"Dragon Ball Super" FUNimation Dub Official Discussion Thread

[Jinzoningen MULE]

any reason for the old VA not voicing her?

There is no new VA, Cranz still voices Chi-Chi, but she's either taken a new approach or her voice has changed. I'm not a fan, it sounds identical to the sarcastic tone of someone I used to know, and that makes it all kinds of weird to listen to.

[precita]

Is it just me or Whis' voice too deep in the dub? I'm so used to Japanese Whis being high pitched that I think his dub voice should be higher too. Otherwise it's a good fitting voice for him.

[rs_chaosmaster]

Wow i would love this, I loved her as Yume in Grimgar and her performance in Fairy Tail Zero was phenomenal as Zera. I could totally see her owning this character and making Pan so much more enjoyable along with a better characterization provided by Toyataro and Toriyama post Z

[Gonstead]

Yeah, I think I'm misunderstanding the meaning of 1:1. What exactly does 1:1 mean?

A 1:1 translation would be a translation that's perfectly representative of the source. 1:1 is a ratio, it simply means "equivalent"

Then I do think dubs should be 1:1 adaptations.

Expecting a dub to be 1:1 is an impossibility. There are too many factors that work against such a thing existing.

What *is* reasonable to expect is a product that respects the original source material but also adapts it in a way so that it works in an entirely different language. It isn't perfectly exactly the same but the same experience is shared.

[Bajosexto]

A 1:1 translation would be a translation that's perfectly representative of the source. 1:1 is a ratio, it simply means "equivalent"

Then I do think dubs should be 1:1 adaptations.

Expecting a dub to be 1:1 is an impossibility. There are too many factors that work against such a thing existing.

Why is it impossible? What are these factors?

[Jinzoningen MULE]

Then I do think dubs should be 1:1 adaptations.

Expecting a dub to be 1:1 is an impossibility. There are too many factors that work against such a thing existing.

Why is it impossible? What are these factors?

Cultural incongruities, lip flaps, etc.

Basically, not much. Just enough to make excuses for them when they don't.

[SaiyanGod117]

Did you guys know Sony and Univeral Pictures may be looking to buy Funimation? But it's mainly to accquire the Dragon Ball Franchise.

[Jinzoningen MULE]

Did you guys know Sony and Univeral Pictures may be looking to buy Funimation? But it's mainly to accquire the Dragon Ball Franchise.

I don't know why you assume DB is their priority, but I had heard the news. No need to worry about it though, we wouldn't see any immediate change.

[SaiyanGod117]

Did you guys know Sony and Univeral Pictures may be looking to buy Funimation? But it's mainly to accquire the Dragon Ball Franchise.

I don't know why you assume DB is their priority, but I had heard the news. No need to worry about it though, we wouldn't see any immediate change.

I didn't assume that what it says in most of the articles I'm reading. Of course they want the other properties too, but I'm sure DB is that property their keeping a hawks eye on.

[Scsigs]

Is it just me or Whis' voice too deep in the dub? I'm so used to Japanese Whis being high pitched that I think his dub voice should be higher too. Otherwise it's a good fitting voice for him.

Ian Sinclair's doing a great job, no need to change it.

[sintzu]

Did you guys know Sony and Univeral Pictures may be looking to buy Funimation? But it's mainly to accquire the Dragon Ball Franchise.

I don't know why you assume DB is their priority, but I had heard the news. No need to worry about it though, we wouldn't see any immediate change.

Sony isn't in a great spot right now so if anything happens to them they'll take Funimation down with them which will be the worst thing to happen to anime here in America.

[Bajosexto]

Expecting a dub to be 1:1 is an impossibility. There are too many factors that work against such a thing existing.

Why is it impossible? What are these factors?

Cultural incongruities, lip flaps, etc.

Basically, not much. Just enough to make excuses for them when they don't.

You can still have faithful and accurate dubs even with cultural incongruities. I get that the dub scripts can't be a literal translation of the original because it wouldn't sound natural, it wouldn't fit the lip flaps and it would be too wordy and unnecessary. What I don't agree with is the idea that a dub shouldn't be a 1:1 adaptation. A dub, at least to me, should be the exact same show/movie but in my native language. When I watch Terminator 2(one of my favorite movies)dubbed in Latin Spanish, I expect it to be a 1:1 adaptation. Or as close as possible to the original. Now, I've never watched T2 in English so I don't know how accurate the Latin American dub is. But I expect it to be as accurate as possible. Because like I said, I want to watch Terminator 2 in my native language. Not some cheap re-imagining with unfaithful dialogue and replace score. I bring this up because I've read a lot of comments were fans don't want the (English)dub to be a 1:1 adaptation of the original. And I don't get it. Maybe it's a cultural thing. 90% of the shows/cartoons/movies I comsume are dubbed. That's why I want them to be as accurate as possible. Or maybe I'm just a purist who expects too much from dubs. Probably the latter.

[HybridSaiyan]

Can someone please tell me If Android 18 has her original voice back or is it Kai's one?

[HeroR]

This scene in this dub was so much better than the original! Goku doesn't look annoying was he was in that episode with Nozawa performance, but I don't like Chichi new voice, any reason for the old VA not voicing her?

It's the same voice.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

You can still have faithful and accurate dubs even with cultural incongruities. I get that the dub scripts can't be a literal translation of the original because it wouldn't sound natural, it wouldn't fit the lip flaps and it would be too wordy and unnecessary. What I don't agree with is the idea that a dub shouldn't be a 1:1 adaptation. A dub, at least to me, should be the exact same show/movie but in my native language. When I watch Terminator 2(one of my favorite movies)dubbed in Latin Spanish, I expect it to be a 1:1 adaptation. Or as close as possible to the original. Now, I've never watched T2 in English so I don't know how accurate the Latin American dub is. But I expect it to be as accurate as possible. Because like I said, I want to watch Terminator 2 in my native language. Not some cheap re-imagining with unfaithful dialogue and replace score. I bring this up because I've read a lot of comments were fans don't want the (English)dub to be a 1:1 adaptation of the original. And I don't get it. Maybe it's a cultural thing. 90% of the shows/cartoons/movies I comsume are dubbed. That's why I want them to be as accurate as possible. Or maybe I'm just a purist who expects too much from dubs. Probably the latter.

Who is saying they don't want the dub to accurate? Not wanting the show to be exactly 1:1 for reasons you stated in your first sentence does not mean we don't want it to be accurate. For example, Goku was an annoying prick in #17 in the original Japanese and Goku was still an annoying prick in #17 in the English dub, they both may have had differing dialogue etc but they both still conveyed the same thing.

[Lord Beerus]

Can someone please tell me If Android 18 has her original voice back or is it Kai's one?

It's Colleen Clinkenbeard. The same women who voiced her in Kai.

[DHM211]

Can someone please tell me If Android 18 has her original voice back or is it Kai's one?

It's Colleen Clinkenbeard. The same women who voiced her in Kai.

Its Meredith McCoy.
https://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/11 ... all-super/

[HybridSaiyan]

Can someone please tell me If Android 18 has her original voice back or is it Kai's one?

It's Colleen Clinkenbeard. The same women who voiced her in Kai.

Its Meredith McCoy.
https://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/11 ... all-super/

Thank kami. I loved her performance as 18. Wasn't too fond of the Kai one.

[Lord Beerus]

Can someone please tell me If Android 18 has her original voice back or is it Kai's one?

It's Colleen Clinkenbeard. The same women who voiced her in Kai.

Its Meredith McCoy.
https://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/11 ... all-super/

Oops. Confused Kai for Super.

My bad.

[Bajosexto]

You can still have faithful and accurate dubs even with cultural incongruities. I get that the dub scripts can't be a literal translation of the original because it wouldn't sound natural, it wouldn't fit the lip flaps and it would be too wordy and unnecessary. What I don't agree with is the idea that a dub shouldn't be a 1:1 adaptation. A dub, at least to me, should be the exact same show/movie but in my native language. When I watch Terminator 2(one of my favorite movies)dubbed in Latin Spanish, I expect it to be a 1:1 adaptation. Or as close as possible to the original. Now, I've never watched T2 in English so I don't know how accurate the Latin American dub is. But I expect it to be as accurate as possible. Because like I said, I want to watch Terminator 2 in my native language. Not some cheap re-imagining with unfaithful dialogue and replace score. I bring this up because I've read a lot of comments were fans don't want the (English)dub to be a 1:1 adaptation of the original. And I don't get it. Maybe it's a cultural thing. 90% of the shows/cartoons/movies I comsume are dubbed. That's why I want them to be as accurate as possible. Or maybe I'm just a purist who expects too much from dubs. Probably the latter.

Who is saying they don't want the dub to accurate? Not wanting the show to be exactly 1:1 for reasons you stated in your first sentence does not mean we don't want it to be accurate. For example, Goku was an annoying prick in #17 in the original Japanese and Goku was still an annoying prick in #17 in the English dub, they both may have had differing dialogue etc but they both still conveyed the same thing.

No one. I'm saying that I want a 1:1 dub and that English dub fans don't.