Saw this on another site and had to share it

[Vylash]

Thinking back to Dragonball Z, I like most people, saw the Funimation dub on TV.

However, this one time, I happened to see some of the DBZ movies. I can't remember if they were on VHS or TV, but damn, even when I was about 9 or 10, I noticed the dubbing was horrifically bad.

I mean REALLY bad. It would make 4Kids look like prodigies of dubbing by comparison.

I've been trying to find these dubs with no real leads on and off ever since I got into anime again, and I finally found a couple of clips.

The dub is by "AB Groupe" apparently but the fans tend to call it the "Big Green" dub.

Why do they call it "Big Green" ?

That's because...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGwd26UMcQA[/youtube]

Yes. They renamed Piccolo as "Big Green"


"LET THAT CHILD ALONE"

Crappy English.

More...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrWPG3l3l2Y[/youtube]
-Too many lines to comment on
-You have to help MEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeEEEEEeeee
-That'srighteveryoneofmyracecanbecomeagiantgorilla
-More "Big Green" shenanigans
-You're not dead and neither am I! Have courage!
-Tenshinhan sounds like Yoda
-COME MAGIC CLOUD
-Gohan is going to eliminate his own fathergoodIdon'thaveto

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk4bjSFHbgo[/youtube]
-"It would mean exploding the planet"

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsRcEBUsur0[/youtube]
-"Iamorderingyouandyoursontodisa­ppearGEHOWWT!"

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45kFMOaWAbA[/youtube]
-Vegeta saying Kamehameha - not only this, but Kaioken, Genkidama (Spirit Bomb) and other techniques were said as "Kamehameha" for some reason.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J4JuwaExWY[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9DnXmL5GXo[/youtube]
-The start sounds like sex moans, and the narrator is awful.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUwft1AV8r0[/youtube]


I mean really, it SOUNDS LIKE a bad "Abridged" series which is so sarcastically awful that it's hilarious. But no. This WAS a serious dub attempt.


Here's the worst part though. They rename the Dragon Balls as CRYSTAL BALLS.

(copied and pasted from said person because i'm too lazy to make a new post)

[Memesu]

o.O

[Akonyl]

CRYSTAL BALL Z

[alicetama]

NOOO Turles. ;.; (He was my favorite DBZ bad guy for some reason.)

And everysingle friggin' guy besides for Gohand (It seriously sounds like that in the videos) sounds the same. D:

...

BIG GREEN.

AND KRILLIN SOUNDS SO CREEPY.

[Wakarimashita]

'AB Groupe' is a french group and they did a lot of dubs in the 80s and 90s when anime aired on national channels here. Most of the time, since shows like Hokuto no Ken, Saint Seiya, Dragon Ball Z or City Hunter weren't adapted to the target audience, they censored a lot of stuff and changed everything.  I watched those when I was younger, and looking back they're pretty hilarious.

[Kaito Lady]

o.O

^

[kkslider5552000]

I saw these a while ago. Hilarious stuff.