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- Why does Dragon Ball sound so bad in Japanese? What's with the sound quality, and what exactly is this magical 'broadcast audio'? Today, we answer those questions as we go through the history of how this all came to be.
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Toei refuses the higher quality audio because they don't like being shown up by fans. They'd rather the audio deteriorate into oblivion than receive help.
This is so sad and retarded. The things we do for pride.
Toei's actions (or lack of it) are mainly caused by stupid, fucked up, so-called "intellectual property" protection law. Without it, owners of VHS recordings of Dragon Ball episodes could with no worries release the broadcast audio.
Yet they're the same company who ironically putting High Quality Audio for older Kamen Rider shows particularly the Showa ones
Yup its that iconic Japanese pride
Good thing I got a fan created mux of the dragon box video with the broadcast audio
VHS is the future.
And Blu-Ray is deteriorating garbage, of course!
Sure whatever you say bro
LittleGreen Productions Little Green a real one *Support the official release*
Diogo Marques No laser disks is
Flash memory / SSDs are the future.
When a VHS has better audio than a Blu-Ray/DVD, you know the implosion of the universe is near.
Nah. It’s very common.
If I had a dollar for every time the LaserDisc had better audio than the Blu-ray’s 5.1 or Atmos remix, I would be very rich now.
And VHS tapes have better analogue audio than LaserDisc analogue audio, but LaserDiscs have better picture and digital sound.
common 6head VHS had a VERY VERY VERY VERY GOOD and HIGH QUALITY of audio. I have some tapes fro the TV and the audio is great. I would say the quality of audio was better than tha quality of the recorder for the video in the vhs´s
Very interesting video. I've always wondered why the Japanese audio was so muffled. I just assumed it was because it was old.
But i wanted to like u but it's 69 sorry.
I tought because its dbz thing. To be special i guess
Yea, a lot of general 80's and 90's anime series aren't like this.
@@gespenst1329 I have the entire DB and DBZ series in 4:3 with the entire Broadcast Audio tapes, I'm gonna start uploading soon.
@@spiderofthehood6127 hey dude, did you do it ?
The broadcast audio... if only we could get an official release of it...
Professor Who rock the dragon edition. It’s super expensive now though... I almost bought it whenever they first released and now I regret it. It’s worth like at least double what it went for.
Toei wiped the original audio.
@@ModestVejar I do plan on getting it myself because it’s by far the most beneficial way to own the Ocean dub in it’s entirety. Although the picture quality is a bit too bright than how it’s meant to be, it has the original masters from when it was first broadcast through syndication (Meaning that references to death they accidentally left in are intact here, unlike the Pioneer VHSs and DVDs), it has original recaps, eyecatches, next episode previews, promos, and the Toonami broadcast versions of Movies 1-3. Of course, there’s also the Madman DVDs from Australia and the Bridge Entertainment DVDs from the Netherlands, but it’s super hard to find them online nowadays, and other than the original Ocean masters and eyecatches, they don’t really have much of anything to offer. So if you want to own the entirety of the Ocean dub the way it’s meant to be, the Rock The Dragon set is the way to go. But I wish you good luck in obtaining it, because it’s hella expensive on Amazon (Where it is currently out of stock) and eBay.
However, I do plan on getting the Pioneer VHS box sets as well as 7 of the 17 Pioneer DVD singles soon because, well, for the VHS tapes, I simply also want to own the Ocean dub on VHS. And for the DVD singles, mostly for collecting and archival purposes (I also plan on uploading fragments of them to TH-cam such as clips and DVD openings and closings) and it wouldn’t kill to watch them alongside the Rock The Dragon episodes every now and then.
It doesn’t exist that’s what this video is about noob
It's best to get the DVD season collection is the only way to get the US Broadcast version
as someone who initially could not stand the Japanese voices in DBZ, when I got my hands on that leaked audio and heard what it was pretty much supposed to sound like, the Japanese audio became 200% more tolerable, and now I'm rewatching the entire series in Japanese with the Funi subs
it's so wacky the that Toei wants nothing to do with this, a Blu-Ray release with this audio and color-corrected full-frame footage would net them a fortune, given that Japan isn't oversaturated with DBZ home releases like America is, and I'm sure people over there would love a more modern way to enjoy the series.
I wouldn't recommend it in all honesty. DB isn't worth the time of day. You should watch something good and actually worth of quality like JoJo's Bizarre Adventures or HunterxHunter.
Woa
@@LightningAsh Dragon Ball is like one of if not *the* founding father of all anime, while JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is my absolute favorite show of all time, every person who enjoys anime should watch DB
Do you guys know any way to get my hands on some sort of collection with all the original broadcast audio combined as a download? I would gladly work on re-inserting it into the episodes by myself. :)
@@macincko4616 wtf there was so many other animes before DB, for example, Astroboy (that's maybe the real pilar of anime, waaaaay earlier than DB) . If you knew anime because of DB, that's another thing
Why is Toei so damn stubborn? They pretty much shit on anybody that tries to help them. They took down TFS episodes, when it clearly says to support them in the beginning of each episode and can introduce new fans to the series, ffs.
agree with you!
"It can introduce new fans to the series" Or they'll just do nothing but watch TFS and pretend that they're fans. I don't recommend people watching DBZA as their first exposure to DBZ. It's clearly made for people who have already seen DBZ with all the inside jokes and references it has.
JoJo Banks true, but people do like to get a better understanding of things so they could end up watching the original show.
Good riddance, less tards copy pasting tfs quotes in every single video.
Gabriel geez, don't be such a jerk about it. You don't like the quotes, scroll down for frick's sake. Same case with Justin Y.'s comments, nobody's forcing you to read them. Now if someone insulted you, or your group, fan base, etc., that would be different.
People these days...
Dragon ball’s audio has also been found now it’s on internet archive all of db and dbz
My sisters' friend lent us a tape of episodes of Sailor Moon S and DBZ in japanese in 1994 and I do remember the sound quality being significantly crisper than what was on the DVDs.
What Toei did basically is like throwing away music vinyls and cassettes and keeping the mp3s.
And I actually like the Dragon Box Colors
I love that Chris Sabat is so passionate about the DBZ fanbase, regardless of their location. He just wants DBZ and its other series in the best quality for everyone.
Lol because he know even sub fans have ti watch it through funimation or crunchyroll today so he gets paid
The title of the video is not a question for you, the viewer. It's a question that the video answers. WATCH THE VIDEO. The number of incorrect comments from folks who clearly haven't watched it is maddening. This isn't difficult.
AnimeAjay You should change the title.
the samples u introduced sound so horrible!
was dbz voice quality this bad?!
its the first time i notice, but i still love it though
I can stand the lower quality just because... well, it’s Dragon Ball. But damn, does this make me weep....
I'm not a DBZ fanboy ( haven't even watched the entire show so no kidding ), but I really... Like really... ADORE not like no FUCKING ADORE that sound quality man... idk... something about the muffled voice just gives me this authentic japansese feeling man
What was the original title anyway?
Well, it could be worse. They could have exploded entire episode reels.
*Looks at BBC with their Doctor Who library*
Reading this comment, my mind cut to the theme song dramatically, like with amazing timing, felt like I was listening to an episode in my head and I couldn’t stop laughing.
At least the BBC works with those who have copies of the episodes to release the ones that were lost. Without that, we never would've received "the Enemy of the World," or other fantastic stories for that matter.
Most companies deleted the masters until about the mid eighties. It's a shame, and coupled with bad archiving and all of that, loads of rare programmes, films and episodes are gone.
@@hexyko4850 it doesn't help that films used to be explosive and fire starting on their own meaning even if a company wanted to keep them and persevere what they made the films could self destruct
We owe a lot to the fans who recorded the broadcast audio back in the day
I feel like some people commenting never looked at the video past it's title. He's not bringing up some dub vs. sub debate, he literally means audio quality, how clear and crisp the recording is.
I get that Dragon Ball fans can't read, but these comments are ridiculous
what is the title even called can't read words
@@Nate-ll4doHonestly, lots of them are as dumb as the protagonists in the franchise, sometimes even worse.
@@spectraphantom6597 Sometimes?
What’s amazing is Dragon Ball is so much more popular than something smaller like the Supermarionation shows. Yet the Supermarionation shows have had more care and attention put into their home media releases. Especially Thunderbirds (although that was stupidly cropped to 16:9 for its blu-ray release), Captain Scarlet & Joe 90. I mean they kept every film reel and magnetic audio tape for every show, that’s 9 years worth of material.
Man, you need and deserve more subs. I'm so glad that you started putting out content regularly again. You're becoming one of my favorite TH-camrs, and you cogently cover topics that very few people do. Keep it up!
MichaelRGB whoa... Thought I said this at first. I totally agree.
I've learned so much from you! :)
Wir lernen auch viel von dir :D
Watt machste hier
I never minded it. It gave it a more classic sound
Son Anthony same here that’s what I thought too and still now
I actually agree! Looks like a number of people are!
Ikr
Me too
I agree
"It's in the hands of Funimation" And you realize this video didn't aged well.
Lol
@@craigime why not?
@@JamesQHolden why not what?
@@craigime look up. Why didn't it age well?
@@JamesQHolden because funimation did a terrible job. did you not get that?
oh yeeeeeeeeeeeahh I always wondered about this! Didnt know I needed this untill I got this :D
pls can you visit my channel
Super interesting info...but i just cant stop looking to Toriyama sensei´s Goku art O.O it´s just perfect.
The audio sounding terrible because it’s mono is a myth.
The Wind Rises is a modern film with mono audio and it has some of the clearest audio I have ever heard.
Even the broadcast audio was mono.
However, they should have updated to stereo, especially as the CD was gaining steam.
Masako nozawa’s voice made Goku sound serious and it was awesome
this comment just triggered the dub fans they will come attack you all together
In Short.
Hitler vs The World
Ahahahahaha. The brainwashing continues
SOMEONE WANTS ATTENTIOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Sean Schemmel's performance has more lung, but Masako Nozawa's is much richer and more subtle.
I love them both, but by critical standards, my (admittedly uninformed) opinion has to give it to Nozawa.
Locutus Borg ROFL more lung. It's a miracle Masako hasn't blown hers out yet but she's way better with the Kamehame Ha screams.
I remember listening to the Japanese version as a kid on the internet (dial-up) and noticing how bad the audio sounded. I just thought the show was old and we were just finally getting it dubbed over here in North America.
Same here, watched a ton of clips from RealPlayer
I personally think the audio is awesome that way. You can really feel it in the bass when they hit each other
yeah i just realized that !
TorrinSol boi if u don’t
Definitely prefer clarity to bass. The shafted audio quality is really distracting and a big reason why it's hard for me to rewatch the series sometimes.
Been a fan of DBZ since discovering the series through the movies and watched most of it on tapes rented from Japanese video stores (Those were the days..) that were local. I always found it strange that the audio on those tapes recorded directly off the original broadcast sounded FAR superior to the audio from the DVD's that came later.. Solved that mystery! A great video, Ajay!
I am glad that at least Funimation stepped up to the plate and accept the higher quality audio.
bsmusic
Sabat's a pretty cool guy, and extremely avid about the series.
Yep, which led to better voice actors/acting.
For all of the flaws with Funimation, you can at least tell that they have people working in high up positions who actually care about Dragon Ball. It's a shame that the same can't be said for Toei.
@@AlexanderDiviFilius i think its just toei way and some japanese people that are egoistic a bit sometimes when receiving help from others. i heard they are going to remaster dbz all again in 4:3, but i thinks its will still in that bad mono audio.Haha
@@ultragamingcom I hope it's a genuine remaster that doesn't fuck things up, unlike what they did with some (if not all) of their blu-ray film remasters. The audio issue, while a pain, is at least fixable.
Someone might have already commented this, but the reason why the high-quality audio of Dragon Ball Z exists on VHS was because some VHS decks were capable of hi-fi stereo, which roughly has the same sound Quality as a CD, in fact some music lovers would record CDs onto their VHS tapes to fit an entire artists or bands discography on a single tape without needing to swap discs or cassettes.
As for the film copies with optical tracks degrading, this problem also occurred with the surviving episodes of Doctor Who because many of the black-and-white episodes only survived as 16mm telerecordings, So the sound quality was pretty awful.
But dedicated fans from back in the day made audio recordings from reel to reel machines from their TV sets, The BBC found out these audio recordings not only were the only surviving sample of many of these episodes that have been junked, but also found out the sound quality was far better than the sound on the surviving episodes so as a result for the DVD releases of the B&W episodes they often use sound recordings from what the fans recorded from back in the day.
It’s thanks to those fans that we have high-quality audio of many of these episodes.
Great video.
And bitch ass toei still turns down the tapes
The virgin Toei
The chad BBC
A Billion Dollar Franchise & We Still Don't Get A Great Release.
How ironic that is, meanwhile in the same JP, for JP-only content that’s far less popular and more niche, their stuff is _still_ getting HD restorations.
Nice video AnimeAjay. Just one question, will you be making a video regarding the whole 16:9 vs 4:3 issue regarding DBZ's recent home releases??? I am currently waiting for funimation to release DBZ on Blu-ray in 4:3 with the original broadcast audio.... Keep up the good work sir!!! 😉
HOLY HELL SOMEONE FINALLY ANSWERED THIS. I thought it was just me who thought the audio was shit...
Logicphile this has been answered, and known amongst the dbz fan community for a while now.
Oh this explains why the audio is so shit when I watched the English subbed episodes on Funimation release. Even with English dub, the Kikuchi music and the sounds played on mono.
I actually liked the old colors...
Well I didn't, stuff like green skies in DBGT looked atrocious in my eyes.
+Yanteus Maximus Sounds like you're colorbind, how many fingers am I holding up?
nrg First of all, I am not colorblind. Secondly, being colorblind doesn't correlate to being eyesight blind, just so you'd know. Those skies in Dragon Ball GT were green and other different colors when SSJ4 Goku was around, it looked horrible and ugly.
nrg Also, can't you even hold a disagreement without being immature about it? People like you make the fandom more toxic than it already is, such disgrace.
Yanteus Maximus Taking the bait is much more disgraceful than immaturity if you believe anybody is that insipid. Also couldn't care less about GT.
I'll make no excuses, but I haven't really given much thought to DB's sound quality, and generally speaking I consider myself a "sound" kind of person. I guess I just associate that sort of grainy, messed sound quality with a lot of old TV anime (and old TV in general) that had long runs. I'm glad to see that an attempt was made to get decent quality sound out there, and I wouldn't have known about it if you hadn't made this video, so thanks.
I’ve always wondered why it sounded like that. Other anime sounded bad in Japanese too.
My original introduction to DBZ was the Latino audio and it sounds really good.
This is the kind of information I usually don't care about, but you made this topic become surprisingly interesting! Great video!
Great news folks! We now have all the Japanese original broadcast quality audio!
Where at 😮
THe amount of people commenting before watching the actual video is upsetting. Stop spreading misinformation and watch the video.
Ha, you actually think people are going to read that comment? They're too busy commenting before watching the video.
Who is miss information? She sounds cute
5:33 That Frieza killed me.
Idk, It sounds *A E S T H E T I C* to me
True, it reminds me of Hokuto no Ken
It sounds too aesthetic
*A* *S* *T* *H* *E* *T* *I* *C*
I'd prefer Hokuto no Ken to not sound like crap too
It has that lofi quality to it, sounds like old anime.
ohhhh i see. the muffled noisiness. Its not bad tbh. I like that old school sound
DivineSprites
Ikr it doesn''t bother me that much.
Another great video. It's really interesting learning about everything that goes on behind the scenes with this show. Thanks for being able to show us all of that whether it's animation, sound, or anything else.
I grew up watching the original japanese dubbed and i absolutely love the sound of it. It just has this classic and epic feel to it especially when the japanese narrator(king kai?) would start talking before the start of the show lol...soo good
You are one of the most unique and talented TH-camrs in the Dragon Ball community. Thank you for amazing videos like this!
pirated versions have better sound and visual quality to be honest
edit:Also pirates have the og dragon ball audio too not just for z and gt heh
Facts lol
i kinda like the old sounds of it, it gives it that classic touch
Gilberto Astanio I thought I was the only one! I like it too, it's almost soothing in a weird nostalgic way
Tshobe23 Haha exactly, I feel the same! There's a certain charm to the grainy sound quality that makes it feel old school and classic.
Yeah, it sounds nice
Trust me, if you go and grab the Dragon Box leak with the broadcast audio fan patched in (all 291 episodes have leaked) you will never go back to any other release again. My ears have been spoiled after hearing it and the only thing that can top it is if the alleged "even better broadcast audio" that some people claim to have leaks or somehow an official release comes out with better audio of their own
Gilberto Astanio i like it cuz it makes me feel nolstagic
Awesome summary, glad you finally made this video.
So, I hope you all know, the broadcast audio for episodes 1-153 of the original dragon ball were recently found in March of this year. I have no clue whether z’s broadcast audio has been found in full but the lost media wiki has confirmed it has been found.
@Omen ZakAs of right now, there is no website the series can be streamed alongside the broadcast audio. It can, however, be obtained through a torrent on nya.iss.one.
What?? Holy shit
@@Arteaga4K yep! All Japanese audio for all 3 series! In fact this video uses the newly found broadcast audio. This scene wasn’t available with audio this good before it was found
I feel like the audio quality (for the Japanese releases) adds to the overall aesthetic and feeling of the show but I can appreciate why you would think other wise and i have no real preference when it comes to the actual quality of the audio
Like watching a western without the audio being enhanced but that's just me i guess
I kind of like the muffled audio, it just sounds comforting... idk how to explain it.
Dat it kinda gives a nostalgia feel for me. Almost comforting yea...
Yea that's the word nostalgia, although as a child I never watched the show let alone the Japanese version... but that's definitely the word.
I wouldn't say nostalgia since I didn't watch Japanese Dragon Ball Z until recently
It just... Sounds right
Léo Bitencourt yea it really does.
Dat yeah it feels good
I don't know why I prefer the muffled version xD it feels old, classical, and rugged, which kind of fits greatly for me to the dragon ball atmosphere
Anego r do you happen to like asmr
Yup and it gives the dark and griti fealing i love it to
Yeah, there is some sort of charm to this kind of audio.
Egzon Ahmeti “gritty”
These videos are so damn interesting! It re-ignites the flame in me as a Dragonball fan since after all these years of just consuming the medium, I now am interested in the animation aspects for example because I want to become an animator myself someday.
i like the green sky for some reason.
Title should be "What's up with Japanese Dragon Ball's sound quality??"
He fixed it ignore this please
Web-Linez what was the original title of the video?
Ripper 30 it was "Why does Japanese Dragon Ball sound so bad?" The title was a little misleading people will probably assume he is talking about the Japanese voices. But he fixed it so my comment is meaning less now
Super sensibel cry babys
original orange bricks sound like cha la head cha la is playing in another room
Dude ever since I've subscribed to you I've learnt so much about Dragonball I never thought I cared to think about. Please keep making content and educating all of us :)
I only know realized that I never had a problem with the audio
same
The title may be misleading and this is youtube, Ajay...
Change it to "Sound Quality" or something less ambiguous.
Keep up the good work!
What was the original title?
Toei was reportedly the only studio in Japan who threw away all the original audio masters of their Anime and live-action shows. All the other studios kept theirs, and that's why they still sound great. Toei doesn't really care about preservation at all. The fact that they also went back and changed the placement of the next episode previews on all of their older shows (something the other studios never did) proves this, too. The order was originally preview first, followed by the ending credits.
Since the last year more broadcast recordings from OG DB have been shared online, so now there are roughly 20 available episodes with broadcast audio.
The sound is so freaking awesome. It’s all warm and fuzzy. But more important than the sound quality, is that the voices and music are far above any subsequent dubs. That being said, those VHS recordings sounded great and I’d love to see that audio added to a future release.
Appreciate the opinion even though I disagree
the Japanese dub music has no variety and is garb only good music was the vocal tracks from trunks flash back and ssj2 gohan.
@@PrinceSwaggy The Faulconer ost aside from 5 tracks is extremely forgettable and never shuts the hell up which makes it annoying.
@@PrinceSwaggy I think the Japanese music is pretty good, they just had terrible placement.
@@spiderofthehood6127 Agreed, especially considering that they were being used away from their original contexts in the movies which also tended to obscure themes.
I absolutely love the art for Goku on the right.
As someone who enjoy DBZ in sub its getting harder to recommended . If Funimation can get restore audio and color .
I really noticed this when I watched the first few episodes of the original Dragon Ball with a friend (who hadn’t watched it before) and it was really jarring tbh. I chalked it up to it being old sound equipment but I’m glad I was sort of wrong. In a way. I guess?
These comments are fucking cancer.
I'm so sorry you have to put up with this.
Half of these people don't even look like they watched this video and are just shitposting here.
You put a lot of good work into this video and it's not getting the recognition it deserves.
Thanks. It's absolutely baffling and endlessly frustrating.
I was planning to watch all of dragon ball in Japanese but now this video has inspired me even more thanks.
It's funny that the VHS release sounds the best
how ironic that for fan-restoration purposes, people turn to old VHS tapes for audio.
Bad quality >>>>>>>> garbage dialogue script
DieGorn1000 agreed the FUNimation dub is awful.
mentally ill
@@NameChecksOut I'm sorry for your misfortune.
Toei is just another Vegeta
AnimeAjay, you are a saint. As an audio engineer and someone who is really into the process of how old optical audio and film has been preserved, this video is a real breath of fresh air.
Most of the time the production elements of a show interest me more than the show itself, especially with older, film printed media.
Toei is basically the Nintendo of anime and tokusatsu - they can make amazing stuff when they want to, but they also hate their fans and can get away with it because they know people will just keep crawling back to them.
In Nintendo's case, I'd say that they _distrust_ outsiders. Blowei are definitely legit stick-in-the-mud _kusottare._
@@CarbonRollerCaco "Distrusting outsiders" doesn't explain them bullying ROM sites into shutting down, having a godawful service, continuing to censor their own games in the 2010's, sending copyright claims to people making videos about modding your Switch, etc. In fact, Nintendo has done stuff that's a lot worse than what Toei has done.
@@otaking3582 Actually, barring the censorship bit, it kinda does. Nintendo probably saw the writing on the wall for the console market the instant that the first ROM hit the 'Net and have been since been fighting tooth and nail to keep consoles profitable.
Here's the thing: If for w/e aesthetic reasons you prefer the bad audio, (which BTW is like preferring 128kbps MP3 to FLAC) you can, idk, run the good audio through a _filter_ or EQ to achieve the same effect.
Meanwhile if all you have is the bad audio, no amount of EQing you do is going to fix it.
You can go down but you can't go up.
I actually like it, it gives the old/nostalgic vibe that Dragon Ball has.
+I just want my phone call
What the actual fuck is wrong with you?
kizashi honestly. I feel the same way but sad thing is that’s not how’s its originally sounds
They should at the very least have the option to the original broadcast.
@The Fantom Convoy I like how it sounds too but that doesn't mean I'm excusing them not have more high quality options, that's a straw man right there
Original dragon ball also has broadcast audio
I literally just bought a couple seasons of Dragon Ball yesterday. I loved DB and Z growing up and I wanted to have a collection to keep but the various boxed sets and quality issues always kept me away. I finally gave in and got at least Dragon Ball. I'll hold off longer for a near perfect DBZ experience. :)
I assume this is the case with the Fist of The North Star DVDs and Blu-ray from DiscoTek as well.
I didn't even give a thought to the sound quality of the Japanese audio until I switched over to the English dub and heard fan remasters TH-cam and just WOW. The difference is staggering.
I'm so happy that your channel is gaining traction dude. I wish you the best Ajay!
I would guess japan are too prideful to get help from "amateurs", and doesn't like it when someone else meddles with their products.
I mean, Nintendo is like that. Or most japanese game companies. Why wouldn't anime studios act the same way?
It's Japan. Rank equals right. Love it or die.
Yup that legendary Japanese ego lol
That's one of the reasons why i like SEGA, they isn't versus help from fans, they even hired fans for making games, and in Forces they tried to make story like in old games because Fans wanted good story's back in Series.
@@sylasexd Sega does what Nintendon't.
This topic has made me depressed for years...
Take the tapes, Toei!! TAKE THE FUCKING TAPES!!!
I do not trust FUNimation's DBZ home video releases. Kudos for accepting the audio though. Maybe they can put that on the Dragon Boxes and re-release them. As if.
I watch it dubbed, but I've seen some clips of the original Japanese audio and I always wondered about the sound quality. This video answered all my questions. It's such a shame thematic toei turned these fans down, that must have taken them a long time to do what they did
It’s so weird how low it sounds through the blu rays
I like dbz on japanese audio than english...i dont know why
Because it’s better
Because it’s the proper way. The ENG version was objectively a mistake that doesn’t even portray the series accurately.
Probably should put Sound Quality in the title
Am I the only one who thinks it’s kinda charming and gives me 90s nostalgia every time
Yeah I never really understand the complaints. It's still higher quality than the orignal funimation dub
Bruh
We don’t care buddy you just mentally ill tryna be different
@@alchemistofsteel8099Nah
Incoming dub fanboys that will only react to the title and fail to understand what this video is about.
bcz they are CANCER (Extreme ones whon defend it a lot )
Hieillua Lol weebs lololol
lol dubtard lol omg hahahahhahahahh oh shit fuck my life bcz im a weeb i deserve to commit suicide bcz i prefer japanese to the dub version which everyone likes it oh shit i deserve to die
Gogeta_DXB_UAE12 Shut up japanophile
+True Darkness You're such a sad human being :(
The audio always was quite disappointing, but nice explanation.
oh my god the amount of research you must've put into this is jaw dropping!
totally like! and you got a subscriber! keep up with the brilliant work pal!
This video was really great. I can't really even imagine the amount of research that you do in order to make videos like these, but it's really appreciated.
It's so weird how many fans have stacks of vhs tapes with the original broadcast audio but a big company like Toei doesn't record their own vhs and buy room to store them.
You’ve caused a war in the comment section
I wonder if the reason that they went quiet or that they didn't accept the people's thing to begin with is because they realize they messed up and it's a pride thing
you're 100% right.
Never knew about this at all. Really great video it needs a lot more views!!
Maybe in an alternate universe we have a home release with original Japanese and English audio, in the original 4:3 video like the dragon boxes, and color corrected.
That tittle sounds misleading. You should change it before the comments start a war
Edit: hope that works. Great video as always btw
What was the title
I was never bothered by how the audio sounded like that. I felt that it was very... “authentic”, I guess, because of the series’s age, so I enjoyed it. And I believe the audio for other 90’s anime was like that too, so I never got upset about it. I honestly enjoyed it
"And I believe the audio for other 90’s anime was like that too"
Source: Made it up
5 years is a late reply but, that's pretty epic lol
Still never as good as the studio recording.
Orange Bricks, in Dragonball.
The fact that people can't truly watch Dragon Ball the way it was originally intended to be watched furthers my point that Dragon Ball is the Star Wars of Japan in lots of ways.
Toei can be such stingy and greedy fucks "ah shit if we accept this high quality audio version of the show we might have pay them something and that would mean less money for us "
michael deering I'd assume the fans were giving it for free.
baggiebat i don't doubt that, my hate boner against toei execs just makes feel that they did not want to take that risk
Wow, I can't believe how many people comment before watching the video. So many theories and arguments made by some of you guys are debunked within the video.
Anyways, I think that what Toei did to the audio masters was sad, yet understandable. As stated, home releases of cartoons in Japan was nowhere near as common as the United States, so the guys at Toei probably just thought that they would never need access to the masters anymore. They also probably thought that the audio wouldn't get as muffled as it ultimately ended up. I think that they were wise to stop doing this to Dragon Ball by the time GT aired.
Thank you for stating straight-up that monaural does not equal lower quality. I've heard this argument so many times, and it makes people sound stupid; the amount of channels does not affect the audio quality.
I'm glad that this broadcast audio exists, and hope that it gets included in future home releases of Dragon Ball Z. I hope Toei (that company specifically) uses it to give Japanese fans Dragon Ball Z in its best quality audio-wise, and I hope that FUNimation does the same for North America and Europe. Dragon Ball Z in Japanese is considered to have much better voice-acting than Dragon Ball Kai in Japanese, so hearing it without degradation would be wonderful.
Your content is absolutely fantastic. I am so happy you’re a part of this community. You are truly underrated.
The same thing was true for Sailor Moon for a long time. But when Viz re-released the series, the original broadcast audio quality was restored.