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#24426: Jan 30th 2017 at 9:42:59 PM

Correction: Funimation- or whoever did the English dub of Xenoverse -knows about Ghost Nappa.

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#24427: Jan 30th 2017 at 10:59:23 PM

[up] Chris Sabat specifically since, IIRC, he was the Voice Director for the English Dub of the game and he's tight with the TFS crew.

edited 30th Jan '17 10:59:42 PM by Lionheart0

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#24428: Jan 30th 2017 at 11:33:59 PM

Okratron 5000 did the dub with/for Bandai, Funi was probably involved but not anymore than licensing and Toei Japan probably had absolutely zero involvement in the US dub of the game.

Team Four Star Nappa is all on Bandai and Okratron 5000,

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#24429: Jan 31st 2017 at 12:27:51 AM

Funi had to be involved since they were using their V As...

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#24430: Jan 31st 2017 at 12:38:32 AM

Hence the licensing thing. Funi has had Okratron do Dragonball's dubbing since the start of Kai instead of doing it in-house and Bandai did the same.

edited 31st Jan '17 12:40:56 AM by Memers

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#24431: Jan 31st 2017 at 1:08:15 AM

Base Saiyans < Namekians < Super Saiyans ?

Nay. We've got three Namekians stronger than Raditz but weaker than Nappa, one super prodigy stronger than Vegeta (and thus all "normal" Saiyans) but weaker than any of the post-Namek base Saiyans, and one super duper for-realsies-this-time prodigy that's stronger than the base Saiyans and even Android arc Super Saiyans but weaker than the post-Room Super Saiyans.

For the most part, the Namekians don't rate. Five total Namekians whose power is even worth considering.

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#24433: Jan 31st 2017 at 3:48:56 AM

Nappa didn't krill Killan, but it was still a very bad experience for him. "Everybody's dying, and I don't know how to stop it!"

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#24434: Jan 31st 2017 at 4:08:09 AM

Anyone know when we get the next DBZ abridged episode?

Because there's no progress bar on the Team Four Star website anymore.

edited 31st Jan '17 4:08:20 AM by Demongodofchaos2

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#24435: Jan 31st 2017 at 6:55:21 AM

[up][up] Right. Fighting Nappa was watching all of his friends get killed one by one and he himself got battered to a pulp.

Tambourine, on the other hand, was basically a Single-Stroke Battle that was probably over too quickly to really psychologically affect him.

... Freeza I got nothing. The whole"horn impalement" and the fact he was running from Freeza for a week seems like it'd be a bigger deal, but I suppose that Freeza's a big deal for everyone so it makes sense for Krillin to focus on someone else.

edited 31st Jan '17 6:56:51 AM by Larkmarn

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#24436: Jan 31st 2017 at 6:58:34 AM

[up] Dunno. If a demon showed out out of nowhere and killed me in one shot and I was revived later, I'd definitely be affected.

edited 31st Jan '17 10:31:55 AM by Ghilz

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#24437: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:09:34 AM

Of note: Krillin has died three times. Tambourine, Frieza, and Super Buu all killed him.

The episode features Ghost Tambourine, Ghost Frieza, and Ghost...Nappa.

I still refuse to believe that is anything but a direct reference.

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#24438: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:18:11 AM

Well he got petrified by Dabura. Which is pretty close to death since Stone's not alive :-P

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#24439: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:19:09 AM

See that should be the most traumatic thing Krillin's gone through.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#24440: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:21:14 AM

I seem to recall Goten and Trunks doing something to Krillin's statue. Peeing on it, I think?

I know they broke Piccolo's.

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#24441: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:27:32 AM

I personally think Krillin's death by Frieza should be the most traumatic thing.

The Dabura and Super Buu deaths happened pretty quickly. We don't really now how it went with Tambourine but it as fast enough for nobody to even notice it was happening.

Frieza, however, was the murder-icing atop a prolonged week of solid horror that ended in at least a couple hours of raging against the impossible. Krillin wasn't a match for Frieza's first form and had no choice but to watch him become increasingly more impossible with each transformation as every single one of his allies who might stand a chance failed.

And when Goku finally, finally pulled it off with his last trump card, Frieza came right back with a "Nope, not good enough." And then Krillin was plunged into the air knowing exactly what was about to happen to him, helplessly screaming for his life but unable to do anything, and with nobody else able to do anything but stand there and watch him die.

Frieza was like Nappa if Goku's arrival was met with him turning around and just crushing him too. Last ray of hope ground into dust.

edited 31st Jan '17 7:29:03 AM by TobiasDrake

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#24442: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:30:58 AM

Well, Buu's a good guy now, Krillin's gotten over all of the stuff with him. Probably the same reason they don't have Vegeta.

It could be a reference to this, but I see no real reason to think it is. Like, how popular is the abridged in Japan? I can't imagine very.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#24443: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:37:33 AM

It's just a funny coincidence if it isn't. They could have picked any of the 4 to target Krillin and they picked Nappa who, in the grand scheme of things, wasn't important to Krillin's development as a person or a fighter. Tambourine could symbolize Krillin moving past his earliest defeat, Freeza was the more important villain, Buu slaughtered Krillin and his family, Cell ate 18 right in front of him - but they chose Nappa to be the one who Krillin would find the strength to fight against. A ghost Nappa.

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#24444: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:40:11 AM

Relevant.

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#24445: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:55:30 AM

Nappa was the last one in that one sequence in the pit, but Krillin did in fact run into Tambourine, Freeza, Dabura, and Super Buu elsewhen in the episode, and had flashbacks about each one.

edited 31st Jan '17 7:55:55 AM by Enlong

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#24446: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:34:36 AM

I guess he had PTSD about Nappa because all of his friends were killed that he trained with for a year (besides Yajirobe).

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#24447: Jan 31st 2017 at 8:47:32 AM

Or maybe they just didn't want to dig up Freeza again. He's been done to death.

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#24448: Jan 31st 2017 at 10:51:59 AM

That is a good argument against Frieza. Much as I love the guy and feel he's had a more profound impact on the franchise than any other villain - for both better and worse - there's no denying that Nappa needs the screentime an awful lot more than he does.

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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#24449: Jan 31st 2017 at 10:59:23 AM

Why? Nappa was just big dumb muscle that was quickly forgotten about. He doesn't need screentime.

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#24450: Jan 31st 2017 at 11:27:43 AM

Because he deserved better. sad

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