DBZ Kai Dub - Ideal Recasts?

[ThunderPX]

Oh, well, the more you know. I'm still a relatively recent fan as far as fansites go (I think DBZ was almost over in the US by the time I got an internet connection) so I wouldn't know how these things developed. From my perspective "Jheese" seemed pretty widespread around here, though.

[Tsukento]

I thought about it for a bit.

Thoughts on Jerry Jewel as Freeza?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPkL8Rz4giA This is a good example of him pulling a soft, sinister-ish voice.

[CashmanX]

How about Billy West as Goku?

[Rocketman]

How about Billy West as Goku?

Tom Hanks doing his Forrest Gump voice.

[TripleRach]

How about Billy West as Goku?

How about Billy West as everyone? Including the females.

[ConfusedPhantom]

Here's my take, with some choices from other lists that I like.

King Kai/Narrator – Jim Cummings (Narrator in Various animation, Dr. Robotnik in SATAM and Pete in various Disney projects)

Son Goku – Beng Spies (Johnny “Akiba” Sasaki, Metal Gear Solid 4)
Young Son Gohan – Brianne Siddall (Tsukasa, .hack//SIGN)
Teen Son Gohan – Johnny Yong Bosch (I'm not a fan of him. But, I think he's the best choice here)
Piccolo – Rino Romano (Bruce Wayne, The Batman)
Vegeta – Liam O’Brien (Nadare Rouga, Naruto: Ninja Clash in Land of the Snow)
Krillin – Brian Donovan (Rock Lee, Naruto)
Bulma – Lia Sargent (Shion Uzuki, Xenosaga)
Young Trunks – Mona Marshall
Future Trunks – Yuri Lowenthal

Yamcha – Dave Wittenberg
Tien Shinhan – Kirk Thornton
Chaotzu – Nika Futterman (Smellerbee, Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Puar – Christina Puccelli (Sunny, Metal Gear Solid 4)
Master Roshi – Steve Kramer
Chi-Chi – Lauren Tom
Goten – Brianne Siddall
Mr. Satan – Richard Epcar
Videl – Danielle Judovitts

Kami – Fred Tatascoire
Popo – Dwight Schultz
Dende – Tara Strong

Bardock – Keith Ferguson

Freeza/Saiyan Saga

Freeza – Wally Wingert (Riddler, Batman: Arkham Asylum)
Zarbon – Cam Clarke
Dadoria – Matthew St. Patrick (Skulker [1st voice], Danny Phantom)
Ginyu – Greg Berger (Jecht, Final Fantasy X)
Jeice – Michael Lindsay
Recoome – Peter Spellos
Guldo – Eddie Frierson
Burter – Vic Mignogna
Guru – Tom Kane
Nail – Grant George
Radditz – Quinton Flynn (Axel, Kingdom Hearts II)
Nappa – John DiMaggio
King Cold – Richard McGonagle

Cell Saga

Dr. Gero – Patric Zimmerman
Cell – Paul Lukather (Vorador, Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen and President Johnson in MGS2)
Android 16 – James Remar
Android 17 – Ezra Weisz
Android 18 – Kari Wahlgren

Buu Saga

Supreme Kai – Richard Cansino (Kenshin Himura, Rurouni Kenshin)
Kabito – Dave Boat (Lexaeus, Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories)

Babidi – Armin Shimerman (Dr. Nefarious, Ratchet & Clank)
Demon King Dodoria – Simon Templeman (Kain, Legacy of Kain)

Majin Buu/Super Buu/Kid Buu – Dee Bradley Baker

[Super Sonic]

Gaara as Vegeta and Grimlock as Ginyu huh? Don't know about Jim Cummings as narrator as while he's a great actor, him narrating has me only think of his Sterling Holloway-esque narration, and can't think of that fitting DB.

[UristtheGreat]

Tim Curry would make a kickass Freeza. That and the fact that I love his voice.

[Super Sonic]

Tim Curry would make a kickass Freeza. That and the fact that I love his voice.

Always figured that. Heck, Frieza with an evil British accent would've been excellent casting.

[Kunzait_83]

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[Herms]

some people also used to alternate between Ginyu and "Ginew" for the leader himself, but that was due to the sometimes wonky Romanizations of the old Japanese video games).

That's not too wonky, considering that the English word "new" is written ニュー/nyuu in Japanese, just like the end of Ginyu's name.

[Kunzait_83]

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[Herms]

Well, even "Son Gok.ou" sorta works if you pronounce "kou" to rhyme with the English word "you", which may be what they were going for. Still a rather odd romanization though. I don't think it originated in video games though, but has been used on all sorts of DB merchandise since pretty much forever. Likewise, “Ginew” has been used in guide books, and is what he’s known as in Italian and Catalan.

[Kunzait_83]

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[Chibi Mystic Gohan]

Same reason we don't use "Seru", "Torankusu" and "Bejiita." Besides, it's not that hard to get the English equivalent of the pun (Jheese), so...

"Jheece" and its variants are INCREDIBLY recent developments for the name adaptation in terms of general usage in the English-speaking fandom, and Viz actually deserves a little credit for pushing it along.

Back when, ya' know, they did decent stuff.

I waver on whether or not "Jiisu" is a "problem"... if you even want to call it that. It's not like it is the English word "cheese" like your examples of Trunks and Cell (and Vegeta directly being a part of a word) -- that would be チース / chiisu instead of ジース / jiisu.

Actually, isn't cheese chiizu? That's why Jheece makes a little more sense than Jheese.

[Herms]

Actually, isn't cheese chiizu? That's why Jheece makes a little more sense than Jheese.

That's right, it's チーズ/chiizu vs ジース/Jiisu.

[linkdude20002001]

Well, even "Son Gok.ou" sorta works if you pronounce "kou" to rhyme with the English word "you", which may be what they were going for. Still a rather odd romanization though.

It's not that odd. Now "Luffy" is an odd romanization. So is "Bulma". But "Gokou" is actually spelt like it's pronounced in Japanese.

Which reminds me... My mom spelt it that way before. She had never seen it written, so when she was writting his name (I'm not sure why she was writing it), she wrote it like an English word; you, caribou, et cetera.

[ConfusedPhantom]

Gaara as Vegeta and Grimlock as Ginyu huh? Don't know about Jim Cummings as narrator as while he's a great actor, him narrating has me only think of his Sterling Holloway-esque narration, and can't think of that fitting DB.

I was trying to think of a light-hearted deep voice, but I can't really think of anyone off the top of my head. So, I just went with Jim Cummings, though I know there are better choices. I sort of did pick Liam because of his Rouga...cause the character was somewhat similar to Vegeta's personality. Somewhat. So, I'd thought that'd work.

Tim Curry would make a kickass Freeza. That and the fact that I love his voice.

He'd be pretty expensive though.

[Big Boss]

Gaara as Vegeta and Grimlock as Ginyu huh? Don't know about Jim Cummings as narrator as while he's a great actor, him narrating has me only think of his Sterling Holloway-esque narration, and can't think of that fitting DB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=616PgQCUcp0

Fuck yes.

[Flamzeron]

Keeps
Almost everyone

Drops
All of Chris Sabat's minor roles - Should be obvious. The man has too many. Piccolo and Vegeta are fine.

Frieza - Should be played by a man.

Replaces
J. Michael Tatum as Jeice - I think he was in the remastered, and he did a good job from what I heard.

Troy Baker as Cell - He did a good job in Raging Blast.

That's all I can think of for now.