Do you think Nozawa Goku voice is too feminine?

[MDSTSSJ]

I don't really have any problems with Nosawa's voice, for me it's fine but I do have a little problem with her screams.

After hearing some different voices on Kakarotto's character, I personally feel that the voice and screams that best fits with Goku ( especially in adult ), is the Latino voice.

[saiyanhajime]

It's less about it fitting Goku, and more that it's just unpleasant to listen to, as others have said, when he's screaming or yelling. I think in times of peace or when Goku is being goofy, it's really good actually. But since there is, in reality, so little of that kind of content in DBZ...

[theoriginalbilis]

I would never say her voices for the Son family are "feminine" or "girly", childish and goofy maybe, but never feminine.

I can understand why some people might be turned off by Nozawa's Goku voice...

But to me, it only caught me off-guard for about a minute or two when I first heard it. Then I just made up mind and said: "Well that's just what the original Goku sounds like." Now, I can't see any imagery of Goku without Nozawa's voice entering my brain. It's just the character to me.

[Rocketman]

I think the problem is that it is a bad voice.

However, most viewers are not critical scholars, so the quickest and easiest criticism they can make is that it's "girly"/"feminine".

So the people who like it then go "well it's supposed to be girlish/feminien because characterization CRITICISM DISMISSED good job lads".

And the voice is still bad.






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[penguintruth]

I find it to be a charmingly eccentric voice to listen to, with a fun chirpy quality to it. It can grate from time to time, but only to serve to outline Goku as kind of, well, grating kind of guy that you have to get used to if you know him. I can't imagine Goku making any friends outside the ones he already has, and those were hard won friendships. Nearly everyone found him annoying at first, the voice just accentuates that, damn, even his voice takes some getting used to.

[Thanos]

Sure, it's feminine due to the character's voice actor, but beyond that, it's perfect for the character. Obviously if we could have the exact same voice but with a more male-sounding edge, that would be preferable, but this is as close to perfect as you're going to get for the character. There's so much more to the portrayal than the sound of it, don't forget. Forgetting the sound altogether, Nozawa captures the spirit and essence of the character flawlessly in her performances.

I don't expect anyone to like the voice or agree with me, but at this point, I'm so used to it that I really can't stand to watch anyone else play him. And I'm so used to it that I'm not hearing it and thinking, "Okay, this is a woman doing a guy's voice." It just flows perfectly. I hear Goku, and nothing else. Unlike, say, Colleen Clinkenbeard, whose kid Gohan I can't hear without picturing a grown woman trying to sound like a boy. That's not a shot at FUNimation/the dub by the way, because I always appreciated Stephanie Nadolny's kid Goku voice and was a large part of what made and still does make the dub of Dragon Ball (no Z) bearable to me. It has nothing on the original, but my regard for that dub is leaps and bounds beyond my opinion of their Z/GT dubs. God almighty.

[Black_Liger]

Too high pitched for my taste, but doesn't sound like a girl, it really just sounds like a child. Which is cool, I'm in a love/hate relationship with her voice for Goku . I think it's mostly good for most of the time. I just contradicted myself did I?


By the way, has Nowaza-san voiced girl characters? I know she has voiced old women and children, but has she voiced young girls?