Forum - View topic

NEWS: Funimation Licenses Dragon Ball Super, Plans English Dub

I wonder why the voice acting in Kai's dub is considerably better than any of the voice acting from the old dub.The quality of the voice acting is the same between the two.

Dub kept the meanings but played around with the script to make them sound more badass and witty. Vegeta has some of the best one-liners in the original series dub. I'm glad they retained some of that in Z Kai.

...because they want to stick as close to the Japanese version as possible because 'Japanese are always right' (BS!!!!!)

You know most of these errors were corrected in subsequent rereleases so it's a moot point. You're probably an elitist who only likes the Toriyama story because it's 'the original'. I'd rather have a better representation of something rather than a faithful one of a crappy series. I'm really sick of this 'faithful' argument. What does it do for me if the original version is crap? If you can improve on something, go for it! Considering that FUNi used a poorly translated version of the show, they did more than a fantastic job making it more exciting and interesting worthy of the name Dragon Ball Z whereas the original is more like Dragon Ball Z's (or DBZzzz).

^Um... Wanting a series to be accurately translated when it makes it overseas is only fair. It's not "elitism" and I have no idea where you're getting that from. You are free to enjoy the old dub, but it is not accurately Dragon Ball Z, and you're going to have to accept that's not how things are going to be done from here on out.

You want to talk about superior versions though? Team Four Star's DBZ Abridged. Not even kidding, I genuinely enjoy their take on the series a lot more than Toei's.

Lord Starfish wrote:

You want to talk about superior versions though? Team Four Star's DBZ Abridged. Not even kidding, I genuinely enjoy their take on the series a lot more than Toei's.

I could understand someone preferring the old dub because they like the stupid dialogue and unfitting synthesized music due to nostalgia, but saying an abridged series is a better representation of the series? Is that even still a thing? I thought that fad died like 8 years ago. I'm no fan of the DBZ dub at all but I would take that any day of the week over some amateur fan parody on YouTube.

Goku (adult), Krillin (adult), Gohan (adult), Goten (teen), Yajirobi and Bardock were all voiced by men as it should be.

Bruce Faulconer's music was infinitely better

and should have been added to the Kai series. But I'm glad some fans are doing that because the Japanese music just sucks in both Z and Z Kai.

Dub kept the meanings but played around with the script to make them sound more badass and witty.

Vegeta has some of the best one-liners in the original series dub.

I just wish they got Kyle Hebert to continue narrating Z Kai because the new narrator they got is boring.

I hope he comes back for Super though, but I very much doubt it because they want to stick as close to the Japanese version as possible because 'Japanese are always right' (BS!!!!!)

You're probably an elitist who only likes the Toriyama story because it's 'the original'.

I'd rather have a better representation of something rather than a faithful one of a crappy series.

I'm really sick of this 'faithful' argument. What does it do for me if the original version is crap?

If you can improve on something, go for it!

Considering that FUNi used a poorly translated version of the show, they did more than a fantastic job making it more exciting and interesting worthy of the name Dragon Ball Z

The Japanese treatment of DBZ is like George Lucas, great visionary, but horrible at executing.

I'd hardly call it a fad when there are people who sincerely believe that TFS represented DBZ better than the original anime, myself included. Seriously, ask any TFS fan who thinks likewise and they can pinpoint quite a few places where the writing and characterization trump the original.

+ 光 wrote:

Considering the rate of Funi's simuldubs...Funi could possible have the first ep of the dub out in the next couple of weeks?

Toei would probably much rather Funimation have a TV deal set for Super than just put the dub up on their website.

So it could go one of three ways. Toonami could air it immediately after they finish the Cell arc of Kai, which would put it at January (this is unlikely, as two months for a bombshell like Super is a bit of short notice for Toonami). It could air on a completely different channel, which may put it at any point next year, and is actually the most likely outcome at the moment. Or, it may have to wait until 2018 once Toonami airs Buu Kai starting next year (which, much as Funimation likes to pretend they dont have it, its been confirmed numerous times by the VAs that it was recorded quite some time ago).

I do hope/ wish they would add Bruce Falcouner's music. And get me the rock the dragon theme song while we're at it. Can't stand that Cha La crap at all.