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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#36251: Nov 15th 2019 at 3:45:06 PM

That would be why.

Plus the dream itself was all just a dream.

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#36252: Nov 15th 2019 at 3:47:19 PM

Yeah, but why can't the dream be canon? I don't have any particular love for Episode of Bardock, it just seems odd to me.

JRads47 Since: Nov, 2014
#36253: Nov 15th 2019 at 4:49:27 PM

They probably just hate the special enough to not consider it canon.

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#36254: Nov 15th 2019 at 4:57:15 PM

Considering they rated it dead last in the Top 24 Movies and Specials for that DB Cember...

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#36255: Nov 15th 2019 at 5:02:47 PM

That's not why it isn't canon...

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#36256: Nov 15th 2019 at 5:09:49 PM

Yeah, but why can't the dream be canon? I don't have any particular love for Episode of Bardock, it just seems odd to me.

Non-canon is probably just shorthand for "Bardock did not physically go through those events". The movie episodes also had a bunch of similar gags about characters reading the movie's script or whatever.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#36257: Nov 15th 2019 at 5:10:47 PM

They said it's non-canon because if they said "Episode of Bardock is canon", people would assume they're talking about the actual Bardock content, not the dream framing device.

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JRads47 Since: Nov, 2014
#36258: Nov 15th 2019 at 5:10:52 PM

[up][up][up]I never said that, I just theorized that's probably why.

Edited by JRads47 on Nov 15th 2019 at 8:12:37 AM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#36259: Nov 15th 2019 at 5:50:16 PM

[up][up][up]None of the movies have jokes about characters reading the script.

Deadzone Abridged's joke is about Kriller pitching that movie as a script.

That being the framing device (kinda) due to the inconsistencies in the movie from canon.

Edited by randomness4 on Nov 15th 2019 at 5:51:24 AM

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#36260: Nov 15th 2019 at 7:49:55 PM

Huh I just got reminded of this little classic exchange.

Tien: "would you trust Vegeta with a baby?"

Bulma: "well, not my baby."

Bulma has admitted she wouldn't actually trust Vegeta with her own child but in this case she does but only under Nappa's influence.

Meaning she genuinely trusts Nappa over Vegeta to take care of her kid.

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#36261: Nov 15th 2019 at 8:34:05 PM

I mean, he does have experience and a degree on children psychology. He knows what he is doing.tongue

JRads47 Since: Nov, 2014
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#36263: Nov 16th 2019 at 4:51:33 AM

oh god this is actually canon. [lol]

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#36264: Nov 22nd 2019 at 11:32:38 AM

So... question.

How can they legally get away with this? Like... it's funny, but I can't understand how this is legal.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#36265: Nov 22nd 2019 at 11:46:33 AM

Being a parody helps, I think.

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#36266: Nov 22nd 2019 at 11:52:48 AM

The Abridged show is a parody, thus covered by Fair Use.

Dragon Shortz uses no copyrighted footage, only the characters. Given that the IP-holder is in Japan, I believe this is covered by whatever Japanese laws make doujinshi legal.

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Thebrawlbro Since: Aug, 2013
#36267: Nov 22nd 2019 at 11:57:15 AM

But even with that, they can't monetize DBZA. Any of the money gotten from ads on the DBZA videos don't go them. That's one of the reasons why they have to spread themselves to different stuff, because their main series doesn't make them a cent directly.

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#36268: Nov 22nd 2019 at 11:58:19 AM

Not until now, Short Z being canon and everything.

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#36269: Nov 22nd 2019 at 1:01:20 PM

[up][up][up]If I am not mistaken, doujin are not, actually, legal. It is just that no one wants to enforce it. It is so entrenched that publishers would look bad if they went after doujins (specially since Japan is not as litigious as the USA in general) and they clearly aren't doing much harm, if at all, so they tend to be allowed. Many artists nowadays start as doujin artist as well, so within the industry there is plenty good will towards the gray industry.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#36270: Nov 22nd 2019 at 1:10:19 PM

Yeah there are no specific laws regarding doujinshi, and those based off another work are mostly considered parody. Even Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said they should be considered parody, due to competing in different markets and the fact that they barely make any money anyway. The doujinshi scene is huge, but that's because there's a large number of producers - it's an absolutely flooded market.

Although there have been more successful doujinshi groups/artists, but those tend to get hired to do official work and leave doujinshi behind.

It'd be interesting to see what the response would be if one group got large enough to actually make noticeable sales (if not profit) and chose to stay within the scene.

Dirtyblue929 Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#36271: Nov 22nd 2019 at 1:15:06 PM

It’s sort of like the video game modding community in that respect. Sometimes it’s okay, sometimes it’s not, but nobody really cares except in extreme circumstances and the most dedicated and prolific creators often go on to work in the actual industry

Edited by Dirtyblue929 on Nov 22nd 2019 at 1:15:23 AM

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#36272: Dec 1st 2019 at 8:41:34 AM

I think I passed by Lanipator in his/our airport a few minutes ago, but I didn't have a chance to confirm, or thank him for the team's work.

Damn shame, too. I really liked Hellsing Abridged, and their work keeps abridging alive.

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#36273: Dec 5th 2019 at 7:47:42 PM

Just to let you guys know, DB-cember will being a week from today.

The countdown this year will be the top twelve techniques of Dragonball.

I assume two spots will hold the Kamehameha and the Taiyoken / Solar Flare myself.

Do you guys have any expectations for what will make it in?

Edited by HandsomeRob on Dec 5th 2019 at 8:48:01 AM

One Strip! One Strip!
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#36274: Dec 5th 2019 at 7:49:48 PM

[up]I vote Krillin's masterful coup-de-grace against Bacterion.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#36275: Dec 5th 2019 at 7:56:02 PM

I vote Holstein Shock.

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