Hujio wrote:TheBlackPaladin wrote:Heheh, no, I'm not being hopeful, I actually do have inside information. All I will say as to how I acquired this info is that I'm a voice actor myself (not anybody you'd know, my main line of work is commercials and non-broadcast narration), and one of the cool things about the VO community is that it's a pretty tight-knit bunch...word gets around, and I happened to learn a small--but interesting--fact about the dub a few months ago.
Based on the fact that you learned this from a voice actor, I'm pretty sure I know what you're talking about. If so, I think it's brilliantly awesome what they did! I think people will really enjoy it.
I'll just add in, and I believe I can say this without getting anyone in trouble, I can confirm that the dub has been done for at least a year now. But, and this part is my speculation (although it seems rather obvious at this point), it's been held up because of everything that's been happening with the franchise lately.
Ahhhh, so you know too, eh? Yes, it's going to be fun......
And yes, my source also informed me that the dub has been done for quite some time. Having said that...
AjayLikesGaming wrote:See, I thought it was done from what I'd been told previously, but then Mr. Derek Padula came along and threw a spanner in the works by saying that Schemmel had mentioned it wasn't done yet just the other day. I'm beyond confused at this point.
That confused me too.
Here's what I think. Schemmel is an interesting case, because he's not based in Dallas, where the dub is recorded. Normally, that means an actor can't take a role due to the impracticality of bringing in an actor for last-minute re-recordings that are often necessary (Ryan Drummond famously lost the role of Sonic the Hedgehog for not living in New York, for example....he says he would have gladly relocated had he been informed of that earlier, but I digress). Actually, according to what Schemmel said at a con, when he moved to New York, Barry Watson said that the role would have to be recast, but Schemmel volunteered to fly back to Texas on his own money periodically to record Goku. Eventually FUNimation started paying part of his airfare, and at some point they started paying for it entirely...normally that doesn't happen, but that's one of the advantages of playing the lead character in a company's most financially successful property.
In any event, I wouldn't be surprised if he's taking longer than other actors to record his lines, if only because he actually has to schedule flights to Texas...that'd certainly make things a little slower, I'd imagine. Perhaps the majority of the dub is done, except for his stuff. Or maybe some last-minute re-recordings were necessary.
