Initial Reaction to Nozawa as Goku

[GS7X7]

I actually really enjoyed the Dragon Ball (first series) dub. The tv version was pure rubbish (mostly because most of the jokes got censored) but minus the censorship it's really quite enjoyable and can easily compete with the original, imo.

[TheGmGoken]

My reaction:
Wow. Cool. Strange. But cool.

I like the voice always. Thought it was unique. Also her screams turned me on(not sexual)

[Ringworm128]

Strangely enough I didn't really have a reaction. When I first watched Z in Japanese the only voice that stood out was Freeza's and if I recall AH#18. It didn't even click with me that Goku was voiced by a woman until Gaffer Tape mentioned it in his Dragonbox review video.

[BojGrass]

I don't get it. I just don't get it.

I don't ever remember having a reaction. I just watched the show, and the characters were the characters. Full stop. The end.

This was the same reaction I had. I had been watching the dub on Cartoon Network and they only had through Frieza airing at the time I think, and then people told me how awesome the subs were so I bought a crappy VHS of Movie 13. There were the characters I knew and they had different voices than what I was used to. I knew to expect it though so it didn't bother me. I also was lucky enough to be able to watch most of the Japanese version long before we ever got it here on DVD (or that's how I think I remember it) starting with Dragon Ball, so I got to see/hear Goku with Nozawa's voice as a child all the way through adulthood. She was just Goku to me.

[DoomieDoomie911]

I couldn't stand Nozawa's Goku at first, but I've really grown to love it over the years.

[Bullza]

I wondered why Goku a muscle bound tough fighter and strongest being in the universe had the voice of an old lady.

Worked when he was a kid, laughable once he was an adult.

[RocktheDragon]

I wondered why Goku a muscle bound tough fighter and strongest being in the universe had the voice of an old lady.

Worked when he was a kid, laughable once he was an adult.

If anything, the deep muscle bound voices of the Funimation dub with their limited range and lack of depth in their acting, is what is laughable. But that's just me.

[ABED]

If anything, the deep muscle bound voices of the Funimation dub with their limited range and lack of depth in their acting, is what is laughable. But that's just me.

They've grown over the years, and fit their characters.

[DoomieDoomie911]

If anything, the deep muscle bound voices of the Funimation dub with their limited range and lack of depth in their acting, is what is laughable. But that's just me.

They've grown over the years, and fit their characters.

I personally don't think they all fit their characters...

[Black_Anime_Fan]

Never minded her voice, even when I used to prefer the English dub, I didn't think it sounded that unbearable. Now I prefer listening to Nowaza than anyone else.

Schemmel is a close second, as bad as he used to sound, he made up for it during the late Cell/Boo Sagas, and Kai.

Peter Kelamis has always been a terrible voice actor to me, and the sole reason why I'll never watch the Ocean dub again.

[ABED]

If anything, the deep muscle bound voices of the Funimation dub with their limited range and lack of depth in their acting, is what is laughable. But that's just me.

They've grown over the years, and fit their characters.

I personally don't think they all fit their characters...

I'd say the bulk of them do.

[Bullza]

I wondered why Goku a muscle bound tough fighter and strongest being in the universe had the voice of an old lady.

Worked when he was a kid, laughable once he was an adult.

If anything, the deep muscle bound voices of the Funimation dub with their limited range and lack of depth in their acting, is what is laughable. But that's just me.

Well muscle bound tough fighters normally have deep muscle bound voices.... They don't usually sound like old women.

Last I checked George Foreman didn't sound like Betty White.

She could have ten times the talent as the Sean and it'd still sound laughable to hear him speak.

[ABED]

I wondered why Goku a muscle bound tough fighter and strongest being in the universe had the voice of an old lady.

Worked when he was a kid, laughable once he was an adult.

If anything, the deep muscle bound voices of the Funimation dub with their limited range and lack of depth in their acting, is what is laughable. But that's just me.

Well muscle bound tough fighters normally have deep muscle bound voices.... They don't usually sound like old women.

Last I checked George Foreman didn't sound like Betty White.

She could have ten times the talent as the Sean and it'd still sound laughable to hear him speak.

Some guys have high voices. The voice suits his personality, and sounds very fitting around the 23rd Budokai.

[Sshadow5001]

Japanese voices sound weird.

[DoomieDoomie911]

Japanese voices sound weird.

How do the Japanese voices sound weird? Are you just saying that because they're in Japanese...?

[Puto]

Not to Nozawa in particular but to the original dub overall.

When I was a kid and I was getting the VHS, there was always trailers still in japanese dub and I remember be confused like: Why they are talking like this?! I understand nothing.
Well, I was a innocent soul and used to think Dragon Ball was a portuguese show :lol:

The trailers in the Portuguese VHSes were in French.

[Quebaz]

Not to Nozawa in particular but to the original dub overall.

When I was a kid and I was getting the VHS, there was always trailers still in japanese dub and I remember be confused like: Why they are talking like this?! I understand nothing.
Well, I was a innocent soul and used to think Dragon Ball was a portuguese show

The trailers in the Portuguese VHSes were in French.

Not for movie 6, I have both the VHS and DVD and after the credits it plays the japanese trailer with Goku with the yadrat outfit explaining the next movie.

[Puto]

That's not a trailer, that's a weird thing movie 6 (and movie 6 alone) had. The VHSes for the first two Dragon Ball (pre-Z) Movies had a few minutes of scenes from the next movie at the start, in French.

[Sshadow5001]

Japanese voices sound weird.

How do the Japanese voices sound weird? Are you just saying that because they're in Japanese...?

This was my initial thought to hearing Japanese Goku. It was also my first time watching anything in Japanese (This must have been around 11-12 years ago), it was very different to the Dub I was used to at the time.

I love the Japanese voices now, I almost always watch it subbed now unless I'm feeling nostalgic for certain scenes I saw as a kid.

[DoomieDoomie911]

Japanese voices sound weird.

How do the Japanese voices sound weird? Are you just saying that because they're in Japanese...?

This was my initial thought to hearing Japanese Goku. It was also my first time watching anything in Japanese (This must have been around 11-12 years ago), it was very different to the Dub I was used to at the time.

I love the Japanese voices now, I almost always watch it subbed now unless I'm feeling nostalgic for certain scenes I saw as a kid.

Oh okay, I misunderstood. I thought you meant that's what you thought now. Sorry for the misunderstanding.