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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Kaboom » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:33 pm

That was a better "serious" dub of the Trunks special than FUNimation's. :wink:
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by EA575 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:06 pm

Can't believe you guys brought back the Vegeta scream. That was perfect xD
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Post by batistabus » Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:25 pm

I now ship Gohan and Bulma.

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Post by Kamiccolo9 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:27 pm

Final Fantasy X reference. I love it.
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Post by Big Momma » Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:53 pm

That Evangelion music placement was really nice. Great job, guys! Best special yet! :thumbup:
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by AleezaChocolat » Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:54 pm

Future Bulma and Future Chi-Chi were hilarious. "Will dinner bring my husband back?!" "Maybe?!" (The Ox-King has a point. This is Goku we're talking about.)

I also loved all of the references to past TFS episodes and #17 wanting to become a park ranger. ;) Oh, and everyone called them cyborgs! It truly was a different universe, lol.

Overall, this special gets an A+ from me. I feel like you guys managed to balance the humor and post-apocalyptic drama perfectly. Great editing as usual, Kaiser! Everything flowed well and the music choices were top-notch (couldn't help but smile at the Chrono Trigger song at the theme park).

MasakoX did the opening and ending animations, right? Those were really awesome, particularly the ending with the time machine traveling to the main DBZA timeline... so kudos to him. You guys put a lot of effort into "History of Trunks" and it shows!

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Doctor. » Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:06 pm

Is the "Hello, my name is Trunks... and this is my story." line different? It sounded better in the trailer.

Fantastic as always, though.

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Chuquita » Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:10 pm

Trunks' narration was a lot of fun; also liked the park ranger bit, Gohan talking to Piccolo in his head, wanting Trunks to call him "Mr. Gohan", Bulma hitting on Gohan, the bit about which type of time travel would happen, the well-done cgi'd Dr. Who parody at the end credits, Chi-Chi's non-coping with how things with Gohan are going, Gohan living in the desert/mountains. It was very solid.
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Post by dbzfan7 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:31 pm

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Post by Gyt Kaliba » Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:39 pm

I think my favorite parts were easily how you worked Gohan's character, the USS M'Dick bit, and the use of the Six Flags theme. :lol: Great job as always guys!

Oh yeah, and really appreciated the tribute to Monty too. I've only recently become a fan of RWBY, but my girlfriend has been a fan of it (and tons of other RoosterTeeth) stuff for ages now, so I know she'll really appreciate that too.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by matt0044 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:47 pm

Anyone else noticed Yamcha's absence…? Nice detail.

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Post by Vegitofaxx » Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:49 pm

matt0044 wrote:Anyone else noticed Yamcha's absence…? Nice detail.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Skar » Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:33 pm

That was so awesome! It was great how you guys kept the serious tone even with the comedy. There were many great scenes but my favorite was probably when Trunks asked Gohan if he remembers a better time. I never realized Gohan's life was pretty much always like this :lol:.

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Polyphase Avatron » Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:54 pm

I like those radio announcers, I remember them from the episode with Cell. I hope they become recurring characters.

As soon as Gohan said Trunks was his pupil I was expecting the dodge gag and I was not disappointed

The Tapion joke was also funny, because I never understood why people thought Future Trunks sword was the same one as the one in Movie 13...

The ending song mix was nice too
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by rereboy » Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:57 pm

Polyphase Avatron wrote:I like those radio announcers, I remember them from the episode with Cell. I hope they become recurring characters.

As soon as Gohan said Trunks was his pupil I was expecting the dodge gag and I was not disappointed

The Tapion joke was also funny, because I never understood why people thought Future Trunks sword was the same one as the one in Movie 13...

The ending song mix was nice too
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Gyt Kaliba » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:03 pm

Not to mention the ending theme of the movie does start off showing us Future Trunks with the sword, which is pretty random. It's pretty obvious they meant it to at least evoke it being the same sword...even...if it kinda...totally can't be...for like a bajillion reasons...

It's one of the only things I dislike about that movie, cuz holy can of worms.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by RandomGuy96 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:14 pm

So many good bits. I'd have to say that my favorite was the Vegeta flashback:

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by TJVY » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:35 pm

As expected I loved it. Ticked all the right boxes for me, lots of references to past episodes and nods to in-universe things such as 17 wanting to be a park ranger, Trunks having Tapion's sword, etc.

Bulma and Chi Chi were hilarious, Bulma's always been one of my favourite abridged characters, can't wait to see the next episode now!
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by KingKaiGuy » Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:00 pm

This was freaking awesome! I haven't watched any DBZA in a while so it was refreshing to die of laughter. Even though I felt it did lose a little bit of steam near the end, it didn't bother me.

I do have a question. Does anyone know the song that plays around 2:31 when Bulma changes the station of the radio?

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Ajay » Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:08 pm

Honestly, I didn't laugh a whole lot, but considering how dark the source material is, I think you guys probably did the best job you could have done.

I was, however, extremely impressed how you handled some of the more serious scenes. The Super Saiyan transformation was so well acted. Easily better than any currently existing dub efforts.
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