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- Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:33 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of era: Sony discontinues the Funimation brand on April 2
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3652
Re: The end of era: Sony discontinues the Funimation brand on April 2
Kunzait_83 : Streamline may have been a good contender for Dragon Ball, as far as I know their dubs were some of the better ones in the 90s, although maybe they would have been unlikely because Harmony Hold (who Carl Macek also owned) already had the license. Once again, Macek never owned Harmony G...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: New 35mm and 16mm scans found
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1156
Re: New 35mm and 16mm scans found
According to the comments the uploader has taken Movie 2's scan without Kineko's permission. And good job uploading on youtube of all places, some real geniuses among these "preservationists".
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: DBZ's TV Ratings reign is over.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1889
Re: DBZ's TV Ratings reign is over.
The Saban dub also apparently never aired again on Toonami in the US after the inhouse dub premiered in 1999 (other than one time in early 2006 ), which would make it even more of a special event and something that could be hyped up as " Out of the vault from another dimension ". It was r...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and Centrism disguised as "A Desire for works to stop being political"
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2483
Re: Dragon Ball and Centrism disguised as "A Desire for works to stop being political"
Even something as simple as the hair color of Super Saiyans was a product of the external politics of creating a weekly manga. Toriyama claimed he made it golden blonde to save time that he or his assistant would have to spend inking the hair black so they could have a more efficient work schedule....
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Jerome Mazandarani pays tribute to Akira Toriyama and some words on Manga UK's legacy with Dragon Ball
- Replies: 2
- Views: 218
Re: Jerome Mazandarani pays tribute to Akira Toriyama and some words on Manga UK's legacy with Dragon Ball
Interesting reading how much Dragon Ball meant for latter day Manga UK. It's hard to view Dragon Ball as being quintessential for Manga considering that company's "glory days" were more based off the early 90s and them licensing movies like Project A-Ko and Ninja Scroll or short OAVs like ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:19 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of era: Sony discontinues the Funimation brand on April 2
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3652
Re: The end of era: Sony discontinues that the Funimation brand on April 2
They didn't steal anything. If an organization "stole" (which is to say, infringe on copyright) a license they would've been in genuine legal trouble. I don't think he meant they literally stole the license just that other companies were interested in the license and Funimation only got i...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of era: Sony discontinues the Funimation brand on April 2
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3652
Re: The end of era: Sony discontinues that the Funimation brand on April 2
After the success of Dragon Ball on Cartoon Network, Funimation went on, besides distributing non-anime on its early days, to acquire its non-Dragon Ball series: Fruits Basket (2001). Did you mean Fruits Basket was their first non-Dragon Ball license? Because it wasn't. Their first non-DB anime lic...
- Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:49 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Time Frame On a Dragon Ball/DBZ/DBGT HD Remaster
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2542
Re: Time Frame On a Dragon Ball/DBZ/DBGT HD Remaster
You're arguing with someone who doesn't know how film production, delivery, and analog video and broadcasting worked before he was born. I don't think an explanation is needed.
- Tue Aug 02, 2022 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Time Frame On a Dragon Ball/DBZ/DBGT HD Remaster
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2542
Re: Time Frame On a Dragon Ball/DBZ/DBGT HD Remaster
If you understand spanish, the spanish Blu Ray sets are at least superior to the UK and US versions. They're not perfect solutions by any chance, however they are on par with most other anime releases now instead of just being flat out... bad. https://i.imgur.com/qezsBYm.png Upscaled crap. Spreadin...
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:10 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Selecta Visión Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray
- Replies: 91
- Views: 20725
Re: Selecta Visión Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray
Let's not get hyperbolic here; this release "looks better than the 30A" in the same way getting slapped in the face hurts less than being kicked in the balls.
It's still upscaled ass.
It's still upscaled ass.
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:32 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Opinions on the original Funi Dragon Ball dub
- Replies: 331
- Views: 32545
Re: Opinions on the original Funi Dragon Ball dub
A bit unrelated, but I’m starting to come to the conclusion that anime dubs and dubs in general might as well not exist. Parasite demonstrated that English speaking audiences are perfectly capable of watching something with subtitles, and dubs pretty much always have to bear the stigma of not livin...
- Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:46 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: StreamlinePictures had Dragon Ball at one point!?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5456
Re: StreamlinePictures had Dragon Ball at one point!?
By "the early 2000s" there would be no chance of Pioneer or [insert anime publisher here] putting out an "uncut bilingual release with all the anime bells and whistles, etc" because by 2000, Funimation had finally managed to make Dragon Ball profitable in the US thanks to Toonami...
- Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:04 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: StreamlinePictures had Dragon Ball at one point!?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5456
Re: StreamlinePictures had Dragon Ball at one point!?
So I'm old enough in the Western anime scene and enough of a Streamline fanboy going WAY back to their very beginnings to 1000% confirm that at NO point in time did Streamline EVER have or obtained the license to Dragon Ball. What more than likely happened with that TVTropes source (also to reitera...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:00 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball 4K Remaster (16mm)
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17429
Re: Dragon Ball 4K Remaster (16mm)
The reason I'm putting a downer on this is for people to be realistic about what they can expect. No, its not. Stop the lies and just admit your pewcious widdle ego can't handle being proven wrong. You came in here spouting blatantly untrue things because you didnt want to take the time to educate ...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Big Green Roundup
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2467
Re: Big Green Roundup
Gilby, no offense, but whatever this attempt is at trying to "riff" these dubs isn't going to be as funny as you think it is when it's solely kept to text form and your original post is already too vague in what you're trying to do. Also I don't see how it can gain any traction when the ma...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball 4K Remaster (16mm)
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17429
Re: Dragon Ball 4K Remaster (16mm)
Eh your arguments are all over the place. I forgot to mention it previously, but you said something like "what's worse is this isn't even the negatives, that'd be sharper" as if you were contradicting our argument just to put a downer on people's excitement for this transfer...but all wha...
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball 4K Remaster (16mm)
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17429
Re: Dragon Ball 4K Remaster (16mm)
Meh, all I'm seeing is multi-generational grain being brought to the forefront and no appreciable detail in the backgrounds or line art. This is a cheaply made show that aired on a weekly basis from the mid 80s printed on cheap film stock, not a Studio Ghibli movie where every detail is poured over...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:12 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball 4K Remaster (16mm)
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17429
Re: Dragon Ball 4K Remaster (16mm)
I do think these look better than the level sets (it just shows how bad the compression/encoding was), tho I agree the 4k could be a little much, but like many of these other projects, it's a fan one so more power to them. If people want a 4k scan and are putting money into it, then it's why not? I...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball 4K Remaster (16mm)
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17429
Re: Dragon Ball 4K Remaster (16mm)
Meh, all I'm seeing is multi-generational grain being brought to the forefront and no appreciable detail in the backgrounds or line art. This is a cheaply made show that aired on a weekly basis from the mid 80s printed on cheap film stock, not a Studio Ghibli movie where every detail is poured over ...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:51 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Color Correcting the Dragon Box - 3 Part Spectacular
- Replies: 1874
- Views: 393068
Re: Color Correcting the Dragon Box - 3 Part Spectacular
Stop posting filtered grainless trash, please.