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by JulieYBM
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
Replies: 186
Views: 8019

Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"

How can I consider any of that to be some kind of "artistic vision" when it's clear Toriyama never wanted to do any of these things in the first place? Because, even though he originally "did not want to do any of those things", he still ultimately contributed to those things. H...
by JulieYBM
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
Replies: 186
Views: 8019

Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"

Nobody takes Dragon Ball beyond Toriyama because their hands are tied by executive and Toriyama meddling. When you create an environment where creativity is artificially stifiled to try and match the needs of executives and Toriyama, of course you're going to wind up in positions where the artistic...
by JulieYBM
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
Replies: 186
Views: 8019

Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"

Nobody takes Dragon Ball beyond Toriyama because their hands are tied by executive and Toriyama meddling. When you create an environment where creativity is artificially stifiled to try and match the needs of executives and Toriyama, of course you're going to wind up in positions where the artistic ...
by JulieYBM
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
Replies: 186
Views: 8019

Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"

I'm kind of repeating myself here, but I really don't see the point in placing some kind of 'canon' on a pedastool, when it completely ignores whether a work of art is good . I think it's important that we keep that in mind, because it isn't some nebulous idea of 'canon' that is the connective tissu...
by JulieYBM
Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:37 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"
Replies: 186
Views: 8019

Re: The end of "Akira Toriyama canon"

Canon is no reason to experience a work of art. Canon is no reason to out a work of art in a pedastool. There's nothing fun—and entirely too much importance given to—worrying about silliness like 'canon'. Find a work of art that you enjoy and enjoy it for that.
by JulieYBM
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:37 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
Replies: 345
Views: 18362

Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.

Tian wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:23 am https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainmen ... 9000c.html
So... according to this, Toriyama underwent surgery last month due to a brain tumor.

Oh man... :(
Fuck, this just keep getting worse.
by JulieYBM
Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
Replies: 345
Views: 18362

Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.

Speaking as someone who has written 125,000 words of her own original novel since May 2023, I can confirm that authors like the freedom that comes with writing original works—even if they still borrow elements from other works. That's just how art is made. We make art to satisfy our needs, after all...
by JulieYBM
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:31 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Going to the Public Domain When!?
Replies: 3
Views: 652

Re: Dragon Ball Going to the Public Domain When!?

I believe in Japan a work enters public domain seventy (70) years after the death of the author.

Oy vey, what a weird conversation to be having so soon after his death. :/
by JulieYBM
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:04 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
Replies: 150
Views: 13253

Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator

The problem has lied in that Dragon Ball has always been a work of a series creator who didn't really have a dedicated passion for writing, and corporate suits. It's rare that it has been allowed a moment to be told by a creator unencumbered by something . I think that Nagamine's Movie #20 was the c...
by JulieYBM
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:55 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator
Replies: 150
Views: 13253

Re: Dragon Ball Without Its Creator

Now that I've had some time to process Toriyama's passing, I do have some concerns about the future. My suspicion is that Iyoku Akio will chase the ambulance until the cows come home—which is to say, I think he'll want to keep franchising the series out, which was the reason he formed Capsule Corp T...
by JulieYBM
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:04 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 42696
Views: 5588407

Re: "Dragon Ball Super (Manga)" Official Discussion Thread

Toriyama owned Dragon Ball and as creator was the ultimate authority figure. If I had to guess, one of his kids will become the steward of the franchise from here on out.

That being said, I don't really think that this is the time for this conversation.
by JulieYBM
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:04 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
Replies: 345
Views: 18362

Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.

Rocketman wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:02 am Had to pay respects. If there's a Valhalla for authors, Toriyama's more than earned his place. Thanks for all the fun times.
Hey, welcome back! Sad it had to be under these circumstances.

But yeah, if there's an afterlife, I hope Toriyama fiddling with his model kits right now.
by JulieYBM
Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:27 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.
Replies: 345
Views: 18362

Re: Akira Toriyama Passes Away.

Fuck, I hope he didn't suffer.
by JulieYBM
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:32 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)
Replies: 993
Views: 68692

Re: Dragon Ball Daima (2024)

*Shrug* Hey, maybe Gohan's still an adult, but he's been captured and needs to be rescue For Reasons? lol

I know it's obvious, but they can really do whatever they want for this set-up.
by JulieYBM
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Your watching experience on Toonami
Replies: 32
Views: 1462

Re: Your watching experience on Toonami

Ooh, yeah, I also watched the Afterlife Tournament arc on The International Channel and some of the Majin Buu arc. It was so surreal, because my actual first exposure was a shitty fansub download of the episode where Trunks fights that one dipshit in the Tenka-ichi Budoukai that I downloaded via Nap...
by JulieYBM
Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 102 - Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 161
Views: 20709

Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 102 - Official Discussion Thread

Well, no, I'm talking about what's necessary. Dragon Ball is a complete story. Nothing in Super was/is necessary; it's effectively a side-story taking place during a timeskip in Dragon Ball's story. It is the Optional Comedic Sequel™. It going on longer than the original run (or having someone's ab...
by JulieYBM
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:05 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 102 - Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 161
Views: 20709

Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 102 - Official Discussion Thread

dragon ball super should break dragon ball rules (and actually be edited like a proper and actually good comic),
by JulieYBM
Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Your watching experience on Toonami
Replies: 32
Views: 1462

Re: Your watching experience on Toonami

I recall in my days as a younger girl first coming across Dragon Ball Z when it was airing on Toonami in either October or November of 1998. I specifically remember the first episode I watched being the one where Vegeta was killing the Namekians with the Reigun from Yuu Yuu Hakusho . At the time I w...
by JulieYBM
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: unpopular opinion: kenji yammoto should have never got fired
Replies: 9
Views: 1907

Re: unpopular opinion: kenji yammoto should have never got fired

Copyright law, as is the way with most if not all laws, exists to protect the wealthiest above all else. Yamamoto Kenji's crime wasn't harming the average Jane, it was 'harming' those with more money than him, and for that he was judged and excommunicated.
by JulieYBM
Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Super
Topic: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 102 - Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 161
Views: 20709

Re: Dragon Ball Super: Manga Chapter 102 - Official Discussion Thread

The major issue being, I think, is that Toriyama is obssessed with setting up rules for handicapping himself with the types of stories he'll tell, and Toyo-tarou, Victory Uchida, and anyone else involved with the franchise, refuses to actually think about breaking those rules. Like, literally, anyon...