I didn't mention this before but I used the daizex website for a number of years before joining the forum. I didn't really consider joining the forum (but I'm glad I did) and rarely checked the forum, until Dragon Ball Kai came along.
I had not lost interest in the Dragon Ball series between the finishing of Dragon Ball broadcasts and Kai, I was very content with the Ocean/Blue Water English dubs and the original Japanese version so I had plenty to go back to.
So what prompted me to join this forum? Easily the main reason was the disclosure of the Ocean Productions dub of Dragon Ball Kai. The discussions on the Ocean dub exploded on this forum and I followed the discussions closely. Overtime the topic swerved to what I felt was misconceptions regarding the original Ocean dub of DBZ. I had gathered significant information on the Ocean/Blue Water dubs over the years so I initially joined to share them. Then got involved with discussions on the Funimation dub as well. I can remember the discussions getting heated and those involved (myself included) managed to get warnings.
From there my involvement mostly remained on Kai for some time before branching out to other areas of the forum. It should be noted that when the recast of Frieza was announced for the Funi dub, I was against it, I expected Funi to mess it up badly. Then when we heard the new Funi Frieza, I was shocked that it actually sounded good, very similar to Ocean's Frieza. So I had low expectations and was pleasantly surprised, but a lot of others had high expectations and were disappointed, until time went on.
Overall, and its been said before, I'm glad that an active and knowledgeable Dragon Ball fan community such as this exists. The previous DB forum I was a member of was dbzonps2.com (does anyone remember that? I think its still around) but the discussions here cover more ground than there even during its peak activity time prior to the release of Budokai 3 on PS2.
So, I'm glad for the existance of this community, glad I joined and hope this community remains for many years to come.
The Dragon Ball series is the greatest Anime in the World, by far.
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