Tibits from the Dragon Books?

[DBZGTKOSDH]

I've heard some interesting new stuff from the Dragon Books (the booklets of the Dragon Boxes), like Cold having more forms, and Gohan losing to Dabra because of his inferior skill. What other new in-universe information are there?

[Kakarot88]

I've been wondering about this myself, do you know if this same content has been published in any other media?

[Kaboom]

I've been meaning to do a thorough sweep of my DBZ Dragon Books and make a thread of all the interesting stuff I find, but I haven't gotten around to it. Mayhaps I have a new mini-project for this week.

[dbboxkaifan]

Which Dragon Box Z specifically, the US or the original Japanese? They both had Dragon Books.

[Kakarot88]

Which Dragon Box Z specifically, the US or the original Japanese? They both had Dragon Books.

My understanding was that the US release was almost a direct translation and therefore because of that it had some awkwardness in its wording and verbiage, but if they are different in terms of content rather than just size and visuals I'd be more interested in whichever has more information.

[Kaboom]

Yep, all reports I remember say that the seven FUNimation DBZ Dragon Books are pretty much a straight translation of the two Japanese ones.

[dbboxkaifan]

Still, it would be illegal to share them as they've got their official releases and I doubt anyone would scan them risking the chance of ruining the pages by doing so.

I personally wouldn't do it, although I did scan a few pages off of RtDE book.

[helsinkirocks]

Hmm, I don't think anyone here is asking for scans of them, just what new/interesting information was in them.

[SaiyaJedi]

I've been working on that (among many other things). For all the Japanese Dragon Boxes. Expect translations.... Eventually.

[RocktheDragon]

I have all of the English Dragon Books but I never suspected any of them of containing any information I hadn't known before. I'll go through them when I have a chance and see if I can find anything. I haven't spent too much time with them even considering I've had them since 2009 and on.

[RandomGuy96]

I've heard some interesting new stuff from the Dragon Books (the booklets of the Dragon Boxes), like Cold having more forms, and Gohan losing to Dabra because of his inferior skill. What other new in-universe information are there?

According to Herms here:

http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... ss#p758157

The Dragon Box: The Movies Dragon Book said Broly transformed out of sadness rather than anger. But it doesn't say what he was sad about.

[SaiyaJedi]

I've heard some interesting new stuff from the Dragon Books (the booklets of the Dragon Boxes), like Cold having more forms, and Gohan losing to Dabra because of his inferior skill. What other new in-universe information are there?

According to Herms here:

http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... ss#p758157

The Dragon Box: The Movies Dragon Book said Broly transformed out of sadness rather than anger. But it doesn't say what he was sad about.

Here's the specific quote:

Broli
I used Toriyama-sensei's design as-is. However, his second-stage form has been arranged to be quite macho. I came up with it through talks with the director, that one should be able to tell his strength from his appearance. I drew him on the sad image that, in contrast to Goku, who becomes a Super Saiyan through the power of rage, Broli's sorrow grows until he runs amok.