Does it bother you when people use dub lines?

[thedarkuniter]

In the past when I was introduced to the old Funimation dub, I didn't mind the dub lines at all, that was until I discovered the Japanese version which I later became a pain-in-the-ass for lines and terminology towards my brother (he's a fan of the dub) and now I don't mind yet again. I guess in the end, I can't blame people for liking the version they like because in the end, they're DBZ fans, just with different preferences and yes, I like both Japanese version for Z, the Ocean movies and the Kai dub.

[Storm101]

"Hyperbolic Time Chamber" is just horrendous. Some of the attack names like Special Beam Cannon and Destructo Disc are tacky as hell. Other than that, nothing really bothers me.

[Majin Buu]

One step further, it irks me a little when people reference Dragon Ball period and reference the dub only. Specifically, whenever I see a parody on a tv/web show that is referencing Dragon Ball in some way and it either quotes a line from the dub, pulls music from the dub, etc. The dub simply isn't the Dragon Ball that I know, so when people reference it as Dragon Ball when it isn't the same the Dragon Ball that I know, it kind of feels like my experience isn't being represented.

[matt0044]

Out of curiosity TheGmGoken, What are the other 4?

Wild guess: Sonic the Hedgehog, Invader Zim, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and...The Lion King...?

Although I'm not necessarily saying I agree with such a list.

Quite frankly, every fanbase is the worst. That is, there's always, ALWAYS, going to be some form of chaos and controversy with different people who have different values. Me? I just accept this fact of life and try not to generalize (yes, that includes the Sonic Fandom). Though I will call out an individual fan's behavior.

[Hellspawn28]

I think people who go around acting like that they are hardcore Japanese fans can be just as bad. I remember one person got mad at me for not calling DBZ "Doragon Boru Zetto".

[TheBlackPaladin]

I think people who go around acting like that they are hardcore Japanese fans can be just as bad. I remember one person got mad at me for not calling DBZ "Doragon Boru Zetto".

On a similar note, it should be worth noting that in some instances, many people aren't sure of the correct pronunciation of certain words. I didn't learn until recently (covering the upcoming Ocean dub of Kai) that Namek is apparently pronounced "Nah-mek," and not "Na-mick." Yes, the Japanese actors pronounced it "Nah-mek," but they also pronounced "Dragon Ball Z" as "Doragon Boru Zetto," "Freeza" as "Furiza," and "Trunks" as "Tohranksu"...so how they pronounce it isn't always a completely accurate indication of how something's supposed to be pronounced. It's even more difficult in the case of Toriyama's work because there's so much wordplay and puns involved.

So I figured, between Japanese accents and the spelling of the word, that the correct pronunciation really was "Na-mick." In my opinion, it's not like the mispronunciation of "Sai-yin" and "Say-in," because the spelling itself seems to indicate that FUNimation was wrong about that from the get-go. But "Namek"? I had no reason to suspect that that pronunciation was wrong. It's impossible to get that pronunciation out of my head now, and I doubt that I'll be able to suddenly start calling it "Nah-mek." It'll always be "Na-mick" to me...and I don't know that I would call that hugely problematic, 'ya know?

[Hellspawn28]

I feel like there is nothing wrong with using English names if there is a perfectly valid English translations. I think it's easier to say "Cell" instead saying "Seru". I admit sometimes I do use Japanese titles for some movies and shows to avoid confusion like with Kamen Rider for example. I use Kamen instead Masked since I feel like people would think I'm talking about Saban's Masked Rider which was on Fox Kids back in the mid 90's.

[RandomGuy96]

I hate how this website turns names such as Tur-les/ Tur les and Fri eza to it's original name. Even though mostly they're bad names but can't blame people for spelling the way they're used to lol.

Agreed. I think that's incredibly petty of Kazenshuu.

[Beji]

I hate how this website turns names such as Tur-les/ Tur les and Fri eza to it's original name. Even though mostly they're bad names but can't blame people for spelling the way they're used to lol.

Agreed. I think that's incredibly petty of Kazenshuu.

They do? Turles. Anyways I don't think using dub lines is that bad but I don't like it when I hear/see a certain fan-dub-parody puns over and over and over and over. But I guess that would apply to if I heard/saw anything that many times over again.

*EDIT* oh my goodness they do! I think I may have seen something like that happen to my posts before but I don't remember. That's funny

[Duo]

I hate how this website turns names such as Tur-les/ Tur les and Fri eza to it's original name. Even though mostly they're bad names but can't blame people for spelling the way they're used to lol.

Agreed. I think that's incredibly petty of Kazenshuu.

Petty? I think it's petty to want to use inaccurate spellings and/or mistranslated names. Corrections are an education tool.

[ABED]

I hate how this website turns names such as Tur-les/ Tur les and Fri eza to it's original name. Even though mostly they're bad names but can't blame people for spelling the way they're used to lol.

Agreed. I think that's incredibly petty of Kazenshuu.

How is it petty to use the correct names?

[Duo]

It also improves cohesiveness in discussions. The international crowd is not going to know what a Ti-en or Her-cule is.

[DBZAOTA482]

Yeah, maybe so...

[dbboxkaifan]

It kind of annoys me when I see people who've commented on YouTube saying "he pronounced Saiyan wrong" and yet it's the correct pronunciation that the narrator actually got right.

FUNimation improved a lot of things in their Kai dub but the pronunciation of Saiyan wasn't one of them.

[Hellspawn28]

I don't think they got the pronunciation of Dr. Gero right in Kai IIRC?

[dbboxkaifan]

I don't think they got the pronunciation of Dr. Gero right in Kai IIRC?

Unfortunately, no. He's still Jero.

Naruto's dub got it right, they pronounced Hokage not Hocage although it'd be funny if they did.

[TheGmGoken]

It kind of annoys me when I see people who've commented on YouTube saying "he pronounced Saiyan wrong" and yet it's the correct pronunciation that the narrator actually got right.

FUNimation improved a lot of things in their Kai dub but the pronunciation of Saiyan wasn't one of them.

TBH I think funimation should only make Goku say Saiyan wrong. I know it wasn't in manga or the original audio but kind of make sense since Goku talks like a hick

[dbboxkaifan]

I hate how this website turns names such as Tur-les/ Tur les and Fri eza to it's original name. Even though mostly they're bad names but can't blame people for spelling the way they're used to lol.

Agreed. I think that's incredibly petty of Kazenshuu.

Petty? I think it's petty to want to use inaccurate spellings and/or mistranslated names. Corrections are an education tool.

In this case I prefer Turlеs to Tullece because that's how I say it (Turls) basically than Tulese, but this is just being auto-corrected to be aware of the correct name.

[Gyt Kaliba]

Petty? I think it's petty to want to use inaccurate spellings and/or mistranslated names. Corrections are an education tool.

No offense, but it's kind of petty to assume someone would want to use those names in the interest of being incorrect...cuz they wouldn't. They'd be using them in the vein of that being what they are used to, which there's nothing wrong with that.

I'm not overtly fond of the name filters either, as it seems a little much (and really makes it hard when you're trying to use the other names for a discussion purpose), but I've grown used too it overall.

[Duo]

There's a thousand places out there to discuss Dragon Ball - I didn't say these folks would be interested in getting educated, but it's a natural consequence of participating in this type of message board. I see nothing wrong with that. Where else can I go where the correct spellings take precedent, along with good grammar/spelling? (Another matter one might call petty) I'd otherwise have no place where I care to even attempt discussion of Dragon Ball.