Dragon Ball adventure

Dragon Ball manga spinoff to be released in December!

awwwwww ^_^

This story by Naho Oishi will be based entirely in Son Goku, Krillin and his friends from Akira Toriyama's original story.

This spinoff, called Dragon Ball SD, will start to be serialized next month in the new Super Strong Jump Magazine by Shueisha, along with a Rock Lee spinoff from Naruto, a Chopperman spinoff from One Piece, and more stories based on popular characters from Katekyo Hitman Reborn! and Toriko.

Tha magazine will be launched on December 3rd!

What a great idea! Oh the nostalgia that this brings!!

Hollywood and its failure on making good live action adaptations of anime series (I)

Just as it usually happens with American comics (save a few exceptions, cough *The Dark Knight* cough), live action adaptations of anime/manga series have traditionally been an utter failure in box offices worldwide.

With the upcoming opening of Avatar: The Last Airbender this month on your nearest cinema, we can review the why and what will happen in the future with pending live action anime adaptations.

We have to keep in mind that Japanese cinema is still the ideal media for live action adaptations of animes, even if audiences are reduced to locals and fans.


Dragon Ball Z: Evolution (2009):

This adaptation had James Wong as a director and a less than ideal cast  to play the characters, neither Chow Yun Fat or James Marsters could save this lackluster (they didn't look like the characters anyway!). The project started with a completely wrong approach, as if they didn't understand what the manga was about at all.

Even Krillin and Tien got removed from the script because they weren't considered relevant. And if we take the $100 million budget,it's difficult to know in what they spent it.

Rather than creating a solid script with specific details that was faithful to the manga and capture its essence, the film had this super tacky Mortal Kombat, Power Rangers, B-movie feel that leaves a bad taste in your brain after the credits roll . Ultraviolet was not so bad, if you look at it.

No wonder that fans of the original manga by Akira Toriyama consider it a total shame.

The images speak for themselves.





Sometimes I can't help thinking that if we had a real movie of Dragon Ball, with all the drama involved, at least half an hour would go only in the fight of Goku and Vegeta gathering strength XD. I don't know if a series or miniseries would be better in this case.

Hollywood y su fracaso en adaptaciones al cine de manga y anime (1)

Al igual que suele suceder con los comics norteamericanos (salvo algunas excepciones), las adaptaciones al cine que se han hecho de algunos manga han sido un rotundo fracaso no solo en las taquillas estadounidenses sino en las de todo el mundo.

Con el estreno en puertas de Avatar: The last airbender este mes, podemos repasar el porqué y qué vendrá en el futuro con estas adaptaciones.

Sin duda hay que tener en cuenta que el cine japonés sigue siendo el medio ideal para peliculas live action de mangas, a pesar de que las audiencias sigan siendo reducidas a los locales y a los fans.


Dragon Ball Z: Evolution (2009):

Esta adaptación tuvo a James Wong como director, y un elenco menos que ideal para interpretar a los personajes, ni Chow Yun Fat ni James Marsters pudieron salvarlo (aunque no se parecían en nada a sus personajes de todas formas!). Todo partió de un enfoque totalmente errado, como que no entendieron (o no tenian ni la más P... idea) de qué se trataba el manga.

Tal es asi que removieron a Tien y a Krillin porque no les parecía relevante. Y considerando el presupuesto de $100 millones de dólares, habría que ver en qué lo gastaron.

Más que ocuparse de crear una historia sólida con detalles particulares que fuesen fieles al manga y capturaran su esencia, lo que plasmaron en el guión fue un super cutre a lo Mortal Kombat o Power Rangers, y ese es el mal sabor B-movie que deja la pelicula al final. Ni Ultraviolet fue tan mala.

No es para menos que los fans del manga original por Akira Toriyama lo consideran una vergüenza total.

Las imágenes hablan por si solas.





A veces no puedo evitar pensar que si se hiciera una pelicula de verdad de Dragon Ball, con todo el drama que conlleva, por lo menos media hora se iria en la pelea de Goku y Vegeta reuniendo fuerzas jejejeej. No sé si sería mejor una serie o miniserie en este caso.

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Son Goku | Dragonball Movie Trailer 2008 (REAL)

"All They Need Is Seven and The Universe Is Theirs"

Son Goku is the primary fictional superhero character in the Dragon Ball Universe which is also known to his TV series as Dragon Ball Z and created by Akira Toriyama. The character was introduced as an odd, monkey tailed boy who practices martial arts and possesses an extraordinary human powers as Super Saiyan. This is usually recognized by his uniquely styled hair and only changes it when he turns into Super Saiyan which his hair stands upright and turns blond. Following on the series, Son Goku has been married to Bulma and had two children named Son Gohan and Son Goten. The two children have also extraordinary powers which are inherit to their father as Super Saiyan.

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Update: Dragon Ball Z will have an upcoming movie which to be release in our favorite movie theater on April 3, 2009. The movie will be an American Adaptation that been distributed by 20^th century Fox and produced by Stephen Chow and James Wong at the same time as director of this said movie. Check the list of the complete main characters of the much awaited movie of the year 2009.

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Main Characters:

• Justin Chatwin – Goku
• James Marsters – Lord Piccolo
• Jamie Chung – Chi Chi
• Emmy Rossum – Bulma
• Chow Yun-Fat – Master Roshi
• Joon Park – Yamcha
• Eriko Tamura – Mai
• Texas Battle – Carey Fuller
• Luis Arrieta – Weaver
• Randall Duk Kim – Grandpa Gohan
• Christopher Sabat – Shenron
• Ernie Hudson – Master Mutaito
• Shavon Kirksey – Emi

Cell "Dragon Ball"

Cell is a fictional graphic novel supervillain from the Dragon Ball universe created by Akira Toriyama as an antagonist character
Series creator Akira Toriyama went through many different drawings before settling on the design he used in the Dragon Ball manga. Cell's appearance varies depending on which form he is in. He evolved from a cocoon-like form and his first form is insect-like in appearance. Both Cell's first and second forms have a tail that ends in a stinger-like appendage and allows him to absorb other organisms. His final form has a tail, albeit it is unclear whether it is able to absorb organisms, all forms have spots.

Cell is the ultimate creation of a fictional scientist named Dr. Gero, cloned from the cells of several characters from the series. As a result of the cloning, he is labeled the "perfect warrior", possessing genetic traits from Dragon Ball characters such as Piccolo and Freeza. Cell's existence is first hinted at when Future Trunks, Son Gohan and Bulma discover Cell's shed skin. He is first seen when confronted by Piccolo, who learns of the creature's history, as well his goal of absorbing #17 and #18.

After absorbing a sufficient amount of beings, Cell then found #17 and #18 and nearly absorbed #17, if not for #16 who was able to fight Cell one on one. He eventually manages to absorb #17 and changes into his second form. This second form would have absorbed #18 as well if Tenshinhan did not intervene. Tenshinhan is able to stall him long enough for #18 and #16 to escape. Cell gives chase to the two artificial humans and tries to flush them out of an island they were hiding in until Vegeta arrives to challenge Cell.Vegeta easily defeats Cell by utilizing his new Super Saiyan 2nd Grade abilities. However, Vegeta, wanting to battle a more challenging opponent, assisted Cell in absorbing #18. In this new form Cell easily defeats Vegeta and Trunks (who comes to assist Vegeta). Instead of killing the pair, Cell abandons the battle and announces that he would revive the Tenkaichi Budokai, a martial arts tournament not held since the end of Dragon Ball.

Called the "Cell Games" the tournament would pit any fighters Earth could muster against Cell. Many of Earth's heroes enter the competition. The so called "World Champion Martial Artist" Mr. Satan is the first to fight Cell and the first to lose. The series protagonist, Son Goku, battles after Mr. Satan. Though he had become very powerful from training in the Room of Spirit and Time, Goku is not powerful enough to defeat Cell. However, Goku's child, Gohan, is thought to have latent abilities greater than that of Cell's. However, Gohan looks to have no chance at defeating Cell until Cell destroys #16, filling Gohan with rage that transforms him into a Super Saiyan 2. Instead of losing gracefully, Cell decided to blow himself up, a feature that many of Doctor Gero's creations possessed. Before Cell could kill himself, Goku uses his ability to teleport to transport Cell and himself to the planet of the North Kaio, saving Earth but killing Goku. However, Cell was able to regenerate and teleport back to Earth, and upon arrival killed Future Trunks. Gohan manages to destroy Cell with a Kamehameha that obliterates the tyrant completely.

Cell also appears in Hell during filler episodes of Dragon Ball Z and makes a few appearances in Dragon Ball GT.

Super Saiyan

The Super Saiyan was introduced as a fictional legend in the Dragon Ball manga created by Akira Toriyama. The first character to transform into a Super Saiyan is the series' main protagonist Son Goku, in volume 27 of the 42 volume manga series, better known to general fans as Dragon Ball Z; named so after the anime adaptation of the manga series was split into two sub-series. The Super Saiyan also appears in a third, anime-only series called Dragon Ball GT. In the series, the Super Saiyan is a transformation that is only accessible to characters who possess heritage from the fictional race called the Saiyans. The effects of the transformation results in greatly enhanced physical abilities.

The first transformation to Super Saiyan occurs involuntarily, when a Saiyan has reached his natural limit and is overcome with intense emotion. Future transformations are achieved when the Saiyans massively increase a certain energy in their bodies called chi. As the series continued, the status of the Super Saiyan as being "legendary" is quickly departed from due to more characters developing the ability to transform.

The legend of the Super Saiyan is first introduced by the Saiyan prince Vegeta during the second story arc of the series called the Freeza Saga. Even though a detailed description of the legend is stated in the Freeza Saga, an indirect reference was made to it earlier in the series in the previous story arc called the Saiyan Saga. The legend told the story of a Saiyan with unlimited power who had existed a millennium prior. The assumption that many Saiyans had was that any Saiyan becoming a Super Saiyan was an extremely rare event, and only being a possible transformation for the stronger individuals of the race. When a Saiyan achieved the state of Super Saiyan, it was said that his pure heart would be overcome by rage, resulting in this radical transformation. The Super Saiyan legend was known by many races, and was considered the strongest being in the galaxy.

Because the Super Saiyan transformation had not been demonstrated by any Saiyan in recorded history, most races that had heard the legend of the Super Saiyan dismissed it as simple mythology, even most Saiyans. This was until several Saiyans emerged that possessed physical potential that had rapidly evolved beyond their known natural limits. The galactic overlord Freeza also had dismissed it as simple legend until he witnessed a genetically weaker Saiyan defeat one of his elite warriors. As a result, Freeza realized that a Super Saiyan emerging was a possibility. Fearing the Saiyans, he destroyed the race and their planet.

However, four Saiyans (Goku, Vegeta, Raditz, and Nappa) escaped the destruction, and one of the four would ascend to the legendary form and use it to defeat Freeza. Goku and Vegeta procreate with humans later in the series to produce hybrids, and most of the hybrids inherited the potential to ascend to Super Saiyan in spite of their impure heritage.

It was originally stated that a Saiyan must be pure of heart to make the transformation, whether it be pure good or pure evil. The legend also originally stated that only one Super Saiyan would emerge in a thousand years; this is later contradicted when another Super Saiyan appears one year later. As a result, the legendary status of the Super Saiyan ceases and by the end of Dragon Ball, there are numerous other Super Saiyans. It was later discovered that any male with at least half Saiyan heritage was biologically capable of ascending to Super Saiyan if they were powerful enough, but only under the appropriate conditions. In the written series, all the male characters with Saiyan heritage who existed after the Freeza Saga managed to achieve Super Saiyan, and some of the characters managed to achieve advanced Super Saiyan