Dragon Ball References 2

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Dragon Ball References 2

Post by B-kun » Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:55 pm

To avoid being busted for necroposting, I've revived this thread in a new and not-so-improved form.

Anyways, to kick it off, I can't believe it took me so long to realise this.


As confirmed in interviews, the popular Japanese rock singer, Gackt, mimicked the Super Saiyan hair when recording the PV (promotional video / music video) for his song "Vanilla".

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Post by Jerseymilk » Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:57 pm

I always thought so whenever I watched that thing. No really, I did! Well, okay not in that exact way, but I do remember thinking the first time I saw it, "Hey! Gackt's got SSJ hair!" :D
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Post by Pedro The Hutt » Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:14 pm

Hehe, in Phantasy Star Online there also is a character class which can be given a very SSJ-esque haircut. XD

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Post by oponok » Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:19 pm

An issue of the Ranma 1/2 manga makes a couple of Dragonball references. Don't recall exactly where, though.

The create-a-character mode in the Smackdown series regularly has Goku's Super Saiyan haircut.
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Post by SpaceKappa » Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:15 pm

Yeah, in WWE Day of Reckoning on Gamecube there's a hairstyle called "Super" that's Gokuu's Super hairstyle.

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Post by omae no kaasan » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:51 am

I found my recordings from a recent Spring of Trivia which recounts how Nozawa Masako once called her young relative's school acquaintance (sp?) and said "Hi I'm Goku".

I'll try to post it this weekend.

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Post by Jerseymilk » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:28 am

I actually read that that was Megumi Hayashibara's nephew. It was in her biographic manga about her experiences getting into the voice acting business. And that she had done it as a favour to Hayashibara to get her nephew to eat his vegetables, since Hayashibara always was having trouble convincing him. Or perhaps that's a different incident? Probably Nozawa's done it as a favour to many people over the years.
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Post by omae no kaasan » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:13 am

I wouldn't doubt she's done it for a few people. In the end it wasn't just the one boy, it was his entire circle of classmates.

The whole segment was awesome. The story was retold by Kaiousama's VA with the original bg music playing.

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Post by alakazam^ » Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:58 am

:shock: Where can we get that?

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Post by omae no kaasan » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:47 pm

I have it. I think I sent some of my files to Saiya. It was funny as hell.

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Post by laserkid » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:47 pm

That has to be the awesomest thing I've ever heard of. It'd be like getting a phone call from Optimus Prime or something :P
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Post by Dai » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:57 pm

In Eiichiro Oda's one-shot book ''Wanted!'', in the story ''A Future Present from God'', there's someone in the crowds wearing an exact replica of Goku's clothing, though with longer sleeves, and blonde SSJ-esque hair. (Page 64).

Yes. I must have been very bored.
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