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by Adamant
Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:54 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball canon (+ re-edits/re-adaptations)
Replies: 12
Views: 822

Re: Dragon Ball canon (+ re-edits/re-adaptations)

I do not know the cost of a reworked series but it would surely cost far less than doing straight up a new one. And with that said if the marketing is smart it could be even released as netflix series arc after arc like every 2 month. Most fans would watch it i belive. Marketing words like "ca...
by Adamant
Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:16 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball canon (+ re-edits/re-adaptations)
Replies: 12
Views: 822

Re: Dragon Ball canon (+ re-edits/re-adaptations)

crixus wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:07 pm I get that the manga is the core of the series but since they are doing things differently with super i don´t think it would be unreasonable to separate manga and anime.
The question you should be asking is WHY they would want to do this. How can they make money off this proposed series of yours?
by Adamant
Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:50 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball canon (+ re-edits/re-adaptations)
Replies: 12
Views: 822

Re: Dragon Ball canon (+ re-edits/re-adaptations)

What a lot of western anime viewers struggle somewhat with getting is that anime series are for the most part not intended to be a standalone product. They're meant to air on TV to drum up interest in the brand as a whole, which is centered around the actual source material. In the case of Dragon Ba...
by Adamant
Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:04 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Chaozu
Replies: 1
Views: 243

Re: Chaozu

He's (at least designed after) a jiangshi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangshi

Stealing this gif from Kunzait:
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by Adamant
Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:31 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What Would You Do If You Were Transported Into The DB Universe?
Replies: 6
Views: 361

Re: What Would You Do If You Were Transported Into The DB Universe?

Well if you know things are going to work out if you DON'T interfere, it's probably a bad idea to do so.

Invest hard in Capsule Corp stocks, I guess.
by Adamant
Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:51 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: If the Z Fighters lived normal lives
Replies: 30
Views: 3185

Re: If the Z Fighters lived normal lives

That, and when the person that seems to struggle the most with understanding the characters is also the person that skipped huge parts of the story, it's pretty logical to see a connection there.
by Adamant
Sun Jul 17, 2022 1:47 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: So, like, Roshi
Replies: 15
Views: 1133

Re: So, like, Roshi

He’s supposed to be a goofy subversion of the wise old sage archetype. He’s a skilled martial artist and mentor who is capable of giving good advice, but he’s also an extremely horny old man who lives in a fairly modern house that just happens to be on an island in the middle of nowhere. Yep. It's ...
by Adamant
Sat Jul 16, 2022 2:42 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How do you Feel About the Pacing of each Show?
Replies: 22
Views: 2897

Re: How do you Feel About the Pacing of each Show?

The thing about the pacing in the Freeza+ parts of the series is that the main plots are so long and interconnected there's very few places for the anime adaptation to take a break and do its own thing for a couple episodes without it just feeling like the ongoing story slowed down to a crawl. Espec...
by Adamant
Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:16 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Kazuki Takahashi (YuGiOh creator) was a fan of Dragon Ball
Replies: 32
Views: 3767

Re: Kazuki Takahashi (YuGiOh creator) was a fan of Dragon Ball

After Takahashi ended his original manga, Konami started commissioning sequel series with original plots ("GX" and on) so they could still have an anime promoting the card game on TV. They were made purely for that purpose, acting like they weren't is like trying to pretend the Super Drago...
by Adamant
Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:21 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Kazuki Takahashi (YuGiOh creator) was a fan of Dragon Ball
Replies: 32
Views: 3767

Re: Kazuki Takahashi (YuGiOh creator) was a fan of Dragon Ball

Kaiba was clearly inspired by Vegeta. They have nothing in common other than the vague rival archetype Yes, especially considering Kaiba isn't that much of an asshole in the Japanese version and the manga. Just a determined hard-worker. He built an entire amusement park and hired professional soldi...
by Adamant
Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:47 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: If the Z Fighters lived normal lives
Replies: 30
Views: 3185

Re: If the Z Fighters lived normal lives

If nothing else, this thread is at least demonstrating why it's a good idea to actually watch/read the series you're trying to discuss.
by Adamant
Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:57 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: If the Z Fighters lived normal lives
Replies: 30
Views: 3185

Re: If the Z Fighters lived normal lives

Protecting the Earth is not the main motivator for training I agree but as they are strong enough to defend the weak and innocent as “with great power comes great responsibility” the most good hearted and most capable of them (depending on the threat) feel like they are obligated to protect their h...
by Adamant
Tue Jul 05, 2022 4:18 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What is the minimum age you would recommend Dragon Ball for?
Replies: 75
Views: 9492

Re: What is the minimum age you would recommend Dragon Ball for?

Just gonna drop this here because it will never not be hilarious. https://i.imgur.com/eTkmmrM.png On a serious note though, I really don't think it's very healthy for kids to be denied access to anything more "adult" than Sesame Street before they're legal adults and suddenly get exposed t...
by Adamant
Sat Jul 02, 2022 2:14 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Are these four main women in Dragon Ball really "just house wives"?
Replies: 208
Views: 17791

Re: Are these four main women in Dragon Ball really "just house wives"?

Spoiler: Companies are not people. They don't have opinions. Any time they publicly declare they're in support or opposition to something, it's a pr stunt to make customers associate them with an opinion they think is good. That's why some companies will immediately dress up in rainbows during the ...
by Adamant
Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:25 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Are these four main women in Dragon Ball really "just house wives"?
Replies: 208
Views: 17791

Re: Are these four main women in Dragon Ball really "just house wives"?

Spoiler: Companies are not people. They don't have opinions. Any time they publicly declare they're in support or opposition to something, it's a pr stunt to make customers associate them with an opinion they think is good. That's why some companies will immediately dress up in rainbows during the m...
by Adamant
Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:43 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: If you lived in the Dragonball Verse
Replies: 12
Views: 1315

Re: If you lived in the Dragonball Verse

...I'm pretty sure equivalents to all these exist in the real world too. Would you be a spec ops soldier, an engineer, a ceo, a mass murderer or neither of the above?
by Adamant
Thu Jun 23, 2022 6:44 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Interesting line from Piccolo about Goku in the dub; Does Goku really crave mayhem?
Replies: 43
Views: 4921

Re: Interesting line from Piccolo about Goku in the dub; Does Goku really crave mayhem?

feels like it was done simply because Funi thought it sounded better than the original line. Yeah, this seems like a typical case of Funimation punching up the dialogue to make it sound funnier or, in this case edgier. I doubt they thought that fans like us would look so much into it, they probably...
by Adamant
Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:56 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Interesting line from Piccolo about Goku in the dub; Does Goku really crave mayhem?
Replies: 43
Views: 4921

Re: Interesting line from Piccolo about Goku in the dub; Does Goku really crave mayhem?

I think you should watch the original instead of trying to make weird guesses about what may or may not have been said there based on comparing several bad dubs. This line seems to be a rewrite-heavy "localization" of 悟飯はきさまのように闘いは好きじゃないんだ ("Gohan doesn't like fighting, like you do&q...
by Adamant
Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:04 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Interesting line from Piccolo about Goku in the dub; Does Goku really crave mayhem?
Replies: 43
Views: 4921

Re: Interesting line from Piccolo about Goku in the dub; Does Goku really crave mayhem?

I know Japanese, I know what was said, and I was explaining what was said to someone that specifically said they didn't know, but was making (wrong) assumptions based on what some other dub mistranslated it as. Then you came in out of nowhere and started derailing the thread with all kinds of bizarr...
by Adamant
Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:15 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Interesting line from Piccolo about Goku in the dub; Does Goku really crave mayhem?
Replies: 43
Views: 4921

Re: Interesting line from Piccolo about Goku in the dub; Does Goku really crave mayhem?

I know what the implication is in the original, and so does 90sDBZ , he was saying he doesn't think it was said in the Japanese version, and that's fair because we don't know what the exact words being said in Japanese are. The closest approximation we have is how Steve Simmons translated the lines...