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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#3851: Apr 4th 2013 at 3:06:15 AM

[up][up][up] Well he would have died when Roshi blew up the moon, making cameos difficult.

[up][up] Not workable in the slightest.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#3852: Apr 5th 2013 at 12:26:49 AM

Oh and I gotta say, I liked the twist about Maron. It was pretty interesting and I definitely didn't see it coming.

I really wonder how they're gonna play 19 and 20. Maybe they'll just cram all the crap with them into one episode? Really don't want to waste time with those losers when we have 17 and 18 to get to ya know.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#3853: Apr 5th 2013 at 12:33:43 AM

I don't think they'd make one episode out of it, since they're making 3 out of the Freeza/Cold stuff and the 19/20 stuff has more material than that.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#3854: Apr 5th 2013 at 9:32:31 AM

I like Android 20...

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#3855: Apr 5th 2013 at 9:37:38 AM

We're quickly approached the part where I stopped following the series, here. I saw up to the very beginning of 19 and 20*

, and then I stopped being able to figure out when the show was airing. I saw a few scattered episodes here and there, and have a lot of pop cultural osmosis telling me the broad strokes of what when down, but I don't know any real details.

So that's exciting. And, more to the point, makes me hope they don't skip much.

edited 5th Apr '13 9:40:42 AM by Gilphon

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3856: Apr 5th 2013 at 10:00:57 AM

That happened to me during the end of the Ginyu Force. And again right after Garlic Jr.

edited 5th Apr '13 10:02:06 AM by wanderlustwarrior

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#3857: Apr 5th 2013 at 10:12:49 AM

I watched most of the Cell saga, from Android 17 and 18 wreaking havoc up to Goku vs Cell. And while I missed the end of the Cell saga, I saw the first part of the Buu saga, from the world tournament up to and including Majin Vegeta vs. Goku.

Though I do once remember turning on the TV, before I ever watched the show, and seeing Frieza get bisected by his own attack, which would probably be nightmare fuel for most kids my age at that time, and spent the day laughing at how silly he looked as just a one-armed torso and then him getting blown up by Goku.

edited 5th Apr '13 10:18:29 AM by Anomalocaris20

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MasterGhandalf Since: Jul, 2009
#3858: Apr 5th 2013 at 11:10:58 AM

Cell was the first full saga of DBZ I watched; caught the tail end of Freeza (later went back and saw most of it) and all of Garlic Jr. (filler), but I remember well following the whole Cell arc from Freeza's return to Gohan and Cell's Kamehameha-off after school. More than ten years ago, but still, good memories. Really only familiar with Buu through online synopses and a few You Tube clips I've caught, though, so I am looking forward to TFS getting there.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#3859: Apr 5th 2013 at 12:28:06 PM

"Usual"? He's done that in one movie. Once is not a pattern.

In Christmas Tree of Might, he had the "this is so non-canon it hurts" thing right at the end.

In Lord Slug, when Krillin is smashed into the dirt at that tournament thing, Vegeta is revealed to be watching the movie itself on a TV somewhere.

Granted, I don't think he had any similar bit in the Cooler movie. Actually, I don't recall him being in that movie at all.

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Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#3860: Apr 5th 2013 at 5:25:05 PM

Funny story about my first time watching DBZ - I watched everything from the beginning through the Cell Saga and then right up to wheN Vegeta blows himself up against Buu.

...then reruns started to play after that episode.

I was convinced for a few years that this was how the anime ended. It was very powerful and climactic after all and I didn't have the internet then so I didn't know better.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3861: Apr 5th 2013 at 5:35:23 PM

Jeez, I think I remember that time. That was annoying.

My first watch was when they went to Fake Namek. I thought to myself "this show is shit", and didn't give it a chance until mid-Namek, a couple years later.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#3862: Apr 5th 2013 at 6:23:58 PM

So I'm bored and just flicking through random episodes of the Cell Saga while I wait for my Dragon Ball DV Ds to get here...

And Jesus Christ, Hercule/Mr. Satan is just downright unbearable in the Cell Games. yes he becomes a genuinely funny and likable character later but right now I just feel kinda sick watching him.

"I'M THE WORLD CHAMPION OF MARTIAL ARTS!" he declares to a group that contains two World Champions. And nobody tells him this...

I think the worst part of it is the shots of the people watching the Cell Games. They insult Goku and the others while fellating Hercule.

GOKU SAVED YOU ALL YA KNOW. THE GODDAM KING OF THE WORLD SAW IT FIRST HAND.

WHY ARE YOU ALL SO FUCKING STUPID?

This is more irritating than humorous.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3863: Apr 5th 2013 at 6:26:23 PM

Hence why to this day I don't really like Hercule. He gets better, but still...

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#3864: Apr 5th 2013 at 6:29:51 PM

I go all the way back to the start. Hell, I remember when the original Ocean dub ran out and they kept replaying the earlier episodes. IIRC, it was right in the middle of the bit with the Ginyu Squad and I got so aggravated by the show returning to the start each time that I even checked to see if the spanish language channel that was playing DBZ had more episodes, just so I could find out what happened next. (And no, the spanish channel didn't have it either.)

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Ruthek from Someplace Rainy Since: Dec, 2009
#3865: Apr 5th 2013 at 6:42:40 PM

I remember being really confused about the voice changes, particularly Vegeta's. It took a while to warm up to Funi's cast.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#3866: Apr 5th 2013 at 7:01:16 PM

I also saw the Ocean dub for the Saiyan through Namek Saga but I can't recall how I felt about the voice changes at the time.

Looking back though, Funi in Season 3 was just atrocious.

Top Comment: "After Vegeta killed Jeice, Jeice's Australian accent latched on to Vegeta as it's new host."

Ruthek from Someplace Rainy Since: Dec, 2009
#3867: Apr 5th 2013 at 7:31:46 PM

[up][lol] Oh man, those early 90's dubs.

Now that I think about it, at the time I was pretty resentful of Funimation for replacing all the voices. I still have a soft spot for Scott Mc Neil's Piccolo. It took a long time to lose the association that Funimation = bad.

Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#3868: Apr 5th 2013 at 7:51:06 PM

HOLY COSMOS!!! [lol]

Why that line never became a thing, I will never know.

[up]Funi hasn't just removed any and all bad connotations to their name; they've also justifiably established themselves as king of the hill when it comes to English dubs. You really have to admire the effort it had to have taken to make the company rise up the way that it has.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#3869: Apr 5th 2013 at 7:59:46 PM

Yep. I don't think Funi's dub was that bad by the Cell and Buu Saga and once they dubbed FMA, all ill will should have been forgotten.

It definitely hasn't been though.

Ruthek from Someplace Rainy Since: Dec, 2009
#3870: Apr 5th 2013 at 8:01:54 PM

[up][up] No arguments here. As a kid I just didn't associate them with anything but DBZ, and as the clip above shows, it was hardly a sterling example of stellar voice acting, in the beginning anyway. It probably wasn't until the first FMA came out that my opinion of their dubbing capabilities started to change.

edited 5th Apr '13 8:02:35 PM by Ruthek

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3871: Apr 5th 2013 at 10:18:29 PM

Ocean did Beast Wars. Scott Mc Neil was Wazzzzzzzpinator, Silverbolt, Rattrap and Dinobot. Not a dub, but an original script, but they're no slouches.

edited 5th Apr '13 10:19:43 PM by wanderlustwarrior

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3873: Apr 5th 2013 at 10:20:12 PM

Seriously, I wouldn't mind hijacking this thread to wank Beast Wars.

Grahf Since: Jan, 2001
#3874: Apr 5th 2013 at 10:35:30 PM

Not an episode itself, mostly just the guys dicking around at Kitsune Kon:

The dealer's floor is probably the highlight, although the hotel room antics are also good.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#3875: Apr 5th 2013 at 10:40:15 PM

Ocean is good people. They did the dub for Inuyasha which is one of my favorite dubs ever.

I don't know if it's Ocean that wrote teh script and stuff but you heard a lot of Ocean V As in X-Men Evolution. Kirby Morrow (Miroku) was Cyclopse, Kelly Sheridan (Sango) was Scarlet Witch, Scott Mc Neil (Koga) was Wolverine, Paul Dobson (Naraku/Myoga) was the Juggernaut, Richard Ian Cox (Inuyasha) was Quicksilver and David Kaye (Sesshomaru) was Prof X.

And to keep this slightly on topic, Moneca Stori (Kagome) was Videl in the ocean dub of the Buu Saga. I have been looking for good downloads of some Videl-centered episodes with the Ocean dub to see how she did.

Kirby was Goku but apparently most people say he was awful. Well that's the word on Kanzenshuu.


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