Weedity wrote:They definitely shouldn't cater this show towards children anymore. Most children I talk to hardly know what Dragon Ball even is. The shows main audience is between 18-28 now if I'm not mistaken.
I'm curious: what language is your kid watching the series in?shinmaru wrote:Weedity wrote:They definitely shouldn't cater this show towards children anymore. Most children I talk to hardly know what Dragon Ball even is. The shows main audience is between 18-28 now if I'm not mistaken.
My 5-year-old kid loves it and most of his friends at school. I used to criticise the Kiddy stuff before but now I see DragonBall is for everyone to enjoy. Watching Kai 2.0 with my kid and he enjoys it a lot, especially the kiddy stuff.
Oh my sweet summer child...We watch it in Japanese with Enlish subs and I translate it for him in DutchUltimateHammerBro wrote:I'm curious: what language is your kid watching the series in?shinmaru wrote:Weedity wrote:They definitely shouldn't cater this show towards children anymore. Most children I talk to hardly know what Dragon Ball even is. The shows main audience is between 18-28 now if I'm not mistaken.
My 5-year-old kid loves it and most of his friends at school. I used to criticise the Kiddy stuff before but now I see DragonBall is for everyone to enjoy. Watching Kai 2.0 with my kid and he enjoys it a lot, especially the kiddy stuff.
Yeah, I dunno how I'd answer that. "Just wait for the android saga, 18 is awesome...for...like two fights."soulnova wrote:My 9 year old niece told me all the kids on her classroom watch DBZ. We were recently just starting to watch the fight of Piccolo Jr vs Goku at the 23rd Tournament. When Piccolo ate the sealed bottle she gasped. "Oh, this is getting really tense!!" xD
Additionally, she was asking me whyyyyyyyy Bulma didn't ever fight. Or why didn't they taught Evil!Launch so she could help (more willing to kick butt anyway). Or how awesome was Chichi going to be fighting with the others after marrying Goku.
Then Videl will get brutalized Spopovich and never fight again.Captain Space wrote:Yeah, I dunno how I'd answer that. "Just wait for the android saga, 18 is awesome...for...like two fights."soulnova wrote:My 9 year old niece told me all the kids on her classroom watch DBZ. We were recently just starting to watch the fight of Piccolo Jr vs Goku at the 23rd Tournament. When Piccolo ate the sealed bottle she gasped. "Oh, this is getting really tense!!" xD
Additionally, she was asking me whyyyyyyyy Bulma didn't ever fight. Or why didn't they taught Evil!Launch so she could help (more willing to kick butt anyway). Or how awesome was Chichi going to be fighting with the others after marrying Goku.
YAYYes, and DOUBLE YES.Chuquita wrote:At least we have female Whis to look forward to.
And maybe princess!Vegeta?
I mean, dunno if she plays video games, but Xenoverse is also a thing.soulnova wrote:Then Videl will get brutalized Spopovich and never fight again.Captain Space wrote:Yeah, I dunno how I'd answer that. "Just wait for the android saga, 18 is awesome...for...like two fights."soulnova wrote:My 9 year old niece told me all the kids on her classroom watch DBZ. We were recently just starting to watch the fight of Piccolo Jr vs Goku at the 23rd Tournament. When Piccolo ate the sealed bottle she gasped. "Oh, this is getting really tense!!" xD
Additionally, she was asking me whyyyyyyyy Bulma didn't ever fight. Or why didn't they taught Evil!Launch so she could help (more willing to kick butt anyway). Or how awesome was Chichi going to be fighting with the others after marrying Goku.
Yep, I hope she doesn't get too disenchanted because of that. This is why I also wanted EoZ to happen with Bra and Pan. I liked the prospect of Heroes adding female avatars for the same reason.
Yes, and DOUBLE YES.Chuquita wrote:At least we have female Whis to look forward to.
And maybe princess!Vegeta?
Oh my, that is soooo cuteshinmaru wrote:We watch it in Japanese with Enlish subs and I translate it for him in Dutch
Now my hopes and expectations for female Whis are even higher. :3LightBing wrote:I hope female Whis becomes the strongest character for a long time, with a playful personality, petting Beerus like a cat and trolling Whis. But still being serious when the situation needs her to be. I would be a nice change from grunting male aliens.
Not that Whis really grunted. But seriously I agree with you wholeheartedly.LightBing wrote:I hope female Whis becomes the strongest character for a long time, with a playful personality, petting Beerus like a cat and trolling Whis. But still being serious when the situation needs her to be. I would be a nice change from grunting male aliens.
An angry Final Fantasy fan wrote: And after all the outrage, when I'm ready, I'll go out on to GameStop and buy a Persona 5 copy. And when my mother finds me investing my precious time trying to bond with this hot anime girl, I'll look straight into her eyes and say "but have you looked at the menu screen? have you actually seen the menu screen? In that very moment, she knows. She fucking knows. As she handles me the nugget pieces she previously cooked for me, she leaves my room with these words: "Persona 5 is the true savior of the JRPG".
VegettoEX wrote: In a blunt nutshell, no-one wants to read bullshit. Don't post bullshit. Be a cool person that posts cool things that other people would actually want to read. Don't be Zamasu from episode 63 talking to himself.
That's always been my dream battle right there!shinmaru wrote:Weedity wrote:They definitely shouldn't cater this show towards children anymore. Most children I talk to hardly know what Dragon Ball even is. The shows main audience is between 18-28 now if I'm not mistaken.
My 5-year-old kid loves it and most of his friends at school. I used to criticise the Kiddy stuff before but now I see DragonBall is for everyone to enjoy. Watching Kai 2.0 with my kid and he enjoys it a lot, especially the kiddy stuff.
Well, Bulma was important in almost every arc. When you compare her to female heroes from other classic shonen (like Saint Seiya, Hokuto no Ken, Yuyu Hakusho, Rurouni Kenshin, etc), she was quite prominent.Avery wrote:The female characters don't have to be badass fighters. I just want them to actually DO something.
UltimateHammerBro wrote:Oh my, that is soooo cuteshinmaru wrote:We watch it in Japanese with Enlish subs and I translate it for him in Dutch
There was one time Roshi touched 18s breasts. And he asked me, why does Roshi likes to touch girls breast and butts? And I was like I need to think fast : lol:. And I told him Roshi is a lazy old man, he mistakes them for pillows to take a nap Bulma is probably the most useful female in anime history (at least until the Boo arc). She's a perfect example to prove that not being strong =/= irrelevant. I'm a girl and I don't care that much about having strong female characters. In every shonen anime I've seen they are either useless or ridiculously strong Mary Sues, the latter being a much more annoying stereotype.Araki wrote:Well, Bulma was important in almost every arc. When you compare her to female heroes from other classic shonen (like Saint Seiya, Hokuto no Ken, Yuyu Hakusho, Rurouni Kenshin, etc), she was quite prominent.Avery wrote:The female characters don't have to be badass fighters. I just want them to actually DO something.
It's just a matter of wrong expectations. Shonen is primarily aimed at boys, and when you're a boy you generally don't care about girls, so we'll rarely see women being "badasses".
Hell, to this day people are often complaining about female characters don't getting fights, receiving poor treatment or needing rescue in One Piece, Naruto and others.
An angry Final Fantasy fan wrote: And after all the outrage, when I'm ready, I'll go out on to GameStop and buy a Persona 5 copy. And when my mother finds me investing my precious time trying to bond with this hot anime girl, I'll look straight into her eyes and say "but have you looked at the menu screen? have you actually seen the menu screen? In that very moment, she knows. She fucking knows. As she handles me the nugget pieces she previously cooked for me, she leaves my room with these words: "Persona 5 is the true savior of the JRPG".
VegettoEX wrote: In a blunt nutshell, no-one wants to read bullshit. Don't post bullshit. Be a cool person that posts cool things that other people would actually want to read. Don't be Zamasu from episode 63 talking to himself.
That fight was brutal. I loved it.Avery wrote: Bulma is probably the most useful female in anime history (at least until the Boo arc). She's a perfect example to prove that not being strong =/= irrelevant. I'm a girl and I don't care that much about having strong female characters. In every shonen anime I've seen they are either useless or ridiculously strong Mary Sues, the latter being a much more annoying stereotype.
It confuses me how some girls I know whine about not having enough "badass" female characters yet they don't care that much about the fight scenes. When I talk about DBZ with my friends, they always rant about a character's appearance, filler romantic/fanservice moments, and SOMETIMES characters interactions with each other while totally ignoring what the series is famous for: the fights. I was talking about the android arc with my best friend and when I asked her whether she liked Vegeta's fight with No.19 she said "Oh yeah, I skipped that part...I wanted to see Trunks return". How the hell can you simply skip a fight?! It makes me feel like a tomboy.
