Kanzenshuu

While the anime has simultaneously underperformed every preceding debut Dragonball series in every quantifiable measure. Every preceding Dragon Ball series hasn't had alternate forms of distribution readily available within an hour (sometimes within minutes) of airing. Not just Crunchyroll on the E...

I like to compare against last year's at this time. If I did my math correctly, that means episode 53 which, while in the same position (7th place) still scored more eyeballs overall with a 6.6. Last year at this time was episode 54 rated at 5.8%. You needn't do math, it's on page 72 of the thread....

Many great ones have been said already, but I really like Goku's gut punch to Freeza: http://33.media.tumblr.com/b0c9eb6f92b088dac56b581d478441e1/tumblr_inline_n8nrtcj2dU1ri065t.gif The full scene slows down the animation a bit, and it gives you a sense that after a long fight, Freeza is no longer a...

Arale got revived, but 16 didn't, how does that work? They are both androids. She got rebuilt, or she didn't die when earth exploded :roll: and ofcourse there's her being a gag character and all When Dende's wish to revive the Earth was made in Buu saga, non-life objects like buildings were brought...

What's weird is TOEI still advertised Yamcha with all the other fighters in the old Super openings and endings. Even if he doesn't fight in-series anymore. For all the jokes Yamcha is the butt of, he's still a popular character and has a popular voice actor (Tōru Furuya). From my experience in talk...

That meme was due to him always failing from the time he was introduced till now. No one would even bring that up had he done some important things after and before. It's not just that Yamcha fails often, it's that he usually brags a lot first before he fails. In early Dragon Ball, it's painfully o...

I don't think you should ever remake something if a good version exists. That's one of the reasons why you don't see remakes of Citizen Kane or Dr. Strangelove (*gasp* black and white films!). You're just pouring resources into something that's been done elegantly by people with fresh creative visio...

Cowboy Bebop was not a flop in Japan. That's another piece of misinformation nonsense spread by Western fans like how they spread the whole "Watanabe prefers the dub" crap without any proof. It was one of the highest DVD sellers pre-2000. Japan loves Bebop. I think the impression that it ...

Majin Jator wrote:Yamcha didn't cheat. They were on a break.

The cue for seven more seasons of "Friends".

Look at the Japanese broadcast while the anime was absolutely fantastic (and one of the few series I ever bought on laserdisc WHILE NEW) it bombed in Japan... sucks, Adult Swim should have ordered more episodes kinda like Toonami did with Big-O. Yes, CB apparently didn't gain domestic fame until af...

Did Gohan give into the "Warrior Code of Honor" and punish himself as a result for not getting the job done, or was it simply bad writing by Toriyama? I'm really mixed on that scene, but leaning mostly on the side that Toriyama screwed up there with not seeming to want to go all-in with G...

Is there any truth to the rumor that Watanabe preferred the dub of Bebop, or was that just some BS it's fanboy's made up. There's no source for that, so I can't say it's true. But, two things to consider: (1) Wantanabe was very hands-on in the creation of the Japanese version including working with...

If you want overhyped look no further than Cowboy Bebop and Trigun, however personally the only examples where I legitimately prefer the English Dub. What makes you prefer them? Is it the western setting because those dubs seem to receive less flack as well. I at least think English Bebop deserves ...

Gohan was always peaceful and reluctant to fight, though. The only time Gohan was really willing to fight was when someone else was alongside him fighting, like a parent figure. The Cell games marks the beginning of Gohan fighting one-on-one with an opponent. If he eagerly awaited that fight, he wo...

What should have been build up properly were his changes throughout the series in a manner that made the end result feel natural. In other words, in previous arcs, there should have been enough indications that Gohan was developing in a way that made his actions in the Cell games feel natural. We h...

Because SSJ makes Saiyans act wildly. Look at Goku. Why would Goku risk his life just to fight Freeza at full power alone? That's not the same Goku who teamed up with everyone to fight Vegeta. Where was the foreshadowing that Goku would become obsessed with Freeza? It doesn't make sense unless you i...

It's in the warning Gohan gives Cell. He told Cell that since he now has the power of SSJ, if he loses his wits, he cannot control himself and will kill Cell. So it's at least foreshadowed 8 chapters before it happens. I mean, I can see why that might not be soon enough for some people, but don't ov...

Doesn't Goku say or imply the same thing when fighting Freeza? He wants him to suffer for what he's done. THat's not torture, that's karma. I didn't say he knew 18 would pop out. I can see why you got that from my statement, but not what I meant. Gohan hurt Cell, but he's not playing tiddlywinks. H...

Maybe, but there's a difference between killing someone and torturing someone then killing them. He didn't torture Cell. He hurt him until 18 popped out. Regardless, that fear appeared out of nowhere and 16's speech isn't tied to that idea at all. Gohan specifically says he wants Cell to suffer, at...

ABED wrote:It's not like he hasn't lost control and tried to kill people before.

Maybe, but there's a difference between killing someone and torturing someone then killing them.