watching Ocean Dub part B


Part B is after the namek saga, starting with "Gokus Translocation Technique"
And im at "Lime the Girl" now

Ive got to say, half of it is pretty bad. Some people were recast, and the ones who weren't sound WAY different like Goku, Picollo, Krillin, and even Vegeta at times.

Android 16 sounds horrible, Korrin sounds laughably bad, Cell actually grows on you and Trunks too. But trunks first 4 episodes he sounded horrible, probably because the actor was growing into the character.
Bulma sounds so hot.
Limes grandpa sounds awesome! Like a john wayne knock off but its amazing.


One thing I wonder though is what would be different if ocean edited these episodes like they did the first 53. These ones have minor edits but the original ocean 53 was equivalent to Kai episode cuts with whole episodes missing

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The first 13 episodes of Dragon Ball and the first 53 episodes of Dragon Ball Z, dubbed by the Ocean Group, are classic. I truly wish the entire series was dubbed the same way; but unfortunately, it just wasn't the same when they returned.

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I heard that this is because when Funimation took over, they were instructed to find voice alikes for the Ocean dub. Then when Ocean started recording the newer episodes, they were instructed to use their original cast, but have them sound more like the Funimation actors. Great way to get a really bad dub!

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Yeah, that's terrible if it's true. If I had the money, I'd get the original cast back together and direct them for performances just like their original work and edit it like the originals. I don't care if people thought the series was too edited. It's classic.

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Ocean Dub Part B is the Most Childish Version of DBZ
Much Worse than the Funimation 99 Dub of DBZ
repetitive theme song, terrible editing and its Way More Childish than the Blue Water Dub of the Original Dragon Ball

But DBZKai is a Lot Better

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