Kanzenshuu

The Dragon Boxes for Z were aimed at the hardcore fandom. Which tend to be the same people who do watch Dragon Ball so I don’t know if it would sell that much worse. Right. All of Z was released on Dragon Box in the US, so I'm inclined to believe they sold well. The same audience who bought the Z D...

And you know that how? You say that with such authority as if you know for a fact that they would be profitable. At this point I believe you're contradictory for the fun of it. To answer your question, it's DB, one of, if not the biggest anime franchise in the world. It may not be as successful as ...

That's not even kind of. That's just them being impatient. I don't see why anyone even an irrational person would INTENTIONALLY make something less popular. It would be like saying "No, I don't want your money, willing customer." Weeeellll we still don't have OG Dragon Ball Dragon Boxes i...

It's past time OG Dragon Ball was seen as the real beginning of everything and not the Saiyan saga. Toei had a real chance to make this a reality by starting Kai with DB instead of Z. The biggest problem DB faces is the companies involved with the franchise leaving it in the dust in favor of the ot...

^^^That's kind of what I'm getting at too. It's fine if you value the split and always want to use it to frame how you look at the series, but the fact remains that it was still an anime-only split. It's not truly a "defining" split in the story to where it it has to be "this part of ...

The Z split was not arbitary. It was after the (at that time) longest time skip. And the ending of the 23rd TB was the end of Goku’s quest to win the TB. Goku came of age: he went home (in DB he had left home and never returned), got married, and had a son. The Saiyan arc of the Z anime was set up ...

It would be neat if there was some ancient, untapped Earthling lore (similar more or less to those of the Legendary Super Saiyan or Super Saiyan God, but for humans instead). Not necessarily a transformation, but some sort of ancient power-up achieved through a certain type/level of training as well...

Here's my take: I don't believe the distinction between Z and the original Dragon Ball are nearly as stark as they're often made out to be, especially as the name distinction was in anime only. Tonally speaking, aside from the shift to sci-fi, there is not otherwise much difference between the Picco...

Big yes to Piccolo and Tien. I love the stoic approach both characters have to martial arts/training and bettering themselves. These two would push each other far. However, I'm going to say Krillin and Yamcha. I'm reading the Dragon Ball manga right now, and it occured to me during the 21st Tenkaich...

On the note of Dan Dan being a successor to Cha-La-Head-Cha-La, I feel like Don't You See is the ultimate Dragon Ball ending theme. It's almost impossible where it doesn't make me tear up listening to it. As sung by Zard (RIP Izumi Sakai), it stands as the most beautiful ending theme of all of Drago...

Well, my username is meant to represent Ma Jr. in all of his evil glory from the 23rd Tenakaichi Budokai. And to me, the full body shot of the moment he first locks eyes with adult Goku is a striking image. Piccolo really was scary back then, and (other than Frieza) is probably my favorite villain f...