Yeah, but blackmailing Funi into not hiring them for anything period instead of just going "Don't bring them onto any of our shows" definitely comes off as a dick move on Toei's part. Of course, as I also stated, it didn't help that the group's egos got the better of them and they thought they could do a better DBZ than actual DBZ.
Is there any actual evidence Toei did anything like that? 'cause that just sound like Bronzium-plated cope over never getting calls.
I honestly think the potential is there for some of them, but working on DBZA for so long just held them back imo. The time that went into it should have gone strictly toward legitimate gigs and original content if they were serious about it. They needed to make a commitment but tried to have it both ways instead.
I know Kaiser and I think Lani said it happened when Toei caught wind of the initial Cell Games Reenactment scene they did for Funi, forcing them to recycle the original version of the scene at the last minute as a result. But I wouldn't put it past Toei to browbeat Funi like that.
As stated earlier in the thread, the Cell Saga is their favorite arc and, therefore, they can't make fun of it. The fact that they're also massive Cell fanboys didn't help things either.
From what I hear, the Buu saga isnt a major favorite of the fandom as a whole, so that's not limited to just Kaiser. That being said, considering how the tone of the Buu saga was all over the place, I'd imagine it would've been a bit hard to parody it
You'd think they'd have gone out of their way to improve on the Buu arc if they were so proud of their writing skills, but guess they weren't fanboy enough to go through with it. Cowards.
You kidding? With all the problems the Buu arc has, they would have no problems finding material for it.
If you say so. But then again, there's also the part where they turned themselves into a de facto fandub, so I gues it's all about the approach.
The Buu Saga deal is it's essentially Tori giving the fandom a huge middle finger and going "Oh! You fuckers want Goku back? Alright, I'll give you Goku back! He's gonna fight a literal manchild that turns everyone into sweets! How you like dat shit?!"
We KNOW they shit talked Sabat in videos. He probably got them blacklisted after that.
Well, when you put it like that it sounds like it could be a fun read for reasons outside of why DBZ is enjoyed regularly.
The Buu saga was essentially Tori going back to his gag manga routes for it. To be sure, there are "dramatic"/serious moments, but for the most part, its making fun of it's own story.
Overall mediocre, and not really worth the watch.
I think the Radditz thing was on purpose. The whole “completely and utterly beat down and nothing to be done about it” mindset Raditz is in these days.
Makes sense, I guess. I hope we eventually see Raditz turn back into his former self. That Raditz was fun.