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by Attitudefan » Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:34 am
Well, actually, now that I'm thinking about it...people outside the US, were you able to watch episodes of FUNimation-dubbed "Dragon Ball Z Kai" on Nicktoons.com?
I was surprised that I could. I cannot watch anything on 4kids website, yet we get their channel, but we don't get nicktoons (at least I don't and nobody I know does), but I could watch anything, especially with adblock working wonders too.
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by Gonstead » Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:41 am
Well, actually, now that I'm thinking about it...people outside the US, were you able to watch episodes of FUNimation-dubbed "Dragon Ball Z Kai" on Nicktoons.com?
There was a time when I could on the Toonzai website but that is long gone by now.
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by Fizzer » Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:17 pm
I live in the UK, if I were to stream the episode on Livestream from my TV as it were airing, but only at that time, would that be illegal?
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by linkdude20002001 » Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:53 am
Taku128 wrote:(Are they pronouncing the e in Namek like Japanese too? Because that's going to sound awkward as hell.)
What?? The E in the FUNimation pronunciations is the same as the E in the Japanese pronunciation, it's just that FUNi's actors probably slur the EH sound to an IH sound (like in the word "pit").
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by kei17 » Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:03 am
linkdude20002001 wrote:Taku128 wrote:(Are they pronouncing the e in Namek like Japanese too? Because that's going to sound awkward as hell.)
What?? The E in the FUNimation pronunciations is the same as the E in the Japanese pronunciation, it's just that FUNi's actors probably slur the EH sound to an IH sound (like in the word "pit").
To be precise, when you pronounce
e in Japanese, your mouth is horizontally a little narrower.
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by eledoremassis02 » Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:54 pm
Thank you for posting this! Hearing him pronounce it like that actually sounds pretty good and gives it a twist compared to the other english dubs. Tomorrow can't come fast enough!
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by penguintruth » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:15 pm
Hm. People are laughing, but they're not saying anything funny.
They must pump gas into these anime cons. Why, the last one I was at, people thought VAs reading Fifty Shades of Grey for nearly an hour was hilarious. That's the new time filler at cons. Team FourStar did it. Channel Awesome did it. As soon as somebody gets Norio Wakamoto to do it, critical mass will be reached and the universe will imploded on itself in a shudder of suicidal shame.
Schemmel did bring up something interesting, that they had to struggle with how to pronounce "Kamehameha". I guess it didn't occur to anyone to actually listen to how it's pronounced in the Japanese version. But I guess the ADR director makes big, weighty decisions like that.
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by TheBlackPaladin » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:23 pm
That leads me to another question that I've had for a while now...what is the correct pronunciation of "Namek"? I thought "Nahmek," as the Japanese pronounced it, was just "Namek" as pronounced with a Japanese accent.
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by penguintruth » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:33 pm
I love the reaction from the audience, too.
"Wha? Pronouncing Namek accurately? Fuck that noise."
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by El Diabeetus » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:59 pm
TheBlackPaladin wrote:
That leads me to another question that I've had for a while now...what is the correct pronunciation of "Namek"? I thought "Nahmek," as the Japanese pronounced it, was just "Namek" as pronounced with a Japanese accent.
Nah-mek is correct, if I remember correctly Namek was based on a Japanese term for slugs or snails, if I remember correctly (feel free to correct me if that isn't the case). It's no different than Saiyan being based on Yasai, a word for vegetable. Hence why Sigh-yan is more correct than Say-yan, that and Japanese pronunciation rules.
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by Ringworm128 » Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:26 pm
I am still wondering about the more minor characters like Oolong and Dodoria and who will be playing them. Especially Butta, I am wondering if Alec Willows returned to play him since according to his Behind The Voice Actors page it's been awhile since he's been active.
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by Gonstead » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:15 pm
I do hope he returns to play Burter. He was one of my favorites in the original dub.
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by penguintruth » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:45 pm
Really? You have a voice preference for friggin' Baata?
I sure hope the guy who did Farmer with a Shotgun returns. He was my favorite!
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.
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by TheBlackPaladin » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:49 pm
penguintruth wrote:Really? You have a voice preference for friggin' Baata?
I sure hope the guy who did Farmer with a Shotgun returns. He was my favorite!
That wad Scott McNeil.
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by Gonstead » Sat Dec 15, 2012 12:00 am
penguintruth wrote:Really? You have a voice preference for friggin' Baata?
I'm simply stating that of all the Ocean Ginyu Force voices (Barring Jeice since he's already confirmed), I was hoping for at least Alec Willows to reprise his role as Burter since I liked his performance.
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Mayuri Kurotsuchi wrote:"In this world, nothing perfect exists. It may be a cliche after all but it's the way things are. That's precisely why ordinary men pursue the concept of perfection, it's infatuation. But ultimately I have to ask myself "What is the true meaning of being perfect?" and the answer I came up with was nothing. Not one thing. The truth of the matter is I despise perfection! If something is truly perfect, that's IT! The bottom line becomes there is no room for imagination! No space for intelligence or ability or improvement! Do you understand? To men of science like us, perfection is a dead end, a condition of hopelessness. Always strive to be better than anything that came before you but not perfect! Scientist's agonize over the attempt to achieve perfection! That's the kind of creatures we are! We take joy in trying to exceed our grasp, in trying to reach for something that in the end, we have to admit may in fact be unreachable!"
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by penguintruth » Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:17 am
Saffron Henderson and Jullian Michael both still voice act.
Terry Klassen, too.
Not sure of Matt Smith.
I think Ted Cole is still in the game.
I don't think Dave Ward is in it, though.
Jason Gray Stanford became an actor in live-action stuff. I don't believe he'll be returning.
I think Richard Newman reprised his role of Totosai in Inu Yasha: The Final Act, so he might return.
I have no idea what Lisa Ann Beley's been up to.
Lalainia Lindbjerg doesn't seem like she's in the business anymore. Not sure about Maggie Blue O'Hara.
Is Tabitha St. Germain still active?
There's likely to be quite a number of recasts. And it's probably for the best.
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.
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by Attitudefan » Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:30 pm
Gonstead wrote:I do hope he returns to play Burter. He was one of my favorites in the original dub.
Well this is turning out to be quite awesome. Dude, if he returns...
Also, Scott on Kai is pretty cool. You know, I really should just bring my phone and ask Drummond some questions. I REALLY SHOULD.
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by dbzforeverUK » Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:41 pm
Apparently the UK won't be getting it just you Canadians....Lucky
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by Attitudefan » Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:16 pm
dbzforeverUK wrote:Apparently the UK won't be getting it just you Canadians....Lucky
For once us Canadians get something over everyone else. YEAH
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