got the whole 7 orange boxes or however many there were so i'm done with EVER looking at dbz again in sales wise. i am waiting for them to redo dragonball uncut and with the first 13 episodes.
Dragonball Discussion
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I can't wait for Dragon Ball Online. It looks brilliant and Toriyama spent a LOT of time being involved with it.
BUT if it helps your case at all, Dragon Ball Online won't even hit Japan until Quarter 2 of 2012 - so maybe your son will be more the age when it hits English-speaking shores?
Too bad it still ain't canon.
That game looks mediocre to me.
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Kai pisses me off so much I don't even want to think about it. The beginning was great, fast paced, color correction, and all that jazz, and then during the Cell Saga, that all disappeared. Then they have the nerve to not do the Buu Saga, I'm really lucky I didn't buy a single dvd. >_>
This!
They cancelled it for not selling enough marchandise, not even asking what the fans of the series want first! -
This!
They cancelled it for not selling enough marchandise, not even asking what the fans of the series want first!More krillin Bobble heads… there's simply not enough, if any.
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@Tokoro:
Though I could look at the prices for the DBZ Dragon Boxes…if it's a good price, it's an easy way to get the entire 297, warts and all.
Amazon apparently had them for as little as $23 per set a few days back, but that sale seems to have ended. Now it seems to be somewhere between 30 and 40 dollars for each set. Still pretty damn cheap for a 42-episode boxset if you ask me.
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Too bad it still ain't canon.
That game looks mediocre to me.
I never said it was canon. Are any of the games canon? …
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'Canon' to what? Everything is canon to itself, there's never been an established over all canon. This isn't Star Trek or Star Wars.
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I think it's pretty established that the manga is the only thing that's canon plus all the things that Toriyama says are canon (like Bardock). Isn't that pretty much the case in every manga->anime adaption. At least it's established like that in the fanbases.
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I never said it was canon. Are any of the games canon? …
Oh sorry, I just get kinda of tired of seeing this possibly mediocre game prompted as the 'true canon continuation of DB GT sucks! Toryiama worked on this so it must be canon!''
To be honest I don't think this game will be anything remarkable, there doesn't seem to be any real feeling of innovation or creativity other than it feeling like a cash-in with assloads of content slapped in to tease those fans,
Though I like the visuals a lot, very authentic and true to the manga more than any of the games so far. But I guess it'll be another entertaining addition to the growing Dragonball brand and at least they had a little bit of originality by not telling the same story(that's been retold a thousand times at this point) and doing their own thing. kinda like those EU Star Wars games.
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I just think it adds to it that Akira Toriyama is so heavily involved with it, being the original creator.
I've been following the project's status for a while. I enjoy Akira's art and character design. I mean it's a MMORPG and it's Dragon Ball, so perfect for me.
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@Yuugi's:
'Canon' to what? Everything is canon to itself, there's never been an established over all canon. This isn't Star Trek or Star Wars.
ahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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What is this???
http://kamislookout.com/content/dragon-ball-episode-bardock-raw-manga-scans
Also, anyone else ever hear of this fanfiction manga?
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What is this???
http://kamislookout.com/content/dragon-ball-episode-bardock-raw-manga-scans
What ? I didn't expect it this early.
Also, anyone else ever hear of this fanfiction manga?
Yeah, the characters are well drawn and stuff but until now it's only a tournament with dream matchups and what-ifs like for example
! SSJ3 Vegeto vs Broly
No real plot until now, they're just at the first round, and it got pretty slow since they allowed some "artists" to post "special chapters" that have the crappiest DB fanarts ever. -
Episode of Bardock, a three chapter series about Bardock being sent into the past by Freeza's planet-destroying blast. He fights Chilled, a member of Freeza's clan, and will likely become a Super Saiyan to beat him in the third issue.
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Looks nice … any group going to scanlate this`?
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I hope so. From what else I've read its supposedly canon… lol.
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Kanzentai has updated with a Dragon Ball Kai production guide, showing off how Dragon Ball Kai was created! It's super fascinating to see how the series was created, from script to remastering to re-animation to completed product.
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I hope so. From what else I've read its supposedly canon… lol.
The same way the thing with Vegeta's brother Table is?
No. No it is not canon. Doesn't matter if Toriyama personally had something to do with it. It isn't canon.
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lolll at that Multiverse garbage
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NEXT TIME ON THE EXCITING ADVENTURES OF THE DB MULTIVERSE!~
Super sayian 5 Gogeta vs super sayian 7 Broly coming right at ya!
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I don't know what's worse. The 90% of it that's absolutely soulless boring fucking fighting, the incredibly eye rolling "fan wet dream" characters and fights, or the really cringeworthy moments where they try to make things Toriyama quirky.
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I am glad that I did not have to endure DB evolution (watching a 1 minute clip felt like a lifetime). However, I am somehow tempted to watch it (experiencing the bad is part of life)…
2 questions:
Is it so bad that it becomes good ?
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well … don't see it like a live action Dragon Ball movie and I think you can say that it is mediocre movie.
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Just watch Shameless U.S. It has the same actors, except they act much better and it has better fights.
See? EPIC BATTLE.
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I am glad that I did not have to endure DB evolution (watching a 1 minute clip felt like a lifetime). However, I am somehow tempted to watch it (experiencing the bad is part of life)…
2 questions:
Is it so bad that it becomes good ?
Is it so bad and insulting that I want to vomit ?Watch this and i think you'll have your answer.
Spoiler tagged for the sake of this thread!
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Watch this and i think you'll have your answer.
Spoiler tagged for the sake of this thread!
This seals the deal I'm never ever EVER gonna watch this movie… that clip felt like a sharp knife stabbing my childhood memories.
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Why the fuck did he go superman ?
I am watching the high school scenes… I think I am gonna vomit... the fight scenes... God
Wait a minute. Isn't Goku supposed to be asian ? Isn't that racism against asian actors ? Research... no one seems to give a shit.
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Well, they didn't do enough research to know Bulma doesn't have a last name, so~!
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Why the fuck did he go superman ?
I am watching the high school scenes… I think I am gonna vomit... the fight scenes... God
Wait a minute. Isn't Goku supposed to be asian ? Isn't that racism against asian actors ? Research... no one seems to give a shit.
Actually, Goku's Saiyan if you read and watch Dragon Ball Z. But yeah. I haven't seen the movie, and I have no intention to. I did hear that Fox had a lot of interference in it(including saying it should be in a high school setting) in it even though I don't think Dragon Ball's a series that should get a live action movie at all.
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Goku's supposed to be Sayain.
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Why the fuck did he go superman ?
I am watching the high school scenes… I think I am gonna vomit... the fight scenes... God
Wait a minute. Isn't Goku supposed to be asian ? Isn't that racism against asian actors ? Research... no one seems to give a shit.
I am watching the high school scenes… I think I am gonna vomit... the fight scenes... God
I am watching the high school scenes… I think I am gonna vomit
I am watching the high school scenes
high school scenes
high school
school
What the hell ?
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I think I should have said Asian looking.
It seems Fox wants to attract the DBZ fans (only the names) and the mass audience.
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Goku is an alien, he has really no race.
Also this is the greatest thing Toriyama has done in terms of color comics.
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Lol lol.
Gotta love Goku and Vegeta. I think their interaction is one of the best thing about the series.
I think Vegeta vs Pui pui was the epitome of ownage.
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@Yuugi's:
Well, they didn't do enough research to know Bulma doesn't have a last name, so~!
WHAT?! Yes she does! It's Briefs…. Your post is so Ironic it hurts...
Also.. the movie is so bad it's good. I laughed so hard when Yung Fat was doing those "prophecy" dances.
Roshi was just all around WEIRD in that movie. And there are SO many stupid moments, and i'm not even talking about source material:
! The legend of Oozaru being controlled by Piccolo is a legend that's 1000 years old. Goku is oozaru…. WHAT? This is in the first 5 seconds of the movie...
! "The first rule is ... there are no rules" WHAT?
! Roshi escapes a trap Yamcha made, by jumping out of it... after spending literally hours sitting in it talking to him, asking him to throw the rope down.
! The Budokai tournament... it was just people fighting in the middle of a desert. I guess they didn't have enough budget?
! Roshi visits some sages... who tell him he will die if he tries to seal Piccolo up in the Jar.
! Roshi DOES the seal... but doesn't die. Goku kills him in his ape form.
! "I am Goku, I am Oozaru. That gives me the power to defeat you" ~Goku
^Even Piccolo didn't know what was going on.Then the obvious fact that they didn't pay attention to anything ever:
! Goku lusting after Chi-Chi.
Goku getting bullied.
Goku being depressed.
! Not saying Kamehameha right.
! Roshi being absolutely nothing like himself.
! Bulma not planning to use the dragonballs for her own wish and betray Goku. (god forbid getting some development as a person)
! Yamcha not being afraid to talk to Bulma.
! Piccolo having some weird power where crushed Gohan's house…. and never using it again.
Piccolo having some landscaping powers... and never using it again.
! That dragon.
That ape form.
! Mai... is a shapeshifter. She's not even relevant to this arc, why is she in this movie? Why is she a shapeshifter? Why not just keep the fact that Piccolo can make his own henchmen?
! The biggest one? YAMCHA WON. I'm not even kidding. The sheer universe could've imploded... they got lucky.And surprisingly enough… the good (you heard me):
! Goku actually does some things in character. Making his bullies smash their own car… albeit.. him having bullies nullifies that fact.
! Bulma: "I don't see Roshi anywhere on this database..."
Goku: "Did you try Master?"
Bulma: "......"
Goku: "M...A....S...T..."
! He was eating a lot too.
! They had some training montage scenes showing weight training, and Goku being absurdly powerful.
! That Yamcha actor sounded just like dub Yamcha... it was scary.I think what's worse.. is even though a direct source adaptation would be cheesy and lame it still couldn't be worse than that, if they shared the same budget.
Why they didn't just use Red Ribbon or Pilaf is beyond me. I can't help but think people would like to see a thirteen year old boy on a magic cloud beating people up with a magic stretching pole with a talking pig, and cat.
That crap sells itself.
That's my take on the movie. Watch it at your own risk. But I laughed myself into oblivion…..
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Woohoo! Box set just arrived, I shall now check for any edits or censors while enjoying some good ol' fashion Dragonball fun. Best. Day. Ever.
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WHAT?! Yes she does! It's Briefs…. Your post is so Ironic it hurts...
In this particular film she does, but I wasn't referring to that. sanji499 asked if Goku was "supposed to be Asian," as well as the lack of research placed into the writing of the film. Had the production staff done any research they would have found not a single piece of official merchandise out of Japan ever lists Bulma as having a family name. 'Briefs' is an old, old fan or FUNimation dub term based on the idea that Doctor Brief was the character's family name. Gokuu, the Gohans, Goten, and the Dr. Slump characters are the only characters with actual last names (this excludes 'Jackie Chun', which is just a fake name). This is why Mister Satan's real name is just 'Mark', because family names are very, very rare in the Dragon Ball world.
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@Yuugi's:
sanji499 asked if Goku was "supposed to be Asian," as well as the lack of research placed into the writing of the film. Had the production staff done any research they would have found not a single piece of official merchandise out of Japan ever lists Bulma as having a family name. 'Briefs' is an old, old fan or FUNimation dub term based on the idea that Doctor Brief was the character's family name.
I didn't even know the dub did that, I assumed that on my own merit actually. My world is shattered.
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Just reading through Vol 1, doesn't seem to contain any edits so far. Saw Bulma naked, nipples and all, hopefully the DBZ box set keeps up this trend.
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Goku is an alien, he has really no race.
Also this is the greatest thing Toriyama has done in terms of color comics.
! [qimg]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loueefnVQb1qklpu0o1_r1_500.png[/qimg]
I would've laughed even harder if they were playing Tenkaichi 3, but that wasn't out back then so XD
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Since when do Goku, Gohan and Goten have last names? And since when is Mr. Satan's name Mark?
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@Oga:
Just reading through Vol 1, doesn't seem to contain any edits so far. Saw Bulma naked, nipples and all, hopefully the DBZ box set keeps up this trend.
That's awesome. Those volumes are usually hard to find. Makes me want to go buy the whole series.
Since when do Goku, Gohan and Goten have last names? And since when is Mr. Satan's name Mark?
Goku's last name has always been Son ever since he was adopted by Gohan. Piccolo even calls him that habitually.
Mr. Satan is just his stage name apparently. Mark is also follows the Japanese devil pun:
Maaku (Mark) -> Akuma
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Mr. Mark "Hercule" Satan, the greatest hero the universe has ever known.
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That's awesome. Those volumes are usually hard to find. Makes me want to go buy the whole series.
I know right! Really wasn't expecting this at all, I mean I wouldn't be pissed if I didn't get to see teen girl nips but I don't want to read a series that's been edited for 5 year olds either. I've just been lucky enough to get uncensored versions I guess.
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@Oga:
I know right! Really wasn't expecting this at all, I mean I wouldn't be pissed if I didn't get to see teen girl nips but I don't want to read a series that's been edited for 5 year olds either. I've just been lucky enough to get uncensored versions I guess.
So you bought the manga, eh? Those box sets seem pretty awesome. Do they by chance contain any specials, like artbooks or the like? Cuz I remember the Death Note box set I bought came with novels and a guidebook.
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You do know the actual Dragon Ball had a high school arc?
Gohan, not Goku.
I mean Goku in high school ? c'mon man that's like like placing luffy in a harem manga. -
I thought the "Son" part was part of their first names…
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So you bought the manga, eh? Those box sets seem pretty awesome. Do they by chance contain any specials, like artbooks or the like? Cuz I remember the Death Note box set I bought came with novels and a guidebook.
There's a double sided poster and a 12 page booklet with some fun facts about the series. Apart from that, just the volumes. You can buy an artbook with most, if not all, of Toriyama's colour illustrations though if you're interested.
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@Yuugi's:
In this particular film she does, but I wasn't referring to that. sanji499 asked if Goku was "supposed to be Asian," as well as the lack of research placed into the writing of the film. Had the production staff done any research they would have found not a single piece of official merchandise out of Japan ever lists Bulma as having a family name. 'Briefs' is an old, old fan or FUNimation dub term based on the idea that Doctor Brief was the character's family name. Gokuu, the Gohans, Goten, and the Dr. Slump characters are the only characters with actual last names (this excludes 'Jackie Chun', which is just a fake name). This is why Mister Satan's real name is just 'Mark', because family names are very, very rare in the Dragon Ball world.
Do you know if Bulma's mother ever was given a name other than the misconceived belief that she was Mrs. Brief?