×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
NEWS: Aya Hirano, Satomi Satou Play Roles in Dragon Ball Kai




Note: this is the discussion thread for this article

Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
WatchforMoons7



Joined: 19 Mar 2009
Posts: 529
PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:51 pm Reply with quote
Are you for real / serious?!?! And I love Dende and Zarbon (why change Sho Hayami and Yuuki Hiro?! Or is Hiro the adult Dende only?)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
penguintruth



Joined: 08 Dec 2004
Posts: 8502
Location: Penguinopolis
PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:12 pm Reply with quote
WatchforMoons7 wrote:
Are you for real / serious?!?! And I love Dende and Zarbon (why change Sho Hayami and Yuuki Hiro?! Or is Hiro the adult Dende only?)


Tomiko Suzuki, the original voice actress for young Dende, passed away. I'm not sure about why they replaced Zarbon. Hiro Yuuki is adult Dende.

It'll be weird hearing Haruhi/Konata as Dende.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address My Anime My Manga
WatchforMoons7



Joined: 19 Mar 2009
Posts: 529
PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:13 pm Reply with quote
penguintruth wrote:
WatchforMoons7 wrote:
Are you for real / serious?!?! And I love Dende and Zarbon (why change Sho Hayami and Yuuki Hiro?! Or is Hiro the adult Dende only?)


Tomiko Suzuki, the original voice actress for young Dende, passed away. I'm not sure about why they replaced Zarbon. Hiro Yuuki is adult Dende.

It'll be weird hearing Haruhi/Konata as Dende.


OH! Yeah, that's right. Thanks for clearing that up
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
CCSYueh



Joined: 03 Jul 2004
Posts: 2707
Location: San Diego, CA
PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:13 pm Reply with quote
I really liked Sho Hayami's Zarbon. I hope there was a good reason to replace him.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Fergie260



Joined: 11 Aug 2009
Posts: 1
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:01 am Reply with quote
Unless the encyclopedia is in error, the late Kouji Totani was the original voice of Cui.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Crystal



Joined: 03 Jun 2004
Posts: 283
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:31 am Reply with quote
I wonder if this is based on popularity/youth . . .

I do believe it's Hirano's first time voicing a male character though. Don't know about Satou though.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
CCSYueh



Joined: 03 Jul 2004
Posts: 2707
Location: San Diego, CA
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:22 pm Reply with quote
Crystal wrote:
I wonder if this is based on popularity/youth . . .


Some of the original VA's have passed away which sort of gives them an excuse to recast not just their roles, but lots of roles. I'd guess those deemed major will retain their players, but lesser roles might have been done by then fairly new/cheap labor which has become more expensive vets in the years since.

Considering the original was made in an era when Toei basically shuffled the same VA's thru all the shows they had going, it can't have been that expensive on the VA budget.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Son-kun



Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Posts: 345
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:57 pm Reply with quote
I'd imagine that the reason for Sho Hayami's absence would be due to the fact that he's already or currently playing the role of another antagonist in a long running shounen anime (Aizen in Bleach), but going the cheaper route of hiring new actors would be more believable considering the recession on making anime.

Hearing Aya Hirano as a male character will be interesting.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Hullut Sisarukset



Joined: 18 Mar 2005
Posts: 38
PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:29 am Reply with quote
It's too bad about Zarbon and Dodoria, especially the latter - in those times, Hori Yukitoshi was the regular voice for all fat and ugly villains ^^ I was hoping he'd return to the role, he's so awesome in everything he's done (though it's not that much). I would have liked to hear how he would have done it now, 20 years older.
I really hope the original VAs of the Ginyuu unit will reprise their roles! They are so great.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group