Dragon Box FUNimation Survey

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Re: Dragon Box FUNimation Survey

Post by dbboxkaifan » Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:58 pm

Rukura wrote:I just remembered something. Back when FUNimation announced the Dragon Box Z, they mentioned that they got the 13 movies as well. Now they refer to the Movies as 1-17, which would be all of them, including the Dragon Ball movies. So....would they get them if they were to license the Dragon Ball Dragon Box masters? (thus making a vote for Dragon Ball a 2-in-1 vote?.....Or am I just high on excitement right now? lol)

Also, where does any of this leave us with the TV Specials?
As things are looking now for the DBOX TM, it'll feature the 17 films (4 DB + 13 DBZ).

Will FUNimation make their own "Dragon Box Z: TV Specials (2) + OVA (1)" (one box only)? beats me, but I'd buy it for sure! :D
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Post by Jawdrahb » Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:08 pm

ricecake wrote:My heart jumped when I saw the announcement on the front page yesterday. I took the survey and voted for the original DB. However, as others have also said, any Dragon Boxes they put out, I will buy.
I concur.

This news has affected me greater than expected as I could've succumbed to purchasing the Japanese Special Selection DVD and Dragon Box: The Movies this very week. I'm aware FUNimation hasn't released any details regarding both specials but I'm fairly convinced from witnessing the 'recent coverage' of the US Dragon Boxes including survey itself that they will see the light of day within American territories (imported to Europe in my case of course). Although it'd be appreciated, the release of the visual guides aren't a necessity to me as they were releases that accompanied a video game of the series and not the series itself; if that makes any sense.

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Re: Dragon Box FUNimation Survey

Post by enapace » Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:16 pm

Jawdrahb wrote:
ricecake wrote:My heart jumped when I saw the announcement on the front page yesterday. I took the survey and voted for the original DB. However, as others have also said, any Dragon Boxes they put out, I will buy.
I concur.

This news has affected me greater than expected as I could've succumbed to purchasing the Japanese Special Selection DVD and Dragon Box: The Movies this very week. I'm aware FUNimation hasn't released any details regarding both specials but I'm fairly convinced from witnessing the 'recent coverage' of the US Dragon Boxes including survey itself that they will see the light of day within American territories (imported to Europe in my case of course). Although it'd be appreciated, the release of the visual guides aren't a necessity to me as they were releases that accompanied a video game of the series and not the series itself; if that makes any sense.
Glad to hear you hanged in just long enough and yeah I will import them as well and the Original Video Animation is sort of good it depends really on personal opinion I think. I hope the Dragon Box TV Specials are released one day technically Funimation should already have them as they belong with the DBOX Z as they were part of it.

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Re: Dragon Box FUNimation Survey

Post by Son Satan » Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:37 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote:Will FUNimation make their own "Dragon Box Z: TV Specials (2) + OVA (1)" (one box only)? beats me, but I'd buy it for sure! :D
Well I'd bet the OVA would be left alone, and the Z Specials, which are often considered movies by FUNi, would be in a movies DBox.

Also, about the cover art of a possible US DB DBox, couldn't FUNimation just superimpose the images of other characters from the DVD books over the exterior box's red background?
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Re: Dragon Box FUNimation Survey

Post by dprez » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:57 pm

MarcFBR wrote:I remember waking up to catch it at 5:30am in the morning when I was a kid.
Hell yea dude me too, except it was DBZ, and it was more like around 1998-1999. I remember going to day-care in the mornings, where they would bus us to school, and some kid was talking to me about it. He was like, "That three-eyed guy shot that beam at the big bald guy", and I was like, "yea, it was called 'Tien goes all out!'". lol those were the days.

I think the biggest mystery in all this is what will become of the two specials and the OVA. Aside from whether or not anything will be released and what that will be, I feel that where, when, and if we ever get these two specials and OVA in DBox form, is the enigma of this whole announcement.

I mean, I'm willing to bet that a movie DBox would be the easiest for FUNimation to release, even if they still need to acquire the 4 DB movies, but most of the fans (me included) are voting for the original Dragon Ball, so with any luck, that's what we'll get. Depending on how those sell, and how many fans take this survey, the Movies would still most likely be released in some shape or form since they already freakin' have the 13 Z films. My point is; GT may not be worth getting the rights for. The fans want Dragon Ball. They already have the 13 Z movies.

If they honestly wish to release more Dragon Boxes based on how this survey does, Dragon Ball would most likely be first ( If they live up to their word that is, and actually give the fans what they want, and not just take the easy way out and release just the Z movies, which is something I can honestly see happening.), so then why not just release the damn movies you already have, and hell if the Dragon Ball Boxes sell well, which they most definitely will, get the last 4 DB movies to add to the Movie box that you could release at any time.

What will become of the aforementioned specials and OVA, will most likely never be known by the U.S. fandom...now, or possibly then...

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Post by Son Satan » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:08 pm

I've gotten a number of friends to take the survey and vote for Dragon Ball. Also, I posted links to this survey in threads on a couple of other forums to try and spread the word.
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Post by dprez » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:11 pm

Son Satan wrote:I've gotten a number of friends to take the survey and vote for Dragon Ball. Also, I posted links to this survey in threads on a couple of other forums to try and spread the word.
I did the same. One Manga, Serebii, and IMBD. Serebii got the biggest reaction.

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Post by Son Satan » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:15 pm

dprez wrote:
Son Satan wrote:I've gotten a number of friends to take the survey and vote for Dragon Ball. Also, I posted links to this survey in threads on a couple of other forums to try and spread the word.
I did the same. One Manga, Serebii, and IMBD. Serebii got the biggest reaction.
Yeah, I did Serebii, in the Dragonball thread (figured it's good since it's in the anime section)... Yours is in Misc., I'm guessing? Hopefully people will have double the chance to see it now.
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Post by DemonRin » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:17 pm

I'm very very lucky I waited.

I've been thinking quite seriously about going into photoshop and creating DragonBox packaging for the original DB based directly on the Japanese DBox, then just buying the Blue Bricks and placing those into my custom DBox packaging.

Actually GETTING the DBoxes? Including the DBox Masters?! Hell yes!
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Re: Dragon Box FUNimation Survey

Post by dprez » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:24 pm

Son Satan wrote:
dprez wrote:
Son Satan wrote:I've gotten a number of friends to take the survey and vote for Dragon Ball. Also, I posted links to this survey in threads on a couple of other forums to try and spread the word.
I did the same. One Manga, Serebii, and IMBD. Serebii got the biggest reaction.
Yeah, I did Serebii, in the Dragonball thread (figured it's good since it's in the anime section)... Yours is in Misc., I'm guessing? Hopefully people will have double the chance to see it now.
Damnit! Haha I didn't even try to find a Dragon Ball thread. I went to the Alternate Anime section... haha but your right, two threads are better than one.

EDIT: Wait, are you mewtwo152 there? That's the Kai thread, mine is just out there on it's own haha... look for "To all fans of DBZ and the Dragon Boxes!!!", that's mine.

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Post by Son Satan » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:29 pm

dprez wrote:Damnit! Haha I didn't even try to find a Dragon Ball thread. I went to the Alternate Anime section... haha but your right, two threads are better than one.

EDIT: Wait, are you mewtwo152 there? That's the Kai thread, mine is just out there on it's own haha... look for "To all fans of DBZ and the Dragon Boxes!!!", that's mine.
That's good though, you beat me to it.

Anyway, to stay somewhat on-topic, hopefully (as I think Mike said a few pages back) a lot of members are doing this to get it extra exposure.
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Post by dprez » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:24 pm

Son Satan wrote:a lot of members are doing this to get it extra exposure.
Hell yea.

We need every DBZ fan in America to take this survey! Please FUNimation, I beg you to release more Dragon Boxes!!! You will make so many people happy!!! :mrgreen:

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Post by Solid Snake Way » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:25 pm

DEFINITELY the original dragon ball boxes. The series is much more important than any special or movie to me. I still love the movies of course. I think DB > DBZ. Better fights, better pacing, better story, consistent art. Mostly better EVERYTHING.

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Post by dprez » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:47 pm

Solid Snake Way wrote:DEFINITELY the original dragon ball boxes. The series is much more important than any special or movie to me. I still love the movies of course. I think DB > DBZ. Better fights, better pacing, better story, consistent art. Mostly better EVERYTHING.
Except that the Trunks special is actually part of the series. Even the Bardock special is, even though it's not part of the manga.

Dragon Ball hands down. It is of the utmost importance IMO.

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:04 pm

dprez wrote:Dragon Ball hands down. It is of the utmost importance IMO.
Yet most despised by the English Dragon Ball fans, not all, but most. :?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlPd9ipjsAM

For the sake of the Dragon Ball fans in America who call themselves hardcore and love it so much, Dragon Ball the original anime series should air on Nicktoons and 4Kids (or however it's called over there).

Though, I guess it'd be too boring for them because it's not what they're used to watch when seeing DBZ or DBZ Kai.

Don't know if DBGT already ended on Nicktoons, if so, all's left is DB. :D

By the way, I truly hope FUNimation releases the Dragon Box Dragon Ball (4 boxes, I assume) because I really want it to buy them! The Japanese are too pricey for me and they don't have subs (English).
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Post by dprez » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:17 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote:Yet most despised by the English Dragon Ball fans, not all, but most. :?
They should be complacent with the blue bricks, or they have no right to complain. I guess their problem is with it not having different "American" music like Faulconer's for DBZ, and a shitty(?) English dub. Too bad for them...

Wait, you mean the one that aired back in 95' early in the morning? :lol:

I 100% agree with you last sentence.

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Post by Solid Snake Way » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:30 pm

dprez wrote:
Solid Snake Way wrote:DEFINITELY the original dragon ball boxes. The series is much more important than any special or movie to me. I still love the movies of course. I think DB > DBZ. Better fights, better pacing, better story, consistent art. Mostly better EVERYTHING.
Except that the Trunks special is actually part of the series. Even the Bardock special is, even though it's not part of the manga.

Dragon Ball hands down. It is of the utmost importance IMO.
Are they? I didn't know that. Were they written by Toriyama? EDIT: I just checked and they are! Nice! EDIT 2: Only the trunks special is, not bardock's. Unless you meant the Episode of Bardock, I'll check.

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Post by dprez » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:39 pm

He didn't write the Bardock special, but designed some of the characters in it.

http://www.daizex.com/general/tidbits/bardock.shtml

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Post by Solid Snake Way » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:44 pm

dprez wrote:He didn't write the Bardock special, but designed some of the characters in it.

http://www.daizex.com/general/tidbits/bardock.shtml
Oh yeah I remember reading something about that. In any case, it's not like I don't enjoy some of the stuff not written by him. I like the special.

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Post by rs_chaosmaster » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:58 am

I just hope that if this happens Funimation stocks the brick and mortar stores better for this Dragon Box Run then the last one!!! When Dragon Box 5, 6 and 7 came out I had no choice but to go through Right Stuf I could no longer get them through Best Buy like the previous volumes!!! Honestly I would want these new Dragon Boxes to be available at Wal Marts that would be sweet although I probably will order them through Right Stuf if this happens!!! Since they give you the product before street date :D

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