Unexpected bad voice acting

[TheRed259]

This topic is not just about the various dubs around the world but for the original Japanese version as well.

These are two scenes that quickly come to my mind with unexpected bad voice acting from René García (Vegeta) in the Latin American dub of Dragon Ball Z.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK0evntKsOc (the beginning)
https://www.facebook.com/61555408210295 ... 4582760239 (11:35)

The screams in these scenes are for some reason quite weak and/or bad.

[chalaheadchala1989]

Yeah, rene garcia screams in latin American dub are bad, in goku kaioken 3 fight, vegeta is screaming "miserable!"
https://youtu.be/PIW8e-co_IE?si=twcwbr5yPMHRBEr1 (1:10)

[chalaheadchala1989]

But, rene garcia screams in kai final chapters and super are COOL The majin vegeta scream in kai is great

[chalaheadchala1989]

Oh and Early 1999 funimation dub, All voice actors were trying to imitate the ocean dub cast and chris sabat s brian Drummond Impression is funny lol
https://youtu.be/ERQn0NpWblY?si=Lh1uT4G24Q5fzLTA

[Yellow Flower King]

You dont need to multipost like that.

[chalaheadchala1989]

oh sorry

[Yellow Flower King]

oh sorry

I cant believe how bad the acting was on Latin American Z Kai. Especially the infamous Burter and Jeese.

[TheRed259]

But, rene garcia screams in kai final chapters and super are COOL The majin vegeta scream in kai is great

René García remains one of my favorite voice actors for Vegeta! And now that you mentioned Kai, another unexpected moment of weak screaming was when Majin Vegeta transformed into SSJ2 in front of Goku: https://youtu.be/8BqZGWSReMI?t=711

[Tian]

I cant believe how bad the acting was on Latin American Z Kai. Especially the infamous Burter and Jeese.

It's even more hilarious that they don't even voice match nor sound like their FUNimation counterparts, Jason Liebrecht and the one who shouldn't be mentioned at all.

[TechExpert2021]

oh sorry

I cant believe how bad the acting was on Latin American Z Kai. Especially the infamous Burter and Jeese.

The problem with the Latin American Spanish dub of DBZ Kai (first 98 episodes) is that it is based on the Nicktoons broadcast version of the FUNimation dub of DBZ Kai, inheriting the censored video footage, altered dialogue in certain places (e.g., "Over 9000!" instead of "Over 8000!"), and the FUNimation dub names (except for the names of the characters and some locations). In addition, nearly the entire voice cast from the original Latin American Spanish DB dubs got replaced with other Latin American voice actors, and some characters in this dub sound like their FUNimation dub voice counterparts.

Also, this isn't the only dub of the DB franchise to be based on a dub; there are a few dubs of the DB franchise that are based on another dub, like the pre-Kai non-English European dubs (AB Groupe's pre-Kai French DB dubs) and the original Hindi dub of DBZ (1996-2003 original FUNimation dub).

[chalaheadchala1989]

oh sorry

I cant believe how bad the acting was on Latin American Z Kai. Especially the infamous Burter and Jeese.

The problem with the Latin American Spanish dub of DBZ Kai (first 98 episodes) is that it is based on the Nicktoons broadcast version of the FUNimation dub of DBZ Kai, inheriting the censored video footage, altered dialogue in certain places (e.g., "Over 9000!" instead of "Over 8000!"), and the FUNimation dub names (except for the names of the characters and some locations). In addition, nearly the entire voice cast from the original Latin American Spanish DB dubs got replaced with other Latin American voice actors, and some characters in this dub sound like their FUNimation dub voice counterparts.

Also, this isn't the only dub of the DB franchise to be based on a dub; there are a few dubs of the DB franchise that are based on another dub, like the pre-Kai non-English European dubs (AB Groupe's pre-Kai French DB dubs) and the original Hindi dub of DBZ (1996-2003 original FUNimation dub).

Yeah, the Brazilian Portuguese dub was based on nicktoons funimation version too, some screams were left in english and japanese audio

[chalaheadchala1989]

I cant believe how bad the acting was on Latin American Z Kai. Especially the infamous Burter and Jeese.

The problem with the Latin American Spanish dub of DBZ Kai (first 98 episodes) is that it is based on the Nicktoons broadcast version of the FUNimation dub of DBZ Kai, inheriting the censored video footage, altered dialogue in certain places (e.g., "Over 9000!" instead of "Over 8000!"), and the FUNimation dub names (except for the names of the characters and some locations). In addition, nearly the entire voice cast from the original Latin American Spanish DB dubs got replaced with other Latin American voice actors, and some characters in this dub sound like their FUNimation dub voice counterparts.

Also, this isn't the only dub of the DB franchise to be based on a dub; there are a few dubs of the DB franchise that are based on another dub, like the pre-Kai non-English European dubs (AB Groupe's pre-Kai French DB dubs) and the original Hindi dub of DBZ (1996-2003 original FUNimation dub).

Yeah, the Brazilian Portuguese dub was based on nicktoons funimation version too, some screams were left in english and japanese audio

https://youtu.be/XGCMi4TqhWQ?si=vwPWC0qGBq7EBfzZ

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Also, this isn't the only dub of the DB franchise to be based on a dub; there are a few dubs of the DB franchise that are based on another dub, like the pre-Kai non-English European dubs (AB Groupe's pre-Kai French DB dubs) and the original Hindi dub of DBZ (1996-2003 original FUNimation dub).

The Indian dubs have historically been based on edited English dubs. Even the Super dubs were based on Bang Zoom for episodes 1-27 and Funimation's TV dub for the rest of the series.

There's also the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish dubs of Dragon Ball Z movies 1-9 and the TV specials, which are based on the Big Green dub.

I don't know if I'd call it unexpected bad voice acting as everyone has a bad day at the office, although one example that stands out to me is in the Westwood dub when Piccolo and #17 battle. Scott McNeil is generally one of the standouts in that dub, but his scream af the beginning of that fight was a bit of a letdown.

[AlexSketchy04]

I never liked Jose Luis Castaneda as Nappa, he didn't sound as strong and with energy required, his screams are laughable

[Yellow Flower King]

Well, I didnt like his Kai replacement. People swear Up up, down down, left right, left right, BA, BA, (select for 2 players) Start that he is way better but he is so grating. I am starting to feel people hate on him to get it back at the "Elitist Latin American Dubbies".

BTW both Spain voice actors are very good. Nappa.

[MasenkoHA]

I think fans oversell how much worse the Japanese cast sounds in Kai compared to Z but Shigeru Chiba is honest to gods terrible in Kai. His Raditz in Z is one of my favorite performances too.

I’m not sure if I would call it bad acting but I’m always thrown off how high pitched and annoying Japanese Chaozu is.

[M16U3L2015]

I would say that Ryō Horikawa's performance sounds inferior in the Saiyan saga in Kai compared to his performance in Z. His voice feels somewhat strained and less natural. Obviously, age and smoking have affected his vocal cords over time.

[90sDBZ]

It's hard to think of examples as most good and bad performances in this franchise are fairly consistent.

Often the weaker performances get better over time, as was the case with the inhouse Funi Z dub. It started out rough with Season 3, but was actually pretty solid by the Buu Saga.

One example that does come to mind is the early Westwood dub. The Ocean cast gave really solid performances throughout Seasons 1-2 and Movies 1-3, but the Westwood dub clearly suffered from being rushed and having poor direction. The Android/Cell Saga in particular was rough, although things did gradually get better again with Buu (the Fusion and Kid Buu Sagas in particular were much better).

[Yellow Flower King]

That reminds me. Buu Kai in Latin America. I cant stand that voice. I really miss Mario Sauret. Thankfully, he's always there in Z.

[M16U3L2015]

That reminds me. Buu Kai in Latin America. I cant stand that voice. I really miss Mario Sauret. Thankfully, he's always there in Z.

Yeh, thats a thing I didn't like about TFC dub, Buu's performance and dialogue are based on the Funimation version where he speaks in the third person, unlike in Z, where he normally speaks in the first person.