Anyone find Dr. Slump before discovering Dragon Ball?

gallagtor · Post by **gallagtor** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:59 pm

Everyone knows Dr. Slump was pretty popular in Japan before Toriyama even started on Dragon Ball, but it seems that nearly everyone living in English speaking countries (Or at least everyone I know) was a Dragon Ball fan before they'd even heard of Dr. Slump. I was curious if there is anyone out there that was already a fan of Toriyama's work before discovering Dragon Ball.

RoarkVegeta · Post by **RoarkVegeta** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:02 pm

gallagtor wrote:Everyone knows Dr. Slump was pretty popular in Japan before Toriyama even started on Dragon Ball, but it seems that nearly everyone living in English speaking countries (Or at least everyone I know) was a Dragon Ball fan before they'd even heard of Dr. Slump. I was curious if there is anyone out there that was already a fan of Toriyama's work before discovering Dragon Ball.

My half brother, who was Japan when DB started. He saw Slump first. He liked it. But he liked Dragonball more.

Son_GokouSSJ4 · Post by **Son_GokouSSJ4** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:05 pm

To be honest, I just got to know Dr. Slump after DB. But I'm happy I got to know it, period.

"Kin, kin, kin, kin, kin kin"

Bussani · Post by **Bussani** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:05 pm

I heard of Dr Slump at the same time as I heard of Dragon Ball. I was an anime (and animation in general) fan before it started becoming popular on TV with things like Pokemon and such. I knew of Dragon Ball due to it's popularity and because it was in an anime guide book I had, but had never seen it. Dr Slump was also in the guide, so I knew it was Toriyama's older work.

I guess I didn't read Dr Slump until after I'd seen Dragon Ball Z dubbed though.

Innagadadavida · Post by **Innagadadavida** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:09 pm

I heard of Dr. Slump through Dragon Ball. The end of the General Blue arc was my introduction to the characters. I later went to the store and read some of the Manga.

NS2Goku · Post by **NS2Goku** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:17 pm

I was a fan of Chrono Trigger before I knew of Dragonball. The art-style drew me into Dragonball and after that I discovered Dr. Slump.

Rod · Post by **Rod** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:20 pm

I saw both of them at the same time, because thay aired together, but I have never liked Dr. Slump

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:36 pm

Rod wrote:I saw both of them at the same time, because thay aired together, but I have never liked Dr. Slump

That would have been a fascinating experience for me. I wonder if I would have liked it as a child.

Sebastian (SB) · Post by **Sebastian (SB)** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:16 pm

The manga's great. Read it.

Bussani · Post by **Bussani** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:35 pm

Sebastian (SB) wrote:The manga's great. Read it.

That has nothing to do with the topic, but it is true.

Post by **Herms** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:44 am

I got into DragonBall first, but I did get into Dr. Slump via Toriyama World's scanslations before reading the RR arc, so for me the crossover felt like an actual crossover rather than the "who the hell are these people?" moment I imagine it is for most DB fans who aren't familiar with Slump.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:51 am

Herms wrote:I got into DragonBall first, but I did get into Dr. Slump via Toriyama World's scanslations before reading the RR arc, so for me the crossover felt like an actual crossover rather than the "who the hell are these people?" moment I imagine it is for most DB fans who aren't familiar with Slump.

When I saw Arale I was like "Awesome" even though I didn't know who she was.

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:33 am

Next year I'll be trying to get one or two of the Slump Boxes, which are like Dragon Boxes...

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:02 am

I'm pretty much like everyone else, knew it from Dragon Ball.

I bought all of the manga, but I plan on buying the Kanzenban in the future.

Although I'm not sure about it, I think the anime was dubbed in Arabic in the past, but I can't find it anywhere. It's really old.

When will I'll be able to see it?! *stares at FUNimation*

Aikachi · Post by **Aikachi** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:09 am

When I was first getting into Dragonball Z, one of my friends came back from Japan with an assortment of videos as souveniers for his friends, I got first pick between Dr. Slump and a few other movies I'd heard off. Knowing that Akira Toriyama also wrote Dr. Slump, I picked that one and watched it raw a bunch of times, I love it

I was very excited when I started watching the original Dragonball episodes and they had a crossover episode

Kanzenshuu

Anyone find Dr. Slump before discovering Dragon Ball?

Anyone find Dr. Slump before discovering Dragon Ball?

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