Should FUNimation have done a completely new cast for Kai?

[Mewzard]

An LA cast would have been far better than the cast we have now. Overall, the Kai dub is decent, but it needs a solid LA dub to make the show better than it is already.

No, no it wouldn't. Do not want, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

I'm fine with LA voice actors (and like a lot of them), but I'm glad Funi got Kai and chose the cast they did (keeping the right old actors for the most part, and picking great replacements for others).

Love Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam's always fun), but I'd rather keep Goku sounding quite a bit away from Ichigo. I already had one shonen lead I liked replaced with Ichigo's voice actor, I don't need another (admittedly, that was Japanese voice acting, but the point stands).

[Gonstead]

Love Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam's always fun), but I'd rather keep Goku sounding quite a bit away from Ichigo. I already had one shonen lead I liked replaced with Ichigo's voice actor, I don't need another (admittedly, that was Japanese voice acting, but the point stands).

I dunno. I think if he used a variation of his Vash voice, it would work fine for Goku.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GImimigP3aQ

[Ringworm128]

Pretty much the entire cast was perfectly casted, and the returning actors all did far better jobs than in Z. They could have just carried over the cast from the Orange Bricks and it would have probably been just as good.

[KaiserNeko]

Pretty much the entire cast was perfectly casted, and the returning actors all did far better jobs than in Z. They could have just carried over the cast from the Orange Bricks and it would have probably been just as good.

Except for Linda Young as Freeza, Stephany Nadolny as Gohan, Vollmer as Bul-- y'know what, screw it. All the replacements they did for Kai were better than the originals, in my opinion.

[dbboxkaifan]

The cast was almost perfect, except for Clinkenbeard (Gohan), Sabat (as Vegeta fine as Piccolo) and Schemmel (as Kaio and keep him as Goku).

I don't get why FUNimation still has that idiotic sounding Kaio that Schemmel does, even worse is that they carried it over to BoG. I wanted to like the FUNimation Kai dub but due to these imperfections it didn't happen.

[Kamiccolo9]

Pretty much the entire cast was perfectly casted, and the returning actors all did far better jobs than in Z. They could have just carried over the cast from the Orange Bricks and it would have probably been just as good.

Except for Linda Young as Freeza, Stephany Nadolny as Gohan, Vollmer as Bul-- y'know what, screw it. All the replacements they did for Kai were better than the originals, in my opinion.

Eh...I think I still prefer McCoy as 18 over Clinkenbeard. Plus the fact that she looks just like 18 in real life is a nice bonus

[TheWhiz]

At least newcomers can come into the franchise via Kai and not get potentially turned away by lines like "Why didn't I become a shoe salesman?" or "Piccolo, you da bomb!"

Wait, what? I don't remember these. When were these again?

Why didn't I become a shoe salesman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks19HjX1HaA
Man, you're da bomb!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8rTFgriWng#t=07m52s

Here's some other nuggets of (rank) cheese for you to savor:
Helping people can be fun, too!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9rIrqRQwRs
Krillin's the da house: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5WLj_dxSWc
Unsexy grunting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ODnGoPyuBk

FUNi's come a long way from the dark ol' days, though I will admit the old dub can be entertaining (if only for it's amusing lack of polish and WTF-ness.)

Oh, the horror

[gohann]

I think it would have done more good than bad; sure, we'd be rid of King Kai (Sean Schemmel), Recoome (Chris Sabat), etc., but we'd also lose people like Chris Sabat (Vegeta), Sonny Strait (Krillin), and many more. I can't even begin to imagine the backlash if they did a completely new cast!

[KaiserNeko]

I think it would have done more good than bad; sure, we'd be rid of King Kai (Sean Schemmel), Recoome (Chris Sabat), etc., but we'd also lose people like Chris Ayres (Freeza), Sonny Strait (Krillin), and many more. I can't even begin to imagine the backlash if they did a completely new cast!

Um, Chris Ayres would have been part of that new cast. He was INTRODUCED in Kai.

[gohann]

I think it would have done more good than bad; sure, we'd be rid of King Kai (Sean Schemmel), Recoome (Chris Sabat), etc., but we'd also lose people like Chris Ayres (Freeza), Sonny Strait (Krillin), and many more. I can't even begin to imagine the backlash if they did a completely new cast!

Um, Chris Ayres would have been part of that new cast. He was INTRODUCED in Kai.

That was supposed to be "Sabat (Vegeta)", don't know how I made that mistake.