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Post by dbzfan7 » Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:15 pm

There's probably been a few around, but at least for me it's Hironobu Kageyama and Takayoshi Tanimoto. Not sure who I really prefer. I do want to see them do a duet together.
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Post by DBZfan29 » Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:03 pm

"Don't you see!" had always been one of my favorite songs from the series, so eventually I started listening to ZARD outside of GT. Now I own almost all of their CDs. I really liked GT's music, probably because it was regular J-Pop, so Akihito Tokunaga (the BGM composer), FIELD OF VIEW, and DEEN are also favorites of mine.
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Post by DBZAOTA482 » Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:54 pm

Hironobu Kageyama is the best for DBZ. Really hope he returns for Xenoverse.
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Post by Kakacarrottop » Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:48 am

My vote for worst would be whoever sang "Rock the Dragon". That was a pretty cool song but the singing was cringeworthy.
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Post by El Diabeetus » Wed Jan 07, 2015 7:46 am

DarkPrince_92 wrote:Whoever sang this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8JwUGR9Sok
Hiroki Takahashi, who also sung Mystical Adventure. I'd have to second this, although I love Kageyama too. Overall, I enjoy most of the vocalists.

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Post by SaiyanHamster » Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:36 pm

For me, I'd say good-old "Mr. DBZ" (aka Hironobu Kageyama) is probably one of my favorites. I love some of his slower songs (Compass of Gold, Comet Library, Goodbye, Tears!). He's just so full of emotion, and he really pours it all out when he sings.
KUKO is awesome too. Her voice just works so nicely for ballads and upbeat jams. That's always great for a singer to have.
Still, Tricky Shirai is my favorite. Arashi no Zenchou: Mugon no Zawameki is definitely my favorite song. His voice is kind of simplistic, but that can be a good thing.
Some of the new Kai songs are great too.
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Post by TheAldella » Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:33 am

HERO was awesome...so either FLOW or the guy who did the Kai openings and endings.
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Post by Naruto6583 » Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:18 am

TheAldella wrote:HERO was awesome...so either FLOW or the guy who did the Kai openings and endings.
If you mean Dragon Soul, Yeah Break Care Break and Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go then that was takayoshi tanimoto
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Post by TheAldella » Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:12 pm

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TheAldella wrote:HERO was awesome...so either FLOW or the guy who did the Kai openings and endings.
If you mean Dragon Soul, Yeah Break Care Break and Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go then that was takayoshi tanimoto
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Post by Lord Beerus » Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:06 pm

Hironobu Kageyama is THE singing voice for the Dragon Ball franchise. They don't call him Mr DBZ for nothing.
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Post by damn » Mon May 04, 2015 10:12 am

Lord Beerus wrote:Hironobu Kageyama is THE singing voice for the Dragon Ball franchise. They don't him Mr DBZ for nothin.
Umm you spelled Hiroki Takahashi wrong 8)

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Post by Doctor. » Mon May 04, 2015 10:26 am

Who sang Wolf Hurricane? Toru Furuya? If so, then him :lol:

Kageyama and Takahashi too, obviously.

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Post by TripleRach » Mon May 04, 2015 10:58 am

Hironobu Kageyama is definitely #1, but Hiroki Takahashi is not far behind him. I love Ushio Hashimoto as well.

Takayoshi Tanimoto has grown on me, and I wouldn't mind if he continued as the new voice of the franchise. But he's still not in the same league as Kageyama and Takahashi.
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Post by Gyt Kaliba » Mon May 04, 2015 11:13 am

I realize I'm in the minority here, but I'm honestly just not that big on Kageyama. He's a good singer, and the songs are good, but at this point...eh...I dunno. I just feel like I've had my fill of him with DB and would relish having someone new come along and stick around with the franchise for a good long while. It probably doesn't help that I prefer Takahashi, who came first and yet people seem to constantly overlook him in favor of Kageyama.

I mean, Takahashi gave us Mezashi Tenkaichi. You just can't beat that. :P

Other than that though, I used to not really care for them, but I actually really like Nozawa's songs for DBZ movies 1 and 2, as well as this one character song she did as Goku, so I wouldn't have minded hearing more of that in the franchise.
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Post by damn » Tue May 05, 2015 12:25 am

Gyt Kaliba wrote:I realize I'm in the minority here, but I'm honestly just not that big on Kageyama. He's a good singer, and the songs are good, but at this point...eh...I dunno. I just feel like I've had my fill of him with DB and would relish having someone new come along and stick around with the franchise for a good long while. It probably doesn't help that I prefer Takahashi, who came first and yet people seem to constantly overlook him in favor of Kageyama.

I mean, Takahashi gave us Mezashi Tenkaichi. You just can't beat that. :P

Other than that though, I used to not really care for them, but I actually really like Nozawa's songs for DBZ movies 1 and 2, as well as this one character song she did as Goku, so I wouldn't have minded hearing more of that in the franchise.
I actually like Kageyama more outside of the DBZ anime(although his DBZ stuff is cool too...Spirit vs Spirit nuff said)
Hiroki is the best tho agreed...he gave us Mezase Tenkaichi and Makafushigi Adventure both of which make me think more of the Franchise than Chala-Head-Chala or We Gotta Power

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Post by Kid Buu » Tue May 05, 2015 4:08 am

Doctor. wrote:Who sang Wolf Hurricane? Toru Furuya? If so, then him :lol:

Kageyama and Takahashi too, obviously.
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Post by SoundVox » Fri May 08, 2015 1:11 pm

I love Kageyama and Takahashi also, but I also love YUKA. I can listen to "Brain Dance" all day and not get bored.

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