Schemmel never heard Nozawa till 2004

[Gyt Kaliba]

I'm not about to say that FUNi is above what some could consider 'dirty' practices, especially in concern to their voice actors - I'm still a little miffed about the exact situation of how they replaced Nadolny and Vollmer, not to mention the events around the Trigun movie as well - but at the end of the day, they're a business, and they're going to have to do what's most economically feasible.

[Kakacarrottop]

I'm not about to say that FUNi is above what some could consider 'dirty' practices, especially in concern to their voice actors - I'm still a little miffed about the exact situation of how they replaced Nadolny and Vollmer, not to mention the events around the Trigun movie as well - but at the end of the day, they're a business, and they're going to have to do what's most economically feasible.

I still don't get why FUNi in-house dub fans care so much about actors like them getting the axe, i mean they essentially are just poorer, more amateur imitations of their Ocean predecessors (which is ironic considering most FUNi in-house cast fans absolutely hate the Ocean dub) who were extremely lucky to keep the roles for so long since most FUNi VAs stopped copying Ocean a long time ago. Perhaps they're just severely blinded by nostalgia and can't see the new replacements are superior actors. It's good to see that with Kai FUNi's directors finally came up with their own original voices which are closer to the Japanese performances.

[Gyt Kaliba]

I still don't get why FUNi in-house dub fans care so much about actors like them getting the axe, i mean they essentially are just poorer, more amateur imitations of their Ocean predecessors (which is ironic considering most FUNi in-house cast fans absolutely hate the Ocean dub) who were extremely lucky to keep the roles for so long since most FUNi VAs stopped copying Ocean a long time ago. Perhaps they're just severely blinded by nostalgia and can't see the new replacements are superior actors. It's good to see that with Kai FUNi's directors finally came up with their own original voices which are closer to the Japanese performances.

In some cases it could be nostalgia, yes. But for myself and I'm sure at least a few others, I feel that just like Schemmel and Sabat and so many others, they also improved over time. I also would have liked to see how they would have done with the Kai scripts and direction.

That's kind of an aside here though, because what I was talking about here was the exact manner in which they were replaced. Again, I understand that it's just business, so they weren't legally required in any shape or form to do this...but...really? Nobody could have contacted them about being replaced, after all those years they all worked together? They had to find out from other fans contacting them about it when Kai's cast was first announced, for crying out loud. That's just kind of mean-spirited if you ask me. But, again, business is business, so that's not really a 'foul' outside of personal feelings, I guess.

[ABED]

I also would have liked to see how they would have done with the Kai scripts and direction.

The difference is Schemmel's and Sabat's voices weren't grating. I know that's an opinion a lot don't seem to share, but I've rarely had a problem with either Sabat and Schemmel. I've never been a fan of Vollmer's, and my issues with Nadolny became more pronounced when she was cast as Goku, which is ironic since most seem to prefer her Goku to her Gohan. It's like Sabat could read my mind since more or less the actors I've had the most issues with were recast.

[Attitudefan]

Corlett never disparaged the series or its fans. He simply stated that the pure voice actors were not getting paid enough, he was looking to up his game (read: income), and that he wanted something more fulfilling and had the opportunity to do so with production and writing. Good on him.

You have your years wrong; things moved more quickly than you think. FUNimation was still actively producing via Saban into 1998; the tail-end of "season two" ended in early 1998. It was that same year that FUNimation started looking to bring things in-house and hired folks like Sabat (once Saban left). 1998 saw "Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle" as their first exclusively-in-house production (on VHS), and then 1999 gave us "season three" of the DBZ dub.

So it was 1998 then.... but dubbing must have been done earlier, or at least looking for a cast of voice actors, scripting, recording, and editing. It must have been up to a year before the film came out.

[VegettoEX]

So it was 1998 then.... but dubbing must have been done earlier, or at least looking for a cast of voice actors, scripting, recording, and editing. It must have been up to a year before the film came out.

No. It was super quick with a very small cast of actors and production staff. The one movie was not a huge project; it was just a test-bed for what was to come. You're still projecting what you think happened instead of what actually happened.

[eledoremassis02]

When was that interbred with Peter Kelamis done for Dragon Ball uncensored? Because they mentioned Funi casting for season 3 and Kelamis not knowing they were doing it.