Chris Sabat announces Buu saga licensed by Funimation

[andrewtuell1991]

Personally, I didn't mind Cook as Buu, although I think Brian Dobson's take is probably on par with him (one of the few voices I give credit for in the Westwood dub). As I said, the only problem I have is that I prefer a consistent actor to voice what is just different incarnations of the same character, both Dameon Clarke and Travis Willingham did well enough for the same character, so why is Buu such a (for lack of a better term) clusterfuck?

I personal dislike both Cook's and Dobson's Evil Boos. They both sound like they're trying too hard to sound evil when Boo is the least evil of the Z villains. I do agree that only one actor should be all that's needed to voice all of Boo's forms. Funimation is split two, Martin for Fat and Pure Boos and Cook for all the "Evil/Super" forms. For Ocean, it's Scott McNeil for Fat, Brian Dobson for all the "Evil/Super" forms and Ward Perry for Pure Boo (why they needed a different VA for a form that just grunts and cackles is beyond me). Neither Freeza nor Cell have needed multiple VAs for their multiple forms so I've never understood why Boo is this special exception in English dubs.

eugh I dont want the buu saga in kai i love the fillers in that arc, kai will ruin the buu saga too, I mean they completely got rid of all the humour in DBZ IMO

If by humor you mean extensive staring contests, fighting sequence that cycle over and over again, and boring side-stories for unimportant secondary characters then yes what a tragedy. It's not like Toei is doing what Lucas is doing, insisting that the "updated" versions should be the only versions available and trying to keep the "originals" locked up, the original Z will always be available. And besides, humor is more for the "pre-Z" Dragon Ball era.

[ABED]

The Buu arc does bring a lot of the humor back to the show, and there are plenty of people that care for the secondary "unimportant" characters like Yajirobe, Oolong and Muten Roshi. Many of my favorite shows have a great B-Team that only add to the main characters. They are typically great sources of humore.

Community - Leonard, Starburns, Dr. Ian Duncan, Magnitude (Pop pop!), Fat Neil
Friends - Gunther, Janice, Mike, Ross and Monica's parents
Scrubs - Ted, The Tod, The Janitor, Dr. Kelso
Supernatural - Bobby, Castiel (arguable), Garth
Buffy - Anya, Andrew, Oz
The Office - Kevin, Creed, Kelly, Todd Packer, Toby

[dbzfan7]

The games aren't necessarily a good source to go off of since they still make Buu refer to himself in the third person, seeing the direction the rest of the Kai series has gone I highly doubt they'll still go for that (Not to mention in UT Super Buu refers to himself in the third person despite not doing so in the series or even the other games, so their treatment of Buu is about as consistent Cell's voice in the games).

Super Boo refereed to himself when he talked to Gohan in Z. He says "Boo make you dead, what Boo say Boo do." Maybe it was one time only.

Also now that I have re watched Super Boo, his voice definitely is a lot better in the games.

[ABED]

Super Boo refereed to himself when he talked to Gohan in Z. He says "Boo make you dead, what Boo say Boo do." Maybe it was one time only.

Also now that I have re watched Super Boo, his voice definitely is a lot better in the games.

Lines like that have to go in Kai.

Also, I want to hear Goku say Buu's name sounds like a fart.

[GTx10]

Majin Boo's English voice is engraved in US fans minds changing it would be hard to adjust too. I'm still getting used to Kid/Teen Gohan's voice.

[Ringworm128]

Majin Boo's English voice is engraved in US fans minds changing it would be hard to adjust too.

You could say the same for all the other voices that got replaced.

[B]

Majin Boo's English voice is engraved in US fans minds changing it would be hard to adjust too.

The only actor I can even begin to fathom as being "engraved" in anyone's mind is Sean Schemmel, and even then, that is a huge stretch.

If it is Dragon Ball Z, and has an English dub on it, it will sell in North America.

[Duo]

Majin Boo's English voice is engraved in US fans minds changing it would be hard to adjust too.

The only actor I can even begin to fathom as being "engraved" in anyone's mind is Sean Schemmel, and even then, that is a huge stretch.

If it is Dragon Ball Z, and has an English dub on it, it will sell in North America.

Chris Sabat's Vegeta should be counted as well. No huge stretch there. I can agree about most of the cast though.

[Commander_Red]

I'll have my fingers crossed for a fat Buu that isn't embarrassing to listen to.

[dbboxkaifan]

I really hope that Chris Sabat was dead wrong about Kai's Majin Buu arc being 66 episodes, that's just too damn much for Kai.

[theoriginalbilis]

For FUNi's Fat Buu, I don't mind the decision to make him sound child-like (it makes sense.) I don't like however, that they chose to give him a screechy annoying voice that's a mix between Mr. Hankey and a cartoon baby. And Scott McNeil's voice for the character is just as bad, if not worse. Both voices make it kind of hard to understand what Buu is saying at points, give him a voice that is more intelligible.

[TheWhiz]

For FUNi's Fat Buu, I don't mind the decision to make him sound child-like (it makes sense.) I don't like however, that they chose to give him a screechy annoying voice that's a mix between Mr. Hankey and a cartoon baby. And Scott McNeil's voice for the character is just as bad, if not worse. Both voices make it kind of hard to understand what Buu is saying at points, give him a voice that is more intelligible.

McNeils Fat Buu reminds me of Elmo from Seasme Street

[matt0044]

For FUNi's Fat Buu, I don't mind the decision to make him sound child-like (it makes sense.) I don't like however, that they chose to give him a screechy annoying voice that's a mix between Mr. Hankey and a cartoon baby. And Scott McNeil's voice for the character is just as bad, if not worse. Both voices make it kind of hard to understand what Buu is saying at points, give him a voice that is more intelligible.

McNeils Fat Buu reminds me of Elmo from Seasme Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyJrmpXPBGY

[Gonstead]

Scott Mcneil as Elmo?

If he wasn't already comfortable enough from voice acting, he'd possibly be even better off by playing a popular character like Elmo.

[Thanos]

I'll have my fingers crossed for a fat Buu that isn't embarrassing to listen to.

That was the exact word I was going to use.

"BUU EAT YOU UUP!!! BUU EAT YOU UPPP!!!"


...What!?


It's pretty safe to say that if Buu isn't recast, he'll at least be given more sensible dialogue. It's apparently that, aside from key characters, Kai has been treated by FUNimation as a separate project from the original. Take Freeza, for instance. Or how Goku actually kinds of acts like a country bumpkin in the Kai dub. If you're expecting the aforementioned infantile dialogue, you've got another thing coming. I'd bet a nickel on it.

[Tanooki Kuribo]

I really hope that Chris Sabat was dead wrong about Kai's Majin Buu arc being 66 episodes, that's just too damn much for Kai.

With 66 episodes, Nicktoons could keep DBZK going for three more years. They could just air a little over 20 episodes each "season". I guess we'll have to wait and see how many episodes it actually turns out to be.

[TheBlackPaladin]

I really hope that Chris Sabat was dead wrong about Kai's Majin Buu arc being 66 episodes, that's just too damn much for Kai.

With 66 episodes, Nicktoons could keep DBZK going for three more years. They could just air a little over 20 episodes each "season".

No complaints here. Any TV time an anime can get nowadays is good for the industry at large.....and like I said earlier, I have no objection to 66 more episodes of a good dub (assuming, of course, it turns out good).

[Metalwario64]

(assuming, of course, it turns out good).

Actually, I'm a tad skeptical, because there was footage of Sabat at some convention last year where he said he missed the way Z was dubbed, and cited Killa as an example of how he misses the old way of dubbing. He said something along the lines of what they did to Killa was funnier and more creative in the dub because in the Japanese version he was generic background character.

Pretty contrary to what he said in those Kai interviews about hating the changes made in Z's dub...

[Duo]

(assuming, of course, it turns out good).

Actually, I'm a tad skeptical, because there was footage of Sabat at some convention last year where he said he missed the way Z was dubbed, and cited Killa as an example of how he misses the old way of dubbing. He said something along the lines of what they did to Killa was funnier and more creative in the dub because in the Japanese version he was generic background character.

Pretty contrary to what he said in those Kai interviews about hating the changes made in Z's dub...

Maybe he'd be interested in getting involved with a fan dub..? I'm sure he respects the material more than he had fun with acting out random bullshit.

[dbboxkaifan]

No complaints here. Any TV time an anime can get nowadays is good for the industry at large.....and like I said earlier, I have no objection to 66 more episodes of a good dub (assuming, of course, it turns out good).

For English dub fans it might not matter too much, but Kai for me is supposed to cut the filler I don't expect all of it, but at least most.

I'll be watching it in Japanese w/Eng subs.