Episode #0359 (16 March 2014)

[VegettoEX]

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43:32; 96 kbps, mono; 30.1 MB

Episode #0359! VegettoEX and Meri discuss Dragon Ball Z Movie 8 for no particular reason. What makes the first Broli movie different from the others in terms of both story and character development? How do scriptwriter Takao Koyama's own personal religious beliefs perhaps come into play during the movie's conclusion? News from across the world (specifically Jaco home release plans) and a look forward to Spring 2014 wrap up the episode!

Referenced sites:

• "Battle of Z" Best-Selling Digital Vita Game in February 2014
• Pure Majin Buu Absorbs "Kibitoshin" in "Dragon Ball Heroes" JM3
• Viz Announces English "Jaco the Galactic Patrolman" for Jan. 2015
• New "Jaco the Galactic Patrolman" Collected Release Details
• "J-Stars Victory Vs" (JP PS3/Vita) Final Boss Revealed
• Hironobu Kageyama & Masako Nozawa Guests at Kawaii-Kon 2014
• FUNimation DBZ TV Blu-ray Seasons 4-6 Cover Art Sketches
• "Dragon Ball: Ultimate Swipe" Announced (Android/iOS)
• "Battle of Gods" Fuji TV Broadcast Preview Footage
• TRANSLATION - Takao Koyama: "I saw Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods!!" Blog Post
• DISCUSSION - DBZ Movie 8: a "false" attempt at Super Saiyan God?
• DISCUSSION - "Sending Power through Hands" and Cult Religion?
• Dragon Ball Releases Recap: Spring 2014

Enjoy!

[Tanooki Kuribo]

Hearing about DBZ movie 8 makes me kinda wanna go back and check some of that in-between animation.

[Big Momma]

Hearing about DBZ movie 8 makes me kinda wanna go back and check some of that in-between animation.

I felt the same way. I'm gonna have to pop that one in this week sometime.

[Tanooki Kuribo]

So, I just went through half of movie 8. It kinda takes longer to watch when you keep stopping on certain points and click through each frame individually. But I came across some pretty interesting shots. These were definitely some of my favorites...

A really shocked Goku...



Roshi changes into Arale and then into a Super Saiyan...





If you'd like to see my discoveries so far (I will look through the rest of the movie tomorrow) you can check out my "DBZ In-Between Animation" screen shots here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65846913@N02/sets

Most of the screen shots show really bad or off model drawings. I'm not doing this to knock the animators. it's just... I just find it interesting.

[RocktheDragon]

Really enjoyed the spontaneity of this podcast in regards to covering DBZ movie 8. I thought there was a great amount of enthusiasm on both your ends that wasn't as present in some of the recent previous podcasts.

Also nice to hear that you guys are preparing yourselves for the onslaught of upcoming new information in regards to the premiere of Buu arc Kai and what not. Cannot wait for April to get here!

[Puto]

The 'Who's that Character' appears to be Tapion.

[Quebaz]

The "Who's That Characters" is Tapion when he is talking to Bulma about Hirudegarn.

[Gyt Kaliba]

@ Tanooki - I love those in-between shots of Roshi. I've noticed both of those before (think it was only on my last viewing that I noticed Arale though, as it goes by so fast), but they never fail to amuse me.

It was definitely fun to hear you (Mike and Meri I mean) re-visit this movie, and it sounds like you re-discovered why a lot of us, myself included, enjoy at least this first film without lumping it in with Broly as a whole. This movie plays itself a lot more like a 'movie' than most of the previous films, and even some of the following ones, do. While it's attempts at having a more solid plot may not be the best in the world as a whole, it at least 'attempts' where other movies were more happy to just rip story elements from other arcs. And for that I applaud it greatly.