Shradow Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 [quote name='Comrade Trollestia' timestamp='1337461156' post='5942743'] Sounds good, but to be honest I don't think Funi could really do that much better of a job on the original series. [/quote] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHGgyyf9XUM[/media] Sure. Then again, 4kids' version did have invisible guns. FUNimation can't compete with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Revan of the Sith Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Funimation is like one of my favorite dubbers right now. If they don't do it, well i'll be pissed but I just hope whoever DOES get it does it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Well Zexal goes back to the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 [quote name='Shradow' timestamp='1337463216' post='5942772'] Sure. Then again, 4kids' version did have invisible guns. FUNimation can't compete with that! [/quote] Visible guns and bodily functions are no match for Dan Greene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 If FUNi could get Dan Green, visible guns, [i]and[/i] bodily functions, then Yu-Gi-Oh! would become the greatest anime ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted May 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 [quote name='Comrade Trollestia' timestamp='1337461156' post='5942743'] Sounds good, but to be honest I don't think Funi could really do that much better of a job on the original series. [/quote] While I can't say I've done it myself, compare the One Piece dubs, then you'll see if Funimation really can't do a better than 4Kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 I know that FUNi can do a better job than 4kids. I (unfortunately) watched the entire 4kids dub of One Piece when I was younger (when it was newly dubbed) all the way up to the Lamis Arc where 4kids stopped dubbing. Later when FUNi started dubbing it I knew it was way better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Do you even know how many episodes of the entire yu-gi-oh series there are? Do you know how much time it'll take for Funimation to re-dub ALL those episodes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nu-Mou Knight Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 [quote name='Astro Dude' timestamp='1337510886' post='5943170'] Do you even know how many episodes of the entire yu-gi-oh series there are? Do you know how much time it'll take for Funimation to re-dub ALL those episodes? [/quote] They focus their time on Zexal, and, on the side, re-dub the more important arcs of the original series first. Then go to the rest of the storylines, and jump to GX. If it takes a year or two, I believe we would be willing to wait, assuming that it's good. (It's FUNi, I don't think they wouldn't do an excellent job.) Oh, and Dan Green ftw. I really can't see anybody else doing Yami's voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted May 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Or alternatively, they dub the series in order while doing Zexal and then release DVDs/BRDs over time. Sure, it would take a long time to get through the whole series, and chances are it would take them at least five years just to get through DM, but they could get things started by airing Zexal on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Well, how long has it been since they've started dubbing One Piece (of which they're 206 episodes in)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronBarton Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 I really wanna see GX season 4 dubbed. If they ever do that, I hope they keep all the old voice actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 [quote name='Shradow' timestamp='1337532642' post='5943341'] Well, how long has it been since they've started dubbing One Piece (of which they're 206 episodes in)? [/quote] The anime started in 1999, 4kids dubbed it in 2004, 8 years. Yu-gi-oh has four series, started in 1996, started dubbing in 2000, That would be about 12 years and +600 episodes to dub. Can you imagine how tired the VA's would be if they worked on this non-stop? [quote name='CameronBarton' timestamp='1337532785' post='5943342'] I really wanna see GX season 4 dubbed. If they ever do that, I hope they keep all the old voice actors. [/quote] That would require calling in huge favors. They probably would have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted May 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 [quote name='Astro Dude' timestamp='1337541339' post='5943410']The anime started in 1999, 4kids dubbed it in 2004, 8 years.[/quote] He was asking for Funimation specifically, not 4Kids. The series has been dubbed for eight years, three of which were done by 4Kids, while the other five are done by Funimation, which is exactly why I said it would take Funimation five years to get through DM. [quote name='Astro Dude' timestamp='1337541339' post='5943410']Yu-gi-oh has four series, started in 1996, started dubbing in 2000, That would be about 12 years and +600 episodes to dub. Can you imagine how tired the VA's would be if they worked on this non-stop?[/quote] One Piece has over 500 episodes at this point. While I expect it to have as many episodes as all five Yu-Gi-Oh! series (Season 0 and DM are two separate series, even if they follow the same characters and storyline), the amount of episodes shouldn't be daunting. Since One Piece has taken five years to get through at least two hundred episodes, getting through Yu-Gi-Oh! could take at least fifteen years. Suggesting that they work nonstop is just being impatient, and professional voice acting is a difficult job to begin with, contrary to what Chris Rock believes. Let's go back to One Piece, shall we? The 4Kids dub began on September 18, 2004, and ended on September 22, 2007. Using the first 143 episodes, 4Kids released 104 episodes. Naturally, the skipped episodes, but I think they also combined episodes sometimes. As such, 4Kids released 104 episodes of One Piece over the span of three years and fourdays. Funimation continued where 4Kids left off, releasing their dub a week afterwards, before it stopped airing on Cartoon Network on March 8, 2008. However, Funimation started releasing DVDs of the dub on May 27 of the same year, and a set containing episode 143 was released May 11, 2010. This means that it took them almost two years to get to the same episode that 4Kids ended on. Considering how much of the series was changed or outright cut by 4Kids, that also meant that Funimation had to deal with more material. This actually suggests a faster dubbing time than 4Kids. Season Four Second Voyage should have at least seven episodes on it, and will probably be released in either October or November. This would mean that they would have released at least 224 episodes of One Piece over the span of four years and five-six months. The DM's dub didn't air until September 2001, and ended in June of 2006, resulting in a dubbing span of four years and nine months. This means that 4Kids took at least three more months to dub Yu-Gi-Oh! than Funimation did to dub One Piece. So yes, we'll have to wait a long time before Funimation gets through every series, but I think it's important to understand that they would still be faster than 4Kids, plus they would actually finish GX and 5D's. [quote name='Astro Dude' timestamp='1337541339' post='5943410']That would require calling in huge favors. They probably would have to.[/quote] 4Kids is located in New York while Funimation is in Texas. Once 4Kids loses the properties, who knows what will happen to the voice actors? I was fun with most of the voices for the GX dub, and it was just the direction that was the problem, but remember that 4Kids reuses their voice actors constantly in the same shows (Seriously, how many characters are voiced by Marc Thompson?), and while I have to admit they manage to at least change their deliveries, I'm not sure if Funimation does that as much. It would be great if they bring back the original voice actors, such as Dan Green as Yugi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Well for Slayers Revolution they brought back the original dub cast so I don't see why not. But I think Laura Bailey will have to be Tea Gardner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nu-Mou Knight Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 [quote name='Astro Dude' timestamp='1337548741' post='5943479'] Laura Bailey will have to be Tea Gardner. [/quote] Or LittleKuriboh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 What would Joey sound like? FUNimation might not give him that stupid Brooklyn accent that 4kids gave him for no apparent reason. Heck, 4kids gives quite a few characters stupid random accents. Examples are Sanji in One Piece and Meta Knight in Kirby of the Stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cakey Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 [quote name='Shradow' timestamp='1337553118' post='5943525'] What would Joey sound like? FUNimation might not give him that stupid Brooklyn accent that 4kids gave him for no apparent reason. Heck, 4kids gives quite a few characters stupid random accents. Examples are Sanji in One Piece and Meta Knight in Kirby of the Stars. [/quote] Yes, but Meta Knight was a f***ing badass. Dubbing companies don't "own" their VAs, at least so far as I can tell, so in that respect there's no reason Funimation [i]can't[/i] bring back the original cast. Solely from a business standpoint, the original cast would move more DVDs - there would be lots of fan-bitching about a new cast, and DAN GREEN, despite having very few major roles, has a lot of love due to the fact that he's DAN GREEN. But as was said, Funimation and 4Kids are on opposite ends of the country, and there could be any number of other issues. Besides, Vic Migderpaderp would be an awesome Yugi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Awesome. But I prefer Dan Green to still be Yugi and Atem, along with Trudge, and it would be cool if he were Nightshroud and Gauche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 If FUNimation did get Yu-Gi-Oh! I'd love if they kept Dan Green. If I had to choose one of FUNi's actors, though, I'd think Travis Willingham could pull it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Provide a voice sample and I'll see if I agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted May 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 If you've watched Fullmetal Alchemist, Travis Willingham is Roy Mustang, and I think he could pull of Yami very well. However, I haven't heard enough roles from him to see if he can voice Yugi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 You mean little Yugi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 No, Atem. Could you imagine Roy Mustang being normal Yugi? lol Some other voices he's done are Ace in One Piece, Mori in Ouran High School Host Club, and he's the most recent voice of Knuckles the Echidna. EDIT: Oh wait, Dan Green voiced both Atem and normal Yugi? Huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted May 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Yes, I meant little Yugi, which is why I said Yami and Yugi to refer to them differently. Atem and Yugi were also voiced by the same person in Japanese, so I think what they need to do is get someone who can do both voices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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