Kanzenshuu

I still resent it as being part of the trend of edgy live action adaptations that arbitrary change a ton of things (Roshi now has hair and no beard because fuck accuracy). I know it's because of the low budget and production team that, by their own admission, didn't really know or care about the fr...

I still resent it as being part of the trend of edgy live action adaptations that arbitrary change a ton of things (Roshi now has hair and no beard because fuck accuracy). I know it's because of the low budget and production team that, by their own admission, didn't really know or care about the fr...

The movie came out at a period when I had become less interested in Dragon Ball in general, but I still recall being curious about it when I saw the trailer in December 2008. I even went to see it on opening day, where there were maybe a dozen or so people there in total. I never considered it a goo...

Goku being played by an Asian actor makes a lot more sense than him being played by a white actor. If there ever is another Hollywood adaptation of Dragon Ball, there would be no reason not to have Goku be Asian. Him being an alien is a weak counterargument, especially when that wasn’t even establis...

I’ve been of the opinion since 2020 that the DBS anime would be better off not returning, and now that Toriyama is no longer with us, I think it’s about time to put the kibosh on DBS as a brand in general.

I'm mainly referencing the site's old review of Z Kai vol. 1 where Mike posed the question: (paraphrasing) 'why are some attack names proper Japanese nouns while's other's are changed to English translated equivalents?' I'm just wondering where we should draw the line as to what should be translate...

So Kenji Yamamoto got blacklisted for copying other people’s music, but people like Nobuhiro Watsuki were allowed to resume business as usual?

Richard Linklater’s Boyhood shows DBZ playing on TV (the scene was filmed in 2002), and there’s other pieces of DBZ memorabilia in the protagonist’s room.

On the subject of Broly, he became popular because of his design, his perceived badassery, his status as an evil Super Saiyan, and the fact that he’s one of the few movie villains to have a fairly fleshed out backstory. There’s even an element of tragedy to said backstory, which is the kind of thing...

There’s already an international holiday in March 8th, and Dragon Ball already has its own international holiday.

Has it been said how long this game has been in development? If we assume it began development in late 2022, and is releasing in late 2024, that means it had two years of development time. Is that enough for a game like this in the current generation? The devs said they've been working on the game ...

Has it been said how long this game has been in development? If we assume it began development in late 2022, and is releasing in late 2024, that means it had two years of development time. Is that enough for a game like this in the current generation?

Dragon Ball does evoke Middle Eastern imagery from time to time. I do remember reading that the Arabic dub of DBZ was heavily censored and tried to downplay the references to Eastern religion and mythology, but I don’t typically hear about Muslim countries having some taboo against fantasy elements ...

Jord wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:32 pm

WittyUsername wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:19 pm Why Saudi Arabia?

Because this beautiful country has a lot of money and wants to become an entertainment capital.

I just can’t imagine why anyone would want to vacation there, unless it’s for religious reasons or because they’re friends with the royalty.

Why Saudi Arabia?

Bulma was the one who mentioned that she hadn’t seen Goku in five years. Speaking of which, another contradiction between DBS and EoZ is that the Broly movie and SH establish that Bulma has been using the Dragon Balls to keep herself young, and yet EoZ makes a point of showing that she’s visibly aged.

Weirdly enough, The thing about the half breed saiyans not having the will to improve and push themselves like their full blooded fathers always kind of rubbed me the wrong way, at least when you incorporate the context of the original DB. When Goku went through his adventures as a kid, he contende...

It’s not like Piccolo has any reason to dislike Yamcha, especially after he and Kami became one again.

Wouldn’t mind seeing DB end but whether its disrespectful will depend on what Toriyamas wishes were. Which I'm guessing he relayed privately to the staff? AFAIK, he wasn’t against GT being made was he? He came up with the title and did the initial character designs, so it’s fair to assume that he w...

Long dead and dormant classic manga/anime franchises have had revival runs before. Fist of the North Star, very famously, had a pretty huge revival run (comparable in terms of content scale to what Dragon Ball is currently undergoing) back in the mid-2000s (flush in the middle of Dragon Ball's dead...