Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
JulieYBM wrote:Yeah, I'm starting to worry he retired stealthily or is ill...
I hope it's not the latter, but ever since he gave up his roles as Bobbidi and Dr. Brief I've been worried he's just running out of energy. It makes me wonder exactly how long ago they finished recording the new episodes of Kai. I'm sure they finished the international episodes a while ago, but they presumably brought Yanami back into the recording booth later to record the new episode titles for the Japanese TV version.
I don't even know if he's currently acting in any other shows/movies. The only thing I've heard him in since 2012 is Dragon Ball.
If we can get one line of narration from him in the final film, I'll be happy. Just please give us that.
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MagicBox wrote:
I hope it's not the latter, but ever since he gave up his roles as Bobbidi and Dr. Brief in I've been worried he's just running out of energy. It makes me wonder exactly how long ago they finished recording the new episodes of Kai. I'm sure they finished the international episodes a while ago, but they presumably brought Yanami back into the recording booth later to record the new episode titles for the Japanese TV version.
If we can get one line of narration from him in the final film, I'll be happy. Just please give us that.
Yeah, the re-casting was a nasty first sign. His narration's gotten slower and slower lately, so I'm wondering if he reached a point where he felt like his pride was crushed and has bowed out. Just one line to keep his record going would suffice!
ParkerAL wrote:I would call Jaco: The Galactic Patrolman a good thing he came up with.
I don't know what came out after, but either Movie 14 and Jaco were the last good things which came from Toriyama. Maybe Movie 15 will also be good, but the same can't be said about Freeza's new form.
I never liked some of either freeza or cells forms. During serialization, Toriyama had the advantage of reacting to the audience or his editors as he made things and changing them. This isn't the case since he can't go oh wait he can evolve even further. So in other words, nobody's perfect. Except I guess uhm, perfect cell.
I like Frieza's new transformation.
I'm relieved they didn't use a pumped up more tough looking form like Cooler's final form. The whole point of Frieza's last transformation on Namek was that it didn't look like much but was actually more powerful than his previous monstrous forms. The new golden look seems in the vein of SSJGod. Simple but powerful.
Oh, to sip from the cup of eternity and fly free on wings of immortality!
UpFromTheSkies wrote:How would you guys feel if the movie ended with Goku losing, and Freeza setting his sights on multi-verse domination? Maybe it will be a trilogy.
That would be pretty awesome. But I don't see Goku losing against the main villain/antagonist for the second movie running.
Spoiler:
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.
I like it, though I can see the colors being too bright/bold for extended viewing. Never was a huge fan of Freeza's 2nd/3rd forms, so it's nice that this is in line with his 1st/4th.
NinjaGoku wrote:Why do so many think this movie will end on a cliffhanger? Surely everyone will just be wished back by the Dragon Balls by the end of the movie...
It's wishful thinking. I'd like to see it happen, too.
The Monkey King wrote:I know right, fans wanting some consistency and continuity. How dare they act so entitled!?
Tell me sir, what is the bad thing in want a story with consistency, continuity and without plot holes?
GeeRod wrote:You serioulsy care about Satan knowing dende? Toriyama forgot about so many things and he simply don't give a fuck. If you nitpick about something that not even the staff and the creator cares, that's your problem! You'll keep complaining and nothing will change
NinjaGoku wrote:Why do so many think this movie will end on a cliffhanger? Surely everyone will just be wished back by the Dragon Balls by the end of the movie...
We haven't seen a single shot of Vegeta with battle damage, or of him fighting Freeza, which makes me think that might be in the next movie. And there's also Ryūsei Nakao's comment about watching until the very end of the movie, "and then maybe once more".
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I feel like some people are so bothered about continuity and consistency so much that it is stopping them from enjoying these new films, just enjoy these for what they are guys!
