Anime!

La producción de la película de DragonBall sigue adelante. Hago la salvedad: la producción película gringa de Dragon Ball sigue adelante. Porque la película china es un clásico del mundo pirata desde hace casi veinte años.

Well, I’ve been posed the question of how I feel about subs versus dubs. In all honesty, I can never watch a dubbed anime and feel good about it again. In my early years of anime watching, the days of Dragonball Z and Toonami on Cartoon Network, I would’ve said something like, “why would you want to read what they’re saying if you can hear it instead?” Naturally, as I’ve become more immersed in the matter, my opinion has become more refined.

The TV Anime Viewer is someone who will watch most of his anime on TV. He will watch Cartoon Network’s Toonami and Adult Swim to get his anime fix. I used to be this kind of person early in my anime life. I got most of my anime strictly from Toonami. Shows like Dragonball Z, Tenchi Muyo, Gundam Wing, Outlaw Star, etc. The TV Anime Viewer is more than likely a new person to anime so he will watch anime on TV and this anime is usually dubbed. No subtitles for this viewer.

Hoy me puse a depurar mi clóset. Pa que me entiendan, saqué todas las cosas que ya no puedo vestir… así, dentro de tanta playera de Dragon Ball y pantalones que por más que batallé jamás entraron (parecía nena de 15 años que no le entra el pantro y se acuesta en la cama para ver si hace paro… con resultados pobres), encontré mi playeruca que vestía en la Secu 14, la de deportes. No es por nada pero me veía bien guapo con este uniforme.

This guy was a real live Dragon Ball Z Goku Character! I loved his hair!

haha…think my dad was cleaning out the storeroom. he left a stack of cards on my table. lo and behold! its my old card collection. haha…granted it isn’t alot of them. but it still kinda cool looking at these. most of them are old dragonball z cards, a number of chinese singers and a bunch of yuyuhakashu ones.

Hace dos semanas sucedió algo absolutamente increíble en Tarapoto: dos adolescentes aseguraron haber sido poseídos por los espíritus de Goku y Vegeta, los protagonistas de Dragon Ball Z, una violenta serie de animación japonesa. Pero, ¿fueron Goku y Vegeta los responsables del trance de estos adolescentes? Todo Tarapoto cree que sí.

Today is a fairly slow day at work and I’ve pretty much just been roaming around. Well during one of my roaming adventures, I see a mom and her fat kid browsing through the Anime section. Nothing odd there, cause we all know all anime fans are fat. Then it happened. The kid grabs a Dragonball Z box set off the shelf and starts freaking out like he had just found a fuckin golden ticket. His mom responds with something along the lines of, “I’m not buying that right now, maybe Santa will get it for you.” The kid, in a very pissed off tone says, and I quote, “Man! Life Sucks!!!” At this point, I’m ready to go off on this kid. Because let me tell you, not getting a Dragonball Z box set is not terms for your life sucking.

trying to catch up with anime. almost done. except one. i watched up to episode 12 of futakoi alternative, closed the media player, stopped all of the torrents relating to said show, and deleted them all from my hard drive. dumbest. shit. ever. dumber than naruto, or fuck, dragon ball z. that’s pretty goddamn dumb.

Here is a question I have asked myself a lot. For the most part most of us, who watch toonami back in the day remember it for Dragonball Z, Gundam Wing and a few others. When Toonami was on 5 days a week, then again at 12pm to about 2am where it show many great animes like Thundercats, Voltron, Robotech and more of other great animes. I think they even show transformers once.

So, apparently, Universal Press has decided to put Manga type strips in newspapers to “lure” teenagers into reading the newspaper.

Case Closed/ Detective Conan is the longest running anime show ever. (beating Dragon Ball Z’s total of 276)

In an attempt to create more nerd life on this planet, scientists have taught dolphins to sing the ‘Batman’ theme from Adam West’s old show. No word yet one when they plan to finalize their lessons in how not to get laid by teaching them the themes from ‘Zelda’, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Dragonball Z’.

I was just watching episode 50 of Naruto (Damn, I love that Lee vs Gaara fight) and suddenly remembered about this document I put together a while ago. It talks about the similarites between Dragon Ball / Dragon Ball Z and Naruto.

Yes thats right I own a copy of nintendogs, the latest pet sim game put out by none other than Nintendo. Let me tell ya, nintendogs is very fun experience, each version you start with 6 different breeds of dogs, but by linking via wi-fi you can unlock the rest of the breeds from each version. I got this game on Saturday & since then aleast 3 tiems a day I spend time with my 2 Husky’s Goku & Chi Chi(yes i’m a dragonball dork too). I have put them both into different competitions for disc catch & obedients trials, Chi Chi i had for 2 day’s longer so she’s alittle better, but on Goku’s first try for the disc he got GOLD. I can keep going on & on about this game but i don’t want to waste your time, so let me just say, if you own a DS buy one the versions of this Sim, you wont regret it. Trust me.

I just saw Kung Fu Hustle. It was sooooo awesome. It was everything i was hoping it would be. It even got a little bit Dragonball Zish at the end. Stephen Chow, i bow to u.

Anime is on every-other channel. Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, The WB, Fox, they even have their own network called “The Anime Network”. But only one (CN) shows the most well known and most popular of all Anime—Dragon Ball Z. Curious to know what drives so many excitable younglings to unrealistic violence and makes so many soccer-moms cringe, I decided to catch an episode.

As I was posting this, a coworker came up and saw "Kamehameha" highlighted in blue and asked me if I was writing about Dragonball Z. Apparently, there is a character in Dragonball Z named Kamehameha and my coworker goes, "you mean there's a Kamehameha besides the one in Dragonball Z?" This was a grown man that asked me this!

I’ve always liked fan fictions, but I’ve never felt the drive to make one. Of course, back when I was 12 I always wrote Dragonball Z fan fictions, but what preteen Toonami watcher with a broad knowledge(for their age) of the internet didn’t? I’ve finally made up my mind, and I’m starting on a FLCL fan fiction.

If you’ve browsed through my links list, a few of them might seem out of place (and maybe a few are). One such link is “anime news“. I’ve referred to it only once before because, while interesting, I still consider anime’s impact on industrial design to be rather low-level. However, as manufacturing and design increasingly head to Asian suppliers in the same countries where Japanese animation has been off-shored, anime’s influence on product design could grow significantly; and I mean in the sense beyond the obvious Japanimation spin-off toys (eg Pokemon, Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon, etc). One example of how this kind of influence can be transferred is this computer mouse design created by Masamune Shiro, creator of the hugely popular Ghost in the Shell. As technology liberates designers from the tyranny of manufacturing constraints, this kind of crossover can only increase; more and more artists can move beyond images into tangible, manufacturable items.

I messaged Ah Kong telling her that I arrived in Miri and asked if she was really going to look for me. She replied saying that she definitely wants to but she’s currently at a friend’s house so she and Goku (her boyfriend, actual name Wong Hui Siang but has punk-y golden hair, hence the name “Goku” from Dragonball Z) will look for me later at my hotel.

Something I found on the net, that was quite funny at the time, an overblown lifesize Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z, well atleast I think it’s from Dragon Ball Z, that’s pretty good coming from someone who doesn’t like Dragon Ball Z. And if I am wrong, then atleast I know it’s from some sort of Japanese Anime without the sex-god-like tenticles and such.

Hace muy poquitos días os hablamos de Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi, la próxima entrega de la serie Budokai. Parece contar con un apartado gráfico bastante más espectacular que la anterior, aunque como podréis ver en las capturas sigue esa línea. Se amplía el número de personajes hasta un total de 60, que no es moco de pavo; los escenarios han sido mejorados, con más elementos interactivos para destrozar; la historia es algo más extensa… ¿qué más queréis?

Atari has announced yet another game in its line of Dragon Ball Z titles, with Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi for the PlayStation 2. Currently being developed by Spike under the name Dragon Ball Z: Sparking, Budokai Tenkaichi will expand on the Budokai series with open, destructible 3D environments.

I have been letting MOOKA handle most of the politics to let him have free reign in that area so I can focus on other things like my upcoming test for Win2k3 Server and paying more attention to Little Sarge. I believe I have learned more about Dragon Ball Z and Teen Titans in the past few months than I have about ANY Microsoft product. Yes, Little Sarge has become addicted to super heroes and Japanese Animation. I have to be really careful about Dragon Ball Z though, most of it is harmless, but I found out differently with one Dragon Ball Z movie I bought for him. I’ll never make that mistake again….it wasn’t bad, just had a little more violence in it than I had thought it would. I guess I’ll look online more before I do that again.

Hopefully, those same fans are ready for yet another rendition of the same Dragon Ball Z stories, starting with Raditz and ending with the Cell Games. These stories have been done to death, but this particular retelling is especially limp, relying on 30-second montages cut together from the DBZ cartoon to relay a whole season's worth of story. The last episode of Dragon Ball Z was aired in Japan almost a decade ago, and even most American Dragon Ball fans have moved on to Dragon Ball GT. It's time that Atari did the same.

Personally I’ve still associated FUNimation with bad Dragon Ball Z anime episodes, but I’m seeing that this is no longer the case. Because of a discussion over on Matthew’s Anime Blog, I remembered I had a copy of the first volume of Fruits Basket, which was put out by FUNimation. Fruits Basket was brought up as a really nice release because it came out on only 4 DVDs, even though there were 26 episodes.

lately ive been trying out anime and found that full metal panic is fairly entertaining to watch. i havent actually watched many animes so i have little to compare it too but i find once you get past the incredibly strange devices the japanese use as comic relief its not so bad. i have seen several episodes of dragon ball z and can safely say that it sucks hairy asses. maybe its meant for little kids after all but i only know full grown adult males that still live with their parents that watch it. I also stumbled onto a very strange japanese show called "oh! mikey" starring manequins about an american family living in japan. not sure if its brilliant satire or just plain bizarre but it is actually quite funny.

Muchos ticos creen que los animados japoneses son como Dragon Ball Z y Yugi Oh, y nunca han visto animados de alta sofisticacion como Wings of Honneamise, Neko no Ongaeshi (El gato regresa), Macross Plus, Millenium Actress o la produccion animada coreana Wonderful Days.

The Dragon Ball Z movie is back in the works, and I’m just not convinced that there is any way possible that this could look better than a horse’s head on my dinner plate. Which, for the record, would not look good.

Expanding on its successful Dragon Ball Z brand of interactive games, Atari today announced that Dragon Ball Z: Sagas, the first-ever DBZ action-adventure game, has shipped to retail outlets nationwide. Sagas is available for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube, and the Xbox video game system from Microsoft; it is the first-ever DBZ game for the Xbox. Dragon Ball Z: Sagas allows fans to play some of the most exciting aspects of the popular animated series, from its origins in the Saiyan Saga through the climactic Cell Games. Players will be able to explore huge levels, defeat boss enemies, collect Dragon Balls, and journey through the DBZ universe, including places never fully unveiled in the animated series. Sagas joins Atari's lineup of successful Dragon Ball Z games, which cumulatively have sold more than eight million units since the introduction of Atari's first DBZ title in May 2002.

Act of War: Direct Action(TM) is a graphically stunning and frighteningly plausible tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. Through a techno-thriller story constructed by military expert and author Dale Brown, this real-time strategy experience puts players squarely in control of counterterrorist forces to defend cities of the world. As commander of a newly formed anti-terror military unit known as the Talon Task Force, players will need to recruit combat units, develop technologies, manage finite resources, and deploy their forces against a cunning and ruthless terror network.

Four properties from FUNimation won eight of the eleven 2005 Best of Anime awards. Dragon Ball GT won Best New Anime Movie and Best Anime Theme Song; Fullmetal Alchemist won Best New Anime Series; characters from Dragon Ball Z won Best Lead Male Character (Goku), Best Anime Villain (Cell) and Best Anime Action Figure of 2004 (Gogeta SS4); a character from Yu Yu Hakusho won Best Supporting Male Character (Kurama); and a character from Case Closed won Best Supporting Female Character (Rachel Moore).

"We are excited to deliver Dragon Ball Z: Sagas because it represents many 'firsts' for the franchise" said Matt Collins, Director of Brand Marketing for Atari. "It's the brand's first action-adventure game, first multi-platform launch, and the first DBZ title for the Xbox. Most of all, though, we are thrilled to give consumers something they have wanted for some time: a DBZ action game that allows players to go just about anywhere in the DBZ world."

"We are excited to deliver Dragon Ball Z®: Sagas(TM) because it represents many 'firsts' for the franchise" said Matt Collins, Director of Brand Marketing for Atari. "It's the brand's first action-adventure game, first multi-platform launch, and the first DBZ title for the Xbox. Most of all, though, we are thrilled to give consumers something they have wanted for some time: a DBZ action game that allows players to go just about anywhere in the DBZ world."

The Dragon Ball Z franchise gets a proper action adventure in the upcoming Sagas.

We got our first look at Dragon Ball Z: Sagas two months ago, when Atari unveiled the latest branch in its burgeoning DBZ games franchise. The game takes the series in a new and natural direction that presents a smarter use of the rich story that is the backbone of the popular long-running anime. We recently had a chance to take exclusive looks at work-in-progress incarnations of the three console versions of the game, developed by veteran studio Avalanche Software, to see how they've shaped up. While the versions weren't as polished as the recently announced final gold copies, they did give us a good feel for where the latest DBZ iteration is headed.

Last time I was at Blockbuster they had a whole bunch of PS2 games used just in time for the holidays. They were ten bucks a pop before BBQ could shave off even more with his discount. So I walked away with four games for a little over twenty bucks. One that I got was Dragon Ball Z : Budokai for PS2.

More pixel graphics today, with this game from the PixelBrothers based on the popular cartoon series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Toei Animation. In this turn-based fighter, you first select the character you want to play as, then compete head-to-head on your way to winning all 7 Namekian Dragon Balls. Doing so will allow you to summon the dragon Porunga. There are defensive moves, such as power-ups, as well as hand-combat and multiple energy attacks. A lot has been put into this little game, even a two player mode with each player taking turns to select moves.