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by Dragon Ball Ireland
Wed May 08, 2024 9:23 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Little known facts about your broadcast
Replies: 0
Views: 15

Little known facts about your broadcast

Is there anything you know from watching Dragon Ball growing up that a lot of fans may not be aware of and isn't well documented or at all? Think of stuff that could easily be mistaken for being a mandela effect. I've mentioned this before and I've not seen it said in other places, aside from some Y...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Wed May 08, 2024 7:43 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The "power" of the German dub
Replies: 7
Views: 124

Re: The "power" of the German dub

The Greek dub of OG Dragon Ball started airing on ANT1 in 1995. Shortly after, the episodes were playing on ANT1 Cyprus as well. I know that was my point, although I should have specified it being the first European dub to be based on the Japanese version other than the Junior TV dub, which premier...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Wed May 08, 2024 3:26 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: ME TOONS CONFIRMED! (SPEED RACER IN THE LINE UP)
Replies: 58
Views: 1341

Re: ME TOONS CONFIRMED! (SPEED RACER IN THE LINE UP)

I think it's fine if lighthearted media is not your cup of tea and to prefer more artsy type fare, as long as you acknowledge there are different types of entertainment and valid reasons for why each has its appeal. I can't help but think of Martin Scorcese's comments himself on the MCU movies, ackn...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Tue May 07, 2024 6:28 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The "power" of the German dub
Replies: 7
Views: 124

Re: The "power" of the German dub

You're a kid from X country which didn't have the luck to have Dragon Ball localized or had the bad luck to have an awful localization, you get home from school and tune in Dragon Ball on RTL II, and even though you don't understand German, you enjoy it anyway. Yeah, and as we discussed in DMs when...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Tue May 07, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: ME TOONS CONFIRMED! (SPEED RACER IN THE LINE UP)
Replies: 58
Views: 1341

Re: ME TOONS CONFIRMED! (SPEED RACER IN THE LINE UP)

The only thing I sorta object to was the whole "1 bedroom" thing, its not millenials fault that the previous generations absolutely NUKED Millenials chance of getting good homes , but realized it was criticized millenials who DONT worry about that. That's a good point, I wonder if the rea...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Tue May 07, 2024 9:01 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Did Fuji TV air the original Dragon Ball anime completely uncensored?
Replies: 10
Views: 546

Re: Did Fuji TV air the original Dragon Ball anime completely uncensored?

Just to put it out there- The Dragon Ball anime itself toned down some of the more graphic violence from the manga so it was censored to a degree. Conversely there are also anime scenes more brutal than the manga, such as the shot of Goku and Raditz after Piccolo launched the Makankōsappō. https://...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Sat May 04, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Piccolo-san-daisuki! In different languages
Replies: 4
Views: 1132

Re: Piccolo-san-daisuki! In different languages

I wonder why the Norwegian dub got an instrumental though? From what I understand the Scandinavian movie and special dubs are just cheap Big Green dub (which we all know how low budget that was itself) knockoffs in the respective languages, so it seems weird they would have been able to get differen...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Sat May 04, 2024 2:37 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Piccolo-san-daisuki! In different languages
Replies: 4
Views: 1132

Re: Piccolo-san-daisuki! In different languages

Update I found that Valencian Basque And Galcan dubed it to Think that's it, most other dubs just left it as-is, or in the case of the Funimation, Spanish, Norwegian and Portuguese dubs had an instrumental, which kinda sucks as it takes away the charm. The Portuguese dub has Gohan screaming "Y...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Fri May 03, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: ME TOONS CONFIRMED! (SPEED RACER IN THE LINE UP)
Replies: 58
Views: 1341

Re: ME TOONS CONFIRMED! (SPEED RACER IN THE LINE UP)

The former only aired for like a week at 330 pm when the target audience was in school and only in certain locations Actually come to think of it are US schools open the week of January 1st-5th? That was the week WGPR and WGBS aired original Dragon Ball. Otherwise I take your point about both broad...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Fri May 03, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball DVDs and Blu-Rays now available from Ireland's Golden Discs
Replies: 0
Views: 132

Dragon Ball DVDs and Blu-Rays now available from Ireland's Golden Discs

Doubt there would much interest in this as I'm one of the very few Irish Kanzenshuuers, and Amazon prices were going to be better anyway, but I probably owe it to myself given my name to report on this. The Irish physical media chain Golden Discs is now selling anime DVD and Blu-Rays again, and yes ...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Fri May 03, 2024 5:40 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Favorite OP and ED Theme?
Replies: 19
Views: 310

Re: Favorite OP and ED Theme?

OPs 1. Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku 2. Makafushigi Adventure 3. Cha-la Head Cha-la 4. Dragon Soul 5. We Gotta Power 6. Limit Break X Survivor 7. Chozetsu Dynamic 8. Fight It Out EDs 1. Romantic Ageru Yo 2. Starring Star 3. Kokoro no Hane 4. Yeah! Break! Care! Break! 5. Hello, Hello, Hello 6. We Were An...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Fri May 03, 2024 2:58 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: ME TOONS CONFIRMED! (SPEED RACER IN THE LINE UP)
Replies: 58
Views: 1341

Re: ME TOONS CONFIRMED! (SPEED RACER IN THE LINE UP)

Well, it turns out that's not a problem after all. XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN is airing too and that just aint from the 60's y'know. I don't know where this information came from, but I remember once being told cartoons were considered classics if they were 20+ years. Man it makes me feel old that Xiaolin Sh...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Thu May 02, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: ME TOONS CONFIRMED! (SPEED RACER IN THE LINE UP)
Replies: 58
Views: 1341

Re: ME TOONS CONFIRMED! (SPEED RACER IN THE LINE UP)

A certain anime cartoon that didn't start airing until the late 90s in the U.S? Actually neither original Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z premiered in the US in the late 90s. For the former we obviously have the 1989/90 Harmony Gold dub and for the latter Nippon Golden Network began airing it, albeit ...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Thu May 02, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Replies: 4644
Views: 607097

Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

Can anyone confirm for me the quality of the Selecta Vision DBGT set? I've heard it's essentially the Dragon Box transfer with the broadcast audio in a few episodes (by accident), but I'd just like to double-check instead of buying it blindly. Unable to find any solid info about it online, or video...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Thu May 02, 2024 2:38 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Did Fuji TV air the original Dragon Ball anime completely uncensored?
Replies: 10
Views: 546

Re: Did Fuji TV air the original Dragon Ball anime completely uncensored?

You better believe they did, TOEI didn't see the home video market as viable for the Dragon Ball TV series until 2003 when the DVD format was booming worldwide, and likely saw no need to create two versions. Moreover, Japanese TV being more lax gave them less reason to do so. Even today the only dif...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Wed May 01, 2024 4:19 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Official "Show off your Dragonball Crap" Thread
Replies: 3953
Views: 857762

Re: Official "Show off your Dragonball Crap" Thread

I wouldn't sell them, not for the outrageous prices people sell boxes 2 and 4 for (several hundred at least) as its a massive disservice to the fandom. Anyone who pays that is being ripped off. I got boxes 5-7 for maybe $60-100 but resold them for about the same price when I realised I would never ...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Wed May 01, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Official "Show off your Dragonball Crap" Thread
Replies: 3953
Views: 857762

Re: Official "Show off your Dragonball Crap" Thread

I wouldn't sell them, not for the outrageous prices people sell boxes 2 and 4 for (several hundred at least) as its a massive disservice to the fandom (though I'm sure that's not your intention) to charge anywhere near that price. Anyone who pays that is being ripped off. I got boxes 5-7 for maybe $...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Wed May 01, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: AB Video to release original Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray
Replies: 517
Views: 76291

Re: AB Video to release original Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray

I mean this Blu-Ray is a variant of the Dragon Box, just with AI upscaling, and no one expected it to look as good as it does or include the broadcast audio. Anyone who exprcted the latter prior to its release would have had the "copium" card thrown at them, but here we are. One thing Drag...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Wed May 01, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Replies: 4644
Views: 607097

Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

The Blue Bricks seem out of print though. Glad I bought them at $20 a pop Hmmm that's suspicious. I thought Crunchyroll wasn't going to care enough about original Dragon Ball to give it the reprint-with-our-own-branding treatment, but maybe now that's what they're planning, or perhaps they think an...
by Dragon Ball Ireland
Wed May 01, 2024 2:29 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Replies: 4644
Views: 607097

Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

I was looking at the Crunchyroll store and good Kami some of these prices are insane https://store.crunchyroll.com/search?q=Dragon+ball+z&search-button=&lang=en_US $35 for the fucking Orange Bricks per season? A volume of Kai with only 20 some episodes is like $40? I understand Crunchyroll ...