During the beginning of the Android saga, the UK stopped airing the Funimation version and started airing there own version which fans called the Ocean Dub. Canada would start to air this version as well starting will the Cell saga. To this day on youtube, there's still debates on youtube about which is better and the Ocean Dub always seems to be hated.
I'm in Canada so I saw the Ocean version. I really like it alot. I saw the Funimation version and the Ocean version so I know what both are like. Now, neither dub is perfect, both the Ocean and Funimation dubs have problems and things that I don't like but I just prefer the Ocean version more.
Not only that but I just love the voices. I prefer them so much more than the Funimation voices. The Ocean Dub really did a good job. Again, just like with everything else in the dub, they were not too good when the dub first started but over time, the actors improved greatly and really did a great job just like they did on the original Ocean dub from 1997.
There seem to be some misconceptions about the Ocean Dub as well, mainly from people who don't have the Ocean Dub in there country which is understandable. It's very difficult to get proper facts about something if you don't have access to it. I want to clear up some misconceptions about it.
1. All the music is recycled from Mega Man.
This was only true in the very beginning. The very first saga, the Android Saga had nothing but Mega Man music but this did not last. Soon after, music from Monster Rancher as well as original music written for the dub was added shortly after and by the Buu Saga, there was alot more variety in the music. Yes I agree completely that it's lame that they recycled any music at all, but for me I don't care if it's recycled, I just care if it sounds good and I loved the Ocean music so much more than Bruce's music from the Funimation Dub. I just could not get into that techno style of music, I tried to but I just couldn't like it. Another thing that the Ocean Dub did was use actual silence. There were scenes were there would actually be no music playing just like the Japanese version which is pretty cool.
2. The Ocean Dub is severly edited compared to the Funimation version.
This is almost 100% wrong and it needs to be corrected. The actual Ocean Dub didn't cut any more scenes than the Funimation version did. What happened was, when Cartoon Network UK aired the Ocean Dub on there channel, they made there own cuts and edits to trim it down. The actual Ocean Dub itself is not edited because when YTV in Canada aired the Ocean Dub, they pretty much kept all the cut scenes in that were taken out of the Cartoon Network UK airings. If Cartoon Network UK had continued to air the Funimation version, they probably would have cut stuff out of that version too.
3. The dialogue is censored.
Now this one is definitely true for most of the series. They did not use words like "death", "die", or "kill" and instead used other words that were more child friendly. About half way through the Buu saga, they stopped doing this and starting using these words again just like the Funimation version. But this problem is exaggerated alot. It's not like they edited out all violence. They still showed the exact same amount of blood that the cut tv version of the Funimation dub used.
Overall, if you like the Funimation version more, that's wonderful, I respect that, I just don't understand why there's so much mocking towards our Ocean Dub.
I'm in Canada so I saw the Ocean version. I really like it alot. I saw the Funimation version and the Ocean version so I know what both are like. Now, neither dub is perfect, both the Ocean and Funimation dubs have problems and things that I don't like but I just prefer the Ocean version more.
Not only that but I just love the voices. I prefer them so much more than the Funimation voices. The Ocean Dub really did a good job. Again, just like with everything else in the dub, they were not too good when the dub first started but over time, the actors improved greatly and really did a great job just like they did on the original Ocean dub from 1997.
There seem to be some misconceptions about the Ocean Dub as well, mainly from people who don't have the Ocean Dub in there country which is understandable. It's very difficult to get proper facts about something if you don't have access to it. I want to clear up some misconceptions about it.
1. All the music is recycled from Mega Man.
This was only true in the very beginning. The very first saga, the Android Saga had nothing but Mega Man music but this did not last. Soon after, music from Monster Rancher as well as original music written for the dub was added shortly after and by the Buu Saga, there was alot more variety in the music. Yes I agree completely that it's lame that they recycled any music at all, but for me I don't care if it's recycled, I just care if it sounds good and I loved the Ocean music so much more than Bruce's music from the Funimation Dub. I just could not get into that techno style of music, I tried to but I just couldn't like it. Another thing that the Ocean Dub did was use actual silence. There were scenes were there would actually be no music playing just like the Japanese version which is pretty cool.
2. The Ocean Dub is severly edited compared to the Funimation version.
This is almost 100% wrong and it needs to be corrected. The actual Ocean Dub didn't cut any more scenes than the Funimation version did. What happened was, when Cartoon Network UK aired the Ocean Dub on there channel, they made there own cuts and edits to trim it down. The actual Ocean Dub itself is not edited because when YTV in Canada aired the Ocean Dub, they pretty much kept all the cut scenes in that were taken out of the Cartoon Network UK airings. If Cartoon Network UK had continued to air the Funimation version, they probably would have cut stuff out of that version too.
3. The dialogue is censored.
Now this one is definitely true for most of the series. They did not use words like "death", "die", or "kill" and instead used other words that were more child friendly. About half way through the Buu saga, they stopped doing this and starting using these words again just like the Funimation version. But this problem is exaggerated alot. It's not like they edited out all violence. They still showed the exact same amount of blood that the cut tv version of the Funimation dub used.
Overall, if you like the Funimation version more, that's wonderful, I respect that, I just don't understand why there's so much mocking towards our Ocean Dub.
