Which dub is more faithful to the original audio?

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Re: Which dub is more faithful to the original audio?

Post by ronaldnorth_03 » Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:58 am

I don't know how the opening and closing done by BKS seems to you (it's nice?), because for us Brazilians it is shameful enough to make us furious.

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Re: Which dub is more faithful to the original audio?

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Who is Icarus?

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Re: Which dub is more faithful to the original audio?

Post by Danfun64 » Sun Mar 08, 2020 1:46 am

Icarus is the Funimation dub name for what you're probably familiar with as Haiya Dragon, who appeared in DBZ Movies 3-5 as well as the Garlic Jr saga.

Also, my impressions of the BKS opening and ending themes of the DB trilogy dub? Yeah, trying to shoehorn the lyrics of Makafushigi Adventure into We Gotta Power... not to mention saying Dragon Ball 15 times in a row for We Were Angels... yeah, that doesn't work at all xD. I can definitely see how it would frustrate you. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a similar level of frustration when the "Big Green" dub aired on Toonami UK, as it was radically different from what came before (and in many ways worse)... even the Blue Water dubs that kept the original score.
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Re: Which dub is more faithful to the original audio?

Post by Robo4900 » Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:13 am

Danfun64 wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 1:46 am Icarus is the Funimation dub name for what you're probably familiar with as Haiya Dragon, who appeared in DBZ Movies 3-5 as well as the Garlic Jr saga.
May also be known as Hire Dragon or Higher Dragon.
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Re: Which dub is more faithful to the original audio?

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Robo4900 wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:13 am
Danfun64 wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 1:46 am Icarus is the Funimation dub name for what you're probably familiar with as Haiya Dragon, who appeared in DBZ Movies 3-5 as well as the Garlic Jr saga.
May also be known as Hire Dragon .
Aw, I hope he got the job.

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Re: Which dub is more faithful to the original audio?

Post by ronaldnorth_03 » Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:10 pm

Now I understand everything. Here we call the Grande Dragão (Great Dragon in English)

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Re: Which dub is more faithful to the original audio?

Post by Robo4900 » Sun Mar 08, 2020 4:54 pm

MasenkoHA wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:08 pm
Robo4900 wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:13 am
Danfun64 wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 1:46 am Icarus is the Funimation dub name for what you're probably familiar with as Haiya Dragon, who appeared in DBZ Movies 3-5 as well as the Garlic Jr saga.
May also be known as Hire Dragon .
Aw, I hope he got the job.
lol. Well, that is the idea.

He doesn't have an entry in Herms' name pun guide, but I'm given to understand we don't actually know the intent behind the pun for certain, but we have some strong possibilities; the idea might be "Hire Dragon", as in he gives you the service of flying you where you need to go, it might be "Higher Dragon", as in he's from the heavens, or it might just be "Haiya Dragon" like the sound "HAIYA!"
I'm not sure we really know for sure?

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VegettoEX wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:58 pm The "joke" with Haiya/Higher Dragon is that he's like a ride for hire. An animal taxi. You'll sometimes see "Hire Dragon" out there because of this.
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Re: Which dub is more faithful to the original audio?

Post by OmegaRockman » Mon Mar 09, 2020 2:01 am

Robo4900 wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 4:54 pmHe doesn't have an entry in Herms' name pun guide, but I'm given to understand we don't actually know the intent behind the pun for certain, but we have some strong possibilities; the idea might be "Hire Dragon", as in he gives you the service of flying you where you need to go, it might be "Higher Dragon", as in he's from the heavens, or it might just be "Haiya Dragon" like the sound "HAIYA!"
I'm not sure we really know for sure?

VegettoEX said this on the subject:
VegettoEX wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:58 pm The "joke" with Haiya/Higher Dragon is that he's like a ride for hire. An animal taxi. You'll sometimes see "Hire Dragon" out there because of this.
I believe MistareFusion/Gaffer Tape pointed out both here on the forum and in DBD that his name is probably Hire Dragon as a reference to Dr. Slump's Taxi Dragon.
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Re: Which dub is more faithful to the original audio?

Post by MyVisionity » Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:23 pm

Apparently in Japan haiyaa is the term for chauffeured car services. Toei probably decided to replace "taxi" with haiyaa/"hire" for the second character.

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