Why does the anime overpower characters?
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Why does the anime overpower characters?
This goes mostly for Z and Super.
In the anime, Yamcha and Tien are beating up a cell jr. Freeza is more even with Super saiyan goku. Yamcha beat olibu who was even with pikkon who one shotted cell and freeza, the former claiming to be a solar system buster.
Explain this shit to me.
In the anime, Yamcha and Tien are beating up a cell jr. Freeza is more even with Super saiyan goku. Yamcha beat olibu who was even with pikkon who one shotted cell and freeza, the former claiming to be a solar system buster.
Explain this shit to me.
Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
Yamcha/Tien teamed up against 1 Cell Jr. and got a single lucky shot at him before he beat them down. I wouldn't call that "overpowering them."
I also liked Freeza on Namek being nearly even with Super Saiyan Goku, it made you realize how insanely powerful Freeza really was.
I also liked Freeza on Namek being nearly even with Super Saiyan Goku, it made you realize how insanely powerful Freeza really was.
Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
They grabbed itprecita wrote:Yamcha/Tien teamed up against 1 Cell Jr. and got a single lucky shot at him before he beat them down. I wouldn't call that "overpowering them."
I also liked Freeza on Namek being nearly even with Super Saiyan Goku, it made you realize how insanely powerful Freeza really was.
Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
When you need to fill twenty-minute episodes with exciting visual content, it often doesn't do to show characters being knocked out in one hit.
For scenes that are entirely anime-only, fuck it. No one at Toei cared about power consistency so long as the visuals were fun.
For scenes that are entirely anime-only, fuck it. No one at Toei cared about power consistency so long as the visuals were fun.
Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
I think it's just to add more filler to be honest. Lol
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Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
Mostly just to prolong fight scenes. The fighters have to be even in order for the fight to last a long time.
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Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
As much as I have loved, and been loyal to, this franchise, over my 18/ 19 years of following, even I will happily admit that it isn't the most thought out series.
This series tends to use "low-hanging fruit" in terms of its storytelling, i.e. the easiest option. This is why we get crazy strong characters and far too many Saiyan forms, because it is easy, and also why non-Saiyan main characters quickly became outclassed and irrelevant in a "front line fighting" sense. That's jjust
One thing I will say, is this series made an excellent choice in dropping power levels after the Frieza Saga. So limiting, story-wise.
This series tends to use "low-hanging fruit" in terms of its storytelling, i.e. the easiest option. This is why we get crazy strong characters and far too many Saiyan forms, because it is easy, and also why non-Saiyan main characters quickly became outclassed and irrelevant in a "front line fighting" sense. That's jjust
One thing I will say, is this series made an excellent choice in dropping power levels after the Frieza Saga. So limiting, story-wise.
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Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
To make fights more interesting.
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Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
Yep. Pretty much this. Make the story more intriguing.Neo-Makaiōshin wrote:To make fights more interesting.
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Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
Yamcha and Tenshinhan weren't taking out the Cell Jr in any way. In fact, the funniest Yamcha gif ever is him getting his ass kicked by a Cell Jr, a gif that would make anyone not familiar with the series think Yamcha is hilariously pathetic.
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Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
But Yamcha and Tien kicking a Cell Jr. should have been as effective as Krillin's attack on Perfect Cell. The Cell Jr.'s weren't even caught off guard, whereas Cell was completely ignoring Krillin and was focused on himself.floofychan333 wrote:Yamcha and Tenshinhan weren't taking out the Cell Jr in any way. In fact, the funniest Yamcha gif ever is him getting his ass kicked by a Cell Jr, a gif that would make anyone not familiar with the series think Yamcha is hilariously pathetic.
Toei just doesn't really grasp or care about how huge the gaps in power are in this series.
Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
To keep things interesting and probably to differenciate the anime from the manga a bit.
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Re: Why does the anime overpower characters?
Its to add time to the ep. Since 16 or so pages of a manga chapter could barely fill in a few minutes if done in real time.