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Re: Dragonball Stuff You've Just Realized

Post by Ketchup_Revenge » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:13 pm

Rory wrote:Yajirobe appears on the spine of the Tankobon... twice. :twisted:
I knew that years ago because Toriyama mentioned it in one of the blogs at the beginning of the manga volumes. A fan noticed it and wrote to him, he said "blasphemy!" but then realized it was true.

Another thing I noticed was that Kaiosama on the spine pic is holding the Arale shit pile on a stick.

Something that I didn't notice until recently: Everything in West City or is associated with Bulma is in English, this explains the English naming scheme of Vegeta's attacks after he moves in with Bulma.
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Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:35 pm

Anyone ever realize Tien's Mom is credited as a character in the FUNimation credits?! I posted this on my twitter a while ago...

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Re: Dragonball Stuff You've Just Realized

Post by Goku100xKamehameha » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:38 pm

Does Tien's mom even make an appearance?

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Post by Cipher » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:39 pm

It was a joke reference to the three-eyed woman running the cashier in the afterlife cafe. They just had to refer to her as something in the script. You're going to get everyone's panties in a bunch again.
Something that I didn't notice until recently: Everything in West City or is associated with Bulma is in English, this explains the English naming scheme of Vegeta's attacks after he moves in with Bulma.
Really? Everything? If so, that's a pretty cool catch. Of course, it makes sense for English to show up in a city as opposed to anywhere rural, as is the case for real life Japan.

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Post by Goku100xKamehameha » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:42 pm

And I thought DB Wikia has the worst information.

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Post by jjgp1112 » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:08 pm

Cipher wrote:It was a joke reference to the three-eyed woman running the cashier in the afterlife cafe. They just had to refer to her as something in the script. You're going to get everyone's panties in a bunch again.
Yeah, the last thing we need is someone complaining about a dub error that's not there in the first place.
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Post by B » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:19 pm

... I just realized Kent Williams at some time or another played Puar. The hell?
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Re: Dragonball Stuff You've Just Realized

Post by Zephyr » Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:44 pm

That Zarbon's earrings look eerily similar to Potaras.

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Post by Eddie » Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:52 pm

Zephyr wrote:That Zarbon's earrings look eerily similar to Potaras.
Well of course. Zarbon always wanted to "fuse" with another man.

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Post by SHINOBI-03 » Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:21 am

Eddie wrote:
Zephyr wrote:That Zarbon's earrings look eerily similar to Potaras.
Well of course. Zarbon always wanted to "fuse" with another man.
I had a laugh :lol: ! So......... Is he a fusion between two creatures?! Like... an ugly buff guy that looks like his monster form and a beautiful female who is attracted to good men?!
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Post by Supa Saiya-Jin Tullece » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:15 am

Ketchup_Revenge wrote:Something that I didn't notice until recently: Everything in West City or is associated with Bulma is in English, this explains the English naming scheme of Vegeta's attacks after he moves in with Bulma.
Wasn't this because Toriyama wanted him to sound foreign, seeing as he was an alien? You can actually see a similar scheme in the Saiyan naming convention.

Vegeta, Raditz, Onio, Tullece, Pumbukin, Totapo and Kakarot (Kakarotto) are all puns based off of English names for vegetables.

Likewise, Gallick/Garlic Gun, Big Bang attack, Final Flash, and Final Shine all have English names as opposed to attacks like Kienzan, Kamehameha, ect, to make them sound more foreign to Japanese audiences.

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Post by KakaR0T » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:43 am

Supa Saiya-Jin Tullece wrote: Vegeta, Raditz, Onio, Tullece, Pumbukin, Totapo and Kakarot (Kakarotto) are all puns based off of English names for vegetables.
Vegeta - Vegetable
Raditz - Radish
Onio - Onion
Pumbukin - Pumpkin
Totapo - Potato
Kakarot - Carrot
Tullece - Lettuce

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Post by Goku100xKamehameha » Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:33 am

How about Bardock?

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Post by GFGuldo » Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:42 am

I realised that FUNimation are no good at making covers for there DVDs.
With their remastered releases of the DBZ movies.
The First Two have the exact same picture of Goku on the spine (I Think it's just the first two i don't have them here for reference)
and the Last one Has Super Saiyan 3 Goku on the spine. Same Image used on the cover. So much the same that It seems to have been taken from the cover of the dvd as it has the letters "Ball Z" Still infront of Goku.
Also. Up until the Brolly Triple Feature. All the names of the movies were printed Vertically on each case.
The Triple feature printed the names Horizontally so that all three would fit.
The remaining releases continued to be printed Horizontally despite only have two names to fit.

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Post by Metalwario64 » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:06 am

GFGuldo wrote:The First Two have the exact same picture of Goku on the spine (I Think it's just the first two i don't have them here for reference)
Huh? The first one is Goku in a fighting pose, and the second one is him charging the Kaioken... :?
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Post by Goku100xKamehameha » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:22 am

jjgp1112 wrote:the last thing we need is someone complaining about a dub error that's not there in the first place.
I'm not complaining!
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Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:01 pm

GFGuldo wrote:I realised that FUNimation are no good at making covers for there DVDs.
With their remastered releases of the DBZ movies.
The First Two have the exact same picture of Goku on the spine (I Think it's just the first two i don't have them here for reference)
and the Last one Has Super Saiyan 3 Goku on the spine. Same Image used on the cover. So much the same that It seems to have been taken from the cover of the dvd as it has the letters "Ball Z" Still infront of Goku.
Also. Up until the Brolly Triple Feature. All the names of the movies were printed Vertically on each case.
The Triple feature printed the names Horizontally so that all three would fit.
The remaining releases continued to be printed Horizontally despite only have two names to fit.
That's only on Madman's release of the movies. Mine have the same issue too.

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Post by The Tori-bot » Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:02 am

GFGuldo wrote:and the Last one Has Super Saiyan 3 Goku on the spine.
That's Super Vegetto. Not really an easy mistake to make. :P
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Post by Goku100xKamehameha » Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:05 am

Piccolo Daimaoh wrote:
GFGuldo wrote:I realised that FUNimation are no good at making covers for there DVDs.
With their remastered releases of the DBZ movies.
The First Two have the exact same picture of Goku on the spine (I Think it's just the first two i don't have them here for reference)
and the Last one Has Super Saiyan 3 Goku on the spine. Same Image used on the cover. So much the same that It seems to have been taken from the cover of the dvd as it has the letters "Ball Z" Still infront of Goku.
Also. Up until the Brolly Triple Feature. All the names of the movies were printed Vertically on each case.
The Triple feature printed the names Horizontally so that all three would fit.
The remaining releases continued to be printed Horizontally despite only have two names to fit.
That's only on Madman's release of the movies. Mine have the same issue too.
I have 1 question, do you ever buy anything online?

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Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:47 am

Goku100xKamehameha wrote: I have 1 question, do you ever buy anything online?
Yes, I do. However if the item that I want is available/coming to Australia, why would I import it? This is the case for most Dragon Ball related item that I want.

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