If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pick?

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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by Kingdom Heartless » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:43 am

CaBrPi wrote:I said this in the other thread, but I think Steve Blum could do an awesome Vegeta.

I really don't mind Sabat's voice, but I do agree that he does at times sound too similar to Piccolo.
Didn't he actually voice Goku in Final Bout?
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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by CaBrPi » Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:07 am

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CaBrPi wrote:I said this in the other thread, but I think Steve Blum could do an awesome Vegeta.

I really don't mind Sabat's voice, but I do agree that he does at times sound too similar to Piccolo.
Didn't he actually voice Goku in Final Bout?
Yeah, but I was thinking more along the lines of his Starscream.

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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by ConfusedPhantom » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:25 pm

Goku :: Todd Haberkorn or Mike Sinterniklaas
Vegeta :: Troy Baker or Chris Sabat (With his normal voice) or...well, he's not in any FUNi dubs, but Liam O'Brien would be awesome
Gohan :: Brina Palencia
Piccolo :: Travis Willingham or leave it as is
Cell :: J. Michael Tatum or leave as is
Chi-Chi :: Lydia Mackay
Yamcha :: Robert McCollum
Ox King :: Kyle Hebert with a different voice or
King Kai :: John Swasey or Doc Morgan or R. Bruce Elliott
Muten Roshi :: Bill Jenkins

Captain Ginyu :: Troy Baker
Jeice :: Micah Solusod or Johnny Yong Bosch
Recoome :: Kyle Hebert or Chris Sabat with his Armstrong voice

EDIT: Oh, I forgot Trunks.

Trunks :: Jason Liebrecht or tell Eric Vale to get rid of that gruff he keeps putting on

EDIT 2: Now if I wasn't limited to the FUNi cast.


Son Goku :: Dee Bradley Baker or MasakoX
Son Gohan :: Brianne Siddall or Kate Higgins
Kuririn :: Tony Oliver
Vegeta :: Robin Atkin Downes
Piccolo :: Liam O'Brien
Chi-Chi :: Steve Kramer
Bulma ::
Kaio and Narrator :: Mike Pollock
Yamucha ::
Muten Roshi ::
Kami-sama ::
Trunks :: Will Friedle
Tenshinhan :: Christopher Corey Smith
Chaozu ::
Freeza :: Wally Wingert
Cell ::
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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by dbboxkaifan » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:54 pm

Super Sonic wrote:You really like Team Fourstar I take it?
Yeah, but their VAs for the character feel much more suitable than FUNimation's cast.

Especially Goku, god damn it, FUNimation, he ain't a Superhero, he's a Super Saiyan.
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Chris Ayres' is great as Freeza, but LittleKuriboh fits him better.

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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by Super Sonic » Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:42 pm

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Super Sonic wrote:You really like Team Fourstar I take it?
Yeah, but their VAs for the character feel much more suitable than FUNimation's cast.

Especially Goku, god damn it, FUNimation, he ain't a Superhero, he's a Super Saiyan.
Technically he is. Despite what some people here think, (as they should look at Marvel, Modern age, and other companies) not all superheroes are like Silver Age DC.

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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by penguintruth » Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:51 pm

If we're limited to only Funimation's voice pool?

Son Goku: Todd Haberkorn or Adam Dapkus
Son Gohan: Brina Palencia
Kuririn: Joel McDonald
Vegeta: Bryan Massey
Piccolo: Travis Willingham
Chi-Chi: Colleen Clinkenbeard
Bulma: Alexis Tipton
Kaio and Narrator: Andy Mullins
Yamucha: Kyle Hebert
Muten Roshi: Troy Baker
Kami-sama: Ed Blaylock
Trunks: Aaron Dismuke
Tenshinhan: Mike McFarland
Chaozu: Avery Rice Williams
Freeza: John Burgmeier
Cell: John Swasey


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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by Akumaito Beam » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:43 pm

penguintruth wrote:If we're limited to only Funimation's voice pool?

Son Goku: Todd Haberkorn or Adam Dapkus
Son Gohan: Brina Palencia
Kuririn: Joel McDonald
Vegeta: Bryan Massey
Piccolo: Travis Willingham
Chi-Chi: Colleen Clinkenbeard
Bulma: Alexis Tipton
Kaio and Narrator: Andy Mullins
Yamucha: Kyle Hebert
Muten Roshi: Troy Baker
Kami-sama: Ed Blaylock
Trunks: Aaron Dismuke
Tenshinhan: Mike McFarland
Chaozu: Avery Rice Williams
Freeza: John Burgmeier
Cell: John Swasey


I tried making a cast with no repeats from the current cast.
I'm not a huge Funi fan at all but without a doubt this is a pretty bang up list. I'm pretty sure this would have been the best possible end game for the Kai dub. Kudos, you know your shit son.

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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by FNF » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:57 pm

I lol'd tbh. Brian Drummond? A lot of the TFS cast? I love TFS but as a poster before me said, they aren't meant to be taken seriously.
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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by Rory » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:55 am

I loved the voice for Final Bout. Go with them; Steve Blum for Gokuh!

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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by dbboxkaifan » Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:14 am

FNF wrote:I lol'd tbh. Brian Drummond? A lot of the TFS cast? I love TFS but as a poster before me said, they aren't meant to be taken seriously.
Chris Ayres still made Freeza sound like a woman than a man and even ABG's or TFS's have better Freeza's than FUNimation's.

TFS's Goku is also closer and better to the original than FUNimation's.
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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by Gonstead » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:42 am

dbboxkaifan wrote:
FNF wrote:I lol'd tbh. Brian Drummond? A lot of the TFS cast? I love TFS but as a poster before me said, they aren't meant to be taken seriously.
Chris Ayres still made Freeza sound like a woman than a man and even ABG's or TFS's have better Freeza's than FUNimation's.

TFS's Goku is also closer and better to the original than FUNimation's.
It's one thing to like a different voice but it's the delivery which matters. It's what makes the role believable.

If a voice actor cannot provide a believable performance, you might as well find someone else entirely.
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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by ConfusedPhantom » Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:25 pm

FNF wrote:I lol'd tbh. Brian Drummond? A lot of the TFS cast? I love TFS but as a poster before me said, they aren't meant to be taken seriously.
I'm sure some of the TFS cast are flexible enough to change up their performance (and voice, if possible) if they did have to do a serious dub. MasakoX did it a few times, though whether you liked it or not is completely up to you, but he has done it. Not saying that they'd all work on a serious dub, but I'm just throwing that out there.

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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by dbboxkaifan » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:07 pm

Gonstead wrote:It's one thing to like a different voice but it's the delivery which matters. It's what makes the role believable.

If a voice actor cannot provide a believable performance, you might as well find someone else entirely.
Ayres' did make Freeza believable, but so did LittleKuriboh too and better than Ayres' by actually sounding menacing, male and respectable (+ comical too).

You guys give FUNimation's Kai dub so much credit it's ridiculous.
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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by Gonstead » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:38 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote:
Gonstead wrote:It's one thing to like a different voice but it's the delivery which matters. It's what makes the role believable.

If a voice actor cannot provide a believable performance, you might as well find someone else entirely.
Ayres' did make Freeza believable, but so did LittleKuriboh too and better than Ayres' by actually sounding menacing, male and respectable (+ comical too).

You guys give FUNimation's Kai dub so much credit it's ridiculous.
So far from what I've heard of LK's Frieza, I haven't heard much in the range of how he voices him.

His voice always stays at a constant volume for all of his emotions unlike Ayres who shifts from subdued to out-right yelling when necessary.

That's actually the only problem I have with the TFS cast. They're good at the voices they do but the delivery in emotions is lacking in places.

In the end though, they're the ones doing a parody and not a serious dub which is why I don't mind these problems since they are intended to be comical, not serious.

EDIT: Found this comparison - www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYkgJW4lKlo
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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by Gonstead » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:41 pm

I guess I should also contribute to this thread.

Goku - Peter Kelamis
Vegeta - Eric Stuart
Piccolo - Scott McNeil
Gohan - Saffron Henderson
Krillin - Sonny Strait (Unchanged)
Yamcha - Ian Corlett
Tien - John Burgemeier (Unchanged)
Chaotzu - Brina Palencia (Unchanged)
Bulma - Colleen Clinkenbeard
King Kai - Doc Morgan
Trunks - Eric Vale (Unchanged)
Frieza - J Michael Tatum
Ginyu - David Kaye
Recoome - Chris Sabat (Armstrong voice)
Burter - Alec Willows
Jeice - Vic Mignogna
Guldo - Sean Schemmel
Gero - Kent Williams (Unchanged)
19 - Todd Haberkorn (Unchanged)
18 - Kara Edwards
17 - Chuck Huber (Unchanged)
16 - Jeremy Inman (Unchanged)
Cell - Dameon Clarke (Unchanged)
Mr Satan - Chris Rager (Unchanged)
Roshi - Mike McFarland (Unchanged)

There are a lot of roles that remain unchanged simply because I can't think of any better people voicing them.

Now if I was limited to choosing from Funimation's pool of VA's? That's a different story.
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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by Running Wild » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:53 am

I would want Piccolo to be voiced by the WeeklyTubeShow guy.

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Post by matt0044 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:38 am

Vic as Goku got me interested when I saw Kai on Nicktoons and he was singing Dragon Soul rather than Sean.

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Post by Piccolo Daimao » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:33 pm

penguintruth wrote:If we're limited to only Funimation's voice pool?

Son Goku: Todd Haberkorn or Adam Dapkus
Son Gohan: Brina Palencia
Kuririn: Joel McDonald
Vegeta: Bryan Massey
Piccolo: Travis Willingham
Chi-Chi: Colleen Clinkenbeard
Bulma: Alexis Tipton
Kaio and Narrator: Andy Mullins
Yamucha: Kyle Hebert
Muten Roshi: Troy Baker
Kami-sama: Ed Blaylock
Trunks: Aaron Dismuke
Tenshinhan: Mike McFarland
Chaozu: Avery Rice Williams
Freeza: John Burgmeier
Cell: John Swasey

I tried making a cast with no repeats from the current cast.
Interesting. How about a cast if you weren't limited to FUNimation's voice pool and/or free to make repeats from the current cast?
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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by songohan619 » Sat May 19, 2012 2:32 pm

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Gonstead wrote:Vic as Goku actually doesn't sound half-bad to be honest. Certainly would be interesting to hear if he did attempt it.
On another, really quite unrelated note, i also think Vic could do a pretty good version of Satoshi from Pocket Monsters!
... What? Satoshi is, like, 12. Vic sounds like he's 30. Sure, some of his teenage voices are... passable, but no way would he be a fit for a character like Satoshi.
I actually think it could fit:
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Re: If FUNimation were to re-cast for Kai Dub, who'd you pic

Post by sbk » Sat May 19, 2012 4:34 pm

The only voices in the Kai dub I dislike are Trunks and King Kai. Especially Trunks is just awful. I don't know much about their VA's so I don't know who I'd replace them with, but just about anyone will do :lol:

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