
A recent poll by Oricon asked manga fans to rank their favorite manga supporting characters, with Dragonball’s Krillin and One Piece’s Zoro taking the 1st and 2nd spots, respectively.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: May 3, 2009 03:53 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Comparison, Dragonball, Evangelion, Haruhi, Lupin, Rankings, Video Gallery

A survey of emerging on 2ch, which asked which characters respondents would most like to have sex with, yielded some surprising results; predictable favourites do feature, but some may come as unexpected.
The top 10, along with suitably erotic illustrative material, is visible below:
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It looks as though Dragonball anime Dragonball Kai is receiving some less than welcome revisions in the form of the removal of shattered bodies spurting blood, something sure to disappoint gore-hungry fans.
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Dragonball fans have been disgusted to see errors of the most egregious sort creep into the recently broadcast remastered edition of the classic anime.
2ch’s attention focuses on the OP:
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In a move sure to please American and European fans of the Dragonball franchise, Twentieth Century Fox has decided to release the film Dragonball Evolution straight to the public, bypassing the routine screening normally given to reviewers.
The exact same tactic already seems to have helped the film’s Japanese release…
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Artist Aoi Nishimata, renowned as the artist behind Shuffle and a variety of adult games and visual novels, has been at the centre of a storm of controversy as it became known that she was selected as a “representative” artist for Japan, to contribute an illustration to a Lucas endorsed commemorative art book. Non-fans fulminate that the opportunity should have gone to someone else…
For her part, she describes how excited she was to have no less than George Lucas himself look over her contribution, and apparently like it.
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A shota Goku cosplayer recently showed that there might be some hope left for the perpetually disappointing genre of Dragonball live action, if the producers are but patient enough to wait for him to grow up.
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Fans may revile the Hollywood version of Dragonball, but it is far from the first attempt to adapt the manga; you can compare Hollywood’s live action versions from Korea and Taiwan below.
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As we saw before, the much loved Hollywood adaptation of funny old Chinese cartoon Dragonball, entitled Dragonball Evolution, has received a PSP game of the same name.
The game has sold an astonishing 1,200 copies on the day of its release, topping the release charts in Japan (if you reverse the order).
You can also see a gameplay video below.
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Dragonball Evolution, previews of which were much maligned by fans and critics alike, have defied expectations and topped box offices all over Asia.
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The controversial Dragonball Evolution movie is attracting much attention in Japan for its unusual decision to refrain from any screenings at all to film critics, in what many interpret as a sign that 20th Century Fox know the title will be savaged.
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New trailers and movie stills showing extended cuts of Dragon Ball Evolution have just been released. The newly revealed scenes show much more of how the film intends to handle fight sequences and finally reveal Goku’s trademark fighting uniform.
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