Dragon Ball Z (4Kids Entertainment dub)


 * Disclaimer: This is not a joke. 4Kids can do some actual good stuff, so yeah.

Dragon Ball Z is an English dub of the titular show by 4Kids Entertainment, airing on Fox as part of the block in the United States and on YTV in Canada.

Voice cast

 * as the Narrator
 * Sean Schemmel as Son Goku
 * Jason Griffith as Son Gohan
 * Dan Green as Vegeta, Piccolo
 * Sam Riegel as Krilin
 * Rachael Lillis as Bulma
 * Lisa Ortiz as Chi-Chi
 * Amy Birnbaum as Son Goten
 * as Trunks (child)
 * Ted Lewis as Master Roshi, Raditz
 * Eric Stuart as Yamcha, Trunks (teenager)
 * Mike Pollock as Hercule, Majin Buu
 * Veronica Taylor as Videl, Android 18
 * Wayne Grayson as Android 17
 * Scottie Ray as Cell
 * Maddie Blaustein as Frieza
 * Maddie Blaustein as Frieza

Differences

 * 4Kids composed an original theme song.
 * Like most 4Kids shows, Japanese culture is Americanized.

Critical reception
The dub has received generally mixed-to-positive reactions from critics and audiences alike, being praised for its voice cast and remaining faithful to the original scripts, but criticized as well for bowdlerizing and editing some elements to be suitable for American audiences, especially since rules for television animation in Japan are more relaxed than the United States.

Most Dragon Ball fans consider this dub to be in pair with the Funimation dub.

Trivia

 * Considering that Sean Schemmel also did voice acting for 4Kids, he's the only Funimation voice actor to be kept in this version.