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Raki · Post by **Raki** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:51 pm

Table is a midget to me.

Jackal puFF · Post by **Jackal puFF** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:15 pm

Table is the same age as Goku and Broly?

No way.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:22 pm

Well, maybe he isn't really his brother. Maybe he just idolizes him and calls him brother like Trunks did to Tapion.

Hero 004 · Post by **Hero 004** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:29 pm

To me there could be all kinds of reasons for his stature. He could very well be some sort of midget, that's why he had no skill at fighting. Or they could tell that he aged even slower than most Saiyans, which kept him from being a good fighter. Or the planet he' been on could keep him from aging.
I don't know, but like a lot of things in the story, I don't really need an explination.

mAcChaos · Post by **mAcChaos** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:24 pm

Well... he IS Vegeta's brother... he's not exactly Michael Jordan.

SaiyaMel · Post by **SaiyaMel** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:48 pm

I'm going to agree with the theory of possibly the Planet he's been staying on, has some sort of fountain-of-youth properties.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:51 pm

Sometimes I think the anime should just stop so it doesn't become something like "The Simpsons" where it's way past its prime.

I still believe it should have ended at Freeza. I enjoyed the Cell saga, but anything after was just bad...

I mean they've basically covered every possible scenario and invented hours of filler... just saying.

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:58 pm

That does seem to be a hot topic of debate, but I'm on the other side of the fence with this one because I really enjoyed the Buu arc.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:02 pm

I also enjoyed the Buu arc. In retrospect the androids themselves never really interested me much, but I found stuff like Goku's illness and time travel really interesting.

Also liked the Buu arc because the end of Cell was such a downer for the entire Son family (Goku's dead and Chi-Chi's left pregnant and alone) and Vegeta (who vowed to never fight ever again). At least with Buu the Son family's reunited and Vegeta gets over his depression.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:06 pm

Akira could have easily made a better ending with Cell.

Or, better yet, ended it with Freeza.

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:08 pm

So your saying there's nothing from the Buu arc that you enjoyed at all? I'm curious

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:17 pm

SSJ2bardock wrote:So your saying there's nothing from the Buu arc that you enjoyed at all? I'm curious

I didn't like the Buu saga because it was plagued with Deus ex machina.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:18 pm

SSJ2bardock wrote:So your saying there's nothing from the Buu arc that you enjoyed at all? I'm curious

I like playing Kid Buu in DBZ games but that's about it. Could have done without him in the actual series.

Hey, that's an idea. Maybe the video games should make totally original stories and they should leave the anime alone!

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:22 pm

Different strokes for different folks I reckon, but I like's me some Fusion!

SSJmole · Post by **SSJmole** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:28 pm

JAPPO wrote:Hey, that's an idea. Maybe the video games should make totally original stories and they should leave the anime alone!

I want that

Super Ghost Kamikaze · Post by **Super Ghost Kamikaze** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:49 pm

I can't possibly consider wanting to end the series at Cell or Frieza. This would mean taking out of existence several great things, like Saiyaman, Gotenks, Mr. Satan's most prominent and entertaining role, several entertaining gag manga aspects of Buu, that really nifty Super Saiyan 3 design...hell, a HELL of a lot of kickass character designs...

And...the ending.

Now, I'm all for tragic endings. A happy ending every time gets boring, and a tragic ending can really make you think in the way that a happy ending simply CAN'T. But....

...for Dragon Ball, I wouldn't want it. I'm sorry, but that adorable little jungle boy that started off on a fantastical adventure...no matter how much he has to grow up, I wouldn't want it to end with the violent explosion and death-filled hell that Namek would have been as an ending. Nor would I have really wanted Goku to be torn apart by yet another violent planet-destroying explosion at the end of the Cell saga.

It just seems more fitting, to me. The Z and GT endings...work, on the level that it doesn't completely turn around from what Dragon Ball originally was. Yes, Goku grows older, and in some ways he does grow up. He even has some really nasty experiences over the years. But at the end of the day, Dragon Ball is about adventure, fun, martial arts, and Shonen idealism so thick you could choke on it.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:59 pm

Two Japanese blogs are saying Tabaru's voiced by Morita Masakazu http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... p?id=21028 otherwise known as Ichigo from Bleach.

Blogs in question:
http://blog.livedoor.jp/ean/archives/51114510.html
and
http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/7spring/diary/200809220000/

Can anyone approve or disprove this?

Victator Supreme · Post by **Victator Supreme** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:23 pm

The Buu aga added several things to the mythology of the series. rom Kaioshins to Fusion. The storytelling as incredible with all the false finishes. Even doing good bits of character work with Vegeta.

Ending it with Cell would have been a mistake. Vegeta's character arc was far from finished. As was Gohan's and even Krillian's.

Sometimes I think the anime should just stop so it doesn't become something like "The Simpsons" where it's way past its prime.

I watched the season premiere last night and laughed non stop. It still has a very large dedicated fanbase and still winning awards.

Where are all of the great defenders of the live action movie here?

2oth century Foxs abortion gets more slack than Toriyama himself, Disgraceful.

As for Table. He looks young for his age. Someone can say its not realistic. But you know he also

Has a tail.
Turns into a giant monke during a full moon.
Is married to a litle yellow alien he size of a porcelin doll.

I don't think him being a young looking 39 matters.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:37 pm

I happen to think Goku dying (I mean everyone has to die sometime) by saving the universe is a fitting ending and it suits his character...

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:55 pm

Victator Supreme wrote:The Buu aga added several things to the mythology of the series. rom Kaioshins to Fusion. The storytelling as incredible with all the false finishes. Even doing good bits of character work with Vegeta.

Ending it with Cell would have been a mistake. Vegeta's character arc was far from finished. As was Gohan's and even Krillian's.

Sometimes I think the anime should just stop so it doesn't become something like "The Simpsons" where it's way past its prime.
I watched the season premiere last night and laughed non stop. It still has a very large dedicated fanbase and still winning awards.

Where are all of the great defenders of the live action movie here?

2oth century Foxs abortion gets more slack than Toriyama himself, Disgraceful.

As for Table. He looks young for his age. Someone can say its not realistic. But you know he also

Has a tail.
Turns into a giant monke during a full moon.
Is married to a litle yellow alien he size of a porcelin doll.

I don't think him being a young looking 39 matters.

Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Radditz, Nappa, Bardock, and every other Saiyan we've seen also had tails and turned into giant monkeys during full moons. It didn't stop any of them from aging.