The biggest flaws in Funi's GT dub

[Bardo117]

I always hated how they dubbed over all of the clips in the ending montage. Oh well, it would've been even worse if they'd just had the Mark Menza's tracl playing.
I do like Goku's very last line though: " 'til we meet again guys!"

Best moment from the DB franchise imo. I've never seen such. Perfection....

[Ussj Future Trunks]

Did Trunks know who 17 was in their fight in Japanese GT?

[Travis Touchdown]

Syn Shenron
Haze Shenron
Eis Shenron
Nuova Shenron
Rage Shenron
Oceanus Shenron
Naturon Shenron

[theoriginalbilis]

The only sore spots I have for the GT dub are:
- The American GT music. It made a dull show even more dull and mind-numbing. It doesn't help that Menza basically reprised the same 3-4 beats/rhythms for the entire score. At least Tokunaga's score was more upbeat and had an adventurous feel, which is what Dragon Ball is really about.
- The constant rewriting of Goku's dialogue. Once Goku becomes SSJ4, every other line he spouts is along the lines of "I am the end to your evil deeds" or "your violence and deceit will be your undoing" and stuff like that.
- Changing the names of the Evil Dragons. If I remember correctly, every other character name in GT was basically a translation of the original. I can understand why they did it, but it's impossible to translate the original names. The Blue Water dub translation sounded just fine.
- Pan's voice actress. No where, at any point in time did I even buy that she sounded like a young girl. It only made her come off as way older and way brattier than she should've. And considering how horrible Pan is in GT anyway, that's saying a lot.

In my opinion, GT's dub is pretty decent and a little better than the original DB dub at points, and definitely way better than Z's. Especially with their new dubbed songs and original BGM left intact, and the terrible wannabe "edginess" basically gone from the show.

[Dorexx]

I guess FUNimation tried to give some kind of dark look it, or something... but in the end it was a mess. I can think of some lines from the first episode, like Dende asking Mr.Popo for a doctor when Goku and Ubbu faint after their training. These lines make it look like it was dubbed by people who never heard about DBZ in the first place.

And Mark Menza has a pretty good style that's unique for the series. You can't say this sucks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asm4Ip8oBxk

It doesn't suck, but it's still nowhere near better than this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJpzft7F8eI

[Deimos]

The Funi dub is actually pretty good except for a line here and there. But, I don't understand how that "Mr. Popo get the first aid kit" line from Dende slipped through the cracks. You would think someone would catch that. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

I definitely prefer the original Japanese score over Menza. The whole rap thing was a disaster.

[AnimeMaakuo]

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[Piccolo Daimaoh]

*Rap intro.
*Depressing music.

You do realise that on the latest releases, you have the option to watch the dub with the original music and English versions of the intro and outros?

[Jaetinh]

And they "renamed" all the Evil Dragons.

THIS. Seriously, Nuova Shenron? What is that even supposed to mean? They could have easily done what they did with the names of the Dragon Balls and translated from Mandarin (ie. One Star Dragon), but they opted for "cool" names instead.

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I can't stand Japanese. The only season I'd understand anybody liking that Dub is if you speak Japanese, or that's the way you've always watched it.

And Mark Menza has a pretty good style that's unique for the series. You can't say this sucks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asm4Ip8oBxk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ7fQH8_ ... re=related

That sucks.

[Scarz]

The biggest flaw is the English dub. I'm a huge fan of Funi's dub for DB and DBZ but for some reason when GT came along the dub was just really bad. It could be just me though.

[Big Momma]

And they "renamed" all the Evil Dragons.

THIS. Seriously, Nuova Shenron? What is that even supposed to mean? They could have easily done what they did with the names of the Dragon Balls and translated from Mandarin (ie. One Star Dragon), but they opted for "cool" names instead.

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I can't stand Japanese. The only season I'd understand anybody liking that Dub is if you speak Japanese, or that's the way you've always watched it.

And Mark Menza has a pretty good style that's unique for the series. You can't say this sucks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asm4Ip8oBxk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ7fQH8_ ... re=related

The first link you posted is actually my favorite GT dub track. I think it fit perfectly with the ending, and when I first saw the GT ending dubbed with this theme, I still got a little teary~eyed

Still, the thing that irks me is that it seems like the same 3/4 Menza tracks are used throughout the entire series. That, and I really can't stand the narrator.

I always hated how they dubbed over all of the clips in the ending montage. Oh well, it would've been even worse if they'd just had the Mark Menza's tracl playing.
I do like Goku's very last line though: " 'til we meet again guys!"

This, too. And I loved Goku's dub line/laugh at the end. It was perfect, in my opinion.

[Ahiru77]

And they "renamed" all the Evil Dragons.

THIS. Seriously, Nuova Shenron? What is that even supposed to mean? They could have easily done what they did with the names of the Dragon Balls and translated from Mandarin (ie. One Star Dragon), but they opted for "cool" names instead.

Syn Shenron
Haze Shenron
Eis Shenron
Nuova Shenron
Rage Shenron
Oceanus Shenron
Naturon Shenron


Also, "Nuova" probably comes from the English word "nova".

Nice one indeed.

Now, don't anybody dare to say "Shenlon" is the correct spelling. That's like knocking over a domino field in progress.

[Chibi Mystic Gohan]

Syn Shenron
Haze Shenron
Eis Shenron
Nuova Shenron
Rage Shenron
Oceanus Shenron
Naturon Shenron


Also, "Nuova" probably comes from the English word "nova".

Osh** That's clever

Not really, considering the fact that they're all "Xing Long," instead of "Shenron" (Shen Long). Also, the change from Syn Shenron to Omega Shenron was rather pointless.

Did Trunks know who 17 was in their fight in Japanese GT?

He definitely stumbles in the door saying #17's name, but I don't remember how he learned the name. I'll have to check later, but it might have had something to do with his Ki feeling like #18's, or something. (Which is itself kind of a mistake.)

The Funi dub is actually pretty good except for a line here and there. But, I don't understand how that "Mr. Popo get the first aid kit" line from Dende slipped through the cracks. You would think someone would catch that. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

Even in the Japanese version, he shouts, "Popo, please tend to their injuries!" or something. Why don't you do it yourself, ya green turd? You're the one with the healing abilities! Also, when Oob says he's sorry for busting up the temple like that, Dende says, "Don't worry, Popo will fix it right away." Geez, is the guy your freakin' slave?

You do realise that on the latest releases, you have the option to watch the dub with the original music and English versions of the intro and outros?

It's too bad you can't switch over to a more appropriate narrator.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Even in the Japanese version, he shouts, "Popo, please tend to their injuries!" or something. Why don't you do it yourself, ya green turd? You're the one with the healing abilities! Also, when Oob says he's sorry for busting up the temple like that, Dende says, "Don't worry, Popo will fix it right away." Geez, is the guy your freakin' slave?

Yeah, Dende had a brain fart when he asked Mr. Popo to tend to their injuries.

And Mr. Popo is God's assistant. What else is he gonna do, water the flowers?

[redlinks]

I never liked hearing people speak Japanese.

Er... isn't that a bit racist? :/

[VegettoEX]

I don't know about racist, but something like... err... language-ist...? Is there even a word for that?

It's also completely non-representative of the website this forum is a part of and the vast majority of community members here, so whatevs.

[El Diabeetus]

Xenophobic?

But, yeah. Kinda odd to have a majority of the terms unaltered, completely right and the final villains all get renamed.

Shenron (Shen Long) is a Dragon God. Xing Long is Star Dragon, I'm sure those are 2 completely different things.

[VegettoEX]

Xenophobic's pretty broad, but it's in the ballpark. They clearly like anime, so it's not like they hate everything non-American .

[Herms]

Didn't they mess up and say that Dr. Mu created Baby, as opposed to the other way around? That's in the little booklet for the first green brick, anyway.

Even in the Japanese version, he shouts, "Popo, please tend to their injuries!" or something. Why don't you do it yourself, ya green turd? You're the one with the healing abilities! Also, when Oob says he's sorry for busting up the temple like that, Dende says, "Don't worry, Popo will fix it right away." Geez, is the guy your freakin' slave?

Hey, he's God of Earth now. Maybe he figures he's above such things.

But, yeah. Kinda odd to have a majority of the terms unaltered, completely right and the final villains all get renamed.

At least they had the episode titles use the translated versions of their names ("The Two-Star Dragon", etc).

Syn Shenron
Haze Shenron
Eis Shenron
Nuova Shenron
Rage Shenron
Oceanus Shenron
Naturon Shenron

When kid reporter Billy Batson speaks the magic word, he's instantly transformed from boy to dragon!

[Cipher]

Funimation's GT is really a mixed bag. Some episodes are handled with incredible accuracy, and watching them with them with Japanese score provides something of a similar experience to watching the original version.

However, some episodes, such as the Super Saiyan 4 Goku vs. Baby example, are completely different. If I remember correctly it includes speeches from the characters about free will, the hope of the universe, etc. All sorts of things that are nowhere to be found in the original.

Also, yes. Renaming the dragons irritates me to no end. Especially because they seem to have taken root everywhere among the fandom.