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by JustAlex1997
Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:56 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What would be your ideal Dragon Ball home release?
Replies: 58
Views: 6988

Re: What would be your ideal Dragon Ball home release?

I was hoping that would happen with the leaks and unfair treatment of actors, but I'm not as confident that it will now. You mean the bloopers? Those were never going to mean anything. The Vic Mignogna crowd threw a fake outrage about the outtakes, trying to equate some off-colour jokes to his sexu...
by JustAlex1997
Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:15 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What is the difference between Toriyama's Dragon Ball, and what other people come up with?
Replies: 28
Views: 2815

Re: What is the difference between Toriyama's Dragon Ball, and what other people come up with?

It's most notable when they try to do his style of comedy. As goofy as it is, there's some restraint to it that others fail to emulate.
by JustAlex1997
Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:00 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Recording vs Buying In the 90's/2000's
Replies: 35
Views: 4186

Re: Recording vs Buying In the 90's/2000's

As a kid, I didn't care much about "preserving", but I always kept any tapes or DVDRs recorded. Why would I throw them away? I loved Dragon Ball, and being able to watch these episodes any time I liked was great. I still have some portions of the Boo arc and GT on tapes that I've never go...
by JustAlex1997
Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:58 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What would be your ideal Dragon Ball home release?
Replies: 58
Views: 6988

Re: What would be your ideal Dragon Ball home release?

Yes, and that rigorous process happened on the Season BDs. They just ruined it at the end with a smear/blur+sharpen filter, and a shittification of the colours, and a very time-consuming shot-by-shot reframing/cropping process. I acknowledged that. However, as you said, that means nothing when they...
by JustAlex1997
Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:42 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What would be your ideal Dragon Ball home release?
Replies: 58
Views: 6988

Re: What would be your ideal Dragon Ball home release?

I'm not referring to an automated remastering process that simply smears the image. I want humans to clean the image properly (like with the Level Sets) and to release those with that process alone. Yes, and that rigorous process happened on the Season BDs. They just ruined it at the end with a sme...
by JustAlex1997
Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:40 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Recording vs Buying In the 90's/2000's
Replies: 35
Views: 4186

Re: Recording vs Buying In the 90's/2000's

Preserving wasn’t really on the back of my mind as a kid. I just watched it as it aired on Toonami. I think I saw most of the Garlic Jr saga-Fusion saga as it aired. Didn’t see much of the Saiyan and Namek sagas as done by the Ocean cast and I think I didn’t see any of tie initial Funi cast take ov...
by JustAlex1997
Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:37 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What would be your ideal Dragon Ball home release?
Replies: 58
Views: 6988

Re: What would be your ideal Dragon Ball home release?

. Frame-by-frame remaster (Level Sets) That happened on the Season BDs too; they made no secret of this in the remastering documentaries, and friends of mine have spoken to people close to the people who worked on it, who confirmed it was a proper frame-by-frame restoration. People just didn't pay ...
by JustAlex1997
Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:53 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What would be your ideal Dragon Ball home release?
Replies: 58
Views: 6988

Re: What would be your ideal Dragon Ball home release?

. Dragon Ball , Dragon Ball Z , and Dragon Ball GT . Individual complete season releases . Individual movie releases . General retail release with good distribution . Worldwide release (where possible as there's probably some restrictions) . Blu-ray . Frame-by-frame remaster (Level Sets) . 4:3 . Eng...
by JustAlex1997
Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:41 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Recording vs Buying In the 90's/2000's
Replies: 35
Views: 4186

Recording vs Buying In the 90's/2000's

As a child, my family used to record shows and movies to VHS as it was much cheaper than buying official releases. For shows with as many episodes as Dragon Ball, how did you choose to preserve them back in the day?
by JustAlex1997
Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:59 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: "Tenkaichi Budokai" From Official English Sources?
Replies: 6
Views: 1077

Re: "Tenkaichi Budokai" From Official English Sources?

MasenkoHA wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:58 pm Do the Tenkaichi Budokai video games count?
No. I'm referring specifically to the tournament itself.
by JustAlex1997
Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:54 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: "Tenkaichi Budokai" From Official English Sources?
Replies: 6
Views: 1077

"Tenkaichi Budokai" From Official English Sources?

In an old Jakks Pacific commercial for their Dragon Ball toys (apparently from 2004), the term "Tenkaichi Budokai stadium" is used. With the exception of subtitles, has this ever been used by other official English sources?

The commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnl8n2mgwM
by JustAlex1997
Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:40 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Orange Bricks vs Blu-rays (2014) - Definitive Discussion
Replies: 54
Views: 6838

Re: Orange Bricks vs Blu-rays (2014) - Definitive Discussion

So I checked the orange bricks and there is little to no image stabilization so you don't get that weird wably underwater effect that effected the later releases (hey a positive! lol) I don't think it's that distracting tho I understand why they'd wanna try and stabilize the footage https://im7.ezg...
by JustAlex1997
Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:30 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What version/release of DB/Z have the most accurate colors?
Replies: 13
Views: 1946

Re: What version/release of DB/Z have the most accurate colors?

The dragon boxes have tint to them, as do the selectavision from what I've been able to see so those are out. Funi's [color] dbz bricks all have that washed out/bleached look. their blue DB bricks have other weird color issues too. The level sets crush blacks. The madman/funi single vhs/dvds(and UU...
by JustAlex1997
Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:23 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Orange Bricks vs Blu-rays (2014) - Definitive Discussion
Replies: 54
Views: 6838

Re: Orange Bricks vs Blu-rays (2014) - Definitive Discussion

So I checked the orange bricks and there is little to no image stabilization so you don't get that weird wably underwater effect that effected the later releases (hey a positive! lol) I don't think it's that distracting tho I understand why they'd wanna try and stabilize the footage https://im7.ezg...
by JustAlex1997
Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:19 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Top Three Favorite Fights
Replies: 11
Views: 1326

Top Three Favorite Fights

While Dragon Ball is about more than just fighting, it's those fights which tend to stick with people the most. If you had to pick just three fights from the Dragon Ball franchise, which would be your favorites and why? For me, it's these three: 1. Gokou and Piccolo vs Raditz This is a fight which i...
by JustAlex1997
Sat Feb 08, 2020 4:50 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?
Replies: 10392
Views: 1471420

Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu for the original PlayStation.
by JustAlex1997
Sat Feb 08, 2020 4:45 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: How did Toei Animation handle 4: 3 frames in Dragon Ball Kai Buu Saga?
Replies: 9
Views: 2091

Re: How did Toei Animation handle 4: 3 frames in Dragon Ball Kai Buu Saga?

There some cutting out details of frames and splicing them back in for the Buu arc, like this shot: https://i.imgur.com/qWwurNy.png This shot is also very terribly done. They didn't put any care into how they cut him out, so the outlines are just mostly missing, and it looks terrible as a result. I...
by JustAlex1997
Sat Feb 08, 2020 4:40 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Z or Original Dragon Ball? Which do you prefer and why?
Replies: 62
Views: 6487

Re: Z or Original Dragon Ball? Which do you prefer and why?

Dragon Ball for its narrative and use of characters, but I still have nostalgia-based reasons for watching Dragon Ball Z more frequently.
by JustAlex1997
Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:52 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Orange Bricks vs Blu-rays (2014) - Definitive Discussion
Replies: 54
Views: 6838

Re: Orange Bricks vs Blu-rays (2014) - Definitive Discussion

Really, if one's resorting to piracy over FUNimation's releases, it's better to download something than giving money to the bootleggers. That aside, that bootleg's encoding makes the single DVDs amazing, and the subtitles are terrible. The bricks and BDs probably win by having Simmon's subs alone. ...
by JustAlex1997
Wed Feb 05, 2020 7:10 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Orange Bricks vs Blu-rays (2014) - Definitive Discussion
Replies: 54
Views: 6838

Re: Orange Bricks vs Blu-rays (2014) - Definitive Discussion

Saddest part is, bootleg releases look much better than OB, how incompetent you have to be? https://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=22256&p=607557&hilit=bootleg#p607557 No offense, but where those image links go to looks a little sketchy. Whoops, I'm sorry, i forgot that to...