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- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
- Replies: 4632
- Views: 586889
Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Well, I guess it would've been really hard for Kikuchi to make 3 scores per year, the best we had was 1993 with his scores for Movies 8, 9 and the Great Saiyaman saga Score, and you saw how the the latter ended up being like, it's way too simple when you compare it to the previous TV Scores, it's e...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
- Replies: 263
- Views: 12807
Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
The franchise was already being milked in the 1990s with the yearly Toei movies which are a just reskin of "Goku fights strong guy, Goku gets mad and activates transformation, Goku kills strong guy". True, 13 movies within the run time of the Z series (as well as certain other areas) is u...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
- Replies: 4632
- Views: 586889
Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions
To be fair I think it would be really weird to get new tracks based on Makafushigi Adventure in the eame score that is meant to give the spotlight to the whole new Chala head chala, it would be like making new tracks based on the latter but for the M1700 score, I don't think there's any mystery beh...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:51 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
- Replies: 4632
- Views: 586889
Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Unless you're talking about new tracks based on the song being made for the TV series, then it's true. Yea, I meant the variations in the M-8xx and M-9xx packs that were made for Movies 1 & 2 (and never left them). Bit of a shame too since the Goku-Piccolo theme combination didn't seem to be do...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
- Replies: 4632
- Views: 586889
Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions
You know, considering that Z movies 1 and 2 were still using the OP re-arrangement motif of the original Dragon Ball series (even though it can't be used in the Z series proper) as well as their general vibe, I wonder if the Toei staff was essentially just stalling so they could rehash the Saiyan pl...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:12 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
- Topic: unpopular opinion: kenji yammoto should have never got fired
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2531
Re: unpopular opinion: kenji yammoto should have never got fired
Well, well, what do you know, it looks like he's been completely unpersoned on an official level. ――It's not American rock, that's for sure. Kageyama: No, it isn't. The bass riff has a swing to it, and the song has a distinct '80s pop vibe. As opposed to screeching guitar chords, there are high-pitc...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: DB Series TV-Size Karaoke Track discussions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 538
Re: DB Series TV-Size Karaoke Track discussions
We have some of the original instrumental tracks (made undubbed) on the internet in high quality: OG DB themes (Original OP and ED) DBZ themes (Original OP 1 and ED 1) DBZ TV Special 2 (ED theme) DBGT themes (OP and ED 1) DBZ Kai themes (OPs 1 - 3 and EDs 1 - 8 ) DBS themes (OPs 1 - 2 and EDs 1 - 1...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:55 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Unpopular DB opinions
- Replies: 14617
- Views: 1522229
Re: Unpopular DB opinions
Ah, good to know. Kikuchi himself may not be the reason that score contains stuff that's typically not in his scores, but I think it shows that his style can be made to sound more "modern" for those who value that. Though now I'm curious if he had any say in the arrangement process for th...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Unpopular DB opinions
- Replies: 14617
- Views: 1522229
Re: Unpopular DB opinions
It's a mixed bag. I just recently got finished rewatching the Saiyan arc and the overreliance on music from the first Z movie once Vegeta and Nappa arrive on earth is highly noticeable. I wouldn't go as far as saying it doesn't fit but it does have a feeling of "this music was intended for som...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Unpopular DB opinions
- Replies: 14617
- Views: 1522229
Re: Unpopular DB opinions
yeah obviously the DB/Z Anime adaption was a huge success but that was not my point i just think that the Anime adaption did not age well compared to the Original Manga which has one of the best Pacing/Flow and most consistent Art in Manga History. most of the criticism towards Dragon Ball today ac...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Unpopular DB opinions
- Replies: 14617
- Views: 1522229
Re: Unpopular DB opinions
I love Kikuchi score, but I feel like his score in the anime could use some more variety. There are tons of overused tracks. Late reply but the original DB was fantastic because it followed the right convention of actually making theme suites around in-show characters. Z unquestionably lost its way...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:31 am
- Forum: Music
- Topic: Yamamoto is Back
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6204
Re: Yamamoto is Back
Returning to this thread (almost 2 years since the last reply, I know), the next set of music added to JASRAC under his name (and also published by the same Music Airport) is, so far, code 272-xxxx-x, precisely 6 tracks in total. And judging by the titles, as well as the only credit present being &q...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
- Replies: 349
- Views: 20551
Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
Yeah, even Wikipedia knows this much: "The Tō-Ō Nippō Press also wrote that the success of the TV drama Abarenbō Shōgun, which aired for 800 episodes from 1978 to 2008, had people say; " If Shunsuke Kikuchi is in charge of the music, the show will be a hit. " https://en.m.wikipedia.o...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
- Replies: 349
- Views: 20551
Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
A composer known as a "Hitmaker" scoring two hit anime adaptations based on hit manga series by Toriyama is quite the legacy.
(It does however raise questions I won't go into now.)
(It does however raise questions I won't go into now.)
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:47 am
- Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
- Topic: Funi's Kai dub and accuracy
- Replies: 97
- Views: 33314
Re: Funi's Kai dub and accuracy
Yea, of all the examples to pick, those two mentioned weren't really that bad. And even for some of the more amateur attack names, you can't really translate them that smoothly anyway so best thing to do in those cases is to leave them untranslated where possible (though one or two would be a mouthf...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
- Replies: 349
- Views: 20551
Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
He was in New York City once though (2002), wasn't he?
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: In-Universe Discussion
- Topic: Chi Chi and Goku should have gotten a divorce a long time ago
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3978
Re: Chi Chi and Goku should have gotten a divorce a long time ago
I wonder, did Goku just never collect a reward (prize money) for his victory at the 23rd Budokai? Because it seems like he left too early.
Either that or it was blown away along with the venue.
He would probably have been set for life otherwise.
Either that or it was blown away along with the venue.
He would probably have been set for life otherwise.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: New 35mm and 16mm scans found
- Replies: 9
- Views: 957
Re: New 35mm and 16mm scans found
It really doesn't seem wise to revive this whole thing after so long, nothing is going to change, Toei will never shape up unless some complete change of staff happens. May as well enjoy what others in the same space have put out to see what the standard for restorations really is. It's not DB or an...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: New 35mm and 16mm scans found
- Replies: 9
- Views: 957
Re: New 35mm and 16mm scans found
One really has to wonder how things got to the point of a fanbase ripping itself apart over the original license holder being cringe and leaving everyone to scrounge for scraps everywhere. None of which would have happened if not for the aforementioned key factor (seriously, look at any anime studio...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:31 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 14727
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
So again, this is a little bit of nuance that's lost (intentionally or otherwise) with Viz's credits Ditto, and to add, generally all English company credit translations of JP media shouldn't be taken as reference unless a JP company directly puts out a credit translation themselves (at which point...