Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
Gyt Kaliba wrote:I really, really need clearer pictures of the Katsura and Watsuki drawings from that book. I am so, so glad they both ended up doing art for it after all. Katsura's was a given (I notice it's in color too, is it kind of the central picture or something?), but Watsuki's was a great surprise.
Gyt, you know that you are supposed to let me know when these things happen. Shame.
Gyt Kaliba wrote:I really, really need clearer pictures of the Katsura and Watsuki drawings from that book. I am so, so glad they both ended up doing art for it after all. Katsura's was a given (I notice it's in color too, is it kind of the central picture or something?), but Watsuki's was a great surprise.
Gyt, you know that you are supposed to let me know when these things happen. Shame.
Are we too old to enjoy new Dragon Ball movies/series?
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Nickolaidas wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:10 am
Guys, I'm going to be straight with you. If you feel the show has gotten 'silly' ... it hasn't. You're just 'too old for this shit'. Seriously, 95% of the people in those boards do not fit the target demographic of the show, so don't expect the show to be 'everything you hoped for'. I'm referring to the people here who expect Super to be rich with dark moments, serious storytelling, meaningful characters etc etc. It won't. It's a show for kids. A show for kids being kids. Everyone in those boards has a manchild in him/her, clamoring to get out, and that's fine. But having unrealistic expectations (such as believing the show grew up alongside you) is naïve at best. Honestly, do you take seriously a story where the supposed God of Destruction halts his urges to blow up stuff in order to eat ice cream sundae? That's the show's silliness at full force, take it for what it is. The show hasn't matured one bit, so don't expect it too. Again, I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I'm saying *that* is DB and always will be.
Note: I posted this in the Super announcement thread first and found this later, not sure where it fits.
Has this been posted yet? I heard its BOG's script that Toriyama wrote but It doesn't look like one to me. Others are saying its a new movie again. It's from the 30th Anniversary book I believe.
This is all I know from a bit someone posted which was poorly translated with google : Screenplay: Akira Toriyama
Director: Daisuke Nishio
character design and animation director: Kubota oath look at the DB Mitee
My copy just arrived. It's a big and fancy book, so I don't want to touch it much until I get over this cold I have. But I did check Toriyama's message, and if anyone was still on the fence about the Super complaint being legit, it's definitely real. It also might be worth noting that Toriyama's message is much longer than what's in that photo and takes up an entire page.
Xeztin wrote:Note: I posted this in the Super announcement thread first and found this later, not sure where it fits.
Has this been posted yet? I heard its BOG's script that Toriyama wrote but It doesn't look like one to me. Others are saying its a new movie again. It's from the 30th Anniversary book I believe.
This is all I know from a bit someone posted which was poorly translated with google : Screenplay: Akira Toriyama
Director: Daisuke Nishio
character design and animation director: Kubota oath look at the DB Mitee
It's simply animator Chikashi Kubota talking about how much of an influence the DB anime was on him. Absolutely 100% nothing to do with a new movie; whoever said that's what it was about must have been lying.
Got my copy in last night, and I gotta say, this book is absolutely fantastic. As I own the Chouzenshuu, I really shouldn't be surprised by how comprehensive these books can be, but good lord is this expansive.
My only experience with Japanese extends to being able to decipher Katakana and Hirigana, but I'm still able to get a lot out of this, and it's cool to have a more up-to-date visual summary of Dragon Ball as a whole than the previous guidebooks left off.
10/10 go buy it.
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I believe its still in stock on Amazon Japan from what I can tell? Is Amazon Japan the site most people use? I'd love to own the Super History book but I've never used any international websites before. This might totally be worth it though.
TripleRach wrote:My copy just arrived. It's a big and fancy book, so I don't want to touch it much until I get over this cold I have. But I did check Toriyama's message, and if anyone was still on the fence about the Super complaint being legit, it's definitely real. It also might be worth noting that Toriyama's message is much longer than what's in that photo and takes up an entire page.
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:A translation of the book's introduction just went up on the main site: http://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/ ... roduction/
Very nice message. Toriyama always comes across as so likeable.
I guess it's just too bad then for those that don't like Goku's Japanese voice:
"Then when the anime started up, Goku’s character was set in stone thanks to Masako Nozawa’s voice1, and as I was drawing the manga that cheerful voice would help keep him acting all on his own."
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.
Wow. That was hilarious, heartwarming and provides so much context in regard to the whole "Toriyama never remembers" schtick that fans love to bring and make fun of. I'm getting a little misty eyed...
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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.