DBZ Appreciation Thread

[wise prophet]

Yall go hard in the paint for that shyt huh? Nostalgia's a bytch. There's nothing epic about that cheap sounding Casio keyboard noise. And they had to play that crap EVERY SECOND of the show. No silence to build tension whatsoever. Japanese music is far goofier and lame but I'm tempted to say it fit the series better considering we're talking about a kids show...and they at least had the nerve to NOT play their garbage music every second. The production and music direction of Funi's dub was pretty embarassing.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

I prefer Kai to the original, but the main thing I miss about it is no Faulconer score

 

[BlvdBrawler]

Yall go hard in the paint for that shyt huh? Nostalgia's a bytch. There's nothing epic about that cheap sounding Casio keyboard noise. And they had to play that crap EVERY SECOND of the show. No silence to build tension whatsoever. Japanese music is far goofier and lame but I'm tempted to say it fit the series better considering we're talking about a kids show...and they at least had the nerve to NOT play their garbage music every second. The production and music direction of Funi's dub was pretty embarassing.

 

[twan83]

Yup i just passed the part where TRUNKS MERKS FRIEZA AND HIS DAD lol
My daughter started to do that TRUNKS hand sign he did against frieza. That joint started to remind me of NARUTO when i saw it to be honest

 

[wise prophet]

I decided to look at some key DBZ scenes and see the difference between all the dubs.

-Goku going SSJ for the first time was pretty terrible in all of them. I felt that Kai did the best with capturing the tension and Goku's desperation, sorrow and wrath.

-Gohan going SSJ2 for the first time was COMPLETELY fukkING BUTCHERED in the Funi dub. Music constantly playing, misuse of said music, unnecessary dialogue...just made Gohan's transformation completely underwhelming. Just look:





I think the music used in Gohan's transformation was trash but the use of it did well to signify that shyt just got real. Along with the lack of music in general, minimal dialogue with Gohan's face telling the story I thought this scene was ok. Anyone picking the Funi dub over the Jp dub when it comes to this scene needs to say so now so I can know who to ignore when it comes to DBZ and life in general.

-Vegeta turning SSJ:






I actually prefer the Funi dub music when Vegeta is going SSJ against the Androids. Everything else though... Same crap that happened with Gohan, unnecessary dialogue, unnecessary garbage music. I would say Funi dub> others when it comes to Vegeta goes SSJ, other dubs>>>>>Funi in flashback scene.

I grew up on all three of the dubs. Ocean's when it came on after WMAC Masters and would stop showing new episodes when Goku landed on Namek and would occasionally show Tree of Might. Japanese when I found out that DBZ was being censored, Goku and everybody else goes SSJ and there was a sequel called GT. Funi when DBZ went to Toonami and they were selling uncensored episodes. I can look at them objectively now and say they were all pretty crappy. Ocean's mind numbing censoring, Japanese circus music and Goku having a fukking female VA, Funi's general cheapness when it came to music and the horrible music direction and dialogue (to their credit tho they got better in the Buu saga. Less unnecessary dialogue and more silent backgrounds). All had pretty terrible voice acting (Jp was probably worst with the constant grunting and straining and strange gurgling noises.)

TLDR: Manga>all

 

[Swiggy]

The best of the series was the goten vs trunks fight at the worlds tournement...and majin vegeta vs gokus EPIC brawl.

 

[BlvdBrawler]

I decided to look at some key DBZ scenes and see the difference between all the dubs.

-snip-

TLDR: Manga>all

WMAC Masters was the shyt. I don't even wanna talk about how long it took me to realize it wasn't real.

 

[inthebushes]

An underrated song but still a one of my favs. First hearing this when Goku powered up against Ginyu

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Low key, all of the Z fighters plus Vegeta kliq'd up to fight the ginyu force was gully as fukk...fukk them dudes LOL

 

[Anti-Anime]

Call me crazy but after watching the Funi dub, I don't even watch subbed anime anymore. Japanese voice actors are fukking shyt, I just read the manga and watch the dubs.

 

[twan83]

Call me crazy but after watching the Funi dub, I don't even watch subbed anime anymore. Japanese voice actors are fukking shyt, I just read the manga and watch the dubs.

Na i watch them in the way they were made except DBZ i watch it in both

Other anime pure japanese but in subs. Cuz when in english they tend to screw up the translation or edit out the good scenes.

You know whats crazy when i was in Japan living there I was there when Naruto first debuted and saw that shyt of course didnt understand it but said WATCH IF THIS GOES TO USA PEOPLE GONNA BE EATING UP HARD ON SOME DBZ LOVE AND IT DID

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I like the japanese dbz with english subtitles. The voices are way better and I'm not getting the effect of the acting much anyway since I don't get the language anyway. The seriousness of vegeta vs goku's lightheartedness is better conveyed in their japanese voices.

And freiza doesn't sound like a fakkit in japanese

 

[BlvdBrawler]

I like the japanese dbz with english subtitles. The voices are way better and I'm not getting the effect of the acting much anyway since I don't get the language anyway. The seriousness of vegeta vs goku's lightheartedness is better conveyed in their japanese voices.

And freiza doesn't sound like a fakkit in japanese

Frieza *was* a fakkit, though.

 

[Spliff]

I actually fukked with Frieza heavy.

His pompous attitude was uncanny.

 

[Blaze007]

Faulconer's music >>>>>>>>> The Japanese music. but I give them props on how they did Gohan's SSJ2 transformation

When i was younger i actually thought Frieza was a female for a good moment until they started referring to frieza as a "him" I was like