Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
DB1984 wrote:Wait a minute, Horikawa smoked, as well?
Well it would certainly explain how his voice changed so much between Z and Kai, especially compared to Kusao, Furukawa, and Furuya whose voices have aged hardly at all in 20+ years.
I didn't think anything of it at the time, but this would explain why Greg Ayres is playing Frost in Super, wouldn't it? I figured it was just to have Frost and Freeza sound slightly different, but it may just have been because Chris wasn't well?
I'm glad he's getting much more money than expected, I've heard nothing but good things about him and C.O.P.D is a horrible illness to be afflicted with. I can't even begin to imagine what he's going through.
DragonBallKing wrote:
DB1984 wrote:Wait a minute, Horikawa smoked, as well?
Well it would certainly explain how his voice changed so much between Z and Kai, especially compared to Kusao, Furukawa, and Furuya whose voices have aged hardly at all in 20+ years.
Yeah, you can hear the rasp in the Kai one. Although, I'm not sure how much of his voice change can be attributed to smoking and how much can be attributed to age.
I think the slight raspiness adds a bit to the character, but on the other hand I am far, far more familiar with Sabat's Vegeta so that's likely biased.
That is wonderful to hear. I'm so glad he's made such a recovery.
Spoiler:
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
"Don't take pleasure in destruction!" / "I will not let you destroy my world!"
A true hero goes beyond not the limits of power, but the limits that divide countries and people.
Very pleased for Chris and all his friends and family (that must be so relieved). Wishing him luck on his recovery.
Do you have any info about international non-English broadcasts about the Dragon Ball anime or manga translations/editions? Please message me. Researching for a future book with Dragon Ball scholar Derek Padula
Kataphrut wrote:It's a bit of a Boy Who Cried Wolf situation to me...Basically, the boy shouldn't have cried wolf when the wolves just wanted to Go See Yamcha. If not, they might have gotten some help when the wolves came back to Make the Donuts.
Chuquita wrote:I liken Gokû Black to "guy can't stand his job, so instead of quitting and finding a job he likes, he instead sets fire not only to his workplace so he doesn't have to work there, but tries setting fire to every store in the franchise of that company".
Hope we can hear him as Freeza again some day. But is it realistic for someone to recover from from the operation he needs, to the point they can do something like act again?
Hope we can hear him as Freeza again some day. But is it realistic for someone to recover from from the operation he needs, to the point they can do something like act again?
ArchedThunder wrote:
sangofe wrote:
ArchedThunder wrote:Chris Ayres has been in the hospital for months and he's not done having surgeries and after that he won't be voicing anyone for a long time either, if ever again.
Even if his double bypass and double lung transplant go perfectly his life expectancy will only be about 3 years, so even if he gets well and comes back to voice acting he likely won't be acting for long.
Sorry to be a downer.
Hope we can hear him as Freeza again some day. But is it realistic for someone to recover from from the operation he needs, to the point they can do something like act again?
ArchedThunder wrote:
sangofe wrote:
3 years? Do you have a source for this?
