With the release of Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 4 (PLEASE let it come to the Nintendo Switch!! 😭), I figured I’d let everyone know what my favorite Tenkaichi was of the initial trilogy (now quartet). And it’s:
That’s right; Tenkaichi 2 NOT 3!
I just found Tenkaichi 2′s story and music to be a lot better along with there not being useless characters like Tenkaichi 3!
THERE'S A NEW FREAKING BUDOKAI TENKAICHI GAME COMING OUT HOLY FRIK!!!
We celebrating tonight fam! Time to play my favourite from the series (mainly cause I don't own 3)
Stay Tuned!
https://www.twitch.tv/rhayvenshaven
Everytime I remember the What-If Story Fateful Brothers from Budokai Tenkaichi 2, I feel sorry for Raditz and think about how much squandered potential he had.
From his debut in Dragon Ball Z through his minimal input in Dragon Ball Z: Sagas, Dameon Clarke had a consistently smooth and charismatic yet intimidating voice for Perfect Cell. However, starting with Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi, his voice seemed to gain an extra level of bass and his shouting got raspier. I'm not sure what was going on with him, but while a step down it didn't become a problem until Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit and Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World, where he gives the only two bad performances in the role. The sound of his voice and line delivery in Burst Limit is wretched and nigh impossible to take seriously, while for what little he had to do in Infinite World he somehow managed to briefly use his lisping Semi-Perfect Cell voice instead of his Perfect Cell voice, in what is supposed to be a huge dramatic moment! After this, he unsurprisingly retired from the role, which was taken over by Travis Willingham, a competent enough replacement although obviously not quite the same.
But then, much like Cell himself, Clarke ended up returning more powerful than ever! His performance in Kai is chillingly good, with him having mastered that extra bass and raspy shouting in a way that makes it work in the role and breathe all new life into the character. He kept this up in most subsequent video games, although he sounded a little overtly raspy and hammed his line deliveries up too much in the first Xenoverse game...most likely since the material there was practically begging to be goofed on. He dialed it down in Xenoverse 2, doing it only when appropriate. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, however, is a fascinating case where he tried to shake things up again, maintaining a guttural, bestial growl in his voice. The effect is wonderfully unnerving, making Cell sound like a true monster who is only playing at a relaxed, gentlemanly demeanor, but his true sadistic intentions leak through all too clearly.
Dameon Clarke: truly the perfect voice actor for Perfect Cell.
oh i figure youd like nichijou and probably dragon ball
nichijou - i like it but have only gotten around to watching the first ep! i was gonna watch more a year or two ago but only the first was avilable on whatever streamin service, it and azumangah and lucky star are all on a future watch list :3
dragon ball (series) dragon ball/dbz is prob my favorite series to talk about my experience with! i love it but purely from a cultural osmosis sense, specifically dbz - i've seen a few eps between original toonami up to kai on nicktoons, and a few of the movies, but never consumed the full series in anime or manga form!
most of my experience/knowledge came from reading about it and playing through games like budokai 3 and tenkaichi 2 as a kid! i love it to death but would never watch the series through - maybe a movie here or there, but i know the plot of almost every side filler arc, and know the series like the back of my hand now! i DID watch all of super (until the second tournament) and.... yeah that sure was DB Super
honestly the writing leaves a lot to be desire for both z and super but i still looove the series as a whole, and the character designs especially, and fighterz, super dbz, and xenoverse 2 are all amazing games!
tl;dr - i know the series but not from watching the entire anime or reading the manga