Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
I probably know this is not the most fun topic to throw around, but I wanted to ask anyone here if your ''vice'' for the DB series has at any time in your life somehow negatively affected it? We as sort of geeks/nerds are always inclined to things like this, but we have to look out before the obsession goes too far. For example, my grades dropped a lot in the 8th grade because I used to watch too much Dragonball per day.
So what is your limit? (hope the aim of this OP is clear enough)
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Interesting topic, but I don't think so for me. Other than I annoy my brother when I talk about it, and I don't actually know much of anyone who likes it.
I wouldn't say I'm addicted but if I'm negatively affected by anyone it's the lack of people to talk to. I don't have many friends who like Dragon Ball but I'm really glad I'm on here so I can talk about it.
"All of you. All of you must have KILL all the SEASONS!" -Dough (Tenshinhan), Speedy Dub of Movie 9.
"My opinion of Norihito's Sumitomo's new score is... well, very mixed. The stuff that's good is pretty darn good, but the stuff that's bad makes elevator music sound like Jerry freaking Goldsmith." -Kenisu
No way. Dragon Ball got me working on getting back into shape after I stopped playing football (that's soccer in America). Dragon Ball got me several new friends, both in real life and on the internet (one of which died only a few days before Super's first episode. He was looking forward to it so much, too. Miss you, buddy). I've been as much of a Dragon Ball geek as I can be for the last two-three years now and shit's never been better for me.
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No. I love Dragon Ball but not to the extent where it would have an existential effect on my personality, finances, personal life etc.
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.
No. I like Dragon Ball, but I only read the manga when the Internet goes out and the last time I watched the anime, it was July. Dragon Ball isn't a hobbie for me any more, it's just something I like.
I have borderline personality disorder, if my posts ever come off as aggressive or word vomit-y to you, please let me know.
I've lost sleep and procrastinated on college projects by working on DB related fandubs and maybe set myself back a bit financially by buying merchandise, though to be honest Power Rangers and Yugioh have done worse to my wallet. Other than that, not really.
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Ok that was rude of me, It IS an interesting thread and I do like it. I just felt the ice needed to be broken for people to relax and start opening up, Sorry Bag. I do like this thread and I didnt mean to start trouble, that's all.
Not directly.
I mean, I was really living the hype, when internet was 250k and I created a fanzine.
But what I found was my inner dark side. Killing dreams for the pleasure of.
You know, there was guys in my city that did everyday cospa, going to school or comic shops in orange suits (stolen by social services), with blue belts. Or people dressing as Trunks, with small jackets and similar stuff.
Everyday, you could end with a dialogue like that
Impersonator:-If I'll enrage beyond the limits, I could shoot fireballs from my hands.
Me:-No way kiddo.
Imp.:-I'll train hard and hard!
Me:-No way.
Imp.: But I mean: very harder!
Me:-Despite this fact is against nature, maybe moral and surely religion, you know how much calories you need to create a fire?
Imp.(very very very sad):-So... that's mean I cannot shoot fire from my hands?
Me: -Not much as you can fly.
Imp: -Don't joke on me! FLYING IS IMPOSSIBLE!
How much I hated those guys.
I learned english listening to songs. So I don't know anything about. The day you had to learn play piano by just listening .mp3, you'll understand.
I once punched a kid square in the face in elementary school while pretending to be Majin Vegeta. True story.
"Dragon Ball once became a thing of the past to me, but after that, I got angry about the live action movie, re-wrote an entire movie script, and now I'm complaining about the quality of the new TV anime. It seems Dragon Ball has grown on me so much that I can't leave it alone." - Akira Toriyama on Dragon Ball Super