During June 2012, actor Brenden Hunter indicated his involvement with the show on Facebook.

It's believed the specifics of that are incorrect, as the first block of Kai consists of 98 episodes and their work on the series has never aired in the U.S.[18][19] The two musicians had previously created music for the AB Groupe Z production.

Sometime in early 2018, Chinook Animation, Ocean's Calgary casting agency, started listing the series on their website. [Notes 2] There it was revealed that David Steele, a prolific session musician in Vancouver, was the performer behind it. These were aired in Canada, the United Kingdom, and other select European markets in the same time period. In May 2014, reaffirming Schemel's earlier comments, a member of the Kanzenshuu forums spotted a listing for Dragon Ball Z Kai on the website for AniTunes, a Canadian music production firm run by Tom Keenlyside and John Mitchell.

Below are some pieces of information Subzero Ice revealed before his interactions with the fan community ceased: New York voice actor and internet personality Christopher "Kirbopher" Niosi has teased details about this dub throughout the years, including the reveal of Richard Ian Cox as Goku. Some facts and information on the Ocean dub of Kai, Shadocon 2012 - Voice Actor Alliance Part 2 (Scott McNeil and Sean Schemmel). The Kanzenshuu member discovered that Steele had uploaded a sample of a theme song for Dragon Ball Z Kai onto his website. In it, actor Kirby Morrow was interviewed and admitted to having auditioned for the part of Goku in a Canadian dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai.

[Notes 1] The company had previously worked with Funimation, Saban, and Pioneer on creating a partial English dub of the Dragon Ball Z TV series and its movies in the mid-1990s.

The province of British Columbia listed the show in their production database for 2010 and 2011. Lost [22] Wow! The podcast episode was later re-uploaded to remove the references to the series. ", Lee Tockar on Twitter: "After nearly 2 years I'm finally able 2 announce that I M playing Frieza in the new Ocean group version of Dragon Ball Kai coming out soon!! Current Status Video Post-Production Company: Advantage Video, Inc. [36] However, he did not predict that the Funimation dub would be aired instead of the Ocean Dub.

I haven't even seen it !

https://lostmediaarchive.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z_Kai_(Ocean_Dub)?oldid=166597.

A new Goku was cast (now believed to be Richard Ian Cox). Scott McNeil confirms no Buu arc so far in Ocean Kai. It's believed the specifics of that are incorrect, as the first block of Kai consists of 98 episodes and their work on the series has never aired in the U.S.[18][19] The two musicians had previously created music for the AB Groupe Z production. The following information assumes the credits from the Nicktoons cut of Funimation's dub also applies to Ocean's dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai.

While there are some Calgary (Blue Water) actors on the cast, the bulk of it should be the Vancouver cast (Ocean). [11][12][13] Steele later responded to emails about the Kai track, saying it was produced sometime in 2009 and that he was not sure if it was the final version.

Along with having insider knowledge of the Ocean dub, Subzero Ice also seemed to have insider connections with CSC Media, a British broadcasting company, as he correctly pointed out that Toei Animation's announcement of Kai's U.K. airdate was incorrect. Temporarily replaced but got to do lots more. Lost Disney Channel "Next" Bumpers (Late 2002-2007).

Like earlier Dragon Ball series, the Fort Worth, Texas-based anime distributor Funimation Entertainment licensed the series and produced an English dub that was released in 2010 through 2013. The production itself has yet to be officially announced and it is not known which company commissioned it, or whom its intended broadcast partners would have been.

While the leaker never mentions the channel by name, all prior Canadian, Lost advertising and interstitial material, Schemmel: "The Ocean Group is doing their own dub". In May 2014, reaffirming Schemel's earlier comments, a member of the Kanzenshuu forums spotted a listing for Dragon Ball Z Kai on the website for AniTunes, a Canadian music production firm run by Tom Keenlyside and John Mitchell. Maggie Blue O'Hara will not be coming back to reprise Bulma. [2]Schemmel's information proved correct on September 8, 2010, as episode 26 of the podcast Voice Print with Trevor Devall went live. In the early 2000s, European Dragon Ball distributor AB Groupe was believed to have paid Ocean to continue production on Z, as well to create new dubs for Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT through its Calgary, Alberta-based sister company, Blue Water Studios. [14][15], On April 1, 2014, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved 98 episodes of the series as Canadian content, indicating post-production had finished.[16]. The province of British Columbia listed the show in their production database for 2010 and 2011.

Opening to Alternate/Ocean English Dub of “Dragon Ball Kai”?

At the time, this revelation led some fans to believe Schemmel's earlier comments were simply misinformed. Comment 2427, List of CRTC Canadian Program Recognition Numbers, Brian Drummond on Twitter: "Beats me...Maybe we made it solely for some crazy rich #DBZ superfan's private collection. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. It features remastered visuals, a redone soundtrack and the removal of "filler" episodes that were part of the original anime. Though the dub has never been officially announced, various leaks through actors, crew members, government agencies and individuals outside of its production, have confirmed its existence. [9] He had played Tien and Oob in the Blue Water dubs of Dragon Ball and GT.

Ocean Productions has also officially been referred to as The Ocean Group, Ocean Studios, Ocean Media, and Ocean Entertainment. Not only was he technically the first to talk about it in a (now deleted) Facebook chat with Sean Schemmel,[1] effectively revealing the dub's existence, but he had also publicly expressed eagerness to see Scott McNeil reprise Piccolo in Kai on McNeil's Facebook page long before he had announced it himself at a convention panel.[35]. According to him; "they took more trouble to cast [Goku] than they needed to, however they were hoping to get the essence of the character as it is in the Japanese version.".

", Michael Dobson on Twitter: "Will do for sure! In the episode of Voice Print with Trevor Devall where the dub was announced, Kirby Morrow stated that actors who had participated in the AB Groupe dub of Dragon Ball Z had been asked to re-audition their part, and that he had been rejected for the role of Goku. Hi, my schedule at the time was limited. For Kai, I only did some incidental voices. [9] He had played Tien and Oob in the Blue Water dubs of Dragon Ball and GT.

Re: Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" dub seems to be coming... https://lostmediawiki.com/index.php?title=Dragon_Ball_Z_Kai_(unaired_Ocean_Productions_English_dub_of_anime_series_recut;_2010)&oldid=131486, Scott McNeil (as Piccolo, Jeice, Dr. Briefs), He claimed it started production in 2010 (pre-production stages, setting overall strategy, direction for the dub, etc). [7][8] The entry suggests it was produced for Toei Animation, though it's not known if that refers to the dub or the show in general. Re: Ocean Studios' "Dragon Ball Kai" dub seems to be coming. [44] As he often interviews other voice actors on his YouTube channel, it's speculated that he could have received information about this dub through members of the voice cast. In 2016, voice actor Brian Drummond wrote on Twitter that recording had been completed but he had no idea what happened to the dub, saying he had not seen it.[20].

my fan mail gets on the Trevor Devall show. [17] The listing claims the company scored 105 episodes of the show for Cartoon Network U.S. [43] He has also claimed to have met the "new" voice of Zarbon in the Canadian dub, which would suggest that Paul Dobson did not reprise the role.

In it, actor Kirby Morrow was interviewed and admitted to having auditioned for the part of Goku in a Canadian dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai. During June 2012, actor Brenden Hunter indicated his involvement with the show on Facebook. When CSC Media's Kix channel broadcast the Funimation dub of. Scott McNeil was one of the first to reprise his past role(s). Andrea Libman and Brendan Hunter panel part 1 of 5. And it has nothing to do with the actors as I have enormous respect for all of them. [3][4] Morrow had previously played Goku in the final batch of episodes in the Canadian Z dub.

[10], In late February 2014, a member of the Kanzenshuu forums asked Peter Berring, the composer who worked on the first Dragon Ball for Funimation in 1995, if he knew the singer of the show's opening theme.