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Old 10-05-2023, 12:24 PM   #315
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Nice find! Crunchyroll has the original soundtrack for DBZ (still with American voiceovers though), which is fun - I remember watching the American version on YTV when I was a kid, and the soundtrack I thought was epic... honestly, I love the original soundtrack (like from the clip you posted), but I also really appreciate the American one - although I might be in the minority on that haha.

Also, I like the blood and violence in the Japanese DBZ - I know that was taken out in the American version. Master Roshi is a super pervert though in the Japanese version, geezus christ!
https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/O...haracter_names

The logic behind the naming is kinda funny. I always picked up that a lot of the names sounded like certain categories (ie: Vegetables) but it wasn't until years later that I realized that those coincidences were intentional. The entire brief family for instance are named after underwear puns.

It has been mentioned in many internet discussions discussions that Chi Chi and Maron's names are basically innuendos for boobs.

TBH, I think the pervy aspect is due to a Japanese category of anime called Ecchi. It's similar in nature categorically to perhaps something like "raunchy" in English like we'd see for movies like Old school, American pie etc. Dragonball often went too overboard for my liking IMO. Often felt a bit more awkward than comedic IMO.

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