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I agree 100%. Honestly, 1999 Freeza saga Piccolo sounds like Christian Bale's Batman to me. Actually, a lot of extra Namekian's did when I watched the dub on the Dragon Box with my little brother and cousin.penguintruth wrote:His current Piccolo is way better than the awful one he used throughout DBZ.
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.
Yes it's her, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Sean Schemmel, Chris Sabat, Justin Cook, Sonny Strait & Mike McFarland.penguintruth wrote:Monica Rial's in that behind the scenes thing, if I recall.
It's too bad we didn't get to hear much of her.
W-w-w-w-w-w-wait....Innagadadavida wrote:So, here's my thinking. This is based on circumstantial evidence, but I feel like its a safe assumption.
The promo after the episode today said "New episodes start October 20th!" Great news because he said "episodes"; as in, more than one. But that makes today's new episode really kind of a strange occurrence. Why did they randomly play one episode in between two runs? What was different about today?
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The premier of NFL Rush Zone. NFL Rush Zone is a micro series that aired five minutes before today's episode of DBZ Kai. In ALL promos for NFL Rush Zone, Nicktoons promptly mentioned "RIGHT BEFORE A BRAND NEW FUCKING EPISODE OF DBZ KAI MOTHERFUCKERS!" I'm paraphrasing, but it was there. Soooo... Nicktoons was using DBZ Kai to piggyback views for their new series. Sleezy, but it shows that the network has so much confidence in Dragon Ball Z Kai, they used it to promote a show about the National Football League. The NFL is either already in season or about to start. That fact alone wasn't enough to push the new show, they had to sucker viewers in with a new episode of DBZ Kai. That's awesome. Nicktoons loves them some Dragon Ball.
Rocketman(In response to a post about Pandora's Box) wrote: I sat here for ten damn minutes wondering what the hell God of War had to do with any of this.
Youtube | Art/Animation BlogInsertclevername wrote:I plan to lose my virginity to Dragon Box 2.
Blue wrote:I love how Season 2 is so off color even the box managed to be so.
Possibly cutting for time.Puto wrote:The TV cuts in episode 36 are just nonsensical. They cut out Kaiô angry for 3 seconds, Vegeta yelling for two, Vegeta walking towards Gohan, Kuririn and Dende for 10 seconds, and some shots of everybody terrified of Freeza. What's the point? o_O
A five minute micro-series that premiered five minutes berore Kai.Puto wrote:The TV cuts in episode 36 are just nonsensical. They cut out Kaiô angry for 3 seconds, Vegeta yelling for two, Vegeta walking towards Gohan, Kuririn and Dende for 10 seconds, and some shots of everybody terrified of Freeza. What's the point? o_O
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.
What? While some of the casting decisions on FUNi's Lupin are questionable. The scripts are pretty darn faithful and Sonny Strait's Lupin is by far the best English Lupin ever. Strait is the only English actor to be able to get across Lupin's many sides. Funny, serious, romantic. All other English actors only get across 1, 2 at the most of his traits.penguintruth wrote:(Ugh, Funimation's Lupin III dubs are horrible, don't remind me of them.)
When he started out, yes. But his Buu Saga Piccolo is perfect. It's deep and smooth when he talks naturally. And then gruff when he yells (Unlike say 1999 Piccolo where he's gruff all the time).And I like less gruffness. He was overdoing it in Z.
I far more enjoy this portrayal of Piccolo, mostly because Piccolo is actually a more refined, quieter sort of a guy. Gruffness doesn't really befit him, in my eyes.Gozar wrote:There's no doubt that Sabat's acting is superb. But the voice is just not doing it for me. He's taking away what made Piccolo, Piccolo to me. Now it just sounds like Zoro, Jigen, Roy Revant, etc...
The "Zoro Voice" is just too light and there's no gruffness behind his yells. I just don't like it. It's not Piccolo to me.
Even Furukawa puts gruffness into Piccolo's voice when he yells. It's just common sense. It doesn't matter how "refined" a character might be, when they get angry that aspect gets thrown out the window in a sense. When you yell there has to be power and force behind your voice because you ARE forcing it.KaiserNeko wrote:I far more enjoy this portrayal of Piccolo, mostly because Piccolo is actually a more refined, quieter sort of a guy. Gruffness doesn't really befit him, in my eyes.Gozar wrote:There's no doubt that Sabat's acting is superb. But the voice is just not doing it for me. He's taking away what made Piccolo, Piccolo to me. Now it just sounds like Zoro, Jigen, Roy Revant, etc...
The "Zoro Voice" is just too light and there's no gruffness behind his yells. I just don't like it. It's not Piccolo to me.
I disagree. Tony Oliver beats Sonny Strait's hands down, making him sound like he's really, really having a lot of fun and full of that smug playfulness and almost childlike pleasure with what he's doing. Strait has a decent voice, but lacks the delivery of Oliver. It's probably because Oliver had years more experience. Sabat's Jigen is your usual generic Sabat performances. Good peformances from Chris Sabat are the exception, not the rule.Gozar wrote:What? While some of the casting decisions on FUNi's Lupin are questionable. The scripts are pretty darn faithful and Sonny Strait's Lupin is by far the best English Lupin ever. Strait is the only English actor to be able to get across Lupin's many sides. Funny, serious, romantic. All other English actors only get across 1, 2 at the most of his traits.penguintruth wrote:(Ugh, Funimation's Lupin III dubs are horrible, don't remind me of them.)
Sabat's Jigen, once he gets settled into the role is very enjoyable when he's just naturally talking. He gets across Jigen's laid back straight man nature. It's just when he yells that Jigen sounds bad.
Still too gruff to me. The gruffness comes off as oversimplifying the character.When he started out, yes. But his Buu Saga Piccolo is perfect..
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.
He was okay, but I couldn't imagine him playing Lupin in anything else. Lupin was pretty soft in CoC, so it sort of fit.Innagadadavida wrote:David Hayter was fantastic in Castle of Cagliostro. I've been watching that movie a lot recently... Just sayin'.
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.
