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by Darkton
Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:56 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: Japanese Kai underrated?
Replies: 41
Views: 10323

Re: Japanese Kai underrated?

The Freeza fight is the most infamous example. Counting the fight as "the time between Goku's revival on Namek until the explosion of Namek", it's 22 (episode 85 up through and including episode 106) episodes long in DBZ and 13 episodes long in Kai (episode 41 up through and including epi...
by Darkton
Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:51 am
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: "Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters" FUNimation English Dub Official Announcement and Discussion Thread
Replies: 2961
Views: 497133

Re: Funimation Buu release guess?

This Saturday we're supposed to start the Trunks portion, so it all depends on if anything out of the ordinary happens like, say, a special or marathon. So I guess that means we'll probably start Buu around next year assuming things go well. Another question: what're they gonna do with Ep. 98? That ...
by Darkton
Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:38 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Video Game Concept Art/Model Sheets?
Replies: 16
Views: 6574

Video Game Concept Art/Model Sheets?

Right, I'm starting this thread since, as a fledgling artist, I'd like to be able to draw the characters from their original reference material. Stuff like model sheets and manga panels, Toriyama's designs for the Movie Villains, that stuff. Unfortunately, I'm having a bit of a hard time finding thi...
by Darkton
Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:58 am
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Darkton's Cell Arc Time-Travel Flowchart!
Replies: 59
Views: 7479

Darkton's Cell Arc Time-Travel Flowchart!

Inspired by comments on where Movie 7 takes place by KaiserNeko, I made a flowchart detailing the number of time-travel changes that could've occurred in the Cell Arc, which can be found here.
by Darkton
Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:51 am
Forum: Fan-Created Works
Topic: DragonBall Z Abridged
Replies: 12432
Views: 1723325

Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Is it wrong that the mention of when they think the movie takes place inspired me to create a listing of all the various timelines?
by Darkton
Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:46 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Favorite voice for Vegeta?
Replies: 146
Views: 23140

Re: Favorite voice for Vegeta?

I like a lot of them. Horikawa's regal, Drummond's menacing, Sabat's pompous and the rest don't fly on my radar. I myself would've cast Kaiji Tang as Vegeta based on his performance as Violet. For example: https://youtu.be/vVhIf0CHutk
by Darkton
Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:38 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Best version of the Manga
Replies: 12
Views: 6818

Re: Best version of the Manga

Viz's translation of the Manga has several edits made to it in the dialogue, some of them to reflect their own sensibilities (like naming the artificial humans "Mechanical Men"), some just weird (referring to Cell as an "it"). Of course, there are also visual edits to go along wi...
by Darkton
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:55 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Super Dragon Ball Z - 10th Anniversary
Replies: 29
Views: 12913

Re: Super Dragon Ball Z - 10th Anniversary

Love this game. Still play it today. I'm honestly trying to fill my memory card with two of each character with almost no overlap. The only exceptions are 17 and 18 (they're being treated as each other's variation, since the second variation I also give the unique costumes to) and the clones (they'r...
by Darkton
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:42 am
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: In-Universe Perspective of Name Puns/Themes
Replies: 3
Views: 686

Re: In-Universe Perspective of Name Puns/Themes

Given the Scouter text and the fact that the Namekians have their own language, I'd just imagine, say, a Saiyan is naming their child after some legendary warrior from a classic myth, one having a kill count in the thousands and was as close to the Legendary Super Saiyan as myth can get... that just...
by Darkton
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:39 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Funimation's original DBZ movie Blu-Rays
Replies: 18
Views: 2980

Re: Funimation's original DBZ movie Blu-Rays

Colors seem a bit washed out to me compared to the Dragon Boxes. Still, they're pretty much the only option ya got until TOEI does their own Blu-Ray release.
by Darkton
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:26 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Lost in Translation
Replies: 42
Views: 5739

Re: Lost in Translation

Probably the most irritating thing to me, personally, is the Turtle Sage's moniker being mangled into "Master Roshi". It implies "Roshi" is a proper noun and the character's birth name, which it is not, but the truly annoying aspect is that multiple characters refer to this char...
by Darkton
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:17 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball 'Super History Book'
Replies: 135
Views: 25599

Re: Dragon Ball 'Super History Book'

Earlier Budoukai 1 models. Okay, now I have to pick this up. I love the alternate costumes for Budokai 1 and I've been looking for concept art of them for ages. If I weren't so cooped up at school and swamped with job deadlines I'd head to my Chinatown bookstore and grab it. Such is life. They don'...
by Darkton
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:06 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball 'Super History Book'
Replies: 135
Views: 25599

Re: Dragon Ball 'Super History Book'

Those alternate Great Saiyaman costumes! XD Also, rl Beerus! That drawing of Cabba from behind really looks like Gohan. Heroes draft drawing of the three Freeza-esque avatars had the berserker with hair! (a mohawk of sorts). Earlier Budoukai 1 models. So MANY character drafts for Time Kai. O_O Most...
by Darkton
Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:36 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Games You Want That Will Never Happen
Replies: 97
Views: 16013

Re: Games You Want That Will Never Happen

I've been planning a little project for a while, but I've been hesitant to program the thing myself since I knew I might be facing a C&D. However, here's what I had in mind: A Dragon Ball Wide-Open Sandbox. You pick your character and start at a designated point (Goku would start at the beginnin...
by Darkton
Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:15 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: International VAs who sound similar to Japanese VAs
Replies: 22
Views: 3281

Re: International VAs who sound similar to Japanese VAs

I'm also quite fond of Peter Kelamis similarities with Nozawa I mean, Sean might have portrayed Goku as Superman, but Kelamis honestly nailed the "Big kid impression". Especially his comedic portrayals in Buu Arc really remindse for Nozawa I'm pretty fond of Kai Sean. He can convincingly ...
by Darkton
Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:10 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Movie 2, 3 , 4 & 12 story
Replies: 20
Views: 1862

Re: Movie 2, 3 , 4 & 12 story

Movie 2 probably has its split when Piccolo dies. In this continuity, Goku shows up in time to hand him a Senzu, saving him. It's not too improbable, given that Kurilin had his bones broken by Reacoom and survived with a Senzu. Now the big one is something not mentioned in the title: Movie 6. Likel...
by Darkton
Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:53 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Worst Dragon Ball Saga?
Replies: 64
Views: 11001

Re: Worst Dragon Ball Saga?

Just going by the manga, the Cell Arc. The introduction felt like a fanfic with a Mary Sue OC showing up with the same powers as Goku and purple hair, derailing the canon pairing of Yamcha and Bulma for pairing her with Vegeta (which is kind of like pairing Mary Jane with Venom), and setting up a pl...
by Darkton
Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:48 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: International VAs who sound similar to Japanese VAs
Replies: 22
Views: 3281

Re: International VAs who sound similar to Japanese VAs

Big Green Kaio's another good match for the Japanese audio.
by Darkton
Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:39 pm
Forum: In-Universe Discussion
Topic: Movie 2, 3 , 4 & 12 story
Replies: 20
Views: 1862

Re: Movie 2, 3 , 4 & 12 story

Obviously the movies aren't meant to follow continuity, being designed for what was relevant at the latest episode of the anime. But if I had to guess... Movie 2 probably has its split when Piccolo dies. In this continuity, Goku shows up in time to hand him a Senzu, saving him. It's not too improbab...