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#16976: Dec 22nd 2015 at 4:09:15 PM

...I'm honestly a little scared of the Kai version of the Great Saiyaman saga.

I honestly think it's better with the Filler.

Which isn't a comment about the manga or Kai and more about how much I love the Great Saiyaman filler.

As a manga purist and filler hater, I agree with you. Great Saiyaman adventures was the only anime stuff that I missed from the manga.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16977: Dec 22nd 2015 at 4:16:05 PM

This episode: The guys try to catch Bubbles and hit Gregory.

I was also wondering if they'd failed to land on King Kai's planet , and they did once.

edited 22nd Dec '15 4:17:34 PM by VeryMelon

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#16978: Dec 22nd 2015 at 5:39:47 PM

I don't know, I got a laugh at how Videl got exposed Gohan as the great Saiyaman in the Manga by just asking him about Homework.evil grin

Beyond that, I agree with you about how the Saiyaman Anime filler was more interesting. Toriyama must have really tired of it quickly. I wonder if that's when he first started thinking he'd swap out Gohan for Goku, even if it took longer to implement in the series.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#16979: Dec 22nd 2015 at 6:49:02 PM

A lot of the filler from the Buu arc is pretty good and could work pretty well in DBZA should choose to include it.

At the very least, they should use the bit where we see Buu kill everybody rather than keeping it offscreen like the manga.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#16980: Dec 22nd 2015 at 9:10:38 PM

I USED to like the Saiyaman filler but on rewatching it, it kind of feels like most of the episodes missed the joke.

And it sucks that they treated Videl learning his identity as a multi episode, serious subplot when she immediately figured it out in the manga. Hilarious joke, totally butchered.

Anyway, on Super's movie mulligan: I don't think it has any positive effect for fans trying to get into it. Even if you need to see the movies first, those could have been aired on TV (and BoG has aired on TV before, there's no problem doing so). It would take far less time to do that then have fans sit through 24 episodes of really poor adaptations of both movies.

LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#16981: Dec 22nd 2015 at 9:27:13 PM

I wonder if this really is stalling for time while they try to work out the outline for Universe 6. I mean, they don't have a manga to look over. GT often felt like they were just throwing out ideas because they didn't know where they were going.

That doesn't mean the animation will be better in Universe 6. But it might (hopefully) mean the story is better.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
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#16982: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:21:12 AM

In Western media, sometimes movies are used to begin or end cartoons. These movies are then cut into pieces and then spliced into the show as multi-part episodes.

Dragon Ball Super would have benefitted immensely from doing that instead of adapting them.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#16983: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:43:44 AM

Pretty sure that's been done by anime, too.

But yeah, just cutting the movie into episodes would've been better. And that's sad. Because readapting and expanding it should improve it, not make it worse.

Random question... is it just me or is are DBZ fans disproportionately black? This is entirely anecdotal, of course, but I see more black people wearing DBZ clothes than anyone else, and when I'm watching DBZ Abridged in public, on multiple occasions black dudes have commented on it.

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#16984: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:45:19 AM

Because readapting and expanding it should improve it, not make it worse.

Not necessarily. This is on par with the rest of Toei's attempts at expanding the Dragon Ball canon. If there's one thing I've learned about Toei, it's that they don't even try to make their adjustments to the canon work.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#16985: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:47:54 AM

I think I would have liked Super Saiyan Videl if it, y'know, had a point.

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#16986: Dec 23rd 2015 at 8:45:15 AM

Random question... is it just me or is are DBZ fans disproportionately black? This is entirely anecdotal, of course, but I see more black people wearing DBZ clothes than anyone else, and when I'm watching DBZ Abridged in public, on multiple occasions black dudes have commented on it.

As a black DBZ fan, yeah I can attest to that lol. I can't say why specifically, but it just is.

Back in the 90s, there was even a fansite called "Da Black Goku."

edited 23rd Dec '15 8:45:25 AM by Lionheart0

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#16987: Dec 23rd 2015 at 9:22:49 AM

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Also black. Didn't know it seemed Black people watch more DBZ.

There was once a reaction video with a few Black Man laughing hilariously at Bulma's failed attempt to convince Goku to give her the Dragonball by offering to show him her panties. T'was pretty funny. Maybe that had something to do with it.

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#16988: Dec 23rd 2015 at 9:47:25 AM

Would it be this one?

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16989: Dec 23rd 2015 at 9:49:53 AM

I'm also black, but I never interacted with the fanbase until I was a teenager so I would be able to tell.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#16990: Dec 23rd 2015 at 9:51:36 AM

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Yeah. That's the one.

You know, that's also probably a little sexist. Now I kinda feel bad.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#16991: Dec 23rd 2015 at 10:24:38 AM

#2

Kaiser also states that if they hit 2 million subscribers on youtube, they will finally do a World's Strongest Abridged.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#16992: Dec 23rd 2015 at 10:31:57 AM

Well they are only 70k+ subs away, so neat!

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#16993: Dec 23rd 2015 at 10:35:35 AM

DBZ reaction images are also a staple of black twitter.

I'm torn about a new Worlds Strongest Abridged. On one hand, the original holds up just fine. On the other... hey, why not? It is my favorite of the DBZ movies.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#16994: Dec 23rd 2015 at 10:48:54 AM

Those first two films they made before they became Team Four Star were really lacking in the sound department. You'd have fight scenes where there were just people talking and a few sound effects with no music or anything. Even the early episodes of the actual series had a musical score and they hold up much better because of it.

LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#16995: Dec 23rd 2015 at 1:15:13 PM

I'm excited for when they do World's Strongest Abridged. The only problem is I REALLY want them to continue the story. I mean...they've hinted Perfect Cell is going to show up in Episode 51! They're getting to the part of the story I really, really like!

Between that and Hellsing, it looks like we'll be waiting a while for Episode 52.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#16996: Dec 23rd 2015 at 2:29:20 PM

You know, I'm surprised that Bo G was their favorite movie.

Like, I like it a lot, and I know they like it a lot, but I didn't know it was going to be their favorite.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16997: Dec 23rd 2015 at 2:33:13 PM

It was actually pretty obvious to me.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16998: Dec 23rd 2015 at 2:40:11 PM

The guys finally use the game's major Good Bad Bug on Nappa and Vegeta.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#16999: Dec 23rd 2015 at 3:44:48 PM

I FUCKING CALLED IT.

I told you guys they'd do World's Strongest once they reached 2,000,000, I told you all, but NOOOOOOOOOO, you were all "Adric, you're crazy", WELL LOOK AT ME NOW, HA!

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#17000: Dec 23rd 2015 at 3:52:00 PM

People called you crazy? I just assumed you were relaying something they said earlier. It was actually a guess all along?


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