when "dragon ball" received a short-lived english dub by saban entertainment, funimation, and ocean productions in the mid 1990s, krillin was voiced by terry klassen. he reprised his role in the ocean dub of the latter half of the series produced by ab groupe for european and canadian markets. another short-lived english dub produced by harmony gold in the late-1980s featured wanda nowicki as the voice of krillin. in the blue water 2003 re-dub of "dragon ball", he is voiced by mike thiessen. dan gascon voiced him in the blue water dub of "dragon ball gt". when the series' full production was taken over by funimation in the us, krillin was voiced by laurie steele as a child in "dragon ball" and sonny strait as an adult in all media released to the us. strait got cast as the role following his audition in texas. he found the character's constant deaths amusing and thought him comical: "krillin is the party. if you don’t wish back the party, you’re going to be bored."