Was the original Dragonball the best dub FUNI ever did?

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Re: Was the original Dragonball the best dub FUNI ever did?

Post by Lunatic Fringe » Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:27 pm

ABED wrote:I've seen the dub several times over the years, he doesn't pull it off.

It's pretty much the same exact performance.
What're your problems with his serious Roshi? I find it quite fitting TBH. Not as good as his perverted side but by no means something he can't pull off.

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Re: Was the original Dragonball the best dub FUNI ever did?

Post by ABED » Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:35 pm

I don't buy it. It's such a silly voice and his acting as that character suffers a lot. It just doesn't work. It has no dramatic weight. Miyauchi is the only actor I've ever truly liked in the role
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Re: Was the original Dragonball the best dub FUNI ever did?

Post by Singh is King » Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:54 pm

Lunatic Fringe wrote:
ABED wrote:I've seen the dub several times over the years, he doesn't pull it off.

It's pretty much the same exact performance.
What're your problems with his serious Roshi? I find it quite fitting TBH. Not as good as his perverted side but by no means something he can't pull off.
Same opinion, tbh. I think the performance sounds different in RoF recently as well, and not as good as in DB.

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Re: Was the original Dragonball the best dub FUNI ever did?

Post by Blackstripe » Fri Sep 04, 2015 11:39 pm

I would still place the Kai dub over their Dragon Ball dub.

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Re: Was the original Dragonball the best dub FUNI ever did?

Post by Singh is King » Wed Sep 09, 2015 5:23 pm

Blackstripe wrote:I would still place the Kai dub over their Dragon Ball dub.
To each their own, but I think the Kai dub falters in a few spots that the DB dub handled better.

That said, it's way, way better than their Z dub in my book- that makes me cringe pre-Buu Saga quite frequently.

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