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Jetto
Joined: 23 Aug 2004
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Big news...I'm definitely looking forward to this now. 
Toriyama is the man. |
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BrothersElric
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:24 pm |
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| Man, Toriyama's last anime. Hope he goes out with a bang. He deserves it. |
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Chrno2
Joined: 28 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:26 pm |
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| I wonder why they say this will be his last. He's still going to be involved in other projects right? He's still going to be working on illustration for games. Is he retiring from the scene altogether? |
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Michi
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:31 pm |
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| Chrno2 wrote: | | I wonder why they say this will be his last. He's still going to be involved in other projects right? He's still going to be working on illustration for games. Is he retiring from the scene altogether? |
Well I imagine being directly involved with an anime and just doing illustrations for games is different.
If he stops doing Dragon Quest character designs, I will cry. But I doubt that's what he meant. I think he just meant he won't be doing full anime shows anymore.  |
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FireChick
Joined: 26 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:14 pm |
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| Why is this his last anime? |
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Jetto
Joined: 23 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:41 pm |
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I agree that the wording of this is kind of weird. I wasn't aware that he'd ever directed an anime before. Nevertheless, I'm still excited.  |
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Afax
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:56 pm |
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| Yeah this article is definitely confusing me a bit. Toriyama is not the director of Blue Dragon and I don't believe he's ever directed an anime before... |
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mad_hatter_md01
Joined: 03 Jul 2006
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Location: Columbia, MD
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:34 pm |
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| I really wouldnt be surprised if this was his last anime. The man never needs to work again a day in his life. he's so loaded that he wipes his butt with $50. So him taking on another anime project is something he doesnt need to do and could just retire and run his animation studio. |
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ChronoBall X
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:35 pm |
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His last anime? man that sucks, his artwork for DBZ was the main reason why i'm hooked to anime, I love his awsome artwork
Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, Dr Slump
man,and such a darn shame too,but anyway, i'm am so looking forward to this anime to air on tv tokyo, I see some good promising on this show.
on a sidenote,sorry to go offtopic,but I wonder why the Dr slump anime has'nt been licensed yet, I mean,viz got the manga so far  .
and if he stops doing Dragon Quest, the franchise will never be the same again,the only artist that comes close to his artwork is the character designer to Beet the vandel Buster
but still it will never be the same again. |
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Chrno2
Joined: 28 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:45 pm |
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Ah. But it is kind of odd wording. But again 'Blue Dragon' is the only anime he's currently involved in. After all he's been out of the scene since the 'DB/DBZ' days. But again they must really feel something or else they wouldn't be wanting him to direct this.
I guess directing is not his forte, but again he's got to have something or else they wouldn't have come to him for this project.
Now the question will he continue on the 'Blue Dragon' game series. |
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Fiction Alchemist
Joined: 17 Mar 2005
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Location: Florida, USA, North America, Earth, Milky Way, Universe Twelve
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:53 pm |
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I've never been a fan of his artwork, though I felt he did a decent job on Chrono Trigger. It's not that I dislike the guy's style really, but more that he draws almost all of his characters the same. For the same reason, I don't much like Rumiko Takahashi's art.
Dragon Ball Z was an early anime for me, and though it didn't launch me into anime (Trigun did that), I liked DBZ before I ever liked anime. If it were not for the mind-melting filler, then I probably would like DBZ more today. Maybe I'll check out the filler-free manga sometime.
Since Toriyama wrote few stories that became anime, I can't feel sad about his departure from anime, but he definitely influenced the industry, good and bad. Many concepts he created run ad-nauseum these days, but DBZ was the inspiration behind Naruto, One Piece, Yu Yu Hakusho, and maybe even Bleach. The man is obviously a legend and helped to make the anime industry as big as it is these days (it was mostly Dragon Ball and Gundam that did that, yeah?).
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Proman
Joined: 19 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:54 pm |
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Blasphamy! His last anime should be a 'Dragon Ball' project  ! I don't care how it ends as long as it doesn't end with 'Draon Ball GT' |
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nobinobita
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:35 pm |
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| Fiction Alchemist wrote: | | I've never been a fan of his artwork, though I felt he did a decent job on Chrono Trigger. It's not that I dislike the guy's style really, but more that he draws almost all of his characters the same. For the same reason, I don't much like Rumiko Takahashi's art. |
I think you might enjoy both of those authors works more if you read their manga instead of watching the anime adaptations. They are both masters of visual storytelling and their comics don't have the pacing problems that TV shows tend to be plagued with. |
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Abarenbo Shogun
Joined: 19 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:35 pm |
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| Proman wrote: | | Blasphamy! His last anime should be a 'Dragon Ball' project ! I don't care how it ends as long as it doesn't end with 'Draon Ball GT' |
Yeah, thats what the world needs. Another 50 episode block for a 5 minute battle. |
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Fiction Alchemist
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:51 pm |
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Enjoy Toriyama's work more? Likely. The anime is plagued with "go slow and drag, or we're going to catch up to the manga", which is obviously something the manga didn't have to worry about.
Takahashi? Unlikely. I don't like the way she draws things on and on and gets little done over a great span.
Though, neither manga would fix the problem I have with their artwork: Again, faces look too similar. Kagome and her friends all look alike except for their hair, for example. This is opposed to, say, Hiromu Arakawa's FMA art, where every character looks different.
Thank you for the reply.
| nobinobita wrote: | | Fiction Alchemist wrote: | | I've never been a fan of his artwork, though I felt he did a decent job on Chrono Trigger. It's not that I dislike the guy's style really, but more that he draws almost all of his characters the same. For the same reason, I don't much like Rumiko Takahashi's art. |
I think you might enjoy both of those authors works more if you read their manga instead of watching the anime adaptations. They are both masters of visual storytelling and their comics don't have the pacing problems that TV shows tend to be plagued with. |
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