Dr. Slump: The Movies (1-5) by Discotek

[MagicBox]

For anyone who's interested, Discotek has finally added this to their online store.

If we do get a second set, I really, really hope they can score the Abale-chan short. It's a real gem, not to mention it reunites the 80s voice actors. Are you sure it was scored by Kikuchi, SaiyaJedi? I could have sworn it recycled music from the 90s series. Perhaps it featured a combination of both...

EDIT: After being a part of this community for eight years, my 1000th post on a Dragon Ball forum has nothing to do with Dragon Ball?

[Valerius Dover]

For anyone who's interested, Discotek has finally added this to their online store.

If we do get a second set, I really, really hope they can score the Abale-chan short. It's a real gem, not to mention it reunites the 80s voice actors. Are you sure it was scored by Kikuchi, SaiyaJedi? I could have sworn it recycled music from the 90s series. Perhaps it featured a combination of both...

EDIT: After being a part of this community for eight years, my 1000th post on a Dragon Ball forum has nothing to do with Dragon Ball?

I'm a little lost here. What do you mean score it?

[MagicBox]

Haha, I didn't even realize I used the word "score" twice in the same post (and in different contexts!).

The first time I said it, I meant that I was hoping Discotek could "score" (obtain, nab, get, etc.) the Abale-chan short film. Meaning, I'm hoping they can license it.

The second time I said it, I was referring to the short film's musical score. As in, the background music. For example, Shunsuke Kikuchi provided the background music for the Dragon Ball Z movies. He "scored" them.

Didn't mean to confuse you.

[Valerius Dover]

Haha, I didn't even realize I used the word "score" twice in the same post (and in different contexts!).

The first time I said it, I meant that I was hoping Discotek could "score" (obtain, nab, get, etc.) the Abale-chan short film. Meaning, I'm hoping they can license it.

The second time I said it, I was referring to the short film's musical score. As in, the background music. For example, Shunsuke Kikuchi provided the background music for the Dragon Ball Z movies. He "scored" them.

Didn't mean to confuse you.

Ok, now I see it. Well, I really hope this leads to an eventual release of the the series. I'd like to see the 80s and 90s series at some point. I can't even find out that much information on either of them, oddly enough.

[thedarkuniter]

I got the set yesterday, did a mini review and unboxing of it:

http://youtu.be/CAP71f87ppg

[dbboxkaifan]

I got the set yesterday, did a mini review and unboxing of it:

http://youtu.be/CAP71f87ppg

Great unboxing video but I found the way you said Arale to be cringeworthy, it's Ah-ra-le (lé) not Aray-lee then again people use the wrong pronunciation of Saiyan (Say-un than the proper Sai-yan).

Here's the opening of Dr. Slump and Arale-chan in Japanese and other languages:

Japanese opening - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ6YvFC6czQ
Castillan opening - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUndlHgFmpc

Opening in Japanese, Castillan, Latino, Catalán, Italian, French, Arabic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XrzotWAr7k

I'm still quite upset that Jonu Media (and/or Emon Entertainment) cancelled the Spanish release which was awesome and featured the newly dubbed Castillan version.

[Sshadow5001]

For anyone who's interested, Discotek has finally added this to their online store.

If we do get a second set, I really, really hope they can score the Abale-chan short. It's a real gem, not to mention it reunites the 80s voice actors. Are you sure it was scored by Kikuchi, SaiyaJedi? I could have sworn it recycled music from the 90s series. Perhaps it featured a combination of both...

EDIT: After being a part of this community for eight years, my 1000th post on a Dragon Ball forum has nothing to do with Dragon Ball?

Thanks for the update, finally got it ordered United Publications wouldn't let me change my card details so I couldn't order it earlier.

[medama_oyaji]

There's the occasional hiccup (there's one scene where the characters perform the opening song from the anime, something the translator very very clearly didn't pick up on) but nothing super major.

haha you don't happen to recall which volume that is in, do you?

Anyway, I'm rereading the Viz versions right now, many for the first time since they were published, and I have been loving it. Yeah, there are a few instances where alcohol is referred to as "Super Punch" and that sort of thing, but the translations are pretty good. The advantage that Dr. Slump has over a more story-based series like Dragon Ball, is that Slump is so filled with insanity and non-sequiturs that even when the translators do something a little strange, it still reads ok. And things like the occasional translator note fits in with the feel of the series better than most.

And to veer more towards on-topic for this thread -- I got a notification from Amazon that my package will ship earlier than expected, so it should arrive sometime late next week! Yay! Can't wait!!

[Adamant]

There's the occasional hiccup (there's one scene where the characters perform the opening song from the anime, something the translator very very clearly didn't pick up on) but nothing super major.

haha you don't happen to recall which volume that is in, do you?

Vol 7 page 135-136.

It's not even recognizable as the opening theme unless you already know that's what it originally was.

Anyway, I'm rereading the Viz versions right now, many for the first time since they were published, and I have been loving it. Yeah, there are a few instances where alcohol is referred to as "Super Punch" and that sort of thing, but the translations are pretty good.

The end of chapter 5 got mutilated so bad there's nothing even resembling a joke left. It's incredibly clear the translator didn't understand the dialogue there at all.

[pappy]

I got this in today. Watching the first movie now and loving it. I hope it does well enough for discotek's standards to warrant more Slump releases for us.

I am seeing what I believe to be some unfortunate typos fairly close together in movie 2: During the phenomenal Dr. Mashirito song, the background vocals sing "Dr. Mashirito, Dr Mashrito"; Mashirito then says to Midori, "Greetings, my wife" to which she responds with, "You wife??"; and a little bit later Peasuke, in regards to needing to pee, says, "Senbei, if we don't get there soon, I won't be able to hold in it."

Some minor foibles however because, honestly, I'm a much better person due to "I love Mashirito you love Mashirito," and you'll be one too.

[sangofe]

I got this in today. Watching the first movie now and loving it. I hope it does well enough for discotek's standards to warrant more Slump releases for us.

I am seeing what I believe to be some unfortunate typos fairly close together in movie 2: During the phenomenal Dr. Mashirito song, the background vocals sing "Dr. Mashirito, Dr Mashrito"; Mashirito then says to Midori, "Greetings, my wife" to which she responds with, "You wife??"; and a little bit later Peasuke, in regards to needing to pee, says, "Senbei, if we don't get there soon, I won't be able to hold in it."

Some minor foibles however because, honestly, I'm a much better person due to "I love Mashirito you love Mashirito," and you'll be one too.

Sounds like no QC was done.

[ParkerAL]

Well, I just did my part and ordered this on RightStuff. Hopefully enough people do the same, so we can at least get the rest of the movies brought over.

[Gaffer Tape]

Yay! Mine just came in. Can't wait to watch this stuff.

[theoriginalbilis]

I've only ever read a couple volumes of the Dr. Slump manga, and seen a couple episodes at cons thanks to the ever awesome Tim Eldred, but my set came in today and I look forward to checking these movies out this weekend!

[Gaffer Tape]

So I watched the first movie, and I noticed that, at the end, the fade-out wasn't present. As in, it looked like it was starting to fade out, but then it just did a hard cut to the next movie. It was quite jarring. Is that a problem with the source material, or was that Discotek?

[theoriginalbilis]

If anyone's still on the fence about checking out this set, trust me when I say that Movie 2 is worth the price of admission and then some.

"Beyond space... Beyond time..."

[Chuquita]

Spoiler:

Spaceships without bathrooms. XD

Dr. Slump Movie 2 makes me wish DB could get

Spoiler:

a villain with a musical number like that.

[Gaffer Tape]

Yeah, I just finished watching the second movie... that is awesome. It's amazing to think that Dr. Slump so quickly got such a full-length, full-storied movie, while DBZ just went with the same, repetitive, 45-minute things for years!

Also, as I was watching the space battle in this movie, my ears got crazy confused. The sound effect used for the Gatchan's laser? Same sound effect used for DB ki blasts! The sound effect used when the bug ships would blow up? The same sound effect used for SSJ transformations/power-ups!

[Gyt Kaliba]

Also, as I was watching the space battle in this movie, my ears got crazy confused. The sound effect used for the Gatchan's laser? Same sound effect used for DB ki blasts! The sound effect used when the bug ships would blow up? The same sound effect used for SSJ transformations/power-ups!

Heh, I've noticed similar things in a lot of older anime that I've watched. I forget which episode or special it was, but there was at least one Lupin III thing I watched that not only had a bunch of seiyuu from Dragon Ball in it, it kept having the same sound effects too. It was...weird.

RightStuf, you can ship this bad boy to me any time now...please...?

[Gaffer Tape]

Yeesh. Didn't you order yours a while ago? I ordered mine from RightStuf five days ago and got it two days ago.