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Favorite voice actors for the characters

Post by Soppa Saia People » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:06 pm

Sub, dub, big green, I don't care!
Masako Nozawa as Son Goku 1986 - present, She has been voicing him for nearly 30 years and she still owns this role and unless somebody comes out of now where , she will always be the best Goku to me.
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Tenshinhan 1987 - 2006. He always brought this stoic feel to Ten, out of the deaths of the cast members this hit me the hardest when I found out.
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Re: Favorite voice actors for the characters

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Re: Favorite voice actors for the characters

Post by Wezenheim » Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:01 am

Aw Suzuoki :'( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr2v52h9afI

Toshio Furukawa's Piccolo has always been a favorite of mine. I just love his voice. Ryusei Nakao as Freeza is another one.

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Post by TheUltimateVegito » Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:52 pm

Norio Wakamoto as Cell. Nuff Said.

Also, Brian Drummond as Vegito. I think he was a lot better with the character than people give him credit for, not to mention how it's not a dual voice but rather sounds like a combination between Goku and Vegeta's voices, which is exactly how a Potara fusion should sound like.
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Re: Favorite voice actors for the characters

Post by Vijay » Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:05 am

Masako Nozawa - legend. Enuff said

Norio Wakamoto - Cell

He brings forth Imperfect Cell's slithering creepyness, SemiPerfect Cell's arrogance, Perfect Cell's laid-back & confident nature, SPC's maniacal attitude with such intensity!

Kuzo Shioya - Buu

Buu is creepy af. Also laughs. A LOT.

I always thought TOEI hired different VA's for Buu's each form. But man!

This guy gave subtle touches to every form of Buu

In fact, as I rewatch Buu Arc, I noticed the foreshadowings Kuzo Shioya made with Buu's hysterical laughter.

Buuhan (post absorbing Vegito) showed attributes similar to Fat Buu (being an all-powerful, yet dumb guy who only thibk abt Cake), while his maniacal laughs gave impressions of a kid...literally a kid in an adult body...of which he eventually DID transform into & wrecked havoc....

Bin Shimada - Broly

A very underrated seiyuu

His vocal range is something you hardly witness in Anime

Just an ordinary "Kakarotto...." sends shiver down my spine.

Really wish he was utilized more in DB works

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Post by Lord Exor » Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:02 am

Linda Young as Frieza.
Dameon Clarke as Cell.
Kent Williams as Dr. Gero.
Phillip Wilburn as Android 19, although I wish they hadn't removed the animatronic voice filter.
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Re: Favorite voice actors for the characters

Post by Khin » Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:46 am

Since i dont know the name for some of them or dont know how to spell it will just write is as Japanese,Funi Dub etc..

Bulma = Japanese

Beerus = Funi Dub

Whis = Japanese

Goku = Japanese

Vegeta = Japanese

Freeza = Japanese

Cell = Japanese

Majin Buu = Japanese

Piccolo = Japanese

Gohan = Funi Dub

Goten = Funi Dub

Trunks = Japanese

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Post by Lord Beerus » Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:22 pm

I honestly at this stage prefer the FUNi cast in regards to the major Dragon Ball characters, Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Bulma, Freeza, Cell etc. but I still think several of the JPN cast still carry a better performance for certain characters in comparison to the FUNi dub, such as Toshio Furukawa for Piccolo, Mayumi Tanaka for Krillin, Kōzō Shioya for Majin Boo and Takeshi Kusao for Trunks.

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Re: Favorite voice actors for the characters

Post by Lunatic Fringe » Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:09 pm

Since I've only had the experience of watching the FUNi version and the original version, those two will logically be my set of preferences.

Goku - FUNi. Was a lot harder than I thought. I've really come to enjoy Nozawa's take on the character but I still have to go with Schemmel.
Vegeta - FUNi.
Chi-Chi - Japanese.
Bulma - Japanese.
Trunks/Future Trunks - Japanese.
Piccolo - FUNi.
Krillin - Japanese.
Gohan - Japanese.
Goten - FUNi.
Mr. Satan - FUNi.
Videl - FUNi
Majin Buu - FUNi
Beerus - FUNi
Whis - Japanese
#18 - Japanese
Freeza - Japanese
Cell - FUNi
Chaozu - Japanese
Tenshinhan - FUNi
Yamcha - FUNi

Actually, now that I think about it, I've also seen a little bit of the Ocean Dub and practically all of their voices for the Ginyu Force are better than either aforementioned version except for Burter, who I think was played better in the FUNi Kai version although FUNi Kai Recoome isn't all that bad to me.
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Re: Favorite voice actors for the characters

Post by TJVY » Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:24 pm

Meredith McCoy is the definitive voice of Android 18 IMO.
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Re: Favorite voice actors for the characters

Post by Ree » Fri Nov 27, 2015 3:01 pm

BIG GREEN
Ed Marcus as Frieza, Paul Bandey as King Kai, Doug Rand as Trunks, David Gasman as Bardock, Josi Forest as kid Gohan/Fasha, Sharon Mann as 18
I CANT CHOOSE JUST ONE T_T

SUB
Ryusei Nakao as Frieza, Norio Wakamoto as Cell, Joji Yanami as King Kai, all of Zarbon's voices

FUNIMATION
Jeremy Inman as 16 in Kai, Sonny Strait as Bardock, Dale Kelly as Ginyu

OCEAN/SABAN/WESTWOOD/BLUE WATER
Brian Drummond as Vegeta, Kirby Morrow as Goku, Alec Willows as Buter, Victor Atelvich as Yamcha, Don Brown as Shenlong, Scott Mcneil as Piccolo, Jason Gray as Raditz
cant choose just one here either

FINAL BOUT
Brianna Sidall as child Goku, can't remember who voices Cell off-hand

HARMONY GOLD
Eddie Fierson as Tienshinhan, Wanda Nowicki as the younger Krillin, Wendee Lee as Bulma
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Re: Favorite voice actors for the characters

Post by Kakacarrottop » Fri Nov 27, 2015 4:13 pm

Goku - Ian James Corlett

Vegeta - Brian Drummond

GT/Moustache Vegeta - Chris Sabat

Piccolo - Scott McNeil

Freeza - Nakao

Adult Gohan - Brad Swaile

Zarbon - Paul Dobson

Nappa - Phil Parsons

Raditz -Jason Grey Stanford

Tien - Matt Smith III

Garlic Jr - Doug Rand (Big Green dub VA)

Turles - Ward Perry

King Kai - Don Brown

Kid Gohan - Either Masako Nozawa or the Big Green actress

Krillin - Terry Klassen

Mr Popo - Alvin Sanders

Kami - Dale Wilson

Perfect Cell - Dameon Clarke

Yamcha - Ted Cole

Yajirobe - Brian Drummond

Dabura - Scott Mcneil

Android 17 - Ted Cole

Recoome - David Kaye

Captain Ginyu - Dale Kelly

Burter - Don Brown

Jeice - Chris Sabat

Guldo - Terry Klassen
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Re: Favorite voice actors for the characters

Post by Super Sonic » Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:43 pm

Lunatic Fringe wrote:
Actually, now that I think about it, I've also seen a little bit of the Ocean Dub and practically all of their voices for the Ginyu Force are better than either aforementioned version except for Burter, who I think was played better in the FUNi Kai version although FUNi Kai Recoome isn't all that bad to me.
That's because Ocean Recoome was Megatron. Automatically makes it awesome.

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Re: Favorite voice actors for the characters

Post by AnzuMazaki » Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:48 pm

Well I like the japanese cast mainly.

Goku: Masako Nozawa
Kuririn: Mayumi Tanaka
Yamcha: Tohru Furuya (who I would love to hear again as him)
Bulma: Hiromi Tsuru
Tenshinhan: Hirotaka Suzuoki and Hikari Midorikawa

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