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Voice of Reason
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Awesome funny review!
I haven't seen Blue Dragon even though it's showing for free on YTV. Now I'll be sure to stay the hell away! |
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Kyogissun
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Akira Toriyama is a great artist but...
If you much watch or witness something he created, either pop in a copy of Dragon Quest VIII or watch DBZ. Both will have some level of quality to them and at least with DBZ, you can jump around episodes, without fearing that you miss something important. |
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GATSU
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Yuji Horii created DQ. Toriyama just does the art work.
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JohnBeton
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When I started reading this review I knew it would not get an A+, but a D- is pretty harsh. I watched a couple of episodes from the first disc over the last few days and I really enjoyed it. If I had to rank it compared to al the anime I've watched up until now, there would be way more anime below than above this series, way more. Yes, it's a kid's series, but imo it's time and money well spend as this series actually entertained me (but maybe that's because there's still a kid in me ^^'). Anyway I recommend checking out at least a couple of episodes (especially if they're showing them for free on TV) and see if you like it. Reviews are not always accurate as the only person that can decide for you if a series is good or not is well... you.
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BellosTheMighty
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I'm not gonna be the dork fanboy/viral marketer who goes on a tear because some critic gave a liked show a harsh review, but I think the point was missed here. He harps on how the show lacks originality, and it does, but face facts here people- the only anime nowadays that are halfway original land on DVD after doing the art-house circuit or play on Adult Swim to be held up as evidence that Williams Street wants to scuttle the block. When the shows that people over in the anime forum make threads dozens of pages long about are drowning in shonen cliches, such complaints start to lack credibility. I had fun with Blue Dragon precisely because it was a good old-fashioned fantasy story, with no pretensions to being anything else.
And by the way, I don't think "disingenuous" means what you think it means... |
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jr240483
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[EDIT: Bolding is meaningless if it's applied to an entire post. It's meant to emphasize single words or phrases.~Zalis] |
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KabaKabaFruit
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I'm not gonna bother with the DVD nor the inevitable airing of this show on YTV because you know what? I'm fed up. I'm fed up with seeing Toriyama's offbeat sense of humour and art style being put through the ringer for the umpteenth time because of the fear of offense.
For crying out loud! The show was licensed after two episodes had run in Japan before the Toriyama fanbase could really get into it. The XBOX 360 game retains Uematsu's rich musical score and I believe the Japanese voices as well. So if Viz is trying to get fans who played the XBOX game to get into this series, they're barking up the wrong tree. I hate to say this but if Viz thinks this dub, edit only crap is going to work in this day and age, they're out of touch. I think they really should consider appealing to the Toriyama fanbase if they want a title like Blue Dragon to have some moderate success here. |
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animepuppy
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i actuly i like this show i dont know why u think it sucks but hey ur the reviewer
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BellosTheMighty
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Holy Crap, I got the most wicked sense of Deja Vu reading that. Dude, did you copy and paste from somewhere else? I'm not joking, seriously, as soon as I read that I had a very clear sense of having read it somewhere else. What happened? Am I some kind of forgetful percognitive? That's a rather useless kind of precognition, isn't it? |
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KabaKabaFruit
Posts: 1895 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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Okay, you got me. I copied and pasted it from a random poster at Daizenshuu EX.
EDIT: Just kidding. That is my opinion. Last edited by KabaKabaFruit on Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:56 am; edited 1 time in total |
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walw6pK4Alo
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No japanese language track?
How about: F Minus, see me after class. |
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belvadeer
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I think this anime is for those of us who played the game. Or those who like a big dragon with a bad attitude. I can't say really.
I suppose not including the Japanese audio was a gyp in and of itself, but really we're not missing much in Japanese. Trust me, I know, I've heard it. Just switch Shu's Yuri Lowenthal voice out for a girl-doing-boy voice and that's basically all you're getting. Oh and panties, you get Kluke's panties, and Marumaro touching boobies. Let it be said Toriyama never forgets his love of undergarments, perversion and toilet humor. Pffffft. 
Odd though, you say the dub is well cast, yet it gets a D-? Oookay, sounds like you're just cranky, reviewer. Last edited by belvadeer on Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:33 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Top Gun
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I have to say, I think the fact that Toriyama designed the characters is more of a turn-off to me than anything the show could possibly do (not that I'd expect much from this sort of show anyway), though I often feel like the only person on a planet who strongly dislikes his character designs (at least for humans). Seriously...foreheads are NOT that big.
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Dorcas_Aurelia
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That's not the rating for the dub, it's the overall rating for the DVD. |
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belvadeer
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Yeah yeah |
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