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- Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
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Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
That's one thing that Movie 12 had in spades. The scenery and environment was one of a kind and the battle effects were outstanding. I'd love to see more psychedelic environments. On that note, the Broly movie was such a trip, specifically the second part of the battle. I literally felt like I was c...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17709
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
I feel like Super Hero could easily be stretched out. It was already pretty long as-is and much more detailed plot-wise than Broly. But yeah, the rest of the arcs as they are do not feel like they would benefit by being stretched out. Unless there was a lot of additional plot elements. Like, for exa...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17709
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
Not to mention getting a proper 2D animated adaptation of Super Hero...
Watch the whole series be in 3D now...
Hypothetically....
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:00 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17709
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
I wonder if this hypothetical next Dragon Ball series would adapt the two movies that released since the end of Super... Much like how Dragon Ball Super adapted Battle of Gods and Revival of F before going on to new material. That would mean that there are two arcs to animate before or after the end...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
- Replies: 349
- Views: 26155
Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
I am very much looking forward to hearing the thoughts of the Kanzenshuu crew on a podcast. Kanzenshuu has always been such an important part of my Dragon Ball fandom it feels like the podcast will be a personal part of finding closure on this for me and, I imagine, plenty other listeners. I've been...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:07 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Curse Of The Blood Rubies DVD error
- Replies: 5
- Views: 549
Re: Curse Of The Blood Rubies DVD error
I wasn't aware Toei released Blu-Rays and now I'm sad because I doubt Sony/Crunchyroll has any interest in licensing that.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
- Replies: 349
- Views: 26155
Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
What's wrong with it? I'm serious. I'm amazed by the AI's posibilities, but I don't understand. Explain it to me like I'm five years old, please. Guy's posted his tribute on YouTube meaning no harm. AI is a great tool, but to celebrate an artist with AI is like serving McDonalds at the funeral of a...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
- Replies: 349
- Views: 26155
Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
Son Goku sings "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku" (AI) as a tribute for his father. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asQd-Tu_ThA Celebrating an artist by using AI is really...not a great idea. It is in poor taste, I agree. Gotta love the internet, where the tactless and the tasteless coalesce int...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17709
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
And my whole point with the whole "fanboys thinking like marketing executives" thing is, none of you, I, or any of us are people with an actual financial stake in any of this (as Inna helpfully pointed out earlier). No matter how much you inhabit the mind of a Toei executive, you ain't ge...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Curse Of The Blood Rubies DVD error
- Replies: 5
- Views: 549
Re: Curse Of The Blood Rubies DVD error
Unfortunately those artifacts are on almost all international copies of these films. They were transferred to digital media from copies of copies of the original film prints. This film print copy process also affected the color of the films and the quality (audio and visual). As your friend explaine...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17709
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
keeping the Dragon Ball franchise relevant in an ever-changing entertainment market See to me, this is basically just a different way of wording "profit-seeking corporations that will drive something into the ground if left unchecked" . To me, these are both the same exact thing, just wor...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17709
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
Whoever is the one who makes the choice whether a new series comes out has the burden of finding a balance between keeping the Dragon Ball franchise relevant in an ever-changing entertainment market vs profit-seeking corporations that will drive something into the ground if left unchecked . The easi...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
- Replies: 913
- Views: 97290
Re: "Sparking! ZERO" Official Announcement & Pre-Release Discussion Thread
I've been following the announcements for this game pretty closely and I'm so excited to see some of the new characters from Super and beyond. I would LOVE to see the additional characters from the Raging Blast series make the cut as well! Like Cooler's minions, the movie androids, the extra Super S...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17709
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
Yeah, I think the only thing Toriyama directly worked on that was that grim would be the Future Trunks arc, and even there Toriyama only wrote the broad strokes. In one of the interviews between him and Toyotaro (volume 4 of the manga, I believe?) he even admitted that, had he actually been doing t...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17709
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
Saying that "Dragon Ball has no canon" is like saying Dragon Ball has no source material or no context behind its origin and production, a complete dismissal of the manga. You seem to have missed the point I was trying to make, so I'll use your post as an example. To *YOU* the manga is th...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17709
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
I will continue to support Dragon Ball projects going forward. Many directors, producers, animators, and writers will come forward and put their own spin on Dragon Ball. Some of it will be bad, but some will be good too. Look at Lupin the Third. It outlived the creator, Monkey Punch, but it still m...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
- Replies: 349
- Views: 26155
Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
Saw this online and wanted to share... I think it's real, someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Nice to see an homage from the man who was the inspiration behind so much of what made Dragon Ball fun.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
- Replies: 150
- Views: 17709
Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
He dies without establishing a canon, and as I have been saying here, this is going to open up a whole lot of cans of worm. Those who think only what Toriyama did is "valid/counts/is legit/is canonical" is going to either have to move on to another franchise or accept others' projects wit...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:05 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
- Replies: 349
- Views: 26155
Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
I took a (rather sleepless) night to reflect on Akira Toriyama's sudden passing, but I don't feel like it helped. My head is still spinning. I saw Herms' translation of the initial announcement (and I'm grateful that's how I found out). I had to just sit and breathe for a while. My first reaction w...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:49 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?
- Replies: 10397
- Views: 1491091
Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?
https://i.imgur.com/bs8dThul.jpg I bought this bad boy at the Walmarts a few weeks ago. My son is 3 and he loves Piccolo. Ever since my brothers gave him all their old DBZ toys and posters, he's been obsessed with Piccolo. I wasn't too keen on the 3D animation when this film was announced so I skip...