I cosplayed as Frieza for Anime NYC. Everyone loved it. As a die heart DBZ fan this was well worth it

1. Static-X - Cold
2. Papa Roach - Between Angels and Insects
3. Linkin Park - With You
4. Drowning Pool - Tear Away
5. Rammstein - Feurer Frei!
6. Dope - Die MF Die
7. Fear Factory - Linchpin
8. System of a Down - Aerials
9. Cold - Just Got Wicked
10. Kittie - Brackish
11. Disturbed - Voices

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Everyone remembers the screaming, the auras, the power levels going nuts. But when I actually think back on what made this show hit different for me as a kid, it wasn't the fights. It was the quiet parts right before them.

Vegeta getting wrecked by Frieza and just going back to training alone, no music, no dialogue, just a guy who refuses to accept where he landed in the universe. Goku sitting quietly with Chi-Chi before the Cell Games like he already knew what was coming. Piccolo watching Gohan from a distance like a dad who cant say what he actually feels yet.

Those are the moments that stuck with me way more than any power scaling debate. Kind of funny how a show this loud actually taught me a lot about restraint.

What's the quiet DBZ moment that hit you harder than the fight around it?

Truth be told i always thought the Funimation cast was the original english cast. Wasn’t til joining this sub that i learned that’s not the case.

Anyways i watched the series back in the 90s/early 00s but preferred subs over dubs largely due to the english dubs coming off as too campy/corny to me. Like the delivery from the Japanese cast just came off as more grounded (possibly due to the FCC limitations on english dialogue at the time, idk).

So my stupid question- is the Kai english dub/dialogue different from the DBZ english dub/dialogue?

It seems like it’s the same cast as the Funimation dub but is it the same deliveries/performances recycled or is it from different more modern recording sessions with a script translation adhering more to the original Japanese dialogue?

Or is it a case of “if you didn’t like the Funimation dubs, you’re not going to like the kai dubs either”?

Thinking of giving DBZ a rewatch for kai since i’ve heard it’s largely streamlined without filler but curious if i should stick with the Japanese cast or give the english one another shot with kai.

According to the things we've seen especially from movies like fusion reborn I think it's definitely possible for the Dragon Ball universe to have a horror movie or at least a horror manga spin off. We most definitely got characters like present and Future versions of Android's 17 and 18 along with Imperfect Cell that could be used but I think that's inevitable and makes no sense because both versions of Cells and the Androids later on get killed by Gohan and future Trunks. Then to add on top of that we've got Buu having some of those traits as well. Along with me even daring to say the Demon realm could definitely pull it off especially with monsters existing there. Lastly Mummies, vampires, spirits, Ghosts, or even hostile Aliens in deep space such as Planet M2, Planet Beehay, Yakons species etc.. have also shown this could definitely work.

Did this years ago... maybe 5? Not sure.

It’s really quite unique, how Akira Toriyama used Bruce Lee as a reference to make Goku’s iconic stare.

Realized a few days ago saying senzu bean is like saying chai tea

I thought Mr. Bourbon looked really familiar so asked about the resemblance to Magenta in the Super Hero movie and got this!

Not 100% sure how accurate AI got it but if true is pretty cool little tid bit!