Chris Sabat announces Buu saga licensed by Funimation

[Metalwario64]

I don't know where people hear Clinkenbeard as Kid Goku (video games maybe?)

You didn't know about the Dragon Ball movie 1 dub?

[Nikkolas]

I don't usually bother to watch any of the DB or DBZ movies since I've been kinda underwhelmed by the ones I have seen.

I guess I'll have to check this out though. Thanks for the information.

[CaBrPi]

I don't know where people hear Clinkenbeard as Kid Goku (video games maybe?)

That and Funimation's redub of the first DB movie. I personally think she did a pretty good job.

I really don't mind Colleen's Luffy and Gohan bleeding together. They're two separate shows with two separate dubs. I mean, Chris Sabat's Piccolo and Zoro are literally the same voice, but I don't know of any complaints about that.

[theoriginalbilis]

Hell, Johnny Yong Bosch sounds nearly the same for every character he's voiced, and he's still well-regarded as a voice actor.

[Nikkolas]

I really don't mind Colleen's Luffy and Gohan bleeding together. They're two separate shows with two separate dubs. I mean, Chris Sabat's Piccolo and Zoro are literally the same voice, but I don't know of any complaints about that.

Bit of a double standard mayhaps but I like Zoro. I don't like Luffy and thus I don't want to hear his screams coming out of a character I do like.

Hell, Johnny Yong Bosch sounds nearly the same for every character he's voiced, and he's still well-regarded as a voice actor.

There are plenty of VAs like that. Michael McConnohie has a fantastic voice...but it's only one voice. You'll spot him in almost any anime ever. (and he's in the dubs of most anime ever) You just kinda get used to it if you like dubs. Same goes for Steve Blum. (but to his credit he does mix it up every now and then)

I only know Ms. Clinkenbeard from FMA, Fairy Tail, One Piece and now DBZKai. I guess I'm just not used to her enough yet to go "oh, there's Ms. Clinkenbeard again". I only associate her with four or five roles.

Maybe that's not fair to her and I'm not saying I dislike her Gohan at all. I prefer her to Ms. Nadolny's Gohan by a large margin. Maybe I'm just nitpicking.

[Ringworm128]

As a fan of Nadolny's Kid Goku, hearing other people's opinions and the search function, I've read a ton of topics on here about Goku's various VAs. There doesn't seem like there will ever be a consensus on whether or not a woman should voice Adult Goku. I mean, women can portray men well, even in dubs, but they tend to voice the bishounen types. Goku is far from feminine.

But really...for me, it just doesn't work and it has nothing to do with a woman voicing Goku. It has to do with the fact young Goku and adult Goku might as well be different characters. I don't know where people hear Clinkenbeard as Kid Goku (video games maybe?) but I don't think she could pull it off. She already keeps mixing her Gohan and her Luffy. Could she really pull off a substantially different voice for an older Goku?

If she did Goku I would imagine it being her Erza Scarlet voice but with a more child like delivery. Though if a woman were to voice Goku in an English dub I would want it to be Kira Vincent-Davis using her Osaka voice but with a more energetic delivery.

[Cipher]

Assuming this is true, why's everyone freaking out about the sixty-six-episodes thing?

The Boo arc's anime adaptation was already substantially better paced than the Freeza's or Cell's. Sixty-six episodes sounds perfectly fine, considering there isn't that much to lose.

And let's not forget that only the Freeza arc truly cut its episode count in half. Kai's Cell arc only lost about twenty episodes from it's original seventy-seven, and it had as much if not more filler than the Boo arc. Actually, I don't see how something around sixty-six wouldn't be right on the money.

[ABED]

Actually the Cell arc in Kai cuts about 33 episodes worth of material.
Z: 118-194 (77)
Kai: 55-98 (44)

[Cipher]

Actually the Cell arc in Kai cuts about 33 episodes worth of material.
Z: 118-194 (77)
Kai: 55-98 (44)

Oh. For some reason I was thinking it was 54 episodes in Kai.

I still don't see how 66 is that far off for the Boo arc though. They may keep more filler than previous arcs, but I'd also say that by and large that filler is more worth keeping and genuinely improves the pacing in some cases. We're still losing nearly 30 episodes.

[Insertclevername]

I hope most of early Great Saiyaman filler will stay. I'd hate to see that go.

[TheNorx]

As far as recasts go, the only person that I actually WANT to be recast is Goten.

I'm REALLY hoping that doesn't happen as Goten is amongst my top favorite characters, and I absolutely love what Kara Edwards did for his voice. It has this cute Huey, Dewey, and Louie quality without being too similar which I believe brought something unique to his composition that I don't think some generic voice over ever could. I'd be sorely disappointed.

Note - Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Donald Ducks nephews from the DuckTales (1987-1990) animated series.

[TheBlackPaladin]

I don't mind if a voice actor uses the same voice for multiple characters across different shows. After all, live-action actors use their regular talking voice for a lot of different roles. My thought is, if the voice fits, the voice fits.

[matt0044]

I don't mind if a voice actor uses the same voice for multiple characters across different shows. After all, live-action actors use their regular talking voice for a lot of different roles. My thought is, if the voice fits, the voice fits.

Yeah, and it's not like the Japanese Seiyuus are immune to this.

[CaBrPi]

I really don't mind Colleen's Luffy and Gohan bleeding together. They're two separate shows with two separate dubs. I mean, Chris Sabat's Piccolo and Zoro are literally the same voice, but I don't know of any complaints about that.

Bit of a double standard mayhaps but I like Zoro. I don't like Luffy and thus I don't want to hear his screams coming out of a character I do like.

Fair enough. Though I do think they're separate enough for the most part. Colleen's Gohan is generally smoother than her Luffy.

I actually wish she'd play Goku a little closer to Luffy, though. I thought the smoothness sounded weird coming from him.

[ABED]

On the simpsons, 6 or 7 people play pretty much all the roles.

[KaiserNeko]

On the simpsons, 6 or 7 people play pretty much all the roles.

Yeah, but that's also kind of a joke/part of the show.

[CaBrPi]

On the simpsons, 6 or 7 people play pretty much all the roles.

Yeah, but that's also kind of a joke/part of the show.

Not to mention The Simpsons has a limited cast, compared to DB and OP put together.

[B]

And, to put it bluntly, they're better actors. Chuck Huber's great, but Hank Azaria would absolutely destroy if he were Pilaf.

[Gyt Kaliba]

And, to put it bluntly, they're better actors. Chuck Huber's great, but Hank Azaria would absolutely destroy if he were Pilaf.

Not saying I disagree (because I don't, and really want to hear Azaria attempt the role now), but that's not always the case. Miscasting can make even the greatest of actors not as good as they otherwise could have been. That and, matching flaps could throw him for a loop at first too.

[Kendamu]

66 episodes seems like a bit much, but I know that some things are so far changed from the manga that it's hard to simply remove some of the material. That's probably why the episode count isn't something closer to 50.