May I hijack this thread for a bit?
I've only occasionally seen Dragon Ball Z and I'd really like to watch the whole show.
What's the best way to do it and where?
And the manga is bad too, so yes it is. Every villain dies in a page, no character development.It depends how you see it. Crystal is supposed to be an adaption of the manga, not a reboot of the old Sailor Moon show.
Besides the character design, it is actually a good adaption of the manga.
I really like what Gatchaman Crowds (2013) did. The 1972 original was your standard superhero show, fancy suits, flashy attacks, gadgets and a jet plane called the GOD PHOENIX.
You'd think that when Tatsunoko announced a reboot to Gatchaman they'd be making something to cash into the massive superhero hype at the time. They gave us Crowds instead where the action is minimal, fights are unsatisfying and the heroes don't do too much hero-ing. The show focused more on the potential of the general population and their superpower, the internet. You can argue that the show fell flat a bit, but it was still a nice contrast with the original series and its perception of heroes.
Watch the original Dragonball, ignore DBZ because it has atrocious pacing, read the manga for that part or watch DBZ Kai which cuts most of the filler. After that the Battle of Gods and Ressurection F movies, then skip to episode 28 of Dragonball Super (the first 27 episodes are a retelling of the movies just worse and longer than they need to be).May I hijack this thread for a bit?
I've only occasionally seen Dragon Ball Z and I'd really like to watch the whole show.
What's the best way to do it and where?
Wow, have anything to back up that opinion mate?
Watch the original Dragonball, ignore DBZ because it has atrocious pacing, read the manga for that part or watch DBZ Kai which cuts most of the filler. After that the Battle of Gods and Ressurection F movies, then skip to episode 28 of Dragonball Super (the first 27 episodes are a retelling of the movies just worse and longer than they need to be).
Time to chime in.
Best: Yamato 2199, GITS Stand Alone Complex, Jojo, Blood+.
Worst: GITS Arise, Blood-C, Hellsing Ultimate.
Why is this scene giving me a Zelda CDI feeling
Evangelion:
Say what you want about 3.0 but the Rebuild of Evangelion is also a massive success compared to many attempts to revive similar franchises
Each movie was a succes and people still debate trying to make sense of Anno's fuckery and middle fingers throughout each movie
2.0 might be one of the series highest points IMHO, andI love that the movie builds up Shinji character as a more traditional hero only to kick it in the nuts hard in 3.0
Betraying what made the original great makes it a series high point and a great revival? Get out.
Worst:
Evangelion2.0/3.0 whatever: Milking a never that amazing series for fanboy cash.
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Wait, what?
In case the comment wasn't sarcasm.
Joke post?
If we're showing off Berserk, than here's my favorite example:
Joke post?
Contrary to Eureka Seven AO were the entire point of the show is about howmiserable the life of Renton and Eureka is after the perfect ending shown in the original, how the character in the original were wrong to help the Coralians, How Eureka's dream of giving life to another being ends up in edgy tragedy and all that tied up in a plot that's an insulting Evangelion ripoff.
Casshern Sins for best
Saint Seiya Omega for both best and worst
Rebuild goes batshit crazy which is why I love it.
The Original Series will still be great no matter what rebuild does, if it's a cycle, a diferent universe, a reboot, doesn't matter. EoE in all it's brilliance is still brilliant and has no real follow-up. Despite Anno's trolls symbolism.
Alternate Universes and reimaginings work like that, there's the fun in it going bonkers with stuff like WILLE and the Failures of Infinity
Contrary to Eureka Seven AO were the entire point of the show is about howmiserable the life of Renton and Eureka is after the perfect ending shown in the original, how the character in the original were wrong to help the Coralians, How Eureka's dream of giving life to another being ends up in edgy tragedy and all that tied up in a plot that's an insulting Evangelion ripoff.
And a Fucking Retcon Canon. No seriously its a canon, that fires beams, that changes the universe and the characters
Fuck everything about this scene in particular
What's so bad about the new Eureka 7? I didn't pay attention to it at all
Worst
Digimon
Hey the Digimon cast is All Grown Up! And they have teenage problems like dating and boyfriends and meeting new friends and having fights over high school stuff!!
P...also there's a couple of Digimons fighting here and there, but don't worry, it won't distract you from the teenage drama you love so much.
Dunno if it counts, but Soul Eater.
Understandably, the first anime had to end with fillers since they caught up with the manga, just like the first Full Metal Alchemist. And while the first Soul Eater was good, the original content was... average to say the least.
We didn't have new Soul Eater animated content until Bones announced a new Soul Eater anime. Sadly, instead of being Soul Eater Brotherhood, we got Soul Eater Not!, an anime spin off that is completely different than the original series. And even to these days, we don't have any indication Bones plans to adapt the original manga.
AO just doesn't exist to me. Just like the second half of Usagi Drop. Doesn't exist. Never happen. The original is just its own thing.
Did anyone watch Yatterman Night?
The Time Bokan series is pretty old, and the villains tended to outshine the protagonists (even in the live-action adaptation they make a spectacle of themselves), but running with the concept and reversing the role seems like an almost daring idea after so many iterations on the concept, I wonder how that turned out.