Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 15; Still Unreleased

[8000 Saiyan]

Yeah, Oob's voice actor is Brian's son.

He might have been cast as Baby and one of the Shadow Dragons.

[Robo4900]

Yeah, Oob's voice actor is Brian's son.

Yeah, thought so.

He might have been cast as Baby and one of the Shadow Dragons.

Seems pretty early for that.
Maybe Baby, but the Shadow Dragons would be pretty far away.

[NitroEX]

I believe Oob's voice actor was also a child at the time of recording as well.

Wasn't Oob's voice Brian Drummond's son?

I assume you got that from IMDB? It's most likely one of their mistakes. To my knowledge, Aidan Drummond has never dubbed any Dragon Ball (although I suppose there's a chance he might've been in Kai). He has dubbed some anime though, most notably Sword of the Stranger.

Oob's Ocean voice sounds closest to Christopher Turner.

[Robo4900]

I assume you got that from IMDB? It's most likely one of their mistakes. To my knowledge, Aidan Drummond has never dubbed any Dragon Ball (although I suppose there's a chance he might've been in Kai). He has dubbed some anime though, most notably Sword of the Stranger.

Oob's Ocean voice sounds closest to Christopher Turner.

Oob's voice is listed in my (Admittedly, currently still WIP) cast list text file as Aidan Drummond. I pulled that from various sources, such as Anime News Network.

Not that it's worth all that much, but the DB Wikia also lists Aidan Drummond as Ocean's Oob.

[NitroEX]

Hearing AIdan's voice in Sword of the Stranger, it doesn't sound anything like Oob to me, the provided clip speaks for itself really, if you listen to the episode with Oob there are lots of similarities to that voice.

Sites like IMDB and Anime News Network often seem to borrow from each other on anime casts so it's no surprise they have similar mistakes, I recall Ted Cole and Brad Swaile being listed on ANN for being part of a Beyblade dub that was done in Toronto, the characters didn't even sound like them. I find that the quality control is often low when it comes to online voice acting databases.

Edit: Quick examples of Oob's voice, he sounds slightly older in the Oob examples but I think that's probably down to his voice maturing between roles.
https://streamable.com/i58iw
https://streamable.com/r9fhl

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

So guys, it's not like we've had any negative updates from Marni and her last tweet seemed quite enthusiastic even if it was about the channel in general. How sure are we that things are going well with regard to obtaining the dub?

I want to be optimistic about it, I really do, but like many others in this thread I am trying to keep my expectations low so as to not get disappointed, but from Marni's responses on Twitter I do think this dub has the best chance it has had of airing since Kix, which as we all know didn't go the way we wanted.

Unless TOEI once again decides it has to be Funi Kai or nothing and the dub hasn't been written off as a tax loss (which shouldn't be the case if Marni had more than one call and didn't just get a direct No) everything should be ok.

Marni definitely seemed interested if she went as far as to ask who owns the distribution rights and Tweeted Interpacific Productions to talk, so fingers crossed for now.

[Robo4900]

Unless TOEI once again decides it has to be Funi Kai or nothing

I think people are too hasty in deciding that's the reason Kix didn't pick it up.
Ultimately, we have no idea why they didn't pick it up, and we probably never will. But, I doubt Toei would just sabotage a dub; they have to approve every dub before it gets made, and the better any given dub does, the more money it makes for Toei, so while they would never want to screw any of their existing partnerships, such as Funimation, having another company producing a dub for Canada and some European territories like in the early '00s would be financially quite good for Toei. So, really there's no reason why Toei would block this dub from airing.

Ultimately, we have no idea what went on behind the scenes there, so we'll have to just live with it. In my view, as long as this dub does get on air, what happened on Kix doesn't really matter.

and the dub hasn't been written off as a tax loss (which shouldn't be the case if Marni had more than one call and didn't just get a direct No) everything should be ok.e

Well, as you say, Shulman said it was going well. If it had been written off on the company's taxes, it would have been an immediate "No."

Marni definitely seemed interested if she went as far as to ask who owns the distribution rights and Tweeted Interpacific Productions to talk, so fingers crossed for now.

Absolutely. And she's continually said it's all going smoothly, and there's nothing to really report, so presumably, it's a standard, business-as-usual TV deal. We don't know for sure, but I think that's the most likely way things are going.

Sites like IMDB and Anime News Network often seem to borrow from each other on anime casts so it's no surprise they have similar mistakes, I recall Ted Cole and Brad Swaile being listed on ANN for being part of a Beyblade dub that was done in Toronto, the characters didn't even sound like them. I find that the quality control is often low when it comes to online voice acting databases.

Hm. Looks like you're right.
I do wonder who it was, though.

On an unrelated note...

I just noticed that Alistair Abell consistently pronounced Goku the Japanese way, with emphasis on the second syllable, when saying Goku's name as Trunks.
With all this talk of correct pronunciation and such, I thought that might be an interesting thing to point out.

[8000 Saiyan]

It'd be funny if Aidan played Future Trunks in the Ocean Kai dub, but I think they'll cast someone else.

[Robo4900]

It'd be funny if Aidan played Future Trunks in the Ocean Kai dub, but I think they'll cast someone else.

That could be fun.
I mean, it's possible. We won't know for sure until it airs.

[8000 Saiyan]

I just rewatched the Ocean dub of World's Strongest and I'm sad that Lalainia isn't likely to reprise Bulma for the Kai dub since she's really good.

And this was probably Kelamis at his best. Much like Lalainia, it's sad that he didn't get a chance to reprise for the Kai dub, but then again, he wasn't informed.

[Scsigs]

I just rewatched the Ocean dub of World's Strongest and I'm sad that Lalainia isn't likely to reprise Bulma for the Kai dub since she's really good.

And this was probably Kelamis at his best. Much like Lalainia, it's sad that he didn't get a chance to reprise for the Kai dub, but then again, he wasn't informed.

Who's to say he'd wanna come back? There's a reason he quit, since he was unhappy with the rushed production & pay disputes at the time. Though he obviously doesn't regret voicing Goku, he doesn't do a lot of dubbing work currently, right?

[8000 Saiyan]

I just rewatched the Ocean dub of World's Strongest and I'm sad that Lalainia isn't likely to reprise Bulma for the Kai dub since she's really good.

And this was probably Kelamis at his best. Much like Lalainia, it's sad that he didn't get a chance to reprise for the Kai dub, but then again, he wasn't informed.

Who's to say he'd wanna come back? There's a reason he quit, since he was unhappy with the rushed production & pay disputes at the time. Though he obviously doesn't regret voicing Goku, he doesn't do a lot of dubbing work currently, right?

You're talking about Corlett, not Kelamis.

[Scsigs]

I just rewatched the Ocean dub of World's Strongest and I'm sad that Lalainia isn't likely to reprise Bulma for the Kai dub since she's really good.

And this was probably Kelamis at his best. Much like Lalainia, it's sad that he didn't get a chance to reprise for the Kai dub, but then again, he wasn't informed.

Who's to say he'd wanna come back? There's a reason he quit, since he was unhappy with the rushed production & pay disputes at the time. Though he obviously doesn't regret voicing Goku, he doesn't do a lot of dubbing work currently, right?

You're talking about Corlett, not Kelamis.

Right. Kalemis wanted to do more comedic work, right?

[8000 Saiyan]

Who's to say he'd wanna come back? There's a reason he quit, since he was unhappy with the rushed production & pay disputes at the time. Though he obviously doesn't regret voicing Goku, he doesn't do a lot of dubbing work currently, right?

You're talking about Corlett, not Kelamis.

Right. Kalemis wanted to do more comedic work, right?

The reason why Kelamis quit voicing Goku was because he was often busy working in LA.

[SuperCyan2]

This thread always gets me excited but then disappointed because there aren't any video links to watch pieces of Ocean Dub Kai.

Wouldn't it be possible for like, Netflix or CBC to broadcast it and settle with that? I obviously know nothing about this but I just want Ocean Dub Kai so muccchhhh!

Yeah, Oob's voice actor is Brian's son.

He might have been cast as Baby and one of the Shadow Dragons.

Oh, nepotism. Eh, it's Drummond so that's A-OK!

[Scsigs]

You're talking about Corlett, not Kelamis.

Right. Kalemis wanted to do more comedic work, right?

The reason why Kelamis quit voicing Goku was because he was often busy working in LA.

Right, I think I remember someone mentioning that pages back in this thread, since he has homes in both Canada & LA.

This thread always gets me excited but then disappointed because there aren't any video links to watch pieces of Ocean Dub Kai.

Wouldn't it be possible for like, Netflix or CBC to broadcast it and settle with that? I obviously know nothing about this but I just want Ocean Dub Kai so muccchhhh!

The rights to Dragon Ball are really weird in North America. For one, FUNimation's been the main licensor of the shows & movies since 1996. Obviously, companies in Canada have licensed the shows for broadcast, but not home video distribution. This mainly has to do with Canadian broadcast standards, as well as FUNi's dubs being the only dubs on home media. A company in Canada would probably have to go through some major legal work to make that happen. The only reason I can see that DB has had alternate Canadian dubs is because of broadcast standards requiring stations to air at least 50% Canadian-produced content in a day or something like that. Ocean's dub in particular was first being produced for UK airings, since the licensing rights were cheaper to get them than FUNi's dub audio, but they switched to it in Canada because it counted as Canadian content.
Kai has been weird because it's not gonna be released on home video, that much we know, but if you're expecting Netflix to stream it, good luck on that front. FUNi's notorious when it comes to where they release the franchise, like having all of it on their streaming service & having digital versions of the episodes available for purchase on Amazon or Xbox Video, which I really don't get why the last 2 movies are the only ones of the franchise on iTunes. It's available on Amazon & Xbox, but not iTunes? That screams that their marketing department really doesn't understand their consumer base. Then again, other companies have the same problems with not getting all of their backlog on iTunes either even though it's most likely cheaper & easier than other home media releases, so I don't know. Point is, don't expect the franchise to be on Netflix any time in the near future. They are apparently getting a deal with a new channel, but nothing's set in stone yet as far as anyone knows.

[SX10]

Watching the Pioneer produced dubs of movies 1-3 again. Man-oh-man, so good! As time has passed, I can agree that Kelamis is definitely the best English dub Goku. Will always have a soft spot for Ian James Corlett though. They are kind of similar.

I have a lot of faith in Richard Ian Cox to deliver something definitive. Cause I think his voice shares qualities with those two and he's a great actor with a naturally high voice. I really only hear the rasp when he gets 'cool' roles but he's got that goofy side. He could nail it.

[Robo4900]

This thread always gets me excited but then disappointed because there aren't any video links to watch pieces of Ocean Dub Kai.

Wouldn't it be possible for like, Netflix or CBC to broadcast it and settle with that? I obviously know nothing about this but I just want Ocean Dub Kai so muccchhhh!

Might happen in Canada or the UK. Unlikely, though. And it definitely won't happen in the US.

Oh, nepotism. Eh, it's Drummond so that's A-OK!

If you read some of the other posts here, we've found out this was in fact not the case.

Watching the Pioneer produced dubs of movies 1-3 again. Man-oh-man, so good! As time has passed, I can agree that Kelamis is definitely the best English dub Goku. Will always have a soft spot for Ian James Corlett though. They are kind of similar.

Haha, indeed. I think Kelamis is a lot like if Corlett had a lighter, goofier quality to his voice, and screams that are amped up by a factor of a million.

But yeah, Pioneer 1-3 slay. They're mind-blowingly amazing.

I have a lot of faith in Richard Ian Cox to deliver something definitive. Cause I think his voice shares qualities with those two and he's a great actor with a naturally high voice. I really only hear the rasp when he gets 'cool' roles but he's got that goofy side. He could nail it.

I imagine he'll probably give us an entirely different take on it, but I look forward to hearing it whatever he does; I'm sure he'll have done a great job, however he's decided to play it.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Wouldn't it be possible for like, Netflix or CBC to broadcast it and settle with that? I obviously know nothing about this but I just want Ocean Dub Kai so muccchhhh!

I know our resident optimist Robo4900 will probably have words of wisdom on why I'm wrong here, but since Funimation has had the home video rights to Dragon Ball in North America since 1995 I would think a similar deal was established for streaming. The UK is a possibility because while Funimation's dubs are ultimately released on DVD and Blu-Ray MangaUK is the licence holder so its ultimately their decision which dub they sublicence. Jerome deactivated his Twitter but he is still on Facebook, so it wouldn't hurt to talk him into looking at Ocean Kai, but if his previous responses on Twitter are anything to go by getting an alternate dub could take some convincing. Granted its still Funimation's product, but if we get a UK version of Rock the Dragon that may help by gauging how well a set with a different cast sells in this market.

Right. Kalemis wanted to do more comedic work, right?

This mainly has to do with Canadian broadcast standards, as well as FUNi's dubs being the only dubs on home media. A company in Canada would probably have to go through some major legal work to make that happen. The only reason I can see that DB has had alternate Canadian dubs is because of broadcast standards requiring stations to air at least 50% Canadian-produced content in a day or something like that. Ocean's dub in particular was first being produced for UK airings, since the licensing rights were cheaper to get them than FUNi's dub audio, but they switched to it in Canada because it counted as Canadian content.

I don't think the previous alternate Canadian dubs were made to fill the quota for national content. Maybe the Blue Water dubs because they were fully Canadian dubbed shows, but definitely not the Westwood dub since it was only part of a full series and the rest was dubbed by Funimation.

[Scsigs]

I don't think the previous alternate Canadian dubs were made to fill the quota for national content. Maybe the Blue Water dubs because they were fully Canadian dubbed shows, but definitely not the Westwood dub since it was only part of a full series and the rest was dubbed by Funimation.

Then why would they randomly switch after broadcasting the FUNi dub for as long as they were in Canada? You ask me, the most likely explanation is that they wanted to fill a quota & DBZ was right there for them.