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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#31176: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:05:19 PM

At least they had the decency to write Gohan out of the plot this time.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#31177: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:14:14 PM

They then return to find the Earth ravaged by a swarm of Space Butterflies.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#31178: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:24:00 PM

Man, if I could meet Akira Toriyama, I'd just give him a big hug. Making my childhood revolve around catching Dragonball every afternoon, coming up with the Ginyu Force and the Great Saiyaman and Gure.

And for this team.

This freaky clusterf'ck of a team.

I spy with my Demonic Wishing Eye: a purple version of Pikkon, a more serious-looking Tarble, Frieza and/or Chilled, Golden Freddy, and that robot from Chrono Trigger.

edited 15th Dec '15 1:25:54 PM by Soble

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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#31179: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:34:06 PM

The new designs are great. Besides the other Freeza. Why do we need another Freeza? We just had him come back last arc!

And apparently, Gohan isn't even spectating? Either they're going to make him come back as some big surprise, or they really do hate him.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#31180: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:35:17 PM

[up]

I don't think they hate him, but it's pretty clear someone (whether it's Toriyama or someone at Toei) wants him as far away from the action as possible.

One Strip! One Strip!
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#31181: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:37:09 PM

Just waiting for Pan to be Gohan's sister.

My various fanfics.
LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#31182: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:37:21 PM

Which is weird, because now he's further away from the action than the people who aren't even fighting.

This has to be intentional. There's got to be a reason. Whether it's because they just don't want him to do anything ever at all, or they're saving his appearance for some really cool, surprising moment.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#31183: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:38:38 PM

If I ever met Toriyama I would probably just say "arigato, Toriyama-sensei" because that's as much of a conversation with him as I could have.

Provided a translator was present, I'd ask him to please put more Saiyaman in Super.

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#31184: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:43:25 PM

Gohan is too much of a nerd now to even watch people fight.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#31185: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:45:29 PM

Yeah, I couldn't speak to him either. I'd just hug him in the street and he'd probably call the police, wondering what the hell I'm saying.

If I knew Japanese, I'd sit down and ask him how/why he came up with SS 3, where Super Saiyan came from in the first place.

Heck, I'd bring a list.

...I'm a little surprised there hasn't been some wealthy, bilingual Dragonball fan who's met him and asked him about the series. I mean, we quote him all the time, American comic book enthusiasts always want to meet guys like Stan Lee, but, as popular as Toriyama is, I've never heard of or seen a fan taking pictures with him, or heard of him going to events. I didn't even know what he looked like until Battle of Gods came out.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#31186: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:48:25 PM

Not sure what I would say either.

How is Toriyama with his fans anyway? I'm not sure how he interacts with them.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#31187: Dec 15th 2015 at 1:49:52 PM

Toriyama's never been much for interaction with the fans. He's done very little of it. Mangaka in general don't really interact with their fans very much.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#31188: Dec 15th 2015 at 2:17:56 PM

I guess I can't blame them.

Subbing Versus Dubbing is a thing. If Hideo Kojima recieved death threats for not wanting to do MGS 4, imagine the salt there'd be over Titan Eren's English roar, or whether or not Goku could actually beat Superman given x number of factors, or whether or not Super Perfect Cell was stronger than Gohan, or, to be topical, the recent treatment of Gohan and 18.

edited 15th Dec '15 2:18:45 PM by Soble

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#31189: Dec 15th 2015 at 3:33:46 PM

Kojima got on my nerves about not wanting to do any more Metal Gear games while continuing to make Metal Gear games of increasingly low quality. Toriyama threw his hands up and said "Sorry, I'm done" rather than making four+ public displays about whether there would or would not be more Dragon Ball. Even his return for Dragon Ball Online was fairly low ki. It was only the abomination that was Dragon Ball Evolution that lead him to personally hype his next Dragon Ball project. The worst thing that's happened without parental input to Metal Gear is Snakes Revenge which is a five course meal compared to the high fructose unsaturated transfatty hydro-carbon substitute that is GT.

But no, Toriyama doesn't interact with fans outside of special circumstances like Maximum The Hormone getting caught for doing "F" without permission or his bosses wanting to see him to work on projects with coworkers that just so happen to revere him. No one knows what the man looks like because he's a recluse who doesn't really interact with anyone besides his family and whatever parts of Shonen Jump\Enix that contribute to his pay check. He does say of his "American" fans that "you're the only ones who can draw manga that can truly satisfy you", so I take it he doesn't actively dislike fans but believes in that old superstition about getting your picture taken results in the same for your soul.

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#31190: Dec 15th 2015 at 3:46:13 PM

I thought I heard Metal Gear V was pretty good? I mean, I'm not a gamer, but I heard a lot of people liked it, then Kojima got barred from attending an award ceremony, so now he split from Konami.

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#31191: Dec 15th 2015 at 3:56:08 PM

Things I can't describe how happy I am about Chanpa's team: they are not all Saiyans (a common speculation I've seen around), none of them are Broly, Cooler, Janemba, or any movie or GT villain, they look decently wacky.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#31192: Dec 15th 2015 at 3:58:24 PM

I don't know why anyone would assume they'd all be Saiyans and the movie villain ideas sounds stupid as hell and makes no sense.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#31193: Dec 15th 2015 at 4:10:54 PM

I feel like I've seen that red guy somewhere before. Is he someone from Dragon Quest, maybe?

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#31194: Dec 15th 2015 at 5:09:33 PM

Its been said Toriyama has created so many characters that he sometimes creates the same one multiple times without realizing it...so probably.

And Freezer looks like Chilled...granted, that's not one of TOEI's fantasies but close enough. Purple man kind of looks like Pikkon. I got to admit, only one saiyan is incredible restraint, I expected two, that just might make up for him not being 450.

edited 15th Dec '15 5:57:47 PM by IndirectActiveTransport

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#31195: Dec 15th 2015 at 5:52:17 PM

Pretty much everyone agrees that The Phantom Pain was great. Most of the bad stuff about it can be directly blamed on Konami being Konami and thus Konami being shit, and if you consider it a bad thing, which many do, you can blame Quiet's choice of clothing on Kojima being a pervert.

[up]Toriyama's style is extremely distinctive to him... but that same distinctiveness means we can more easily pick out reused designs.

edited 15th Dec '15 5:53:21 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#31196: Dec 15th 2015 at 7:15:53 PM

The bear at least felt a little unique. For Toriyama, that is. And I like Coat Guy's coat. It looks pretty badass.

And I feel like Nipples Guy would have caused a stir if FU Nimation had to do Super back in the 90's.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#31197: Dec 15th 2015 at 9:23:31 PM

I'm glad most of the new characters look weird, at least. There's not really any GT-esque designs among them.

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#31198: Dec 15th 2015 at 9:36:56 PM

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting a more feminine than masculine vibe from the Saiyan?

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#31199: Dec 15th 2015 at 9:41:58 PM

Looks more gender-neutral than anything.

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#31200: Dec 15th 2015 at 10:04:59 PM

So I just had a thought.

The reason Meta-Cooler inexplicably knows Instant Transmission is because that's what the Big Gete Star uses to supply his injured bodies with replacement metal.

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