Dragonball Kai (FUNimation English) Dub: General Discussion

[Super Sonic]

I guess it would be accurate, but it would just sound bad and Schemmel has already been cast as Goku.

I don't see any reason why Schemmel can't protray Gokuh as a hick.

Some folk'll never eat a wolf, but then some folk'll like Goku the slack-jawed yokel!

But seriously, do any of you want Goku to sound like Cannonball?

[linkdude20002001]

I think Chichi and Gyu-maoh use bad grammar and Gokuh uses normal grammar, but pronounces certain words in his own way. Though I Masako Nozawa enhanced it a bit with things like "dehkon" instead of "diakon".

[Tsukento]

Eh, not quite. Goku tends to use words like "ain't", as well as shortening his words like "somethin'."

Goku's just as bad as speaking as Chi-Chi and Gyuumao in his own manner.

[penguintruth]

Goku doesn't need an accent per se (given Funimation's hit-or-miss with accents, it' best to avoid that), the script and delivery just needs a bit of adjusting to make it clear that he's not the most eloquent speaker, whereas Freeza is.

They'll never get anywhere trying to completely copy Masako Nozawa.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

Goku doesn't need an accent per se (given Funimation's hit-or-miss with accents, it' best to avoid that), the script and delivery just needs a bit of adjusting to make it clear that he's not the most eloquent speaker, whereas Freeza is.

They'll never get anywhere trying to completely copy Masako Nozawa.

Agreed. That's really the best that FUNimation can do for Goku.

[penguintruth]

The real question becomes, what do they do for Umigame?

Same "duhr huhr" voice? Or proper, like in the Viz manga?

Note: It hardly matters, I just wanted to get to different characters.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

The real question becomes, what do they do for Umigame?

Same "duhr huhr" voice? Or proper, like in the Viz manga?

Note: It hardly matters, I just wanted to get to different characters.

I actually liked the stupid voice they used for him, he isn't the smartest of people.


But it doesn't really matter that much.

[Rocketman]

Ize da darn-tooting ally to the justice and da nitemare to youz.

Seriously, it isn't going to happen.

What the hell kinda accent were you even trying to do? To go Suthun-fried with it, it'd be more of a "Bohy, ah's gone tan yo hide!"

[Dr. Casey]

I actually liked the stupid voice they used for him, he isn't the smartest of people.

I don't think there's any point in his limited screentime where Umigame isn't intelligent. He's the straight man to Roshi, he's always the voice of reason and common sense.

[LilKokuLink]

Just as long as Goku sounds a bit more laid back and uses less fancy words then it's fine by me (in that case then it's the script).
A lot of it must be the script, if it says "wants to" instead of "wanna" then it's less of the actor's fault. Sabat mentioned something about a better translated script on his Facebook page.

Stuff like: "You treat life like a disposable commodity" - Goku wouldn't say that!

[penguintruth]

Yeah, there's no way Goku even knows what the word "commodity" even means.

Or even "disposable".

[Adamant]

Probably not "treat" either

[penguintruth]

He knows what the word "treat" means, but only when it's applied to a snack.

[linkdude20002001]

Eh, not quite. Goku tends to use words like "ain't", as well as shortening his words like "somethin'."

Goku's just as bad as speaking as Chi-Chi and Gyuumao in his own manner.

Are you talking about the translations or what he actually says in Japanese?

[Kendamu]

Yeah, there's no way Goku even knows what the word "commodity" even means.

Or even "disposable".

"I'm not a mocoddity!"

[Gaffer Tape]

Yeah, there's no way Goku even knows what the word "commodity" even means.

Or even "disposable".

That said, I have to say that Simmons's choice of words for one of Goku's lines during the fight with Vegeta just seems totally out of chracter to me. It's right after Oozaru Vegeta blasts the Genki Dama from Goku, he has a line along the lines of, "That was a terrible miscalculation." I certainly can't imagine Goku ever saying the word "miscalculation," so I wonder what prompted Simmons to use that word?

EDIT: It becomes even stranger in context when it's followed up a few minutes later with the classic, "That's what you call the weasel's last fart"!

[penguintruth]

[I certainly can't imagine Goku ever saying the word "miscalculation," so I wonder what prompted Simmons to use that word?

Flashbacks to his math lessons during Roshi's training?

EDIT: It becomes even stranger in context when it's followed up a few minutes later with the classic, "That's what you call the weasel's last fart"!

Now that's a line Goku really would use.

[Gaffer Tape]

Exactly! That's why "miscalculation" was so weird!

[sailorspazz]

Well, 'miscalculation' isn't such a big word in Japanese; Gokuu used the word 'gosan' in that scene, which translates to 'miscalculation'. Doesn't seem like too much of a vocabulary stretch for him in Japanese But how to make the translation more properly 'hickified'....how about, "aw, shucks, that just dun' add up right."

[Gaffer Tape]

Hehe, yeah, I figured it wasn't a problem in the Japanese. It just seemed like Simmons could have used a synonym that didn't sound so... educated. Like, basically, yeah, "that didn't add up" or "didn't come out like I expected." I'm not feeling too creative right now.