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Why are you doing this Freeza? What on earth was Toriyama's intent when he drew it? It's so random and OOC for Freeza. Isn't he supposed to be elegant and educated? Refined? Basically everything that is polar opposite with that?
It comes outta nowhere and it's actually a really good bit of animation, but then you're like, wait Freeza looked kinda weird... and now it's all you're thinking about. Utterly immersion breaking.
I actually don't remember that kind of movement being implied in the manga. Granted, it's actually been a couple years since I read that fight all the way through, but I remember being surprised by that bit of animation last time I watched the anime.
Cipher wrote:I actually don't remember that kind of movement being implied in the manga. Granted, it's actually been a couple years since I read that fight all the way through, but I remember being surprised by that bit of animation last time I watched the anime.
I went back through my Full-Colours to find it; it's in Chapter 312. After strangling Goku, he falls forward and lands on his left hand and foot, and is then standing in the next panel. It's a far cry from the gif shown above where Frieza lands on all fours and then trots away like a cat. It seems like the animators took some major artistic liberties with the direction of the scene.
If the dub pulled s*** like that there's no way anyone would forgive them for it!
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KBABZ wrote:I went back through my Full-Colours to find it; it's in Chapter 312. After strangling Goku, he falls forward and lands on his left hand and foot, and is then standing in the next panel. It's a far cry from the gif shown above where Frieza lands on all fours and then trots away like a cat. It seems like the animators took some major artistic liberties with the direction of the scene.
Yeah, I was pretty sure it was something like that, with a panel of normal balancing movement somehow being used for ... that really strange extended exit.
I remember this scene, and while I thought it's a little odd, I never actually found it funny. Made me think of him as inhuman and more animalistic, which I know goes against his demeanor, but it's exactly that contrast between how he looks and how he speaks that makes him seem so unsettling. Look at the way that tail slowly uncurls and sways as he moves - it's a bit predator like.
Well to be fair he kind of looks like a monkey later in the fight when he's getting pissed off and screaming in anger while struggling against Super Saiyan Goku.
90sDBZ wrote:Well to be fair he kind of looks like a monkey later in the fight when he's getting pissed off and screaming in anger while struggling against Super Saiyan Goku.
I always felt he was monkey-like with the way he has very hand-like feet, just like an ape. Kinda makes him a hypocrite, right?
Cipher wrote:I actually don't remember that kind of movement being implied in the manga. Granted, it's actually been a couple years since I read that fight all the way through, but I remember being surprised by that bit of animation last time I watched the anime.
I went back through my Full-Colours to find it; it's in Chapter 312. After strangling Goku, he falls forward and lands on his left hand and foot, and is then standing in the next panel. It's a far cry from the gif shown above where Frieza lands on all fours and then trots away like a cat. It seems like the animators took some major artistic liberties with the direction of the scene.
If the dub pulled s*** like that there's no way anyone would forgive them for it!
And rightfully so because ITS NOT A DUB'S JOB TO ADD NEW ANIMATION.
To be fair, I'm majorly grateful that Funimation didnt do that.
EDIT:I'm extremely sorry for the rude all caps but I needed to say it. You are cool.
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Gog wrote:The cell saga/android saga is the worst thing Akira Toriyama ever made. And nothing has ever actually managed to come close to it, after it. Even the terrible asspulls in the FT saga, weren't as bad as that. But of course this is all my opinion.
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Marz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:27 pm
"Well, the chapter was good, the story was good and so were the fights. But a new transformation, in Dragon Ball? And one that's ugly? This is where we draw the line!!! Jump the Shark moment!!"
This forum is so over-dramatic that it's not even funny.
90sDBZ wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 2:44 pm19 years ago I was rushing home from school to watch DBZ on Cartoon Network, and today I've rushed home from work to watch DBS on Pop. I guess it's true the more things change the more they stay the same.
