Gohan's old voice actor is legitimately the greatest of all time.

*This version of the Dub+Japanese Soundtrack = Win

“Now Cell has to fight a Warrior 11 years in the making” Damn that line was delivered perfectly

"It is a secret we have known before Gohan could even form words in his mouth" That line gives me mad chills.

Say what you will, but I think that the scene is better with the Japanese music. I think it adds more emotion to the scene.

It is a secret we have known since before Gohan could form words in his mouth, through fights with raditz, garlic jr, the ginyu force, and even frieza...we have caught glimpses of the child's explosive power...but like an explosion, it always vanished with the moment, it couldn't be controlled....until now.... At last the beastly power has been harnessed....Gohan..has awoken.. Now Cell will battle a warrior 11 years in the making.. ON THE NEXT DRAGON. BALL. Z.

I think Gohan's inner monologue and the timing of the music was on point, and my opinion the narrator's delivery was amazing with the music played in the background made this scene one of the best if not the best scene in the English dub with the original Japanese music

gohan’s tears + music + narrator in the background = emotional

Anyone else here after DBZA Episode 60?

This is the perfect combination for this scene

A lot of people who's seen the japanese version of this clip hate the English Dub speech Gohan gives, personally I like it. Now with the music added, it sounds waaay more epic. Great job Xana. XD

Wow why didn't the dub just leave the music!

Stephanie nadolny roar + english narrator speech with original music = cherry on top complete win here I seriously don't mind monologue here with original music in back .

I will still always prefer the Funimation dub. But this one scene will always be better in Japanese. -Better scream -No inner monologue -This bone-chilling song I'll be honest, there are very few songs from the japanese score that I like.

I'm not going to lie. This original piece was perfection.. in my cell voice

I like Android 16's lines better. telling Gohan to let it go ( not a frozen reference) seems better then the kai dub. IMO

When he screamed the nostalgia hit me like a truck

This gives me literal chills. The best song for this scene, with English dub I grew up on.

Pretty much the only moment in the Japanese where the music truly made the scene. That was epic.

Why this scene works so well with this song more than with faulconer (in my opinion ) is because faulconers sounds are great for action scenes(which’s pretty common knowledge at this point) but this scene is meant for gohan’s journey to this particular point (not after this aka saiyaman era). Since gohan was a child he obviously always saw his dad fighting evil. When he’s taken by raditz you can see he’s very scared and cry’s a lot. And then he gets that power boost when he gets very “angry” at raditz. Same with frieza. But ever since the raditz incident I think gohan had to man up (also because of his training with piccolo of course) and I think that’s the moment where he learned to hide his feelings. They come out in snippets but this is the moment where his emotions comes out (and also why him being a human led him to become this strong) when 16 says let go. 16 doesn’t just mean gohan’s power but I think he meant that gohan shouldn’t hide his emotion and let go. And then when 16 died. He got a fuck this shit moment where he just didn’t care about anything anymore including hiding his feeling and he just let it all go. And this song strengthens that feeling. And then when he transforms and after his scream the tears reflect him just letting go everything. That’s why he cries but his face isn’t sad. And I think that’s what makes this so powerful. Ps. Might be common knowledge this whole comment but idc I just had to share my thoughts lmao 😂 Pps. English is not my native language so if there are mistakes I’m sorry

This is gonna hit me harder now. Rest in peace Toriyama San

GOHAN HAS AWOKEN...always gives me chills.

This will always be my favorite moment in all of Dragon Ball Z history!!

Toonami. I remember the announcer. I always looked forward to how he was gonna prep us for the next episode. This was so memorable.

This is the best clip of this scene I have found anywhere. Japanese music with the english dub is phenomenal. Absolutely love it, thank you! Part of my get hyped for gaming line-up every time.

How it SHOULD'VE sounded on the "English version w/Japanese music" option on the DVDs and BDs, but I guess they couldn't license Unmei no Hi as an insert. Though, you would think if they could use the rest of the Japanese Mono, it''d have this... Copyright's a confusing, downward spiral.

this is absolutely amazing. My favorite transformation in the DBZ series with Japanese music. I been wanting to see this for so long. Thank you so much for uploading. Much respect

the original dub voice actors are amazing but the japanese music brings so much emotion

Thank you for this video. I’ve been coming back to it for years.

I've been trying to find an scene where the dub and the original japanese song combined. Finally!

Man... what a speech... just the whole thing.... simply... beautiful 😢

Sir i applaud you this scene is one of my favorite DBZ scenes and i watch it dubbed and the fact you put the insert song brought tears to my eyes it was so perfect!

This is the best version of this. Nothing will beat this

This is the best clip of this anywhere out there on the web. The original DUB with original Japanese music. Phenomenal. The Japanese music is so much better and the classic DBZ narrator at the end is one of a kind... "It's a secret we have known before Gohan could even form words in his mouth" ... "Now Cell will battle a warrior 11 years in the making!" goosebumps.

I love how even though DBZA is a comedy parody series, Team Four Star recreated this moment so beautifully epic! They even redid the same song with an English dub #TFS

This scene gotta be the greatest of all Dragon Ball sagas ! Just pure perfection

Look...I like TFS, I like Kai, I enjoy the original dub. But this is #1 in my opinion w/ Japanese music the screaming and 16 speech + bird and inner dialogue add so much more. Nearly brought me to tears.

Gohans original silence before he turns ssj 2 was needed, it shocked him that he was at a loss of words. Idk why in english dub he has a mini speech before transformation.

After listening to both, I feel faulconer conveys a more hype and almost angry version of Gohan, while kikuchi conveys a more enlightened and awakened Gohan

I love how Stephanie Nadolny voiced kid Goku, Gohan and Goku Jr.

Gohan talking through the whole thing ruins the mood... Japanese just knew how to keep quiet and when to explode. Thats my gripe on the english, adding pointless shit and having to explain everything.

That was badass! Nicely done.

“Yet another fighter you could’ve saved” a line by Cell I think is overlooked & what really set Gohan off

You know, I like Faulconer's music and all, but this captures the emotion of this scene better. There's silence as 16 speaks and as he dies, the music picks up. And there shouldn't have been an internal monologue for Gohan, just pure shock and rage.

The Funimation dub being completely silent besides the monologue was an utterly insane decision.

Just got the season 1 & 2 dvd releases and realized theres an option for "English dialogue with Japanese music" that's awesome!

Hands down the most beautiful moment in anime fucking history. Nothing will ever compare to this masterpiece of a transformation. With the original japanese soundtrack playing in background is just the icing on the cake. Simply brilliant and beautiful almost brings a tear (or two) to my eye.

This music for that moment is so much better in my opinion.

"but I plan on doing this MY WAY" "at last the BEASTly power has been harnessed" Fuck, really, the seeds for abridged AND super hero are that deep.

I’ve wanted this for so long

Chills everytime 🥰

So that's the original Japanese music, that sounds pretty cool!

2:03 the most epic scream "I won't watch this anymore"

This is epic!

I took out my ipod and pulled this once against a mugger, haven't been mugged since.

I Prefer Falconer All the Way But This Song Should Have Been Kept in the Dub!

Definitely makes it better. Still not as good as the original though. This is a perfect example of Funi doing too much. Gohan didn't need to say anything. We didn't need to hear his inner thoughts. All that needed to be said was already said. This moment was about the floodgates of rage being opened. Gohan losing himself to the rage he feared. And the English version took out the ozaru roar when Gohan screamed.

Okay... that was fantastic...especially the narrator speech at the end

Such a pivotal moment omg!! I agree way better with original Japanese music! it truly expresses so much emotion! Always sends ecstatic chills up and down my spine!! 🥰

I felt like I was a lot like Gohan growing up and this bit always gives me the chills.

I like how the narrator mentioned the villains out of order lol

Literal chills till this day

nice vid bro xD

Good god this is epic!!!

This is still one of the best transformations it just shows what rage and how powerful gohan was at this time

Omg the music.

This is the best version of this scene around

God i get chills from watching this

I grew up with japanese music so I can't stop the english soundtrack

Combining my favorite Voice Acting with the Original Song of my favorite Anime scene is perfect

This moment brought tears of joy to my eyes.

Perfect

Legend baby....11 yrs in the making...thats inspiracion all the friggin way 😆😜✌😉

This made me realise there was never a quiet/musicless moment in the whole dub.

One of the few scenes that I prefer the Japanese OST over the Bruce Faulconer's soundtrack. This is a masterpiece! 👌🏼

This transformation was a beautiful sight to see. 😀😀😀😀😀

FINALLY SOMEONE DID IT!

Gohan's greatest moment...just think how things would have turned out if it became HiS show afterwards like it was supposed to😭

Love it.

Damn that still gives me shivers

The music is the best for this scene and this is the best dub too amazing sync

Gohan is an introvert.Always quiet,and avoids trouble (not saying extroverts love trouble) but introverts keep their anger in a bottle,and once that bottle breaks,you're dead.SSJ2 broke out from SSJ.He's a kid too,kid tantrum gonna boost that anger up higher.

This is what I remember. My first experience with DBZ was with a box set that included the Funimation dub, but with the Japanese music, which, as a pre-teen, I preferred heavily over the Funimation score.

Gohan: * Starts to go Super Saiyan 2 * Cell: Why do I hear boss music that isn't mine?

Those tears in his eyes are the tears of a true saiyan warrior

Why couldn't it be more famous!?

Exactly...what we need here

This song gives me chill

RIP Toriyama

THIS IS THE BEST VERSION BY FAR

SOOOOOOOOO much better with the epic music

did anyone else get chills when 16 says "drop your restraints" ? it was in this moment cell knew he fucked up

RIP to the badass gohan, its sad to see what have they done to you :(

Idk why but to me piccolo saying "gohan" brings it together for me. You can hear in his voice the concern for him. All jokes aside with Goku being a bad father we know he loves his son but we all know piccolo cares more for gohan. That's a fact. But that 1 word from piccolo contrast so well with the scene.

His tears going upwards with his aura is the detail I absolutely adore.

This song changed my life growing up. 33 still listen to it.... dont know a damn word its saying lol but I sing with it

Normally I prefer the dub but the inner monologuing and narrator ruins the impact in this scene

Chills. Even to this day.

The narrator made this scene so epic because we seen what gohan can do with his anger and cell pushed the "at this moment he knew he f****d up" button

As a kid I didnt see the part in a previous episode when he had a nightmare where cell crushes Chi Chi’s head with his foot...gives a darker context to this scene and maybe we know what really went through his mind and made him snap