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Dragon Ball Daima – Episode 1 Review

Episode 1, “Conspiracy”

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: In the Demon Realm, a pair of figures, the new king Gomah, and his subordinate Dagasu, watch the fight against Babidi and Buu unfold, astonished mortals could defeat them. Seeing that they had the help of the Dragon Balls, Gomah plots to transform Goku and the gang into children to prevent them from getting in his way. He enlists the help of an elderly Namekian, Neva, who comes along with him to Earth to gather and reactivate the Dragon Balls from their slumber in between wishes. Gomah has Shenron summoned, and makes his wish, causing all those who fought against Buu to be turned into kids. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 171 – Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound

The wraparound material this time covers some of the storyline I never completed in my Penguin Chronicles comic strip, involving Prince Cassus’ previous airship, the Gaizu, among other things. I don’t know why I’m so obsessed with completing it via these videos (as flashbacks), these are anime reviews, but I guess I just like toying around with the sprites and backgrounds. And the pre-opening credits bit is set to Shunsuke Kikuchi’s “M742”, or “The Suspensful Intermission”. read more

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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 100 Review

Episode 100, "Found Out! The New Hero is Son Gohan"

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Gohan is enjoying his double life as high school student and superhero Great Saiyaman, but his heroics catch the attention of Mr. Satan’s daughter, Videl. After the rescue of a baby dinosaur from a cruel circus trainer has them on opposing sides, Videl figures out who Great Saiyaman really is and blackmails Gohan into joining the Tenkaichi Budoukai, At Capsule Corporatation, Gohan replaces his helmet with a scarf and tells Bulma about his situation. Vegeta wants to compete in the tournament, as well. Surprisingly, so does Son Goku, who talks from the afterlife through Kaio. Goku says that he’ll be given a special one-day permission to return to the living world and looks forward to competing in the Budoukai. Gohan is overjoyed by the news. read more

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods Clip

Wow, that looks, moves, and sounds fucking gorgeous. Guaranteed purchase from me when we get it over here. Unf. The only problem I have is that there’s a weird glare, an over saturation of color, I think. It can be a little overwhelming.

I wonder how Kaio got a new planet? This one seems bigger than the previous one. I know that in the notes for the movie, Toriyama said it was Birusu who made Kaio’s previous planet small to begin with because he destroyed most of it and Kaio had to reconstruct it. Now Kaio has a bigger planet and Birusu appears and wrecks it again? What a bad guest. read more

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Voice Actor Comparison: Dragon Ball/Z/GT – Son Goku (Adult) (EDITED)

I’m just asking for trouble here, aren’t I? Here goes!

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My pick: Masako Nozawa
Reasoning: Nozawa’s adult Goku is a great evolution of her child Goku, retaining a very childlike wonder and charm to it, and Goku’s pureheartedness, with a brilliant delivery that brings the character to life. I like how there are all these little nuances to it. Kelamis captures some of Goku’s spirit in the same manner, but can be very inconsistent with his delivery, and of course doesn’t have those little nuances Nozawa does. Schemmel’s current Goku is pretty decent, but not what I prefer. It’s a huge improvement from his Z days.
Breakdown: Nozawa > Kelamis > Schemmel (in Kai) > Schemmel (in Z) = Corlett = Morrow = Ramirez = Yurk = Watson > Big Green Dub Voice read more

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