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- Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
- Replies: 349
- Views: 21911
Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
Just wanted to add my bit of genki to this outpouring of love for Toriyama. I first caught Dragon Ball watching it on YTV in Canada, and immediately loved his brilliant balance of satire and drama. I work with youth and I think Dragon Ball's multi generational appeal is frankly amazing, and shows it...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The Cell Saga is the most existential in the series
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1224
The Cell Saga is the most existential in the series
If you think about it, Toriyama has each of the main protagonists struggle to come to terms with their limitations in the face of an overbearing evil. So, each of the main characters deals with the uncomfortable truth that they need to change in order to combat this threat (first, the Androids, then...
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:11 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: TOEI doesn't understand Akira Toriyama's humour
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1846
Re: TOEI doesn't understand Akira Toriyama's humour
Most of Toei's DB humor tends to fall into typical anime gag humor, while Toriyama's own style has a bit of a cynical bend. It's also why I never got upset about some of the most ridiculous escalations, like Goten and Trunks going Super Saiyan, because that's a classic Toriyama gag - this thing tha...
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:38 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: TOEI doesn't understand Akira Toriyama's humour
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1846
TOEI doesn't understand Akira Toriyama's humour
I really think that TOEI animation has never really understood Akira Toriyama's humour, and this usually explains why Dragon Ball feels so different when he has little involvement in the storytelling. The first obvious examples are the Dragon Ball films. This also extends to Dragon Ball GT, and most...
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:28 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: I think its time to admit that Toyotaro is a terrible writer.
- Replies: 271
- Views: 24379
Re: I think its time to admit that Toyotaro is a terrible writer.
After recently finishing the latest chapter of the Moro arc, I have to agree that Toyotaro is nowhere near what Toriyama was at his peak :thumbdown: . Toyotaro's biggest failing, in my opinion, is that he treats the story too seriously. Except for a few rare instances (Gohan vs. Cell for example) To...
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: What is the general consensus of the "Moro saga"?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 962
What is the general consensus of the "Moro saga"?
No spoilers of course. I was wondering what people thought of "Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga". For a long time, I had little interest in reading it. But, recently, I gave it a shot out of curiosity. Early on, I felt it had potential and seemed to be taking the franchise in a new direction...
- Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:07 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Nappa lookalike in the Namek Saga of the Manga?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 825
Nappa lookalike in the Namek Saga of the Manga?
Is this supposed to be a gag by Toriyama?
Image: https://ibb.co/gJXnWPt
Image: https://ibb.co/gJXnWPt
- Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:08 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Why didn’t Vegeta get a power up after training a 2nd year in the ROTS
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1617
Why didn’t Vegeta get a power up after training a 2nd year in the ROTS
This always bugged me. Why didn’t Vegeta get a power up after training a 2nd year in the Room of Time and Spirit? He was basically a new character after having spent his first year with Trunks. Then, he clearly states the benefits of Goku living 24/7 as a Super Saiyan. And yet, he doesn’t seem to ad...
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:41 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Team Four Star's influence on Dragon Ball's revival
- Replies: 228
- Views: 26261
Team Four Star's influence on Dragon Ball's revival
I don't know if this has been touched on. But I would argue that the impact Team Four Star had on Dragon Ball's revival should be seen as being on the level of what the Orange Bricks achieved. To me, their work is more than just a well made abridged series. Deeper inside, you can see the series beco...
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:47 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: It's actually amazing that DBZ was successful on Japanese TV
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13005
Re: It's actually amazing that DBZ was successful on Japanese TV
When I do a run of “Z”, I usually do an episode a day (so, 5-6 episodes a week). The pacing of the original Z series to me is fine up until the fight vs. Freeza begins. At that point, it gets very tedious with the conflict constantly being interrupted by meaningless filler. I’m honestly surprised th...
- Fri Nov 15, 2019 7:57 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Full Color Manga
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6301
Re: Dragon Ball Full Color Manga
This is a major bump (2 years inactive). I realized today that the entire Z color manga has already been published in Spanish (the entire Cell and Buu arcs). This got me asking: why hasn't this been translated into English yet? Is there some legal reason. Is Viz waiting for better timing (a future f...
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 8:53 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: I use Dragon Ball as a Teacher
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2403
I use Dragon Ball as a Teacher
I remember loving Dragon Ball as a teenager. It actually helped me tremendously through a period where I was suffering through a pretty deep depression. In my early 20s, I I got a chance to watch the series in Japanese and I was actually impressed with how much it spoke to me as an adult. I felt, at...
- Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:42 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Any celebrities that like Dragon Ball?
- Replies: 148
- Views: 40735
Re: Any celebrities that like Dragon Ball?
Last night in the Brazilian soccer league, a pair of forwards for the club Flamengo (Gabriel from Brazil and De Arrascaeta from Uruguay) did the fusion pose after winning the biggest match of the year.
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 1:28 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Funimation Leaked Outtakes
- Replies: 313
- Views: 48548
Re: Funimation Leaked Outtakes
To be honest, I was shocked that Sean Schemmel's career survived a racist outburst he had a few years ago at a convention. I think I can find the clip again, but I've been struggling. It was a panel for Resurrection F, if I'm not mistaken. I remember showing at least 3-4 others this and they were sh...
- Thu Aug 01, 2019 5:46 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Great performances by DB cast in other series?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2130
Great performances by DB cast in other series?
What other series are the Dragon Ball voice actors generally excellent in? Recently, I've been watching a lot of older animes and I was surprised by how familiar a lot of the voice actors were. In my view, these were some standout performances: Note: Can be from any dub: Japanese, English, Spanish.....
- Tue May 14, 2019 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Is Dragon Ball cynical at its core?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 20624
Re: Is Dragon Ball cynical at its core?
Honestly I think the cynicism is one of the key reasons why DB appeals to adults so much.
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 9:05 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie #1 Thread: "Broly"
- Replies: 14456
- Views: 1984273
Re: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie Thread: "Broly"
I watched DBS: Broly in Japanese, Spanish and some scenes on English. The English dub is the worst version, and I haven't even watched it completely on that version, it changes stuff, like so many times in the past. I mean, from what I hear (I've only seen the dub so far) it's largely faithful asid...
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 10:39 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Chris Ayres' current condition?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2691
Re: Chris Ayres' current condition?
Oh so it is him voicing Freeza in Broli? Excellent news. Glad he seems to be on the mend. COPD can be a horrible disease and from what we know he's lucky to be alive. From what I've heard of his understudy Daman Mills he sounds fine but it's clearly someone doing an impression of Ayres. Seeing the ...
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:19 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Chris Ayres' current condition?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2691
Chris Ayres' current condition?
I'm not sure if this counts relevant to this subforum, but I wanted to see if anyone had any updates on Chris Ayres' (modern voice of Frieza) condition. The most recent update I've found is on this reddit post from 1 year ago. I think this guy is incredible talented, and I was kind of blown away tha...
- Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:26 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie #1 Thread: "Broly"
- Replies: 14456
- Views: 1984273
Re: Official On-Going Dragon Ball Super Movie Thread: "Broly"
Like I said, as a result of Paragus's way of rasing him, he tends to snap really quickly regardless of anything. That had nothing to do with him wanting to kill Vegeta. He doesn't even like fighting much less pick one. He attacked Vegeta first because Paragus told him to, obviously he didn't give a...