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Post by BlazingFiddlesticks » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:45 pm

Since we're talking about 9000 and Drummond, I think this is appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2CwmVXh1M
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Post by dbboxkaifan » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:58 pm

BlazingFiddlesticks wrote:Since we're talking about 9000 and Drummond, I think this is appropriate.
ImmaKai1's video sync is more adequate to the audio. That's still cool too.

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Re: Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" dub seems to be coming.

Post by samuraix123 » Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:15 pm

BlazingFiddlesticks wrote:Since we're talking about 9000 and Drummond, I think this is appropriate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2CwmVXh1M

That's funny :)

Has there been any word yet on if this is coming?
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Post by Gonstead » Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:27 pm

Other than the recent news from Scott McNeil, nothing official has been said.
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Post by samuraix123 » Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:39 pm

I've got the first 53 episodes of the ocean dub and the 3 ocean movies on DVD This is the first time I seen the fight between Goku vs Majin Vegeta in the ocean dub and I will admit, It's freaking awesome I love the background music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZyHZi_abyg
Wish I could find a better quality video of this. But I have a question. Lets say Ocean does decide to Dub Kai. Will I be able to buy their release of it here in the states? or will haft to have a region free DVD player? and will they use their own music like they did back in the day or just use the kai music
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Post by Gonstead » Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:52 pm

It's more likely that this will be a TV only dub just like last time.

And they are apparently composing new music for Kai instead of using the Kikuchi replacement score.
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Post by samuraix123 » Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:54 pm

So there wont be a DVD release? :(
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Post by Pokewhiz7 » Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:57 pm

samuraix123 wrote:So there wont be a DVD release? :(
Maybe. We don't know as of yet.

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Post by Gonstead » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:08 pm

As for the previous Ocean Dub, we at UKDB have the entire dub collected together all recorded from various TV recordings. Same goes for the Blue Water dubs of DBGT and DB.
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Post by kei17 » Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:12 am

Gonstead wrote:And they are apparently composing new music for Kai instead of using the Kikuchi replacement score.
I haven't heard of that. Is there any source or rumour? Anyway, it's likely to happen if the very reason why they're making their own dub is the existence of Canadian broadcasting rules that limit the use of non-Canadian programming. It's also the reason why they had to dub DBZ themselves and replace the score with made-in-Canada music, right?

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Gonstead wrote:And they are apparently composing new music for Kai instead of using the Kikuchi replacement score.
I haven't heard of that. Is there any source or rumour? Anyway, it's likely to happen if the very reason why they're making their own dub is the existence of Canadian broadcasting rules that limit the use of non-Canadian programming. It's also the reason why they had to dub DBZ themselves and replace the score with made-in-Canada music, right?
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Post by Super Sayian Prime » Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:48 am

Gonstead wrote:Other than the recent news from Scott McNeil, nothing official has been said.
This dub hasn't been officially announced, and I suspect it won't be. It'll just show up on TV in some random country, and people will go "Wat".
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Post by Gonstead » Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:21 pm

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Gonstead wrote:Other than the recent news from Scott McNeil, nothing official has been said.
This dub hasn't been officially announced, and I suspect it won't be. It'll just show up on TV in some random country, and people will go "Wat".
That's what most of us fear will happen.
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Post by TheBlackPaladin » Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:43 pm

kei17 wrote:
Gonstead wrote:And they are apparently composing new music for Kai instead of using the Kikuchi replacement score.
I haven't heard of that. Is there any source or rumour? Anyway, it's likely to happen if the very reason why they're making their own dub is the existence of Canadian broadcasting rules that limit the use of non-Canadian programming. It's also the reason why they had to dub DBZ themselves and replace the score with made-in-Canada music, right?
The source would be Sean Schemmel. In fact, the very first rumor we ever heard of an Ocean dub of Kai was from Schemmel. He said that Ocean was producing their own dub, and that they would be replacing the music with "crappy Canadian music," and that they were adding sound effects where there previously were none. I believe he gave a specific example by saying that, in the first or second episode, there's a bit where Bulma turns her head, and they added a "whoosh" sound effect where there previously wasn't any.

Mind you, whether or not this is all true or not remains to be seen. I could understand that the music in the post-Saban Ocean dub (aka the Westwood dub) was replaced due to Canadian law (and I remember reading somewhere that the music was replaced at the request/demand of the Canadian TV network that aired DBZ), but if that's the case, how were they able to air the "Gundam WING" dub with the original score intact? Or the "Inu Yasha" dub? Or the "Death Note" dub?
samuraix123 wrote:So there wont be a DVD release? :(
If there is, I will be positively shocked. The Westwood dub never got a DVD release. Having not seen the paperwork and not knowing the legal agreements, I can't say for sure, but I suspect that FUNimation bought the DVD distribution rights for all English-speaking countries, and probably secured a similar deal with Kai.
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Post by KingofWisdom » Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:21 pm

I'm guessing Ocean was screwing with Sean. At least for the added SFX bit.
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Post by samuraix123 » Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:55 pm

If there is, I will be positively shocked. The Westwood dub never got a DVD release. Having not seen the paperwork and not knowing the legal agreements, I can't say for sure, but I suspect that FUNimation bought the DVD distribution rights for all English-speaking countries, and probably secured a similar deal with Kai.
Man :( Why does Funimation get DVD release's but Ocean dub doesn't?
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Post by Gonstead » Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:05 pm

samuraix123 wrote:
If there is, I will be positively shocked. The Westwood dub never got a DVD release. Having not seen the paperwork and not knowing the legal agreements, I can't say for sure, but I suspect that FUNimation bought the DVD distribution rights for all English-speaking countries, and probably secured a similar deal with Kai.
Man :( Why does Funimation get DVD release's but Ocean dub doesn't?
Most likely to stop confusion between the two dubs.

Really, you have two releases of the same series and how would you even know the difference between them to which one you would want to buy?
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Post by AgitoZ » Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:13 pm

samuraix123 wrote:Man :( Why does Funimation get DVD release's but Ocean dub doesn't?
Maybe cause FUNi actually has the rights to do so. :|
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Post by Pokewhiz7 » Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:14 pm

Gonstead wrote:Most likely to stop confusion between the two dubs.

Really, you have two releases of the same series and how would you even know the difference between them to which one you would want to buy?
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Post by NitroEX » Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:29 pm

I don't think it would be too confusing if they just released Ocean DVDs exclusively for the countries it aired in. If that was the case then people wouldn't have to import and there would be no chance of them making a mistake.

I still don't think we'll ever see them release any DVDs though and I have my suspicions that Funimation secured the rights for countries like the UK yet still never release anything here. If that is the case it just seems like they're being spiteful to me.

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