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by Rukawa11
Fri Mar 31, 2017 12:46 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Ideas Don't Matter, Execution Matters
Replies: 75
Views: 8208

Re: Ideas Don't Matter, Execution Matters

It's a TV show where you want a cast of characters that are different. Then make 'em different from the get-go. Besides it's Goku's story. It's been 100% Goku's story up until he defeated Piccolo Jr. and about 80% his story until he beat Freeza. However, we saw very little of him in the next two ma...
by Rukawa11
Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:25 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Any Other DBZ Vocal Songs outside the Hit Song Collections?
Replies: 2
Views: 1626

Any Other DBZ Vocal Songs outside the Hit Song Collections?

If you own all Hit Song Collection CD's and the DB Final Bout, Ultimate Battle 22, Super Botouden, DBZ Legends soundtracks, would that mean you've got every vocal song recorded for DBZ? (disregarding post-2002 material like the Budokai games.)
by Rukawa11
Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:19 am
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Why Are the Characters Dead in the Future? (Cell Arc)
Replies: 27
Views: 4328

Re: Why Are the Characters Dead in the Future? (Cell Arc)

provided piccolo didn't fuse with kami... wait... OH SH**! WHY DIDN'T HE DO THAT!? *sigh* another discussion perhaps? That could easily be chalked up to the fact that present Piccolo had a stronger incentive to merge with Kami and it had everything to do with Future Trunks being right there in fron...
by Rukawa11
Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:09 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Ideas Don't Matter, Execution Matters
Replies: 75
Views: 8208

Re: Ideas Don't Matter, Execution Matters

Yes, he's a lot like Goku, but we've already got a Goku. And that's exactly where Toriyama/ Toei have messed up. Brushing Goten aside because you can't have him growing up with Goku's personality and hairstyle is criminal. Picture this: you're a 7 year old kid with a father and older brother who've...
by Rukawa11
Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:40 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Why Are the Characters Dead in the Future? (Cell Arc)
Replies: 27
Views: 4328

Re: Why Are the Characters Dead in the Future? (Cell Arc)

Does New Namek really exist in the future timeline, though? This'll sound a little far-fetched, but if Cell had arrived in the present a year before Future Trunks, it would mean Cell's egg was on earth before Goku's fight with Freeza on Namek. Considering that Cell had changed the present history ev...
by Rukawa11
Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:28 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Ideas Don't Matter, Execution Matters
Replies: 75
Views: 8208

Re: Ideas Don't Matter, Execution Matters

GT's promise evaporated because of GOTEN?! Not all promise, but some. Now bear with me as I go slightly off topic with regards to Goten. Whether it's Gohan or Goten, it's becoming increasingly easy to forget that they're Son Goku 's children. Look at it this way, before Goten's lousy image in DBGT ...
by Rukawa11
Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:26 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Ideas Don't Matter, Execution Matters
Replies: 75
Views: 8208

Re: Ideas Don't Matter, Execution Matters

The buildup to Goku and Vegeta fusing against Super Boo was amazing. Vegetto vs. Super Boo, however, was a real letdown. This would be a good idea executed badly. The opposite would be DBGT: lots of promise in the first two episodes, but it all evaporated the instant Pan hit the takeoff button and l...
by Rukawa11
Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:12 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?
Replies: 95
Views: 41777

Re: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?

He doesn't get lazy with the amount of compositions. It's Toei cutting back on costs and primarily relying on reusing cues from his various movie scores instead of having him compose new tracks regularly for the show. Using music from movie scores is perfectly normal. Detective Conan does that too....
by Rukawa11
Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:05 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Did they suddenly remember Bulma in Super?
Replies: 40
Views: 6439

Re: Did they suddenly remember Bulma in Super?

That Bulma had earned her spotlight in Super just because she got the ball rolling in DB is weak reasoning. Roshi had taught Goku the Kamehameha, kept track of his progress in two Tenkaichi Budokais by entering himself, and had remained extremely relevant up until the Piccolo Daimao arc., but they s...
by Rukawa11
Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:15 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?
Replies: 95
Views: 41777

Re: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?

Also, another thing the Japanese music does better is that it has insert songs with vocals for certain moments, such as when Gohan goes Super Saiyan 2 against Cell, which adds a little bit of variety to the soundtrack. I actually wanted to start a new topic about insert songs but it I'll just ask t...
by Rukawa11
Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:43 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Did they suddenly remember Bulma in Super?
Replies: 40
Views: 6439

Re: Did they suddenly remember Bulma in Super?

There's no question about Bulma always being relevant. In Super, however, it's not just about her being relevant, useful, or ever-present. Try to think of all the instances (they could amount to 20 or more) where a whole set of characters are watching a fight. Somehow, Bulma is always the one with s...
by Rukawa11
Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:08 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Did they suddenly remember Bulma in Super?
Replies: 40
Views: 6439

Did they suddenly remember Bulma in Super?

Has anyone noticed that Bulma is everywhere in Super? She somewhat reminds me of the useless amount of screen time Pan had received in DBGT. I mean, Bulma is always there, and unlike the latter half of DB and all of DBZ, she always seems to have a point to make in Super. Aside from her logical invol...
by Rukawa11
Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:42 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?
Replies: 95
Views: 41777

Re: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?

All joking aside, you should try not to fall into the gutter that is trying to call something fake music. Fake music isn't a thing. If there's a melody, it's music, and I'm fairly certain there's no Faulconer track that lacks a melody. Unfortunately, people who define "real music" as song...
by Rukawa11
Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:13 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?
Replies: 95
Views: 41777

Re: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?

Which do you prefer and which do you advise me to watch for the Rest of the Series ? I'm a fan of the original score despite pointing out its many flaws in other threads. Most of us here would probably tell you to go for the Japanese soundtrack, but it depends entirely on what sort of experience yo...
by Rukawa11
Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:12 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?
Replies: 95
Views: 41777

Re: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?

Which do you prefer and which do you advise me to watch for the Rest of the Series ? I'm a fan of the original score despite pointing out its many flaws in other threads. Most of us here would probably tell you to go for the Japanese soundtrack, but it really depends entirely on what sort of experi...
by Rukawa11
Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:00 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Does Movie BGM take too long to debut on TV?
Replies: 4
Views: 1476

Re: Movies BGM take too long to debut on TV

A little, but not much. There are many tracks that I felt could've been utilized that came from the movies, but I felt that a lot of em were placed just fine 80% of the time. As for decisions with placing Kikuchi's stuff, I'd have to disagree. Majority of the time, I thought they made some pretty g...
by Rukawa11
Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:17 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Does Movie BGM take too long to debut on TV?
Replies: 4
Views: 1476

Does Movie BGM take too long to debut on TV?

Is anybody else bothered by the fact that bgm from the movies took forever to debut in the Anime series? For example, the piece played when Goku finishes off Broly in movie 8 really had a "main theme" kind of potential, and yet we had to wait until Goku vs. Majin Vegeta to hear it in the T...
by Rukawa11
Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:09 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Why is Rock music in DB so frowned upon here?
Replies: 36
Views: 17516

Re: Why is Rock music in DB so frowned upon here?

I agree that it comes down to what era the series was produced in. Alternative Rock/ Nu Metal didn't pervade Anime soundtracks until early 2000, so technically anything produced before then would sound awkward. FUNimation was simply the last one to drunkenly stumble on the bandwagon, by which point...
by Rukawa11
Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:29 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Does DBZ's OST Feel Lackluster at Times?
Replies: 71
Views: 13870

Re: Does DBZ's OST Feel Lackluster at Times?

Still the Kikuchi's Z Music is far superior to Super's or Kai music and specially Faulconer's music which many people who only watched the dub think is the best but in my opinion its worse along with that repetitive GT dub score Super's ost is basically following what's in these last couple of year...
by Rukawa11
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:41 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Why is Rock music in DB so frowned upon here?
Replies: 36
Views: 17516

Re: Why is Rock music in DB so frowned upon here?

I agree that it comes down to what era the series was produced in. Alternative Rock/ Nu Metal didn't pervade Anime soundtracks until early 2000, so technically anything produced before then would sound awkward.