Renan Fontes

2 weeks ago | cbr.com | Renan Fontes

Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Images courtesy of “©SOTSU・SUNRISE” It's no exaggeration to say Kazuya Tsurumaki has had one of the storied careers in the modern anime industry. Tsurumaki-san played a key role assistant directing Neon Genesis Evangelion alongside Hideaki Anno, directed arguably the best OVA of the 2000s FLCL with writing by Yōji Enokido, and is now working alongside both Anno & Enokido again as he jumps into the Mobile Suit to spearhead Sunrise and Studio...

1 month ago | cbr.com | Renan Fontes

Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account While Akira Toriyama never let pesky things like continuity get in the way of a good story, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z put more effort into respecting canon than most fans give them credit for. It wasn’t until modern Dragon Ball when contradictions started becoming truly prevalent, with Dragon Ball Super infamously bringing the End of Z’s canonicity into question. Dragon Ball DAIMA, in particular, has only muddied the canon playing field...

2 months ago | cbr.com | Renan Fontes

Between giving Cell a Senzu Bean and letting Dr. Gero build Androids 16, 17, 18 & 19 over the course of three years, Goku makes a lot of bad decisions in Dragon Ball Z's Cell Saga. That said, Goku's "bad decisions" aren't nearly as dumb as some fans like to suggest. If you want to make Goku sparing Gero a matter of intelligence and not a moral issue, Future Trunks’ very existence is proof Goku is doing the smart thing by letting Gero finish his Androids.

2 months ago | cbr.com | Renan Fontes

Dragon Ball Follow Followed Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account When it was announced Dragon Ball DAIMA was going to be a celebration of all things Dragon Ball, starring Piccolo as one of the anime's three leads alongside Goku and Vegeta (or so the marketing made fans believe), it only made perfect sense. After all, Piccolo was functionally the main character of the manga's most recent story arc and the latest movie, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Throw in the fact that...

2 months ago | cbr.com | Renan Fontes

Anime Published 11 minutes ago Follow Followed Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Dragon Ball DAIMA is finally over, and much to the shock of just about everyone, the anime did not end with a mind-wipe like most expected. Not just that, Dragon Ball DAIMA Episode 20, "Maximum" reveals that Goku seemingly learned how to turn Super Saiyan 4 between the start of the anime and fighting Kid Buu. What many assumed would be a Demon Realm-exclusive form is actually just the logical...