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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#14226: Sep 18th 2015 at 9:05:11 PM

I thought the Big Green dub was Canadian, and the mangled translation was because they went Japanese -> French Canadian -> English Canadian?

On a similar note, the Malaysian English dub is even worse, though not quite as memetically silly.

edited 18th Sep '15 9:05:40 PM by Anomalocaris20

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JonnasN from Porto, Portugal Since: Jul, 2012
#14227: Sep 19th 2015 at 4:48:03 AM

@Adric De Psycho: Mr. Satan became "Hércules" (since it was the French version that originally gave him the name "Hércule" in the first place).

And yeah, the first Piccolo was called "Little Heart of Satan" for that reason, with actors shortening it to "Satan" as time went by. Similarly, Kami was called various things at first, before they permanently settled on "The Almighty".

[up]The "Space Warriors" thing makes me think it's the European French, rather than the Canadian. Maybe it went Japanese -> European French -> That version was released in Quebec -> Canadian English team picked it up -> Went to the UK

Maybe the team responsible for the Big Green dub was mainly made of Francophones from Canada? If English was not their first language, it would explain a lot.

edited 19th Sep '15 4:49:09 AM by JonnasN

Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#14229: Sep 19th 2015 at 9:14:24 AM

It's fun going through the Abridged with someone who hasn't seen the original. At the end of the recent episode, she turned to me and went, "...he's not. No. Tell me Vegeta is NOT about to do what I think he's about to do."

People make reaction videos of everything nowadays. Do people do reactions of this, without being aware of the source? Because that sounds funny as shit.

And I don't remember the dub all that well, but the way they handled Cell stroking Vegeta's ego like that was great.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#14230: Sep 19th 2015 at 9:24:49 AM

There is one like that...though it's a trio dynamic of, Someone who has seen both, one who only watched the anime, and one who has seen neither.

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#14231: Sep 19th 2015 at 2:56:21 PM

I watched Abridged before watching DBZ...up until Episode 38 or so. I can't remember all of my reactions, though. And there were things I still knew, like Krillin's death making Goku go Super Saiyan, and stuff like that.

The problem was I ended up going to their page on this site and immediately not caring about looking through spoiler tags.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#14232: Sep 19th 2015 at 6:08:50 PM

I'm disappointed that they didn't even have one line about the unbridled arrogance of Vegeta calling himself "Super" Vegeta.

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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#14233: Sep 19th 2015 at 6:26:00 PM

There's always next episode. We've got a bit of time before Vegeta gets his ass kicked.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#14234: Sep 19th 2015 at 8:55:07 PM

To add to a topic that people have stopped talking about.

Does DBZA stand on its own?

Well, DBZA is how I was introduced to DBZ and I actually prefer it to its source material.

So yes, I think it does stand on its own.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#14235: Sep 19th 2015 at 9:00:40 PM

I've heard a lot of people say that as well.

Personally, I don't think that's a particular fair comparison seeing as one is first and foremost about comedy that wouldn't exist without the other, while the other is not but the point is that it's a fairly common opinion.

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#14236: Sep 19th 2015 at 9:04:56 PM

My opinion:

Dragon Ball Manga >= Dragon Ball Super Manga > Dragon Ball Z Abridged > Dragon Ball Anime > Dragon Ball Super Anime = Dragon Ball Z Anime

although even my least favorite are above-average.

edited 19th Sep '15 9:05:51 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

EdwardsSenpai Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: They grew on me like a tumor...
#14237: Sep 20th 2015 at 3:03:03 PM

So this is just for dbza, my god, Mr. Piccolo, I've found it.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#14238: Sep 20th 2015 at 3:33:18 PM

Welcome.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#14239: Sep 21st 2015 at 6:17:05 AM

[up][up]and[up]

Wow. That worked out really well. Good thing [up] had a Piccolo avatar eh?

Anyway, finally watched Resurrection F as I mentioned on the main thread.

I look forward to both the Super version of Vegeta vs Frieza and the Abridged version. The former cause they might extend it and add some extra stuff, and the latter because you know they'll be call backs to the Abridged version of their fight on Namek. If you guys thought Vegeta was great against Semi-Perfect Cell, wait until you see him fight against someone he legitimately wants to kill.

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#14240: Sep 21st 2015 at 6:40:20 AM

By the way, the newest episode of Super improves it to = Dragon Ball Anime, in my opinion.

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#14241: Sep 21st 2015 at 8:09:24 AM

More Dumplin and stream highlights.

edited 21st Sep '15 8:10:18 AM by Zelenal

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#14242: Sep 21st 2015 at 8:10:46 AM

Team Four Star isn't really allowed to abridge the new movies or Super I imagine. Plus I don't think the'll go any farther than the Buu Saga anyway.

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#14243: Sep 21st 2015 at 9:35:00 AM

Why wouldn't they be? Everything they've done thus far is protected under Fair Use as a consequence of being a parody series. Why would Super or the new movies be any different?

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#14244: Sep 21st 2015 at 9:37:42 AM

I think the last time this discussion came up, someone said Funimation asked Team Four Star not to abridge the new movies.

stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#14245: Sep 21st 2015 at 9:40:51 AM

Too recent, it could draw people away from watching them. Just because they have a valid legal defense doesn't mean they can do something that might sour their relationship with the copyright holders.

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#14246: Sep 21st 2015 at 9:45:11 AM

Having a valid legal defense absolutely means they can do something that might sour their relationship with the copyright holders.

The only thing up for debate is whether or not they should. The fact that some of them have started getting actual voicework with the dubbing of new Dragon Ball products is a fairly good argument for not rocking the boat.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#14247: Sep 21st 2015 at 9:51:58 AM

Yeah, they're recent NOW, but what about when they actually finish the Buu saga? That's years away.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#14248: Sep 21st 2015 at 11:23:08 AM

Yeah, once they're past the Buu saga the new movies and Super will be old enough that abridging them should be fine.

Though by that point we'll all be dead. tongue

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#14249: Sep 21st 2015 at 2:21:32 PM

[up][up][up] You say that like being on the right side of the law is enough.

Copyright and fair use has not historically worked that way.

edited 21st Sep '15 2:21:46 PM by Saiga

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#14250: Sep 21st 2015 at 8:05:14 PM

They're not liable to abridge them anytime soon, but at some point two or three years down the line (or farther) they could easily do so.


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