Kanzenshuu

I've never been crazy about the first movie, even when I was a kid. I don't think it's bad or anything, just very bland as the movies go. The most fun I've ever had watching it is when the 1994 dub found it's way online a couple years ago. Movie two is my favorite of the bunch. I love the horror sla...

One Piece is pretty irrelevant here I do agree that in general terms it's kind of apples to oranges. However, the relevancy of One Piece in this particular conversation is that if it's as successful as Netflix hopes it will be, we're almost certain to get a wave of high profile, big budget anime ad...

Don't want to get too far off topic, and maybe it's being discussed elsewhere, but anybody check out One Piece yet?
I've only watched the first episode, but I'm really enjoying it so far.

To me the real question here is "how long do you want to see the original continuity dragged out?" Do I think he was be a good pick to continue creating side stories and sequels to the original series? Yeah for the most part. Is that what I want for the characters long term? Not particular...

I've done this before, but I'm always a Mark for any nostalgia posting. My first exposure to the series came back in the syndication days. My Fox affiliate out of Chattanooga, TN was pretty heavily promoting it during my regular Cartoons (Beast Wars, Gargoyles, Sailor Moon), but I never actually saw...

It's already been mentioned a couple of times, but I too would like to see what took place between DB and DBZ. Maybe even find some way to tell an in-canon version of the Garlic Jr. Story like Super did for Broly.

"Galaxy on the brink!! The super incredible guy" Or "Bojack Unbound" to fans of the Funi dub was released 30 years ago this day on the 10th of july. I suppose it was decent for what it was and the cool new locations and tournament set up were cool. Always had a soft spot for mov...

Dragon Ball definitely had to catch a lot of lucky breaks to get where it's at in the US. But if it went the way of Saint Seiya or FotNS, it would have been the preferable outcome. Creatively, 100%. But for the sake of comparison, you need some real mainstream popularity and financial success to ge...

Are there any specific franchises you’re referring to? Kamen Rider comes to mind. Massively popular in Japan, but hasn't really found a mainstream footing here despite a couple of attempts. I really don't think it's the handling as much as the material itself. Obviously there were a couple of false...

I used to have a fairly big collection of Super Battle Collection and early Irwin stuff sealed, but I sold them off in a massive downsizing a couple of years ago. Not that I didn't love them, but the money was too good to pass up. The only things I have sealed now are less of a collection and more o...

I had a similar experience with the BLT dub. I too never caught the original broadcast in 95. Which given the fact that the area I was living in then had Fox, UPN, and WB affiliates I'm just betting I probably could have, but just wasn't in the right place at the right time. Anyway, I'm not sure exa...

The word I would use is melancholy. The final episode always gets me. Not only is the episode itself emotional, it reminds me of the time period in my life when I first saw it. That was a difficult time in my life so I can't help but relive those feelings when I see it now too. I do prefer Super ove...

And Christmas 2005 I got Buu's Fury for GBA and loved every minute of it. I was actually very lucky to get it, as it never got a UK release, but some stores stocked US GBA games as they were region free. Ahhh, I got Buu's Fury that Christmas too! I was a senior in high school so at that time my fol...

Well the holiday season is all but wrapped up. I didn't get anything Dragon Ball related for Christmas this year, but I always have fond memories of some cool gifts I've received in the past. One Christmas in my early teen years (2002?) my folks got me the two TV Special DVDs, first bilingual releas...

First time I ever heard the name Dragon Ball was old Fox Affiliate tv spots for the syndicated Z run back in 96/97, although I never actually watched it until it hit Toomami in 98.

That was an incredible analysis, MrSatan2099! Thank you very much, I really appreciate that! I'm always happy to talk about the movie business. I actually don't hate Evolution either. In fact it's actually been long enough to be nostalgic for that period. Dragon Ball, X-Men, Transformers, Star Trek...

I get the same feeling myself, but I think it has less to do with the specifics of Dragon Ball and more to do with our desire as a society for immediate and constant gratification. We've gotten to a point in pop culture media whether it's Marvel or DC or Star Wars where there's just something new to...

This is a really interesting topic to me, I remember following it's box office numbers pretty closely at the time. For starters, it was a wide release but not a mega wide release. It dropped on about 2,100 screens in the US. By comparison both Wolverine and Transformers 2, two of the biggest films t...

I really like Dr. Flappe. I think the idea of a scientist being forced to work for the Red Ribbon army lines up well with Android 8 as a character.

Not only do I echo Masenko's thoughts on the censorship, if you know anything about the history of Harmony Gold it would have likely been an awful situation anyway. Basically after using the original Macross footage for Robotech they became a legal doorstop for the series coming to the US, with a fe...