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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:31 pm

What a great and amusing shot. :)

I'd actually thought that Vegeta had grown somewhat from the Saiyan arc, when he looked smaller than the average human. Maybe it's just that, back then, he was standing beside Nappa, who was really tall, but I don't remember him being that much shorter than Goku. Although that shot is from the anime, which may not count.
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by dbgtFO » Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:46 pm

Piccolo Daimao wrote:
What a great and amusing shot. :)

I'd actually thought that Vegeta had grown somewhat from the Saiyan arc, when he looked smaller than the average human. Maybe it's just that, back then, he was standing beside Nappa, who was really tall, but I don't remember him being that much shorter than Goku. Although that shot is from the anime, which may not count.
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Son_Gohan » Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:26 pm

Here are height charts the animators used for that era, if anyone cares:

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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Attitudefan » Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:45 pm

Son_Gohan do you have any from the saiyan or namek arc? I would love to get one!
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:06 am

Son_Gohan wrote:Here are height charts the animators used for that era, if anyone cares:
I care, I care very much. And in addition to the request above mine, I would love if you could post any other charts you may have, regardless of the saga.

Also, I'd like to note: Assuming that Goku is meant to be the same height in each chart, despite being drawn with slightly different proportions on them; it seems that as Piccolo grows shorter, Vegeta grows taller. I suppose Vegeta is siphoning off the Namekians height. xD
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by astrallite » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:18 am

dbgtFO wrote:
Piccolo Daimao wrote:
What a great and amusing shot. :)

I'd actually thought that Vegeta had grown somewhat from the Saiyan arc, when he looked smaller than the average human. Maybe it's just that, back then, he was standing beside Nappa, who was really tall, but I don't remember him being that much shorter than Goku. Although that shot is from the anime, which may not count.
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Average male human head is around 9.5-11 inches tall.

So if Vegeta is 5'4½ (according to the guide of 1.64m) then Goku would be between 6'2 to 6'3½.
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Perfect » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:22 am

Saiyans aren't Humans.
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by astrallite » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:31 am

Perfect wrote:Saiyans aren't Humans.
The Saiyans in Dragonball have the same proportions as the humans. If they are different to you, I think you've been reading a different manga. Possibly this one:

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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Makaioshin » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:31 am

I have some height carts from The Path to Ultimate Strength, though its probably not from the portion of the story that you want and Puar is floating:
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Also I think it is pretty cool that Son's height as an adult is the same as the average height for men in Japan.

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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:43 am

astrallite wrote:
Perfect wrote:Saiyans aren't Humans.
The Saiyans in Dragonball have the same proportions as the humans. If they are different to you, I think you've been reading a different manga.
Exactly. Perfect was just nitpicking.

If you want to get technical, Saiyans are "humans" in DB terms since practically everyone is referred to as "ningen" at some point in time. Saiyans are basically just humans with tails, after all, they're close enough genetically to produce fertile offspring. We've never had any of the characters mention Goku or Vegeta having abnormally large/small heads, Toriyama would have brought it up as a joke if they did. You can assume the guideline applies.
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Perfect » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:48 am

astrallite wrote:
Perfect wrote:Saiyans aren't Humans.
The Saiyans in Dragonball have the same proportions as the humans. If they are different to you, I think you've been reading a different manga. Possibly this one:

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That's actually the manga I've been reading. It's written by the same guy that produced the movie for the Tenkaichi in the Buu arc. It's quite interesting actually. The story is composed into 56 volumes and 155 episodes.
Story arcs:
-Bardock Chronicles
-The rise of Mr. Satan
-The plea of the Kaioshins
-The battle for the universe
-Freeza defeated! Mr. Satan truly is the strongest! Why have the Kaioshins wiped his memory!?
-The Artificial Humanoid of terror known as the Perfect Cell! Why have these blonde guys shown up to upstage Mr. Satan!?
-The life and times of Mr. Buu and Mr. Satan

You should really give it a read sometime, it's the most popular anime/manga series of all time. It's been praised for its state of the art animation, being the best of its time! The manga is incredible to say the least, each panel is colored and incredibly detailed, to the point of looking as if the artist took days upon days making sure everything was perfect.

The manga is titled simply Dragon Ball 1.2 whereas the anime is known as Turtle Square X. There's 27 feature length animated movies, which have all been praised for the studio's work on them. There's also 12 manga adaptions out, the 13th is scheduled to hit the shelves in January. I really can't say enough for this series, it's utterly fantastic. :D

Here's the first chapter title page, http://imageftw.com/uploads/20101216/Untitled-1.png
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by dbgtFO » Thu Dec 16, 2010 2:59 am

Perfect wrote:Saiyans aren't Humans.
What TheDevilsCorpse said, but to add even more.. http://daizex.fanboyreview.net/viewtopi ... =7&t=13915.
astrallite wrote: Average male human head is around 9.5-11 inches tall.

So if Vegeta is 5'4½ (according to the guide of 1.64m) then Goku would be between 6'2 to 6'3½.
Yeah and if Goku really is 5'9 (as guides claim he is 1.75m) then Vegeta would be 1.4732m - 1.5113m tall. In the imperical system, that would make him between 4'10 - 4'11½.

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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Perfect » Thu Dec 16, 2010 3:03 am

dbgtFO wrote:
Perfect wrote:Saiyans aren't Humans.
What TheDevilsCorpse said, but to add even more.. http://daizex.fanboyreview.net/viewtopi ... =7&t=13915.
I was being a smart ass. ;)
Anyhow, Dragon Ball (Generally most anime/manga) don't have proportions that match up to real life, given the artistic style.
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Son_Gohan » Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:46 pm

Attitudefan wrote:Son_Gohan do you have any from the saiyan or namek arc? I would love to get one!
TheDevilsCorpse wrote: I care, I care very much. And in addition to the request above mine, I would love if you could post any other charts you may have, regardless of the saga.
Unfortunately not, I don't remember one being printed in the Daizenshuus either.

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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by rereboy » Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:56 pm

Damn, Broly is gigantic... He`s even taller than Piccolo in his normal form! In his SSJ he is just ridiculous.

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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by astrallite » Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:33 pm

There doesn't look like any consistency between the different height lineups.

In the one with Broly, if Vegeta is 5'4½, then Goku is 5'11¾.

In the Vegeta to Gohan picture, eye to eye is 38/229*59 (minus 5½ for eye to chin) so you have Gohan at 6'2⅓.

I think Toriyama is just winging it because the ratio's between his characters keep changing.

Vegeta really has to be 5'0 or 5'1 max for the difference between he and Gohan/Vegeta to make any sense. 5'4½ seems a little high.

Nice Pictures though! Really nice to see these sketches.
Goku100xKamehameha wrote:Wow.... I'm actually as tall as Goku.

Here's a comparison shot between Goku and Vegeta
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The difference between those 2 guys is pretty significant. That's way more than the difference of 5'8-something versus 5'4-something. I'm 6'1 and I come up a little above my Uncle's eyebrow (6'5). Goku is about 6'0 to 6'2 in anime.

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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:48 pm

Son_Gohan wrote:Unfortunately not, I don't remember one being printed in the Daizenshuus either.
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Hellspawn28 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:32 pm

Was Hirudegarn's size ever stated since it seems like he is 50 metters tall in Movie 13?
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Attitudefan » Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:26 pm

Son_Gohan wrote:
Attitudefan wrote:Son_Gohan do you have any from the saiyan or namek arc? I would love to get one!
Unfortunately not, I don't remember one being printed in the Daizenshuus either.

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Darn! Hey they used Goku from the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai era in this pic.
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Re: Height Chart Request

Post by Senzu_Bean » Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:52 pm

These are great. Thanks for posting them.

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