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- Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:52 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Your watching experience on Toonami
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2464
Re: Your watching experience on Toonami
I learned about the series through Toonami. Nothing fancy. I wasn’t remotely aware of all the changes that had been made to the show via the English dub, or even that the show was from Japan. I did notice that there seemed to be a change in the voices and presentation of the show after a certain poi...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:57 am
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: If Zamasu came back
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4286
Re: If Toriyama decided to bring Zamasu back
Something something “Somehow Zamasu returned.”
I don’t see what else you could do with that character. His story was wrapped up pretty conclusively.
I don’t see what else you could do with that character. His story was wrapped up pretty conclusively.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2332
Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
Alright, look, perhaps “strategy” wasn’t the best word to use. My initial point was only ever that being a “good fighter” doesn’t really matter in Dragon Ball, because more often than not, having a high power level trumps actual fighting skill. Freeza or Raditz not being “skilled fighters,” makes ve...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:34 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2332
Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
I mean yeah except for literally the entire series. Fights in the later parts of Dragon Ball are flashy light shows where the winner is the one with the higher power level. I wouldn’t really call that “martial arts.” The fighting is too simplistic. There’s not really any sense that skill or strateg...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2332
Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
I mean yeah except for literally the entire series. Fights in the later parts of Dragon Ball are flashy light shows where the winner is the one with the higher power level. I wouldn’t really call that “martial arts.” The fighting is too simplistic. There’s not really any sense that skill or strateg...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:35 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2332
Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
. For all the talk about how Dragon Ball is a martial arts series, there’s very little actual martial arts. I mean yeah except for literally the entire series. Fights in the later parts of Dragon Ball are flashy light shows where the winner is the one with the higher power level. I wouldn’t really ...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:47 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of era: Sony discontinues the Funimation brand on April 2
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4745
Re: The end of era: Sony discontinues the Funimation brand on April 2
I would imagine that Dragon Ball would’ve most likely received a heavily edited and Americanized dub regardless of who got the license back in the 90s. That was the norm for anime geared towards a younger audience at the time.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:09 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2332
Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
As for martial arts in DB, ki blasts and flight and things of that nature are martial arts. Sure, but as the series goes on, they start to feel less like martial arts and more like superpowers. I mean, even low level grunts in Freeza’s forces seem to at least be capable of flight, and Freeza himsel...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:29 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2332
Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
It’s somewhat debatable how skilled of a fighter Raditz actually is. He was completely helpless when Goku grabbed his tail, even though Goku himself overcame that weakness when he was a kid, and and Vegeta and Nappa didn’t have that weakness either. Let’s be honest though, when it comes to the latte...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:15 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2332
Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
I wouldn't mind if Freeza transformed from his first form right into his fourth. The second and third form were pretty useless. If Freeza just shed his armor and shell to go into his fourth form, I think that would be cool. I think doing that would completely ruin the impact of the fourth form. It ...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2332
Re: Freeza shouldn’t have been a transforming villain
I like the simplicity of Freeza’s “final form.” I actually think it takes the unassuming nature even further than his initial form. I’d argue that his initial form still looks somewhat devious to a degree with the horns and the reptilian looking skin. His true form makes him look more humanoid and a...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of era: Sony discontinues the Funimation brand on April 2
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4745
Re: The end of era: Sony discontinues the Funimation brand on April 2
From my experience, Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh tend to be viewed more as cheap merchandising vehicles than something that most self-respecting anime fans enjoy on their own terms. Same reason you don’t exactly see anime fans talk about the various Japanese Transformers cartoons.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
- Replies: 857
- Views: 89738
Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
Ok. I miss the days when you didn’t have to pay extra beyond what you purchased at the store.VegettoEX wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:46 pmYou actually did. See: the annualized sequels. $50 DLC packs creating yearly coasters.WittyUsername wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:16 pm but I miss the days when you didn’t have to pay to unlock unconventional characters like Arale and Selypa.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
- Replies: 857
- Views: 89738
Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
I’m no game programmer, but if the PS2 era games were able to include a split screen with seemingly little issue, I would’ve thought the ninth generation consoles would be able to do it too. Also, I probably said this back when the game was initially revealed, but I still think the idea of having DL...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:31 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
- Replies: 163
- Views: 6861
Re: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
I’m a bit late to the discussion, but on the subject of filler in Dragon Ball, I’d say most of the Freeza arc filler is pretty bad and only serves to make a long drawn out story feel even more tedious, but I do have a soft spot for that whole thing with the alien orphans. That was a nice way of sett...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
- Replies: 1094
- Views: 84716
Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
Well, this definitely looks like the Muppet Babies version of Dragon Ball. I’m not making any judgements either way, except that I still say I prefer this over adapting Moro and Granolah.
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:00 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
- Replies: 163
- Views: 6861
Re: Could this be the reason they don't continue DB Super series yet?
I have to agree with the theory that the anime hasn’t been brought back because they don’t think it’s necessary. Toei already has plenty of other things to focus their resources on. They don’t need a weekly anime continuation of a manga that ended nearly 30 years ago on top of it. The Dragon Ball br...
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:09 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Another live action thread (yes, I know)
- Replies: 144
- Views: 10637
Re: Another live action thread (yes, I know)
So strange, indeed, that it's actually just kind of a racist lie. No it's actually well known. They are terrible actors in general. Not all obviously but largely yes. It's all over Google about it too. Something maybe to do with their style perhaps but they always come across as over exaggerated an...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 8:19 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Another live action thread (yes, I know)
- Replies: 144
- Views: 10637
Re: Another live action thread (yes, I know)
It might be worth noting that DBE was a slapdash production that Fox put together specifically because the rights were set to expire if they didn’t get a movie into production. Plus, I’d argue the 2000s wasn’t really an ideal time to adapt something as out there as Dragon Ball anyway. Even superhero...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: One Piece Remake, fans are so lucky...
- Replies: 226
- Views: 11285
Re: One Piece Remake, fans are so lucky...
I’m late to the discussion, but I will echo the sentiment that doing a remake of a series that’s currently still ongoing makes no sense. The One Piece manga isn’t even over yet. There’s no need for this. As for Dragon Ball, I wouldn’t be opposed to an updated remake, but I don’t know if it would be ...