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by Kunzait_83
Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:49 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Inclusivity towards women in Dragon Ball?
Replies: 271
Views: 10341

Re: Inclusivity towards women in Dragon Ball?

Force diversity is meant to imply putting people for the sake of representation rather than having the author choose who he wants to put in their story without being scrutinized for not depicting certain gender or ethnicities in a proportional way... Specially in a Japanese manga, revolved around f...
by Kunzait_83
Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Inclusivity towards women in Dragon Ball?
Replies: 271
Views: 10341

Re: Inclusivity towards women in Dragon Ball?

I don't think inclusion should be forced. It should come off as natural. People say this all the time but what the fuck does that even mean? Yeah if it's a story about all boy boarding school or a Men's Prison I wouldn't expect too many women characters but its a martial arts series. How would the ...
by Kunzait_83
Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:40 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Inclusivity towards women in Dragon Ball?
Replies: 271
Views: 10341

Re: Inclusivity towards women in Dragon Ball?

As I've been rewatching the original Dragon Ball anime (in Japanese) I started thinking about something that Sean Schmmel said at a panel for the Super Broly movie at NYC. He mentioned that he thought it was a win for feminism that Goku is voiced by a woman into adulthood in Japan. "And, #femi...
by Kunzait_83
Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:52 am
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: How skilled are Dragon ball characters as martial artist?
Replies: 20
Views: 2636

Re: How skilled are Dragon ball characters as martial artist?

Well, theherodjl mentioned Karate Kid earlier in the thread, a character I'd never heard of prior, but seems to qualify: In DC, there is Karate Kid, a human from the future who has mastered every conceivable martial art(including alien ones) and was able to actually physically tangle with Superboy ...
by Kunzait_83
Tue Dec 19, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: How skilled are Dragon ball characters as martial artist?
Replies: 20
Views: 2636

Re: How skilled are Dragon ball characters as martial artist?

Isn't it mentioned somewhere that Bruce, at some point during this training, went to a monastery out in Korea to learn about martial arts? He's probably been all over the world, learning, however. I would imagine the concept of Nei and the internal aspect of martial arts isn't lost on him; this is ...
by Kunzait_83
Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: How skilled are Dragon ball characters as martial artist?
Replies: 20
Views: 2636

Re: How skilled are Dragon ball characters as martial artist?

This actually has me thinking. I'm not well versed in deeper metaphysical and cosmic fabric of the DC universe. Is there anything resembling "qi/chi/ki" in the sense that East Asian mythology shows martial artists as being able to tap into and weaponize for superhuman feats? Are there any...
by Kunzait_83
Wed Sep 06, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Is original Dragon Ball really that unpopular?
Replies: 51
Views: 6430

Re: Is original Dragon Ball really that unpopular?

EDIT: Also please dont use terms like clinically insaane to describe One Piece fans or just people you dont like in general. Delusional sure, CLINICALLY INSANE is really loaded and is pretty much an ableist slur. And I am not saying this because I like One Piece but as a person with mental issues (...
by Kunzait_83
Wed Sep 06, 2023 3:41 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Have any of your Dragon Ball fanfictions (or part thereof) became a reality?
Replies: 31
Views: 3230

Re: Have any of your Dragon Ball fanfictions (or part thereof) became a reality?

lulz I'm quite certainly that they haven't. Then again, I haven't kept up with Super Dragon Ball Heroes because it looks like shit and it's wasting my favorite anime writer, Tomioka Atsuhiro, with zero wiggle room to flesh out the story it's trying to tell. It's baaaaaad. If we're discounting all d...
by Kunzait_83
Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:20 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Is original Dragon Ball really that unpopular?
Replies: 51
Views: 6430

Re: Is original Dragon Ball really that unpopular?

First this still doesnt contradict anything. I dont expect people to give One Piece 19 episodes to get good, I distinctly remember way, way back in the day I had given One Piece more than 50 episodes to "get good". When it never did and I gave up on it, I was immediately told by One Piece...
by Kunzait_83
Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:42 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Have any of your Dragon Ball fanfictions (or part thereof) became a reality?
Replies: 31
Views: 3230

Re: Have any of your Dragon Ball fanfictions (or part thereof) became a reality?

For a series that keeps getting called 'fan fiction-y', none of my fanfic ideas have shown up in Dragon Ball Super . :( To me, DB Super isn't the series that's particularly "fan fiction-y". That would instead be Dragon Ball Heroes. Though even there, I don't think either of your fanfic id...
by Kunzait_83
Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:46 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: The people who grew up with Censored and or modified Dragon Ball
Replies: 49
Views: 4136

Re: The people who grew up with Censored and or modified Dragon Ball

I never said that its the dub's fault that people obsess over kiddy bloody shonen, anime, I meant that Kunzait said that or at least implied it. Not to speak for the guy, but from conversations I've had with him over the years (as well as simply re-reading his post from the other thread) I don't th...
by Kunzait_83
Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:07 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What makes the handling Dragon Ball different from other franchises that failed to catch on worldwide?
Replies: 49
Views: 2248

Re: What makes the handling Dragon Ball different from other franchises that failed to catch on worldwide?

And my heartless response to all of the people who cry "But... but then that means that I never would've found it or got into it, since I only ever was allowed to watch kids' cartoons on TV back then!" is... I do find this notion to be more than a bit ridiculous. (Not your statement but t...
by Kunzait_83
Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:47 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: What makes the handling Dragon Ball different from other franchises that failed to catch on worldwide?
Replies: 49
Views: 2248

Re: What makes the handling Dragon Ball different from other franchises that failed to catch on worldwide?

In fact, Saint Seiya isn't even a very popular property in its home country. Nonsense. Saint Seiya was plenty popular in its native Japan during its time. Unless you're making the mistake of comparing its height of popularity to something like Dragon Ball: in which case MOST things are going to com...
by Kunzait_83
Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:36 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Has Dragon Ball used things from other materials?
Replies: 15
Views: 1118

Re: Has Dragon Ball used things from other materials?

Kunzait_83 made a pretty lengthy thread here 8 years ago (!?) that covers a lot of things Dragon Ball referenced. Apart from even the big stuff, there's COUNTLESS little tiny details from across Wuxia fiction and media that Dragon Ball liberally lifted directly from: I chronicled a ton of them in t...
by Kunzait_83
Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:22 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Should Dragon Ball still air on TV in the 2020s and beyond?
Replies: 24
Views: 1765

Re: Should Dragon Ball still air on TV in the 2020s and beyond?

Cure Dragon 255 wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 3:30 pmwould you prefer kids watching Police Procedurals with their grandparents instead?
Yes.
Cure Dragon 255 wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 3:30 pmBecause that is exactly what is happening right now.
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by Kunzait_83
Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:36 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Toriyama loves Star Wars but has George Lucas ever talked about Dragon Ball?
Replies: 25
Views: 2097

Re: Toriyama loves Star Wars but has George Lucas ever talked about Dragon Ball?

From what I do know of George Lucas though, I believe there is a decent chance he was influenced by Dragon Ball. Its infinitely more likely he was just influenced by Wuxia as a broader whole than by DB specifically. Especially given that in the 1970s (which again, is when the battle between Obi-Wan...
by Kunzait_83
Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:23 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Are you done with Dragon Ball?
Replies: 56
Views: 4057

Re: Are you done with Dragon Ball?

I mean... no more than I was in 1997, when GT first ended? With all my "nerd" interests and hobbies, I go in cycles: I do a stretch of time on one thing for a bit, then another thing, and so on. Dragon Ball's not much different in this regard. I'm no more "done" with DB than I am...
by Kunzait_83
Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:57 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Toriyama loves Star Wars but has George Lucas ever talked about Dragon Ball?
Replies: 25
Views: 2097

Re: Toriyama loves Star Wars but has George Lucas ever talked about Dragon Ball?

I seem to remember Toriyama saying the two have met but has George Lucas ever spoken on Toriyama or Dragon Ball himself? While rewatching the prequels I noticed some similarities between Episode III's ending and the climactic battle on Namek. I'm wondering if he was perhaps influenced or if they ju...
by Kunzait_83
Thu Oct 06, 2022 9:31 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Was Turles given less investment?
Replies: 10
Views: 2051

Re: Was Turles given less investment?

I really hated the whole "OH WE ARE BOTH LOW CLASS AND WE ALL LOOK ALIKE" explanation for the similarities. They could've said he is a distant relative, some sort of cousin, or go nuts with Bardock's characterization and make him the father of many assholes all over planet Geets. I was al...
by Kunzait_83
Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:19 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Super Hero (and Netflix's One Piece) is proof it's time for a live-action DB movie franchise
Replies: 82
Views: 10393

Re: Super Hero is proof it's time for a live-action DB movie franchise

Also the The I Win button is for the broadcaster of course! They want to keep airing stuff and the way to do that is by having high ratings. No one here is a broadcaster or in charge of a broadcasting channel though: so why should they/we give a shit? If all that matters to you is that DB be availa...