Kanzenshuu

Astonishingly bad ending to an already deplorable arc. I'm gonna go watch some GT to get this bad taste out of my mouth. The English version with the rap.

...Okay, not really.

Yes. But not for the reasons I'm seeing. Kikuchi's score certainly doesn't lack the material needed to provide upbeat and badass themes for pretty much every single moment in the show. Trust me, I've done the research. As a tremendous nerd with too much time to waste, I have a hobby of putting ...

"Do your best, Universe 1... You are No. 1!" Quite literally.

I'll also silently support Universe 5, because for reasons that elude me, I have an affinity for the number 5.

So... trying to use either code kept screwing up, but posting the link with nothing else when I finally just gave up created a link. Well, at least it got made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-vSl_ctLKs

Just something I put together in an hour on Movie Maker. The lyrics kinda go off in their own direction away from the original song, but I'd like to think the general spirit of the song is still intact, and it's always applicable to Gohan and his conflict ...

The reveal that Baba's fifth fighter is Gohan. I love the slow build up with everyone freaking out over Goku being beaten, Roshi explaining how this masked man knows everything about Goku, and how this is a fight of destiny that they can't interfere in. Then he drops the bomb, and then that awesome ...

When Freeza is about to kill Kuririn, and laughs evilly... but the animation of his mouth looks like he's talking. It just annoys me. Not even if it was a "HA HA" laugh as opposed to the one in the scene would it look right.

Various moments in the Japanese version due to the music. I love and am so ...

Never really thought about it, but I like the sounds of the second meaning. Sounds to me like the age-old theme of the odds being so against the good guys that it seems like the only possible outcome is death/defeat, and then gaining the will to ignore that prospect and change it. Given Gohan's ...

Big thanks to both of you. I'm also loving that "instrumental" version of the usual choir-filled track so big thanks for that too, kei17.

Going back a couple of years for this one, but I recall this piece that played during the death of Yamcha and Piccolo in the Japanese version was uploaded here once in great quality. After which, my laptop died and I lost all my music files, and by then, I couldn't find it anymore.

Does anyone have ...

Makankosappo. I love its unique look.

Oh, and the Devilmite Beam, if that counts.

I get what you mean on the Buu stuff sounding tired and worn out, especially since they used a lot of movie 10 music from what I remember, and I concur with kei17 on that movie's score being the most generic out of them all. Hearing the main Broly leitmotif all the time definitely grated on me a few ...

Shusuke Kikuchi: My absolute favorite. I've been collecting every bit of his score I can find, from unreleased to released pieces, ever since I got into the Japanese version of the show, and have had a great time throughout. My only problem with it in the show is, as mentioned, a lot of really great ...

Wow. I actually sent this example in to the podcast e-mails awhile back, but I only mentioned the main melody of P. Machinery, so this was pretty interesting. Nice find.

I guess this is more a question of how anime in general are scored, but I'm primarily interested in Dragonball's music. So, my question is, was it Shunsuke Kikuchi who was responsible for actually placing his music in each episode of the show, or was that the job of other people at Toei?

I have ...