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Dbzfan94
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by Dbzfan94 » Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:16 pm
I know this is extremely trivial and minor but I'm just curious.
On almost all the English releases (minus the Dbox I think) Funimation had that metallic-looking text for all 291 episodes of Z.
Then on the Blu-rays I heard somewhere they were changed. Could someone clarify with a screenshot for me?
Thanks ahead of time.
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by Baggie_Saiyan » Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:15 pm
Yup, preferred the OB title cards.
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by Fizzer » Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:21 pm
Wow, that text looks really amateurish and out of place. It reminds me of Microsoft Word Art.
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by Baggie_Saiyan » Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:47 pm
What was the need to change it?
Thankfully, I only use marathon mode so it doesn't bother me as much.
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by Valerius Dover » Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:47 pm
I have to agree that I prefer the original look, since it's consistent with Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT.
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by ABED » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:07 pm
While it looks amateurish, I like it fine. It's a little like the Japanese titles. The font used for the original release looked like it was trying to be edgy and modern.
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by Dbzfan94 » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:20 pm
Baggie_Saiyan wrote:Yup, preferred the OB title cards.
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Wow that seems really...bland. I definitely prefer the original font.
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by eledoremassis02 » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:22 pm
Here is the other version
Soruce: Dragonball wiki
Didnt they change some of the font positioning for 16x9?
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by ABED » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:24 pm
I wish they had used the font for the TV versions of Kai's title cards. Does anyone know why the font is different for the broadcast and home video releases of Kai?
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by Gaffer Tape » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:25 pm
Didn't the old title cards have the Dragon Ball Z logo at the bottom too? Was that one of the casualties of the orange bricks?
Eh, anyway, while I don't care about the dub, I'm sick of them constantly reworking it. It happened. You made it. It's done. Stop changing history. And considering so many dub fans say they want what they saw on Toonami, I don't get why they don't get pissed off with stuff like this and updating lines and all that crap.
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by ABED » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:26 pm
Gaffer Tape wrote:Didn't the old title cards have the Dragon Ball Z logo at the bottom too? Was that one of the casualties of the orange bricks?
Eh, anyway, while I don't care about the dub, I'm sick of them constantly reworking it. It happened. You made it. It's done. Stop changing history. And considering so many dub fans say they want what they saw on Toonami, I don't get why they don't get pissed off with stuff like this and updating lines and all that crap.
It's like Lucas and Star Wars, stop pulling on the damn string!
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by Fizzer » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:27 pm
Holy crap, even Funi's old TITLE CARD FONT gives me overpowering waves of nostalgia. What the hell.
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by Gaffer Tape » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:28 pm
RE: ABED:
Exactly. Hate that crap.
But actually, I just noticed. They didn't just change the font. They used an entirely different card. Look at the Dragon Balls. Their positioning is totally different. How did they even do that? Did FUNimation make custom Dragon Balls?
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by Kid Buu » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:28 pm
Fizzer wrote:Holy crap, even Funi's old TITLE CARD FONT gives me overpowering waves of nostalgia. What the hell.
I can still hear the Falcouner music when I see the image.
Rocketman wrote:"Shonen" basically means "stupid sentimental shit" anyway, so it's ok to be anti-shonen.
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by Fizzer » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:29 pm
Kid Buu wrote:Fizzer wrote:Holy crap, even Funi's old TITLE CARD FONT gives me overpowering waves of nostalgia. What the hell.
I can still hear the Falcouner music when I see the image.
Me too. It's a really bizarre effect.
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by Kid Buu » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:31 pm
I kind of want to check out the Bluray sets for nostalgia one of these days.
Rocketman wrote:"Shonen" basically means "stupid sentimental shit" anyway, so it's ok to be anti-shonen.
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by ABED » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:33 pm
Fizzer wrote:Kid Buu wrote:Fizzer wrote:Holy crap, even Funi's old TITLE CARD FONT gives me overpowering waves of nostalgia. What the hell.
I can still hear the Falcouner music when I see the image.
Me too. It's a really bizarre effect.
Like I wrote, the font conveys the "edgy" and "hardcore" (for lack of better terms) that they were going for. The music went along with it.
I loved what they did with the Ocean dub title cards by adding things like rotating hourglasses for the episode "Time Tricks and Body Binds".
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by eledoremassis02 » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:39 pm
I think they changed the dragon balls too on the season sets from their single counterparts.
Did they add grain for the new title cards? Because they usually freeze frame (in the singles) so they can add their english titles
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by Fizzer » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:41 pm
Kid Buu wrote:I kind of want to check out the Bluray sets for nostalgia one of these days.
I really want to own a reason with the US Broadcast Audio, for nostalgia. Too bad they're all shit.
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by eledoremassis02 » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:43 pm
Fizzer wrote:Kid Buu wrote:I kind of want to check out the Bluray sets for nostalgia one of these days.
I really want to own a reason with the US Broadcast Audio, for nostalgia. Too bad they're all shit.
VHS edited would be as nostalgic as you could get lol
