Dragonball Kai (FUNimation English) Dub: General Discussion

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Big Momma » Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:35 pm

Kendamu wrote:
Kaboom wrote:Not what the thread is about, please. We're on the verge of seeing something good; let's not spoil it by dragging things down before we even get a chance.
Alright, fine. Where would be a good thread to take this?
Why, PM's, of course! :D
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Craddle » Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:48 pm

Big Momma wrote:
Kendamu wrote:
Kaboom wrote:Not what the thread is about, please. We're on the verge of seeing something good; let's not spoil it by dragging things down before we even get a chance.
Alright, fine. Where would be a good thread to take this?
Why, PM's, of course! :D
PM's are a thread now? :?

Anyway back on topic, I've been waiting all day for FUNimation to upload their new Kai Trailer to no avail. I been bugging them VIA twitter as well.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by ka1oken » Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:24 pm

^ Don't think it matters how much you bug em they just aren't on.

The way the guy on the Ustream was talking it sounded like only he ran the twitter and even the Youtube.

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Post by Metalwario64 » Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:03 pm

So it's not going to be uploaded today then?... Way to kill my excitement! :(
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:09 pm

fig404 wrote:
Piccolo Daimaoh wrote:I absolutely loved Clarke's Perfect Cell.
We all did, but he's not voice acting, anymore.
Oh really?


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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Kendamu » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:27 pm

Metalwario64 wrote:So it's not going to be uploaded today then?... Way to kill my excitement! :(
Same here. Only the Black Butler stuff went up.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Craddle » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:55 pm

Kendamu wrote:
Metalwario64 wrote:So it's not going to be uploaded today then?... Way to kill my excitement! :(
Same here. Only the Black Butler stuff went up.
Where is the Black Butler stuff uploaded to Kendamu? I'm looking at FUNi's Youtube channel. The last thing uploaded was 4 days ago. I guess I'm looking in the wrong place. :?

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Kendamu » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:15 am

craddle wrote:
Kendamu wrote:
Metalwario64 wrote:So it's not going to be uploaded today then?... Way to kill my excitement! :(
Same here. Only the Black Butler stuff went up.
Where is the Black Butler stuff uploaded to Kendamu? I'm looking at FUNi's Youtube channel. The last thing uploaded was 4 days ago. I guess I'm looking in the wrong place. :?
Oh, sorry. I didn't look closely enough. Nothing was uploaded today. The Black Butler stuff was just a splash page (like what we have for the Kai website now). I saw it on FUNimation's blog.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Craddle » Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:19 am

Kendamu wrote:Oh, sorry. I didn't look closely enough. Nothing was uploaded today. The Black Butler stuff was just a splash page (like what we have for the Kai website now). I saw it on FUNimation's blog.
Thanks. I bookmarked it. I normally just get my info from forums. The release of Kai has got me excited about Dragon Ball again, not to mention FUNimation has been getting a lot more titles recently so, I think I'll try to stay more up to date by monitoring their blog as well.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Big Boss » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:34 pm

Pissed off that Dameon won't be voicing Cell.

I guess he's too busy scoring in Hollywood to care.

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Post by Taku128 » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:56 pm

Interesting that they've cast Cell when he hasn't even appeared in Kai yet.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Kendamu » Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:53 pm

Today on Twitter:

kendamu @funimation When is the Dragonball Kai trailer going up?
funimation @kendamu we're working on it....it's coming, I swear!

EDIT: Trailer's out. Here's the thread.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Craddle » Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:28 pm

Kendamu wrote:Today on Twitter:

funimation @kendamu we're working on it....it's coming, I swear!
I lol when I saw this on the FUNi blog. Keep them on their toes Kendamu.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Innagadadavida » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:32 pm

Taku128 wrote:Interesting that they've cast Cell when he hasn't even appeared in Kai yet.
I'm sure Toei is much further ahead with the show than Freeza, and I'm sure FUNimation has much better contact with Toei than we do. Simple.

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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Hujio » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:56 pm

Innagadadavida wrote:
Taku128 wrote:Interesting that they've cast Cell when he hasn't even appeared in Kai yet.
I'm sure Toei is much further ahead with the show than Freeza, and I'm sure FUNimation has much better contact with Toei than we do. Simple.
And if there are going to be at least 99 episodes, Cell damn well better make some sort of an appearance. Just sayin'. :P
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Post by JulieYBM » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:43 pm

Our pal FUNiOP from Toon Zone is reporting in on the AnimeBoston premier of the dub. http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?p=3574393
FUNiOP wrote:Here I am. It's sounding great so far, minus Freeza sounding exactly the same.
FUNiOP wrote:On the bright side, FUNimation finished off their Sneak Peek panel with about 5 minutes from the Raditz fight, and Sabat sure knows how to shout a Makankosappo!
FUNiOP wrote:As for new voices, I prefer Kyle Hebert as the narrator. In fact, I'm not feeling the new narrator at all. On the other hand, I prefer both Colleen Clinkenbeard and Monica Rial as Bulma over their original voices.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Puto » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:51 pm

So wait... Sabat actually said "Makankosappo"?

...I am liking this already.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Gaffer Tape » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:56 pm

Makankosappo?! Really?!

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I...

Gasp...

I'm speechless. I've been holding my tongue for a while now, but is it possible that FUNimation is finally not fucking this show up? I scarce believe it. I.. whew. I need a moment.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by JulieYBM » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:57 pm

Yup, from what FUNiOP has been able to write up. He said he prefers the new Gohan and Bulma, but not the new narrator. Also, he didn't feel the dubbed themes were up to the standard of the One Piece dubbed themes.
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Re: Dragonball Kai dub?

Post by Gaffer Tape » Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:02 pm

However, reading that thread I realize to my horror that there's still one thing that can quite easily ruin this dub (or at least a good portion of the Saiya-jin and Freeza arcs): Kaio's voice. If he still sounds like a "fat, blubbering retard with a lisp" (thanks, Chris Psaros), that's still just going to be unbearable to listen to. On the few times I decided to spot check the Z dub on the Dragon Boxes, accidentally stumbling upon a scene with Kaio was tantamount to water torture to have to listen to.
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