Dragonball Kai (FUNimation English) Dub: General Discussion

[wjbraden]

Must have been a fluke.

[jjgp1112]

The song when Goku and Piccolo are sparring is both a remake of the Budokai 2 theme and this song as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veabUSEw ... re=related

[sbk]

I loved just about everything about this new dub but I just heard Trunks' Kai voice.. and it's awful. So forced and strained. It's worse than in Z

[Innagadadavida]

Sounds identical to his voice in GT. Which sounds identical to Sanji from One Piece.

[dragondyle]

The song when Goku and Piccolo are sparring is both a remake of the Budokai 2 theme and this song as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veabUSEw ... re=related

Where can I listen to it?

[KaiserNeko]

I do gotta say, The Victor's Dance (the song that re-orchestrates Wild Soul and the Budokai 2 opening) is one of my favorite pieces in the entire OST. Reminds me a lot of Chrono Trigger/Cross music too.

[Ringworm128]

Why is everybody bagging Trunks' voice? It could have been better but the way everyone is talking about it you would think that he sounds like Linda Young's Freeza.

[penguintruth]

The voice is worse than in Z, but his acting is way, way better.

[NeoKING]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Trunks really polite in the Japanese version? So why is it that they made him out to be sort of a smart-mouthed rebel in the Z Kai dub? That's how he comes off to me, anyway.

[KaiserNeko]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Trunks really polite in the Japanese version? So why is it that they made him out to be sort of a smart-mouthed rebel in the Z Kai dub? That's how he comes off to me, anyway.

That's something that really bothers me too. Trunks was raised by Gohan and his mother. There is NO REASON he shouldn't be more polite than he is.

[Super Sonic]

Today we learned a good thing about taking out fillers was no plot holes about Saiyan hair. But yeah, Trunks seemed more polite in the Z dub, and here when talking with the guys he hadn't stopped sounding badass.

[Daimo-Rukiri]

I'm waiting for the blu-ray's before I judge Trunk's voice as everything sounds like requests from the network. Vales acting is better but it could have been requested to sound raspy which makes no sense what so ever..

Now I haven' even watched any eps since the freeza ark, do they actually pronounce "gero" right? In the Japanese version it's sounds like "jero"

[Innagadadavida]

I'm waiting for the blu-ray's before I judge Trunk's voice as everything sounds like requests from the network. Vales acting is better but it could have been requested to sound raspy which makes no sense what so ever..

Now I haven' even watched any eps since the freeza ark, do they actually pronounce "gero" right? In the Japanese version it's sounds like "jero"

What!? Why would he record all of his lines twice? You're right when you said it made no sense, but I don't think you completely understand how little sense that makes. None. It was not done, I assure you. Trunks sounds raspier because that's how the voice has evolved over time, and probably because it is how Eric Vale's voice has changed after 10 years.

[Kendamu]

I'm waiting for the blu-ray's before I judge Trunk's voice as everything sounds like requests from the network. Vales acting is better but it could have been requested to sound raspy which makes no sense what so ever..

Now I haven' even watched any eps since the freeza ark, do they actually pronounce "gero" right? In the Japanese version it's sounds like "jero"

In the Japanese version it's "Gero" with a hard G. It's the dub where they changed it to something sounding like "Jero."

[BlazingFiddlesticks]

Today we learned a good thing about taking out fillers was no plot holes about Saiyan hair. But yeah, Trunks seemed more polite in the Z dub, and here when talking with the guys he hadn't stopped sounding badass.

The other thing I always loved about the Z dub; I hear that Japanese Trunk's speaking basic Japanese translates to extreme politeness, which I don't know how you would really emulate in English, so Vale just played him as a queiter non-jerk, which I thought worked very well. Don't know what to make of this yet.

Vegeta 135 lbs? WTF?

Does the man really look any heavier?

[VegettoEX]

I hear that Japanese Trunk's speaking basic Japanese translates to extreme politeness, which I don't know how you would really emulate in English

From what I understand, the Naruto dub has Rock Lee speak as politely as can be expected in an English, and does not use contractions. That's a perfectly fine adaptation, and one that FUNimation could have taken a hint from.

Take away that part of Trunks' character, and you're losing QUITE a bit in translation.

[MetalMadness]

Does the man really look any heavier?

Even though he's short, Vegeta is really heavily muscled. 135 pounds is the weight of an average height average weight girl. Vegeta should be way more.

[NeoKING]

I hear that Japanese Trunk's speaking basic Japanese translates to extreme politeness, which I don't know how you would really emulate in English

From what I understand, the Naruto dub has Rock Lee speak as politely as can be expected in an English, and does not use contractions. That's a perfectly fine adaptation, and one that FUNimation could have taken a hint from.

Take away that part of Trunks' character, and you're losing QUITE a bit in translation.

Rock Lee basically speaks as if the translators directly translated the dialogue without any addition or changes, so he sounds as if what you'd expect if you're reading subs of the Japanese version. This also worked too. But with Trunks here, they made him a smack-talking, almost cocky ...

[MugiMikey]

I just got Kai Part 4, and it sounds like Greg Ayres is singing Dragon Soul, although I could be wrong.

With that said, it sounds like a higher pitched version of Justin Cook's cover.

[DB_Fan1991]

How about the 3 insert songs. Are they in Japanese or English?