Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
VegettoEX wrote:There's so much stuff we're behind on, but yeah. Some of the stuff from Volume "F" is already done, and some of the stuff from the Super Start Guide is already done, so we need to start getting it formatted and ready for the site... but a whole bunch of other stuff is also already or partially done... and that's in addition to the stuff that's not yet done or is actively being worked on in various states of being done or not done...
TheGmGoken wrote:What's volume F? Is that the English manga?
No, it is a supplementary guidebook.
Awesome! Can't wait to read it. Wonder what mysterious tales we'll see!
Basically nothing. It's Toriyama's script for the film (which was produced almost exactly as penned) with a couple of extra tidbits tossed in, almost all of which were already translated by Herms months ago upon the film's theater release.
Direct translations of the Korean DB Online timeline and guidebook.
My personal "canon" and BP list. (Coming Soon)
The timing of them posting this was wonderful; I had a rough day and this cheered me up. :3
Felt like Gokû was testing his Vegeta-boundaries and was pleasantly surprised with the results.
Freeza's reaction to the hand holding was a nice touch.
I want Gokû to start using the Bulma excuse regularly now whenever he wants Vegeta to do something. XD
I also can't wait to see how Super expands on their training with Whis. X3
IGN gave the film an 8/10
Comicbook.com gave the film an 'A' rating
Otaku USA said in their review "This film embodies everything the Dragon Ball Z universe has given to the narrative landscape of animation and manga for the past thirty-one years."
All this praise has me so excited to see this film. Why can't the 8th of August come sooner?
SSJ God Gogeta wrote:The look on Freeza's face... Ain't gonna lie, it made me laugh.
Can't see the image, bruh.
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.
There are beautifully funny subtleties you can only really catch doing a frame-by-frame in PhotoShop during the lead-up and afterglow? end of the hand-holding scene. So much Vegeta reaction face. Gokû also tries to slide in closer during the reaction faces. Afterward Gokû's surprised at how Vegeta lets go so fast and yet so pleased he got Vegeta to do this; meanwhile Vegeta's look of irritation on his face intensifies. X3
I'm also good with no one clarifying anything to Freeza about the hand-holding. XD
Let Freeza think an official ship exists.
It's more the amused look on Freeza's face and the little "Oh ho ho!" laugh he makes. He doesn't say anything outside the laugh.
That's why I like that he doesn't actually say what he's thinking and whatever it is he never gets corrected on it. :3
If Freeza ever comes back a fourth time I'd like it to come up in conversation though (it also would give another nice VegeBul moment where Vegeta exclaims to Freeza that Bulma's the one he's in love with). it would've slowed down the plot in F if they paused for it there, but as something could happen in the future (or in Super's version of F?).
There are awkward shots, but most you don't notice unless you go frame-by-frame (though going frame-by-frame also reveals some gems that you wouldn't see otherwise too). I had fun perusing the clip for screenshots. :3
Ah, okay. From the way Chuquita was talking about it, I guess I was expecting more XD
(Then again, there are certain character combinations where I'll seize on stuff like that in the exact same way, so I understand entirely where you're coming from.)
"Actually I didn’t know what Bulma’s real hair color was" --Toriyama
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Gokû also tries to slide in closer during the reaction faces. Afterward Gokû's surprised at how Vegeta lets go so fast and yet so pleased he got Vegeta to do this; meanwhile Vegeta's look of irritation on his face intensifies. X3
