Voice actors that you want to be replaced

[jjgp1112]

If memory serves in his Geekdom interview he said Blue Gender and Yu Yu Hakusho were the first dubs where the directors actually had the Japanese version on hand and they didn't really become familiar with Japanese Dragon Ball until the video games.

That always seemed…odd to me. Ian and Peter both referred to seeing the Japanese footage and hearing the voices with Peter commenting he could never make his voice go that high without becoming infertile.. Footage I imagined Ocean had to get from Funimation.


And Funimation had started releasing bilingual DVDs as early as October 2000.


Funimation definitely had the Japanese version. It appears they just randomly decided their in house actors didn’t need to see them for recording sessions…I guess? And even Chris Sabat was the voice director for like s4-6 he didn’t have access to them either?

I think he was specifically referring to referencing them in ADR sessions, yeah. So they had them, but just didn't use them while directing.

[JulieYBM]

If memory serves in his Geekdom interview he said Blue Gender and Yu Yu Hakusho were the first dubs where the directors actually had the Japanese version on hand and they didn't really become familiar with Japanese Dragon Ball until the video games.

That always seemed…odd to me. Ian and Peter both referred to seeing the Japanese footage and hearing the voices with Peter commenting he could never make his voice go that high without becoming infertile.. Footage I imagined Ocean had to get from Funimation.


And Funimation had started releasing bilingual DVDs as early as October 2000.


Funimation definitely had the Japanese version. It appears they just randomly decided their in house actors didn’t need to see them for recording sessions…I guess? And even Chris Sabat was the voice director for like s4-6 he didn’t have access to them either?

Peter Kelamis out here spreading misinformation about how testicles and voices work, I see. For shame, Peter.

Removing your testicles does not alter the pitch of your voice. You gotta train that shit after undergoing a testosterone-based puberty, because your vocal cords are thickened by testosterone. Surgery does exist to help with that, but it's kind of a pain and you still need to voice train.

Not that it matters for Kelamis now. He's senior citizen age, his voice is already deeper than it was in the 1990s and any range he had is shot straight to hell thanks fo thirty more years of exposure to testosterone.

[WittyUsername]

Ironically, I’d argue that Peter Kelamis’ voice as Rolf from Ed Edd n Eddy sounds vaguely Nozawa-esque.

[BootyCheeksJohnson]

If memory serves in his Geekdom interview he said Blue Gender and Yu Yu Hakusho were the first dubs where the directors actually had the Japanese version on hand and they didn't really become familiar with Japanese Dragon Ball until the video games.

That always seemed…odd to me. Ian and Peter both referred to seeing the Japanese footage and hearing the voices with Peter commenting he could never make his voice go that high without becoming infertile.. Footage I imagined Ocean had to get from Funimation.


And Funimation had started releasing bilingual DVDs as early as October 2000.


Funimation definitely had the Japanese version. It appears they just randomly decided their in house actors didn’t need to see them for recording sessions…I guess? And even Chris Sabat was the voice director for like s4-6 he didn’t have access to them either?

Peter Kelamis out here spreading misinformation about how testicles and voices work, I see. For shame, Peter.

Removing your testicles does not alter the pitch of your voice. You gotta train that shit after undergoing a testosterone-based puberty, because your vocal cords are thickened by testosterone. Surgery does exist to help with that, but it's kind of a pain and you still need to voice train.

Not that it matters for Kelamis now. He's senior citizen age, his voice is already deeper than it was in the 1990s and any range he had is shot straight to hell thanks fo thirty more years of exposure to testosterone.

I think he was being sarcastic, but like you said it doesn't really matter now since he hasn't been the voice for the character for over 20 years.
Although Sean Schemmel also mentioned trying to mimic Nozawa's screams during a session and he mentioned that it was out of his range.

[Metalwario64]

That always seemed…odd to me. Ian and Peter both referred to seeing the Japanese footage and hearing the voices with Peter commenting he could never make his voice go that high without becoming infertile.. Footage I imagined Ocean had to get from Funimation.


And Funimation had started releasing bilingual DVDs as early as October 2000.


Funimation definitely had the Japanese version. It appears they just randomly decided their in house actors didn’t need to see them for recording sessions…I guess? And even Chris Sabat was the voice director for like s4-6 he didn’t have access to them either?

Peter Kelamis out here spreading misinformation about how testicles and voices work, I see. For shame, Peter.

Removing your testicles does not alter the pitch of your voice. You gotta train that shit after undergoing a testosterone-based puberty, because your vocal cords are thickened by testosterone. Surgery does exist to help with that, but it's kind of a pain and you still need to voice train.

Not that it matters for Kelamis now. He's senior citizen age, his voice is already deeper than it was in the 1990s and any range he had is shot straight to hell thanks fo thirty more years of exposure to testosterone.

I think he was being sarcastic, but like you said it doesn't really matter now since he hasn't been the voice for the character for over 20 years.
Although Sean Schemmel also mentioned trying to mimic Nozawa's screams during a session and he mentioned that it was out of his range.

That's kinda interesting because in the 23rd Budokai when his knees were broken, and when ape Vegeta crushed him in the Ultimate uncut dub, he let out some super high pitched shrieks which made me wonder if he could do a Kelamis style movie 2 Kaioken if he tried.

[JulieYBM]

That always seemed…odd to me. Ian and Peter both referred to seeing the Japanese footage and hearing the voices with Peter commenting he could never make his voice go that high without becoming infertile.. Footage I imagined Ocean had to get from Funimation.


And Funimation had started releasing bilingual DVDs as early as October 2000.


Funimation definitely had the Japanese version. It appears they just randomly decided their in house actors didn’t need to see them for recording sessions…I guess? And even Chris Sabat was the voice director for like s4-6 he didn’t have access to them either?

Peter Kelamis out here spreading misinformation about how testicles and voices work, I see. For shame, Peter.

Removing your testicles does not alter the pitch of your voice. You gotta train that shit after undergoing a testosterone-based puberty, because your vocal cords are thickened by testosterone. Surgery does exist to help with that, but it's kind of a pain and you still need to voice train.

Not that it matters for Kelamis now. He's senior citizen age, his voice is already deeper than it was in the 1990s and any range he had is shot straight to hell thanks fo thirty more years of exposure to testosterone.

I think he was being sarcastic, but like you said it doesn't really matter now since he hasn't been the voice for the character for over 20 years.
Although Sean Schemmel also mentioned trying to mimic Nozawa's screams during a session and he mentioned that it was out of his range.

I mean, yeah, he could have been being sarcastic, but it's a big enough misconception in media that I figured I'd at least make a cheekily worded correction lol

[SylentEcho]

Sabat and Schemmel really need to let go of their roles, but especially Schemmel. Nothing he does seems to work or fit Goku just right.

Sabat's Vegeta and Yamcha are okay, but his Piccolo is completely wrong and lacks that sarcastic/smart-ass cadence of the original. Kaioh and Ox King also sound like absolute goofs.

Horikawa's Vegeta has so many moments, where he builds his voice up as he's talking, from calm, to high-pitched, angry etc in one sentence. Sabat isn't able to do this - his Vegeta is almost always at one tone, with deeper growls or just yelling.

Them replacing Nadolny as Gohan was the right call. In all 3 shows' dubs, that voice stuck out like a sore thumb.

The new Freeza (after Ayres) is also a good choice. He is able to somewhat pull off the sing-song, polite delivery of Ryusei Nakao, as opposed to Ayres who sounded great, but made Freeza come off as bratty/stern most of the time.