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- Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:57 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Straw Hats on DB
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1544
Re: Straw Hats on DB
Luffy (Mayumi Tanaka) - Kuririn/Yajirobe/ Uranai Baba That's Uranai Baba #2, just to be clear. :sick: Correct. I just thought that if I specified that, though, I'd need to specify that Clinkenbeard is the fourth English Kid Gohan, like the seventh English Kid Goku, and do the same for all the other...
- Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:40 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Straw Hats on DB
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1544
Re: Straw Hats on DB
From the Japanese cast: Luffy (Mayumi Tanaka) - Kuririn/Yajirobe/Uranai Baba Zoro (Kazuya Nakai) - Tagoma Usopp (Kappei Yamaguchi) - Fu Robin (Yuriko Yamaguchi) - Vados Bonus: Masako Nozawa (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten) as Dr. Kureha and Toshio Furukawa (Piccolo, General Blue) as Ace. There are a...
- Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: A Kai Version of DB (1986 OG Series)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3465
Re: A Kai Version of DB (1986 OG Series)
I'd love it for no other reason than to get a new dub of that material with the Kai cast. Pacing-wise, there would be improvements, but not as much as Z got from Kai. In addition, losing the Kikuchi score and not having Hiromi Tsuru and Joji Yanami would be huge blows for the Japanese track. I'd be ...
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:18 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: How Many Times have You Seen DB All the Way Through?
- Replies: 114
- Views: 8627
Re: How Many Times have You Seen DB All the Way Through?
I've watched everything at least once and have done rewatches of arcs several times. I wanna say I watched all of DB at least twice, at least three times if you count rewatches without filler, and I've seen the OG hunt for the DBs many times over. My DB watches were mostly subbed, though I did watch...
- Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Will we ever get a 4K Dragon Ball Z release from Funimation?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8386
Re: Will we ever get a 4K Dragon Ball Z release from Funimation?
Probably, and it'll probably suck. Honestly, I'd be more interested in a Kai 1-98 rerelease that has options for 4:3 and 16:9 to match the Japanese broadcast (and so we could get that handful of expanded redrawn shots for kicks). Granted, it would be without the Yamamoto score so it wouldn't be trul...
- Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:18 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: "Dragon Ball Super" Crunchyroll Home Release Thread
- Replies: 313
- Views: 122557
Re: "Dragon Ball Super" FUNimation Home Release Thread
Anyone notice the blurays for parts 4 and 5 are out of print everywhere and selling for triple their price? Yet there's no season sets in sight? :| https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07BF24894/ref=tmm_fbs_blu_title_2 https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Ball-Super-Part-Blu-ray/dp/B07FRLQ52T I imagine it's ju...
- Tue Jan 04, 2022 9:29 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Favorite character developed by Takao Koyama
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3018
Re: Favorite character developed by Takao Koyama
It's gotta be Bardock for me. Cooler is my second pick, but he's a little bit too close to being a Freeza clone to give him the edge over Bardock, who is fully fleshed out and given a compelling story in his original special. I do think Cooler could benefit from a Super-era reinvention that leans mo...
- Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Outright Impossible things you would love to see happen.
- Replies: 62
- Views: 7647
Re: Outright Impossible things you would love to see happen.
What dubisms is Simmons forced to do? The earliest DVDs did that to pretty much every character name. It was eventually discontinued later on. The Super Broly home release was also forced to use Broly instead of Broli and Frieza instead of Freeza. I believe there was even a disclaimer on the disc a...
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:58 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Outright Impossible things you would love to see happen.
- Replies: 62
- Views: 7647
Re: Outright Impossible things you would love to see happen.
- The Japanese broadcast audio to be on home video, hopefully with a good remaster for the video - A redub of OG DB with better scripts, the Kai cast, and all the insert songs retained, even if it takes a Kai recut for that to happen - An updated Super TV series dub that fixes the most egregious lib...
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 11:03 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Thanks for everything, Mr. Yanami.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2942
Re: Thanks for everything, Mr. Yanami.
What a legend among legends. His voice was there alongside Nozawa and Tsuru as our introduction to the animated version of this world and characters. For many, his was the first voice they ever heard in Dragon Ball. That voice carried us through four TV series before he had to retire, and I was grat...
- Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:59 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Japanese vs English names
- Replies: 74
- Views: 5579
Re: Japanese vs English names
I thought Blue Water adapting "Tenkaichi Budokai" as "The Number One Under the Sun Martial Arts Tournament" was an inspired choice. It gets the idea of the Japanese term across while using a common English phrase and avoiding those pesky religious references, making it a-okay for...
- Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:23 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Japanese vs English names
- Replies: 74
- Views: 5579
Re: Japanese vs English names
As a fan of the Japanese version moreso than anything else, you'd probably expect me to say I prefer the Japanese names as a matter of course, but the truth is more complicated than that. The fact of the matter is that a lot of the old dub terms and pronunciations are incredibly ingrained into me du...
- Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:10 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Why did 4Kids One Piece FAIL while Funimation's Dragon Ball succeeded?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 8894
Re: Why did 4Kids One Piece FAIL while Funimation's Dragon Ball succeeded?
I think that despite the inaccuracies, replacement music, dumb jokes, and the like, the show came at just the right time where not much like it was on TV at the time as a kids' cartoon with a serialized story. In addition, the original version was a bit harder to come by since fansubs were something...
- Sat Nov 20, 2021 9:32 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Favorite Move?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1482
Re: Favorite Move?
I really like the Kamehameha and Kaioken, but I also really like the one where Goku hits Yamcha so hard he ricochets of the manga panel.
- Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:14 pm
- Forum: Music
- Topic: Which Theme Song Is Your Personal Favorite?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3122
Re: Which Theme Song Is Your Personal Favorite?
My order would be: 1. Cha-La Head Cha-La 2. Makafushigi Adventure 3. Dragon Soul 4-6. We Gotta Power, Limit × Break × Survivor, Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go 7. Chozetsu Dynamic 8. Fight It Out 9. Heroes Big Bang Mission Theme 10. Heroes Universe Mission Theme Yes, I love those three themes equally. Shame we di...
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 7:29 pm
- Forum: Music
- Topic: Which Theme Song Is Your Personal Favorite?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3122
Re: Which Theme Song Is Your Personal Favorite?
My order would be: 1. Cha-La Head Cha-La 2. Makafushigi Adventure 3. Dragon Soul 4-6. We Gotta Power, Limit × Break × Survivor, Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go 7. Chozetsu Dynamic 8. Fight It Out 9. Heroes Big Bang Mission Theme 10. Heroes Universe Mission Theme Yes, I love those three themes equally. Shame we did...
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 9:10 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Why is Vegito spelled like that
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2245
Re: Why is Vegito spelled like that
Though this isn't adding much to the discussion, I do think it's worth noting that Funimation corrected the spelling to "Vegetto" in Kai Episode 153's title card: https://i.imgur.com/hh8hEJd.png Yes, and you think, "Wow! They corrected something of theirs! Until you realize that the ...
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 5:46 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Why is Vegito spelled like that
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2245
Re: Why is Vegito spelled like that
Though this isn't adding much to the discussion, I do think it's worth noting that Funimation corrected the spelling to "Vegetto" in Kai Episode 153's title card:
- Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:41 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Favorite Goku Voice?
- Replies: 186
- Views: 10436
Re: Favorite Goku Voice?
Nozawa's the best, no question. Not a particularly thrilling answer around these parts, but she's the greatest living voice actor period IMO so I can't really argue otherwise lest I lie to you. If you wanna ask me my favorite English voice, though, it's probably current Schemmel. He's gotten really ...
- Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:12 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Making a Good DB Story v. Making a Good Story
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3252
Re: Making a Good DB Story v. Making a Good Story
I kinda thought the whole "power of friendship" speech was set up to fail. Like, yeah, Goku gives the whole speech, beats the bejesus out of Jiren, but then his power literally implodes on him. I kinda interpreted that as "fancy shonen speeches don't work." It's the stuff with Fr...