Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
Big Momma wrote:I love Dan Dan, but Rocketman is right. I do think, at least as far as tone goes, Hitori Janai fits that bill fine.
Super Sonic wrote:
Same thing whenever Japan and other countries changeourcartoons'music. We don't care what they do over there. (Seriously I've asked guys and the response is usually that).
As hype as the Transformers and X-Men Opening is (along with some of the TMNTOpenings), I would personally have a problem if I created a series and another country decided to change aspects to it like the music. Or, at the very least, I'd have to look at the changes myself and see if they fit. That's just me, though.
I just wanted to answer this, but one of the guys who worked on Transformers Animated admitted that Japan outdid them on the Opening sequence and song. Then again, Transformers Animated's a rare case of the studio producing an entirely new Opening (as well as Ending) sequence for the show. Most times if Japan changes the Opening and Endings song, it's usually just Episode footage.
Either way, there was definitely approval for the new Opening sequence.
GS7X7 wrote:I remember some fat guy in a Goku outfit did a really cheesy AMV of him dancing around to the lyrics in front of the DBZ English Buu opening with bad special effects and that was the winner. (I think it was a bonus feature on some dvd?)
Wasn't there some guy dancing around and rapping to the lyrics of FUNi's DBGT? If I remember correctly, there was animation behind him. That video appears to be taken down.
Soppa Saiyjins from Dorgou Ballru Zetto is my favorite transformation everah, especially when Trounksoru did it in front of Seru and when Bejita did it when he faced Jingonigen-hachigo. But for real, I use the FUNi pronunciation. - Soppa Saia People
GS7X7 wrote:I remember some fat guy in a Goku outfit did a really cheesy AMV of him dancing around to the lyrics in front of the DBZ English Buu opening with bad special effects and that was the winner. (I think it was a bonus feature on some dvd?)
Wasn't there some guy dancing around and rapping to the lyrics of FUNi's DBGT? If I remember correctly, there was animation behind him. That video appears to be taken down.
Yeah, I vaguely recall the video. I'm pretty sure he was the contest winner and that he made it onto an extras option on one of the oldschool Funi dvd's. I think he won a bunch of DB swag, or $1,000 bucks or something along those lines.
Sean Schemmel is THE MAN! :)
Me- "Also, before anyone mentions it, Schemmel's interview was from nearly 15 years ago. He paid a brief visit to Kanzenshuu's forums a few years back and earned legendary respect that cancels out anything he said from that long ago. :D"
In advance, sorry I used spoiler tags on the quotes, this was just looking like a book! Lol
Spoiler:
Blade wrote:
DerekPadula wrote:Do you have any questions for the creator and singer of the Dragon Ball GT rap intro? I have an interview scheduled with him this Thursday, March 19.
Now is your chance to discover its true origin. So ask away!
How about:
How did the initial brief you were provided differ from the actual demands of the project? Was it an uncomfortable working balance between your artistic conception of the project and dialogue you had with the client (Funimation) and directions they were pulling you in?
The most coherent question that was asked, really the only thing I necessarily care to know personally. I hope to see the answer to this when he posts the interview!
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GS7X7 wrote:
It was probably Gen and Barry's idea, since they had interviews they posted online the very same day. Thankfully I archived the Dragonballgt.com 1st Day Announcement interviews nearly a decade ago and, at long last, those archives have finally proven useful.
This was a super awesome idea and a great catch on your part, kudos to your past self!
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GS7X7 wrote:
AnimeMaakuo wrote:
GS7X7 wrote:I remember some fat guy in a Goku outfit did a really cheesy AMV of him dancing around to the lyrics in front of the DBZ English Buu opening with bad special effects and that was the winner. (I think it was a bonus feature on some dvd?)
Wasn't there some guy dancing around and rapping to the lyrics of FUNi's DBGT? If I remember correctly, there was animation behind him. That video appears to be taken down.
Yeah, I vaguely recall the video. I'm pretty sure he was the contest winner and that he made it onto an extras option on one of the oldschool Funi dvd's. I think he won a bunch of DB swag, or $1,000 bucks or something along those lines.
Please tell me somebody has access to this or info on which DVD it made it on to back then lol.
Spoiler:
DerekPadula wrote:I just finished my interview with the artist. It went well, and will be on my site next week. I'll post the link here once it goes live.
Thanks for your questions. I believe I asked all of them, so you'll get your answers in a few days.
This was an awesome thing to do, thank you for taking the time to find the guy and also giving the fan community a voice here!
Super Saiya-jin 5Toroten
A list of things I might need in my collection (contact me if you should want/need to let go of yours!):
Spoiler:
Dragon Box: The Movies
Dragon Book for JP Dragon Box Z1
Kai BR Part 5-8/Final Chapters
Great Complete Collection CDs
Ssawora Son Goku DVD
Magic Begins (Original/Ultimate cut) DVDs
Any Speedy Video CDs
Any Laser Disks
Dream 9 collab
Battle of Gods Steelbook
Jump Super Anime Tour DVD
Special Selection DVD
Saikyo Jump Bonus DVD/March 2012 Saikyo Jump
Cho Gashu/30th Ann. Book
Toriyama Akira no Sekai books
Dai books 3, 5-8, 10
Cho books 2-4
Golden Warrior book
Any rare stuff you might think I'd like along the lines of what I've listed.
Visit DragonBallFigures for all your Dragon Ball figure info and needs!
Mayuri Kurotsuchi wrote:"In this world, nothing perfect exists. It may be a cliche after all but it's the way things are. That's precisely why ordinary men pursue the concept of perfection, it's infatuation. But ultimately I have to ask myself "What is the true meaning of being perfect?" and the answer I came up with was nothing. Not one thing. The truth of the matter is I despise perfection! If something is truly perfect, that's IT! The bottom line becomes there is no room for imagination! No space for intelligence or ability or improvement! Do you understand? To men of science like us, perfection is a dead end, a condition of hopelessness. Always strive to be better than anything that came before you but not perfect! Scientist's agonize over the attempt to achieve perfection! That's the kind of creatures we are! We take joy in trying to exceed our grasp, in trying to reach for something that in the end, we have to admit may in fact be unreachable!"
Soppa Saiyjins from Dorgou Ballru Zetto is my favorite transformation everah, especially when Trounksoru did it in front of Seru and when Bejita did it when he faced Jingonigen-hachigo. But for real, I use the FUNi pronunciation. - Soppa Saia People
The interview has been done for 2 and a half weeks, but I've been waiting for Marcus to send me pictures of himself and his studio, and he keeps forgetting. Several emails and phone calls later, and still no pictures.
So do you want me to post the interview and find some generic GT pictures to put in there for now? Or do you want to wait until he sends pictures?
You could probably post up some generics for now and when he does eventually send you the images you requested, you can update the article.
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Mayuri Kurotsuchi wrote:"In this world, nothing perfect exists. It may be a cliche after all but it's the way things are. That's precisely why ordinary men pursue the concept of perfection, it's infatuation. But ultimately I have to ask myself "What is the true meaning of being perfect?" and the answer I came up with was nothing. Not one thing. The truth of the matter is I despise perfection! If something is truly perfect, that's IT! The bottom line becomes there is no room for imagination! No space for intelligence or ability or improvement! Do you understand? To men of science like us, perfection is a dead end, a condition of hopelessness. Always strive to be better than anything that came before you but not perfect! Scientist's agonize over the attempt to achieve perfection! That's the kind of creatures we are! We take joy in trying to exceed our grasp, in trying to reach for something that in the end, we have to admit may in fact be unreachable!"
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
Gonstead wrote:You could probably post up some generics for now and when he does eventually send you the images you requested, you can update the article.
Agreed, I'm interested in what the man had to say, but I do hope he sends everything so we can see wat 12 years has done for him, if anything at all.
Super Saiya-jin 5Toroten
A list of things I might need in my collection (contact me if you should want/need to let go of yours!):
Spoiler:
Dragon Box: The Movies
Dragon Book for JP Dragon Box Z1
Kai BR Part 5-8/Final Chapters
Great Complete Collection CDs
Ssawora Son Goku DVD
Magic Begins (Original/Ultimate cut) DVDs
Any Speedy Video CDs
Any Laser Disks
Dream 9 collab
Battle of Gods Steelbook
Jump Super Anime Tour DVD
Special Selection DVD
Saikyo Jump Bonus DVD/March 2012 Saikyo Jump
Cho Gashu/30th Ann. Book
Toriyama Akira no Sekai books
Dai books 3, 5-8, 10
Cho books 2-4
Golden Warrior book
Any rare stuff you might think I'd like along the lines of what I've listed.
To be polite, I'd tell him you were going to post it in X days (within a week at most) due to demand and to please send the stuff by that time and if he's a little late you'll go with generic photos in the meantime and hope that's okay. That way he'll be ready in advance and know when to expect the interview.
Maybe he's just delaying for one reason or another.... I really hope the reaction is positive! Way too many people (myself included) completely dumped on him for doing a job that wasn't even his idea for the show. He only did the song cause Gen/Barry reached out to him, specifically hired him to do it, then gave full approval and posted it online along with interviews of themselves basically patting themselves on the back for having had the music replaced.
Can't help but feel bad for him, Funimation told him it'd be an awesome opportunity for him and his career but then the song got really bad reception online. :/
4Kids One Piece tried the same thing with a rap intro and the reaction to it was pretty much equally negative. I think it was basically just executives going with a current popular trend with American teens (rap music) and then trying to inject it into the show. Actually, come to think of it, 4Kids had a their singing group that posted music videos online. Never became popular, was kind of the kiss of death for the ambitious young teenagers that joined up there unfortunately.
Sean Schemmel is THE MAN! :)
Me- "Also, before anyone mentions it, Schemmel's interview was from nearly 15 years ago. He paid a brief visit to Kanzenshuu's forums a few years back and earned legendary respect that cancels out anything he said from that long ago. :D"
Oh, that reminds me, he has a few tracks from his solo album available on MySpace. I'll add that to the interview.
I've contacted Bruce several times, but he never replies to my emails.
Bruce, Kikuchi, and Shuki Levy are the only ones I have left to interview. I suppose there's the guy who did the Mega Man music on the Ocean dub, but I don't count him.
If I can't get Bruce I'll interview the people he hired instead, such as Scott Morgan. But that book will be a couple years from now.
Great interview! I'm glad he didn't catch all the criticism online at the time, woulda wrecked the poor dude!
Shorty the Man- "So hey, I appreciate the critics, and I’m sorry they changed it on you. But I still like it and there are other people who like it."
Fair enough.
Since he's a rapper and he mentioned that GT brought in a large increase in black audiences, I kind of wonder if any famous rapper liked GT and would want to collaborate with him because of it.
"I suppose there's the guy who did the Mega Man music on the Ocean dub, but I don't count him."
Lol. Trust me, there's lots of people still interested. The Ocean fans were a pretty hardcore contingent back in the day. There were a number of people who felt really loyal to the first 2 seasons and still do. Plus Ocean did a dub in England- I can't recall if they used Faulconer's music or something else but it's a shame they seemed to use Funimation's scripts.
Sean Schemmel is THE MAN! :)
Me- "Also, before anyone mentions it, Schemmel's interview was from nearly 15 years ago. He paid a brief visit to Kanzenshuu's forums a few years back and earned legendary respect that cancels out anything he said from that long ago. :D"
GS7X7 wrote:
"I suppose there's the guy who did the Mega Man music on the Ocean dub, but I don't count him."
Lol. Trust me, there's lots of people still interested. The Ocean fans were a pretty hardcore contingent back in the day. There were a number of people who felt really loyal to the first 2 seasons and still do. Plus Ocean did a dub in England- I can't recall if they used Faulconer's music or something else but it's a shame they seemed to use Funimation's scripts.
For the first two seasons, we'd need to hear from either Shuki Levy or Ron Wasserman (rumored to have done a lot of the music?). I think what he meant was that he wouldn't be interviewing the guy who did the music for the Westwood dub (with the Ocean voices) in the UK & Canada since that music was just recycled from Mega Man.
DerekPadula wrote:
If I can't get Bruce I'll interview the people he hired instead, such as Scott Morgan. But that book will be a couple years from now.
You know, an interview with the rest of the Faulconer Productions crew might even be more interesting because it would probably be more candid rather than Bruce acting like he wrote all of that music.
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