If they had never created Dragon Ball Z Kai do you think we would have some re-dubs of Dragon Ball Z now?

[TheRed259]

I think Funimation would re-dub Dragon Ball Z at some point in order to fix the bad writing but I wonder if other dubs like the French one for example would do something like this.

[Tian]

I think Funimation would re-dub Dragon Ball Z at some point in order to fix the bad writing

I really doubt it. Sabat has always stated that Kai was their one in a million chance to get things right.

but I wonder if other dubs like the French one for example would do something like this.

Well, for the other dubs, it would be possible but only if the masters had their audio damaged.

If I recall correctly, it happened in the Latin American dub of Dragon Ball Z. Some years ago, several lines of Garlick Jr. were found to be missing and his actor (Salvador Delgado) had to be called to dub them again.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Don't think most dubbing studios would have bothered to be honest, like Denmark got a dub in 2002-2006 but then reran it in the early 2010s rather than doing a new dub.

I think it would have been interesting if territories like Croatia and Macedonia got redubs of Z like Serbia did since I believe the Loudworks dub was considered an improvement.

If I recall correctly, it happened in the Latin American dub of Dragon Ball Z. Some years ago, several lines of Garlick Jr. were found to be missing and his actor (Salvador Delgado) had to be called to dub them again.

Never knew this, but that's very interesting. Maybe we would have gotten more partial redubs in cases where the masters were missing or damaged?

I wonder if TOEI would have given Super to Ocean instead of Bang Zoom in this alternate timeline, as they probably opted for the latter because the former never got their Kai dub out, but if Ocean never had the chance to dub Kai who knows what would have happened

[TheRed259]

Well, for the other dubs, it would be possible but only if the masters had their audio damaged.

If I recall correctly, it happened in the Latin American dub of Dragon Ball Z. Some years ago, several lines of Garlick Jr. were found to be missing and his actor (Salvador Delgado) had to be called to dub them again.

Yes, I knew that about the Latin American dub.

Re-dubs can also happen if for some reason they can't acquire the rights to an already existing dub.

[M16U3L2015]

I don't think anyone would have attempted to re-dub 291 episodes without knowing for sure whether it would be a success or not, it's too risky, especially in a decade like the 00s, when the industry still relied on TV ratings and home video sales.

At most, maybe a distributor would have tried doing it in batches to see if it was worth it

[Cold Skin]

Without Kai, I don't think they would have been motivated to invest in the time and effort required for a new dub.
Kai could be marketed as an update in more than one way, it was much more "bankable" - if this is the right term - to invest in a new dub as extra incentive for people to buy it and allow nice profits.

[The Dark Knight]

Not only would they have not re-dubbed Z, at one point they were considering taking their Z dub and placing it over the Kai scenes, so even Kai at one point wasn't going to get dubbed from the ground up.

[TheRed259]

Not only would they have not re-dubbed Z, at one point they were considering taking their Z dub and placing it over the Kai scenes, so even Kai at one point wasn't going to get dubbed from the ground up.

Where was that said?

[The Dark Knight]

Not only would they have not re-dubbed Z, at one point they were considering taking their Z dub and placing it over the Kai scenes, so even Kai at one point wasn't going to get dubbed from the ground up.

Where was that said?

I have no idea; it's something I read well over a decade ago.

[Metalwario64]

I think Sabat might have said it?

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Not only would they have not re-dubbed Z, at one point they were considering taking their Z dub and placing it over the Kai scenes, so even Kai at one point wasn't going to get dubbed from the ground up.

Where was that said?

I have no idea; it's something I read well over a decade ago.

I think that's just a myth, like the claim Chris Sabat wanted Scott McNeil to play Piccolo in Kai.

The Z audio couldn't be placed in Kai anyway because of the footage being re-edited so the lines wouldn't fit the mouth flaps.

[MasenkoHA]

No they basically said outright Kai was their chance to get it right. That pretty much confirms redubbing the series was never on the table. And the shitty Orange Bricks sold like hotcakes. Why the fuck would they waste millions of dollars redubbing it when the shit dub is so lucrative as is? (Ignoring the partial redub that the average Dragon Ball consumer isn’t even aware of)

[Metalwario64]

Honestly kai's not perfect but I'm okay with how things ended up. Sure all of Z would be great but the as stated the alternative was nothing and I'm glad a few countries got to rectify their flawed dubs and it's not every day an old series is given that chance