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by Banduck
Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:53 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Series character designer Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru says a Dragon Ball remake is possible
Replies: 120
Views: 30741

Re: Series character designer Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru says a Dragon Ball remake is possible

What I don’t get about the whole 'Dragon Ball can’t have blood anymore so it can be marketed internationally' argument is that there are tons of super successful anime out there that are way bloodier than Dragon Ball ever was. Like Attack on Titan or Demon Slayer, both insanely popular and watched ...
by Banduck
Tue Oct 15, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
Topic: Dragon Ball Daima: Episode 1 - Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 276
Views: 62066

Re: Dragon Ball Daima: Episode 1 - Official Discussion Thread

Some people say Daima is connected to Super because Universe 7 was mentioned. But the different universes were already brought up in the DBZ movie Battle of Gods. So, there's still a chance that Daima ignores Super.
by Banduck
Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
Topic: Will Dragon Ball Daima have multiple translations for subtitles?
Replies: 20
Views: 5822

Re: Will Dragon Ball Daima have multiple translations for subtitles?

The german subs are pretty bad too. It seems like they just directly translated the english ones. Kaioshin is called Kaioshin in the german dub, but here it's 'Oberster Kai,' which is just 'Supreme Kai' in german
by Banduck
Sat Oct 12, 2024 3:24 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
Topic: Dragon Ball Daima: Episode 1 - Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 276
Views: 62066

Re: Dragon Ball Daima: Episode 1 - Official Discussion Thread

I like the animation, but I'm not a fan of all the color changes.
Kibito looks very weird. Goku’s skin tone has changed again for the third time. Apparently, now all Saiyans, even the half-Saiyans, have the same skin tone as Vegeta. I just wish they'd finally make up their minds and stick with one ...
by Banduck
Thu May 23, 2024 2:35 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Do Toei no longer license Z to broadcasters in favour of Kai?
Replies: 11
Views: 2414

Re: Do Toei no longer license Z to broadcasters in favour of Kai?

Oh, that's interesting. I've read exactly the same thing in german forums about DBZ. In germany it's also the case that only Kai is shown on TV, even though everyone here hates Kai dub. (They replaced almost all the voice actors.)
I also thought it was because of the license, but now after reading ...
by Banduck
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:38 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Replies: 5407
Views: 1229771

Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

I noticed something weird in the Saiyan arc.
In episode 10, the narrator says there are 11 months left until the saiyans arrive. In this episode, Bulma and Krillin find Yamcha and then go looking for Tenshinhan.
In episode 12, the narrator says there are only 9 months left until the arrival. It's ...
by Banduck
Sun Nov 27, 2022 5:23 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: AB Video to release original Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray
Replies: 613
Views: 202555

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


Now the thing is, I think I saw that there are Blu-rays of DBZ in
And yes, TOEI's remasters of the movies and specials was released in France. It has only been released in France outside Japan.

Fixed info in your quote.


The movies and specials were also released in Germany. Just like this ...
by Banduck
Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:34 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Selecta Visión Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray
Replies: 108
Views: 47700

Re: Selecta Visión Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray


Selecta Visión have access to the DigiBeta masters which are still compressed in a way but far less than DVDs.


Well, that's probably the reason for the differences. I wasn't sure at first because I have also tried Topaz before, but never achieved the same result as SV.
I wonder if SV used Topaz ...
by Banduck
Tue Mar 01, 2022 5:56 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Selecta Visión Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray
Replies: 108
Views: 47700

Re: Selecta Visión Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray


it's obviously Topaz Video Enhance AI that they used for this release. More specifically, it's the AI model named "Proteus - Fine Tune" on that program. I upscaled the DBox footage with this AI model and I got a result that is almost 100% identical to one of the screencaps from this release shared ...
by Banduck
Mon Feb 28, 2022 6:10 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Selecta Visión Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray
Replies: 108
Views: 47700

Re: Selecta Visión Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray

sangofe wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 2:41 am How is it an improvement?
https://imgsli.com/NzMxNTU/2/1
It's clearly an improvement.
by Banduck
Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:20 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Possible details on Selecta Vision's Dragon Ball (1986-1989) bluray release
Replies: 204
Views: 53339

Re: Possible details on Selecta Vision's Dragon Ball (1986-1989) bluray release



I guess the question is: if it's an upscale of the Dragon Boxes, could I do that myself using my Dragon Boxes? Sorry; I'm a total dummy with these things.

I figure you likely could, so really it wouldn't be all that huge of a difference i assume.

No you can't get the same result. (I have ...
by Banduck
Fri Oct 01, 2021 3:24 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Possible details on Selecta Vision's Dragon Ball (1986-1989) bluray release
Replies: 204
Views: 53339

Re: Possible details on Selecta Vision's Dragon Ball (1986-1989) bluray release

Scsigs wrote: Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:24 am It still looks like fucking water colors because the picture wasn't remastered properly.
For some reason Trachta10 added a filter in the last picture, this is what it really looks like:
by Banduck
Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:04 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Anyone else find the RRA arc hard to rewatch?
Replies: 77
Views: 18981

Re: Anyone else find the RRA arc hard to rewatch?

MasenkoHA wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:00 pm He nearly killed Goku the first time. How did Goku beat him so easily? Huh?
I meant the second fight. I would have liked it to be a close fight that Goku just barely wins.
In the first fight Tao Pai Pai was this unbeatable enemy, while in the second fight (3 days later) he just looked pathetic.
by Banduck
Mon Jul 19, 2021 2:14 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Anyone else find the RRA arc hard to rewatch?
Replies: 77
Views: 18981

Re: Anyone else find the RRA arc hard to rewatch?

I'm surprised so many of you love this arc.
Muscle Tower - The most boring thing I have ever watched.
General Blue - I guess it was all right, but nothing special.
Tao Pai Pai - Pretty good actually, but I didn't like Goku beating him so easily.
So yeah, I also find it hard to rewatch.
by Banduck
Wed Jun 02, 2021 5:27 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: You get a wish from Shenron
Replies: 107
Views: 304276

Re: You get a wish from Shenron

I would wish for every single episode of DB/Z to be animated as good as Movie 12 & 13.
by Banduck
Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:27 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Change one thing about a Dragon Ball series and make it better
Replies: 49
Views: 9939

Re: Change one thing about a Dragon Ball series and make it better

DB - No Pilaf in the Piccolo Arc.
(He was so out of place in such a serious arc. It would have been much more interesting story-wise if Crane Hermit had "resurrected" Piccolo to take revenge on Roshi and Goku)

DBZ - Gohan should have killed Boo.

DBGT - Goku & Vegeta are still dead. Gohan, Goten ...
by Banduck
Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:18 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Can DB Ever Move Past Goku?
Replies: 363
Views: 77720

Re: Can DB Ever Move Past Goku?

ABED wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:03 pm They did with Gohan and it didn't work.
It didn't work for Toriyama, for me it worked very well.
And I hate that Gohan didn't remain the main character.
by Banduck
Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:32 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Kai Blur Removal
Replies: 15
Views: 4234

Re: Dragon Ball Kai Blur Removal

Kai without blur would look like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX4hwqNuQQI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJFkxngnIro

I think it looks really good (except the redrawn scenes, they still look weird)
by Banduck
Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:15 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Does anyone else feel that much of the DB fandom enforces low standards?
Replies: 704
Views: 89913

Re: Does anyone else feel that much of the DB fandom enforces low standards?


Dragon Ball was so ridiculous that it's astounding when you actually explain it to yourself how you ever took it seriously.

I am now 24 and still take DBZ seriously.
I also don't care that the characters are named after vegetables. What difference does it make? Why does everyone use this fact as ...
by Banduck
Tue Sep 08, 2020 4:44 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Question about Funimation's remastering process
Replies: 21
Views: 4676

Re: Question about Funimation's remastering process


As for how it’s actually done, it doesn’t even require DNR. I still have an image from years ago where I feel it pretty much nails “the Funi look” and didn’t require DNR:
https://i.imgur.com/BYgiv7v.jpg


Your process, though, (barring step 3) just outlines how to achieve the Selecta look. DNR ...