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by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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.)
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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?
by GhostEmperorX
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.
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...
by GhostEmperorX
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...