Krillin, Best in "Japan"?

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Krillin, Best in "Japan"?

Post by Izlude » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:58 pm

This is a weird bit I noticed in Movie 8, but Kame-sennin comments that Krillin 's singing is "The Best in Japan", yet I thought the whole DB world was like made up of fictional cities like "West City", "Ginger Town", and "Penguin Village"? Is there a Japan located in the world of DB or what? O_o

Or is that supposed to be a bit of a refrence to Krillin's voice actress, Tanaka Mayumi, who has done some singing? Very weird, but kinda silly at the same time :wink:
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Post by Deus ex Machina » Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:16 pm

I noticed that too, I think it was just Toei's mistake. I find that line funny, because Funimation would never use the "J-word" in there dub, yet in movie 7 they mention Russie, France, and Australia.
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Post by WhatTheDarn » Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:18 pm

TOEI overlooked a mistake, I guess. Although in volume two of the manga, Yamcha remarks that Kamehameha was a Hawaiian king.
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Post by Super Sonic » Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:54 pm

Both Toei and Funimation have made real world goof ups, though Funi's in movie #7 was to express that it was a world competition and it was funny looking at Oolong and Old Man Roshi's thoughts on the situation.
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Re: Krillin, Best in "Japan"?

Post by SaiyaJedi » Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:08 pm

Izlude wrote:This is a weird bit I noticed in Movie 8, but Kame-sennin comments that Krillin 's singing is "The Best in Japan", yet I thought the whole DB world was like made up of ficitional cities like "West City", "Ginger Town", and "Penguin Village"? Is there a Japan located in the world of DB or what? O_o
Kamesennin was drunk. Maybe nobody else had a clue what he was talking about with this "Japan" thing. :)

Or alternatively...
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Post by DBW » Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:25 pm

Bah, it's just one of those little goof-ups that you have to overlook from time to time. In chapter 60 of the manga Murasaki is also holding an American flag. Budweiser and Coca-Cola logos appear in the anime. And then there's the whole Penguin Village cross-over fiasco. I'm sure there're plenty more examples as well...
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Post by SonGokuGT » Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:31 pm

It COULD be that they traveled to Japan for the Cherry Blossoms... :?
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Post by alakazam^ » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:06 am

Well, there were a lot of them. And it didn't look like any place they have gone yet.
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Post by TripleRach » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:26 am

WhatTheDarn wrote:TOEI overlooked a mistake, I guess. Although in volume two of the manga, Yamcha remarks that Kamehameha was a Hawaiian king.
Huh, I don't remember that... Where's this at?
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Post by El_Diablo » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:44 am

It's in the Viz translation. Don't know about the original

Vol 2, Tale 14, Page 42:

Pu'ar: W-Wasn't that... some old king of Hawaii... ?!
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Post by SaiyaJedi » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:44 am

TripleRach wrote:
WhatTheDarn wrote:TOEI overlooked a mistake, I guess. Although in volume two of the manga, Yamcha remarks that Kamehameha was a Hawaiian king.
Huh, I don't remember that... Where's this at?
It's unique to the Viz translation (Chapter 14, where Pu'er frantically asks Yamcha what the "Kamehameha" is).
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Post by Mattias » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:21 pm

Perhaps Japan is the name of another planet? He didn't exactly say "here in Japan", did he? :twisted:
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Post by alakazam^ » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:31 pm

It's unlikely that it was other planet (why would almost all of them go to other planet just for a picnic? Specially if you consider that Bulma had baby Trunks with her). And Kame Sennin was always whining that he wanted to return.
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Re: Krillin, Best in "Japan"?

Post by DBW » Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:11 am

SaiyaJedi wrote:Or alternatively...
Always blaming the Madoushi for TOEI's and Toriyama's problems...shame on you! :P

By the way, did you just add that in there, or am I just completely blind? I don't remember seeing it before... :shock:
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Post by Pedro The Hutt » Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:43 am

I think he did. >.>;; I didn't see that before either. Or we were both/all suffering from temporary blindness.

None the less, of course he's the best singer out of the Z-senshi! XD
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Post by Sun_Wukong » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:45 am

No way, Vejiita is the best singer by far. Have you heard his "Vejiita-sama's cooking Hell"? Mike had it up on the site for a while.
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Post by Dai » Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:09 am

''For a while?''

Silly you!
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Re: Krillin, Best in "Japan"?

Post by Deus ex Machina » Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:11 pm

SaiyaJedi wrote:Or alternatively...
Hey, you stole my gag! :P
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Re: Krillin, Best in "Japan"?

Post by SaiyaJedi » Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:35 pm

Deus ex Machina wrote:
SaiyaJedi wrote:Or alternatively...
Hey, you stole my gag! :P
Of course. So, what do you think? :P
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Post by WhatTheDarn » Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:05 pm

Dai wrote:''For a while?''

Silly you!


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