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	Last Updated: Feb. 14; 11:02 PM, Central Standard Time Where: Fan Submissions By: SJR First off, I want to wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day! Also, tomorrow is Message Board Moderator Crippler Daimaoh's birthday, so roll in the punches! On to the meat of the matter. I have Chapter 3 up of Aatiyki's great fanfic, Beneath the Surface. She also sent in Chapter 4 to me, so look for that in the next couple days. I've also fallen behind on Kaeli's story, Dark Angel, but I'll have chapters 1 and 2 up by my next update. Sorry, Kaeli... I also want to congratulate GreatSaiyaman777 on his popular Editorial contest. Saiyaman, keep up the good work! Finally, before I call it a night, I want to remind you all that any writings or artwork you wish to be uploaded to the site should be turned in to me. Last Updated: Feb. 14; sometime PM, Central Standard Time Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Happy Valentine's day everybody! To start things out with, I'll just get the bad news out of the way. (read my One Piece editorial again and you'll see. No, it hasn't been licensed by "them" or anyone but it is a possibility) Next up, the site. As you may have remembered me saying earlier, I said that I was getting kind of tired of responding to Funimation's arguments all the time and wanted to make the site more fan oriented/focused, like Psaros's was. Of course, then I found out about Faulconer and the redub, and that motivated me to do a series of editorials. Actually, I've counted and there are only about... a handful of legitimate arguments I can think of they use that I haven't countered yet. (yes, they've even got some "illegitimate" arguments too) And, until Movie 9 comes out with butchered music (assuming it does, but I'm not holding my breath that you-know-what will happen from Funimation) I'm not really interested right now in doing more editorials about Funi. However, I have thought about writing Bruce Faulconer a "Heie/Chuck Huber" style-letter (read this and you'll see- http://www.dbzoa.net/opinions/lettertoheie.html) perhaps this weekend. Oh, the unintentional comedy/flaming potential that could result from that... Finally, as I decide to change my direction on the site in a.. different direction, I do so on a very good note. I recently read "The American Saiyajin's" editorial "FUNimation, Dragon Ball, Rabid Otakus, and the backround." I have to say, a LOT of what he said is very much true. The DVD prices... right on the money! I doubt he read that post from a Funimation DVD maker on Planet Namek's message boards that once read, "the price is determined by 3 different people" (ie, guy was complaining and saying he agreed Funi was overcharging, but was saying it was the fault of the greedy executives so there wasn't really anything that could be done) or many of the other stuff he said (like interviews and "The Genterview" and other things) to learn all that much information. Honestly, he sounds like either he's from Funimation or he's close friends with them. Believe me, I have researched Funimation for a pretty long time, and it's taken me quite a while to learn so much information on them. Still, I do disagree strongly with the "cover art" statements mainly because of Sailor Moon's excellent original cover art from ADV and Pioneer in the past which does contradict Funimation's choices there. Anyway, all this being said, I'm pleased to end this update with this exact quote from him which just goes to prove what I've been saying and have believed all along all this time. "Given DBZ’s growing popularity, and the fact that FUNimation is now becoming more established and is not as young as it was back in the day, FUNi could get the original track without too many problems I’d imagine, and would be cheaper and faster." (http://www.saiyanzpower.com/faneditorial5.shtml) Last Updated: Feb. 13; 3:17 PM, Central Standard Time Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 By the great gods of Olympus... IT IS COMPLETE! Five ungodly hours of opinion-putting up... man, no wonder Chris Psaros took down his opinions section. Let's see.... 12 new editorials, yup. The "Big Contest" mentioned on the 27th is almost complete. The only editorial left to be turned in is from KevinTRod of YGO Uncensored. (also, his site's been having some problems but you can still see it all here- http://www.laserkid.dryice.net/Yu-Gi-Oh!%20Uncensored!/) Lots of great editorials, be sure to read em all. Hmm... my download speed for Naruto episode 70 has increased from 5 to 30. I guess the gods of Olympus truly are amused by my work to reward me so. I'm not even Greek like Chris Psaros but I do like Greek food, so I guess that must count for something to those guys. Last Updated: Feb. 13; 11:07 PM, Central Standard Time Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Yo, gotta nother you-know-what up. (yeah, you-know-what up.) After that fairly long lull I guess it was about time for another active burst of updates. Now, guess it's about time another lull. Last Updated: Feb. 13; 3:17 PM, Central Standard Time Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 By the great gods of Olympus... IT IS COMPLETE! Five ungodly hours of opinion-putting up... man, no wonder Chris Psaros took down his opinions section. Let's see.... 12 new editorials, yup. The "Big Contest" mentioned on the 27th is almost complete. The only editorial left to be turned in is from KevinTRod of YGO Uncensored. (also, his site's been having some problems but you can still see it all here- http://www.laserkid.dryice.net/Yu-Gi-Oh!%20Uncensored!/) Lots of great editorials, be sure to read em all. Hmm... my download speed for Naruto episode 70 has increased from 5 to 30. I guess the gods of Olympus truly are amused by my work to reward me so. I'm not even Greek like Chris Psaros but I do like Greek food, so I guess that must count for something to those guys. Last Updated: Feb. 12; 12:28 AM, Central Standard Time Where: N/A By: SJR I got in another chapter of Beneath the Surface, but some computer complications prevented me from putting it up tonight. It should be up by tomorrow night. Also, my AIM has been giving me problems of the hacked kind. Yes, someone has messed with my AIM account, and for all I know still is using it. I may have to make another account. So if you get an IM from me, and it is very uncharacteristic of me, most likely it’s not, so notify me as soon as possible. Last Updated: Feb. 8; 9:33 PM Central Standard Time Where: The End of a Great Legacy By: GreatSaiyaman777 And so it ends good friends... one of the greatest Legacies in television history. For over 6 years and close 7, the International Channel has shown all 291 episodes of DBZ and 64 episodes of DBGT in their original format. Showcasing the lies of cowardly Saban, and the slightlier less cowardly Cartoon Network, and of course the biggest guilty party of all Funimation, the International Channel proved that everything on DBZ and DBGT could indeed be shown completely uncut without no censorship and with the original score still booming. Try as hard as they might, skipping and cutting episodes and cutting 1/4 of DBGT, Funimation could never quite catch up and DBZ and DBGT and, excluding Funimation and Saban's first 2 seasons, the International Channle always showed the series first America in it's original, pure, true and honest format. And most of all who could possibly forget that they are among the ones who inspired Chris Psaros to start up Dragon Ball Z Uncensored. For without the International Channel broadcasting of the series he would never have had sources to compare the English Funimationized and Sabanized episodes to. Had that not happened.... there'd be no DBZU, DBZOA, DBZU 2, and one can only wonder how much more terrible Funimation would have been in a world without the fan movements Chris Psaros inspired and led. Without these episodes having been shown on tv, you guys wouldn't be here reading these words, this site probably wouldn't even exist, and there'd still be 10,000's of more fans trapped under the ignorance, lies, deceptions and false propaganda spread by Funimation as the real show. Let's just be glad we don't live in such a world. Farewell International Channel. Thanks for the memories and most of all, thank you for being the catalyst behind the creation of DBZU, and for the name Psaros being renown as more than simply just the name of a small (but very good) restaurant in Greece. And lastly, thanks for being one of the only three companies in America (the other two being Pioneer and Viz Manga) to treat the DB series and it's fans with the true respect that this damn great series has always deserved. That means a lot to us, perhaps far more than can be adequately expressed. Farewell, and thank you for the immense Legacy which you left behind. You shan't be forgotten and we shall always be grateful for what it is that you have done for us, DB, and all of anime fandom itself. Farewell good friends, farewell. Last Updated: Feb. 8; 9:41 PM Central Standard Time Where: Fan Submissions By: SJR Another Fanfiction in, this time by Aatiyki. Chapters 1 and 2 of a large-scale project of hers. Check it out! Last Updated: Feb. 8; 5:37 PM PST Where: Sorry By: Illjwamh Well, it appears we owe everyone an apology once again. Despite valliant efforts, the Project S script for today will not be posted. It's a shame, too; today's the last episode. I recommend watching it anyway, though. The end credits are worth watching no matter what language they're in. Sorry again, folks. There's only so much we can do, and this time none of it seemed to want to work. In any case, check out the two new opinions from Saiyaman and myself if you haven't done so already. Last Updated: Feb. 8; 1:20 AM PST Where: Opinions By: Illjwamh Cripes, I'm up late. Anyway, with Fan Submissions back open, I just thought I'd rear my ugly head again to remind you all that about 80% of fanfiction on the internet is crap. Yes, you heard me. I'm not taking it back. With us today is another little editorial by me explaining one of the many reasons why. It can be found here. Please give it a read if you're into writing fanfiction, as we want to make our section a place where pieces of that other 20% can be found. Also, I'll reiterate,the Writer's Workshop is there on the message boards for anyone who wants some help improving their story before they post it somewhere. (Here? ^_^) Last Updated: Feb. 7; 8:50 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Blah, blah, blah, blah, new editorial, blah, blah, blah, blah. Also, more non-news on Movie 9. Funimation's latest Prime Anime came out (http://www.dragonballz.com/prime/17/17.htm) and it has no news whatsoever on Movie 9. Hmm... this is starting to weird me out, especially since their faq states that new movies will come out "every 3-6 months". (of course, the Faq is really out of date to begin with and seriously needs to be updated) If any of you guys would feel like e-mailing Funimation and asking what the deal is, go for it. Also, some rumblings on 4Kids and Funimation. (Mainly what'd appear to be a "Dragon Ball GT"ing of Detective Conan) I'd go more into it but, nah. Others have already reported it. Just check Anime News Network's news section for more on this. Last Updated: Feb. 4; 3:58 PM Central Standard Time Where: Fan Submissions By: SJR Yet another story by Kaeli up. Check out the start of her hit crossover series, Dark Angel. More soon! Also, buy something! Buy now! Buy often! Last Updated: Feb. 3; 9:05 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Man oh man oh man.... all you One Piece fans are REALLY going to like my new editorial. That's all I have to say about that. :) And to think, I don't even run a One Piece site and I've already scooped up this news. Also, for those who missed my January 27th update, be sure to check it out. So far, we've had 3 entries, with one pending and more promised. There are still 7 chances left to win the DBZ contest of a lifetime (DBZ fansub VHS movies 9-13 + GT Special and the real "uncut" [ie, bonus footage, man why does Funi always cut those extras?] DB Movie 4 which I'm now throwing in, all for free) so enter now and don't be left behind! Also, I'll put up all the new editorial responses this weekend. SSJLeia's going to be in charge of DBGTU when she does some other review things (I'm still in the dark of that) but I may put up Ultraseiya's review early this weekend or Friday. Finally, I can tell you with 100% assurance that DBZ Budokai 2 will INDEED be coming to Gamecube at some point. When, I dunno, but it'll be coming. Let's just hope that the European addition is smart enough to use the Japanese voices. I mean, hey, lots of Europeans were dissapointed at the switch, and Nintendo's going to need something extra to get PS2 owners to make the upgrade switch. They're a pretty smart company, so let's hope they make this happen. Last Updated: Feb. 1; 5:50 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: Illjwamh It's me this week. Leia's too busy to make the update, but she did give me the script for GT episode 63. Almost done! Only one episode left. And then we can go fill in all the gaps. We're very excited about that. -_- Anyway, be on the lookout for a slew of new anime reviews and whatnot. Ski and I have been going crazy. Woo! Last Updated: Jan. 30; 9:20 PM Central Standard Time Where: Fan Submissions By: SJR Less than a week on the job, and I recieved my first fanfic submission! Our own Kaeli sent me this great story. It's a tear-jerker. Please read it, it's extremely good. Remember, you can send everything in to me. Thanks! Last Updated: Jan. 28; 9:10 PM Central Standard Time Where: Fan Submissions By: SJR Well, people, I'm gonna revive the Fan Submissions section, and take control of that. So if you have any fanfiction, artwork, or various other works you would like to be put up, send them to me. I will look at them, and put them on the site if they meet the guidelines. Also, check out the Writer's Workshop section of the Message Boards. The Workshop is a great place for aspiring writers to have their works reviewed before you decide to do whatever you wish to with them. Any questions may be directed at myself or Illjwamh . Last Updated: Jan. 27; 11:15 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hey guys. Just for the record, I wasn't calling DB UK "mainstream." I just happened to mention the whole "mainstream" issue after talking about them a bit. Sorry for any confusion. Now for some big news. Remember that editorial from Funimation I responded to a while back ago? I found something similar one might call a treasure trove... Another editorial from somebody at Funimation? No... Two editorials? No.... Three editorials. Still no. FIVE editorials? No! TEN editorials? Hah hah, nope. TWENTY EDITORIALS?! Okay, now you're getting too high... Basically, someone from Funimation under the name "Underfaker" wrote.... (drum roll) ELEVEN WHOLE editorials and submitted them to the site Temple of Trunks! You can read them all here! And man, this guy says some really stupid stuff. Like at one point he BLAMES hardcore fans for bitching about Rock the Dragon and says something to the extent that "it's YOUR fault! Us dubbies LOVED THAT SONG! But, NO, no no no no no, NOOOOO! They changed it because of you guys! It's YOUR FAULT! You should have just shut up and just been happy about it!" Um... yeah. Forgive us for not realizing Funimation would be so incompetent that they'd replace it with something even worse. Besides, wasn't it YOUR company's idea to take that godawful Faulconer song and slap it all over 200+ DBZ episodes? When we complained about Rock the Dragon, that's not exactly what we were asking for in return. (actually, something more along the lines of a dub of Head Cha La and other songs. But we're probably not EVER going to get that, now that the great Bruce Faulconer and his big white cat Mr. Fluffles are returning for one last round of casio synthesizing and endlessly recycled college kid-composed music.) He then calls us original version fans "a bunch of deranged brainwashing cultists" (argh! I command you all to kill everybody from Funimation! And send me all of your money! Do this and I'll give you eternal salvation in Heaven!) and other assorted garbage, even going so far as to defend some of Saban's and the entire dub's worst censored lines of all time. ("Good thing it was a Sunday or those buildings would have been empty!") Ordinarily, I'd jump on the chance to respond to some assclown like this and reply to all his editorials. But you know what? ELEVEN FREAKING EDITORIALS IS JUST TOO MUCH RIGHT NOW! And this guy's.... man. Just trying to get through responding to... one of them... drove me half-insane. Granted, if this is a look into "Funimation's head" and what many of those people think at that company about DBZ, I can't help but say that that really terrifies me, and it explains A LOT about why the show's handled the way it is and why they many of them (but thankfully, NOT all, I can personally say) seem completely unable to relate to any fans who aren't happy with Funimation and aren't dubbies with virtually no exposure to the original version. (ie, "the majority of all DBZ-viewing fans in America") But like I said earlier, I'm getting tired of just replying to Funimation's arguments all the time and I want to take the site in some new and different directions. Maybe if Funimation had just butchered Movie 9's music I'd have something to piss me off and get me energized but, man, I need a change of pace. However- I've shown these editorials to several of my friends and they've all been very outraged. But none of them replied to em, since back then I told em, "relax, I'll handle it." So, that being said- I leave it to all of YOU GUYS, the viewers and readers of dbzoa, to reply to his eleven editorials should you so choose! Don't like him comparing you to Scientologists, Moonies or brainwashed Japanese wackos setting off gas bombs in Tokyo subways? Submit an editorial in reply to one (or more) of his wacky editorials! And as an added incentive to you guys since I'm in such a good mood right now, as a very special offer, I'll give one of the people who respond to his editorials DBZ Movies 9-13 (+ DBGT Tv Special) on good-quality VHS fansubs! That's right, ALL SIX movies that are still unreleased in the States! Something that WON'T all be out till 2006! Hell, I'll even autograph em for ya as fansub collectibles/trophies! How's that for some motivation, eh? Only requirement is they all gotta be answered first (all 11) before I pick a favorite based on my own judgement. So if you got ANY editorial/opinion responses you want to make to any one (or more) of this Funi person's editorials, come by the DBZOA's "Dubbed DBZ" message boards, join up and post em there in a topic. Oh yeah, and please don't reply to the first of the ones Underfaker did, ("The DBZ Cult") Ultraseiya said some pretty interesting things to me when he first read that, and I think he might want to reply to that one. Last Updated: Jan. 26; 9:30 PM PST Where: News Update By: GreatSaiyaman777 Ah, so much news to report, and all in one update no less. First off, the dub of DBZ Movie 9 is definitely finished. Props go out to Dragon Ball Z UK for finding this out first. When I first heard it though I didn't quite trust them, since I didn't know their site very well. I even e-mailed the guy asking him if he'd explain to me how he knew this- but not a peep! Eventually I was able to independently verify what he said. At first I was mad at them for not telling me but.... I can relate. I'm not one to give out my sources either. Well, I guess that that means they're definitely trustworthy. Man, how could I ever doubted a site nice enough to mention the Faulconer news? Especially since most of the "mainstream" sites (cough, some obvious names I won't bother to mention, particularly the sites that weren't nice enough to even bother e-mailing me back when I e-mailed them and politely told them I linked to them, cough) would be too frightened to ever do something like that that could potentially offend their (potential/existant) allies at Funimation and their site's mass viewing audience, and are already the types who would be quite nervous about an openly critical and harsh (aka, honest and thus, "controversial") site like the dbzoa. But oh well, we're not here to be a part of the mainstream, we're just here to be honest and open and be ourselves. Second, Movie 9's music. Now... I'm not definitely sure what it'll be. I probably could have found out already, but I figured I'd let Funimation have this one since I already found out about Movie 8's music and, most of all, about the redub's music. (shudder. "Angry Piccolo" in surround sound remastered on my big screen, while Scott McNeil gets confined to Saban history... um, yay?) However- from what I've heard I do know that there is a possibility it might still have the original music. The odds of that would probably be... 25% (okay, that probably is stretching it a bit since they virtually never use any original music for DBZ) but I do know that there's at least some remote chance it could be in there. I heavily doubt it and I know always to expect the worst, but I guess some chance is better than no chance. Third of all- Dragon Ball Z Saiyan Smash for the Gamecube? What about it? Well, I can't really say why, but- I can say that you shouldn't be too surprised if it turns out to be an rpg. While I'm not 100% sure I do know that Funimation has spoken before of releasing a DBZ rpg on Gamecube in 2004, and it does sound like this one could be a sure bet for what they were talking about, if what they said does come to pass in the way they said it would. Fourth, Narultimate Hero, aka the incredibly awesome Naruto fighting game out on the PS2 in Japan. There are rumors in the industry that, due to Naruto's large popularity already out in the states (mainly from Shonen Jump, and secondly from a fair number of fansubs making the rounds. Not to mention that some are predicting it's marketing to perhaps become "DBZ-esque" in terms of popularity so to speak in the future) that there's been talk of them bringing the game (or possibly more Naruto games in the future as well) over to America relatively soon due to the large fanbase it already has. Personally I'd really welcome this, as my lack of Japanese skills and Naruto's text-heaviness and loads of Japanese voice acting made it difficult for me to really understand. As long as they don't try to dub it they should be fine. Not that the tv dub when it does inevitably come will automatically suck, but one thrust together just for a videogame probably would. But if this does happen I wouldn't worry about that, producers/developers wouldn't want to (or maybe be allowed to) create a dub cast prior to the dub coming out as that'd lead players to expect the American dub to eventually sound the same as well. Finally, opinions. I've been doing it for a while and I realize... of all of the excuse Funimation uses to defend themselves (most of which I've basically shot down long ago) there are only 6 left I haven't gotten to! (I'll save those bits as ammunitions for much later, when Movie 9 probably has it's music replaced) While I do know that it's virtually impossible to make any headway at all with main executives like Barry Watson, I do know for a fact that I've managed to sway some opinions over there. But in any case, I'm growing weary of just talking directly to the company itself most of the time- I want to start talking mainly to the fans, you guys. That's what Psaros did most of the time and I seem to be doing the other way around with Funimation. So, be expecting to see a few changes around here. And P.S., KevinTRod maintainer of YGO Uncensored has- well, I guess I should let him be the one to tell youthe news. Last Updated: Jan. 25; 5:50 PM PST Where: Sorry By: Illjwamh There will be no Project: S script this week. Our most profuse apologies. Leia tried on three different computers, and I tried on mine with four different programs, but we couldn't get the file to run. So sorry. Be back next week, for we already know that one works and it will most assuredly be up. Last Updated: Jan. 24; 9:50 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 If there be gods sitting upon Mt. Olympus who are amused by literary creations, than it will truly delight them to know that I have written another extremely lengthy editorial piece. What possesses me to write so possessedly I know not, perhaps Apollo is really my father. Now if you'll excuse me, Gen Fukunaga and Bruce Faulconer have apparently struck a deal with Hades to acquire my soul, and only the combined might of Hercules and Xena can save me now. Last Updated: Jan. 19; 11:43 PM PST Where: Features By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hey hey hey, got a new interview up. This one's from the author of the infamous "Freeza" comic which some of you might remember and it answers a couple of interesting questions behind how the comic got created. Also, some news on DBZ Movie 9. Apparently- it might not be released in February? This would be very odd, as new movie releases by FUNimation have almost always been done in February and August of each year. They have said something about releasing Movie 9 cards early (http://www.collectoressentials.com/p1022-219-dbz-ccg-alt-foil-goku-the-unbeatable.html, apparently they're already out eh? Heh, I gotta say that Zanya looks pretty hot) to "help familiarize fans with the plot, story and characters!" but I personally think they just did some research/test-marketing and decided that movie DVD's released in April would sell better. The only date out there listed among all the sites (Dragon Ball Unlimited, Saiyan Prince ) seems to be sometime in April, which wouldn't surprise me since Funimation's latest Anime Report (http://www.dragonballz.com/prime/16/16.htm) doesn't even make any mention of DBZ Movie 9. Oh well, no big. While I can't say for 100% certain I have a strong feeling it'll probably be just like Movie 9 (good director, good writer, stupid censored curse words, lame shitty music that makes the dub not worth watching more than once, cough, cough, Movie 8) so I can't say I'm too excited about what FUNimation's latest attempts to "wow" the fans will be. Even at their best (Movie 6) they still lack considerably compared to the original version. (the ending song of Movie 6 "Hero", man... totally owns Mark Menza) Finally, I've recently gotten an Uncensored Anime review of a DBGT FUNimation dubbed episode from a fan which I should have up soon in my next update. With luck, perhaps there'll be more DBGT Uncensored reviews from him in the future like when Vekou reviewed the first half of the Piccolo Daimaoh saga. Last Updated: Jan. 19; 11:43 PM PST Where: Features By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hey hey hey, got a new interview up. This one's from the author of the infamous "Freeza" comic which some of you might remember and it answers a couple of interesting questions behind how the comic got created. Also, some news on DBZ Movie 9. Apparently- it might not be released in February? This would be very odd, as new movie releases by FUNimation have almost always been done in February and August of each year. They have said something about releasing Movie 9 cards early (http://www.collectoressentials.com/p1022-219-dbz-ccg-alt-foil-goku-the-unbeatable.html, apparently they're already out eh? Heh, I gotta say that Zanya looks pretty hot) to "help familiarize fans with the plot, story and characters!" but I personally think they just did some research/test-marketing and decided that movie DVD's released in April would sell better. The only date out there listed among all the sites (Dragon Ball Unlimited, Saiyan Prince ) seems to be sometime in April, which wouldn't surprise me since Funimation's latest Anime Report (http://www.dragonballz.com/prime/16/16.htm) doesn't even make any mention of DBZ Movie 9. Oh well, no big. While I can't say for 100% certain I have a strong feeling it'll probably be just like Movie 9 (good director, good writer, stupid censored curse words, lame shitty music that makes the dub not worth watching more than once, cough, cough, Movie 8) so I can't say I'm too excited about what FUNimation's latest attempts to "wow" the fans will be. Even at their best (Movie 6) they still lack considerably compared to the original version. (the ending song of Movie 6 "Hero", man... totally owns Mark Menza) Finally, I've recently gotten an Uncensored Anime review of a DBGT FUNimation dubbed episode from a fan which I should have up soon in my next update. With luck, perhaps there'll be more DBGT Uncensored reviews from him in the future like when Vekou reviewed the first half of the Piccolo Daimaoh saga. Last Updated: Jan. 18; 2:50 PM PST Where: N/A By: SSJ Leia Well, I'm sorry. I know I said I'd have today's Shinonome script for sure, but I don't. It's not for lack of trying. First, my computer has gone nuts, and I can no longer connect to the internet except with my brother's computer. After that, I had one problem after another trying to get the episode. I'm giving up at this point. I'm really sorry. Hopefully my computer will be fixed by next weekend (someone's coming to look at it on Tuesday) and I'll have the next script up. Last Updated: Jan. 11; 9:03 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Heyas, new editorial. I'd thought about it for a while and hadn't actually planned on writing this until around/after I retired, but recent events motivated me to go ahead and do it much sooner. What events are they? Well, something big is happening this week but I can't say much yet until it does. But keep checking all the Anime Uncensored Websites out there and might be able to find out what it is in advance. Oh yeah and don't forget the new interview, heh. Last Updated: Jan. 11; 12:00 PM PST Where: Opinions By: SSJ Leia I don't have an excuse this time--I just plain forgot about Project S this weekend. I'm really sorry. I promise it won't happen again. I would recommend looking for an online summary of the episode; there's one here, but there may be more detailed ones out there as well. Also, check out the new opinion, submitted by a fan from France. Last Updated: Jan. 10; 4:23 PM PST < b>Where: Interview By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hello everybody. Today's a pretty big day for the site as I just finished interviewing.... (drum roll) A VA FOR FUNIMATION! Woohoo! Anyway, be sure to check out the new interview and I hope you like it! Last Updated: Jan. 6; 5:15 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 A person I've spoken to a few times in the past known as Nephalim33 (best known for his work on the DBZ/GT dual-soundtrack petition) recently submitted an editorial detailing his thoughts on fan reactions, the redub's music and what the fans should be doing right now. It's a good read and if you're worried about what'll happen to the redub then you should especially make sure to read it over. Last Updated: Jan. 5; 8:54 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hello. First off, the big news. Funimation has already dubbed the first 16 episodes of DBGT... beyond this, I don't really have any information on them. But given recent events, I suspect the Untalented Mr. Menza will probably be doing the music for them. (I shudder to imagine what he'll do to the Don Para Para Brothers's song, one of the funniest moments in DB. More rap music perhaps? Ugh...) Also, I've made a few updates to the DBZU 2 links, fixing a Pokemon Movie Uncensored link, (it turns out the original version of the movie was actually pretty good- and intelligent and mature! When I saw the dub of it in theatres years ago, I literally thought that it was one of the most horrible movies of all time I'd ever seen, easily one of the worst three and competing for the worst of all time.) adding DBZ UK to the lineup, and Duncan Roberts's site. Finally, don't forget to check out the new opinion piece. Oh, and my apologies for that whole thing earlier Mr. Roberts, you're actually a pretty nice guy. Oh yeah, be sure to check out the sound clips on his site (especially the Metal Gear ones) as they're really hilarious. And if you like them, please send the guy nice e-mails letting him know, okay? Last Updated: Jan 4; 2:30 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia The script for GT episode 59 is up in Project S. I'm sorry about missing the last one. Later tonight I hope to add a couple of opinions that have been waiting patiently in my inbox, but right now I'm going outside to walk in the snow. ^_^ Last Updated: Jan. 3; 7:29 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 You know.... I really hate to have to be the harbinger of bad news. But unfortunately, DBZ fans are bound to have to hear about this eventually, so it's better they know now as opposed to several months from now when it'll be too late to do anything about it. So here goes- Bruce Faulconer is coming back and is being rehired by Funimation to replace DBZ's original music for every last second of all 63 episodes of the DBZ redub. To find out more on the most incredibly shitty piece of DB news to grace fans since Funimation announced they were putting rap music in DBGT, check out the new opinion piece. Last Updated: Dec. 27; 4:07 AM PST Where: N/A By: Illjwamh Just a quick bit of news for you. Leia apologizes, but she has had a hectic week (haven't we all), and will be away this weekend. She is not sure if the new Project:S script will be up. We know she'll try her hardest, but be forwarned. Again, her most abject apologies. Hope everyone had/is still having a great holiday! ^_^ Last Updated: Christmas! Where: Merry Christmas! By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hello..... Um... what are you doing here today? It's Christmas dude! You should be opening presents and hanging out with your family and- well... as long as you're here, guess it's up to me to do an update. Anyway, here's my Christmas gift to you all, it's a link to an old comic from Planet Namek that tries to answer the question "What if?" Freeza found out that Funimation made him gay, where he goes to earth to blow up Funimation headquarters and- well, anyway, enjoy. Also, don't forget to give good ol' Chris Psaros (otaku@deepthought.armory.com) some of the Holidays cheer and wish him a merry Christmas and Happy New Year. And if you do speak to him, could you ask him to give me some help on how to do episode comparisons? I'm close to reviewing Season 6 and haven't spoken to him in forever and could use some of his expert advice. And finally, merry Christmas to you all and may you all have a happy new year! P.S.- Just uploaded the entire comic to dbzoa since the archives were acting funny for a couple people. Special thanks to Mr. Nick Giannoutsos for originally creating this and SkullMac for uploading it to Namek. Coincidentally, Skullmac uploaded it almost 4 years ago to this day. Man, those coincidences eh? Last Updated: Christmas Eve; 10:46 PM PST Where: Fan Submissions By: Illjwamh I know what you're all saying. "Fan submissions is dead! He closed that months ago!" Well, you're right. It is closed, and it will remain so, as I don't believe fan fiction really fits in with the overall theme of our site. However, there is a fellow out there who's been in contact with me for a while, and apparently his dream is to have a fic posted here. Well, I was never one to quash dreams (has to shut several people up very quickly), so I let him have a go at it. He's been waiting for a while for me to post it too, so this will be my gift to him this holiday season. The fic is called The Extreme Hauntings, and a description can be found by following the links above. Chapters 1-10 have been posted, but there was a formatting problem with the last five that I ddin't feel like fixing. It is Christmas Eve, after all. I'll fix it when I put up the rest of the stuff I've been sitting on, which will be this weekend whether I hear back from the person I'm waiting on or not. And a happy [whatever holiday you celebrate] to everyone! ^_^ Last Updated: December 23; 1:03 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Breaking news- I have a new opinion piece up!..... Okay, it pretty much happens all the time, but I think this one's a pretty good one. Only two more left till the big DBZU2 comparisons. Last Updated: December 21; 4:23 PM PST Where: DBZU 2 Links By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hohoho! Merry Christmas and happy holidays everybody! I updated my section of DBZU 2 links with a ton of sites, there's enough links there to probably keep you busy for weeks if you so chose. (been meaning to do that for a while) Also, just to let you know I have only 1 more opinion piece and two special updates left before reviewing the Majin Buu episodes. I'll let you know what the plan is latter, but DBZU 2 will definitely be making it's true truimphant return come January. Last Updated: December 21; 4:00 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia The script for GT episode 57 is up in Project S. Last Updated: December 19; 12:35 PM PST Where: Features By: Illjwamh Not really an update, more of a repair. You see, when the features page went down, it was my fault. I've been meaning to fix it (and tried a couple of times unsuccessfully), but stuff kept happening. Poor ol' Saiyaman, too. He wanted to put a few more things in there, and he's been nothing but patient with me. I would've kicked my ass by now. Thanks, buddy.:) In other news, the OA is now three years old. Well, it was on December sixth. We got caught up in finals and stuff and sort of forgot about it.:P Anyway, for those of you who didn't catch it in the forums, there will be a birthday chat on AIM on Saturday at 6:00 PM Pacific time. Rememember your time zones, folks. If you want in, just locate one of the staffers and we'll invite you. Also, and I'm sorry, but due to some...incidents at last year's birthday chat, only members of the site (i.e. the forums) will be allowed in. I've got plenty more stuff to throw at you, as I've been slacking off and letting things pile up lately, but they won't be going up now because I'm sick as a dog. A lame dog that has trouble breathing and whose muscles are sore to the point of absurdity. In any case, look for a big chunk from me around the end of the weekend. It'll be up before Christmas for sure, as I've got a promise to keep.^_^ Last Updated: December 18; 7:21 PM PST Where: Links By: GreatSaiyaman777 Yo. Mo updates. Updated the main Links page to include a link to Mike McFarland's official website. Also, I've updated some of the Anime Uncensored websites in DBZU 2's link list. (Shaman King got a new official one instead of just the journal, found some Inu-yasha ones and another Escaflowne one) Whew. Well, still got a lot of work ahead of me to get through. Also, remember to keep checking the 4Kids message forum. Lots going on there. Finally, dbzoa's gonna- birthday something? Eh, I'll just let someone plug the news about that. Last Updated: December 17; 12:06 PM PST Where: Best... news update... EVER! By: GreatSaiyaman777 It's finally happening, a great day that many a fan of dreamed of and awaited for so long... The Anti-4Kids Otaku Alliance is being WORKED ON and CREATED as we SPEAK! To everybody who is against 4Kids for the many countless animes they ruin go there now, and bring as many of your fellow anime fans along as humanly possible! Go by the message board below to find out more! And for everybody who doesn't hate 4Kids, DON'T forget how horribly they've been butchering Shaman King. And for all you Yugioh fans, don't forget to check out these movies to catch a glimpse of the real Yugioh that 4Kids does NOT want you to see. All the more reason why this is such a great idea and why the fans who hate what 4Kids does to their favorite shows all should unite together as one, which is exactly what is going to now happen at long last. Last Updated: December 17; 12:06 PM PST Where: DBZU2 Links, Features By: GreatSaiyaman777 Heyas. Guy sent me some corrections to the Blue Water piece. Also, tons of new stuff happening over at the Anti-4Kids message board. If you yourself don't like 4Kids for the way they treat certain/all animes (Yu-gi-oh, Shaman King, Sonic X, etc.) you should definitely go by. And if you know anybody who feels the same way about 4Kids, please have them come by too. It's even possible that an Anti-4Kids Alliance might be formed soon by the members there! Last Updated: December 16; 5:21 PM PST Where: DBZU2 Links, Features By: GreatSaiyaman777 Heyas. Just thought I'd make a little guide here on when the future DBZ/GT releases will be. Given their habit of "6 months apiece" between releases, Movie 9 should be release at some point in September. (could be any day of the month, late or early) Last time when they announced their "new music" for Movie 8 they did so about 2 months in advance prior to it's release. The only times they haven't made "pre-announcements" have been for movies 6 and 7, which were scored for movie 6 by Mark Menza and "scored" for movie 7 by Mark Menza. (personally, I don't even think Movie 7's music was good enough to be classified as real music) 4, 5, and 8 were announced early because they had a small handful of songs by Disturbed, Linkin Park and Pantera which, of course, FUNimation felt would help appeal to their so-called "target audience" of everybody from those who wear diapers to those still in Jr. High. If FUNimation doesn't make an announcement beforehand, than you can either expect the dub of the movie to most likely have just Mark Menza or... the original soundtrack. While it would be a truly amazing thing to include, I'm not about to hold my breath as the idea of Funimation deciding to dub one of the DBZ movies completely right which so far seems virtually impossible. (even though all of their "Lupin III" movies will be including their original soundtracks, cough, cough, double-standard hypocrites) I could probably have found out what music would be in Movie 9 but.... I just haven't been interested in doing so. There's more important news out there about the state of DBZ in America right now and you'll understand why in a little bit from now. Also, at the rate GT's been showing on tv... Dubbed DBGT episode 22 will premier on December 26th, 2003. Dubbed DBGT episode 30 will premier on February 20th, 2004. Dubbed DBGT episode 40 will premier on April 30th. Dubbed DBGT episode 50 will premier on July 9th. Dubbed DBGT episode 60 will premier on September 17th. The final Dubbed DBGT episode 64 will premier on October 15th. Good Guardian of the earth! They're really dragging this thing out! By the time it's over on tv it'll be time for the next election! And there's no telling what they'll do with the first 15 episodes they skipped. (if they'll be on tv or when they'll actually release them) Oh well. Speaking of which, if anybody would be interested in doing DBGT comparisons like how Vekou reviewed the first half of the Piccolo Daimaoh saga, then drop me a line. Believe me, if you were to decide to do so then you'd have absolutely no trouble at ALL keeping up with the episodes showing on tv. Last Updated: December 15; 10:12 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hello. You know the drill, another update. I plan on reviewing the DBZU 2 episodes soon (you'll know the plan then) and am trying to knock stuff out of the way first that I've been meaning to do. I can only think of two other opinions I'd want to write before then, one of which will be one of the "big four" updates I was talking about earlier. Opinions looks pretty cool with all those "New" next to em, eh? I'm almost tempted to take a screenshot while it lasts. Also, I've been thinking of reviewing DB movie 4. Even though it's insanely long and it makes Movie 8 look as long as Movie 1, I'm tempted to do it and I'd have plenty of time to work on it over the break if I did decide to do it. Last Updated: December 14; 10:12 PM PST Where: DBZU2 Links, Features By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hey. Lots of updates, eh? Well, I didn't have much time to update this semester, and now I have lots of free time so... enjoy it while it lasts. Anyway, I added another Shaman King site to the list of Anime Uncensored Websites in my DBZU2 links. (thanks to Darkfox for telling me about it and KatanaJon for telling me about the new Card Captor Sakura site) I've also revamped my dubbing companies feature (http://dbzoa.net/features/dubbingcompanies.html) to include the infamous Nelvana and a couple of other companies whose names escape me at the moment. I know Features is still fcked up, but hopefully it should finally, finally be fixed soon. Now for something different... news on the licensing of Naruto. How I know this information, I'm really not at liberty to tell you. (don't want to reveal one of my sources, and can't say anything about my other source) But if you know my reputation for honest and accurate information, then that should be enough for you. Now then.... Pioneer will be looking into picking up Naruto in 2004. FUNimation has done some looking into picking up the series as well, though from the looks of things I don't think they're going to pick it up. Also, 4Kids has apparently been looking into picking it up too... I'm just going to keep my fingers crossed and hope that they don't succeed. If you know me fairly well than you probably already know that I think 4Kids are many, many times worse than Funimation and are actually the single most horrible anime dubbing company in all of America. Since apparently Naruto is one of the number-one most desired anime series not yet licensed, many other companies should be looking into it too and hopefully one of them will outbid 4Kids. If 4Kids actually does sink it's poisoned claws into Naruto's throat, that'll just be yet another unfortunate reason why fans should really group together and form an Anti-4Kids Otaku Alliance to stand up to them. Last Updated: December 14; 3:10 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia The script for GT episode 56 is up in Project S. I hope everyone's out of school for winter break...or at least close! And hey, as long as we're plugging other anime...I've been really enjoying Inuyasha on CN. I'm not in a position to judge whether it's a good dub, but it's Ocean Group VA's and seems pretty good. Last Updated: December 13; 5:02 PM PST Where: Opinions, DBZU2Links, Links By: GreatSaiyaman777 I've finished watching the first 58 episodes of Naruto and its tv special. Wow... it's definitely one really amazing anime. I don't think I've enjoyed an anime this much since DBZ. I actually think it could have the potential to make anime truly mainstream (ie, it's actually targetted to a wider audience including older people, instead of just little kiddies) if put on a respectable time slot like after the Simpsons. But, some crappy dubbing company is bound to pick it up, misdub it, censor the hell out of it and then get on their hands and knees to beg CN or FoxBox to pick it up, as is usually the case. I can already picture Al Kahn telling stockholders that 4Kids is going to be doing "everything they can" to target Naruto for the diaper tots-to Jr. High School crowd, like they always have and like what Funimation is still doing with DBZ and DBGT. Also, I've update my Naruto opinion piece for anyone who's made the mistake of buying the DVD's or has thought about doing so. One guy did so, so I figured I should warn the rest about you. In addition I've updated the general Links page to include a new petition and my DBZU2 links page to include some new anime uncensored sites. Of particular note is the page on Initial D. I listened to some clips and I can't get the song "Station to Station" out of my head now. But the dub theme song- man, I erased that from my memory almost instantly. It's like they took some random white guy off the street, tossed him inside some garage/basement with a no-name band then had him rehearse for ten minutes before calling it a day. I might even go so far as to say that Initial D.'s dub music is even worse than GT's. Last Updated: December 13; really late PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Marzak Ahmed gave me permish to put up his editorials from the website ocean-db.net which is set to close in less than week. (a great site, btw, be sure to get a chance to visit before it does) Another dude gave me 2 editorials of his own. All in all, 8 editorials all in one day. Heh, must be some kind of record for DBZ websites I suppose. Just a reminder, again, SSJLeia is in charge of Opinions. For various miscellaneous reasons I put these all up today. Now if you excuse, I gotta go eat and watch some Naruto. Last Updated: December 17; 6:02 PM PST Where: Best.... news update.... EVER! By: GreatSaiyaman777 Even though he's spam-invaded the boards over a dozen times... even though he hates me and everything I've ever done... even though he fully supports what Funimation does and attacks my arguments as meaningless because "Funi makes the show more profitable" despite the already well-established fact that the excellent Mexican dub did much better down there that Funimation's DBZ has here, I've put up SSJ3P's excellent opinion piece on the "Blue Water dub" that was originally posted in the dbzoa boards a long time ago. I've also put up Knight's counter-opinion to it. Usually SSJLeia handles other people's opinions, but these all fall under "miscellaneous" for various reasons so I guess I'll be putting em up. I've got more on the way too. Last Updated: December 13; 2:27 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 I'm back, and I've got ANOTHER political update for you guys! Heh heh... no, don't worry- it's not that kind of politics, just DBZ Community politics. Aside from a handful of retired webmasters this kind of "politics" isn't going to cause a rucus to anyone. Hopefully this should help explain why some still hold animosity towards the dbzoa. Last Updated: December 12; 4:46 PM PST Where: N/A By: GreatSaiyaman777 Wow, do one political update and a lot of people get offended. Guess that's natural with a country that's almost evenly divided right now. But, you guys don't come here to hear politics and dbzoa's about anime, not Republicans and Democrats fighting each other, right? Sorry to anyone offended, I certainly wouldn't want to go to one of my favorite non-political sites and hear about how the Democrats are sympathizing with the terrorists or something like that. It's just that I almost always talk about anime and just wanted to say something else more importantright now about the state of our country. I mean, what's more important? Talking about how Gen Fukunaga is an overgrown twinkie and is a traitor to his race or talking about how Haliburton is- hmm... Well, I definitely can tell which one most of you would rather hear about when you come here, heh heh. If you wanted to hear the other stuff you'd just go to some news site. If I ever do decide to write anything else political on dbzoa.net I'll probably do it in the form of an editorial instead where it'll remain completely seperate from any of my other works on the sites. Anyway, please don't be too mad at me. We all have our opinions and I just wanted to take the opportunity to express mine. Finally, that being said I leave thee with these articles, written by Ronald Reagan's oldest son and JFK's nephew. I won't comment on them, what to make of them I leave to you the viewer. Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Last Updated: December 10; 10:00 PM PST Where: N/A By: GreatSaiyaman777 Finals are almost over- PRAISE BE UNTO THE GUARDIAN OF THE EARTH! And once you're doing praising him, make sure to check out my new opinion piece. Last Updated: December 8; 1:00 AM PST Where: N/A By: SSJ Leia I'm really sorry about not having the Project S script up this week. I've been really busy with preparing for final exams. If you're desperate to understand what happened in episode 55, run a search for GT episode summaries. I promise I'll have this Sunday's script. Last Updated: December 4; 3:30 PM PST Where: Links By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hello. Just updated the main links page to include a link to Vic Mignogna's (VA of Brolly) website. Anyway, sorry for not updating much recently, I've been pretty busy with finals and stuff. However- good things come to those who wait, and I have a lot in store for you guys. This December/January, two of the 4 biggest updates of all time I've ever made thus far should come to pass. What are they? Well, you'll just have to find out. See ya then. Last Updated: November 30; 3:00 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia I wish there was a more creative way to say that the script for GT episode 54 is up in Project S. Last Updated: November 24; 10:54 PM CST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Been a long while since I update eh? Sorry for the wait. Anyway, what I'd been trying to do was get an anonymous interview with someone (VA actually) from FUNimation. Why the anonymity? Heh, because I know from prior experiences that FUNimation will never in 1000 years give anyone permission to be interviewed by the dbzoa or talk to them (doesn't stop them though!) and their contracts are quite harsh. In any case, it may have fallen apart but I'm not too mad. The person was very nice and considerate, and it was their right to back out if they so chose and I respect that. We did talk a little bit though, and some of what the person commented to me was, "I appreciate your comments. But to tell you the truth (and I apologize) they are wasted on me. I'm just an actor...its not my company. I go in for an hour or so maybe once a week, if I'm lucky. I get handed the script...(not knowing who wrote it) half the time I don't even know what director I will get or even what character I'm reading for. I pretty much do what the director says and I go home. My opinion wouldn't matter even if it was valid. I could argue or whatever until I'm blue in the face...and all I would get is..."we won't be calling that person again." I don't know what goes on there...and that's okay with me. I'm happy to be working, I appreciate the fans and their loyalty and concern for good quality stuff... But it's not up to me. I could try to pass this along... if you would like? and I'd try to answer anything that I could... but believe me, you know much more about this than I do." Hmm... Well... the person does make a good point. It really is up to the directors to get everything right, make sure that the scripts are good and so forth. Look at YYH and Fruits Basket- directed mainly by Justin Cook. Dragon Ball- well, Mike McFarland who directed Movie 8 directs most of that. DBGT? Mainly by... Barry Watson. ("Yeh yeh yeh homie, let's all be steppin into tha grand tour g-dogz! Ah yeah! We gonna done be blazin it like sandlewood, straight from the hood, outta da woods an inta outa space real real good!") And I'm not going to name any names just yet, but one particular major director called up a friend from OUTSIDE of FUNimation to complain about a dumb line in the script. Why? Because he'd never SEEN the Majin Buu saga before (I watched HALF of it in one day, Mr. Youknowwho) and neither had ANYONE else at FUNimation bothered to do so. Basically, if the director's a person of skill and integrity who truly cares about the end product and doing it right (Justin Cook) you have nothing to fear from the dub. But if the guy's a big idiot who could "clearly give two shits less about production" (Barry Watson) you can expect Neel Bligh to "beef up" half the series and some talentless hack from out of Dallas to musically spray feces on the whole thing. Most VA's can't live alone just off of VA wages (since anime VA's are still underpaid by the industry- that's why at least 2 VA's, Ian Corlett and Mark Britten, left FUNi before in the past) and thus, can't devote the huge quantities of time necessary for studying all the many anime dubbing they're required to do. That's why the small handful of directors (paid enough to focus on that aspect of dubbing full-time) need to be the ones who know what they're doing. Well, thanks to the person who spoke to me and no, I'm not telling any of you who it was. FUNimation's contracts got strict after someone from FUNi spoke to Planet Namek (and/or some other sites) and "leaked" the "Burger King, some kind of contest involving the Trunks saga Driving episodes edited tapes for free" news. After said event, Barry Watson went absolutely apeshit over the "leak" and almost immediately made everybody at FUNimation sign severely harsh legal contracts with large penalties for "defiers." That's one of the reasons why regular interviews with people FUNi (which used to be fairly common in the good ol' days) are so rare now. So you see, that in addition to my word of honor is why I can't tell who speaks to me. If I did that, nobody from FUNi would be willing to help me out or speak to me, and it'd be pretty rude of me to try to get them punished for doing so. So please try to understand. Also, got a new opinion piece up. Finally, "Features" has been temporarily down since one staffer accidentally messed-up the html. However, it should be fixed and back up as good as normal fairly soon. Last Updated: November 23; 3:40 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia The script for GT episode 53 is up in Project S. Hopefully I'll get the one for 52 eventually. Last Updated: November 16; 12:40 PM PST Where: Dragonball Uncensored By: SSJ Leia I'm sorry, but I had trouble getting today's GT episode so I don't have the script ready. I might still get it in time, but don't count on it. If you still want to watch the episode, there is a summary of it here. You should be able to get the gist of it. Again, sorry. Also, the rest of the King Piccolo saga episode comparisons are up in DB Uncensored. Check them out; they're really interesting to read. Last Updated: November 14; 11:50 PM PST Where: News By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hey, sorry bout the recent lack of updates. I've been kind of busy on a pretty big project right now. Can't exactly say what it is... and I don't want to ruin the surprise... but please keep your fingers crossed and hoep that it goes well. :) Also, I've got some sad news... the website ocean-db.net is about to shut down it's doors. It's news and forums just recently shut down. For those who don't know about it, it was one of the best DBZ sites within the past year (at a time when DBZ sites are becoming fewer and fewer) and was a very interesting and informative place to go for information on the Ocean Group and the Ocean dub. Actually, it was pretty funny too, and had an unusually high concentration of funny/intelligent people on their message boards compared to what most have on average. Unfortunately, as time goes by not all websites and message forums will last forever. At the very least though, there are always the web archives which never cease to surprise me at the sheer amount and diversity of content they always somehow manage to capture and store. In any case, in honor of the ocean-db.net, I've set up a tribute board to it along with the Ocean dub itself and ukdb.net. Any of you former members from there are more than welcome to join. Just please be sure to try to keep the spam invasions down to a minimum if you do. ;) Last Updated: November 9; 4:00 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia The script for GT episode 51 is up. I may have more to add tonight if I can get to it. Last Updated: November 7; 4:20 PM PST Where: News By: GreatSaiyaman777 Just saw the first GT dubbed episode today. It started at the "starter" episode (episode made up of "clips" that takes place before GT episode 16) and still had Mark Menza's music.... wow. I guess, at the very least, it's nice that they're leaving in a few moments of silence. I guess FUNimation is now taking their audience at least slightly more maturely. Anyway, there is some good news however. I was speaking to a person from FUNimation on AIM and I brought up that "DBZ dual-soundtrack petition" and that person said, "Wow, that sounds like a good idea. I wonder if they'd listen to it?" so I can personally attest to Nephalim33's claim that he's gotten "positive responses" from some people at FUNimation. Anyway, GT's already been dubbed and scripted. But there's still hope for the music in future DVD. And if not, then perhaps in the DBZ redub or the rest of the movies. So, ladies and gentlemen, to ANYONE out there who's angry and pissed off right now, don't complain- instead, channel your energy into signing and supporting this petition and getting as many other people as humanly possible to do so to. I am behind this petition 1,000,000% and think that it's easily one of the top 3 best DBZ petitions ever written (and mind you, there's a lot of "competition" in the DBZ petition field considering that there are so dang many of them). So again- if ANY of you are upset, then stop what you're doing and just SIGN THE PETITION. Let's put our hopes and dreams into it and hope that things turn out for the better in the end. Last Updated: November 2; 4:30 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia The script for GT episode 50 is up in Project S. That's it for this week. I've been quite busy. Last Updated: October 31; 11:59 PM CST Where: Opinions By: SJR Haven't had an update from me in a while, eh? First of all, Happy Halloween! Anyway, to business. One more opinion piece up, made by Your Truly. Make sure to check it out. And always, BUY BUY BUY! Last Updated: October 31; 3:21 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Heya's, more updates. First of all my opinion piece on 4Kids got accepted over at YGO Uncensored, woohoo! Surprisingly, it said a lot of positive things about FUNimation. Then again, I imagine any dubbing company can't help but look good next to 4Kids. On the other hand, I have to admit that FUNimation actually... rocks with most of it's anime dubs. Unfortunately, whenever something with the words "Dragon Ball Z" or "Dragon Ball GT" appears before them they still insist on whacking themselves on the heads with mallets and calling up Christopher Neel and Mark Menza and telling them to "work their magic", so I still can't say that FUNimation is a "real" or good anime dubbing company. I mean, who knows what they'll do to the redub? They already stated that they were, "considering the possibility of of releasing the early episodes uncut, with new dubbed audio tracks to maintain consistency with the current releases" and they're not exactly the kind of people who are ever in a hurry to stop doing something idiotic despite how dumb it may be or what anyone thinks about them. Also, I made a small correction to my DBZ Budokai on PS2 article. Of course, DBZ Budokai just came out REMASTERED on Gamecube, so I have to make another one for that and at this current point and I doubt the PS2 one will be of much interest to you. However, come Christmas you'll be glad I wrote that. Trust me, you DON'T want to have to spend several hours listening to Josh Martin and Justin Cook's awful renditions of all Majin Buu's forms grunting (Well except for Kid Buu, which was the ONLY one FUNimation got right). You'll be grateful for that PS2 article soon enough. Finally, I wrote another article too about the anime and fansubbing of Naruto, lots of info on that. Maybe I'll write something similar on One Piece too once I've watched a lot of it... Last Updated: October 26; 1:00 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome, Dragonball Uncensored By: SSJ Leia The script for today's GT episode, 49, is up in the Project S archive. There are also 8 more of Vekou's DB comparisons up in DB Uncensored. Last Updated: October 22; 8:47 PM PST Where: Links By: GreatSaiyaman777 What's up? First of all, I've made some updates to the links section. The link to the lovely Ms. Meredith McCoy's site has now been fixed. Also, after having received a request to help support a petition for subtitled uncut "Magical Doremi" I altered the Petitions section to Anime petitions as well as Dragon Ball petitions, and made a few other additions there. (one petition since then was retired by it's author since what it was hoping for recently came to past) What's Magical Doremi? Well... I don't know much about it honestly, and it hasn't come to America yet. However, it's a girl's anime whose popularity seems to mirror Sailor Moon's... and it's recently been licensed by 4Kids. That's right, the worst anime dubbing company North on the North American continent now has another show ready for the butchering treatments. 4Kid CEO Al Kahn- "The designs are pretty so they appeal to girls, but the characters are very sexy so boys like them. We're hoping to mix and match the block's gender appeal." Step 1. Show off pretty designs to girls. Step 2. Give bonars to 4-year old boys throughout the country. Step 3. Profits. Some fans are already expecting a "Card Captors/Nelvana" type-treatment with this one. Honestly, I'm not holding my breath for 4Kids. They're worse than FUNimation even on FUNimation's worst days, and after seeing Shaman King I doubt they're anywhere near to cleaning up their act yet. Speaking of which, the new 4Kids board at dbzoa has proven to be pretty popular in a relatively short period of time. Heh, I didn't know just how much 4Kids sucked or how many people hated them till it opened. Hopefully this place should become a mecca for 4Kids-haters in the future and- well, you saw my last opinion piece. Big shout-out to the website maintainers of the two Yu-Gi-Oh! sites (see DBZU2 Links) for helping advertise the place. Also, Yu-Gi-Oh! Uncensored has altered their opinion pieces format. Now they accept opinion pieces not just dealing with Yu-Gi-Oh, but all other animes and thing relating misdubbed by 4Kids. Currently the closest thing out there to an "Anti-4Kids Otaku Alliance," if you have anything you'd like to say about 4Kids I'd highly recommend writing in. I recently made a submission about 4Kids that I'm hoping will make the cut. Finally, for anyone wondering after this update, yes this is still "DBZU2" but hey- I'm against all good animes being butchered and raped, whether it's Gen Fukunaga leading the way or newcomer Al Kahbong trying to get in on the action. I'm still not happy with the way DBZ's being treated and I'm still going to stick up for it, until it finishes or FUNimation actually gets their act together for what little's still left. Also, I have a new, and definite, time date- December around Christmas. That's when my first (well, second) Majin Buu episode comparison will be coming in, and I'll be switching over to mainly episode comparisons. Yes, that is the new official date and I'll be sticking to it. If I don't then may Piccolo "trap me in the next dimension" with Justin Cook's Super Buu where I'll be turned into candy and forced to listen to his awful voice for all eternity. Last Updated: October 19; 2:40 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome, Opinions, Dragonball Uncensored By: SSJ Leia Today's Project S script, 48, is up in the archive. There's also a new opinion up from a fan of the dub; it's always nice to hear another point of view. In addition, check out Vekou's reviews of the King Piccolo saga in our DB Uncensored section. He's done quite a few of them and more will be added later. Last Updated: October 15; 10:22 PM PDT Where: Anime Reviews By: Illjwamh Hiya! I've got a new one for ya. This time it's a review of the Aa! Megami-sama! (Oh My Goddess!) OAV series done by yours truly. And as for the main review page and its boringness, I'm workin' on it. I'm practicing with photoshop as we speak (well...whatever), and I know what I wand for a banner. The background is coming along, too. So yeah, it'll look pretty...eventually. Last Updated: October 12; 3:30 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome, OA Story By: SSJ Leia Today's GT script, 47, has been added to Project S. Guess who's in this episode? It's everyone's (read: "Leia's") favorite character, Babidi-sama! Look for him near the end of the episode, standing in line awaiting judgment before being sent back to Hell. Also, for those who have been enjoying the OA Story, there are 3 new very funny scenes up. Lastly, I have to work out some details with Vekou before we put up his DB comparisons, so please be patient. Last Updated: October 10; 11:25 AM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Well, hope you all enjoyed the OA story. I've certainly had fun rereading parts of it. Also, I've got a new opinion up in regards to the company 4Kids. It's- well, I've seenpeople complain about them consistently for years, and there are so many discontent fans out there that I really think they need to find some way of gathering together to form a united community. Also, I don't usually advertise other sites's stuff but there's a really good new opinion piece over at ocean-db.net by Marzak Ahmed about how badly Tokyopop has been butchering a certain anime. Heh. I guess this just goes to show that FUNimation, regardless of how bad they still are, are no longer the worst anime dubbing company out there. They were a couple of years ago, but I guess now it looks like 4Kids and Tokyopop must be fighting over the crown. Last Updated: nada Where: OA Story By: GreatSaiyaman777 Heh heh... any of you guys read the "OA story" yet? It's absolutely one of the funniest things I've ever read but unfortunately I really don't think it's gotten the publicity it deserves just yet. Hell, I was even considering trying to write myself into the story or getting crusaderoflight88 to do so. In any case, make sure to check it. I recommend no more than 10 or 15 chapters per viewing as it's pretty long, and it'd be shame to go through it all in just one setting. The OA Story Last Updated: October 5; 2:00 AM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia The script for GT episode 46, as well as one for DBZ episode 6, is up in Project S. Also, Vekou has generously allowed us to feature his DB reviews in our DB Uncensored section. Although I didn't have time to add any of them this week, look forward to some in my next update. Incidentally...no one has yet written a response to that opinion that said DBGT sucks. Isn't anyone going to vindicate GT? Must I do it myself? Last Updated: October 4; 9:00 AM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 I'm baaack. And with the help of some more... help, I've re-updated my "DBZ Budokai" editorial. Heh, only 4 more questions left and maybe then I'll finally move it into "Features." With DBZ Budokai coming out remastered on Gamecube near the end of this month I figured now would be a good time to finish talking about getting DBZB on PS2. (the sequel's on PS2 in December too) Hopefully, getting an import of DBZB to play on Gamecube should be a LOT less complicated then this. (and screw you Mr. "You hardcore guys will just have to import it" idiot writer of that DBZ Budokai article for making it sound so simple and easy to do, and not giving us fans jack in terms of help or instructions) Also, some new news. FUNimation has FINALLY made an official statement saying that DBGT will be premiering on "October 7th." In their "prime anime report" (something they send to everyone who's either ever e-mailed them or joined their message board, or given them their e-mail address) they state, "DBGT HITS CARTOON NETWORK - November 7 -". This is about the 3rd time that a different date has been set. It might be a typo, it might not be. Not sure why they've kept delaying it... maybe they decided to go back and put in GT's original music and that's what the holdup is?.... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! But seriously, you guys should. I mean, you really ARE looked down upon and despised by every other company and person in the industry, (and that ain't no joke or me just shooting my mouth Funi- I actually know that for a fact) so shouldn't you do something to try and clean up what little remaining reputation you still ha- ah... I forgot, reputation among fans is the least important thing that FUNimation Productions ever worries about. My apologies for bringing up something so incredibly insignificant to you, and I sincerely wish you the best of luck in hiring another new musician with absolutely no talent from Dallas to replace the DBZ redub's music as well! And I sure do look forward to hearing some seriously hardcore "darn, heck" and "gosh" action during the Goku vs. Vegeta fight! Remember, keep keeping the "uncut" scripts PG-13 or the wrath of the soccer moms will fall on your shoulders, and we wouldn't want that to happen! (And man, I bet they're just going to go WILD with saying darn, heck and gosh countless times during the mondo cool Ginyu fight!) Also, FUNimation's been running around anime conventions saying that they don't ever want to show the first 16 GT episodes on tv. But as Richard Strickland might so eloquently say, have no fear, FUNimation is here! They'll be releasing them on home video and DVD for fans to buy... and never be showing them on tv. I repeat, 25% of the 64 episode series GT will never be shown on tv, and FUNimation wants your money if you ever want to see them. (walks over to his GT fansub collection and kisses them all) Well, at least those bastards won't be getting their grubby hands on my money. Oh, and last of all, FUNimation Productions President Gen Fukunaga-san has received an award from Purdue University for his excellence and success in the anime industry. Hey, well done Gen Fukunaga, I'm sure you deserved it! And I'm sure the fact that your father is a leading professor at that university had NOTHING at all to do with them deciding that a guy like you actually deserved some kind of an award. ;) Last Updated: September 30; 12:16 AM PDT Where: Anime Reviews By: Illjwamh That's right; I'm up off my duff and have a fancy new update for you. We have two new anime reviews today. The first is for Hellsing done by our very own Ski. Thank you, Ski. The next one is a bit of a special case, so let me explain. Every now and again, we'll be putting up reviews that aren't from the staff, but from members here or perhaps just by people in the online anime community who we think are really cool. I'm keeping this to a minimum so I don't get a bunch of people banging down my virtual door begging to do a review for us. If and when the time arises when we're short on staff reviews and I don't feel like reviewing anything myself, I'll put out a call for a guest review. This is where visiting the forums can really help you out. That being said, allow me to introduce the second review this week. It's a review of Excel Saga by one of our members, Jickle. Thank you, Jickle. This guy is one of the biggest (if not the absolute biggest) Excel Saga fans I've ever seen, so it only seemed right to let him do a review of it for us. Enjoy! Last Updated: September 28; 3:00 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia The script for GT episode 45 is up in Project S. Enjoy. Last Updated: September 27; 5:29 PM PST Where: DBZU 2 By: GreatSaiyaman777 Hey. Vekou's come through again with another movie review- this time of the CN airing of DBZ movie 6. Not too bad of a movie, it fared pretty well. In fact, in terms of censorship it probably fared better than any movie, including the first 3 Pioneer ones which were given "edited" versions back during the days of Saban. (which would probably explain a lot...) Thanks again go to Vekou. Vekou's also going to be finished reviewing the first half of the Piccolo Daimao saga this Monday, so expect to see a LOT of updates in DBU next weekend. Also, if anyone's curious Vekou's told me that he doesn't have any plans on reviewing DBGT which is premiering on CN next Friday. Can't really blame him. I thought about it too but... the dub's pretty much screwed over to begin with just with the mere presence of Menza's new music, and GT's just not my favorite anime. But if anyone's interested then hey, why not give it a shot? With only one new episode premiering a week it wouldn't be that hard to keep up with them. Plus, if you just buy the DVD's (with 100% uncut J. episodes and el perfecto translations) then you'll pretty much be set for comparing the two. Last Updated: September 26; 11:20 PM PST Where: Features By: GreatSaiyaman777 Got ANOTHER thing in features. A review by a DBZ webmaster who went to Anime Expo 2000 and was able to talk to some people there. I also made some changes near the end of my "Polish DBZ Otaku" interview. (the dub's a LOT better than I originally made it out to be.) Also, expect another special feature coming soon. After that, I'm pretty much going to cut back on features for a while. Slowly but surely, the emphasis is all going to the episode reviews... Oh yeah, FUNIMATION'S DUB OF SEASON ONE SUCKS BIG FAT HAIRY ASS! I just got my hands on the original first 26 episodes, thanks to a friend of mine who sent me some copies. (and I thank you very much good sir, and I also look forward to seeing Citizen Kane.) The original is just.... lightyears ahead of the dub. Good music that's not all casio crap... music that's actually DRAMATIC. Moments of freaking SILENCE. (Yes Funi, fans can actually APPRECIATE silence so stop treating us all like hyper-ADD fcking morons.) Blood? No scenes cut because FUNi was poor as hell? People dying? No ventriloquist dialogue? And perhaps even... no parachutes? (I haven't gotten there just yet, but I shall soon see firsthand... tis a moment I have awaited for a very long time...) I can see what Chris Psaros was talking about, and it kind of makes me wonder a little bit more just how the redub will be handled... Hopefully they won't screw it up too bad. But then again, hey, who am the hell am I kidding? Having "hope" that FUNimation won't take their sharpened butchering cleaver and slice the hell out of this thing? This IS FUNimation we're talking about, and it's always been their self-appointed duty to happily butcher every bit of DBZ they get their hands on in some way or form, and there won't be any Toei executives watching over their shoulders to embarass and shame them into handling things right this time, right? "STEP INTO THE SAIYAN AND NAAAAMEK SAGA!" "SAIYAN AND NAMEK SAGA, SAIYAN AND NAMEK SAGA!" Ugh, I can see it already. I may be wrong, but after all these years I know better than to have ANY positive faith in them, and I'd truly be surprised as hell if they didn't screw up the redub too. Best to just expect the worst case scenario from them, as that's always pretty much been what they deliver. I mean, hey, if they'd hire a dude who sold sofas for 5 years and who knows jack about va'ing and directing to direct half of DBGT, then why the hell should anyone expect much else of them from the redub? Last Updated: September 26; 5:10 PM PST Where: Features By: GreatSaiyaman777 Yo. Just added the "dragonballgt.com" interviews to the features section. I figured that since dubbed DBGT premiers on CN a week from now and that they'll probably be taken down afterwards that I might as well store them here in "honor" of the event. I gotta say, I really liked Steph's interview, she's pretty cute and lively. The other ones... well, the other interviews just flatout sucked. Also, we got a few interesting new features coming up soon including an answer to a long-asked question- why was Chris Sabat REALLY given way too many roles to do during Season 3? Stay tuned to find out why on the next exciiiiting update of dbzoaaaaaa.NET! Last Updated: September 23; 6:10 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 I made some changes to my bit in the widescreen opinions piece. I guess I overreacted a bit at first to the news, but can you really blame me? As a fan I wouldn't want to watch the Matrix or Star Wars or any other film with 5% of everything cut out, and the same certainly applies to the Dragon Ball Z films. However, this was apparently an unintended accident so my apologies for going a bit overboard there FUNimation. Your future actions in regards to this discovery should determine whether or not I was too harsh on you. Also, if any of you guys have any detailed technical information on the animation-cutting (and if there IS some kind of solution FUNimation could pursue) could you please e-mail me and let me know? Thanks. Last Updated: September 22; 10:02 PM PST Where: DBZU 2 By: GreatSaiyaman777 We've got some new DBZU 2 reviews... some pretty interesting stuff. The Cartoon Network airings of the two tv specials and Movie 5 have all been reviewed courtesy of one Mr. Vekou, who's also going to review Movie 6 and the first half of the Piccolo Daimaou saga and even some Trunks episodes. I should be able to put most of them this weekend. (Man, I'm going to have my hands full with html soon.) Big thanks to Vekou for all his hard work. Last Updated: September 21; 2:40 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome, Opinions By: SSJ Leia Today's Project S script, 44, is up in the archive. There are a couple of new opinions as well, one on the Ocean Group voices that I imagine might generate some controversy, and one on DBGT that probably won't (I personally disagree with it, but I'm likely in the minority). Check them out. Last Updated: September 21; 12:00 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 We got a new opinion piece up. Or rather, an updated one. Remember when FDLink commented that footage from EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THE FUNIMATION MOVIES was being butchered away? As much as I hate to admit it (only because I wish it wasn't true and that the movies weren't all being butchered) it turns out he was right. My apologies my good sir, you were right and we were mistaken. Man this pisses me off even more than that whole "rap music in GT thing." At least THEN the J. episodes on DVD would be guaranteed to be 100% uncut. Now, regardless of what they do to the movies, it's guaranteed that they're going to cut out a full 5% of what you see during every SINGLE second of the movie. Oh brother... Funimation still has a very, very, VERY long ways left to go before they should even think about trying to pass themselves off as a "real" anime company. Last Updated: September 19; 6:40 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Heya's. Got a new opinion piece up. And let me tell, it was sooo NICE to finally be able to write a whole opinion piece without once having to utter the "f word." (and I'm not talking about the 4-letter one) It's actually about Yamucha and how he wound up getting screwed over in the anime/manga. Oh, and in other news the Trunks saga is showing on CN currently... that is, the craptacular dub of it. I turned it on, heard Faulconer's "Psycho music, cause Kind Cold is like this kind of psycho guy and it fits him, you know?" when Goku and Trunks powered-up, (What kind of retards would actually pay to replace the original with this kind of- wait, I already know the answer to that) listened to Goku do his best Superman impersonation, then I turned it off. Man, I can see why Psaros didn't want to have to torture himself by reviewing all 70 or so episodes of that crap, especially after sitting through and REPEATEDLY WATCHING season 3, but hey, I guess he decided to take one for the good of DBZ fans everywhere. If any of you guys want to do "DBZU reviews" of the Cell saga yourselves some day, now would be a good time to tape them. On a related note, a guy by the name Vekou has agreed to submit some reviews to the dbzoa, first of which is the edited version of Bardock that I should be putting up some time this weekend. Finally- I'm closing in on finally reviewing the episodes. (and I really mean it this time!) I'm right up to the "Kid Buu" saga, and after that I'll force myself to endure Season 6. Then DBZU 2 can really heat up... Last Updated: September 14; 1:50 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome, Truth By: SSJ Leia Today's Project S script, 43, has been added. It's nice to see all the old villians again. Also, the script for DBZ episode 5 has been added to the Saiyajin Saga archive. In addition, there's a new episode comparison up in Truth, for episodes 33/34 (English 25). Be sure to check it out. Last Updated: September 11; 8:20 PM EDT Where: DVD Reviews By: SSJ Ski (Nosferatu Alucard) First off I would like to say that my thoughts and prayers go out to the families involved in the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Its hard to believe its already been 2 years. Anyways, I have two new reviews up, One for Trigun done by me, and one for Sailor Moon Super S. So go check them out. Last Updated: September 8; 8:20 PM EDT Where: DVD Reviews By: SSJ Ski (Nosferatu Alucard) Wow I forget what this place looked like. Anyways...this is the first in a long string of updates for me. I just put up Hellsing Volume 1: Impure Souls. I love this show, so go check out the first DVD. Last Updated: September 8; 4:11 PM PDT Where: Anime Reviews, Opinions By: Illjwamh I've got another anime review up. This time it's Streetfighter II V. This anime holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first series I ever collected all the way through on DVD. Ah, the memories. tear Also, I've got a new opinion up. Basically, it's me ranting about all the things I think are wrong with fanfiction today. Fanfiction is the thing that brought me into the online anime community in the first place, so I take it very personally. It was going to be an article for ff.net, but I got caught up in other things and it never got off the ground. Maybe someday, eh? Oh, and a big "Happy Birthday" to Saiyaman and DBZU2. Congratulations, dude! Hey, get me some of that cake... Last Updated: September 7; 10:55 PM PDT Where: Happy Birthday! By: GreatSaiyaman777 One whole year huh? And what a year it's been. Thanks for everyone for helping to make DBZU2's first year such a success. Sorry I couldn't be more imaginative with the html, but aside from that I'm pretty happy with the way things have been going. Check inside to see my birthday editorial. And, if you'd like a slice of cake, feel free to take a picture of my cake to a mall (very well-designed by the way, the guy who did it did a very good job) along with $20 to get your very own official Dragon Ball Z Uncensored II First Birthday cake. I'd share some of mine with you guys, but there's not a whole lot left and I have a feeling that there's too many of you for me to share it with you all. Here's to hoping that 2003 and 2004 turns out just as good as 2002 and 2003, if not even better. Last Updated: September 7; 5:00 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia Just to remind everyone, the script for GT episode 42 is already up in Project S. Remember to keep an eye open for Babidi in the background! A script for DBZ episode 4 has also been added to the Saiyajin saga. I still plan to eventually have all the scripts from every saga, so if anyone else is willing to help transcribe them, please contact me. I'll have more to add tonight if I can get to it. Last Updated: September 6; 9:25 PM PST Where: Links By: GreatSaiyaman777 Let it not be said that dbzoa.net doesn't have the most detailed links list to Anime Uncensored sites of any links list out there on the net. I just fixed the "Piccolo Daimao Uncensored topic" link, and added another Yu Yu Hakusho Uncensored link. (thanks, Marzak Ahmed and Umino.) Also, I added a link to "Shaman King Uncensored". Well, it's just one journal entry written today... but who knows? Maybe he'll review the rest of the episodes and maybe even expand into a site exclusively about the dubbing of Shaman King. Speaking of which, Shaman King premiered today on the "Fox Box" at around 10:00 am, dubbed by those wonderful folks over at 4Kids. Although I slept late and missed it, what I've heard hasn't been too pretty. Apparently, as was expected, 4Kids is giving Shaman King the "Yugioh-style" treatment. (Yuuuuu-giiiii-OOOOOOOOOOOOH!) And, of course, it's unlikely that they'll make the original version available on DVD (which they easily CAN- I understand it's already been made available for sale in Japan) or even make an "Uncut" version of their shitty dub available for purchase. What really gets me is... this is the VERY FIRST FREAKING EPISODE they screwed up! Even Pokemon, DBZ and other not-so-great anime dubs tend to try and at least be more accurate and good near the beginning. Sigh. I've seen enough badly-raped anime to spot what's being done to this one from a mile away, but then again, 4Kids is even worse than FUNimation and they don't even try to make pretenses about even caring about doing a good job dubbing. If only someone would come along and do to them what Chris Psaros and countless others did and continue to do to FUNimation... On a lighter and more positive note, DBZU2's first birthday is tomorrow, woohoo! And if you want to get me a birthday present then here's what I'd like: 1. Fansubs of Yu Yu Hakusho 26-112. (or 26-67- hey, I'm not that picky) 2. Fansubs of Shaman King 1-64. 3. Fansubs of One Piece. (As many as you like. Man, I've just seen a few episodes and that's just such a cool show!) or... 4. Get at least 7 different people that haven't already signed this DBZ/GT music petition to go ahead and do so. I will gladly accept any one of the above 4. :) Last Updated: September 3; 9:25 PM PST Where: Links By: GreatSaiyaman777 All's quiet on the Potomac... well, mostly quiet. I updated my DBZU2 links section to include links to another Yu-gi-oh! Uncensored site and a Dragon Ball Uncensored "topic site" about the Piccolo Daimaoh saga that just got started up. (they can say die 50% of the time, but not the other 50%? Something smells fishy to me...) Speaking of which, it's a really cool saga. If the censorship bugs ya, be sure to buy the DVD's. They're great quality and very affordable, you'll definitely be getting your money's worth. Heck, for just 4 DVD's you could get the last FIFTY or so freaking uncut dubbed AND subbed episodes for DB! Man, FUNimation's DB DVD's really own. (C'mon, why can't the Freeza or Cell saga's for DBZ have DVD's like that too FUNi? You said you'd release the Cell saga on DVD in "2003." A release like the DB ones would probably sell really well, make you a lot of money and, most importantly, help you keep your promise to the fans.) Also, the lovely Ms. Meredith McCoy's website (aka, #18) has been added to the dbzoa main links section. You fellows particularly should make sure to check it out. Speaking of which, has anyone seen that Indy film "Graduation Day" she's starring in? I plan on renting it soon but I am kind of curious on what it's about. Last Updated: September 2; 10:45 PM PDT Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Go GreatSaiyaman777, it's your birthday. We gonna party like- oh wait, it's not Sunday just yet. Anyway, I got a new opinion up and this one is probably going to cause quite the controversy with FUNimation. (And for me say that about one of my writings in particular...) I almost thought about not putting up, but, I think the fans of this series have a right to know what really goes on behind the scenes. Besides, I don't think I'm saying anything bad about anyone who doesn't honestly deserve it. Well, my first 4 movie reviews were definitely way too harsh, but I've mellowed out a lot since then. Speaking of movies, the DBZ movies will be showing on CN... cut or uncut? Dunno. Probably cut. Personally, I'd recommend Bardock, History of Trunks and Movie 6 if you haven't seen the original version yet. Five was just downright awful (and it looks like they're not even bothering with 4.) As for reviewing them, Umino has already reviewed the edited version of Movie 5 and expressed his interest in reviewing the televsion version of Movie 6. He didn't comment on the two tv specials but... if he hasn't decided to review them by the time I finish reviewing Seasons 6 and 7, I'll review them then. (Just consider those reviews "after desert mints" for when they do come) I'd review them now, but c'mon... one whole year here and only ONE episode review from me? I myself am getting impatient at holding off on reviewing my favorite saga (thank you everyone for being patient so far) and it's only a matter of time before I finally start cranking out episode reviews like I keep cranking out opinion pieces. In any case, next year I'm going to try to shift most of my work's focus mainly to episode reviews. Oh, and if you haven't already done so then please sign the world's greatest DBZ petition. Ah pity the foo who doesn't. Last Updated: September 1; 6:21 PM PDT Where: Anime Reviews By: Illjwamh Yikes. Well folks, it's finally here. It may not look as pretty as I'd like (more details inside), but it's here. Ski was nice enough to kick us off with a review of Berserk. Thank you, Ski. Also, you will notice that...nothing. That's right, nothing. I did have a new Opinion to put up, but I've been screwing around with html all day and I need a break. I'll put it up later this week. Good night, everybody. Last Updated: August 31; 5:59 PM PST Where: DBZU2 By: GreatSaiyaman777 It took me most of my labor day weekend, but I did it. The longest movie of them all, DBZ Movie 8, has finally been reviewed by me. I shudder to imagine how long this would have taken me had it been as horribly mangled as Movie 7 was. (shudder) Also, I've changed the news bar a bit. But more importantly that that, it's been almost a full year since I first signed on to do DBZU2 and my 1st anniversary will be this August 7th. Hmmm.... I wonder what I should do to celebrate... Last Updated: August 30; 2:00 AM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia The script for the entire GT TV Special is up in Project S. If you watched the first half of it last week and were confused, this should fill you in on what's happened. The second half begins after the second commercial break in the script. I thought this was a pretty cute story; I enjoyed watching it. Also, we have some news from the I-Channel: English-dubbed Tenchi Muyo will begin airing on Sept 12, on Fridays at 11 PM EST, repeating the following Sunday at the same time. There are a couple of other things that I meant to include in tonight's update, but I've run out of time. I'm going away for a few days and I need to get up early. If you're waiting for your submission to appear, please be patient, it'll be added next time. Have a nice Labor Day weekend. Last Updated: August 26; 9:14 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 It's... finally over. My longest opinion essay to date has finally been completed- all in the course of just 2 days. If you just purchased a chia pet and are anxious to let time fly until it starts growing fur, then I highly recommend trying to read through my latest piece. Now then, if you'll excuse me I need to go collapse, stare at the ceiling, and start drooling incoherently. Last Updated: August 25; 5:30 PM PST Where: N/A By: SSJ Leia I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that, as I'm sure many of you noticed, the I-Channel did not air GT episode 42 yesterday. What they showed was the first part of the DBGT TV special, "Goku's Supplement! Proof of Courage is the Four-Star Dragon Ball." I didn't realize this was going to air between episodes 41 and 42 (in fact, I didn't even realize it existed), so I'm sorry about not having the correct script. If possible, I'll have the script for the whole special up by the end of the week. Oh, and the good news is that I've had it confirmed that it IS Babidi in the background in episode 42! Aw, Babidi, it's been so long since we've seen you! ...Well I'm happy anyway. Last Updated: August 24; 1:00 AM PST Where: Project Shinonome By: SSJ Leia The script for GT episode 42 is up in Project S. Keep an eye open for Babidi, who may or may not be in one scene that I mention in the script. I'll give a prize (actually I won't) to anyone who can confirm whether that is indeed Babidi-sama. ^_^ Last Updated: August 17; 2:00 PM PST Where: Project Shinonome, Opinions By: SSJ Leia The script for today's GT episode, 41, is up in Project S. There's also a new opinion up, so be sure to check that out too. I'll be maintaining the Opinion section from now on, so please send them to me rather than to Saiyaman. Last Updated: August 14; 6:28 PM PST Where: Opinions By: GreatSaiyaman777 Gotta new opinion piece... man, it's got some pretty interesting info in it if I don't say so myself. Also... big news. Serious news. I have something I have been meaning to... get of my chest for a while, and I hope you'll be accepting of what I have to say and... won't hate me for what I'm about to say. (Here goes...) It was a tough decision, but... after years of being shunned and hiding, can you guess who's finally developed enough courage to decide to just come out of the closet and live their life as an openly gay homosexual?.... That's right people, it's true. None other than... FREEZA! Monday marks dub episode 83's re-debut, Freeza's very special "coming out" episode. (coincidentally, it was also written by Neel Bligh and Terry Klassen...) And to help make him feel accepted, we here at the dbzoa have decided to throw him a coming out party! (albeit, a slightly belated one) What will it be? I dunno, I've never done one of these things before, plus I'm going on vacation next week (and have school the week after), so I'm not sure what it'll be, and it'll take a while to set up. But don't worry dubbed Freeza, it's OKAY. We are there for you and we still consider you to be a very dear friend. Unlike those "other" DBZ sites who just keep discrimating against you for being who you are, (whose names I refuse to repeat here) we here at the dbzoa are proud to support you in your time of personal crisis and change. Last Updated: August 10; 5:12 PM PST Where: Pain By: GreatSaiyaman777 Man oh man... FUNimation does not want ANYONE in America to play Japanese DBZ Budokai 2 on their PS2. I can't even begin to tell you how much of a pain my "journey" to play it has been! Well, I'm almost at the end of that journey, heh heh. And who knows, maybe some of you will wind up being able to play it because of the guide? Anyway, thanks to everyone who's e-mailed me about I got a ton of new info and almost have enough to put it over in the "Features" section. Please keep em coming, I think the guide's almost just about complete! (Realizes that I'll have to make ANOTHER guide when DBZ Budokai remastered on Gamecube comes out) Ah kuso... Well, I've read, heard and been told that getting a PAL game to play on GCN is MUCH easier than getting it to play on PS2, so hopefully writing up a guide for that should be a complete snap. In other words, if (assuming you just have English DBZ Budokai PS2 at the moment) I were you then I'd wait for the GCN one, then get the European version of it. And hey, at least I won't need to make another guide when DBZ Budokai 2 comes out on PS2 in December. As for that game, don't think DBZ Budokai 2's been dubbed yet, but chances are pretty much 99.99% that it will be. (Despite the fact that all the pre-ads that have been shown thus far, even on FUNimation's website, all had the Japanese seiyuu voicing the characters. Remember, they used the J. seiyuu in ads before last time too, but then ultimately wound up dubbing the game.)