#ocean dub

[ojamayellow]

[ocean dub]

Was watching some Westwood era dub and really interesting how they do Vegito's voice. Instead of dual voices, they have Brian Drummond (Vegeta) imitating Kirby Morrow's Goku. At the end I placed a clip involving both Vegeta and Goku for a comparison.

[straightfacedstrangeness]

Every day the Ocean dub gets a little closer to flat-out killing me

[anarchic-miscellany]

Gundam SEED: A Dubbing Journey

More fun physical media tales! "Gundam SEED"

It's not the best Gundam series, but it's good fun and the first iteration of "Gundam" which I watched. Hence I have a sense of nostalgia for it, despite its flaws (looking at you 48 episode length...).

Anime is already a fairly niche field, despite the hilarious jokes and mainstream creep us filthy degenerates are making into modern society. The age old "debate" I guess, between those of us who have never seen the sun, seems to be between watching in the original language with subtitles, or watching it dubbed.

My personal thoughts go towards the dub. Aside from the fact that there are dozens and dozens of brilliant actors in this field who make the material fantastic and more accessible (Tara Platt, Yuri Lowenthal, Colleen Clinkenbeard, my homie Kirk Thornton, Steve Blum, Michelle Ruff, Wendee Lee, Kari Wahlgren, Todd Haberkon, Joel McDonald, so, so, so, so many others) to simply ignore the dub through snobbery is to disregard the hours and hours of effort and work put in by hard working, under-appreciated actors across the field. Voice actors are my jam.

So, "Gundam SEED" came out in 2002/2003 but was dubbed by the Ocean Group with Bandai in 2004, released by Beez on DVD. It's a good dub: No "Baccano!" or "Cowboy Bebop" but then again, what is? There are some great actors in this (Andrew Drummond's brother Brian plays the best character: Andrew Waltfeld THE DESERT TIGER, Lisa Ann Beley is the ship's captain, Trevor Devall from "Cowboy Bebop" and "Team America" as Mu La Flaga, Samuel Vincent as one of the two leads and, for some god-damned reason Brad "Light Yagami" Swaile as one of the best characters) as well as some lesser known names in the industry but also great in their parts. Chantal Strand is a standout as Lacus Clyne.

The dub was an excellent work, and my first exposure to the series, it's great.

The series was released on DVD, but had a rather short run: the always excellent Beez released it in the ever delightful format of five episodes per disc and one disc per box, their usual M.O.

I am going somewhere with this, bear with me.

So far so good.

In 2014 the series was re-released in HD, fine. Excellent! More of Beez's back catalogue coming out again and to the forefront is always a good thing.

However.

The dub was redone.

The actors, for the most part, were completely replaced from the top down. Gone were Matt Hill and Samuel Vincent as Kira and Athrun, gone were Drummond and Swaile. Everybody has been changed, right down to the lesser known actors playing some major parts in the series.

And they are the people who I want to talk about.

Bill Switzer, Sarah Johns and Lisa Ann Beley are not ever going to be household names, nor ever known truly amongst the clique-like cult who follow weaboo shit. But I am going to focus on these three people for a moment.

Respectively, in the Ocean Dub, they play Sai Argyle, Lt. Badgiruel and Captain Murrue Ramius, all fairly major characters in the series.

And they were replaced.

Bye, so long, farewell, hope that you got something out of the experience.

This isn't about rambling about how "the new dub sucks" or "Grrrr, change is bad" (well, maybe the latter a little) because, in all honesty, I haven't watched it. Heck, maybe it's fantastic!

But on a more philosophical level, I guess, consider this:

Mr Switzer, Ms Johns and Ms Beley have put a lot of work, time and effort into those parts, they're actors underappreciated, underpaid and glossed over in an already niche field, and then the one big piece of art they get to do, the one big part they have to be remembered and loved, is forgotten, soon to be washed away by the new dub. Sounds dramatic, sure, but now in future should Gundam SEED be sought out by people hoping to catch up on Gundam (though, why you'd start with "Gundam SEED" like a moron when the fantabulously gay "Gundam Wing" exists I shall never know) or just picked up and watched it's more likely that one will watch the remastered dub, and Mr Switzer and co will be banished and forgotten by history.

I guess what I wanted to say was simple:

Remember forgotten art, remember obscure actors, writers, producers and the like. All art has meaning, be it terrible, great or forgotten. Every piece of art has effort and love put into it by some people.

Don't let Bill Switzer and Sarah Johns and Lisa Ann Beley be mere forgotten footnotes.

Buy a DVD of something obscure and forgotten. Remember the effort put into it.

[punster-2319]

The bad photoshop effects that 4Kids used for their censored anime dubs in the 2000s (most notably Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece) are clowned on a lot, but going further back, the visual edits in those initial dubs of Dragon Ball/DBZ are arguably worse. Case in point:

[ararebreedstory]

If you get this joke, I want us to be friends.

[howlingday]

Qrow: That was pretty good, Yang, but not good enough. I have something for you. Just a little trick your mom came up with.

Yang: My mom?

Qrow: It was so long ago, and our team was in a tight spot. We were as good as dead when she pulled off this move. So yes, while she was an average fighter, but she was also a brilliant scientist!

[stardustpinkart]

DBZ: Ocean Dub

As said before, it can be very hard to find certain versions of, anything you like :) But Ive noticed lately there popping up more(the internet IS the greatest sharing and archive tool, EVER, its so easy). So in that spirit Im sharing summin I found.

I used to watch this version eagerly when I was like 10. I'd rush home from school every day to catch the next episode, couldent wait. For any of you who have the same memories, here ya go!

[animenostalgia]

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 118: Green Legend Ran with MDi

The Saturday Anime series is back! These are episodes where we talk about anime that aired on the Saturday Anime block of Sci-Fi Channel back in the 90s on US Cable TV. This month, MDi is back to talk with me about a title that was once one of Pioneer Anime’s original flagship titles in the US, but has since kind of become forgotten---Green Legend Ran! Listen as we revisit this title to see if this environmental sci-fi fantasy OAV-edited-to-movie-for-Sci-Fi-Channel’s-broadcast still holds up, having to deal with the infamous WordFit System, and how this title is connected to....Snakes on a Plane??? You’ll have to listen to find out how!

Stream the episode above or [Direct Download]

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Relevant links:

Buy the out-of-print DVD from Pioneer or Sentai Filmworks

Otaquest - “Why you should watch Green Legend Ran”

VHS archive recording of Sci-fi Channel’s first airing of Green Legend Ran, as it was broadcast on television

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Support the work I do on this podcast by leaving me a tip on Ko-fi! Want to have your name read in the special thanks segment on the next episode? All you need to do is buy me 2 or more “coffees” on Ko-fi! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

[yoshijoshi]

Cool Dragon Ball Fans to chat with

I've been looking around on disboard for a dragon ball discord server and I'm being serious when I say this I couldn't find ANY that peaked my interest.

They're all focused on RP, Dragon Ball mobile games, super popular and overwhelming or super dead full of people that spam pings.

Is there anywhere I can go to talk to someone about dragon ball? Better yet if someone wants to reach out to me that would be really nice!

Dragon ball is one of my special interests so I really hope to find someone!

I especially love Dragon Ball's Ocean cast, Piccolo as a whole, lost media, the music and well I'm just not a big fan of talking about who's stronger or the fights ironically.

I hope to find someone! :]

[crazyballjr]

Back in 1995, 13 Episodes of the original Dragon Ball were adapted for English speaking audiences.

This early dubbing of Dragon Ball sported an exclusive score, and brand-new opening. Commonly referred to as the "BLT (Productions) dub."

Released in 1996, this CD marks the only release of this soundtrack.

The insert pamphlet of the CD includes an introduction to the world of Dragon Ball, and a biography about Akira Toriyama.

Linked below is a rip of the album with proper track listings, all in lossless audio:

https://mega.nz/folder/8DpnkZxB#K3S76seY6uA5hYEyrH_3Fg

[heblankhard]

EEuuuuEYiey

[ojamayellow]

[ocean dub]

pauline newstone frieza appreciation / mini compilation

[straightfacedstrangeness]

[the-bitter-ocean]

Against my better judgement I decided to use my voice acting powers for this. Anyway @wonder-of-the-stars asked me to voice the opening call/monologue the phone guy in FNAF gives to the player in the first game? but in the mirabelle voice so here we go I guess! Also @rose-petal123 made wonderful fanart based on my voice acting which you should check out here:

[punster-2319]

One of these days I want to make posts about the censorship in the Ocean/Saban dub for DBZ similar to that old DBZ Uncensored website, but for now here’s a side-by-side comparison of Guldo’s death:

Censored dub:

Uncut version:

Censored dub:

Uncut version:

Video sources:

[chickenoptyrx]

Maybe some of you smart people already know this, BUT

Dbz ocean dub is on internet archive! It autoplays the next episode and is ad-free! I havent downloaded it yet tho so i can only speak for its streaming

I started watchin it last night (id only ever seen clips - always watched the funi dub or jp dub) but im genuinely enjoying it 🤣 please just listen: