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- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball influences in Western products
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2217
Re: Dragon Ball influences in Western products
In My Adventures With Superman, Mxy is redesigned to look a bit like a Kaioushin, and employs some Majin Buu-esque techniques, like splitting into multiple selves and firing off ki blasts.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:41 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
- Replies: 275
- Views: 17191
Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
Plenty of people go on-and-on about how much they love Dragon Ball on this forum all the time, the extended discussion typically just blooms out of discussing our criticisms because that's what leads to extended discussion. You can only say, "Wow, I sure do love [x]!" so many times and rep...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
- Replies: 275
- Views: 17191
Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
We needed four Broli movies because he's sexy.
I'm just glad we didn't get a fourth Broli film with fucking modern Yamamuro Tadayoshi designing him and correcting the animation.
I'm just glad we didn't get a fourth Broli film with fucking modern Yamamuro Tadayoshi designing him and correcting the animation.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:24 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Super Saiyan 2 Appreciation Thread
- Replies: 120
- Views: 38471
Re: Super Saiyan 2 Appreciation Thread
That hair and those pants would be such a pain in the ass to animate.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 103 - Official Discussion Thread
- Replies: 110
- Views: 12610
Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 103 - Official Discussion Thread
I had the re-write this entire posts because I wrote it as if the guy was still alive. :| Anyhoo, I think that what the issue was with Toriyama's writing is that his use of his tools was still relatively immature. He only had one way of writing—especially after a while—and it often meant just repeat...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Is Super on its way out?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4695
Re: Is Super on its way out?
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they decide to make the next arc the beginning of a new series, simply because they wouldn't be able to call those arcs overseen by Toriyama. It'll be interesting to see how the production committee members handle stuff moving forward.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Theme Park
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3145
Re: Dragon Ball Theme Park
Damn, it's a shame that I could never go.
I assume that some eccentrict billionaire funded this?
I assume that some eccentrict billionaire funded this?
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
- Replies: 349
- Views: 24057
Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
I wouldn't discount the Pokemon animated franchise. While the majority of the focus from casual fans is unfortunately only the Kantou stuff, it's still a major face of the franchise and associated with anime in general. The first film also did very well in theaters. Aaah, and now I'm missing the Sat...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:02 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
- Replies: 275
- Views: 17191
Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
Nobody knows, call back in October.OWmyDragonBallz wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:54 pm When is Daima suppose to take place exactly? Are the rumors true that it will be after Buu but before the start of Super?
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:39 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 103 - Official Discussion Thread
- Replies: 110
- Views: 12610
Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 103 - Official Discussion Thread
It's a bit of a 'whatever' chapter, but I felt like the ending silent montage was done well and captured a good mood. Gokuu forgetting who Pan is is such a bad and pointless moment, it doesn't really do or say anything and isn't even funny. Hopefully everyone on Toyo-tarou's team gets to rest for a...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:10 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 103 - Official Discussion Thread
- Replies: 110
- Views: 12610
Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 103 - Official Discussion Thread
It's a bit of a 'whatever' chapter, but I felt like the ending silent montage was done well and captured a good mood. Gokuu forgetting who Pan is is such a bad and pointless moment, it doesn't really do or say anything and isn't even funny. Hopefully everyone on Toyo-tarou's team gets to rest for a ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:51 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 16672
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
Just thinking, with the Manga it's credited as Story by: Toriyama. If it continues past his creative input (not sure how far his artistic input is left in this run) will it still be credited as Story By, or once (if) Toyotaro takes over 100% will it just be credited to him? The credits will likely ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Writers - What Can/Can't They Do?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1233
Re: Writers - What Can/Can't They Do?
That original 1984-1995 comic is always going to be there, so as a viewer and writer myself, I always want to see other creators given the space and opportunities to make works that excite them to create. I think that an original creator should push those other creators to take their ideas further. ...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 16672
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
It's going to feel odd without him around. However, the series will move on without him. Bandai and Shueisha still have plenty of stuff to milk the series with. Series like Kamen Rider as an example, was able to do new stuff without the original creator alive. Sorry for the late reply, but the exam...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
- Replies: 275
- Views: 17191
Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
For the record, Takeda took over just as Perfect Cell appeared, so unless Kondou was pulling a Torishima by telling Toriyama what to do even after he had left Dragon Ball, then Gohan becoming the lead wouldn't have been his idea.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
- Replies: 275
- Views: 17191
Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
Toriyama's writing suffers most when he's trying too hard to be subversive. His ideas of subverting 'generic' ideas of right-and-wrong wind up becoming their own codified 'rule', so by trying to break the 'rules' of general writing and storytelling he's only further solidifying his story as followin...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 16672
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
Yes. Jako was the last comic that Toriyama drew himself, too.eledoremassis02 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:46 pm Didn't want to start a new thread but was the last time Goku showed up in a Toriyama-drawn manga Jaco?
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and Centrism disguised as "A Desire for works to stop being political"
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3113
Re: Dragon Ball and Centrism disguised as "A Desire for works to stop being political"
Holy fucking shit, 'Carbombya'? That is disgusting.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:20 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and Centrism disguised as "A Desire for works to stop being political"
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3113
Re: Dragon Ball and Centrism disguised as "A Desire for works to stop being political"
Dragon Ball out here making the incredibly controversial political point that genocide and colonization is bad, actually . can't believe i had to learn something at school today (I was going to point out non-shounen comics have tons of politics in them, but then I remembered that even other JUMP co...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and Centrism disguised as "A Desire for works to stop being political"
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3113
Re: Dragon Ball and Centrism disguised as "A Desire for works to stop being political"
He's talking about the context surrounding the times he was writing Dragon Ball, yes it may have influenced him and it is worthy of academic study but Toriyama was writing primarily for young boys who he didn't want to read that much into it. If a kid saw Freeza as a land shark it was from the infl...