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- Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:32 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Schemmel says that Nozawa told him they wanted to replace her for the role of adult Goku
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2085
Re: Schemmel says that Nozawa told him they wanted to replace her for the role of adult Goku
Because Dragon Ball is a extremely well documented series, in large part due to this site, and something like that would be very public information that, as far as I know, no source has ever stated happen. It's not like he said, "They Brought In A New VA But Replaced Him Before They Recorded An...
- Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:07 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball's spiritual successor
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2250
Re: Dragon Ball's spiritual successor
I mean, that could all be true, or you can take the simple explanation which is more likely ... Togashi was a reader of Dragon Ball and took some ideas and designs and put his own spin on it. What's BL by the way? I was slightly off, it was just a shoujo series that had a lot of BL(Boy's Love) elem...
- Sat Mar 11, 2023 3:16 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball's spiritual successor
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2250
Re: Dragon Ball's spiritual successor
Hiei isn't inspired by Vegeta, design wise he was based off of a BL character, and role wise, in additions to rivals just being a common trope in every form of media, Hiei spends like one chapter being a villain before becoming an ally, whereas Vegeta spent nearly two arcs being a villain (and basic...
- Wed Mar 08, 2023 2:49 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball's spiritual successor
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2250
Re: Dragon Ball's spiritual successor
Still don't think I will ever understand the YYH and DB comparisons, though if you want a show that borders on just being YYH, Flame of Recca is 80 percent the same show as Dark Tournament arc YYH. Honestly of the action shounen I've seen, I really don't think any of them feel the same as DB, outsid...
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:37 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Has your opinion on any Dragon Ball media changed over the years?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 4093
Re: Has your opinion on any Dragon Ball media changed over the years?
Someone else in the thread said it, but the original Dragon Ball anime was a big one. I still like it just because, I'll always really like those story arcs and Toriyama's writing, but as an adaption, it's very hard for me to watch nowadays. It doesn't have the monstrous length of Z, but it the paci...
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Toriyama and Toyotaro are bad at writing female characters/female Warriors
- Replies: 101
- Views: 19545
Re: Toriyama and Toyotaro are bad at writing female characters/female Warriors
It seems like a weirdly aggressive post because something I said hurt your feelings. "Turn your brain off" is not understandable. Dragon ball being old isn't an excuse. You don't care? That's fine. Do you. First off, I am probably one of the last people who's gonna be hurt by someone sayi...
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:36 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Toriyama and Toyotaro are bad at writing female characters/female Warriors
- Replies: 101
- Views: 19545
Re: Toriyama and Toyotaro are bad at writing female characters/female Warriors
What are you saying? This thread is about how the writers "suck at writing women" Not that there is a biased agenda or conspiracy against them. You are too far into your feelings, bro. And besides, the females in this franchise are never as good at the few things character's in this franc...
- Sat Feb 11, 2023 9:04 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: The Arabic version of DBS is putting extra clothes on female characters
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3046
Re: The Arabic version of DBS is putting extra clothes on female characters
I don't really see how that's the case with the Kale's design, everyone of all genders wears track shorts like those, if anything, it's a somewhat conservative design for those type of clothes. Yurin, I think that's just fairly traditional clothing, it's not really overt or anything, and personally ...
- Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:00 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: The Arabic version of DBS is putting extra clothes on female characters
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3046
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and Toxic Masculinity
- Replies: 89
- Views: 6724
Re: Dragon Ball and Toxic Masculinity
It's almost cliche at this point, but it kinda goes without saying that a lot of left leaning people would tolerate right leaning people if the latter wasn't actively trying to take away the rights of racial, sexually, and gender minorities. For God's sake look at the abortion stuff that happened no...
- Sat Jan 28, 2023 4:06 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and Toxic Masculinity
- Replies: 89
- Views: 6724
Re: Dragon Ball and Toxic Masculinity
This isn't exactly gone either, and even impacts parts of the LGBTQ. Most media for kids that have lgbtq couples generally learn on female lesbian or bi couples, rarely males. Despite stats on there being more FtM trans people than MtF, only MtF is massively raged on Transfemme's, as far as media a...
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:49 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and Toxic Masculinity
- Replies: 89
- Views: 6724
Re: Dragon Ball and Toxic Masculinity
I think, as with a lot of things, there's a degree of nuance to this. You can love Vegeta as a character and not be toxic. You can dislike Nozawa's portrayal of Goku and not be toxic. It all depends on what motivates a person to have those opinions and how they express them. It's kinda like, say, t...
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:30 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and Toxic Masculinity
- Replies: 89
- Views: 6724
Re: Dragon Ball and Toxic Masculinity
I mean to be honest, as someone who's unquestionably a fan of Nozawa and gets really annoyed with dub fans when it comes to her, I don't really think people disliking her voice is a example of toxic masculinity. There's a lot of misogyny charged insults when it comes to her, ditto with age, even see...
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Why doesn't the series appeal as an adventure series?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2177
Re: Why doesn't the series appeal as an adventure series?
I really do think in like, 3-5 years, the love for the Faulconer score will really not be that much of a thing. Obviously it'll always have its fans, but as the Dragon Ball fandom is more and more comprised of English speaking fans who grew up with Kai, with the dub with the original score, or even ...
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 5:26 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Why doesn't the series appeal as an adventure series?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2177
Re: Why doesn't the series appeal as an adventure series?
If this is one of your favorite arcs I'm not going to get derailed over this. Please answer about the other two, or don't. I mean...you can't just say that it actively did bad (the thesis of this thread basically) without any evidence and then just dismiss not having evidence about it. Anyway I thi...
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:28 am
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Toriyama and Toyotaro are bad at writing female characters/female Warriors
- Replies: 101
- Views: 19545
Re: Toriyama and Toyotaro are bad at writing female characters/female Warriors
Well Japan does have different gender norms/views then a place like America, I honestly wouldn't say that has much of an effect on why Dragon Ball in particular has weird things with female characters. Anime/Manga is actually one of the few mediums I think where it's extremely easy to find art creat...
- Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:03 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Do you think the anime should adopt 3D animation?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1236
Re: Do you think the anime should adopt 3D animation?
3D anime is absolute and total garbage. It is such a disappointment to see Super Hero and Sand Land taking the 3D route. One of the major appeals of anime is it's beautiful animation, and now 3D is going to westernize and ruin it. DOWN with 3D. 2D FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
- Fri Dec 02, 2022 2:05 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Studio Last House vs Studio Live (2022)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1174
Re: Studio Last House vs Studio Live (2022)
Last House during the late Cell and all of Boo arc looks consistently worse then Studio Live ever did, but as a whole I'd still take Last House. They had the best fight scenes during the original Dragon Ball anime and even as late as the #17 vs Piccolo fight, yeah the art is wonky as all hell but it...
- Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Which character has the best voice in the Funimation dub?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1827
Re: Which character has the best voice in the Funimation dub?
^Yeah, I've always really liked the casting for the cyborg twins. Clinkenbeard sounded OK in Kai, but Meredith is pretty great in the role. And Huber has always been one of the best Funi actors.
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: What would you choose: Good voice acting with bad translation or Bad voice acting with good translation?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3016
Re: What would you choose: Good voice acting with bad translation or Bad voice acting with good translation?
Any of the well written Smashing Pumpkins songs.