We all frequent message boards and online forums (such as alt.fan.dragonball), and we all contribute as much as we can. Unfortunately, we don't KNOW of all the places people post questions, so it's impossible for us to reach everyone. However, if you're reading this, you at least know where WE are, so it's possible for you to ask us directly.

What we're going for here is sort of an "Answerman" or "Ask John" (from Anime News Network and Anime Nation, respectively). We'd like you to e-mail in whatever questions you may have, so long as it somehow relates to the world of DragonBall; be it the manga, the anime, merchandise.. whatever. We've been around for a few years, now, and we know the ropes... we like to think we know our stuff.

And we want to help. E-mail your questions to VegettoEX@aol.com with the subject "Ask VegettoEX." We'll try to update this section every weekend with at least one question straight from the fans. Thanks!

[ Last Updated: Sunday, 16 May 2004 ]
[ Past "Ask VegettoEX" Archives ]

Q. Do you think that Funimation is going to keep "DAN DAN Kokoro Hikarete 'ku" for episode 64 Of Dragon Ball GT or do you think they'll keep the Grand Tour (c)rap? - John Nelson

A. Well, the DVD came out on Tuesday, so go check for yourself. OK, fine... I'll answer ^^;;. What else did anyone expect? Of course there's no Japanese music there; I mean, as much as the English score doesn't fit, it would fit even less to suddenly have some J-Pop start in with all the subdued guitar stuff. All of the scenes in the "flashback" sequence have their appropriate lines being spoken by the characters, rather than it being a musical montage. It's really... well, it's bad. It doesn't give any kind of sense of "closure" or "hope," but... whatever. You've got a Japanese track on the DVD; watch it. That's what it's there for! - VegettoEX

Q. Hey, I personally love the site that you have. It gives in depth info on the original DBZ CDs, although I have no clue where to get them! If you could just perhaps suggest some sites that you may know, or some place to get them?? I really was looking for "Ongakuskhû - Volume 2" (which is the DBZ movie 8 OST) and "Dragonball Z - The Best Selections" (The original, the copy with new songs.) - Joshua Lange

A. People seem to think that because they want and love them so much, these CDs are going to miraculously come back into print or appear on store shelves. ^^; I'm sorry folks... these CDs have been out of print for a long time, usually, and aren't going to be showing up again any time soon. You've going to have to keep watching eBay and other auction sites if you really want these CDs.... it's how I got them. - VegettoEX

Q. Do you ever remember hearing about this huge fan-made video game project, I think it was called Dragonball REMIX or something. It was a C++ based game, I think, and there were tons of people working on sprites, scripts and voices and there was going to be like 3 episodes. I remember it was close to the time Bid for Power was really getting going before they got shut down, at least the DBZ part. Anyway, any info on this project? It had looked really promising and I was looking forward to it for a long time and it never panned out I guess... - Stephen Hohmann

A. I don't have so much as a clue as to what you're talking about, so I'm absolutely no help. I never really followed any outside projects. - VegettoEX

Q. I've just started looking at your site, and it seems that you know your DBZ. I have a question, the issue with Trunks and his sword, seems to be entirely irrelvant due to the movies do not fall into the story line, or aren't suppose to. How could Trunks possibly obtain this sword through the different timelines? - ussjbroly

A. The sword that Chibi Trunks gets is simply a sword (which also appears in GT, for no apparent reason)... not the sword. It's absolutely impossible for it to be the same sword that Future Trunks owns (well, not necessarily impossible, but beyond all amounts of any likelihood). Movie 13 is just a way to show Chibi Trunks get a sword... not how Future Trunks gets the sword. - VegettoEX

Q. Hey, do you guys know if Linda Young did the voices for all of Frieza's forms or just for his first and fourth form? I know that Dameon Clarke did all of Cell's forms. - Wassup2

A. Yes, she did. Freeza's first form (his English voice, obviously) is presumably Ms. Young's "natural" speaking voice (as you can hear when she plays Genkai in the YûYû Hakusho dub). The other three formsh were all computer enhanced or naturally altered in some way). - VegettoEX

Q. I would like to make a suggestion for a site addition. It doesn't seem like you have a large amount of fan-based material. How about a fanfic section? - Makankoposo

A. Simple question, simple answer... I hate fanfics. Don't really have a reason. Just don't like them. Read a few, put me to sleep, bored the living daylights out of me. I'm sure there are good ones, but I have absolutely no interest in them. - VegettoEX

Q. Any more news on the redubbing of the 1st and 2nd series? When Piccolo was talking in a battle between Tien and Nappa, he sounded like the voice over from the later series. Have there now been some episodes that have been redubed and only being shown on TV at the moment? - Julie Shipley

A. Sounds like wherever you're watching it from has both the FUNimation and Ocean Studios dubs. No, none of FUNimation's redubs of seasons 1 and/or 2 have been completed and/or released to television. - VegettoEX

Q. Hey you know how a lot of sites mention the Dragon Ball world's calendar being in the 700s AD, where do these dates come from? I haven't seen any mention of what the year is in either the manga or the anime. - Wassup2

A. While the Dragon World's current era is referred to as the 700s A.D., it doesn't seem to refer to our own "A.D." ("Anno Domini," which is Latin for "In the Year of the Lord"). Rather, it seems to stand for its own special calendar. I personally think the Dragon World's "A.D." should stand for "Anno Draconi," or "In the Year of the Dragon," but this is just my own idea that isn't based on anything in particular. Someone once suggested that perhaps the DB dating system had something to do with the Buddhist or Chinese calendars, but I don't know enough about them to be able to tell with any degree of certainty. - Julian

Q. Is Piccolo Junior meant to be the same being as Daimao, the same soul, the same being... as in, the Piccolo we see throughout the series is the same guy who was trapped in the Denshi jar? OR... is it simply that Piccolo Junior has the memories of his father, Daimao? I tend to think he is a reincarnation, and truly is Piccolo Daimao, because when he and Kami merge, it's referred to as them becoming the original Namekian that came to Earth. If Piccolo was not Daimao, then that fusion would NOT be the original Namekian. ALSO, when Piccolo is training Gohan, Gohan says something along the lines of 'My Dad says you're different from before, that you changed when you died and came back'. That would insinuate to me that Piccolo Daimao and our well known Piccolo are indeed the same person, just in different incarnations.

Do you know if they are the same being in different incarnations, or are they truly two seperate beings? - Ben Plante

A. Piccolo Jr. refers to himself as the "Piccolo-Daimaô;" he makes no distinction between himself and the previous Piccolo. They are one and the same. There's the one scene I remember, in particular, where Piccolo Jr. is speaking to Goku, and there's that funky "spread-apart" thing that the animation does, where it splits Piccolo-Daimaô apart from Piccolo Jr. as they speak, with both voices going at the same time... it's hard to describe, but it's there.

So yes... Piccolo Jr. was intended to be a perfect copy of the original Piccolo-Daimaô, and is supposed to be the Piccolo-Daimaô. - VegettoEX

Q. This question is about Vegeta's "royal blood". I admit that I read a lot of fanfiction and, some of the better ones have some references to Vegeta being in the "royal house of Vejiita-sei" and other things such as his official title being: "Roku no Vejiita-ouji" and Trunks being "Shichi no Vejiita-ouji" Now I know that if its in a fanfiction, it does NOT mean that it is true, but there have been references in several different fanfics, stating that Vegeta is the 6th and Trunks is the 7th. I have just gotten the idea in my head that several references to this can't be wrong! Is it ever clarified that they in fact do have these titles and there is a "royal house"? Some people I have talked to about this aren't sure either. - Shotokan Boy

A. I'm not quite sure what you're talking about, unfortunately.

Vegeta always refers to himself as "Saiya-jin no Ôji"... the Prince of the Saiya. There is no indication one way or the other whether Vegeta is any "number" in a line of ancestors; it's not that far-fetched, but at the same time, we can't go assuming things, either. - VegettoEX

THIS WEEK'S MESSAGE BOARD DISCUSSION:

Here we are in the latest week of this new feature! I think it's a really neat thing to add to the section, and I'm glad to see people are getting involved. Please feel free to contribute to the discussion, and even start up your own!

Q. Vegeta has an INFERIORITY complex. On the surface, it would seem that Vegeta has a SUPERIORITY complex. He believes himself to be the best, he thinks he's the ultimate, the final, the end-all be-all existence. Why wouldn't one think he had a superiority complex? (snip... there's much more to read!) - Ben Plante

A. Read over the discussion, here! Maybe we can bring Vegeta's all-consuming pride down a couple of notches... :D

We're trying to stay with our weekly schedule for the section... so... e-mail us your questions for next week's update! We love getting all these questions, each week, so the more you send us, the more we can (try to) answer for you!

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