Anything that You Guys Didn't Like in the DBZ Dub

[dbret12]

Hey guys. There are many things some people would not like about the Dragon Ball Z dub, both Ocean and FUNimation dubs had their moments.
1. Stupid dialogue such as religious references
2. Sent to another dimension
3. Constipated screams, mostly some like Ocean Tenshinhan and Goku.
4. Pretty bad acting in the FUNi dub.
5. Voice inconsistency (which is when they redub some stuff, but don't bother doing more of it.
I could go on, but I would like to hear what you guys didn't like about any of the dubs. English only.
The voices for the Ocean cast were fine, but they could've been better, same with FUNi's cast.

[Beji]

No more...please...you can go back and look at all the other dub criticizing threads...they are all still here just go a few pages... we REALLY don't need another one. Dub criticism is almost sprinkled in most of these anyways... please?

[Herms]

No more...please...you can go back and look at all the other dub criticizing threads...they are all still here just go a few pages... we REALLY don't need another one. Dub criticism is almost sprinkled in most of these anyways... please?

Maybe I'm turning into Toriyama, but I can't remember the last thread like this. I see way more threads along the lines of "stuff to dislike about the Japanese version" (like the one that's going now), or "things you actually like about the dub". Admittedly, both these types of threads typically take it as read that the Japanese anime is overall good and the Funi dub bad, and criticisms of the dub popo up in lots of other topics, but I think it's rare to have a thread that's just "point out flaws in the dub". And you know what, there's nothing wrong with any of it, as long as it's done in a civil manner (which, admittedly, can be an issue). If you don't want to read a thread like this, then...don't read a thread like this.

[DBZnut]

I vividly remember when Gohan was transforming to SSJ2 in the Funi dub and just before he was he said "i feel it slipping", to me it completely ruined the moment and was a stupid thing to put in, thankful Bruce Falconers soundtrack made up for it

[penguintruth]

Not nearly enough Chris Sabat. He missed a few roles.

[Gonstead]

Not nearly enough Chris Sabat. He missed a few roles.

Nah, it needed more Monika Antonelli. She'd make a perfect Goku.

Oh god, now I can't stop laughing at that thought XD.

[Beji]

And you know what, there's nothing wrong with any of it, as long as it's done in a civil manner (which, admittedly, can be an issue). If you don't want to read a thread like this, then...don't read a thread like this.

Well I can pull a few things from what everyone else thinks since its a civil manner. Here's my favorite criticism.

You're thinking back to 1999 (or criticisms of 1999) when the cast of FUNimation's DBZ was Chris Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Chris Sabat, Chris Sabat, Dale Kelley, Chris Sabat, and a fresh up-and-comer named Chris Sabat. It was also directed by Chris Sabat.

Every voice sounded exactly the same, and it was easy-pickings at the time to showcase examples of Chris Sabat talking to Chris Sabat talking to Chris Sabat in the same scene all sounding like Chris Sabat talking to Chris Sabat talking to Chris Sabat.

Guess who

My personal ones were how awesome the Ocean dub could sound at one moment and how bad it can sound during another
Ocean: Freeza's speech to Ginyu how much he(she?) loves having those balls. If Ginyu were a dog, or a cat, but the thing that makes that scene the worst is how that was the peaking moment that most people thought Freeza was a girl, Ginyu replying "It was my pleasure, you know how much I enjoy serving your hornet highness" most kids around my age we thought it was referring to like... a queen bee(a girl). And then (s)he wants to caress them..

Ocean:Gohan's line "Wow! My gosh! That means my dad is one of the strongest fighters in sspacee"
I really enjoyed the fight and I wished that Goku had given the senzus later in the dub only so Gohan and Krillin wouldn't talk.

Funimation Kai: The new Gohan's voice in the dub is too shrilly at times, especially not intimidating once turned ssj2.

Adds unnecessary lines where there was silence in the Japanese version.Funimation Dub Movies: Cooler's revenge, when he heads towards the sun he mentions blowing it up and letting everyone freeze to death...

*EDIT* Wow. while looking for the quote penguintruth beat me to the punch

[Ringworm128]

"Because I'm my fathers SON! That's seriously the only thing I actually dislike about the Funi dub.

[penguintruth]

Too many moments of silence. They really should have shoved more nu metal into the dub footage. I could really hear myself think sometimes and I found that annoying.

[Saiga]

Nail's voice (FUNi dub). Out of all the bad voices, it was just one I could not stand no matter what line he said. Luckily Nail didn't have much screentime.

[penguintruth]

Nail's voice (FUNi dub). Out of all the bad voices, it was just one I could not stand no matter what line he said. Luckily Nail didn't have much screentime.

Really? That was the one Schemmel role I always liked.

[Fizzer]

The only complaint I have is the script, really. I don't like the censoring of curses, religious references, words related to death or violence etc and the general dumbing down of things. I don't like "powering up" instead of "raising your ki" or anything like that.

As I said in the Reasons to Dislike the Japanese Version thread, the filler-lengthened fights in Z that last a dozen or more episodes are actually boring to watch. Funimation's music, insertion of lines etc actually made those parts less boring. Also, while the music in standard scenes is inferior and endless in the dub, it really does do a good job of making things epic. So generally I think the Funi dub makes things more exciting, but the dialogue is very, very lacking.

If we're talking about GT, then I hate the dub music for that too, and if we're talking about Dragon Ball, the only difference between then dub and sub is that the dub has an inferior script.

[Saiga]

Nail's voice (FUNi dub). Out of all the bad voices, it was just one I could not stand no matter what line he said. Luckily Nail didn't have much screentime.

Really? That was the one Schemmel role I always liked.

I can't tell if this post is sincere or as sarcastic as the one you made before it.

[matt0044]

I didn't like the removal of "Ki" from the script since it was based on an actual real life concept then. It's no biggie but still...

[DBZAOTA482]

-The script-writing is pretty bad

the translation isn't perfect and it's full of weird discrepancies which even backfire at certain characters (Freeza being the perfect example).

-Tiffany Volmer's Bulma

Just...Volmer's Bulma. Makes her sound like a whiny bimbo bitch.

-Faulconer's Soundtrack

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate the music itself but I hate how it doesn't shut the fuck up 99% of the time. It's an annoying technique to keep viewers with the attention span of a 2 year old from losing interest, and some of the music placements are really awkward.

-Season 3 is a big joke

It's so bad that it is literally every bit as bad as the Anti-FUNi fans make the dub in general out to be. It's hardly better than the ...*shudder* 4kids dub of One Piece. The voice-actors/actress were third-rate Ocean dub voice impersonators, it's full of corny jokes, and cheesy one-liners.

[dbboxkaifan]

There wasn't enough Chris Sabat.

[matt0044]

There wasn't enough Chris Sabat.

To be fair, when you don't know who's playing who, you're less likely to be bothered about Sabat's many roles.

[dbboxkaifan]

To be fair, when you don't know who's playing who, you're less likely to be bothered about Sabat's many roles.

Knowing it is Sabat is kind of predictable.

Like how Isaac is going to end up on Dexter's table.

[TheBlackPaladin]

Mmmm.......pretty much everything I didn't like about it has been covered already in this thread and in other threads. There is one observation I'd like to make, though. While it is true that we have some older fans here who were familiar with the Japanese version before the dub began, most of us learned about the Japanese version after having been introduced to DBZ through the English dub...and we had no problem with the dub until seeing all the changes that were made. I think it would also be fair to say that most--not all--but most of us who are complaining about the DBZ dub now loved it when we were kids. Not trying to make a point, just making an observation.

Also, regarding Chris Sabat. Similar to what I was saying above about how many of us loved the dub at first...while I am glad now that Sabat gave up some of his roles and is no longer voicing practically everybody...to be honest, I really couldn't tell as a kid. It never crossed my mind that all those characters were voiced by the same guy. Like I said, I can certainly tell now, but as a kid?

*Shrugs*

Maybe I was just stupid, but at 12, I honestly couldn't tell.

[cRookie_Monster]

Also, regarding Chris Sabat. Similar to what I was saying above about how many of us loved the dub at first...while I am glad now that Sabat gave up some of his roles and is no longer voicing practically everybody...to be honest, I really couldn't tell as a kid. It never crossed my mind that all those characters were voiced by the same guy. Like I said, I can certainly tell now, but as a kid?

*Shrugs*

Maybe I was just stupid, but at 12, I honestly couldn't tell.

Did you know that almost 100% of the Looney Toons were voiced by Mel Blanc? Now that I know, I can tell...but I didn't know for a loooonnnngggg time. I also didn't know with Sabat until he told me ^^ haha, that's really how I found out, at the Frieza Saga cast party.

And many of you may know this already, but they did blind auditions for those roles...even the people who cast Sabat as "everything" didn't know it was the same guy. They found out later.