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Post by Kaboom » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:59 pm

SSJ2bardock wrote:We're Dragonball fans, that's what we do. :P
Well it's a terrible and growing trend. If it continues to spread and ends up being the majority opinion, then this will be one more anime fandom I'd have to reconsider being any part of.
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Post by ect5150 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:02 pm

JulieYBM wrote:You make the assumption that TOEI would give FUNimation the cool artwork.

You shouldn't.
Cover art that is relevant to the story can also be found here, here and here. TOEI's cooperation not required. I'm not making ANY assumptions!!!! The original UUE artwork was cool and relevant! FUNI has done it in the past.
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Post by SSJ2bardock » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:03 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:
SSJ2bardock wrote:We're Dragonball fans, that's what we do. :P
Well it's a terrible and growing trend. If it continues to spread and ends up being the majority opinion, then this will be one more anime fandom I'd have to reconsider being any part of.
Give it time man, it's always darkest just before dawn.
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Post by Super Ghost Kamikaze » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:12 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:
SSJ2bardock wrote:We're Dragonball fans, that's what we do. :P
Well it's a terrible and growing trend. If it continues to spread and ends up being the majority opinion, then this will be one more anime fandom I'd have to reconsider being any part of.
I think you're taking this FAR too seriously. The fact of the matter is that Funimation DID make box art that was, well, not too good. irrelevant to the arc in the set, and it's stock art. It's inconsequential, sure. I'm sure a lot of us realize that. But it's still something that is fun to make fun of. And with a lot of the OTHER decisions they've made about the set that makes purists(like myself) very unhappy, we're very much in the mood to make fun of them here and there.

But again, it's all in the spirit of good fun.

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Post by SSJ2bardock » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:13 pm

Super Ghost Kamikaze wrote: But again, it's all in the spirit of good fun.
'Nuff said.
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Post by ect5150 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:19 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:
SSJ2bardock wrote:We're Dragonball fans, that's what we do. :P
Well it's a terrible and growing trend. If it continues to spread and ends up being the majority opinion, then this will be one more anime fandom I'd have to reconsider being any part of.
I tend to think the trend is with FUNImation... if they gave us what we wanted, you wouldn't hear any of this. Any complaining done by anyone here is typically in a direct response to something they've done.

I think the only thing most people agree upon that is considered good and/or great is 1) the entire series is being released and 2) its at a good price. (maybe 3rd, the subtitles are great, but they've always been so).

Unless you complain/tell FUNImantion what you want (what they are doing wrong) how will they know otherwise? The only thing they will see is great sales, with no issues, and think the current path is what best suit the customers wants/needs.
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Post by Rocketman » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:26 pm

SSJ2bardock wrote:Give it time man, it's always darkest just before dawn.
No, it's not. It's darkest in the middle of the night. Just before dawn, the atmosphere scatters light over the horizon, allowing it to get brighter even though the Sun is not over the horizon yet.

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Post by MajinVejitaXV » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:48 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:
SSJ2bardock wrote:We're Dragonball fans, that's what we do. :P
Well it's a terrible and growing trend. If it continues to spread and ends up being the majority opinion, then this will be one more anime fandom I'd have to reconsider being any part of.
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Seriously, how melodramatic...

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Post by SSJ2bardock » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:55 pm

Rocketman wrote:
SSJ2bardock wrote:Give it time man, it's always darkest just before dawn.
No, it's not. It's darkest in the middle of the night. Just before dawn, the atmosphere scatters light over the horizon, allowing it to get brighter even though the Sun is not over the horizon yet.
You have a strange sense of humor ya know that? :lol:

-edit- Besides, Harvey Dent said it and there's no way he'd ever turn out to be a bad guy right?...........................right?
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Post by Taku128 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:55 pm

Rocketman wrote:
SSJ2bardock wrote:Give it time man, it's always darkest just before dawn.
No, it's not. It's darkest in the middle of the night. Just before dawn, the atmosphere scatters light over the horizon, allowing it to get brighter even though the Sun is not over the horizon yet.
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Post by Chrono Trigger » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:58 pm

MajinVegitaXV said: Seriously, how melodramatic...
I don't know. We're complaining about box art now. Box art. Not because it's badly drawn box art but just because the character isn't completely relevant to the season. What's next !?
I completely respect your opinion, and I respect you. I enjoyed discussing this with you, even if I don't completely agree.

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Post by Kid Trunks » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:11 pm

Chrono Trigger wrote:I don't know. We're complaining about box art now. Box art. Not because it's badly drawn box art but just because the character isn't completely relevant to the season. What's next !?
I know. But still. The cover annoys me for basically the same reason why I wont buy this poster>

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These characters are so fucking random!

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Post by Kaboom » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:17 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:Seriously, how melodramatic...

-Corey
I "apologize" if that's annoyed you, sir; I'm having a really bad day for various reasons, and it's got me in a rather bad, "zero tolerance for bullshit" mood. Whining and questioning an entire company's competence over a DVD cover certainly falls within my current shitlist.

Every fandom has it's problems. I know we're not on the level of unwarranted bitchiness like I've seen examples of in the deeper Naruto and Death Note fandoms (both of which I avoid like the plague, even though I like the series themselves to some degree), but in my opinion, it's still getting pretty bad. Even with DragonBall, Daizex is already the only place I let myself get involved in.

I'm just sick of the seemingly endless complaining, whether it's "justified" or not. Saying "well it's all [company X's] fault!" is really no excuse, nor is it making anything better. You can choose to bitch and moan over and over to no avail, or you can do what you can and then choose to take what you can get out of it or not.
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Post by Super 17 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:17 pm

Kid Trunks wrote:Image
That must be a bootleg poster.

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Post by Kid Trunks » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:20 pm

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Kid Trunks wrote:Image
That must be a bootleg poster.
Oh yeah. But that wouldn't even bother me so much if it looked good.

But its funny you say that. Because Funimation putting irrelevant characters on the cover, thats typically whats seen on bootlegs.

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Post by Castor Troy » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:34 pm

I can accept cross-eyed Vegeta for the Season 1 cover, but not this...

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Post by SSJ2bardock » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:39 pm

Cross-eyed Gohan begs to differ

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Post by Kendamu » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:44 pm

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Kendamu wrote:Well, some people care about the cover having some sort of relation to the content.
Do you bitch about the covers of the manga volumes too?
I wasn't bitching. I didn't mean "some people" as a condescending sarcastic way of referring to myself while assuming that others are on my side. I literally meant it as I said it.

And, for the record, no. I don't. I like the manga volume covers. A lot.

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Post by omegacwa » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:46 pm

For anyone who really has a problem with the box art/boxes in general, I will gladly make new box art for every season set for you. I just need time and specs for a new box, do they sell cases that can hold Six DVDs?

And if you had no idea, I have no problem with the box art, cause I just don't care. Do I think they could have done a better job, of course. But is it a big deal, no. I don't even have a problem with the box itself, I just don't like how bland they are, but I am not going to get angry about it cause it just doesn't matter.

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Post by Kid Trunks » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:14 pm

SSJ2bardock wrote:Cross-eyed Gohan begs to differ


I don't think he looks cross-eyed in that image.

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