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by Shaddy
Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:35 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: One Piece Remake, fans are so lucky...
Replies: 226
Views: 11101

Re: One Piece Remake, fans are so lucky...

Most of that also wouldn't really benefit from a Kai style edit because really, the first 100 episodes of One Piece were mostly paced well. I think it wasn't until sometime in Skypiea that stuff started getting noticeably padded. I am truly baffled by statements like this. Did we watch different sh...
by Shaddy
Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:45 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: One Piece Remake, fans are so lucky...
Replies: 226
Views: 11101

Re: One Piece Remake, fans are so lucky...

The One Piece remake is kind of ridiculous to me, because A. We just got that with the Live-Action, and B. The regular series is still going. What is this meant to accomplish? Sure, One Piece's pacing is shit, but they obviously could have DB-Kai'd it with even easier results due to the original foo...
by Shaddy
Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:49 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: AB Video to release original Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray
Replies: 514
Views: 74134

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

They didn't cut any filler, and in fact, the Naruto HD episodes are cropped to 16:9. It's not worth it. The One Pace guys are working on a recut of the show themselves, I recommend just following that instead.
by Shaddy
Tue Dec 05, 2023 5:04 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: If faced with the choice of sacrificing the franchise's massive popularity
Replies: 90
Views: 7884

Re: If faced with the choice of sacrificing the franchise's massive popularity

What? Gatekeepers are toxicity breeding more of itself, not the solution to toxicity. Unless you're conflating them with effective moderators or something.
by Shaddy
Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:43 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: AB Video to release original Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray
Replies: 514
Views: 74134

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

Why are we talking about this like we already know some group is working against what AB is doing or trying to do here? We haven't had any news from them since the first box released, period. I don't think there's any reason to assume anything has happened, since we know AB to go slow on these thing...
by Shaddy
Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:26 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
Replies: 1067
Views: 81417

Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)

sangofe wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:11 am I lovs the highlights and shading personally. Always been a fan.
It probably won't look as bad as Yamamuro's, but everything I dislike about his style started in GT.
by Shaddy
Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:16 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Non-thread-worthy discussions
Replies: 4635
Views: 596799

Re: Non-thread-worthy discussions

There's something funny about using a seven year-old video to claim this about a show that's been off the air for five years.
by Shaddy
Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:54 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
Replies: 1067
Views: 81417

Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)

JulieYBM wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:20 pm These designs look much better without the unnecessary highlights and shading. I hope that gets toned down in later footage from the series.
It's Nakatsuru so uhh. No.
by Shaddy
Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:16 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: If faced with the choice of sacrificing the franchise's massive popularity
Replies: 90
Views: 7884

Re: If faced with the choice of sacrificing the franchise's massive popularity

This is basically the question being asked here and my answer would have to be no. Fans are already doing a great job of preserving the series with unofficial releases and translations. A big and dedicated fanbase will treat a series better than most official shareholders would. Are you serious? It...
by Shaddy
Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:56 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: If faced with the choice of sacrificing the franchise's massive popularity
Replies: 90
Views: 7884

Re: If faced with the choice of sacrificing the franchise's massive popularity

Popular culture is plastic. It comes and goes with the will of the wind and is in no way a thing worth "protecting", as if there's even a way to do that. If Dragon Ball wasn't the success it was, other properties would be. It's just inevitable that people are going to make stuff, because p...
by Shaddy
Fri Nov 24, 2023 4:02 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Character You Wish Did More?
Replies: 31
Views: 2914

Re: Character You Wish Did More?

The thing about most of the kids is that it's less that I want them to take up space in mainline Dragon Ball and more that they should be developed as protagonists in their own right, either for a spinoff or as an actual next generation of DB after the false start that we saw in Z. Pan and Uub certa...
by Shaddy
Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:13 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Character You Wish Did More?
Replies: 31
Views: 2914

Re: Character You Wish Did More?

See, almost everyone who "doesn't do much" I wouldn't mind if they didn't have to keep showing up. I liked Launch sometimes, but her gimmick wore thin after a while and she didn't really have anywhere to go after that (and really, do we think her thing for Tenshinhan would give her more ag...
by Shaddy
Sun Nov 19, 2023 2:50 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Piracy in Draon Ball... And other things
Replies: 33
Views: 3577

Re: Piracy in Draon Ball... And other things

It's a big enough anime hit and a lot of people, especially Americans, are super aversed to reading subtitles that I'm going to go out on a limb and say lots of people are watching the dub. I also think online discourse and discussion tends to have more "hardcore" fans (who are more likel...
by Shaddy
Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:51 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Piracy in Draon Ball... And other things
Replies: 33
Views: 3577

Re: Piracy in Draon Ball... And other things

I just don't really think that's true? I haven't known the One Piece dub to be "hated" by most people for a long time, and a lot of what remains is people who think the show is still being dubbed by 4kids. One Piece's popularity in English-speaking countries has been fighting an uphill bat...
by Shaddy
Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:04 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Piracy in Draon Ball... And other things
Replies: 33
Views: 3577

Re: Piracy in Draon Ball... And other things

For One Piece? I don't think most people are watching the dub of that show.
by Shaddy
Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:32 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Piracy in Draon Ball... And other things
Replies: 33
Views: 3577

Re: Piracy in Draon Ball... And other things

Kanzenshuu, to my knowledge, discourages piracy and related discussion for legal reasons, not reputational ones. We wouldn't be host to discussions of fanedits that depend on unofficial distribution for viewing if we didn't understand that piracy is not an inherently corrupt action. I'm a firm conse...
by Shaddy
Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:20 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Would you prefer replacing the VAs or having AI voices of them?
Replies: 40
Views: 2414

Re: Would you prefer replacing the VAs or having AI voices of them?

That's not the best AI can do.

Nevertheless, whether it sounds pleasant isn't really the argument here. At least, I don't think it should be.
by Shaddy
Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:59 am
Forum: Fan-Created Works
Topic: Dragon Ball Recut [COMPLETE], Dragon Ball Kai Recut [COMPLETE]
Replies: 690
Views: 439095

Re: Dragon Ball Recut [COMPLETE], Dragon Ball Kai Recut [COMPLETE]

I wasn't talking about Kai. I'm saying that, hypothetically, someone could do a more ambitious filler cut than DB Recut if they didn't have to worry about soundtrack clipping.
by Shaddy
Sun Nov 12, 2023 3:41 am
Forum: Fan-Created Works
Topic: Dragon Ball Recut [COMPLETE], Dragon Ball Kai Recut [COMPLETE]
Replies: 690
Views: 439095

Re: Dragon Ball Recut [COMPLETE], Dragon Ball Kai Recut [COMPLETE]

Neural Net voice separation has come a long way recently. You could probably do a lot with a new filler cut if you didn't have to edit around the OST.
by Shaddy
Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:40 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Chi Chi and Goku should have gotten a divorce a long time ago
Replies: 33
Views: 4304

Re: Chi Chi and Goku should have gotten a divorce a long time ago

Goku and Chi Chi's problem is more a narrative, writing-related one than anything else, really. Toriyama wants us to see them as a couple who bickers or has differences or even bothers each other, but ultimately still love each other. I fully believe this boomer-ass relationship dynamic is the inten...