Episode of Bardock: Giant On-Going Manga + Anime Discussion

[VegettoEX]

No Blu-ray release yet?

Nope. You certainly would have heard about it on our site if one had been announced.

[TheNamekGio]

Mine finally came in today!!

[TheDevilsCorpse]

I'm surprised no one mentioned this since I figured a couple of people would jump at the chance to grab all three chapters in one book. The reprint of Episode of Bardock in this issue of V-Jump has some surprises:

A new cover:


And two unpublished pages reflecting the anime adaptation...


did these come first and not make the cut the first time? or did she add them after the anime was made? I dunno. I'm actually kind of mad that he's now a "super hero" in both versions. lol Anyway, I wonder if there is technically anything "new" anything in these 2 pages...hmm.

[Herms]

So at the start of the new pages, the narration says that the thing about "Saiyans who turn golden" gets passed down through Freeza's clan. Then at the end it says of Bardock/events in general "Did this become the beginning of the Super Saiyan legend? It's not definite." Isn't that rather contradictory?

[TheDevilsCorpse]

So at the start of the new pages, the narration says that the thing about "Saiyans who turn golden" gets passed down through Freeza's clan. Then at the end it says of Bardock/events in general "Did this become the beginning of the Super Saiyan legend? It's not definite." Isn't that rather contradictory?

Hmm, odd. Not that I doubt your translation, but according to the one provided by the guy who posted the images (originally in French), it seems Bardock started the legend, but may not have been the first to transform:

"Thus the history of Saiyan's becoming gold passed from generation to generation of Freeza's family...
Bardock beat Chilled. Is this the first manifestation of the legendary Super Saiyan? Nothing is less certain..."

[batistabus]

So...is that kind of like a "to be continued"?

[Herms]

Hmm, odd. Not that I doubt your translation, but according to the one provided by the guy who posted the images (originally in French), it seems Bardock started the legend, but may not have been the first to transform:

"Thus the history of Saiyan's becoming gold passed from generation to generation of Freeza's family...
Bardock beat Chilled. Is this the first manifestation of the legendary Super Saiyan? Nothing is less certain..."

It's Suupaa Saiya-jin densetsu no hajimari ni natta, which is definitely "[became the] beginning of the Super Saiyan legend", not anything about a "legendary Super Saiyan" or a first transformation. What they're thinking of would be a) densetsu no Suupaa Saiya-jin rather than Suupaa Saiya-jin densetsu and b) hajimete rather than hajimari.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

And here I was hoping you were wrong or misreading something for the first time. lol If for no other reason than because the correct version is just dumb. The usual Japanese, circular statements that confirm something before denying it, leaving us with a contradiction and right back where we started. Usually this is seen on advertisements though, does it have to seep into these situations too? =P

[Adamant]

That line is the one the anime adaption ends on too, for the record.

[nathantheguitarist]

I'd reeeeeally like a scan of that panel with Bardock's team.

(Yay! Mullet-Selypa has been... retconned?...:>!!!)

[VenomSymbiote]

Yeah, some decent scans of these two pages would be great!

[Elliot-Ortega]

Hey. I am also interested in buying this. Would any of you sell it? If not what is the price people nowadays are paying for it?

[dbzfan7]

I hope not as this special made no sense. TFS made the best version of it.

[SingleFringe&Sparks]

This special seemed really unecessary to me. They could have chosen any other character to flesh out... but they choose to just give Bardock the now pointlessly redundant not-so-legendary SSJ form to do what Goku basically already does... hmm.... a character who as already very well established just needs his share in the SSJ discount.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

Since this was brought back to the front page recently, I guess I might as well use this topic instead of making a new one. Things are getting interesting, and a little confusing, because it seems we're being set up for another push at getting Episode of Bardock back into public focus.



So, to start us off here, Heroes' JM2 set will feature two secret cards this time around. The first of which is obviously Kurieza, and the second is supposed to be a warrior who appeared before the Freeza clan. Said warrior is obviously Bardock (or someone who shares that appearance, like Goku or Tullece), though what is being done with him is still a mystery at the moment. Current speculation has us assuming that he might be taking the plunge and gaining the Super Saiyan 2 transformation, but perhaps it is just a reprint of his Super Saiyan card, the same way we got Super Saiyan 3 Broli as a SEC even though he had already been one many sets ago.



But, apparently, there is more to it than just a Bardock card in Heroes. I was browsing though Nostal/Treevax's scans of Saikyo jump today, and it seems Episode of Bardock is going to be reprinted? I'm not sure exactly what is going on, there might have been talk of something being reedited or redrawn? I don't know. I'm sure Julian and Mike already have part of this on the back burner, as they usually run about a month behind on magazine stories, but I hope one of them can help shed some light on this so we know what is going on and can potentially purchase this if we missed it the first time around...

[Herms]

It says Episode of Bardock is getting a "super kanzenban".

And the DB Heroes thing says the "warrior of rage" is getting a "further super evolution" in the face of Freeza's clan. So it sounds like another power-up, rather than just a reprint of the SSj Bardock card.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

Interesting. But does Episode of Bardock really warrant any style of Kanzenban? Aren't they meant to be high quality books with a lot of pages...? Episode of Bardock, as it is right now, only around 50 pages. Is it normal to have a release like this for something so small (assuming more isn't added to go with Bardock's new transformation, have the JSAT adaptation added in too or something)?

[Herms]

Oh, looks like it's also going have (other) manga drawn by Ooishi. I think the implication is that it's stuff newly drawn for this "super kanzenban". Maybe. And there's a Bardock DBH card.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

So, perhaps we will see EoB & JSAT (and something new maybe), since she drew them?

[Raykugen]

I preffer Toyotaro...