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Comparision of the voice over actors who have been the voice of Dr. Gero / Android 20 with sound clips and images.
"Never ask a group of DBZ fans which dub they prefer" - TV Tropes profile on Dragonball
Dr. Gero was the original creator of the Red Ribbon Army and creator of Android 8, Android 16, Android 17, Android 18, Android 19 and Cell. He also transformed himself into Android 20.
Dr. Gero was the original creator of the Red Ribbon Army and creator of Android 8, Android 16, Android 17, Android 18, Android 19 and Cell. He also transformed himself into Android 20.
Created by Pokejedservo on Thu Jul 9 2009, 14 Comments, Add Comment
Special thanks to Foxwolf for additional sound clips.
EDITOR'S OPINION
Ah yes Dr. Gero namely Android 20 not exactly one of the smartest "Super Geniuses in Robotics" but that's a different story and he is also today's subject for a Voice Compare.First up we have Kent Williams for FUNimation's side and the first English VA for the not-so good Doctor. While Kent Williams' acting career has been around since the early 1970's Dr. Gero was one of his earlier voice acting roles. And while its not his finest work even regarding the DB characters he voiced it certainly works well enough.
And as for the EuroCanadian dub of DBZ, we have one of the Dobson brothers namely Brian Dobson. In retrospection Brain Dobson probably wouldn't be my first choice when it comes to Ocean's VA talent but this dub often wanted to go for "Sound-a-likes" and in this case it worked. The difference between the voices are fairly existent but very small.
And the last but in a way the least is Jonathan Love in the Blue Water dub for DBGT. First of all okay who forgot to tell him that he was voicing an old man? Seriously while his Gero voice doesn't sound REALLY young but is it just me or do his voice sound a little too young for an old man like Dr. Gero? But while his voice is definitely the weakest among the Gero voices his acting is not that bad though. So the worst thing I can say about Jonathan Love in this case is that he was VERY much miscast as Dr. Gero IMO.
So basically to make a long story short to me its a tie between Kent Williams and Brian Dobson with Jonathan Love at dead last.
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coolgeek176 said at 9:59 PM on Sun Dec 30 2012
I'm going with Kent Williams. Brian Dobson is okay. Jonathan Love is miscast.
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Ranmarotto said at 2:14 PM on Sun Jul 24 2011
Williams and Dobson are both exemplary voices for Dr Gero. If I really had to pick one I'd go with Williams, but either suits the role just the same. Not even going to bother with Love :P
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Metabad said at 11:35 PM on Wed Jul 13 2011
Anyways, for me it's close. Both Kent Williams and Brian Dobson fit Dr. Gero very well, the former sounding more old and the latter sounding more robotic. Very fitting for a robotic old man. Jonathan Love doesn't even come close to either of them I'm afraid. A very tough decision indeed, however I believe I shall ultimately go with Brian since his performance just gives off a creepier vibe than the others.
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pete said at 5:23 PM on Wed Nov 14 2012
@Metabad Well Love isn't close his voice isn't that bad and one of the better in that dub. It's way better than the one for Dr. Myuu and does sound like a mad scientist somewhat. He had a decent laugh too though it needed work.
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Metabad said at 11:35 PM on Thu Nov 15 2012
@pete I do agree to an extent, I heard the entire exchange between them on another site and it seemed a bit better as a whole. Its not necessarily a bad voice in and of itself I suppose, but it just doesn't fit Gero at all, it sounds too young and not at all robotic.
The Blue Water dub of GT as a whole wasn't really all that great, I do like them for their video game dubs which are top-notch and they have some of my favourite actors (Roger Rhodes and Dave Pettitt in particular) but their anime dubs seem to fall flat for the most part. I have heard good things about their G Gundam dub, but I've never watched any Gundam series so I wouldn't know about that for sure.
ReplyThe Blue Water dub of GT as a whole wasn't really all that great, I do like them for their video game dubs which are top-notch and they have some of my favourite actors (Roger Rhodes and Dave Pettitt in particular) but their anime dubs seem to fall flat for the most part. I have heard good things about their G Gundam dub, but I've never watched any Gundam series so I wouldn't know about that for sure.
Gohan said at 6:35 AM on Fri Mar 11 2011
lol kents name was there twice cause he does it the best
Replymichaelkelley (Guest)
said at 10:05 AM on Fri Dec 10 2010
said at 10:05 AM on Fri Dec 10 2010
Kent Williams obviously is the best.
ninjagrape (Guest)
said at 5:05 AM on Sun Oct 4 2009
said at 5:05 AM on Sun Oct 4 2009
Kent Williams woot! I liked him best. Everyone else didn't sound old enough.
marvelman (Guest)
said at 11:43 PM on Tue Jul 21 2009
said at 11:43 PM on Tue Jul 21 2009
Anyone else notice that all three Geros have An Irish Accent?For me,it`s a tie between Williams who as noted several times is The Only One who actually sounds like An Old Man and Dobson who sounds suitably robotic.
jeff (Guest)
said at 3:27 PM on Sat Jul 11 2009
said at 3:27 PM on Sat Jul 11 2009
Kent Williams sounds old, like he's supposed to. The other two sound like cartoon characters.
Pokejedservo (Moderator) said at 11:23 PM on Thu Jul 9 2009
Oh yeah Kent Williams name is listed twice in the poll, you might want to fix that.
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said at 12:20 PM on Tue Apr 9 2013
Brian Dobson- The robotic android feeling definitely exists in his performance. There was also hints of age too. A great example of Brian's range.
Jonathan Love- It hugely pains me to hear such a poor performance form Love. That is because i thought his Paptimus Scirocco was fantastic. But it was probably the fault of the director for Love's Gero.