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I like to say the Japanese names for some of the characters because they're fun to pronounce. "Kuririn", "Tenshinhan", "Kamisama", "Kaiosama", "Piccolo Daimao", etc. I'm not a purist or anything like that. Dragon Ball/Z is the only anime I've watched with any sort of regularity. I don't own any DVDs or manga. I've been watching the Japanese DBZ on Hulu.
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StrifeHira posted:I always compromise: The World Champ's name is Mr. Mark "Hercule" Satan. "Hercule" is his stage name. I like this too.  I've never actually read the manga's 'cept for 1 book and that was DB. Worth it? I'm asking about both DB and DBZ here.
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Jul 14, 2014 00:12
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The manga is way better than the anime. There's really no contest beyond extreme nostalgia.
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Jul 14, 2014 00:26
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Reading the manga is the best way to (re)experience Dragon Ball save for a few filler bits like driving cars. The pacing isn't absolutely atrocious and some of the gags work a bit better in comic form. The best part is that there's no sound so you can imagine that everyone sounds like Gilbert Gottfried and not get caught up in which voice+music combo is best.
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The Kenster posted:Reading the manga is the best way to (re)experience Dragon Ball save for a few filler bits like driving cars. The pacing isn't absolutely atrocious and some of the gags work a bit better in comic form. The 4th wall is literally broken in one of the first few chapters (Yamcha the Bandit fight I think?). The manga holds up pretty well compared to the original anime. StrifeHira fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Jul 14, 2014 |
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I've read some of the Part 1 manga and it's good enough. But Dragon Ball (anime) has very little filler, especially compared to DBZ. I think it holds up perfectly well, especially with how it expanded the Red Ribbon Arc. I know some feel it dragged on a bit but I liked seeing more of Silver and Violet.AshB posted:For the most part, I go with the American spellings of all the characters, but I still think "Son Goku" and "Mr. Satan." I don't think you even have to be a weaboo to appreciate that "Son Goku" can feel more right to some people because it's more similar to Sun Wukong. "Tien" is just weird to me because they only ever called him Tenshinhan or Ten in the subbed versions, so I could never get used to them adding an i in there for some reason. I AM THE SUPER SAIYAN, SON GOKU!!!! As much as I prefer the Z Cell Saga, there is no arguing Kai Frieza Saga is so, so much better. That scene is the icing on the cake.
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I'm rewatching Battle of Gods at the moment. I really hope they make a sequel, Bills and Whis are really awesome characters. Sure, the fight wasn't great, but I'd really just love to see another movie with them hanging out with the usual cast for the majority of the movie.
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Jul 14, 2014 01:09
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What's the problem with Son Goku anyway? It's just his name. Westernize it and it becomes Goku Son. Gohan Son, son of Goku... Son.
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Factory Factory posted:What's the problem with Son Goku anyway? It's just his name. Westernize it and it becomes Goku Son. Gohan Son, son of Goku... Son. It'll always be Mago Gosura to me...
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StrifeHira posted:The 4th wall is literally broken in one of the first few chapters (Yamcha the Bandit fight I think?). The manga holds up pretty well compared to the original anime. Yeah, Yamucha punches Goku and he ricochets off the panel border and breaks it 
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Jul 14, 2014 02:44
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NikkolasKing posted:I've read some of the Part 1 manga and it's good enough. But Dragon Ball (anime) has very little filler, especially compared to DBZ. I think it holds up perfectly well, especially with how it expanded the Red Ribbon Arc. I know some feel it dragged on a bit but I liked seeing more of Silver and Violet. The filler gets a lot worse in DB just after the Red Ribbon Saga, coincidentally. To the point where there are like five episode blocks of nothing but filler.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:Sure, the fight wasn't great, but I'd really just love to see another movie with them hanging out with the usual cast for the majority of the movie. Yeah but that's kind of a problem when it's like 7 minutes long and the resolution to the films central conflict.
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gently caress trophy 2k14 posted:Yeah but that's kind of a problem when it's like 7 minutes long and the resolution to the films central conflict. Totally, but I still love about three-fourths of the movie. That's a lot better than like, half of the films.
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Jul 14, 2014 02:55
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Prison Warden posted:Yeah, Yamucha punches Goku and he ricochets off the panel border and breaks it No one else Goku fought could do that. Clearly, Yamcha was so strong he could literally break the fourth wall, but he used all his energy in that attack.
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WickedHate posted:No one else Goku fought could do that. Clearly, Yamcha was so strong he could literally break the fourth wall, but he used all his energy in that attack. Uh, excuse me?  
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Jul 14, 2014 03:37
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Arale should've participated in the Cell Games and beaten Cell.
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Squallege posted:Arale should've participated in the Cell Games and beaten Cell.  Yes.
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Jul 14, 2014 04:20
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StrifeHira posted:
Why would a robot grow up?
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Squallege posted:Arale should've participated in the Cell Games and beaten Cell. We should have been shown Arale sleeping through Buu's Genocide Attack.
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Jul 14, 2014 04:56
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e X posted:Why would a robot grow up? Annual updates to stop her from feeling like Claudia from Interview With A Vampire?
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Jul 14, 2014 04:58
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gently caress trophy 2k14 posted:Yeah but that's kind of a problem when it's like 7 minutes long and the resolution to the films central conflict. It didn't really have a strong "conflict" though. The whole movie was so happy go lucky - with a villain who was looking for any excuse -not- to blow up the planet, mostly to being lazy as hell. Toriyama stuff is so much better than Toei stuff, really.
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e X posted:Why would a robot grow up? Also awesome.
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-15/dragon-ball-z-gets-new-2015-film-by-creator-toriyama/.76681 Another Dragonball Z film next year? Hopefully it's as hilarious as Born of the Gods while also improving the action a bit.
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NikkolasKing posted:I AM THE SUPER SAIYAN, SON GOKU!!!! Wow. That's so bad it looped over to good.
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I was going to check out Battle of the Gods but I think I'm going to wait until there's a dubbed version. I'd never heard Goku's Japanese voice before today and it was definitely something. Did he just keep using the same voice from the beginning of Dragon Ball?
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YggiDee posted:I was going to check out Battle of the Gods but I think I'm going to wait until there's a dubbed version. I'd never heard Goku's Japanese voice before today and it was definitely something. Did he just keep using the same voice from the beginning of Dragon Ball? Yes, she's been doing the same Goku voice since episode 1 of Dragon Ball. Also same Gohan, Bardock, Goten, etc. voice.
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Super Saiyan God 2
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slev posted:Super Saiyan God 2
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Cardboard Box A posted:Channel the zeitgeist - Super Saiyan Titan Form GT was way ahead of its time.  (AoT manga spoilers) It wouldn't be the first Monkey Titan
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Goku becomes a Super Saiyan Agnostic. He might have the power of Super Saiyan God, but he's not sure.
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YggiDee posted:I was going to check out Battle of the Gods but I think I'm going to wait until there's a dubbed version. I'd never heard Goku's Japanese voice before today and it was definitely something. Did he just keep using the same voice from the beginning of Dragon Ball? Good news - it'll be out in theaters in 20 days. http://www.dragonballz.com/battleofgods/
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Cozz posted:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-15/dragon-ball-z-gets-new-2015-film-by-creator-toriyama/.76681 Someone's been playing too much Theros block...
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AlternateNu posted:Someone's been playing too much Theros block... Goku should have punched Heliod in the face to save Elspeth.
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Cozz posted:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-15/dragon-ball-z-gets-new-2015-film-by-creator-toriyama/.76681 Yesyesyesyesyes this is the best news ever. Toriyama's rambling about his editors again, so you just know it's gonna be even better than BoG!
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Hobo Siege posted:Yesyesyesyesyes this is the best news ever. Toriyama's rambling about his editors again, so you just know it's gonna be even better than BoG! Even his first editor liked it! Coincidentally, I really do think that's a reason that Toriyama is still good. He never seems to have let fame get to his head and ditch the editors.
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Holy poo poo the art for DBM's upcoming special looks so weird. Not bad, but...think Dragon Ball as painted as some kind of noir comic.
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I like this new special's art.
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Has anybody ever wondered why exactly the DBZ Movies are so popular? I mean, a ton of anime, especially big name shounen, have these stupid anime original movies but nobody ever talks about the villains in the Naruto or One Piece movies. They certainly got nothing on Broly or Cooler who are as famous as any of the "real villains." I guess it could simply be a side-effect of DBZ Mania. Pokemon's first couple movies are pretty well known after all.
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I think it's DBZ being so old, all the characters solidified in the current generation's minds more.
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It helps that the villain's name is right on the title or box art (Cooler's Revenge, Broly the Legendary Super Sayain). With the Pokemon movies people remember whatever legendary is on the box but not anything else, and who cares about Naruto movies?  Point is, it's all marketing.
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