Are there any celebrities that like Dragon Ball/Z/GT?

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Re: Are there any celebrities that like Dragon Ball/Z/GT?

Post by Weejus » Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:54 pm

thomas1up wrote:
Weejus wrote:The Game Grumps (a YouTube let's play channel) played Hyper Dragon Ball Z the other week and mentioned the US theatrical release of BoG ('this was part of a paid promotion' according to the video description). One of the Game Grumps is Arin Hanson, better known as 'Egoraptor', who I would say is a celebrity, by internet standards at least. My wording may sound like he was paid to pretend to like DBZ, but he has done DBZ videos in the past, plus there's fanart on the hidden 'scrap' directory of his website (which has somehow become 403 forbidden since the last time I went there), and his deviantART (shudder) page, such as this picture of Trunks.

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I've never been much of a fan of Arin's but he made a Dragon Ball Z video when he was a teen, (I think 13?) It's kinda painful to watch but... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=003j5Ib2b2g

Yeah he was definitely a Dragon Ball Z fan but is he really a celebrity?
By internet standards, yes. By real world standards, probably not. But an internet celebrity still counts, right? Also, I find his old DBZ in a nutshell stuff hilarious due to the cheese factor.

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Post by Shounen » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:15 am

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Re: Are there any celebrities that like Dragon Ball/Z/GT?

Post by Neshawn » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:00 pm

DBZGTKOSDH wrote:Jackie Chan!
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awesome! I knew that Jackie Chan was stealing moves from someone... but who would have guessed from a cartoon alien!! :lol:
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Re: Are there any celebrities that like Dragon Ball/Z/GT?

Post by Neshawn » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:05 pm

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samuraix123 wrote:I think Christina Aguilera is fan. in her music video ''What a girl wants'' we see a picture of Goku and Super Saiyan 4 Goku in the background
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I don't believe she's a fan but it's random that it's there :lol:
Christina had small brother back then, quite possible she was watching with him. Maybe she isn't a fan herself but probably knows the show and characters because of little brother
Makes sense to me! it's cool she put up a gt poster and not a Z one, not because it's a better series but because you don't see too many gt references out there.
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Re: Are there any celebrities that like Dragon Ball/Z/GT?

Post by Bullza » Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:17 pm

Damon Wayans said he used to have a lot of DBZ toys so he used to be a fan at least.

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Post by ssjjanemba » Mon Nov 17, 2014 4:19 pm

UFC Fighters rounda rousey, and mark hunt.
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Post by DragonBoxZTheMovies » Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:38 pm

ssjjanemba wrote:UFC Fighters rounda rousey, and mark hunt.
Was just gonna post that, actually :P :
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Post by i'mfuckingevil » Sun Nov 23, 2014 2:53 pm

Neshawn wrote:
Basaku wrote:
samuraix123 wrote:I think Christina Aguilera is fan. in her music video ''What a girl wants'' we see a picture of Goku and Super Saiyan 4 Goku in the background
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I don't believe she's a fan but it's random that it's there :lol:
Christina had small brother back then, quite possible she was watching with him. Maybe she isn't a fan herself but probably knows the show and characters because of little brother
Makes sense to me! it's cool she put up a gt poster and not a Z one, not because it's a better series but because you don't see too many gt references out there.
I'd like to believe this is true too lol

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Post by Chronic_mcduffin » Mon Nov 24, 2014 2:00 pm

The Red Ranger from Power Rangers: MegaForce and Super MegaForce, Andrew Gray, said DBZ "is his thing" in an interview.

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Post by Dbzlove1993 » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:11 pm

While he's not the most recognizeable name, One time U.F.C. Welterweight champion Carlos Newton is a big fan. He even named his fighting style in tribute to the series, " Dragonball Jiu Jitsu" which I found quite interesting.
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Post by KingKaiGuy » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:41 pm

Countless rappers, I don't know how but DBZ is immensely popular amongst black people. Being a young guy myself, I have met way more teen black DBZ fans than any other race. If we are going to mention posters in the background, there a movie called Agent Cody Banks (or something along those lines) where the main character had a DBZ poster in the background. Considering its timing, it was probably cashing in on the US craze at the time, but I always liked to think someone liked it enough to put in the film.

Another thing I can think of are the brothers that were part of the Matrix films. They had one fight between Agent Smith and Morpheous on a truck that was almost exactly like the fight scene between Vegeta and 18 iirc. I remember hearing that they liked anime, so them taking influences from DB wouldn't be so crazy.

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Post by Hellspawn28 » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:45 pm

I wonder if there is any film directors besides James Wong who likes Dragon Ball?
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Re: Are there any celebrities that like Dragon Ball/Z/GT?

Post by FoolsGil » Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:15 am

I saw .gifs of Chris Hemworth(Thor) and Tom Hiddleston(Loki) pretending to be Great Saiyaman between takes of Thor: Dark World.

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Re: Are there any celebrities that like Dragon Ball/Z/GT?

Post by Bullza » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:05 pm

FoolsGil wrote:I saw .gifs of Chris Hemworth(Thor) and Tom Hiddleston(Loki) pretending to be Great Saiyaman between takes of Thor: Dark World.
What are you referring to?

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Re: Are there any celebrities that like Dragon Ball/Z/GT?

Post by FoolsGil » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:07 pm

Bullza wrote:
FoolsGil wrote:I saw .gifs of Chris Hemworth(Thor) and Tom Hiddleston(Loki) pretending to be Great Saiyaman between takes of Thor: Dark World.
What are you referring to?
What do you mean? Between takes in a marvel movie, 2 actors were doing poses from Great Saiyaman. I can't be any clearer.

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Re: Are there any celebrities that like Dragon Ball/Z/GT?

Post by Bullza » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:09 pm

FoolsGil wrote:
Bullza wrote:
FoolsGil wrote:I saw .gifs of Chris Hemworth(Thor) and Tom Hiddleston(Loki) pretending to be Great Saiyaman between takes of Thor: Dark World.
What are you referring to?
What do you mean? Between takes in a marvel movie, 2 actors were doing poses from Great Saiyaman. I can't be any clearer.
I mean show it, where you saw this because the chances they were actually pretending to be the Great Saiyaman is slim to none.

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Re: Are there any celebrities that like Dragon Ball/Z/GT?

Post by FoolsGil » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:34 pm

Bullza wrote:I mean show it, where you saw this because the chances they were actually pretending to be the Great Saiyaman is slim to none.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw5hqOv3Xnw

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