"Lost 80's Dragon Ball Dub",
what the heck? Surprising? Certainly.
I'm willing to bet that most people don't even know
that this exists. Way back in '95 when I first
got in to Dragon Ball, my sister's friend had an old
copy of an 80s dubbed version of Dragon Ball Movie 3
that she taped off the t.v that she let me borrow.
I copied it for myself, and kind of forgot about it....until
now! The only main problem is that most of the
character's names are changed, but it only made it more
fun that way. :) Now, here for your listening
pleasure are some (as far as I know) never before Dragon
Ball WAV files from the 80's Dub version of Movie 3!
Background Information About The
80's Dub
Many people have asked "where did
this come from, and who produced it?"
The answers to this can be found in Animerica Vol. 8,
Issue 7.
"It seems that
Harmony Gold owned the distribution rights rights
to Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump for a number of years
in the 1980's, and although no official source will
say so, at least five episodes were dubbed by Harmony
Gold as pilots for the series. The first and third
movies were also dubbed and edited together to form
a single, longer film which aired on serveral small
stations around the country. The pilot episodes
were apparently test-marketed on various independent
networks. The response was so lackluster, however,
that nothing more ever came of it, and Harmony Gold
seems to have forgotten it ever happened. What
was it like? Most of the names were changed:
Goku was named Zero, Bulma was Lena, Oolong was Mao-Mao,
Yamcha was Zedaki, etc. An opening theme that
followed the original tune was produced.... Despite
heavy editing, it was still an amusing, action-packed
show."
80's/Present Name Conversions
To avoid confusion in regards to who
is which character, here is a handy name conversion
guide.
*down* "Scattered over the
planet are 7 magical orbs known as Dragon
Balls."
Zedaki (Yamcha)
*down* Zedaki (Yamcha):
"Lena, Lena, we're sinking!"
Lena (Bulma): "No problem,
Zedie, I always drive a convertible."
*down* "You
mean they've spotted us?"
*down* "You
know, you can always count on me, Lena.
I'm not afraid to go with ya."
*down* "Huh?
There's no special reason, it's just that
all my life, I've wanted to win the Imperial
Martial Arts Competition. So what's
wrong with that?"
80's Dragon Ball Movie 3 Dub Theme
Song: The great thing about this song that
it's the *same* exact tune as the Japanese version,
but the words are obviously in English.
These sound files are for listening
purposes only. If you steal them and use them
on your site, and I'll be forced to hunt you down and
tear you to shreads.