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Re: Your favorite Funimation voices(Japanese fans jump in too!)

Post by Super_Divine_Genki » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:13 pm

FUNimation in-house cast:

Dabura (Rick Robertson): Looking through the thread, this choice appears to be unanimous.
Dr. Gero/#20 (Kent Williams)
Mr. Satan (Chris Rager)
Freeza (Chris Ayres)

My favorite... ?

ZTV Announcer for the Cell Games in original Z (James. T. Field): I had no idea that his name was Jimmy Firecracker until I just looked it up.
Was a bit disappointed in how bland the replacement voice in Kai turned out to be in comparison. :/

I haven't heard enough of Beerus (Jason Douglas) to really know for sure, but it sounds mostly good from the little bits that I remember.
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Post by Hellspawn28 » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:14 pm

I didn't mind Imperfect Cell's voice. It did had a creepy feeling to it.
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Re: Your favorite Funimation voices(Japanese fans jump in too!)

Post by SaintEvolution » Thu Jun 29, 2017 4:26 pm

Baggie_Saiyan wrote:It'll probably be easier to list the voices I don't like!

Anyway top 5:

Ayres as Freeza. His performance in Resurrection "F" was phenomenal. Utterly terrifying whilst simultaneously humorous! Love it.

Schemmel as Goku. Boy what an improvement SS and SS3 transformations show he is able to control his screams now and isn't screaming just like that, serious his SS3 in Kai blows away Z. He's able to go as high as Nozawa heck even higher now when needed, case in point his whaaaaaaaa in DBS #18. Oh and that phenomenal monologue in DBS #11.
He is the definitive English counter part to Nozawa now no question.

Rages as Satan. Boyyyyyy what a casting absolutely hilarious! :lol: Nothing needed to be said more.

Ian Sinclair and Douglas as Whis and Beerus. Utterly brilliant casting, Super is really bringing the best out of them!

Sabat as Vegeta and Pics- Great improvement , neither voices sound forced now thus when Vegeta is bantering it sounds so much better.
I don't think Douglas' voice is that good for Beerus. Comparing to Yamadera, he has less range and sounds more deep that the expected for the character.
Same goes for Ian Sinclair. I think he was casted for Whis just because he was a proeminent voice in Voice Acting when Battle of Gods was dubbing, making a lot of big roles, like Toriko, Brook, Dandy, and so they tried him for Whis too.

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Post by Lord Beerus » Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:21 am

I really like all of the FUNimation cast but a special shoutout has gotta to made to these guys:

Chris Ayres as Freeza
Sean Schemmel as Goku
Chris Sabat as Vegeta/Piccolo
Dameon Clarke as Cell
Monical Rial as Bulma

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Post by ConfusedPhantom » Sat Jul 01, 2017 12:30 am

My favorite performances are Chris Ayres' Freeza, Chris Rager's Mr. Satan, Ian Sinclair's Whis, and Scott McNeil's Piccolo. But, I have a major respect towards Sean Schemmel, Chris Sabat and Sonny Strait for improving as much as they did.

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Post by Videlphia76ers » Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:39 am

Easily Justin Cook's Super Buu. Hilarious stuff.
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Post by Gyt Kaliba » Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:17 pm

Working my way through The Final Chapters, and I forgot until now how great Kent Williams usually is as Elder Kai. Not to mention Dr. Gero/Android 20 from before that (I'd throw in the younger Kaioshin as well, but he doesn't really get much to do in the grand scheme of things). The guy's turned in consistently good work even since the old days of the dub, so it's sort of a shame he doesn't get the same accolades a lot of other voice actors do - though I'm guilty of forgetting how good he is too.
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Re: Your favorite Funimation voices(Japanese fans jump in too!)

Post by 8000 Saiyan » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:32 pm

Gyt Kaliba wrote:Working my way through The Final Chapters, and I forgot until now how great Kent Williams usually is as Elder Kai. Not to mention Dr. Gero/Android 20 from before that (I'd throw in the younger Kaioshin as well, but he doesn't really get much to do in the grand scheme of things). The guy's turned in consistently good work even since the old days of the dub, so it's sort of a shame he doesn't get the same accolades a lot of other voice actors do - though I'm guilty of forgetting how good he is too.
I think he's probably one of Funimation's top voice actors.
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Post by Dbzfan94 » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:52 pm

8000 Saiyan wrote:
Gyt Kaliba wrote:Working my way through The Final Chapters, and I forgot until now how great Kent Williams usually is as Elder Kai. Not to mention Dr. Gero/Android 20 from before that (I'd throw in the younger Kaioshin as well, but he doesn't really get much to do in the grand scheme of things). The guy's turned in consistently good work even since the old days of the dub, so it's sort of a shame he doesn't get the same accolades a lot of other voice actors do - though I'm guilty of forgetting how good he is too.
I think he's probably one of Funimation's top voice actors.
I absolutely love him as Gero, Supreme Kai and Tao, even in the original dub. I sometimes forget he's Elder Kai too. He's really talented.

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Post by 8000 Saiyan » Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:47 pm

Dbzfan94 wrote:
8000 Saiyan wrote:
Gyt Kaliba wrote:Working my way through The Final Chapters, and I forgot until now how great Kent Williams usually is as Elder Kai. Not to mention Dr. Gero/Android 20 from before that (I'd throw in the younger Kaioshin as well, but he doesn't really get much to do in the grand scheme of things). The guy's turned in consistently good work even since the old days of the dub, so it's sort of a shame he doesn't get the same accolades a lot of other voice actors do - though I'm guilty of forgetting how good he is too.
I think he's probably one of Funimation's top voice actors.
I absolutely love him as Gero, Supreme Kai and Tao, even in the original dub. I sometimes forget he's Elder Kai too. He's really talented.
He sure was one of the standouts in that dub.
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Re: Your favorite Funimation voices(Japanese fans jump in too!)

Post by TheGreatness25 » Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:21 pm

I can't really speak for characters like Dr. Gero or Dabura because they played a very small role in the series. I feel like I can appreciate their voices, but they can't be my favorites. If I had to choose...

I like Kyle Herbert as Gohan. He sounded pretty good.
I liked Eric Vale's first run as Trunks before Xenoverse came out. Man... oh man, it became unbearable then.
I think Kara Edwards did a pretty good job as Goten.

Other than that, the voices are passable for me. I don't mind them, but I can't say that there's anything super spectacular about them. I always did appreciate Sonny Strait's Burdock, but he falls into that category of minor characters.

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