The Chōzenshū databook thread: speculation, discussion, etc.

[Chuquita]

Those sketches on that cover. *_* (the ones of Kaio's planet, Kaio, and Goku). Is there more preliminary art like that inside the book? Because that "I haven't seen this before" stuff could seriously sway me to buy this. I've hesitated so far because I already have daizenshuu 1 and I've seen most of the art from daizenshuu 7.

No. Julian has stated a couple of times, I think...somebody did anyway, that there isn't any other concept art in the book.

Aw. :<

What a tease to put some on the cover.
I do appreciate the sketches. I would've liked more of them though.

I probably did hear Julian talk about it on the podcast at some point; I'm just so incredibly tired right now that I can't remember it. XD

[Alpha_Flight]

Just picked up my copy from Fedex!

Beautiful, amazing book

[Makaioshin]

I just got mine today. It is a really great art book but I do wish some of that concept art from earlier guidebooks and such would have been included. There is a decent chunk of stuff they could fill a smaller art book with. But they probably won't.
The little reprinted Toriyama comics are my favorite part.

No. Julian has stated a couple of times, I think...somebody did anyway, that there isn't any other concept art in the book.

There is just the little concept art of the GT ship and Giru.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

There is just the little concept art of the GT ship and Giru.

Ehhhh...yeah, that would technically be concept art too, but I wasn't really counting them. Those were fully finished, colored and polished pieces. Wouldn't really consider 'em the same thing when comparing them to the to the sketches that we're talking about, though I get you.

[medama_oyaji]

The fact that those sketches of Goku and Kaio are sorta random, and that there isn't any others in the book, I kinda wonder if those are just a few scraps Toriyama happened to find at the bottom of a desk drawer or something. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't keep a lot of that stuff.

[Chuquita]

What I'd like to see, preliminary-sketch-wise, would be of Vegeta and the various scrapped character design ideas he could've possibly had at the very beginning. Going by the Kaio, Cell, Mr. Popo, and teen Gohan ones I've seen; there could've potentially been a lot of variety of what-ifs for Vegeta's too.

[omegalucas]

Mangabroadcast has been updated with the digital tankobon Freeza arc, Chozenshu 4 and Chogashu!
http://mangabroadcast.jp/feature01.html

Interestingly, it seems that the manga images that show up on the timeline on Chozenshu 4 are from the Full Color Manga (and that includes some images apparently from the Buu arc).
Also, guys, can we ever get to see a translation of the "Dragon Ball Characters’ Secret Stories" from Chozenshu 4? Those questions look pretty interesting, especially the ones regarding the Artificial Humans.

[Cold Skin]

I ordered the Chogashu on CDJapan a few days ago.
We'll see if everything turns out to be fine and if I can indeed end up having that magnificent book.

Interestingly, it seems that the manga images that show up on the timeline on Chozenshu 4 are from the Full Color Manga (and that includes some images apparently from the Buu arc).

Fascinating, especially since the two Kaio Shin are shown to have their Kanzenban colors, like Kaio!
My hopes are waaaay up that they finally understood how Kaio Shin and Kibito are supposed to look like: Kaio Shin reddish, Kibito bluish!

[SSJ_Catacomb]

Chogashu arrived at my door this very minute. So excited to open it up!

[CashmanX]

It seems the Chogashu is out of print again....http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.htm ... BK-1486863

[redon]

Chōgashū video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knEtAd9gsqw

[JeffJarrett]

Chōgashū video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knEtAd9gsqw

So Pilaf colored green was drawn by Toriyama.

[theoriginalbilis]

Shit, YesAsia canceled my Chogashu order saying it was discovered to be "Out-of-Print."

Can anyone link me to a site where I can still buy the Chogashu?

[the original ero-sennin]

Shit, YesAsia canceled my Chogashu order saying it was discovered to be "Out-of-Print."

Can anyone link me to a site where I can still buy the Chogashu?

The same thing just happened to me. Bummer. The listings on CDJapan, Amazon Japan, and PlayAsia are all Out-of-Print. I'd be very grateful if somebody could point me in the direction of another online retailer that perhaps has some stock. Thanks.

[SSJ_Catacomb]

Shit, YesAsia canceled my Chogashu order saying it was discovered to be "Out-of-Print."

Can anyone link me to a site where I can still buy the Chogashu?

The same thing just happened to me. Bummer. The listings on CDJapan, Amazon Japan, and PlayAsia are all Out-of-Print. I'd be very grateful if somebody could point me in the direction of another online retailer that perhaps has some stock. Thanks.

There's no way that it's already gone Out-of-Print on a permanent basis. It hasn't exactly been on sale for a vast amount of time, so I'm sure a few more batches will crop up in the coming weeks. Saying that, money has been tight recently and I really put off getting the Chozenshuus and the Chogashu, but I just barely secured my copy of the latter before CD Japan changed the listing. Noticed that the first Chozenshu had gone out of print too, so I ended up resorting to paying a little more than I'd like to on eBay. Anyway, now I've committed to buying them all I should definitely get a move on ordering the rest of them... But I won't have the money for about another week, so fingers-crossed volumes 2-4 are still available!

[Jawdrahb]

Meanwhile, perhaps ask if this seller at Rakuten still has any.

[the original ero-sennin]

Meanwhile, perhaps ask if this seller at Rakuten still has any.

Thank you. But since they don't ship to the United States, I'll have to keep looking.

[Jawdrahb]

Meanwhile, perhaps ask if this seller at Rakuten still has any.

Thank you. But since they don't ship to the United States, I'll have to keep looking.

My apologies, I hadn't noticed. It'll be worth a shot emailing your preferred retailer(s) about the likelihood of restocks.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Will we get the new Chozenshuu 4 information any time soon? Is it in the works? (Not referring to the interviews.)

[SaiyaJedi]

Will we get the new Chozenshuu 4 information any time soon? Is it in the works? (Not referring to the interviews.)

Herms concerns himself more with that stuff, and I haven't heard from him lately. I have the most fun with the behind-the-scenes stuff, which is why the site has been inundated with creator-, cast-, and staff-interviews since last year.