that he's worked with him somewhat recently (https://twitter.com/BrianDrummondVO/sta ... 8186138624), so the jury is still out on this. I would say he was at the very least re-auditioned for Kai.
Scott McNeil as #16, and farmer in field - He has talked about playing basically all the same characters as he did in Z, including mentioning Boo, Old Kai, South Kai, and Dabura (https://youtu.be/VUq625WPv54?t=52), but a handful of his old roles haven't been mentioned, and we're also unsure if he's gained any new roles this time around. If Alec Willows isn't reprising Oolong, there is precedent for McNeil playing that character in Willows' absence, after all... Whether this all just slipped his mind, or if he's been recast in some of his old roles is not known, though he can be quite forthcoming about this stuff at cons when asked. (Similar case for any characters not mentioned above played by actors I've mentioned)



Other misc. info about Ocean's Kai dub:

According to Kirbopher and others, the idea of doing both a cut and an uncut version of this dub was discussed. We have no way of knowing which way this went, however a cut version does exist.
The edited video master for this dub's production was licensed by Funimation, though with their episode titles used instead of Ocean's. This video master is what aired on NickToons USA. It's possible this edited video master was only produced in standard-definition. Ocean are credited for their work in the closing credits to the NickToons edit (https://i.imgur.com/m9yausY.png).
The edited video master gives us some small insights into one or two things about this dub; chiefly, the tournaments will be referred to with a direct romanisation, "Tenkaichi Budoukai" (https://i.imgur.com/WqijgTW.png), instead of the localised "World Martial Arts Tournament" title Funimation's dubs, and productions that follow their naming conventions, have used in the past.
Allegedly, the scripts are new, original scripts done by Ocean. I forget who talked about this, probably Kirbopher.
The romanised name of the Tenkaichi Budoukai goes along with the more-accurate approach this dub seems to be taking in other areas, with Freeza's recasting away from Pauline Newstone, Goku's recasting away from Kirby Morrow(It's not online at this time, but Kirby Morrow said in the famous Voiceprint podcast episode 26, "They let me re-audition to see if I could kid him up a little bit, make him a lot more childlike [...]"), and the fact Namek will be pronounced closer to how it's pronounced in the Japanese version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5SG5Sp ... be&t=7m28s).
Karl Willems was the primary ADR director of this dub, according to Brian Drummond via SX10.
At least one other ADR director was involved in some capacity, as allegedly at least one person connected to this dub who'd talked to Kirbopher knew it to be directed by someone else. SX10 claims there was another director involved; Gary something, he says.
One of the first people to be cast in this dub was allegedly Scott McNeil. James Beach allegedly heard some of the music for this dub (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... d#p1522597), so he likely recorded much later in the production.
Because Maggie Blue O'Hara was not in Vancouver at the time this dub was recorded, and I believe the same is true of Lalainia Lindbjerg, it's probably safe to assume we're getting a new Bulma.
Similarly, since both the Blue Water DB/GT, and Vancouver Z narrators (Steve Olsen, and Doc Harris, respectively) have said they did not return for Kai, it's safe to say we're getting a new narrator too.
The exact number of Vancouver-based actors vs Calgary-based actors is not known, but rumours go around that the bulk is from Vancouver.
This dub will not be using the Yamamoto or Kikuchi scores, instead having a new score composed by Anitunes (https://i.imgur.com/RBsyw77.png), the guys who scored the Westwood Z dub. The wrong number of episodes was listed on their site for both Z and Kai, however. Though, the site is now down.
The last few seconds of the opening theme song are available via the online editing supervisor's demo reel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46pqBb3zdjo&t=14s). This video also notes "2 seasons", which gels with the CRTC listing of Kai (https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/CanrecL ... 4-01&C=07E) as "DRAGONBALL KAI (I)(#1-50)" and "DRAGONBALL KAI (II)(#51-98)", which suggests it was packaged and officially considered as two "Seasons" of about 50 episodes each. This snippet also gels with something David Steele said about a 30-second snippet of a song called "Dragonball Kai" on his website (https://web.archive.org/web/20190314075 ... l-z_01.mp3) "I did that spot in 2009 and unfortunately don't have any info on it as I was just hired to sing, I can't even remember if it was a demo or went final?" (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 76#p757376) The voice in the editing demo reel version doesn't sound like his, and the instrumentation sounds entirely different. It's possible the lyrics are also entirely different. So, while the 2009 demo which has been going around online has been known as "The opening to Ocean Kai", it is likely nothing more than a scratch track, if that.
Sean Schemmel has seen a small amount of this dub, which had a replacement score and an altered SFX track (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 16&t=13178), likely because of Funimation's acquisition of Ocean's edited video master.
Last news we'd heard on this is that Marni Shulman of Wow TV in Canada is still working on acquiring it (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 8287607808). It all seemed to be going smoothly by her last word (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 7795988485 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 1722204161 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 8938145792 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 7541698566). She has said she will ask for a cast list when she gets the chance in response to a fan asking if she can share one. (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 0174950400) However, it looks like Wow are having trouble scrounging up money to launch their channel; as it is, it may not launch at all, and if it does, it may not be for a long time, so if we want Ocean Kai to air, other avenues will have to be chased (such as Toon-A-Vision, or Netflix).
Brian Drummond recorded "Over 8000" and "Over 9000", leaving it up to the director/producer to decide which to use. (viewtopic.php?p=1532986#p1532986)
I personally would be rather surprised if Dave 'Squatch' Ward isn't back as Ox-King.

[damn]

So that wasn't the same as the one airs in Albania?

Nope. This came years before Albania did their dub of Z(which as you may or may not know started around 30 episodes in the middle of the battle between Vegeta/Nappa and the Z Warriors for some reason).
Albania did their dub of Original DB very recently(around a year or two ago)...they based it on the Funimation dub.
I didn't watch much of it though.

Was that the original DB or Z?

Original DB.
I remember Goku turning into an Oozaru for the first time gave me nightmares.

It was based on the original version so it kept Makafushigi Adventure and Romantic Ageru Yo unaltered.

[Danfun64]

Wasn't the Albanian dub (the one that the DB International Guide spreadsheet lists as aired on "Bang Bang" and "Cufo") in its entirety a bootleg that at some points blatantly used online encodes and ended up mixing in music in weird placements or something?

[8000 Saiyan]

Sean Schemmel is a notorious rube whose friends struggle to put up with his douche-iness. He's a self-important twerp people put up with because they swim in the same pond.

Agreed. He seems like an insecure "nice guy".

Disagree, he does not come off as insecure to me at all.

Please elaborate on why he doesn't come off as insecure to you.

[sangofe]

Agreed. He seems like an insecure "nice guy".

Disagree, he does not come off as insecure to me at all.

Please elaborate on why he doesn't come off as insecure to you.

Even if you have a big ego and act respectless towards others you're not nessecarely an insecure person. That's just guessing what's behind.

[Robo4900]

Hi, folks. No updates to provide on Ocean Kai itself, but I found a fix for a dead link for the infodump, and felt I should get that out there asap.

Potential outlets for Kai are still looking possible; various things are being worked on. Sadly, nothing that the assembled forces of the fandom can help out with, but you'll all know as soon as you can help out.

Updated infodump:

Spoiler:

Voices that are returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Scott McNeil as Piccolo, Jeice, Caroni, Dr. Brief - Confirmed at a panel: https://youtu.be/VUq625WPv54?t=44
Michael Dobson as Nappa - Acknowledged on Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaeldobson07/sta ... 2241665024
Brian Drummond as Vegeta - Confirmed in an interview. https://youtu.be/r9Qs5FfhO2Q?t=2538
Brendan Hunter as Tien Shinhan (Blue Water) - Confirmed at a panel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CRPKL2 ... be&t=1m10s



Voices that are not returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Terry Klassen as Krillin, Guldo, Cell Jr., Roshi, and Grandpa Gohan - According to NitroEX, Brian Drummond confirmed at a con that he isn't back (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 0#p1533007); he's transitioned entirely into directing.
Robert O. Smith as Grand Elder Guru - Passed away in 2010. The last work he's known to have done was back in 2005/2006, and the earliest recordings for the Namek arc of Ocean Kai would have been after he died, so even in the unlikely event that he was cast in Kai three years after he stopped doing any other work, he wouldn't have had the chance to actually play the role.
Pauline Newstone as Freeza - Recast in favour of Lee Tockar.
Ian Corlett, Peter Kelamis, and Kirby Morrow as Son Goku - Morrow was re-auditioned, but ultimately rejected (https://youtu.be/yIkDTE-yvsk?t=47). The other two were allegedly not auditioned. Richard Ian Cox was cast in this role instead.
Matt Smith as Tien Shinhan - Rejected in favour of the Calgary actor who played the role in the Blue Water dubs, Brendan Hunter.
Steve Olsen as the narrator - No major roles, only incidental voices. (https://twitter.com/radiosteveo/status/ ... 23104?s=21)



Known new voices for Ocean's Kai dub:

Richard Ian Cox as Son Goku - Confirmed by Scott McNeil (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 38#p825538), Kirbopher, and I believe also KaiserNeko
Lee Tockar as Freeza - Confirmed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leetockar/status/529493816236331008
Cole Howard as #17 - He mentioned it in a Reddit post (https://i.imgur.com/EaaDKhw.png). Account now deleted.
Trevor Devall - Unknown role. Confirmed in an interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_snEpBI ... e&t=23m26s), and briefly touched on in an episode of his podcast (https://youtu.be/yIkDTE-yvsk?t=71).
James Beach (Blue Water) - Unknown role in episode 21. Likely an unnamed Namekian. Confirmed in a forum post where he asked for a copy of the episode to use in his demo reel. (https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/dragonb ... 1#p1274611 - Tapatalk version of original thread. Archived version here, in case this link dies like the original)



Voices that probably are not returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Brian Drummond as Yajirobe - TheBlackPaladin on Kanzenshuu said we know Drummond will not be reprising Yajirobe, and that his new casting is from Calgary. (viewtopic.php?p=831605#p831605)
Doc Harris as the narrator - Said he wasn't back when asked in an email.
Dale Wilson as Cell, Kami, and King Yemma - Said he doesn't remember recording for this dub when asked in an email.
Paul Dobson as Zarbon - Kirbopher claimed to have talked to the "New" voice of Zarbon.
David Kaye as Recoome - He works out of LA now, so we can be pretty certain he's not back.
Jason Gray-Stanford as Raditz - He hasn't really done much voicework since the '90s, so he's unlikely to be back.



Voices that may be returning for Ocean's Kai dub: (Excluding actors we've heard nothing about)

Ted Cole as Yamcha and Korin - According to NitroEX, Brian Drummond said he may be returning (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 0#p1533007). We know he was recast as #17 in favour of Cole Howard, though. Assuming he was re-auditioned for Yamcha, he was likely also re-auditioned for Korin aswell.
Saffron Henderson as Gohan - She made a Tweet that many believe refers to getting to play Gohan again for Kai after having initially dropped the role due to having to move to California. (https://twitter.com/SafHen/status/575006852930347008) She was "Temporarily replaced", as she put it, for the rest of Z's run, and as I recall didn't return to Canada until after the Westwood Z dub was over, so it would make sense if she was returning. Ultimately, we can't be 100% sure at this time, but I would say it's likely what she was hinting at.
Don Brown as King Kai, Emperor Pilaf, Burter, Hercule/Mr. Satan, Shenron, and Roshi - He still works, and Brian Drummond said on Twitter that he's worked with him somewhat recently (https://twitter.com/BrianDrummondVO/sta ... 8186138624), so the jury is still out on this. I would say he was at the very least re-auditioned for Kai.
Scott McNeil as #16, and farmer in field - He has talked about playing basically all the same characters as he did in Z, including mentioning Boo, Old Kai, South Kai, and Dabura (https://youtu.be/VUq625WPv54?t=52), but a handful of his old roles haven't been mentioned, and we're also unsure if he's gained any new roles this time around. If Alec Willows isn't reprising Oolong, there is precedent for McNeil playing that character in Willows' absence, after all... Whether this all just slipped his mind, or if he's been recast in some of his old roles is not known, though he can be quite forthcoming about this stuff at cons when asked. (Similar case for any characters not mentioned above played by actors I've mentioned)



Other misc. info about Ocean's Kai dub:

According to Kirbopher and others, the idea of doing both a cut and an uncut version of this dub was discussed. We have no way of knowing which way this went, however a cut version does exist.
The edited video master for this dub's production was licensed by Funimation, though with their episode titles used instead of Ocean's. This video master is what aired on NickToons USA. It's possible this edited video master was only produced in standard-definition. Ocean are credited for their work in the closing credits to the NickToons edit (https://i.imgur.com/m9yausY.png).
The edited video master gives us some small insights into one or two things about this dub; chiefly, the tournaments will be referred to with a direct romanisation, "Tenkaichi Budoukai" (https://i.imgur.com/WqijgTW.png), instead of the localised "World Martial Arts Tournament" title Funimation's dubs, and productions that follow their naming conventions, have used in the past.
Allegedly, the scripts are new, original scripts done by Ocean. I forget who talked about this, probably Kirbopher.
The romanised name of the Tenkaichi Budoukai goes along with the more-accurate approach this dub seems to be taking in other areas, with Freeza's recasting away from Pauline Newstone, Goku's recasting away from Kirby Morrow(It's not online at this time, but Kirby Morrow said in the famous Voiceprint podcast episode 26, "They let me re-audition to see if I could kid him up a little bit, make him a lot more childlike [...]"), and the fact Namek will be pronounced closer to how it's pronounced in the Japanese version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5SG5Sp ... be&t=7m28s).
Karl Willems was the primary ADR director of this dub, according to Brian Drummond via SX10.
At least one other ADR director was involved in some capacity, as allegedly at least one person connected to this dub who'd talked to Kirbopher knew it to be directed by someone else. SX10 claims there was another director involved; Gary something, he says.
One of the first people to be cast in this dub was allegedly Scott McNeil. James Beach allegedly heard some of the music for this dub (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... d#p1522597), so he likely recorded much later in the production.
Because Maggie Blue O'Hara was not in Vancouver at the time this dub was recorded, and I believe the same is true of Lalainia Lindbjerg, it's probably safe to assume we're getting a new Bulma.
Similarly, since both the Blue Water DB/GT, and Vancouver Z narrators (Steve Olsen, and Doc Harris, respectively) have said they did not return for Kai, it's safe to say we're getting a new narrator too.
The exact number of Vancouver-based actors vs Calgary-based actors is not known, but rumours go around that the bulk is from Vancouver.
This dub will not be using the Yamamoto or Kikuchi scores, instead having a new score composed by Anitunes (https://i.imgur.com/RBsyw77.png), the guys who scored the Westwood Z dub. The wrong number of episodes was listed on their site for both Z and Kai, however. Though, the site is now down.
The last few seconds of the opening theme song are available via the online editing supervisor's demo reel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46pqBb3zdjo&t=14s). This video also notes "2 seasons", which gels with the CRTC listing of Kai (https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/CanrecL ... 4-01&C=07E) as "DRAGONBALL KAI (I)(#1-50)" and "DRAGONBALL KAI (II)(#51-98)", which suggests it was packaged and officially considered as two "Seasons" of about 50 episodes each. This snippet also gels with something David Steele said about a 30-second snippet of a song called "Dragonball Kai" on his website (https://web.archive.org/web/20190314075 ... l-z_01.mp3) "I did that spot in 2009 and unfortunately don't have any info on it as I was just hired to sing, I can't even remember if it was a demo or went final?" (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 76#p757376) The voice in the editing demo reel version doesn't sound like his, and the instrumentation sounds entirely different. It's possible the lyrics are also entirely different. So, while the 2009 demo which has been going around online has been known as "The opening to Ocean Kai", it is likely nothing more than a scratch track, if that.
Sean Schemmel has seen a small amount of this dub, which had a replacement score and an altered SFX track (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 16&t=13178), likely because of Funimation's acquisition of Ocean's edited video master.
Last news we'd heard on this is that Marni Shulman of Wow TV in Canada is still working on acquiring it (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 8287607808). It all seemed to be going smoothly by her last word (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 7795988485 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 1722204161 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 8938145792 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 7541698566). She has said she will ask for a cast list when she gets the chance in response to a fan asking if she can share one. (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 0174950400) However, it looks like Wow are having trouble scrounging up money to launch their channel; as it is, it may not launch at all, and if it does, it may not be for a long time, so if we want Ocean Kai to air, other avenues will have to be chased (such as Toon-A-Vision, or Netflix).
Brian Drummond recorded "Over 8000" and "Over 9000", leaving it up to the director/producer to decide which to use. (viewtopic.php?p=1532986#p1532986)
I personally would be rather surprised if Dave 'Squatch' Ward isn't back as Ox-King.

[damn]

Wasn't the Albanian dub (the one that the DB International Guide spreadsheet lists as aired on "Bang Bang" and "Cufo") in its entirety a bootleg that at some points blatantly used online encodes and ended up mixing in music in weird placements or something?

I wouldn't be surprised if that one was a bootleg.
But I'm pretty sure the Kosovo one for original DB was probably licensed(same with Digimon).

[8000 Saiyan]

Scott reprising the roles that he played in the Buu saga wouldn't make any sense since Ocean only dubbed the first 98 episodes of Kai and not the rest.

[Robo4900]

Scott reprising the roles that he played in the Buu saga wouldn't make any sense since Ocean only dubbed the first 98 episodes of Kai and not the rest.

Yes. But when he said he was reprising his roles, he said that at a con in late 2011, when Ocean were recording the Ginyu episodes ("So now I'm being Jeice again", he says in the clip), and presumably the actors had no idea about the kerfuffle that was going on about the Boo arc being postponed; in fact, Kai had only ended in Japan a few months prior.
The earliest recordings of Ocean Kai would've most certainly been before Kai was canned, so I'd guess it's entirely possible Ocean decided to audition him for some of his key Boo arc roles too, just to get that out of the way. Maybe Toei was still under the assumption they'd do the entire run, and Ocean had no reason to doubt that.

[TheBlackPaladin]

Granted, this was in 2013, but Scott McNeil confirmed in 2013 that Ocean had not gotten around to dubbing the Boo arc of Kai.

[Scsigs]

Granted, this was in 2013, but Scott McNeil confirmed in 2013 that Ocean had not gotten around to dubbing the Boo arc of Kai.

Granted, neither did FUNimation. 2013 is when the Z episodes were being edited down & cleaned up for TFC & were being recorded in Japan, as said by Mayumi Tanaka on her blog at the time. FUNi, I don't think, started recording their dub until later that year or in 2014. Which, TFC was specifically only put together for overseas broadcasts before airing in Japan anyways to keep the timeslot after Toriko got cancelled. So, 2013 wouldn't have been when Ocean could've gotten the episodes to dub either. FUNi would've just gotten word from Toei & Sabat would've been in very early preproduction with getting the cast ready & starting to adapt the translations of the Japanese scripts & translations to the usable English dub scripts that they ended up using for their dub, as well as Sabat probably getting ready to dub Battle of Gods because it had just come out at that point.

Which, while I'm at it, does Sabat record his characters first, or does he record last? I imagine it'd be easier to record first, but I don't know.

[Robo4900]

Granted, this was in 2013, but Scott McNeil confirmed in 2013 that Ocean had not gotten around to dubbing the Boo arc of Kai.

Ah, good point. I should add that to the infodump, as well as other confirmations we've received.

I'm also updating a screenshot of the "Tenkaichi Budoukai" sign from Nicktoons Kai with a slightly higher-quality shot. It mostly looks the same, but the text itself is significantly clearer. Ditto for the Ocean Productions credit in the end credits.

Spoiler:

Voices that are returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Scott McNeil as Piccolo, Jeice, Caroni, Dr. Brief - Confirmed at a panel: https://youtu.be/VUq625WPv54?t=44
Michael Dobson as Nappa - Acknowledged on Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaeldobson07/sta ... 2241665024
Brian Drummond as Vegeta - Confirmed in an interview. https://youtu.be/r9Qs5FfhO2Q?t=2538
Brendan Hunter as Tien Shinhan (Blue Water) - Confirmed at a panel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CRPKL2 ... be&t=1m10s



Voices that are not returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Terry Klassen as Krillin, Guldo, Cell Jr., Roshi, and Grandpa Gohan - According to NitroEX, Brian Drummond confirmed at a con that he isn't back (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 0#p1533007); he's transitioned entirely into directing.
Robert O. Smith as Grand Elder Guru - Passed away in 2010. The last work he's known to have done was back in 2005/2006, and the earliest recordings for the Namek arc of Ocean Kai would have been after he died, so even in the unlikely event that he was cast in Kai three years after he stopped doing any other work, he wouldn't have had the chance to actually play the role.
Pauline Newstone as Freeza - Recast in favour of Lee Tockar.
Ian Corlett, Peter Kelamis, and Kirby Morrow as Son Goku - Morrow was re-auditioned, but ultimately rejected (https://youtu.be/yIkDTE-yvsk?t=47). The other two were allegedly not auditioned. Richard Ian Cox was cast in this role instead.
Matt Smith as Tien Shinhan - Rejected in favour of the Calgary actor who played the role in the Blue Water dubs, Brendan Hunter.
Steve Olsen as the narrator - No major roles, only incidental voices. (https://twitter.com/radiosteveo/status/ ... 23104?s=21)



Known new voices for Ocean's Kai dub:

Richard Ian Cox as Son Goku - Confirmed by Scott McNeil (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 38#p825538), Kirbopher, and I believe also KaiserNeko
Lee Tockar as Freeza - Confirmed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leetockar/status/529493816236331008
Cole Howard as #17 - He mentioned it in a Reddit post (https://i.imgur.com/EaaDKhw.png). Account now deleted.
Trevor Devall - Unknown role. Confirmed in an interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_snEpBI ... e&t=23m26s), and briefly touched on in an episode of his podcast (https://youtu.be/yIkDTE-yvsk?t=71).
James Beach (Blue Water) - Unknown role in episode 21. Likely an unnamed Namekian. Confirmed in a forum post where he asked for a copy of the episode to use in his demo reel. (https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/dragonb ... 1#p1274611 - Tapatalk version of original thread. Archived version here, in case this link dies like the original)



Voices that probably are not returning for Ocean's Kai dub:

Brian Drummond as Yajirobe - TheBlackPaladin on Kanzenshuu said we know Drummond will not be reprising Yajirobe, and that his new casting is from Calgary. (viewtopic.php?p=831605#p831605)
Doc Harris as the narrator - Said he wasn't back when asked in an email.
Dale Wilson as Cell, Kami, and King Yemma - Said he doesn't remember recording for this dub when asked in an email.
Paul Dobson as Zarbon - Kirbopher claimed to have talked to the "New" voice of Zarbon.
David Kaye as Recoome - He works out of LA now, so we can be pretty certain he's not back.
Jason Gray-Stanford as Raditz - He hasn't really done much voicework since the '90s, so he's unlikely to be back.



Voices that may be returning for Ocean's Kai dub: (Excluding actors we've heard nothing about)

Ted Cole as Yamcha and Korin - According to NitroEX, Brian Drummond said he may be returning (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 0#p1533007). We know he was recast as #17 in favour of Cole Howard, though. Assuming he was re-auditioned for Yamcha, he was likely also re-auditioned for Korin aswell.
Saffron Henderson as Gohan - She made a Tweet that many believe refers to getting to play Gohan again for Kai after having initially dropped the role due to having to move to California. (https://twitter.com/SafHen/status/575006852930347008) She was "Temporarily replaced", as she put it, for the rest of Z's run, and as I recall didn't return to Canada until after the Westwood Z dub was over, so it would make sense if she was returning. Ultimately, we can't be 100% sure at this time, but I would say it's likely what she was hinting at.
Don Brown as King Kai, Emperor Pilaf, Burter, Hercule/Mr. Satan, Shenron, and Roshi - He still works, and Brian Drummond said on Twitter that he's worked with him somewhat recently (https://twitter.com/BrianDrummondVO/sta ... 8186138624), so the jury is still out on this. I would say he was at the very least re-auditioned for Kai.
Scott McNeil as #16, and farmer in field - He has talked about playing basically all the same characters as he did in Z, including mentioning Boo, Old Kai, South Kai, and Dabura (https://youtu.be/VUq625WPv54?t=52), but a handful of his old roles haven't been mentioned, and we're also unsure if he's gained any new roles this time around. If Alec Willows isn't reprising Oolong, there is precedent for McNeil playing that character in Willows' absence, after all... Whether this all just slipped his mind, or if he's been recast in some of his old roles is not known, though he can be quite forthcoming about this stuff at cons when asked. (Similar case for any characters not mentioned above played by actors I've mentioned)



Other misc. info about Ocean's Kai dub:

Scott McNeil confirmed that The Final Chapters was not dubbed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgXNS9Z678g); Brian Drummond was also fairly sure that they only dubbed the initial 98-episode run, after thinking about it for a moment. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Qs5FfhO2Q&t=2589) Since Kai TFC was dubbed by Funimation sort of 2014-2015, Ocean would've had to have dubbed it around then too; this interview was in 2016, and he was sure Kai was done "A while ago", and SX10 was sent an email by Toei USA head Lisa Yamatoya (which probably she shouldn't have sent him ) which confirmed there were only 98 episodes of Ocean Kai. So we know pretty definitively that Ocean did not dub TFC.
According to Kirbopher and others, the idea of doing both a cut and an uncut version of this dub was discussed. We have no way of knowing which way this went, however a cut version does exist.
The edited video master for this dub's production was licensed by Funimation, though with their episode titles used instead of Ocean's. This video master is what aired on NickToons USA. It's possible this edited video master was only produced in standard-definition. Ocean are credited for their work in the closing credits to the NickToons edit (https://i.imgur.com/l5gcP5K.png).
The edited video master gives us some small insights into one or two things about this dub; chiefly, the tournaments will be referred to with a direct romanisation, "Tenkaichi Budoukai" (https://i.imgur.com/rS3Wnz2.png), instead of the localised "World Martial Arts Tournament" title Funimation's dubs, and productions that follow their naming conventions, have used in the past.
Allegedly, the scripts are new, original scripts done by Ocean. I forget who talked about this, probably Kirbopher.
The romanised name of the Tenkaichi Budoukai goes along with the more-accurate approach this dub seems to be taking in other areas, with Freeza's recasting away from Pauline Newstone, Goku's recasting away from Kirby Morrow(It's not online at this time, but Kirby Morrow said in the famous Voiceprint podcast episode 26, "They let me re-audition to see if I could kid him up a little bit, make him a lot more childlike [...]"), and the fact Namek will be pronounced closer to how it's pronounced in the Japanese version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5SG5Sp ... be&t=7m28s).
Karl Willems was the primary ADR director of this dub, according to Brian Drummond via SX10.
At least one other ADR director was involved in some capacity, as allegedly at least one person connected to this dub who'd talked to Kirbopher knew it to be directed by someone else. SX10 claims there was another director involved; Gary something, he says.
One of the first people to be cast in this dub was allegedly Scott McNeil. James Beach allegedly heard some of the music for this dub (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... d#p1522597), so he likely recorded much later in the production.
Because Maggie Blue O'Hara was not in Vancouver at the time this dub was recorded, and I believe the same is true of Lalainia Lindbjerg, it's probably safe to assume we're getting a new Bulma.
Similarly, since both the Blue Water DB/GT, and Vancouver Z narrators (Steve Olsen, and Doc Harris, respectively) have said they did not return for Kai, it's safe to say we're getting a new narrator too.
The exact number of Vancouver-based actors vs Calgary-based actors is not known, but rumours go around that the bulk is from Vancouver.
This dub will not be using the Yamamoto or Kikuchi scores, instead having a new score composed by Anitunes (https://i.imgur.com/RBsyw77.png), the guys who scored the Westwood Z dub. The wrong number of episodes was listed on their site for both Z and Kai, however. Though, the site is now down.
The last few seconds of the opening theme song are available via the online editing supervisor's demo reel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46pqBb3zdjo&t=14s). This video also notes "2 seasons", which gels with the CRTC listing of Kai (https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/CanrecL ... 4-01&C=07E) as "DRAGONBALL KAI (I)(#1-50)" and "DRAGONBALL KAI (II)(#51-98)", which suggests it was packaged and officially considered as two "Seasons" of about 50 episodes each. This snippet also gels with something David Steele said about a 30-second snippet of a song called "Dragonball Kai" on his website (https://web.archive.org/web/20190314075 ... l-z_01.mp3) "I did that spot in 2009 and unfortunately don't have any info on it as I was just hired to sing, I can't even remember if it was a demo or went final?" (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 76#p757376) The voice in the editing demo reel version doesn't sound like his, and the instrumentation sounds entirely different. It's possible the lyrics are also entirely different. So, while the 2009 demo which has been going around online has been known as "The opening to Ocean Kai", it is likely nothing more than a scratch track, if that.
Sean Schemmel has seen a small amount of this dub, which had a replacement score and an altered SFX track (http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... 16&t=13178), likely because of Funimation's acquisition of Ocean's edited video master.
Last news we'd heard on this is that Marni Shulman of Wow TV in Canada is still working on acquiring it (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 8287607808). It all seemed to be going smoothly by her last word (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 7795988485 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 1722204161 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 8938145792 https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 7541698566). She has said she will ask for a cast list when she gets the chance in response to a fan asking if she can share one. (https://twitter.com/shomi_marni/status/ ... 0174950400) However, it looks like Wow are having trouble scrounging up money to launch their channel; as it is, it may not launch at all, and if it does, it may not be for a long time, so if we want Ocean Kai to air, other avenues will have to be chased (such as Toon-A-Vision, or Netflix).
Brian Drummond recorded "Over 8000" and "Over 9000", leaving it up to the director/producer to decide which to use. (viewtopic.php?f=16&t=14416&start=6000#p1532986)
I personally would be rather surprised if Dave 'Squatch' Ward isn't back as Ox-King.

[TheGreatness25]

Yeah... Also, the first 98 episodes never made it to the light of day; I'm not sure why anyone would start paying for work on the Boo arc (which probably had to be licensed separately).

[Robo4900]

Yeah... Also, the first 98 episodes never made it to the light of day; I'm not sure why anyone would start paying for work on the Boo arc (which probably had to be licensed separately).

Well, if the first 98 got out somehow, it's entirely possible that whoever distributed it would want more, and in such a case, it would be great if they got Ocean to do it. Toei might even give them a deal on licensing it, since it's an older show now.

But, at this point, I don't think we'll ever see Ocean dub any more Dragon Ball again.

[TheGreatness25]

Maybe... Maybe... Hard, hard maybe... Maybe it's worth asking Funimation about it. If they can acquire it (and maybe the Blue Water or Westwood DB, Z, GT content), they could use it as yet another excuse to re-re-re-release the series and make another buck. Physical media or streaming, whichever. As a fully grown adult who understands business, it might not be worth their time or effort to try to buy it out, but I don't see it having any less of a chance of happening than a TV channel suddenly picking it up from its graveyard.