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- Fri May 24, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Is Goku hitting his head a relevant detail for his character anymore?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 280
Re: Is Goku hitting his head a relevant detail for his character anymore?
Even before the Minus retcon, I don’t know if the head injury detail was even necessary. They just as easily could’ve established that Goku’s good nature was the result of Grandpa Gohan’s influence. Given that it’s now been established that Goku was a toddler when he was sent to Earth, rather than a...
- Thu May 23, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Furuya Tooru (Yamcha) Admits to Physically Abusing Woman He Had An Affair With
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2757
Re: Furuya Tooru (Yamcha) Admits to Physically Abusing Woman He Had An Affair With
In the case of Yamamoto, Toei fired him so they wouldn’t have to deal with any potential lawsuits. It should go without saying that what Furuya did is infinitely worse, but I don’t know if it’s enough to get him blacklisted in the industry. There have been mangaka who were arrested for sex crimes in...
- Wed May 22, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Furuya Tooru (Yamcha) Admits to Physically Abusing Woman He Had An Affair With
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2757
Re: Furuya Tooru (Yamcha) Admits to Physically Abusing Woman He Had An Affair With
Should he be fired and replaced? Yes. Will he? I’m not too sure.
- Wed May 22, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Why are the English dubisms far too ingrained into the fandom?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1221
Re: Why are the English dubisms far too ingrained into the fandom?
I think we all know the Barry Watson pronunciation of Saiyan is never going to go away. As much as the unreleased Ocean Kai dub is an attempt to faithfully represent the original Japanese version we know from the recent Anime Time Machine livestreams Karl Willems was adamant the "say-an" ...
- Sun May 05, 2024 12:21 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
- Replies: 928
- Views: 98599
Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
Infinite World did have fully rendered cutscenes, although they were few and far between, so even then, it’s not quite as ambitious as the first Budokai game.
UT also had those 2D animated cutscenes, if that counts.
UT also had those 2D animated cutscenes, if that counts.
- Sun May 05, 2024 11:49 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
- Replies: 1244
- Views: 95361
Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
“Groundbreaking” is not one of the words I would use to describe DBS.
- Fri May 03, 2024 5:02 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The reason Goku stayed dead that no one talks about
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1938
Re: The reason Goku stayed dead that no one talks about
I don’t know if it’s really fair to blame Goku for Vegeta throwing a hissy fit. None of the characters in the story even blame him for that. Goku has no control over Vegeta being a spoiled brat with a fragile ego. In terms of allowing his fight with Vegeta to drag on, even if we ignore the fact that...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
- Replies: 1244
- Views: 95361
Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
Fall 2024 is still a while away. I’m assuming it won’t premiere until October at the earliest, so it’s not like there’s a rush for Toei to reveal more information.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: SS3 Vegeta
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1834
Re: SS3 Vegeta
I always found it peculiar when the implication is made that Vegeta was never able to achieve SSJ3 at some point. SSJB made it completely obsolete, does anyone genuinely think he couldn't do it if he chose to? He's obviously leagues beyond where Goku was when he transformed into SSJ3. It’s been the...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: SS3 Vegeta
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1834
Re: SS3 Vegeta
That form has long since been rendered obsolete.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:11 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
- Topic: unpopular opinion: kenji yammoto should have never got fired
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4046
Re: unpopular opinion: kenji yammoto should have never got fired
The basic impression I’m getting is that that entertainment industries in Japan seem to have rather skewed priorities (from a Western perspective) when it comes to what is considered an unforgivable/fireable offense. If an artist has abhorrent views or commits a serious sex crime, it will often be b...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:44 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Funimation Release Doesn't Include DB OP2 & END 2-4
- Replies: 19
- Views: 913
Re: Funimation Release Doesn't Include DB OP2 & END 2-4
If that animation with Goku and the others in dresses had been done today, especially by a Western company, there would’ve been a bunch of outrage from Internet grifters. Gods forbid if they ever saw episode 5 of Dragon Ball, or its thematic remake in GT. They seem to have a recency bias when it co...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
- Replies: 928
- Views: 98599
Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
I suppose splitting Goku and Vegeta into their DBS eras was more or less unavoidable, given all the new forms they’ve had, but did they really need to split Cell arc and Boo arc Vegeta into separate characters again? The Raging Blast games had already done away with that, and that was two console ge...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Funimation Release Doesn't Include DB OP2 & END 2-4
- Replies: 19
- Views: 913
Re: Funimation Release Doesn't Include DB OP2 & END 2-4
If that animation with Goku and the others in dresses had been done today, especially by a Western company, there would’ve been a bunch of outrage from Internet grifters.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
- Replies: 1244
- Views: 95361
Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
As far as I can see, there is no evidence that Daima doesn't fall within the Super timeline. The absence of Beerus and Whis isn't evidence. Regardless, Daima is still a product of the Revival/Modern era, therefore it will share story beats with Super. I don't see this series having anything in comm...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:37 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Funimation Release Doesn't Include DB OP2 & END 2-4
- Replies: 19
- Views: 913
Re: Funimation Release Doesn't Include DB OP2 & END 2-4
I assumed it was because Toei either didn’t provide FUNimation with the animation, or that the video quality was too poor, but hopefully someone more knowledgeable about how these things work can shed some light on it.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragonball Evolution 15th Anniversary
- Replies: 17
- Views: 896
Re: Dragonball Evolution 15th Anniversary
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...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragonball Evolution 15th Anniversary
- Replies: 17
- Views: 896
Re: Dragonball Evolution 15th Anniversary
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...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragonball Evolution 15th Anniversary
- Replies: 17
- Views: 896
Re: Dragonball Evolution 15th Anniversary
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...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:41 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Unpopular DB opinions
- Replies: 14627
- Views: 1576022
Re: Unpopular DB opinions
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...