re: The Official DragonBall Thread....est 2012

Yes he has a very Country accent... That's another reason why I now prefer Japanese Goku to The US version. The American version isn't true to the real character. You have to remember Goku is an absolute bumpkin...he was raised in backwoods arse Japan (or wherever the hell they're supposed be) essentially by himself...just go watch the first few episodes of original Dragon Ball it's all there.

Grandpa Gohan died when he was a little kid and he basically stayed miles and miles in the woods with no power or modern conveniences and had never even seen another person before Bulma showed up when he was like 13 or 14. He was raised as an absolute hillbilly.

In the Japanese version he's essentially still just that bumpkin who wants who loves martial arts and a simple life and a orderline retarded sometimes, child-like way of thinking.

In the U.S. version they eseentislly tried to make him Captain America or 1980s Hulk Hogan... A righteous, above-it-all character who defends the helpless and so on and so on... Really he's just one ultra badass hick who cares more a out fighting than his family or real life.

Edit in response to comment about his voice:

The reason he sounds girly in the sub is because he's voiced by like an 80 year old Japanese woman... She's done his voice for basically 30 years now. She does Gohan's voice too I believe. It took some getting used to, but I like it better than the American voice now... That one's just too cheesy.