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An immensely talented singer, I rank his works for DBZ as some of the finest. Be it Cha La Head Cha La, We Gotta Power, Boku Tachi Wa, Hero Kimiga Hero, Aoi Kaze No Hope (personal fav of mine) the list goes as long as DragonBall's intended ending list
Google searched & found out this legend is about to celebrate his birthday coming 18th Feb.
In conjunction to his upcoming birthday, I hope worldwide DragonBall fans could show a small tribute to this man who has contributed to DBZ's magical songs that are still fresh till date
I'm not a computer-techie. I hate the fact I couldnt post his most iconic/memorable DBZ songs & live-shows all around the world. The least I could do is post a topic for fans to discuss.
"FUNi should take [DBZ] out behind the woodshed, give it one last treat, then blow its f%#@$ng brains out before it attacks the baby again." ~Rocketman
Tamashii tai Tamashii, Hikari no Will Power, just to name a few. That's excluding the more obvious ones.
Outside DB, Soldier Dream wins (even his English version is top notch).
Big Green: Do whateveryoulike, Ghos
Broly: haha He calls me a goohst, but IMMMD DA DEVVVVAAALLL! RAHAHAHAHA!
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Trunks: "Dhe computer selffishy intesnafiy dosuementos."
Android 13: Yum Boy
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Vegeta: The Legendary Warrior of SpaZe.
None of the singers that Toei's replaced him with can even hold a candle to him, especially the singer of Super's opening, who just sounds very tired and disinterested, which is the complete opposite of Kageyama's intense energy and passion.
It's ridiculous that they tried to tap into the nostalgia pool with an orchestral Cha La Head Cha La for the recaps, but didn't get Kagayama to do the opening for Super.
"Kenshi is sitting down right now drawing his mutated spaghetti monsters thinking he's the shit..."--Neptune Kai "90% of you here don't even know what you're talking about (there are a few that do). But the things you say about these releases are nonsense and just plain dumb. Like you Metalwario64"--final_flash
Hironobu Kageyama truly deserves the title of "Mr. DBZ". All of his musical contributions to Dragon Ball have magnificent and it's a damn shame he didn't come back for Kai or Super. His energy, passion and glorious lyrical style still remained unmatched with Dragon Ball.
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.
Kageyama not came back to sing Super Opening was a letdown. And his band, Jam Project, end up singing OPM opening was a kick in the balls.
I had the chance to watch him live 2 years ago, and never a concert felt so short for me. He's indeed a Legend and still as awesome as ever.
A world without Dragon Ball is just boring.
Favourite old DB Animators: Masaki Sato and Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Favourite new DB Animators: Yuya Takahashi and Chikashi Kubota
When I think Dragon Ball music, the first thing I think about is Kageyama's performances. He fits Dragon Ball perfectly, and although the show has produced some good songs snice his departure from the franchise, they don't compare to the masterpieces that Hironobu Kageyama sung. Happy Birthday to this Legend of Japanese music!
As for Kageyama outside Dragon Ball, I am pretty fond of this theme:
Kageyama left the company that Toei uses for their shows' music I believe, which is likely why we haven't heard him do anything new for Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, or Super Sentai, despite being a major musical figure in all three franchises.
He still does a lot of music for Garo (which he's not only the sole musical act with JAM Project, but also voice acts a magic talking ring), Super Robot Wars, etc.
But yeah, he did a ton of fantastic songs for Dragon Ball (my favorite in terms of inserts has to be Unmei no Hi, it was just amazing). Damn shame he's not had the chance to do a new one in ages.
Is Kageyama the one doing the actual singing on the One Punch Man opening? It sure sounds like him but I can't find it on Wikipedia saying who does the vocals and the Jam Project page just lists him as a founding member.
It's a shame he couldn't come back for Kai or Super I can just imagine him singing Dragon Soul would make that song even better or if he sang Chozetsu Dynamic that would be amazing but I'm fine with those songs the way they are regardless. It's good to know he's still involved with amazing opening themes like the OPM opening.
The One Punch Man theme, The Hero, is performed by all of the active main members. You can view the music video synched with the CD song here and a live performance here.
I'm a big fan, I really like his voice and his performance on stage. I think the early 90's was his best time, all his contributions to Dragon Ball Z music is excellent.
I was lucky enough to see him twice live, one in a very intimate concert, I was so excited that I look like crazy in the photos with him, haha. I even have his autograph, how silly.
I am not an english speaker and I'm self-taught. Please excuse my awful grammar, I'm doing my best to improve.
