Do you think Akira Toriyama has ever visted Kanzenshuu?

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Re: Do you think Akira Toriyama has ever visted Kanzenshuu?

Post by TheMightyOzaru » Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:10 pm

I highly doubt it. It would be pretty cool if he had though.
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Re: Do you think Akira Toriyama has ever visted Kanzenshuu?

Post by Ketchup_Revenge » Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:22 pm

OutlawTorn wrote:Sadly, people wouldn't believe it. They'd just think they were being trolled and flame the poor guy to oblivion.
Why not? Everyone knew SolarMax20 was Sean Schemmel when he posted here back in 2010. Penguintruth kinda flamed him to the point where he got chased off though.

Not to mention, I don't even know if Toriyama knows how to speak English... :|
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Re: Do you think Akira Toriyama has ever visted Kanzenshuu?

Post by sonikku956 » Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:13 pm

Ketchup_Revenge wrote:
OutlawTorn wrote:Sadly, people wouldn't believe it. They'd just think they were being trolled and flame the poor guy to oblivion.
Why not? Everyone knew SolarMax20 was Sean Schemmel when he posted here back in 2010. Penguintruth kinda flamed him to the point where he got chased off though.

Not to mention, I don't even know if Toriyama knows how to speak English... :|
Why would he do this?

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Post by Duo » Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:21 pm

sonikku956 wrote:Why would he do this?
Because of Sean's version of the Dragon Soul intro.

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Post by FindKenshi » Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:21 pm

Ketchup_Revenge wrote:
OutlawTorn wrote:Sadly, people wouldn't believe it. They'd just think they were being trolled and flame the poor guy to oblivion.
Why not? Everyone knew SolarMax20 was Sean Schemmel when he posted here back in 2010. Penguintruth kinda flamed him to the point where he got chased off though.

Not to mention, I don't even know if Toriyama knows how to speak English... :|
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Post by Scott » Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:01 am

Ketchup_Revenge wrote:
OutlawTorn wrote:Sadly, people wouldn't believe it. They'd just think they were being trolled and flame the poor guy to oblivion.
Why not? Everyone knew SolarMax20 was Sean Schemmel when he posted here back in 2010. Penguintruth kinda flamed him to the point where he got chased off though.

Not to mention, I don't even know if Toriyama knows how to speak English... :|
Oh man what a dumb ass punk that guy must have been.

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Post by DragonBoxZTheMovies » Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:47 am

Scott wrote:
Ketchup_Revenge wrote:
OutlawTorn wrote:Sadly, people wouldn't believe it. They'd just think they were being trolled and flame the poor guy to oblivion.
Why not? Everyone knew SolarMax20 was Sean Schemmel when he posted here back in 2010. Penguintruth kinda flamed him to the point where he got chased off though.

Not to mention, I don't even know if Toriyama knows how to speak English... :|
Oh man what a dumb ass punk that guy must have been.
Who? Schemmel or Penguintruth? I must admit, it sounds pretty funny in hindsight. :P

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Re: Do you think Akira Toriyama has ever visted Kanzenshuu?

Post by Blade » Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:12 am

Ketchup_Revenge wrote:
OutlawTorn wrote:Sadly, people wouldn't believe it. They'd just think they were being trolled and flame the poor guy to oblivion.
Why not? Everyone knew SolarMax20 was Sean Schemmel when he posted here back in 2010. Penguintruth kinda flamed him to the point where he got chased off though.

Not to mention, I don't even know if Toriyama knows how to speak English... :|
Which is exactly why someone like Toriyama would never be found posting here. In Japan every public appearance or fan interaction is meticulously vetted and every condition tightly controlled. Q&A sessions are very contrived and polite because public image is vital - it's all about saving face and being squeaky clean. Furthermore, anything that reflects the national image is white-washed by the press, Dragonball's global appeal means that it falls into that category.
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Post by Wobbuffet » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:40 am

FindKenshi is actually Akira Toriyama and he made this topic to see how we would react if he revealed himself.
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Post by superrayman3 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:18 pm

Wobbuffet wrote:FindKenshi is actually Akira Toriyama and he made this topic to see how we would react if he revealed himself.
My two cents.
I highly doubt that's the case, because Akira Toriyama is probably too busy in his life to visit an english forum, much less have the time to be a member of said forum for almost 6 years, I mean don't get me wrong it would be interesting and cool if FindKenshi actually is Akira Toriyama, but realistically speaking I don't see that actually being the case.
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Post by AgitoZ » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:50 pm

superrayman3 wrote:I highly doubt that's the case, because Akira Toriyama is probably too busy in his life to visit an english forum, much less have the time to be a member of said forum for almost 6 years, I mean don't get me wrong it would be interesting and cool if FindKenshi actually is Akira Toriyama, but realistically speaking I don't see that actually being the case.
I highly doubt that Wobbuffet was being serious.
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Post by Cold Skin » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:20 pm

Like Black_Liger, I think his English wouldn't be good somehow (but I don't why).

And I don't think he would be interested enough in his work to check out what the international community thinks about it, if he had to visit one just to check around what it's like, it would probably be directly a Japanese community forum that he can easily understand. Probably just for the fun of being amazed at how many discussions there can be about his story, thinking "Oh? They put some thoughts into that? They really wonder too much" or "Who's that character they're talking about again?" :)

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Post by dbzfan7 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:30 pm

If he did a million of my questions will cry out, then be silenced as he would not know how to answer them.
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Post by Duo » Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:39 pm

AgitoZ wrote:
superrayman3 wrote:I highly doubt that's the case, because Akira Toriyama is probably too busy in his life to visit an english forum, much less have the time to be a member of said forum for almost 6 years, I mean don't get me wrong it would be interesting and cool if FindKenshi actually is Akira Toriyama, but realistically speaking I don't see that actually being the case.
I highly doubt that Wobbuffet was being serious.
It wouldn't be the first time an obvious joke went over somebodies head in this thread.

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Post by MagicBox » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:28 pm

DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:Kanzenshuu! We annoy voice actors, get composers fired....and occasionally talk about Dragon Ball
I LOL'ed. :lol:

Anyway, Toriyama actually isn't even close to first on my list of "official" people I'd love to see posting here. Let's see... Ryo Horikawa speaks English, doesn't he?
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Post by Naughty Kinto Un » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:14 am

He'd insist we refer to him by his first name.

"Please, call me Akira! Mr. Toriyama was my father's name."

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Post by MCDaveG » Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:09 am

Let's ask differently, here we are firing composers, annoy voice actors, having fans of original and dub version fight in neverending mortal combat and sporting Greek philosophy.....

Have YOU ever visited Akira Toriyama?
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Post by Saiga » Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:24 am

Naughty Kinto Un wrote:He'd insist we refer to him by his first name.

"Please, call me Akira! Mr. Toriyama was my father's name."
See now I'm picturing Akira with Crush's voice. It's a weird idea.
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Post by omegalucas » Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:58 am

DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:Kanzenshuu! We annoy voice actors, get composers fired....and occasionally talk about Dragon Ball
Sig'd for truth xD
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Post by tinlunlau » Thu Mar 28, 2013 2:34 am

Blade wrote:He has no time for internetting on forums so long as there are Dragon Quest games.

I think it's more than likely that people from Toei have taken a look around on more than one occasion. Market research is a big thing.
You never know. Guillermo del Toro visits internet forums (or more precisely, his official forum) every once in a while and Guillermo is a busy guy himself. He just doesn't tweet or blog. (Meeting GDT in person kinda confirms it too.)

So if GDT visits internet forums, I don't see why Akira Toriyama can't do the same either.
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