Kanzenshuu

There's something to like about both primary English casts (Ocean Group and FUNi).... and a lot of my thoughts about Ocean Group have turned around after seeing more recent stuff they've done like Death Note and Black Lagoon. I like Scott McNeil's Piccolo - it's very fun and low and sends shivers up...

I always thought the "Z" stood for "Zenkai", as in full-throttle, or full-power. It would be an apt descriptor for the Dragon Ball Z series in general....

"Definitely check it out." That's a trademark Mike-ism right there. And I can't believe that the "I learned it from you!" is still getting traction to this day --- and it all started with that anti-drug commercial from the '80s, where the dad asks where his kid got the drug parap...

Wait, Future Trunks is killed? Spoiler! ;-) (Weird to spoil a show that's well over 15 years old....) Oddly enough, I think Meri mentioned it offhand on a Podcast episode... Vegeta seems to fit the "tsun-dere" character profile perfectly. He starts out being all mean and angry and stuff, a...

Could this whole discussion about Saiyan pride be a metaphor for something a little more down-to-earth? It's almost like a real-life parallel to any human issue close to some people's heart: black pride, gay pride, Asian pride.... It almost seems to hit close to home for me; a friend of mine was ver...

I'm a little, just a little dissapointed how you can hear chorus in "Chala Head Chala" and also the ahhh ahhh ahhh in the background and a little too on "Zenkai Power". I like the TV size karaoke better, which takes everything out, even the second voices heard ( ex:the chorus ch...

Piccolo sounded horrible when Sabat started. His voice was too rough and overacted. "YES YES YES YES! I CAN WIN! I FEEL GREAT! I... CAN... DO... THIS! UUUNGH!" It hit me once again - Sabat kept trying to voice match Scott McNeil on his Piccolo. It's really obvious when you watch those ear...

Doing another YouTube scan-through, I discovered another neat musical find.... this a capella group sings "Makafushigi Adventure", among other anime and J-centric songs done a capella. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNeFCCHLDOM There's some other songs that are done a capella, such as the ...

Before this thread gets locked up, I just want to post some input. Jeez, I take a weekend trip to Atlanta and I miss this? Regarding the Dragon Ball season sets.... when they become available some years down the line, I'll be putting down my money/credit cards for those sets. I got the Red Ribbon Ar...

I think the thing is... Cartoon are, for the most part, meant for little kids. Just because most cartoons are for kids doesn't mean that it should be exclusively marketed to that demographic. Cartoons are for everyone, not just for little kids. Yeah, DBZ may be a kids' show at its heart, but I'm su...

FUNimation has always edited their shows internally. Cartoon Network was only directly responsible for the editing in shows like Tenchi and Outlaw Star before they finally started making everyone censor their own material, the way FUNi and Cloverway and such were already doing. So when people compl...

For all the flack that FUNimation gets on this forum for their quote about DBZ, there's some modicum of truth to it: a 9-year-old is born every day. Or in some cases, "reborn". DBZ may be a kids' show, but it's been so close to so many hearts all over Japan, America, and quite possibly, e...

The DB fandom is dying, and there's no good way to revive it. But I have no doubt that it will be revived next year when the live action comes out. I don't think the Dragon Ball fandom is dying. From the point of view of those that grew up via tape trading, or that grew up with the Toonami broadcas...

About "Battle Point Unlimited" in the dub, I'm about 90% sure that it's in there. I'll have to watch again to make sure, as I haven't watched that disc in a couple weeks, but I'm quite sure it's there. To quote that old spaghetti sauce commercial: Yes, it's in there. I recently saw those ...

I am posting this sight unseen (or rather, hearing unheard), because I haven't yet heard the Podcast. I did want to put this up first, and then discover how much in sync I might have with the Podcast and some of you out there. :) EDIT: Just now listening to the Podcast. Julian's "Tel Aviv"...

Around the beginning of the year, I was at Hot Topic. I noticed among the anime tee shirts, there was one with a nice collage. I took a closer look, and I went -- OMG I know these guys! It's a black tee shirt with a nice collage of people. Piccolo, Perfect Cell, Trunks, Kid Buu, Freeza, Vegeta, Goha...

To quote Borat, SEXY TIME!

Those covers are very sexy and slick. I certainly would not mind at all using these as slip covers. I hope this project continues!

For my 100th post on this message board, I want to ask: You know that alien that terrorizes planets (and may or may not be gay)... Why is it spelled "Freeza" and not "Furiza"? I mean, I see "Kuriza" and not "Kreeza"; if they were relatives with King Cold, woul...

We also got a few shots of a naked Vegeta from behind! I wonder why Goku was thinking of Vegeta being... naked. :P I'm more interested in why Vegeta was supposedly checking out naked Goku in *that* episode near the end of DBZ. Maybe it was Toriyama's way of throwing a bone to all the people (mostly...

Go listen to Episode 32 of the Podcast - Meri goes over her top five FULLY NUDE MOMENTS! (as Mike said on that episode). I have to wonder, in Season 3, there's this scene in Goku's mind, where a very naked Vegeta is telling him to remember his Saiyan heritage. What was the point of Vegeta's nakednes...