Was a part of the Frieza saga on loop?

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Was a part of the Frieza saga on loop? Aug 14, 2020 16:24:41 GMT via mobile

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Post by co on Aug 14, 2020 16:24:41 GMT

Okay so I fell down a Dragon Ball Z rabbit hole once I found out about the Ocean Dub of DBZ and how it aired on Cartoon Network until Funimation took over mid Frieza saga. I knew I had seen the Ocean Dub growing up because I remember Vegeta's original voice, not to mention my brother was a huge DBZ fan when we were kids.

So while looking up info about the original dub and the transition, I found this forum post talking about it:
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/2000113-dragon-ball-general/76840140

Now what piqued my interest was someone mentioning how Goku arriving on Namek was on loop for years, and I actually remember that the Frieza Saga took forever to end but I always attributed that to DBZ filler, but come to think of it....maybe it was on loop for awhile? I just don't totally remember because I was pretty young when the show aired on Toonami, I was about 9 when the Cell Saga started I think.

Why is this important? Well for one I'm just kinda curious, but for two, it's kinda relevant to the JBVO Dragon Ball Z episode. I'm actually wondering which dub was used for that episode, I always assumed it was the Funimation version, but a lot of people remember it being an already aired episode from the Frieza saga.

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co Global Moderator Posts: 1,567	Was a part of the Frieza saga on loop? Jun 25, 2021 5:03:20 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by co on Jun 25, 2021 5:03:20 GMT Honestly I'm bumping this post because I think this is interesting, but I'm still also wondering if it that infamous JBVO DBZ episode was ocean dub.

lordfridge Lost Media Beginner deep in the code Posts: 5	Was a part of the Frieza saga on loop? Jul 15, 2021 18:51:14 GMT co likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lordfridge on Jul 15, 2021 18:51:14 GMT It seems plausible. I think I remember them airing some more iconic episodes ('over 9000', anyone?) for ages where I lived.
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Was a part of the Frieza saga on loop? Jul 15, 2021 21:42:53 GMT co likes this

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Post by tussockythree68 on Jul 15, 2021 21:42:53 GMT

It has been a long-standing piece of trivia that the show was on a loop up to the episode where Goku fights Recoome. The story goes that while they were working on the Funimation dub they continually re-aired the Namek saga up that episode over and over.

As for the episode played on JBVO, it was an episode from after the Funimation staff took over. The Ocean Studios cast only dubbed 53 episodes of the show, and the last episode the Ocean Studios Cast did (equivalent to episode 67 in the uncut version) is almost 40 episodes away from the one they showed on JBVO. The episode shown on JBVO is episode 102 in the uncut anime (just checked in fact). So unless the JBVO episode was a lost Ocean dub EP it was certainly a Funimation dubbed one.

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