New Dr. Slump coming to the USA

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New Dr. Slump coming to the USA

Post by andrew » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:29 am

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TJBGdrS37Z0
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Post by Kaboom » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:37 am

Ummm...

Oh wow.
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Post by Kunzait_83 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:44 am

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Journey to the West, chapter 26 wrote:The strong man will meet someone stronger still:
Come to naught at last he surely will!
Zephyr wrote:And that's to say nothing of how pretty much impossible it is to capture what made the original run of the series so great. I'm in the generation of fans that started with Toonami, so I totally empathize with the feeling of having "missed the party", experiencing disappointment, and wanting to experience it myself. But I can't, that's how life is. Time is a bitch. The party is over. Kageyama, Kikuchi, and Maeda are off the sauce now; Yanami almost OD'd; Yamamoto got arrested; Toriyama's not going to light trash cans on fire and hang from the chandelier anymore. We can't get the band back together, and even if we could, everyone's either old, in poor health, or calmed way the fuck down. Best we're going to get, and are getting, is a party that's almost entirely devoid of the magic that made the original one so awesome that we even want more.
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Post by Strongbad456 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:54 am

Wow, I'm definitely collecting this series when/if the dvds come out. I didn't think a Dr.Slump anime would ever reach the US. Is it FUNimation that's dubbing it?
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Post by The Time Traveller » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:07 pm

Wow, like 2 weeks after I hypothesized it.

Holy shit, I can't find news of it ANYWHERE.
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Post by disturbed001 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:30 pm

Kunzait_83 wrote:Zounds!

Though I can't help but lament that it's not the original 80's series we're getting (and whoever tries to chime in that the aimation's "too old school" to be release here gets a pre-emptive bitch slap upside the skull).

Maybe if this does well it'll lead to more domestic releases of other Slump material? One can always hope...
I think the "old school" style is the best.

Maybe this new one (if it succeeds) will lead to releasing the old one. Kind of like DBZ was first, then DB.
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Post by Kunzait_83 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:38 pm

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Journey to the West, chapter 26 wrote:The strong man will meet someone stronger still:
Come to naught at last he surely will!
Zephyr wrote:And that's to say nothing of how pretty much impossible it is to capture what made the original run of the series so great. I'm in the generation of fans that started with Toonami, so I totally empathize with the feeling of having "missed the party", experiencing disappointment, and wanting to experience it myself. But I can't, that's how life is. Time is a bitch. The party is over. Kageyama, Kikuchi, and Maeda are off the sauce now; Yanami almost OD'd; Yamamoto got arrested; Toriyama's not going to light trash cans on fire and hang from the chandelier anymore. We can't get the band back together, and even if we could, everyone's either old, in poor health, or calmed way the fuck down. Best we're going to get, and are getting, is a party that's almost entirely devoid of the magic that made the original one so awesome that we even want more.
Kamiccolo9 wrote:It grinds my gears that people get "outraged" over any of this stuff. It's a fucking cartoon. If you are that determined to be angry about something, get off the internet and make a stand for something that actually matters.
Rocketman wrote:"Shonen" basically means "stupid sentimental shit" anyway, so it's ok to be anti-shonen.
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Post by disturbed001 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:42 pm

Kunzait_83 wrote:
The irony in that statement being that the early episodes of DBZ were drawn very much in the "old school" style of anime to begin with.
Haha true. But I guess DBZ was first because of it's action and quick-start, rather than the animation style.
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Post by caejones » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:02 pm

Having little in the way of knowledge on the history of the Dr. Slump series, I want to ask... is this the one with the Goku cameo? :?

(Hmm... I guess I should watch the video before asking if we're sure about it... XD.)
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Post by Freeza93 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:04 pm

caejones wrote:Having little in the way of knowledge on the history of the Dr. Slump series, I want to ask... is this the one with the Goku cameo? :?

(Hmm... I guess I should watch the video before asking if we're sure about it... XD.)
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Post by Super Sonic » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:16 pm

If such is the case, I'm really hoping it's Funimation, because I don't want to hear in a dub anyone else as Goku.
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Post by Kunzait_83 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:33 pm

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Journey to the West, chapter 26 wrote:The strong man will meet someone stronger still:
Come to naught at last he surely will!
Zephyr wrote:And that's to say nothing of how pretty much impossible it is to capture what made the original run of the series so great. I'm in the generation of fans that started with Toonami, so I totally empathize with the feeling of having "missed the party", experiencing disappointment, and wanting to experience it myself. But I can't, that's how life is. Time is a bitch. The party is over. Kageyama, Kikuchi, and Maeda are off the sauce now; Yanami almost OD'd; Yamamoto got arrested; Toriyama's not going to light trash cans on fire and hang from the chandelier anymore. We can't get the band back together, and even if we could, everyone's either old, in poor health, or calmed way the fuck down. Best we're going to get, and are getting, is a party that's almost entirely devoid of the magic that made the original one so awesome that we even want more.
Kamiccolo9 wrote:It grinds my gears that people get "outraged" over any of this stuff. It's a fucking cartoon. If you are that determined to be angry about something, get off the internet and make a stand for something that actually matters.
Rocketman wrote:"Shonen" basically means "stupid sentimental shit" anyway, so it's ok to be anti-shonen.
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Post by Castor Troy » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:21 pm

I've been interested in Dr. Slump, but I would have wanted to start with the original 80's series.

I hope it's FUNi that gets it... and not make it widescreen.
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Post by Kirbopher » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:28 pm

...I'm not gonna lie, that was INCREDIBLY annoying.
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Post by Super Sonic » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:36 pm

Well, I always heard the new Dr. Slump wasn't that great.
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Post by DaemonCorps » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:39 pm

Wow, first news about Blue Dragon being dubbed and now this? If the show actually gets aired, I might get back into the manga series. I mean, it was enjoyable an' all, but it wasn't really going anywhere. Then again, I remember flipping through one of the later chapters and saw a million new additions to the series. Go figure.
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Post by Super 17 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:48 pm

I don't like the music their giving us. I looks like they are not keeping the original background music. I will buy it if there's a japasese version to it. You know what's weird, it's like Akira Toriyama and Shunsuku Kikuchi like to work with each other. Akira did Dr. Slump and Dragon ball and Z with Shunsuke composing all of it. Pretty nice.
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Post by Taku128 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:49 pm

Maybe they're testing the waters with the newer series? After all, it's a lot shorter then the original series.
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Post by disturbed001 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:54 pm

So this new series is 74 episodes right?

wasn't the original 240-something?
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Post by desirecampbell » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:05 pm

Kirbopher wrote:...I'm not gonna lie, that was INCREDIBLY annoying.
Yeah. This is basically why I don't watch dubs. The voices are just too annoying. I couldn't make it past about a minute and a half.
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