Buu = Kirby?!

Infinity's End · Post by **Infinity's End** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:28 pm

I apologize if a topic was already created like this...

I was watching through the Buu saga - and the scene where Mr. Satan gives Buu the Game Poy, an idea rushed through my head... who's based off of who???

The similarities are WAY too close to be coincidental. Don't you think? Big, fat, blobby, seemingly "cute" pink guys, who fly around and suck up candy.

Kirby's Dreamland was released in 1992. Which possibly means it was in development in 1991. When was the DB manga featuring Buu released? Does anyone know? All I could find was that the Buu saga was aired in Japan in 94... so the time frame is really similar. Also - Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of Kirby, was 19 when the game was developed - so, I find it really hard for him not to have NOT been a reader/watcher of DBZ at the time... But yeah that's just another theory that I don't have an answer to.

I'm probably just grasping at straws, (I tend to do that sometimes) but I just thought I'd mention it, see what you kindly DBZ fans thought of my theory...am I crazy or what?

The S · Post by **The S** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:10 pm

I've noticed the similarities, but neither is probably based on the other.

Kirby rocks!

Steven Perry · Post by **Steven Perry** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:05 am

I think you're on to something. Kirby sucks items into his mouth (including people), and takes on the appearance of that character/ item. Sound familiar? He also inflates himself into a balloon, and floats about. I think it's to much of a coincidence for it not to be true.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:20 am

Did some checking and the Buu saga started in 1993 in Japan.

Infinity's End · Post by **Infinity's End** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:21 am

Super Sonic, are you referring to the manga or the anime?

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:15 pm

Infinity's End wrote:Super Sonic, are you referring to the manga or the anime?

I believe Super Sonic is referring to the manga, since in the Viz volumes, at the beginning of the title page gallery, there is always "These title pages appeared when Dragon Ball was serialized from 1984 to 1995 in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. At the beginning of the Buu arc, it states that it was from '93. The anime version was first aired in 1994, I think... Yeah... mabye...

GokuSoul · Post by **GokuSoul** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:22 pm

From Daizenshuu Manga Reference Volume 39:
Farewell, Proud Warrior

First Printing:
7 December 1994

Weekly Jump Issues:
1994 #13 - #26

Chapters:
460: Majin Buu Appears!?
461: This is Majin Buu!?
462: The Menace of Majin Buu
463: An Overwhelming, Weird Power
464: Vegeta's Final, Desperate Battle
465: The Angry Majin Buu
466: The End of the Man behind the Curtain
467: Farewell, Proud Warrior
468: Another Nightmare
469: A Faint Hope
470: Babidi's Revenge Operation Begins!!
471: A Time of Trial
472: The Z Sword

Steven Perry · Post by **Steven Perry** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:24 pm

Seeing as though Hercule gives Buu a "Game Poy", it seems obvious. The anime doesn't necessarily have to have been in production just after Kirby' Dreamland came out. And remember, Kirby's Dreamland 2 was out in late 1993 (I think).

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:26 pm

GokuSoul wrote:
From Daizenshuu Manga Reference Volume 39:
Farewell, Proud Warrior

First Printing:
7 December 1994

Weekly Jump Issues:
1994 #13 - #26

Chapters:
460: Majin Buu Appears!?
461: This is Majin Buu!?
462: The Menace of Majin Buu
463: An Overwhelming, Weird Power
464: Vegeta's Final, Desperate Battle
465: The Angry Majin Buu
466: The End of the Man behind the Curtain
467: Farewell, Proud Warrior
468: Another Nightmare
469: A Faint Hope
470: Babidi's Revenge Operation Begins!!
471: A Time of Trial
472: The Z Sword

Well, the general Buu arc started in late '93, and even then you'd have to consider how long Toriyama had been thinking of Buu. No-one gets to prove the Tori-bot wrong, biznitches!

Steven Perry · Post by **Steven Perry** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:28 pm

Ahhh.... I see. Akira could've had Buu in his scrap book for quite some time.

GokuSoul · Post by **GokuSoul** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:31 pm

The Tori-bot wrote:
GokuSoul wrote:
From Daizenshuu Manga Reference Volume 39:
Farewell, Proud Warrior

First Printing:
7 December 1994

Weekly Jump Issues:
1994 #13 - #26

Chapters:
460: Majin Buu Appears!?
461: This is Majin Buu!?
462: The Menace of Majin Buu
463: An Overwhelming, Weird Power
464: Vegeta's Final, Desperate Battle
465: The Angry Majin Buu
466: The End of the Man behind the Curtain
467: Farewell, Proud Warrior
468: Another Nightmare
469: A Faint Hope
470: Babidi's Revenge Operation Begins!!
471: A Time of Trial
472: The Z Sword
Well, the general Buu arc started in late '93, and even then you'd have to consider how long Toriyama had been thinking of Buu. No-one gets to prove the Tori-bot wrong, biznitches!

Well that can be true but seeing as how Toriyama stated in Dr. Slump Volume 3 that I will scan later if you don't belive me he says that he comes up with the story as he draws...so you don't really know.

The S · Post by **The S** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:59 pm

Steven Perry wrote:Ahhh.... I see. Akira could've had Buu in his scrap book for quite some time.

You're not on a first-name basis on Dragon Ball's mangaka, dude.

In any case, as much as I don't believe in coincedences, I don't see enough evidence connecting Kirby and Boo.

veshira · Post by **veshira** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:55 am

I always just assumed Mr. Satan gave Buu a Game Poy because Toriyama played video games with his children a lot while they were growing up. I think he still loves video games, and isn't he still working on some, such as the Dragon Quest series?

Chaos Saiyajin · Post by **Chaos Saiyajin** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:12 pm

veshira wrote:I always just assumed Mr. Satan gave Buu a Game Poy because Toriyama played video games with his children a lot while they were growing up. I think he still loves video games, and isn't he still working on some, such as the Dragon Quest series?

And Blue Dragon.

Yeah, I would say that the 'Game Poy' was just a funny little throwback to Toriyama-sensei's video gaming career.

Kanzenshuu

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