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Mr. Toriyama Draws Message For Quake Victims

Post by the_abberration » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:36 am

Source: ANN

Manga creator Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball , Dr. Slump) posted the above message of support for the victims of the March 11 earthquake (Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin) and tsunami.

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I can't read Japanese, so I don't know what it says. Maybe one of our versed forum members can help. :D
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Post by jpdbzrulz4sure » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:41 am

the_abberration wrote:I can't read Japanese, so I don't know what it says.
It says "Hang in there!!" in the word balloon.

In the lower left:

"To everyone who's a victim,
It may be really bad, but please, don't you be defeated. Hang in there!

-Akira Toriyama"
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Post by dbgtFO » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:50 am

jpdbzrulz4sure wrote:
the_abberration wrote:I can't read Japanese, so I don't know what it says.
It says "Hang in there!!" in the word balloon.
So if one were to pronounce it, it is "Gambare yo" or something?
Like what Vegeta said to Kakarot in his monolouge about the differences between the two?

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Post by jpdbzrulz4sure » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:02 am

dbgtFO wrote:So if one were to pronounce it, it is "Gambare yo" or something?
It's "ganbarē!!". Ordinarily, the word is "ganbare" (imperative form of "ganbaru"). The elongated "e" and small "tsu" kana at the end are for emphasis.
dbgtFO wrote:Like what Vegeta said to Kakarot in his monolouge about the differences between the two?
Yep. :)
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jpdbzrulz4sure wrote:
dbgtFO wrote:So if one were to pronounce it, it is "Gambare yo" or something?
It's "ganbarē!!". Ordinarily, the word is "ganbare" (imperative form of "ganbaru"). The elongated "e" and small "tsu" kana at the end are for emphasis.
dbgtFO wrote:Like what Vegeta said to Kakarot in his monolouge about the differences between the two?
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Post by Godo » Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:40 am

Toriyama just seems to generally be a good guy, and maybe that's why I like him and his work so much.

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Post by mysteriousdbzgt » Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:13 pm

That is really considerate of Toriyama to draw that. It's so adorable. :)
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Post by Savage68 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:55 pm

I really like this image. I'm using it as my current desktop background.

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Post by SonEric84 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:19 pm

Godo wrote:Toriyama just seems to generally be a good guy, and maybe that's why I like him and his work so much.

Agreed, he seems very humble and I like that quality in famous people. This is a nice gesture.
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Post by Chuquita » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:16 pm

Aw, this is really sweet.
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Post by Drabaz » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:28 pm

That's just awesome. It's such a great image with a positive message. I love it!
Savage68 wrote:I really like this image. I'm using it as my current desktop background.
That looks great! I'm not too fond of the gray but I wanted to make this image a wallpaper too. Did you edit that yourself?
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Post by mysteriousdbzgt » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:33 pm

Drabaz wrote:That's just awesome. It's such a great image with a positive message. I love it!
Savage68 wrote:I really like this image. I'm using it as my current desktop background.
That looks great! I'm not too fond of the gray but I wanted to make this image a wallpaper too. Did you edit that yourself?
On the Shonen Jump site, they made wallpapers with different colours for the art.
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Post by Drabaz » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:37 pm

Thanks. The Shonen Jump site is blocked at my work computer, but I'll take your word for it!
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Post by mysteriousdbzgt » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:40 pm

Drabaz wrote:Thanks. The Shonen Jump site is blocked at my work computer, but I'll take your word for it!
I'll just link you to the different colour wallpapers here, since you can't go to the Shonen Jump site:

http://www.shonenjump.com/j/news/img/11 ... ellow.html
http://www.shonenjump.com/j/news/img/11 ... 0_red.html
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Post by Hellspawn28 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:42 pm

Awesome, and I love it. Great to see AT helping out.
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Post by Drabaz » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:55 pm

mysteriousdbzgt wrote:
Drabaz wrote:Thanks. The Shonen Jump site is blocked at my work computer, but I'll take your word for it!
I'll just link you to the different colour wallpapers here, since you can't go to the Shonen Jump site:

http://www.shonenjump.com/j/news/img/11 ... ellow.html
http://www.shonenjump.com/j/news/img/11 ... 0_red.html
Hahaha thanks for the effort, but anything associated with that site would be blocked too. Half the time I can't see images people post on these boards because they get the image from a site that's blocked on my computer. I would check it at home, but I recently moved to a new place so I have no internet. Thanks again for though!
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Post by Savage68 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:21 pm

Drabaz wrote:
Savage68 wrote:I really like this image. I'm using it as my current desktop background.
That looks great! I'm not too fond of the gray but I wanted to make this image a wallpaper too. Did you edit that yourself?
Yeah, I just used a color replacement tool.

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Post by mysteriousdbzgt » Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:23 pm

Drabaz wrote:
mysteriousdbzgt wrote:
Drabaz wrote:Thanks. The Shonen Jump site is blocked at my work computer, but I'll take your word for it!
I'll just link you to the different colour wallpapers here, since you can't go to the Shonen Jump site:

http://www.shonenjump.com/j/news/img/11 ... ellow.html
http://www.shonenjump.com/j/news/img/11 ... 0_red.html
Hahaha thanks for the effort, but anything associated with that site would be blocked too. Half the time I can't see images people post on these boards because they get the image from a site that's blocked on my computer. I would check it at home, but I recently moved to a new place so I have no internet. Thanks again for though!
Aww, that sucks. Hopefully you'll get to check it out eventually.
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Post by Ahiru77 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:38 pm

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Post by Piccolo Daimao » Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:39 pm

Nice to see Toriyama giving his support to the victims of the earthquake. What a nice guy. :)
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