Last time on Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, the game displayed its opening cinematic and revealed that Cha-La Head Cha-La, the original Japanese opening song of the Dragon Ball Z anime, had made its way into the project. Now, continuing its promise to deliver the most faithful retelling of the Dragon Ball Z story, the game has brought back the anime's original English narrator to voice over its latest promotion.
With only two weeks left until release, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has revealed all of its most significant angels. The latest trailer, then, serves as a recap of everything that players can expect to experience when the game releases, such as playable characters and side quest activities. Being a recap, what better way to present itself than with the iconic voice of the anime's English narrator, Kyle Henry Hebert?
For the trailer, Herbert narrates the mechanics of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot over an amalgamation of scenes that a lot of fans will recognize from previous promotions. For instance, the clips of the in-game fight between Goku and Raditz make an appearance along with Cell's absorption of Android 17.
It's unclear whether or not Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will feature Herbert's recaps in-game, but even if it doesn't, fans can still expect him to make an appearance as one of the primary playable characters. Anyone simply listening wouldn't be able to tell, but Herbert voices Adult Gohan. Weirdly enough, that means Gohan could be considered Dragon Ball Z's narrator.
For those who don't know, Herbert is an experienced voice actor who's appeared in several different anime titles. Just like with Gohan -- unless they've done some outside research -- most fans won't recognize him from these roles, but Herbert is also the voice of Sosuke Aizen from Bleach and Noriaki Kakyoin from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, along with some other characters from other properties.
For a lot of fans who grew up with Dragon Ball Z, Herbet's recap narrations started the trend in other shows. Any of them that featured a voice over to kick off their "previously on" sections would typically find themselves either compared to Dragon Ball Z or provocating thoughts about it. So even if Herbert's recap narrations don't make it into the final product, the very concept of this latest showcase shows that, once again, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot really does understand what makes Dragon Ball Z so special and nostalgic to so many people.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot releases January 17, 2020, on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
