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I used to be a serious Dragon Ball addict. Like, on a level that bordered on bizarre. I can still listen to "Cha-La-Head-Cha-La" today and know all of the words. Not essentially knowing what they mean, (I don't speak Japanese), but I know what the words are. I can still recite a considerable list of voice actors, both English and Japanese alike. Man, I was addicted to this show...But that was ages ago, when I was a teenager. And although my tastes have changed considerably in time, and I can't say I'd really be interested in watching this thing now, I felt it necessary to pay homage to a cartoon which resonated so sweetly with me in the shittiest time of anyone's life- the teenage years. Featured in this picture are, primarily, the main characters of the segment known as "Dragon Ball Z", particularly highlighting the Freezer saga, since this is both the chapter with which Toriyama originally intended to end the franchise, and the chapter with which I feel Toriyama should have ended the franchise.
So, featured here are Son Goku and Gohan, "The Demon King" Piccolo, Vegeta, Bulma, and Krillin. Goku used to inspire me to push myself at a level that seems ridiculous to me now, given that he's a cartoon, but, albeit, I can't bash it, because my admiration for this cartoon character got my skinny ass into shape. I also had a huge cartoon crush on Bulma when I was 16. Which is also certainly nothing to brag about, but, hey, it's true.
So here is my tribute to a work of fiction that once meant a lot to me.
And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE no comments asking me "where is (your favorite character)?" Not trying to be a dick, but I ALWAYS see this stupid fucking question anytime somebody does a group fanart picture, and honestly, the answer is always going to be the same. If you want to see a DBZ picture with (your favorite character), go draw it yourself and share it with the world. This is mine, and these are the characters I chose to draw.
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Comments: 19
warahi [2013-08-07 15:58:13 +0000 UTC]
Dragon Ball was sooooo much better than Z and he wanted to end it at almost every saga. Personally I would've prefered he ended it at the Piccolo Saga.
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joshcorris In reply to warahi [2013-08-23 00:04:55 +0000 UTC]
It actually was supposed to be over after the Piccolo saga. Toriyama conceived Z as a quick kind of "where are they now" story to follow Dragon Ball in which we catch up on the various characters 10 years after the original story and are introduced to Goku's son. The show became so popular, though, that Toei Animation kept Toriyama working at it until he basically couldn't stomach to look at the characters anymore.
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warahi In reply to joshcorris [2013-08-23 06:07:11 +0000 UTC]
Well technically it was first supposed to end at Pilaf.
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joshcorris In reply to Raskolnikov2007 [2012-06-06 18:22:43 +0000 UTC]
It's Goku, of course. I know that's kinda cliche, but when I was a teenager, and I used to watch this show, Goku literally inspired me to overcome challenges and get in shape and all that bullshit.
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Raskolnikov2007 In reply to joshcorris [2012-06-13 16:36:45 +0000 UTC]
Lol I was just kidding because you said, 'don't ask me what my favorite character is' in the description.
Yeah, I know another guy just like that. He watched DBZ as a kid, and now he regularly attends the gym, does martial arts, into bodybuilding, etc.
Favorite thing he ever said, 'You can't tell me you never pretended you were Goku training in hyper gravity when you're at the gym.'
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joshcorris In reply to Raskolnikov2007 [2012-06-18 20:40:55 +0000 UTC]
haha, indeed, my friend. what i was actually saying was not "don't ask me who my favorite character is", it was "don't ask me why i didn't draw your favorite character". i see that all the time in group pictures: say somebody does a dbz picture without piccolo, and then some jackass comes along and says "why didn't you draw piccolo?" becuase he didn't feel like it, that's why. so yeah, that just annoys me when people ask those kinds of questions, so everytime i do a group fan art, i always attach that little message to the bottom, just to avoid having people ask me why i didn't draw their favorite character. but you can absolutely ask me who my favorite character is, or pretty much anything else about dbz. i was a HUGE nerd for this show back in high school, and i researched it at a level that no sane person ever should.
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Raskolnikov2007 In reply to joshcorris [2012-06-19 12:14:04 +0000 UTC]
So why didn't you draw Frieza?
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joshcorris In reply to Raskolnikov2007 [2012-06-21 17:10:56 +0000 UTC]
yeah, yeah, yeah, very funny...
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warahi [2012-01-08 17:32:27 +0000 UTC]
taking the bland generic aspects of Dragon Ball to the extreme.
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HoppyBadBunny [2011-09-21 19:46:27 +0000 UTC]
Duh why has the good DBZ gotten no faves? Seriously, though. Why not? This is one of the best looking pictures in your gallery, if not THE best.
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PencilPaperEraser [2011-08-05 01:59:11 +0000 UTC]
This is really cool, I'm a big fan now, and don't worry. You got my favorite character (vegeta)
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joshcorris In reply to PencilPaperEraser [2011-08-05 18:08:05 +0000 UTC]
Haha, that's good to know. And thanks for the support.
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