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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
- Replies: 1048
- Views: 78987
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: 7
- Views: 91
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: 594
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: 594
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: 594
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: 14626
- Views: 1536787
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...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
- Replies: 267
- Views: 14584
Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
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.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
- Topic: Funi's Kai dub and accuracy
- Replies: 99
- Views: 34190
Re: Funi's Kai dub and accuracy
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...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:23 am
- Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
- Topic: unpopular opinion: kenji yammoto should have never got fired
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2802
Re: unpopular opinion: kenji yammoto should have never got fired
So Kenji Yamamoto got blacklisted for copying other people’s music, but people like Nobuhiro Watsuki were allowed to resume business as usual?
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball influences in Western products
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1811
Re: Dragon Ball influences in Western products
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.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
- Replies: 267
- Views: 14584
Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
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...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Petition to mark March 8th as "International Dragon Ball Day"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1031
Re: Petition to mark March 8th as "International Dragon Ball Day"
There’s already an international holiday in March 8th, and Dragon Ball already has its own international holiday.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
- Replies: 848
- Views: 85047
Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
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 ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
- Replies: 848
- Views: 85047
Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
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?
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Theme Park
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2303
Re: Dragon Ball Theme Park
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 ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Theme Park
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2303
Re: Dragon Ball Theme Park
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:19 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Theme Park
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2303
Re: Dragon Ball Theme Park
Why Saudi Arabia?
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:09 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Is Super on its way out?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3733
Re: Is Super on its way out?
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.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
- Replies: 267
- Views: 14584
Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
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...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
- Replies: 4635
- Views: 592534
Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions
It’s not like Piccolo has any reason to dislike Yamcha, especially after he and Kami became one again.