I kind of agree with this. I mean I don't think the cast actually sound bored and the acting is really great but there is a noticeable stiffness at times. Kai just feels sort of like it takes itself a bit too seriously at times. Like really self-aware. The Z dub did occasionally go a bit overboard with the corniness but I never once felt like it took itself too seriously. That's the main reason it's my favourite version. It was serious when it needed to be but had plenty of comic relief added in that just sort of flowed naturally with the cast, the score and the way the show was presented that made it a valid take on Dragonball in its own right. You could just relax and enjoy it without overthinking things.Kakarot88 wrote:But the simple fact is the performance are wildly different than they were in Z. I personally find them to be meh at best, often too reserved or akwardly rythmed and not even matching the voice flaps it just looks like a dub. period. Sure they were green in the funi american Z dub and many scenes actually sound awkward, but it had a certain charm that Kai lacks. Kai just is not as enjoyable becuase the cast sounds bored and stiff.
It's pretty ironic how seriously people take Dragonball on the internet when you think that it was never something that was meant to be taken too seriously. Something that irritates me is when people say the Funi dub is just like a parody or for kids. Even the Japanese manga felt like a parody in many ways. Like how Toriyama would include characters like the Marshmallow man from Ghostbusters, the cast from the Wizard of Oz and come out with the most obviously cliché plot twist at the start of Z that actually ironically made Goku more like Superman which is something people hate on the dub for. And the Android saga been an obvious ripoff of The Terminator. The way people talk you'd think Dragonball was a well thought out work of art that had been fully conceived in its makers head years prior to its birth. And saying the Funi dub turned it into a kids show is just a ridiculous argument. It was already a kids show and a kids comic. Toei even handled the anime in a way that would sell toys so the argument of Funi making it for kids really is weak.
Pure and simple. That's my sentiment exactly, especially when I consider that the author made the series for (1) money and (2) to entertain adolescent male (specifically Japanese) boys. So if you are entertained and spent money really you're a fan cuz that right there accomplished Toriyama's goal. Well said.
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