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Dragon Ball Z - Super Android 13 (Uncut)Rating:
Release Date: 04 February, 2003 Retail Price: $24.95 OUR Price: $21.99 You SAVE: $2.96! Cast: Complete Cast (9 total) |
Dragon Ball Z - Super Android 13 (Uncut) Reviews
Funimation is Evil
This movie was highly bastardized by Funimation.
Its a good movie, its just been tampered with by Funimation in many annoying ways. Hardcore and Real fans of the series won't enjoy it too much. Casual fans will eat it up, but thats cool, because its a very entertaining flick.
I give it 3 stars. Because I like the movie, but had trouble watching it in English. When I switched tot he Japanese I realized the subtitles were highly inaccurate as you will read further. And thats what hurts the score of this movie.
And what shall follow is my gripefest. with some light spoilers near the end..
Dialogue was added in many scenes where there was none spoken in the original japanese version. Or the dialogue was changed.
I understand enough Japanese to know the dubbed script and subtitles didn't fit much at all.
And this is truly sad too. The subtitles are a scripted version of the dub script. and thus do not fit as translations to the Japanese version if you watch it that way. Highly unjust.
It is funny sometimes though. Subtitles will keep appearing during silent moments if you watch the japanese version, and you realize that Funimation made their own dialogue and script for the movie.
The subtitles should have been a translation of the Japanese dialogue. That is what they are there for.
Also, Super Android 13, never speaks in the japanese version, but in the dub, anytime he is faced away from camera, or you can't see his face off camera, they add dialogue for him or others. Why?
And what is with the ridiculous redneck trucker voice for android 13? I understand that he does appear that way, but is that so neccessary? They also had him call goku "plum loco" thats just ridiculius. why not just use the actual dialogue, correctly translated. I really Hate Funimation.
The Music was ok as far as DBZ goes. Not as Techno or Rock n Roll as they do it for the series or other movies. They have gotten better with that.
Here is a perfect example of a non translation. (Spoiler Alert)
When Android 13 is being killed by the Spirit Bomb or Genki Dama if you prefer it, he is screamign out "Son Goku!"
in the subtitles and dub, he is yelling out something along the lines of "You must die"
Also people mentioned the fish joke at the end of the movie. That is another one of those added thigns where nothign was really being said. Much the same way they gave Dr. Gero's computer a voice. Unneeded dialogue added for no real reason, other than the fact that they can...
Androids Again?
When I saw this movie, Dragonball Z: Kyokugen battle!! San dai super saiyajin (Dragonball Z movie 7: Super Android 13) I thought it would be interesting. Instead, all I got was 3 androids kicking Goku and Trunks's asses. My fav movie in the DBZ series is Movie 13 (exploding dragonball fist). If you want to find out more about the androids and how Android 13, 14 and 15 merge into Super 13, be my guest.
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