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Post by SatoSky » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:46 pm

SonGokuGT wrote:A New concept from Toriyama himself!? Damn, expectations just went through the goddamn roof! I wonder what it will be... What if scenario? The Mr. Satan & Mr. Buu comedy special he spoke of all those many years ago? XD

Very exciting time to be a fan!
That would really suck for me. I don't like those characters very much, to be honest. I'm hoping more for something dramatic, with comedic undertones of course. It wouldn't be Dragon Ball if it wasn't funny. But I want more than poop and tit jokes. :roll:

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Post by DBZGirl » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:57 pm

Holy fuck. I think I just shit my pants. A new episode? I can only IMAGINE what this could be. What I wonder is if it's before DBZ, after DBZ, or maybe a special from 7 years from when Goku was dead involving Gohan or something of that sort? That would be even more awesome. =]
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Post by Velasa » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:05 pm

YES not some lame crossover, just DBZ stuff!! Now here's to hoping someone besides Son gets to do something > >

I'm hoping we're past the point where they'd feel compelled to use that hideous plastic art style that was in GT and Path to Power. I'd love even more if Pic showed up. But honestly I'll just be happy if it's new traditionally animated DBZ ^_________^ As that is truly my love.
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Post by LSSJ4 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:12 pm

I really hope there's gonna be a good story with reasonable choices for the cast. I don't want every character thrown in to make fans happy. If that happens, It'll be Shin Budokai 2 all over again. :cry:

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Post by djkalteraphine » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:07 am

jjgp1112 wrote:So it won't be a total crap, and perhaps it won't be all about Goku like how Toei loves to do with DBZ specials and GT.
After 11 years since GT ended, the story better damn be about Goku.

The last thing I want is "Vegeta: Floating Through Space Angrily! (For 45 Minutes)" or "Piccolo: The Early Years".

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Post by AnzuMazaki » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:17 am

Kid Trunks wrote:Maybe it'll bring Goku back to his family after ditching 'em with Uub. That would give me the closure on Dragonball I've always wanted :)
Yeah, and we might get to see his fomrer friends from Dragonball too :D

I miss them. :cry:

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Post by djkalteraphine » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:20 am

AnzuMazaki wrote:
Kid Trunks wrote:Maybe it'll bring Goku back to his family after ditching 'em with Uub. That would give me the closure on Dragonball I've always wanted :)
Yeah, and we might get to see his fomrer friends from Dragonball too :D

I miss them. :cry:
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Post by sangofe » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:44 am

Velasa wrote:just DBZ stuff!!
Nobody said specifically DBZ...

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Post by Thanos6 » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:52 am

djkalteraphine wrote:
AnzuMazaki wrote:
Kid Trunks wrote:Maybe it'll bring Goku back to his family after ditching 'em with Uub. That would give me the closure on Dragonball I've always wanted :)
Yeah, and we might get to see his fomrer friends from Dragonball too :D

I miss them. :cry:
Like Upa, 8-chan and Nam.
Lunch would be nice too...
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Post by Velasa » Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:30 am

djkalteraphine wrote: or "Piccolo: The Early Years".
*squeals and runs around in circles* I would loooooove that.

I know it's not gonna happen. It's going to be Goku saving the day again, half-naked as always. But oh well, so is the world. I can dream though ^_~
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Post by djkalteraphine » Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:15 am

Velasa wrote:
djkalteraphine wrote: or "Piccolo: The Early Years".
*squeals and runs around in circles* I would loooooove that.

I know it's not gonna happen. It's going to be Goku saving the day again, half-naked as always. But oh well, so is the world. I can dream though ^_~
I love Piccolo. But seeing him run about as a baby killing innocent fishermen would get on my nerves after awhile.

Though, perhaps it seems like I meant the early years of Daimao? In that case, I love to see a 'rise of daimao' feature. But not before getting a half-naked Goku saving the day feature again.

Of course, this reminds me of the way I've been wanting them to do Dragon Ball for awhile now. I'm not sure if anyone here is learned in Lupin III, but every year they put out a new TV special. Usually, the TV specials rotate between which character is the main focus. While this would be trickier to pull off with Dragon Ball, as there are so many characters, I'd love to see them do it.

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Post by StarrDust » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:17 am

djkalteraphine wrote:Though, perhaps it seems like I meant the early years of Daimao? In that case, I love to see a 'rise of daimao' feature. But not before getting a half-naked Goku saving the day feature again.
I would like a special about Daimao if we would also get another special all about Goku and co. At this point, I personally would just like something fun with Goku and his family/friends saving the world (half naked or completely naked. Whatevs :P )
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Post by Kendamu » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:53 pm

I personally see no problem with a special about the main character of the series doing his normal main character thing.

However, if we get something a bit more humorous involving the Son family and friends I would totally dig it.

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Post by Velasa » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:03 pm

How about a half-naked Piccolo. If the special entails that, I'll be all over it no matter what else happens in it :D

I personally think a lot more went on with little Pic than just killing fishermen (written/read a lot about the possibilities of what was going on with him), but that's just our fan conjecture. Ah well. But oh my god, Rise of Daimaou, I would....I don't know what I'd do if I got to see that.

I just want whatever this is as soon as possible and I'll hope my boy at least shows up somewhere.
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Post by Toriyama Boss » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:34 pm

Herms wrote:
SatoSky wrote:An original concept by Toriyama is great news indeed. I'm hoping that it won't be a continuation to DBZ, or some lame backstory.
The scan at muhyojo calls it a "new episode" with a "new story", so make of that what you will.
This is good to read. A New episode with a new Story by Toriyama himself!

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Post by Neon Z » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:57 pm

I'd love if this special were Toriyama's take on the end of the Uub/Goku training. Not exactly the training itself, but some new enemy appearing and then Goku and Uub returning to save everyone. It'd close the DBZ ending without making it utterly meaningless or sidelining Goku himself.

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Post by StarrDust » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:03 pm

Yeah, that'd be cool. I'd like to see Uub do some actual fighting. He was supposed to be Goku's replacement, yet he didn't do much in GT.
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Post by Kendamu » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:54 pm

If it were to focus on Uub as the main protagonist/fighter in the episode and there is some sort of actual new villain in the mix, there's a few things I'd like to see and a few things I'd not like to see.

For example, rather than seeing an enemy that trumps all others, I'd like to see someone powerful enough to give Uub a challenge. Also, rather than seeing Goku step in and blow him away in two seconds, I'd rather him pull a "Muten Roshi vs. Tenshinhan" move where he could beat the villain, but he decides that the upcoming generation is going to be great enough to take care of their own problems which would allow Goku to retire and simply be a teacher.

It would be somewhat like what Goku was trying to do in the first place ever since the Cell Game, but this time it would actually work! It would also allow some spotlight time for Pan, Goten, and Trunks to play the lead.

Maybe just for the sake of humor I'd like to see some sort of a playful rivalry and "light sparring" (light for Saiyans, anyway) out of Goku and Vegeta just to show that they still have that competitive spirit even in peaceful times.

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Post by Herms » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:26 pm

OK, so it seems that the Jump anime tour with the new DB episode and all the other stuff will be at the Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya Public Hall on September 27th. That's about 10 days after I'm scheduled to arrive in Tokyo for my year studying abroad. So hopefully I'll manage to see this thing. I still can't find any details on how to get tickets though; looking through the Hibiya Public Hall website, it looks like I'd have to get them through Shounen Jump, but I can't find any details about that on Shounen Jump's website. I guess I'll just have to wait for more details to be revealed.
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Post by Kendamu » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:45 pm

Herms wrote:OK, so it seems that the Jump anime tour with the new DB episode and all the other stuff will be at the Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya Public Hall on September 27th. That's about 10 days after I'm scheduled to arrive in Tokyo for my year studying abroad. So hopefully I'll manage to see this thing. I still can't find any details on how to get tickets though; looking through the Hibiya Public Hall website, it looks like I'd have to get them through Shounen Jump, but I can't find any details about that on Shounen Jump's website. I guess I'll just have to wait for more details to be revealed.
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