Dragon Ball (AB Groupe dub)

Dragon Ball ia Japanese Manga series created by Akira Toriyama, which was adapted into two anime series by Toei Animation. Several of the movies and specials received an alternate dub from AB Groupe, recorded by English speaking actors in France.

Why This Dub Sucks

 * 1) It's based off of the widely panned French dub.
 * 2) Incredibly small cast, especially for a show with a so many characters. Only six voice actors have been identified: Sharon Mann, Jodi Forrest, David Gasman, Doug Rand, Paul Bandey, and Ed Marcus. As a result, a lot of characters sound way to similar to each other.
 * 3) *Paul Bandey and Ed Marcus, in particular, give almost identical performances, to the point that everyone thought their characters were voiced by the same actor.
 * 4) Sub-par voice acting. Everyone either overacts, or gives a goofy performance.
 * 5) *Many characters are even given utterly ridiculous sounds, like Cooler's death squeals or Piccolo's growls.
 * 6) Utterly Bizarre name changes, most of which were based on the French dub:
 * 7) *Krillin is now "Clearin"
 * 8) *Bulma is "Blooma"
 * 9) *The Saiyans are called "Space Warriors", with Super Saiyans being "Super Warriors"
 * 10) *Most bizarrely, Piccolo is now called "Big Green", which doesn't even sound like his French name, Petit Cœur (Small Heart). This resulted in the dub being nicknamed "The Big Green dub".
 * 11) Laughable dialogue, like Piccolo telling Turles to "Let that child alone" or Goku summoning the Flying Nimbus by saying "Come, magic cloud!".
 * 12) The titles of movies 5 and 7 mention Saiyans in their titles, even though as point 4.3 mentioned, they've been renamed Space Warriors.
 * 13) "Kamehameha" is called out seemingly at random, like when Goku uses the Kaioken or when Vegeta (who can't use it at all) is powering up.
 * 14) Turles is made Goku's brother, for no reason other than to explain why they look alike.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) It easily has that "so bad it's good" quality.
 * 2) It keeps the original score, though some songs are replaced by instrumental versions.
 * 3) It's completely uncut and uncensored.
 * 4) It's more professional sounding than the Speedy dub.

Movies and Specials dubbed
The Dub names are listed first, followed by their Funimation names in parenthesis.

Dragon Ball Z

 * 1) Super Battle in the World (Tree of Might) (1990, AB Groupe version released in 2001)
 * 2) The Strongest Guy in the World (The World's Strongest) (1990, AB Groupe version released in 2001)
 * 3) Super Saiyan, Goku (Lords Slug) (1991, AB Groupe version released in 2001)
 * 4) Super Rivals (Cooler's Revenge) (1991, AB Groupe version released in 2001)
 * 5) Fight! 10 Billion Power Warriors (The Return of Cooler) (1992, AB Groupe version released in 2001)
 * 6) Super Battle of the Three Super Saiyans (Super Android 13!) (1992, AB Groupe version released in 2001)
 * 7) The Burning Battles (Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan) (1991, AB Groupe version released in 2002)
 * 8) Super Guy in the Galaxy (Bojack Unbound) (1993, AB Groupe version released in 2002)
 * 9) The Father of Goku (Bardock: the Father of Goku) (1991, AB Groupe version released in 2003)
 * 10) Gohan and Trunks (The History of Trunks) (1993, AB Groupe version released in 2003)
 * 11) In Pursuit of Garlic (Deadzone) (1989, AB Groupe version released in 2003)

Dragon Ball

 * 1) The Legend of Shenron (Curse of the Blood Rubies) (1986, AB Groupe version released in 2005)
 * 2) Sleeping Beauty in Devil Castle (Sleeping Princess in in Devil Castle) (1987, AB Groupe version released in 2005)
 * 3) The Great Mystical Adventure (Mystical Adventure) (1988, AB Groupe version released in 2005)

Dragon Ball GT

 * 1) Four-Star Dragonball is the Proof of Courage (A Hero's Legacy) (1997, AB Groupe version released in 2005)

Trivia

 * Only Jodi Forrest and Sharon Marcus have confirmed their involvement in the dub.
 * Much of the cast later worked on the Code Lyoko dub.

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