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Post by teknomage on Oct 8, 2007 9:10:48 GMT -5
I still haven't quite gotten used to the new voices, though I don't really recognize them as other characters I've seen. I probably do prefer the old Zolo and Nami voices, and while Sanji's is probably technically better, it seems a bit... fey....
Anyway, I am liking the writing better now.
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Post by Kunoichi24 on Oct 8, 2007 19:52:42 GMT -5
Yeah, the lame jokes always made me cringe and roll my eyes. Funi's is better cuz it's funny in a good way. YEah, I liked Zolo's original dub voice, but Chris does a decent job. Is it just me, or is Chopper's voice annoying? IT's just too squeeky!! Sounds like he should be a squirrel, instead of a mini reindeer. Haha, I agree. It's because the VA who plays Chopper also does Chao Tzu omigoshyetanotherDBZdubvoiceinthenewonepiecedub...I swear, Funi needs some new talent... Yeah, Funi needs me. XD But seriously, I'll go and VA for them.
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Post by CountessRachel on Oct 8, 2007 20:14:18 GMT -5
Haha, I agree. It's because the VA who plays Chopper also does Chao Tzu omigoshyetanotherDBZdubvoiceinthenewonepiecedub...I swear, Funi needs some new talent... Yeah, Funi needs me. XD But seriously, I'll go and VA for them. Seriously, do it. I'm so tired of Chris Sabat, it's not even funi. *shot* But I'm glad they finally got out of the Arabasta Arc and dumped Vivi. She seriously got on my nerves. The Skypiea and Enies Lobby Arcs are so much better.
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Post by Sheogorath on Oct 9, 2007 0:43:28 GMT -5
Funimation really jacked One Piece up. I, myself, prefer everybody's original voices, but to the exception of Chopper, who's really annoying now, I find everyone else, including Robin, to be either tolerable or enjoyable. Zolo: Tolerable. Nami: Enjoyable. Usopp: Enjoyable. Sanji: Tolerable. Luffy: Tolerable. Robin: Enjoyable. But it's with a grain of salt that I list Sanji's new voice as Tolerable and Robin's as Enjoyable, because having watched One Piece faithfully since Sanji joined, I've become used to the stuffed-up Brooklynite he used to be as opposed to the healthy Ohioan he is now (not that there's anything wrong with people from Ohio, mind you). And Robin, she went from Southern Belle to a lady from somewhere else, but I tell ya, they really know how to cast someone for Robin who's easy on the ears. Oh, I'm not saying I won't be used to their new voices in time, I will, but I really liked Zolo, Sanji and Luffy's original voices.
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Post by CountessRachel on Oct 9, 2007 12:30:04 GMT -5
Ya know, a part of me sort of liked the "stuffed-up Brooklynite" too. I daresay I almost miss it. Keyword being almost. But it's "Zolo's" new voice that urks the hell of me, with Ussop's a VERY close second. I'm glad they changed Robin because 4Kids, being the assumptive fruitcakes they are, saw Robin + cowboy hat = country hick. Stick to the manga, man...just stick to the manga...
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Post by Kunoichi24 on Oct 9, 2007 17:57:07 GMT -5
LOL Countess, are you my fan now? Cool, I have a fan and I haven't VAed yet!XD
The Brooklyn accent that Sanji had annoyed me. Don't know why, just did. I do miss Zolo's 4kids voice, but chris's doesn't bother me. I laugh though, cuz he sounds like Piccolo.XD
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Post by CountessRachel on Oct 9, 2007 23:39:54 GMT -5
I do miss Zolo's 4kids voice, but chris's doesn't bother me. I laugh though, cuz he sounds like Piccolo.XD But that's what makes it so aggravating!! My stomach cringes every time he speaks cuz I'm anticipating a "Special Beam Cannon" any minute. I hate that they kept Ace's name as "Trace" too. Funi should have known better.
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Post by teknomage on Oct 10, 2007 10:02:26 GMT -5
There are some things they can't change for broadcast just because they don't want to confuse people too much. Not everyone who watches shows is going to be aware that anything was messed up originally, so it would be a disservice to them to change things like people's names all of a sudden, on top of voices. But the DVDs will surely get the names right.
Robin's old voice never sounded like a "country hick" to me. Southern Belle is what it was, which is much more sort of high society, nothing like a hick.
I've never really watched DBZ, until just recently when Jetstream started showing it from the beginning. There's alot that's weird to me because I still haven't seen all of Dragon Ball, and it seems like Piccolo was obviously introduced in DB somewhere beyond where I've seen, whereas I had always assumed he first showed up in DBZ. Anyway... the VA I'm watching now on Jetstream is Scott McNeil, who I mainly think of as Ace the Bathound from Krypto the Superdog. And as Koga from Inuyasha... So, Chris Sabat isn't a problem for me. I never heard him as Piccolo, and I don't recognize his voice at all right now I think, though I've surely heard him in other roles...
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Post by CountessRachel on Oct 11, 2007 1:59:28 GMT -5
That I do understand about not being able to fix 4Kids blunders. And since I grew up watching DBZ--and I mean it took THAT long to watch--I hear Chris Sabat and automatically hear Piccolo. It's the same thing with Sean Schemmel and Goku even though Sean's done some other works. It's just that Chris doesn't have vocal variety the way Scott McNeil does. Even to this day I can hardly believe the guy who played old-school Piccolo is also Duo, and Koga.
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Post by katie Uzumaki on Oct 25, 2007 17:47:26 GMT -5
I love it now. Its better than the old one.
But the point was to be completely different from the 4Kids version, not the same. And Zolo's old voice was a little better, but I love everyone else. Really, I have no complaints in the end. Every little thing I dont like is over run for the relief or getting rid of the horrible puns. *twitch* Like: Zolo: Ill trim your nails... (or something like that) WTF?! That kind of stuff just annoyed me.
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Post by Kunoichi24 on Oct 25, 2007 20:51:20 GMT -5
LOL He did say stuff like that. And they also had horrible pirate puns. Funi did a great job.
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Post by Avatar Mystic on Oct 26, 2007 20:31:33 GMT -5
Wow these fillers are good. ^_^ Better than most anime and their canon stories, *wink wink hint hint, Naruto Shippuuden*
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Post by katie Uzumaki on Oct 27, 2007 2:55:34 GMT -5
Meanie...
Well, anyway, they really are doing good with it. No more puns! Its good news for modern man. Maby now OP will get the ratings it really should get.
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Post by Avatar Mystic on Oct 28, 2007 9:23:14 GMT -5
Thank God for that. Those puns were breaking my heart. FUNi is doing a tremendous job with it. I'm all the way up to the 300s in One Piece watching the JP version, but I make sure to tune in every Saturday at 10 to catch Fun Piece.
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Post by katie Uzumaki on Nov 12, 2007 13:55:38 GMT -5
Im with you their XD That was the only reason I stopeed watching the show all together. I could change the channel with the opening, but you could never escape the puns. I dont even get why 4Kids put them in there. they were probably high
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