Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 16; Still Unreleased

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Re: Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 16; Still Unreleased

Post by MistaL » Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:02 pm

Doctor Seaweed Roll wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 6:42 pm Couldn't Animeigo or Media Blasters release if crunchyroll lost the licence as they are some of the few classic distributors founded pre-Y2K that are still around.
Uhhh I don't know if you've kept up with anime releases but neither of those are at all what they used to be. Media Blasters sells hentai on burnt DVD-Rs.

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Re: Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 16; Still Unreleased

Post by Doctor Seaweed Roll » Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:11 pm

MistaL wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:02 pm
Doctor Seaweed Roll wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 6:42 pm Couldn't Animeigo or Media Blasters release if crunchyroll lost the licence as they are some of the few classic distributors founded pre-Y2K that are still around.
Uhhh I don't know if you've kept up with anime releases but neither of those are at all what they used to be. Media Blasters sells hentai on burnt DVD-Rs.
Mazinkaiser SKL from 2021 was on Blu-ray from Media Blasters. Also I'd gladly take burnt DVD-R versions if it meant Ocean's dub would get released. Hell i'd even settle for a limited run VHS release similar to how SRS Cinema handles their releases

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Re: Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" Dub Turns 16; Still Unreleased

Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Mon Mar 30, 2026 11:09 pm

ThunderMite42 wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:31 am
Dragon Ball Ireland wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 2:13 am Theres also Dave Bridges for the Animax dub of original Dragon Ball's 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai arc that was recorded in Hong Kong and aired throughout Southeast Asia.
I was gonna mention him, but that dub is lost, so it's not like anyone knows what his take sounds like anyway.
I seen one comment on Reddit which said he tried his best to sound like Sean Schemmel, but that's all I know of Bridge's take. Sadly most Southeast Asian fans I've asked only vaguely remember Dragon Ball on Animax so I haven't heard anyone corroborate this.
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