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DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#75426: Jan 15th 2018 at 1:46:14 PM

I'm actually glad they didn't.

I cannot stand southern accents.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#75427: Jan 15th 2018 at 1:52:35 PM

That's kinda weird...

Exaggerated accents are the worst a voice has to offer...

edited 15th Jan '18 1:53:14 PM by randomness4

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GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#75428: Jan 15th 2018 at 1:55:39 PM

Not to mention (and I am going to get flack for this), I like Goku's darker voice and mannerisms. Sure, they could do a hillbillly Goku but it wouldn't feel right and it would feel forced. Canadian!Goku is good.

"Mai waifu."
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#75429: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:07:18 PM

[up] Yo there's no problem with Goku's current voice.

Just saying the ideas funny.

Not something to be taken seriously.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#75430: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:11:38 PM

...But Goku is a hillbilly and he's not a dark character.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#75431: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:17:10 PM

American Funi Goku vs. Japanese Tori Goku will never not be funny.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#75432: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:19:36 PM

Especially when its true.

American Funi Goku is awesome!!!

edited 15th Jan '18 2:20:14 PM by GAP

"Mai waifu."
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#75433: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:19:45 PM

It suffices that Goku speaks very informally in English anyway, especially the way Schemmel portrays him nowadays.

It's a shame Chi-Chi isn't voiced the same way, but I guess it's too late for that now.

GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#75434: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:20:52 PM

Chi Chi is already the scrappy...so it is probably for the best.

"Mai waifu."
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#75435: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:22:09 PM

I know enough Japanese to say that yeah, Goku sounds like a hick. Gohan is crisp and polite.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#75436: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:22:34 PM

Then again she does try to portray herself as more cultured then she actually is.

They should add in a few informal slips though.

[up] I'll take your word for it.

edited 15th Jan '18 2:22:53 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#75437: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:23:01 PM

Actually making Goku and Chichi speak like hillbillies is one of those things that just wouldn't work in English because, as has been said it would just come off as very forced, because it would likely be very apparent it's not how the voice actor really speaks.

And, yeah, the way Goku speaks in Japanese is pretty clearly different from standard Japanese, but it still sounds like Nozawa without her trying to do a really bad accent. Although, as I'm not a native Japanese speaker (and I assume none of us here are) we probably aren't the best judges on how natural she sounds.

edited 15th Jan '18 2:24:37 PM by LSBK

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#75438: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:23:36 PM

Chi-Chi must be like Del-Boy from Only Fools And Horses in that regard.

"I must say goodbye, or as the French say, bonjur."

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#75439: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:48:37 PM

The easiest way to make Goku a hick in english is to give him a Crocodile Dundee voice

GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#75440: Jan 15th 2018 at 2:49:31 PM

I guess but it still sound weird though.

"Mai waifu."
agent-trunks IHE from Every-where, but there Since: Apr, 2015
IHE
#75441: Jan 15th 2018 at 3:11:05 PM

Chi Chi is already the scrappy...so it is probably for the best.

Team Four Star explained it the best on how I felt about that statement.

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#75443: Jan 15th 2018 at 3:38:46 PM

Goku's hick accent works in Japanese because he just sounds like he's speaking very informal Japanese, which highlights his childish attitude.

That doesn't translate well to English, so Sean just makes him sound more upbeat, jovial and simple minded. Which is still true to the character.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#75444: Jan 15th 2018 at 3:40:21 PM

It's been my experience that Japanese Hick tends to be localized as either American South or Cockney.

Xeino Since: Jul, 2017
#75445: Jan 15th 2018 at 4:16:08 PM

I don't get most objections here about the Tournament of Power arc which is in my mind is probably the best thing to come out of Dragon Ball in a long time. There is actually effort now being put into the series now that wasn't there in the beginning. The animation and fight choreography is more often than not, good to great. The fights haven't been dragging on forever and move at brisk pace. The stakes feel real for once as there is *no* coming back from being erased unless win and get the Super Dragon Balls. It's given good showings to most of the non-Saiyan members of Team 7 especially Roshi and Android 17. Freeza is more interesting as a character now then he has ever been before as the Token Evil Teammate with an agenda. We gotten actual female Super Saiyans at last who are treated as worthy rivals to Goku. Ultra Instinct feels fresh and exciting as a transformation in way that Super Saiyan forms haven't been since the Cell Arc.

So what is the fundamental problem that most of you have with it?

edited 15th Jan '18 4:26:16 PM by Xeino

Ikedatakeshi Baby dango from singapore Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Baby dango
#75446: Jan 15th 2018 at 4:17:41 PM

For starters, nobody acting like they're in a gladiatorial death match with their universe on the line.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#75447: Jan 15th 2018 at 4:20:56 PM

I think there must have been a word omitted there, but regardless the stakes don't feel "real" because there's no way those universes are actually staying gone, and even if they were, most of the characters aren't actually treating this anywhere near as seriously as they should most of the time, which basically ruins the tone something like this should have.

I'd dispute most of the other things you said as well, but I'm curious what other people have to say first.

edited 15th Jan '18 4:23:07 PM by LSBK

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#75448: Jan 15th 2018 at 4:22:37 PM

Starting with the stakes yeah no one's treating it seriously enough.

Just look at Goku's constant sandbagging.

edited 15th Jan '18 4:25:24 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#75449: Jan 15th 2018 at 4:24:33 PM

Bad writing/characters not acting like they should.

Also, the animation has been mostly mediocre, with the exception of a few fights.

Inconsistent power scaling too.

edited 15th Jan '18 4:25:15 PM by hardcorefakes

Xeino Since: Jul, 2017
#75450: Jan 15th 2018 at 4:32:07 PM

[up][up]Name a time in Dragon Ball when Goku doesn't do this. He did it with Freeza, He did it with Cell. He did it with Buu when the entire universe was at stake.

[up] The first two are completely matters of subjectively but as to power-scaling... Good, it was a straight-jacket around the series and I'm glad they thrown it out in favor of what's more interesting in a fight.

edited 15th Jan '18 4:33:17 PM by Xeino


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