3 Reasons Why The Original Funimation DBZ Dub is Far Superior to The Kai Dub (and 3 reasons why the Kai Dub beats the Original Dub)

Ever since 1998,We Americans fell in love with the franchise when it first aired on Toonami and we're Still in love with it. Yup we can't get enough of Dragon Ball. So today we will be talking about the 2 FUNimation Dubs of the most popular Dragon Ball series: Dragon Ball Z.

Yup,there were 2 FUNi dubs of Z: The Original Dub and the Kai Dub. So today,here are 3 Reasons Why The Original Funimation DBZ Dub is Far Superior to The Kai Dub (and 3 reasons why the Kai Dub beats the Original Dub).

Original Beats Kai #3 - More Popularity: The Original Dragon Ball Z dub made it's TV debut in 1996 with mixed success. However,once the show made it's Classic Toonami debut in 1998,the show reached great success. The Kai dub,on the other hand,wasn't well watched. This was due to tbe show being originally aired on Nick and Nicktoons. Pluus very few in the West wanted Kai to begin with. This attitude has changed as of late,thanks to the Show being rebrodcast on Adult Swim's Toonami.

Kai Beats Original #3 - Somewhat Closer to the Original Japanese Script: While entertaining as All Hell,the Original FUNi dub only followed the original Japanese script losely. The Kai dub,about 85% of the time,stuck to the Japanese script. They even potrayed the characters close to their Original Japanese counterparts. The Kaio-Ken was also said correctly.

Original Beats Kai #2 - Many Iconic Lines: Since Kai mostly sticks with the Japanese script,there aren't many Iconic lines. The Classic dub,however,has many iconic lines,some even became popular memes. Lines such as the ever popular "It's Over Nine Thousaaaannndd!!",were due to the original dub.

Kai Beats Original #2 - Frieza's Voice: Linda Young is a really good actress,but her voice really didn't fit Frieza that much at all. When Kai was dubbed,they replaced her with Chris Ayres,who's voice fits the character much better.

Original Beats Kai #1 - The Faulconer Soundtrack: One of the greatest things about the Original Dub of Z was the awesome soundtrack by Bruce Faulconer. Ok,let me just make this extrenely clear,Shunsuke Kikuchi's Music is great,I love it too. But there is no denying that the soundtrack seems too odd of a fit with the English VO's...at least to me.

Kai Beats Original #1 - Slightly Better Acting: The #1 thing that Kai Dub has over the Original Dub is the Acting. When the Original dub was made back in '99,the FUNi VA's were just rookies,though they improved over time. When the Kai Dub was being made years later,the same VA's were veterans at that point and it really showed.

That's gonna do it for today. Which version of the Z FUNi dub do You prefer? Sound off in the comments below.

Until Next Time,
Stay Gold,Space Cowboys