Dragonball Kai (FUNimation English) Dub: General Discussion

[Innagadadavida]

Never watched Avatar, so I can't judge it. I heard it's supposed to be pretty good, especially since it's an "American anime" which can often be hit or miss. If I got Nicktoons on TV, I'd probably watch it some time and see what I think. As it stands, Nicktoons isn't included in my cable package, and my only connection with it is the Kai page whenever a new episode comes out.

It's not an "American anime" it's an American cartoon through and through. It just has anime influence in the way of action and art-style. You won't see any Japanese/anime tropes. Oh and also the animation is better than most Japanese series.

EDIT: Also the link to the cover art is fail. Anyone have another link?

[Goku100xKamehameha]

Anyone have another link?

[Gaffer Tape]

Avatar: The Last Airbender is a better written show than anything DB-related, so I wouldn't hate on it if I were you guys.

As much as it pains me to say it, you're probably right. Avatar manages to tell a wonderful shonen-esque story while having miles more depth and complexity than Dragon Ball ever could. It's an awesome show.

[Mewzard]

http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=h ... Old+vs+New

If ever there was proof that a remake did improvements...

It's really jarring seeing these two versions of a scene back to back.

I'm happy, really happy as a fan at how far we've come over the years in terms of dubbing. We've got a work out there worth being proud of, bit by bit burying the old work. Now, all they need to do is redub Z in Dragon Box form (along with the original, GT, the Movies, and the specials), and we're set for life.

[SolarBlade52]

http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=h ... Old+vs+New

Now, all they need to do is redub Z in Dragon Box form (along with the original, GT, the Movies, and the specials), and we're set for life.

I highly doubt it.

[Rocketman]

Now, all they need to do is redub Z

A paycheck is a paycheck, but if I was a voice actor and was told "OK, now that we're done with Kai, you're gonna redub all 300 episodes of Z with those exact same lines but also more repetition and throwaway filler talk and repetition" ...no, thanks.

[Daimo-Rukiri]

"Z" doesn't need a redub, Dragon Ball and GT do!
Also, love the artwork!

I have the dragon box's for Z and I prefer it in Japanese anyway, but give some love to the original!

[Mewzard]

I want a new dub of the whole shabang. Beginning of DB to the newest special, and everything in between.

But, that's just one fan's dream.

Still, for now, Kai is something I'm really enjoying.

[AgitoZ]

"Z" doesn't need a redub, Dragon Ball and GT do!

I have the dragon box's for Z and I prefer it in Japanese anyway, but give some love to the original!

I don't dare to watch GT's dub but Dragon Ball's dub is much better than Z. Z was in much more need of a redub.

[El Diabeetus]

"Z" doesn't need a redub, Dragon Ball and GT do!

I have the dragon box's for Z and I prefer it in Japanese anyway, but give some love to the original!

I don't dare to watch GT's dub but Dragon Ball's dub is much better than Z. Z was in much more need of a redub.

For the most part GT's dub was way more accurate than Z's. Yeah, it had problems with the script on some episodes. But, it's not bad if you watch English with the Japanese BGM (in my opinion, of course). Hell, up until those boxsets I would exclusively watch it in Japanese for the most part for the music and voices. I personally loved the Dub voices too, the broadcast BGM though kept me away from watching it in English. Having the singles I still have at this point feels redundant.

[Mewzard]

The redubbing would be more for consistency.

And I just got Kai's third DVD set today...ah, good to see these episodes again, I'm still not tired of them yet.

[SolarBlade52]

I still doubt that they will redub Dragon Ball Z. I don't see that happening.

[Mewzard]

I still doubt that they will redub Dragon Ball Z. I don't see that happening.

If George Lucas has taught me anything...it's that if someone can find a way to milk a franchise, they will milk it to the point of malnutrition.

And do we have a window on when the last of the Freeza arc episodes will come out?

[DMaarten]

2 questions:

1: Is it true that the Kai blu-rays are only region 1 ? That would suck monkeyballs, as I live in europe and my playstation 3 doesn's play region 1
2: Is there any idea that the DB series also will be.. euh.. "kai-ed" ?


Merry Christmass all of you!!!!

[Daimo-Rukiri]

2 questions:

1: Is it true that the Kai blu-rays are only region 1 ? That would suck monkeyballs, as I live in europe and my playstation 3 doesn's play region 1
2: Is there any idea that the DB series also will be.. euh.. "kai-ed" ?


Merry Christmass all of you!!!!

Yes, the kai blu-ray boxes are Region A which covers North America, and Japan and a few other countries. Most of Europe is Region B.

All NTSC or most that use NTSC will be region A.

[Budogenkai]

Wow the new dub on Goku's speech is beautiful art compared to the old dub.

[DMaarten]

2 questions:

1: Is it true that the Kai blu-rays are only region 1 ? That would suck monkeyballs, as I live in europe and my playstation 3 doesn's play region 1
2: Is there any idea that the DB series also will be.. euh.. "kai-ed" ?


Merry Christmass all of you!!!!

Yes, the kai blu-ray boxes are Region A which covers North America, and Japan and a few other countries. Most of Europe is Region B.

All NTSC or most that use NTSC will be region A.

And as usual Europe is getting screwed

[bkev]

Funny, I could swear there was no such thing as NTSC/PAL on blu-rays...

[SaiyamanMS]

I could have sworn that Funi's Dragon Ball Z Kai Blu-Rays are both regions A and B? I don't have any Blu-Rays, so I can't confirm, but I'm 99.3% sure that's right.

[sbk]

Yup

Back covers:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

They all say region A + B.