STACK #155 Sep 2017

DVD&BD FEATURE

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Chris Sabat actually attended school for a short time in New South Wales, at Killarney Heights High School!

Yamcha, and even Shenron in Dragon Ball Super – but who is his favourite? “Vegeta is my favourite character – but only because in my opinion

he has a better story arc than anyone in the show – including Goku, because Goku sucks,” he laughs. “I’m not kidding, he’s terrible. I don’t know if it’s like a chicken before the egg thing because I voice Vegeta, but I really don’t like him. I think Vegeta has more depth to his character, he has a more interesting backstory. He’s mean. He’s the bad guy that hangs out with the good guys because he chose to. He’s got the coolest wife, and the coolest toys, and he’s just an epic guy. "Vegeta’s the best character to play, but honestly the most fun I have is whenever I get to do anything with Yamcha, because he was the original – the first character I ever got to voice. He’s so dorky; he’s fun to play, he’s easy on my voice, and he’s got a pet cat. He’s such a goob.” Dragon Ball Super ’s story fits in towards the end of Dragon Ball Z, following the defeat of Majin Buu. According to Sabat, it’s a great entry point for those who might not have seen a frame of the famous anime. “The group has come off defeating a huge enemy, and now they’ve got a little bit of time to relax. Vegeta is kind of settling into his home life, fulfilling promises to his wife [Bulma], and they’re really just joking around with him at first. Then, some pretty interesting new characters show up. They introduce Beerus and Whis pretty quickly into the story, and these two make it clear that Vegeta and the other Saiyans aren’t as big in the grand scheme of the universe as they thought they were. "A lot of the story involves the typical getting stronger and training. Whis – Beerus’s trainer – ends up training Goku and Vegeta, and it seems to me that the two of them have this sort of yin- yang quality to them. It looks

JUST SAIYAN

This month, the first 13 episodes of Dragon Ball Super are hitting the shelves exclusively at JB Hi-Fi.We were lucky enough to speak with the English voice of Vegeta, Christopher Sabat, about how far the franchise has come. Words Alesha Kolbe C hristopher Sabat because back when I was growing up that was the profession of yet, and I’m not sure that anyone in the USA had even heard of anime.” Sabat provides the voices for the likes of Vegeta, Piccolo, choice. The Internet wasn’t even a thing

provides a number of voices for the English dub of Dragon Ball Super , and first joined the franchise back with the humble beginnings of

C h r i s t o p h e r S a b a t

It was almost like the universe told me what to do at that point...

Dragon Ball Z. His talent for voice acting was made apparent to him at an early age. “It was like one day I just woke up between my sixth and seventh years at school, and went from having a really high voice and singing in a boys’ choir to having my voice drop to almost as low as what it is now,” muses Sabat. “It was almost like the universe told me what to do at that point, and it was through everyone else’s voice. All of our neighbours and everyone else always said ‘you should get into radio!’,

What would you be doing if you weren’t acting? “I would probably be doing something creative. I might still be in a band, I might be making music still, but who knows because Dragon Ball has changed my life in the most incredible ways. I can’t even fathom what my life would have been like without it. I might be on this path for another 15-20 years; they never stop making the games, and they never stop making the shows it seems, so here’s to that.”

• Dragon Ball Super – Part 1 is out Sept 6

like they’re going to have to team up to defeat some serious foes.”

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