This weekend I went to a band trip with my 12 year old as a chaperone. It started with band performances, ended with them (and me) at an amusement park all day.
I met a bunch of Middle Schoolers who were friends / acquaintances with my daughter. They referred to me as "cool," "legendary," "icon," and one said I was "an icon on par with Madonna." But...but why?
I think about that day and all I can think is that I'm an adult, a parent who was willing to engage with these kids. I talked with them about music, their hobbies, anime, video games, whatever they wanted to talk about. I listened and interacted. Apparently, that's enough to make me an icon.
It feels very basic. But, the fact that just this level of interaction felt out of the norm for them from their friend's parents that it made them call me an icon, I feel that says more about the other adults in their lives than it does about my awesomeness.
This week we finish off the PS2 Tenkaichi trilogy with my personal favourite of the bunch. It's a game I spent literally hundreds of hours playing as a teen, and perhaps the most detailed, granular Dragon Ball simulation ever - Budokai Tenkaichi 3!
Still the definitive DBZ fighting game in my opinion. Incredible roster, perfectly tuned compared to its predecessors, and a story that balances accuracy and actually fun, zippy fights.
i'm a 19 year old mexican trans girl! (talk about a mouthful)
i'm into a variety of media, but notable ones include:
Dragon Ball
Undertale
Star Fox
Love Live!
Mega Man
Metroid
Sonic the Hedgehog
i'm of course into a bunch more, but those are the main ones...
you can probably tell- but i'm into retro games!
i also draw and make pixel art sometimes!!!
i'm open to talk- most of the time anyway~
here's my current sona:
please don't be weird about it!!!
I was a #DBZ kid. I'd draw characters from the show. Recently I started watching from the very beginning with the original #DragonBall series, falling in love with Toriyama's work all over again. So this news hit extra hard.
He was influential to #artists everywhere. DBZ was the first #anime I had ever watched. It just goes to show that you should just unabashedly be yourself. Draw your goofy characters. Name them after underwear and vegetables. And have fun.
I didn't grow up with Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z. I stopped having cable at home in the early 90s. So, my first real experience with Dragon Ball Z was in college. I had a roommate who would watch subtitled episodes late at night really loud, which annoyed me. I avoided the franchise for that reason for a long while.
In 2019, I picked up a copy of Dragon Ball FighterZ because of how highly it was rated. I fell in love with it immediately. Such an amazing fighting game. In December, Viz's Shonen Jump service dropped and allowed you access to their full archive of manga for certain series. Dragon Ball was among them. I decided to read the manga to get the backstory of these characters. I became enthralled and within three months had read all of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball Super.
Since then, I have plowed through so much manga from Akira Toriyama. From Cowa to Sandland to a ton of stuff in between. His influence on the anime and manga industry will be felt for generations to come.
Here's a picture of a few of the Bandai model kits I have of Goku and Vegeta in their Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan forms.
Rest in Peace, Toriyama. Thank you for all you have given us over the years. May your family and fans be comforted following your passing.
Pray for the family and fans of the works of Akira Toriyama. Pray for comfort for them following his passage. May his works continue to provide enjoyment to those who read or view them.
So last night I decided I should find a French gaming/nerd site to read here and there. I found https://www.jeuxvideo.com and added it to my RSS reader.
This morning the first article I saw was titled "DBZ: Le Super Saiyan légendaire de Dragon Ball existe vraiment, mais ce n'est ni Son Goku, ni Broly et encore moins Vegeta si on croit cette interview de Akira Toriyama!"
I'm slightly annoyed with the most recent volume of Bookworm. It's good as usual but this volume is a particularly egregious example of "everyone ready for the big conflict to start... Lol jk next time on dragon ball z"
Started watching #DragonBall. Loved #DBZ as a kid but lost interest when they changed voice actors. So I'm diving back into this world. I always assumed Dragon Ball was the lesser of the shows, but I love kid #Goku. He is such a delight. A very cozy series when it's not being too pervy. This might be the start of a very long #anime rabbit hole lol. Also the theme song is one hell of a banger.
So I’m nearly halfway through watching One Piece. Why do I get the feeling that Boa Hancock is going to convince Luffy to marry her the same way Chi Chi convinced Goku: by telling him that their wedding will include a feast? 😂
@thor I am fantastic in a crisis! The adrenaline hits me and the brain fog I'm constantly fighting lifts and I can think so clearly! Having ADHD is like martial arts training with weights on for the brain. #DBZ
I just woke up from the most pleasing but crazy #dream that some other musicians started playing this #song as a warm up and I was #vocals for it, always been a huge fan of #KoRn since I was 12.