Hey guys, popping my head I here to ask a question that's probably been discussed a lot already. I've been thinking about picking up a couple of the DBZ blu-rays but not sure which ones to go for. From what I understand the newest releases are the highest quality remasters, but the Kai blu-rays remove a lot of the filler content and are superior edits overall. Any suggestions?
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Kai Blu-Rays are better in my opinion, the new Z releases are cropped from 4:3 to 16:9
For normal Z skip Blurays and go with Dragon Boxes. But since those are out of print go with Kai.
Box of Bunnies
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A low class Saiyan is worse than no Saiyan at all. Goku is an affront to Vegeta's sensibilities.
So Vegeta is not only a racist and a classist, but actually fails at being both of them.
Fails at being a racist because he can't even look out for his own race (especially since there's only 1 other one left)
Fails at being a classist because the dude who is supposed to be beneath him is actually better than him in every way.
What a guy.
Fails at being a racist because he can't even look out for his own race (especially since there's only 1 other one left)
Fails at being a classist because the dude who is supposed to be beneath him is actually better than him in every way.
What a guy.
FreeMufasa
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I just think they couldn't comprehend how strong frieza would actually be. He probably thought he'd be around 80k at most and they could all gang up on him. That's why he flips out the second he arrives on namek and sensed his true power.
Most of them are mentally children.
So essentially, you are calling them mental midgets.
DiipuSurotu
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Many active, popular franchises will have hundreds of fans ready to translate or retranslate interviews, exclusive content and entire games, but when it comes to content from older franchises -- such as developer interviews from Final Fantasy Ultimania guides, Chrono series materials, and fan mangas -- there's usually not a single volunteer in the entire English world, sadly.
I can lend a hand.
Huh, found her a lot better than the original FUNi actress.
I'm keeping an open mind that it'll get better as Gohan ages in the show and cries a little less often. When he's just talking it's fine, it's just when he yells that it gets on my nerves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU59T1oOqTg&hd=1
That's the opening recap from the Director's Cut of Battle of Gods. The animation in the Goku vs. Vegeta stuff is terrible.
That's the opening recap from the Director's Cut of Battle of Gods. The animation in the Goku vs. Vegeta stuff is terrible.
Box of Bunnies
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Cute~
The transition from lil' Goku punching through King Piccolo to big Goku flying into Piccolo Jr. is pretty cool.
It looks like Kai's resurrection will last a year, cutting the Boo saga in half: http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=775348#p775348
Promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXVcOKppJZE
Promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXVcOKppJZE
Old art > new art.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
why would vegeta eat a donut anyway, he'll only get fat
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Saiyans need a lot of food due to their metabolism. They don't get fat.
Box of Bunnies
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The general audience that bought the "orange brick" DVD sets in droves when they first did the cropping thing.like seven years ago.
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They know and love their sweets and meats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ePkqvg7_Po
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtJJwOu13Uo
9 year old youtubers are the majority of people who buy dragon ball z dvds
they want 1080P WIDESCREEN HD QUALITY DO NOT STEAL, not shitty, grain filled 4:3 that doesn't even fit their tv screen
gosh who would want that
I wish Funimation would just add like a pamphlet or something telling them about the zoom/stretch option available on 99% of all widescreen TVs instead of letting the ignorant stay ignorant.
So I finished my rewatch of the Pilaf Arc and this still holds up as my favourtie arc. I like how the main five all had unique skill sets and personalities. Oolong's definitely my favourite character in the entire series, and its a shame he never gets anything important to do after this arc. On another hand, Pu-erh's probably the only one I never really cared for here as he's really just there for Yamcha to give exposition. I really didn't like the series shifted from adventure-like to Shonen Battle stuff when Tenshinhan/Piccolo appear, but I didn't stop liking the series until the Cell Arc.
As for the anime adaptation of the Pilaf Arc, I like how Pilaf's crew were added in to the earlier events through the filler. The only thing I never really liked was the Oozaru Goku battle. He becomes paralyzed when Yamcha (and Puar/Oolong in the anime) grab his tail, so why on Earth would you cut his tail of and remove his only weakness? They just got lucky Goku transformed there instead of just continuing to rampage.
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Also, Tōru Furuya is top-tier.
As for the anime adaptation of the Pilaf Arc, I like how Pilaf's crew were added in to the earlier events through the filler. The only thing I never really liked was the Oozaru Goku battle. He becomes paralyzed when Yamcha (and Puar/Oolong in the anime) grab his tail, so why on Earth would you cut his tail of and remove his only weakness? They just got lucky Goku transformed there instead of just continuing to rampage.
Hunt For the Dragon Balls Review Part 1
Hunt For the Dragon Balls Review Part 2
Hunt For the Dragon Balls Review Part 3
Also, Tōru Furuya is top-tier.
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Yeah, I mostly like how filler was done in Dragon Ball and early Z. Doing little self-contained stories or fleshing out character roles is a lot better than the same pan over the environment or cutaway to a battle observer or whatever just dragging shit out. The episodes aren't always great, but at least it actually adds something and at worst doesn't affect the flow of the core content. Tenshinhan and Chaoz similarly appear earlier in the show than in the comic, though not as integrated as Pilaf and co.
I guess the shift in the way it's handled was mostly down to the change in format. It's easy to add in a village or cave or whatever for an original story when the characters are travelling and adventuring a lot, but once it's wall to wall battlebattlebattle it gets harder to slip that kind of stuff in. You still get a bit of it added where possible with stuff like Gohan's training, the driving episode and Taopaipai's return but mostly it falls back to just padding out the fights.
I actually don't like the driving episode, but I love the Saiyan Training Arc. The manga just felt lacking there. The fillers in that arc helped flesh out Gohan's character more and I like the stuff with the humans (Lunch finding Tenshinhan and Yamcha becoming the world's greatest baseball player).
Tenshinhan's anime debut is pretty cool. In fact Tenshinhan and Choazu really shine in filler. They're generally ignored in canon, but I guess Toriyama didn't know what to do with them since Ten's rivalry with Goku ended at the 23rd Budokai.
Tenshinhan's anime debut is pretty cool. In fact Tenshinhan and Choazu really shine in filler. They're generally ignored in canon, but I guess Toriyama didn't know what to do with them since Ten's rivalry with Goku ended at the 23rd Budokai.
Yes, Toriyama did a one-shot little prequel showing how Goku was sent to Earth.
Cheers for those youtube reviews! They're great!
DiipuSurotu
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Goku's mom looks like she's straight out of a different manga like One Piece or something.
Bardock at least looks a bit villainous here unlike his depiction in Episode of Bardock.
Bardock at least looks a bit villainous here unlike his depiction in Episode of Bardock.
I like how those cuts around 20 seconds in made it look like Krillin, Yamcha, and Tien were about to do something cool. Like Krillin wasn't about to die, Yamcha wasn't shooting at a pterodactyl or something, and Tien wasn't about to job to a disembodied pair of legs.
DiipuSurotu
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Just saw the manga. Apparently Bardock and Gine did care about their children, and Freeza mentions Super Saiyan God. Bardock's crew from the OVA doesn't exist; his partner is a Saiyan with a buzzcut.