30 May 2003

Some "Shonen Jump" Covers; AMV Reminders
VegettoEX @ 4:02 pm EDT -- I realized that we were missing June's "Shonen Jump" cover, and July's issue came in the other day, so the "Covers" section has been updated with both months' covers. Hopefully we'll get another DBZ cover, soon!

So my Otakon video's done! Exported, sent off to con, even have the online distro version made (won't be online until August, but hey... it's all done :P). Really glad it's over with. I love editing, but all the post-processing is such a pain in the rear-end (especially since I have to do it twice; once for my own video, and then for Meri's :P).

Now it's time to get RIGHT into the DDR 4th Mix video... *sigh*... at least it's only 1:30 long, as opposed to my Otakon video's 4:00+ length... ^o^.

Friendly reminder to those who signed up for an account over on www.AnimeMusicVideos.org back when I told you to... you're probably able to go download any and all videos, now. Again, if you can't do it there, check out the "Chat" page for information on how to get all the videos off me in #daizenshuu. Someone's downloading "Despondency" off of me, right now :D.

Ja~!

29 May 2003

Almost a Movie a Day For a Week! 7 out of 7; Budokai 2
VegettoEX @ 1:20 am EDT -- I'm sorry it had to come like this. Meri's computer and I are not on speaking terms, anymore. It was a very ugly breakup, and I unfortunately have to recover some items from it tomorrow. I really don't want to see it anymore, but I have to. It's really very awful.

In other news, the "Movie Guide" has been almost held up to my promise! Technically I'm an hour and twenty minutes late, but here it is anyway: the complete information for DBZ movie 7. Yay Trunks fans, your boy arrived. Yay, no more FUNi movies until August. Yay, less movie pages to make.

Crap, there's the two TV specials.

Oh yeah. The Magic Box has posted some nice new screen caps from Atari's upcoming "Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2" for the PS2. Looks.. interesting... Too bad all it'll cover is the Buu saga, in terms of story... The cell-shading is definitely a change of pace from the visuals in the last game. We'll have to wait and see which works better.

27 May 2003

A Movie a Day For a Week! 6 out of 7
VegettoEX @ 12:15 pm EDT -- Required update for the day, the absolutely fantastic "Movie Guide" has been updated with complete information for DBZ movie 6. Bye, bye, worthless excuses for "American "bands" !! In comes... Mark Menza? ;_;

26 May 2003

A Movie a Day For a Week! 5 out of 7
VegettoEX @ 12:15 pm EDT -- Required update for the day, the absolutely fantastic "Movie Guide" has been updated with complete information for DBZ movie 5. In a one-time-only deal, we get... Spanish?

25 May 2003

A Movie a Day For a Week! 4 out of 7; Movie 8 Trailer
VegettoEX @ 2:04 pm EDT -- The "Movie Guide" has been updated with complete information for DBZ movie 4. This one marked the beginning of DBZ movies being produced in-house by FUNimation, themselves.

Apparently FUNimation has also posted up a trailer for movie eight on their website (www.dragonballz.com). Before people start throwing a shit-fit about them pronouncing it "brou - lee" (as in, "Sup bro?" or some other bad Terry Klassen line from the dub), remember...

That's how it's SUPPOSED to be pronounced. "bu - ro - ri." Thank you, good day. *POOF*

24 May 2003

A Movie a Day For a Week! 3 out of 7
VegettoEX @ 11:05 am EDT -- The "Movie Guide" has been updated with complete information for DBZ movie 3. This one was a beauty, what with its two different versions (edited for TV, and home video release), slightly different voice casts, etc... interesting stuff to read, actually! Also filled in some holes in the dub cast for DBZ movies 1 and 2.

23 May 2003

A Movie a Day For a Week! 2 out of 7
VegettoEX @ 12:43 pm EDT -- The "Movie Guide" has been updated with complete information for DBZ movie 2. Good stuff, so far! We're chuggin' along... DBZ Movie 3 comes tomorrow...

22 May 2003

A Movie a Day For a Week!
VegettoEX @ 12:43 pm EDT -- The "Movie Guide" has been updated with complete information for DBZ movie 1. That includes cast, crew, synopsis, cover art, etc...

With that, I vow to make an update every day for the next week with another movie for the movie guide, which will take us up to DBZ movie 7 a week from today. Think I can keep this vow? We'll see...

Otakon video's essentially done. Just got some minor tweaks to do. Pretty insane stuff going on in it. w00t am I.

21 May 2003

Pioneer Distribution License Runs Out
VegettoEX @ 1:52 am EDT -- Argh, hate to bump my own update, but this is pretty damn important! August 31st is a day many people will remember back in 1998; it was the day that DBZ began on Cartoon Network.

However, August 31st of 2003 is a day of much brighter prospects. According to Anime Nation, Pioneer has announced that their distribution license to "DragonBall Z" will expire on this day.

FUNimation has already announced their plans to re-dub and re-release these early episodes (which comprise of 53 English dubbed episodes, 67-68 original Japanese episodes) and release them on uncut, billingual DVDs (similar to the rest of their releases) sometime in 2004. The first three DBZ movies already have an uncut dub/sub DVD release; it is unknown what FUNimation will do with these movies (but they will probably just leave them as-is).

So there we are. Finally there is an official date that Pioneer's license runs out. Now, if we could only get an expiration date on KidMark's distribution license for the original "DragonBall"...

So now go check out the update below. New music video, fserve in chat room. Buuyah.

20 May 2003

New Anime Music Video, Fserve Explanation
VegettoEX @ 5:55 pm EDT -- Anime Central has come and gone. With that, I've posted my music video submission for the contest online! It's titled "Despondency," and can be found over on my music video page. Please note that you'll need to have set up an account on www.AnimeMusicVideos.org in order to download it.... UNLESS....

You come check us out in #daizenshuu! I've set up a file server off my home connection, in which I'm serving all the MP3s that were up until recently, as well as most of the music videos (including "Despondency," "This is Your Life," and more). If you know how to run fserves, come check us out! If you don't head on over to the "Chat" page for a brief primer on what to do. See you there!

19 May 2003

GT Episodes 1-15 ***CONFIRMED***, Chat Fserve
VegettoEX @ 10:19 pm EDT -- Sure, people have been speculating for quite some time, and there have been tons of rumors thrown around on fansites, but up until now, there has been NO official word on the fate of "DragonBall GT" episodes 1-15.

Thanks to Anime Nation for the heads-up... Fans can rest assured; at Anime Central this weekend, FUNimation announced (among other things) that GT episodes 1-15 will indeed be released; this will happen after 16-64 have been fully released.

So there you go! FUNi went on to say that ALL "DragonBall" and "DragonBall Z" episodes will see an American DVD release eventually.

As soon as I get some more info on the Anime Central music video contest, I may be able to throw up a new present very soon... :D

On a related note, if you come to the official "Daizenshuu EX" chat room on IRC, you can find me in there with an fserve set up to download all of this website's (well, almost) music videos and music files! More detailed instructions on how to access the files will come later, but for those who are already enlightened in the way, c'mon in and download!

17 May 2003

Budokai 2 Coming Soon...
VegettoEX @ 2:10 am EDT -- I hate to jump on the news bandwagon, but hey... I like the first one...

The Magic Box reports that Infogrames (now going under the name of Atari) has announced "Budokai 2" for the PS2 (no other consoles are mentioned, but it is likely that we'll see a GameCube release a la "Budokai" [the first one] if it goes over well). What's neat is that they're keeping the original 23 characters and adding another 11 on top of this (three of which will be forms of Majin Buu; I'd guess that we'll also see Goten, Trunks, Gotenks, and a slew of other fun Buu saga characters).

All I want, though, is to play as Pilaf. Why can't anyone do this for me? Please?

Other updates coming soon. Ended up spending most of my day on the Otakon AMV submission.

13 May 2003

Media Links (Temporarily) Down
VegettoEX @ 2:25 pm EDT -- Since my friend Jay is done with school for the summer (kinda like the rest of us college folk), the server on which all our media (MP3s, music videos) was up is now.. well.. it doesn't exist right now. Because of this, I've temporarily removed the links on the menu to media files. I'll be uploading all videos locally (well, as many as I can) to AnimeMusicVideos.org within the next couple days. If you wish to download videos, you'll need to sign up for a membership there, on the site. It's free (of course), and just takes a couple minutes, so if you haven't done so already, go for it now so you're ready to download when the time comes.

And when that time comes, I'll have a new music video online for you, so be prepared :D.

Like Julian said, there'll be a nice big update coming to the "Movie Guide" very soon, so be on the look-out for that, too. I'm outta here in two days, so the updates will be on their way...

Oh. "Mr Paikuhan" (I think that's how you spelled it), if you could contact me as soon as you get a chance, it'd be mucho appreciated.

10 May 2003

Image Updates for Piccolo Fans...
Julian @ 10:00 pm EDT -- Mike is preparing for his summer move back home this weekend, so it looks like I'm holding down the fort. Never fear, though, 'cause I've got an update that's sure to please everyone, especially those of you with a penchant for big, green, androgynous aliens. That's right... both Kanzenban volumes for this month (in the "Covers" section) feature Piccolo! To top that off, I've got a new image in the "Artists" section, which also has Piccolo in it!

I also added a small bit of information regarding the DBZ Movie 11 drama CD (in the "Misc DBZ CDs" section), but it's really nothing that exciting.

That's all for now. Expect another update to the "Movie Guide" once EX gets himself all packed up. Jaa~

07 May 2003

"Newbie Guide" Updated
VegettoEX @ 5:54 pm EDT -- You may see similar sections on other sites, but as always, the "Newbie Guide" on "Daizenshuu EX" is more complete and accurate the any other, especially with this latest update. You can now find information on both the treatment of "DragonBall GT" in America, as well as the revival of interest in Japan in the guide. Check it out.

Don't forget the new "Movie Guide," as well :D.

04 May 2003

It's Here! The Movie Guide!
VegettoEX @ 11:35 pm EDT -- Wow. We're finally ready to put it up. It's the most fun I've ever had working on a section on the site in a long time. Big thanks to Julian who was a HUGE help in the creation of this section.

We here at "Daizenshuu EX" don't generally have a problem in doing a section that's been done before on other sites... as long as we can do it bigger, better, and more accurate. With that, I'm extremely proud to present our newest "Database" section, the "Movie Guide." In it, you'll find all the Japanese and (where available) domestic movie / TV special covers, original Japanese title, romanized title, translated title, premiere dates, fully translated cast and production crew credits, and so much more. Right now, the full information pages for DB movies 1-4 (4 being the 10th anniversary movie).

Damn, man. Check out the new "Movie Guide." This is what we've been working on all this time ^^.

While we were at it, Julian went ahead and created a Favicon for the site. If you're using a compatible browser, check out the address bar... should be a little DB up there, now :D.

Come talk about the new section (and/or whatever else) in our chat room.. still looking for more people!