To be honest, I think if a redub was announced, it could be pretty popular with the right strategy. The novelty of 508 redubbed episodes with a more accurate script would be a draw in and of itself, even if many fans would complain about it seeming to replace a version they were already attached to.DBZAOTA482 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:20 pm The demand for faithful dubs for the pre-Kai series' just isn't there especially with Z since Kai pretty much fills that niche.
If it was done well, I think it might stick past the novelty, but probably only if it was on a streaming platform that's popular among mainstream audiences (Netflix or Disney+, basically) so average people can easily binge it. It could give Dragon Ball an ATLA-type resurgeance among the mainstream in the west, specifically among grown-up fans who would appreciate a well-written presentation of Dragon Ball with none of the stupid jokes from 1999 and with the characters depicted with their full depth.
There's a reason Dragon Ball has a significant adult fanbase, and it's not just nostalgia; there is legitimately a lot to love about Dragon Ball as an adult, and I think a redub that leveraged this rather than try to bury it (because seriously, the old dub did everything in its power to remove all nuance, depth, and charm from the original show) could make an impact on a mainstream audience if Funimation decided to try that.
If a redub was done exclusively on home video, or Funimation's streaming platform, or Crunchyroll, it would crash and burn. Anime fans as a whole don't care about Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball fans who are on those platforms will have (for the most part) already formed a strong opinion on which version they prefer, probably one of Funi's old versions, and be opposed to a new version replacing it. I think it would still achieve an audience of some sort, but no where near big enough an audience to justify the costs associated with producing a new dub of 508 episodes (or even the first 153, to be honest).
But of course, if Funimation was interested in reaching a mainstream audience, they would just put their existing dub (of Z only, or maybe Kai/TFC and Super) on Netflix or something, and it would do well enough.
There is zero interest in doing a new dub from anyone who would have the authority to do a new dub, so it is not going to happen. Maybe in a couple of decades or something, but even then I would doubt it.