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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#33326: Jan 26th 2016 at 6:27:38 PM

Jesus fucking Christ, Broly's a fucking giant, even when in base.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#33327: Jan 26th 2016 at 6:28:31 PM

Yeah, he's taller than Piccolo, and Piccolo is about 7 feet, IIRC.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#33328: Jan 26th 2016 at 6:38:36 PM

I think Goku comes up to LSS Broly's crotch.

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#33329: Jan 26th 2016 at 6:43:48 PM

I ship it.

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#33331: Jan 26th 2016 at 6:51:31 PM

That thar's what we in the business call a 'Leper Ship'.

Nihlus1 Since: Jul, 2015
#33332: Jan 26th 2016 at 6:51:38 PM

Furthermore, those things you posted aren't shots of the manga itself. Not even of the anime.
One is of the anime. One is of a manga cover ("The Gathering of the Warriors"). The last is an official height chart. That line at the top of Goku's head is the 175 cm line. The next is 200 cm, etc.

And it's a bad idea to take it from there because height tends to be inconsistent.
Read the chapter with Krillin and Raditz if you think the manga ever pretended to be consistent with height.

If you actually check, you'll notice that Vegeta gets slightly taller over time, from being significantly shorter than Goku (a full head or so when he was introduced) to being able to do the fusion dance with him by the Buu saga.
He's literally a dwarf in the Saiyan arc. He's at Nappa's stomach, and even has dwarf-like proportions with a large head and relatively small legs (compared to other characters).

Jesus fucking Christ, Broly's a fucking giant, even when in base.
According to those lines, LSS Broly is 275 cm/9 feet tall.

Piccolo's actually drawn slightly smaller than he should be here. It seems he grows from arc to arc. At the 23rd Budokai he is only as tall as Goku. When Raditz shows up, they're basically the same height (Goku comes up to their noses), about 6'3-6'4. When Nappa shows up he's about half a head shorter than Nappa. In the Cell arc, the top of Goku's head is up to his shoulder, so he's about 6'10. Then the Buu arc hits and he's only half a head shorter than Super Buu, who is massive.

edited 26th Jan '16 6:58:57 PM by Nihlus1

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#33334: Jan 26th 2016 at 7:14:09 PM

An unhealthy ship destined to fall apart.

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#33335: Jan 26th 2016 at 7:26:33 PM

Considering what Dragon Ball started as, the countries of reference should be China and India, one of which has people who tend to be taller than Japanese, the other has people who tend to be shorter.

edited 26th Jan '16 7:26:50 PM by IndirectActiveTransport

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#33336: Jan 26th 2016 at 7:37:13 PM

And yet the only adult Indian character is Tenshinhan height.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#33337: Jan 26th 2016 at 7:51:19 PM

Fun thing, the shot you cited as Goku and Vegeta being half a head apart?

If both were standing facing each other without tilting their heads, the only reason Vegeta comes up to Goku's chin is because his forehead is ridiculously huge, so no, they're not half a head apart. They're just short of a full head apart. Which is not the height difference they should have, but again, both anime and manga are hella inconsistent regarding this.

Either way, the manga cover? Yeah, the manga's inconsistent with this shit too, and you'll notice that a lot if you go back and check. Toriyama doesn't draw things exactly to proportion, ever.

Thing is, there's no way in hell Goku's shorter than me.

edited 26th Jan '16 7:53:11 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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#33338: Jan 26th 2016 at 7:52:35 PM

Except he is.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#33339: Jan 26th 2016 at 7:55:00 PM

Only because a Japanese guy has no sense of scale. Which is very frequent in manga.

I recall a time when one Mangaka by the name of Ken Akamatsu gave the official weights and heights for all the characters in his manga Mahou Sensei Negima. Naturally, they were all very weird heights and weights.

Mangaka tend to be really bad at this, and that's why I completely disregard that kind of stat when it's given in a databook, and prefer to actually just look at the comparative sizes.

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#33340: Jan 27th 2016 at 3:14:44 AM

Then you are blatantly trying to say you know better then the author. If that's the height they give, that's the height they give. No exceptions.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#33341: Jan 27th 2016 at 4:20:33 AM

Am I trying to say that I know better than the author?

No.

Am I trying to say that Japanese mangaka are bad with this sort of stuff?

Yes.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#33342: Jan 27th 2016 at 6:51:33 AM

New keychain figs.

Including Champa, Piccolo, SSJ Goku, SSJB Vegeta and SSJ3 Time Patrol Bardock.

Also, Toyble's tribute pic. The original manga may have ended, but the story continues!

edited 27th Jan '16 6:57:16 AM by Rinsankajugin

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#33343: Jan 27th 2016 at 7:28:15 AM

I'd like to point out it's not one or the other. Just because the mangaka are bad at depicting the heights and weights of their characters doesn't change the fact that those are their actual heights and weights.

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#33344: Jan 27th 2016 at 7:36:14 AM

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#33345: Jan 27th 2016 at 10:34:16 AM

[up][up]Thing is, the numbers come after, in databooks that are not written beforehand. They're not bad at depicting a given height, they're bad at estimating how tall a character is so they usually just make up a number.

edited 27th Jan '16 10:34:31 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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zsmg Since: Jul, 2011
#33346: Jan 28th 2016 at 2:38:49 AM

The Dragon World not being Japan doesn't matter. Akira Toriyama is Japanese and lives in Japan and thus the standard height of Japanese people would be his point of reference
Pretty much this. I always imagine manga characters are as tall as me because that's what average is or in case with Goku, he should be taller than me because he's a hero and heroes should be tall, not short. And when the official height figures are released every one is a lot shorter than I have imagined.

In fact according to this:

Thing is, there's no way in hell Goku's shorter than me.

I'm not the only one doing this. Differences is I seem to accept that Japanese people are short and move on.

edited 28th Jan '16 4:06:17 AM by zsmg

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#33347: Jan 28th 2016 at 5:16:59 AM

it was difficult coming to terms with the fact that most anime characters were shorter than me

at the age of 12

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#33349: Jan 28th 2016 at 5:58:43 AM

Tereshia looks like a purple haired Marle.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#33350: Jan 28th 2016 at 7:49:55 AM

It's a curse of his fairly simple designs.

Though, to be honest, I still think the fact that in this age of Nomura-esque overdesigned monstrosities Toriyama has kept his very basic and simple style is a point in his favor.

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