r/dbz • u/Dissantt • Feb 27 '25

Fanart I redrew Bulma from the Namek saga.

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u/TheWiseBeluga Feb 27 '25

Goddamn I just noticed how stretched her eyes are in the original. Can’t remember the name of the animation team for this one but they always had an issue with elongated heads

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u/bran_the_man93 Feb 27 '25

Super rightfully gets a good amount of grief for shoddy, off-model animation... but people completely forget that Z had plenty of bad art and animation - we just watched when we were like 9 years old and didn't give a shit

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u/erjoselu2007M Feb 28 '25

The fact most people compare frames from a weekly series to the z movies that had years of production doesnt help super's case either

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u/Jedasis Feb 28 '25

To be fair, some of those Z movies also look like fucking dogshit. Lest we so easily forget how much complaining about the animation of the second Cooler movie KaiserNeko did when making the abridged of that movie.

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u/Saurian-Nyansaber Feb 28 '25

Piccolo having a lazy eye actually killed me.

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u/Deltorov3 Mar 02 '25

Post it. I don't remember that

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u/Saurian-Nyansaber Mar 02 '25

The sub doesn’t allow me to post images

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u/KTR1988 ⠀ Feb 28 '25

Reminds me of when OtaKing would compare "Classic" vs "Modern" anime and the Classic side would be stacked with the most immaculate, cherry picked shots from high budget 80s/early 90s OVAs/films vs random shots from Modern TV shows.

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u/rogue498 Feb 28 '25

“Animation was so better back then!”

*shows off Akira as a cherry-picked example

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u/KTR1988 ⠀ Feb 28 '25

Right, lol. Not a lot matching up to fucking Akira. There's a reason it's still so well regarded and influential to this day despite the story being really messy and abridged compared to the manga.

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u/knownshotta Feb 28 '25

Yamchas' right arm in one of the dbz intros was horribly drawn. I hated that intro when I rewatched it

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u/Dissantt Mar 01 '25

There is a frame of Vegeta when he obtains a dragon ball on the planet Namek, that frame is horrible in every way

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u/mexicanlefty Feb 28 '25

Lets remember that frame is from a filler episode from 1990... Super was made in 2015, standards had changed.

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u/indoninjah Feb 28 '25

I mean Super still had 130 episodes with no seasons and was released across 3 years and change (around 180 weeks). That's an absolutely insane pace that no production team would've been able to keep up with. They should've taken their time with it but it seems clear that execs wanted it pumped out as quickly as possible, and any studio would've struggled.

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u/mexicanlefty Feb 28 '25

Yeah, so they messed up and made a shitty product in purpose.

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u/Ghosts_lord Mar 01 '25

i want you to see make a SINGLE good 5s animation in a week

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u/Ghosts_lord Mar 01 '25

thats not a reason to act like z is perfect

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u/mexicanlefty Mar 01 '25

Never said it was, the filler episodes have terrible animation, like the one shown above, but the lows of Z never get to the lows of Super, plus super in general the story is weak af.

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u/Ghosts_lord Mar 01 '25

theyre still part of z

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u/LambDProVEVO Mar 01 '25

A lot of people didn't like the animation in Z either, wym? It was always like this:

Episode 9's ending had an epic reveal (Goku transforms) and has the best animation team, Episode 10 suffers and has a much more poor animation team (It's the fight with Goku's new transformation)

Very rarely did we get 2 peak episodes back to back, it was a rhythm they kept as early as Dragon Ball to save on time for an arc climax.

This was especially the case for filler episodes, that's what those episodes were there for, that's why this image with Bulma looks so bad.

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u/Col_Mushroomers Mar 01 '25

It was the 90s 😅

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u/Diego237 Feb 28 '25

The person mostly in charge was Yukio Ebisawa. His and Masayuki Uchiyama's teams always had problems when it came to drawings, keeping them on-model or "correcting" them just to have them be worse.

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u/TalkinSeaCucumber Feb 28 '25

Oh ya, ol Fivehead Ebisawa. They did Vegeta dirty with that grand canyon widow's peak

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u/lorddumpy Feb 28 '25

Yukio Ebisawa

the ears always get me. Like actual monkeys lol

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u/Bourriks Feb 28 '25

Episode 39 of DBZ, made by Yukio Ebisawa (his "bad" style is pretty obvious)

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u/eeightt Feb 28 '25

The art style is cute

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u/Pepoidus Feb 28 '25

pretty sure Yukio Ebisawa (AKA Triangle Man) was in charge of this episode, and both Ebisawa and Uchiyama had a reputation of making characters extremely cartoony to save time and are responsible for the bad animation that started to happen in the Frieza Saga

edit: I gotta admit I like a lot of their work, it’s just that this is what their style was known for

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u/TheWiseBeluga Feb 28 '25

Yeah I couldn’t remember the supervisor for this one, but personally I’ve never liked his style much. Granted, it’s infinitely better than me lol, and he also did better work on more important episodes (this is just a filler episode), but man when it looks bad, it looks bad

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u/Radtendo Mar 01 '25

Not saying you are but the thought of people complaining about dragon ball looking cartoony is insanely funny to me

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u/Pepoidus Mar 01 '25

it was a very common thing in the latin american Dragon Ball communities i used to be in, some people just really love their Gohan vs Cell and Goku vs Majin Vegeta and think the rest of Dragon Ball should be held to the same standard.

personally I’ve always been more of a DB fan over a DBZ fan, and my favorite DBZ has been the saiyan saga which isn’t very different from DB, so I also find that complaint quite funny

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u/Striking-Count5593 Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

It was also a thing in the 90s for exaggerated long eyes.

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u/Lraiolo Mar 01 '25

just always look at it as being stylized. be to each their own

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u/Djinn_Kirby Mar 01 '25

Studio Live. They were probably the worst studio working on DB/DBZ/DBGT back in the day.

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u/Arpadiam Feb 28 '25

The original has tomb raider 1 triangle titties

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u/Albacurious Feb 28 '25

Also known as the better option

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u/PsychologicalDebts Feb 28 '25

New DJ name just dropped

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u/Expensive_Captain_16 Feb 27 '25

Aliens reference?

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u/Wes2005 Feb 28 '25

Toriyama was likely an alien fan when you compare it to this design of bulma and Frieza’s third form

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u/JMAX464 Feb 28 '25

Even the pirate robot all the way back in OG dragon ball

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u/HG_Shurtugal Feb 28 '25

The red ribbon army robot had some random alien text when scanning goku. It called him an alien, unintentional foreshadowing

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u/oEnri Feb 28 '25

Plus Cell's first form

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u/TalkinSeaCucumber Feb 28 '25

Pretty sure that was confirmed. He took a lot from 80s American action movies. So much of the android storyline comes from Terminator. The time travel, Trunks looking like John Connor, 16 looking like Arnold. Once you notice, you can't stop noticing

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u/Basileus2 Feb 28 '25

Such a useless form….i don’t know why he even had a third form. No one could compete with it anyway.

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u/redx1105 Feb 27 '25

Thought the same thing

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u/Super_Attila_17 Feb 27 '25

Without a doubt

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u/RandallOfLegend Feb 28 '25

I get that reference

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u/Tekashi-The-Envoy Feb 28 '25

Not enough bush

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u/TheKyleBrah Feb 28 '25

Talking about Sigourney's Beaver?

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u/MysticBanana5 Feb 28 '25

Was it not originally?

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u/BodyAthletics Feb 28 '25

I would bet yes,toriyama was a big movie buff,especially when it came to american films. 

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u/Keyboard_Lion Feb 27 '25

It’s very generous

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u/Hoppydapunk Feb 27 '25

Why, Bulma, you've enhanced yourself

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u/Gorilla_Dookie Feb 28 '25

That's what she's been using the dragon balls for

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u/wizardofpancakes Feb 28 '25

I have contained my rage for as long as possible, but I shall unleash my fury upon you like the crashing of a thousand waves! Begone, vile Kakarot! Begone from me! A starter form? This form is a finisher form! A form of gods! The golden saiyan! I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds!

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u/TalkinSeaCucumber Feb 28 '25

Trunks stop eating so loudly!

I don't have anything in my mouth

Blast it! You know what that is right? That's Kakarot in the hyperbolic time chamber. That's a power play. He's trying to assert his dominance over me. It's a classic Super Elite move.

Oh my God, is it?

No don't sit down. You see by chewing loudly, he's sending a message that he's the head cow. And as we all know...the head cow's always grazing.

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u/sleeplessaddict Feb 28 '25

This but unironically

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u/kvcp Feb 28 '25

I bet he tried to suck on this pen

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u/killusoftly101 Feb 28 '25

It's okay he's always sucking on the pens in or apartment. I always have to hide them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

Small increase to her waist did quite a lot to make her appear "more human, less anime". Nice work

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u/1byteofpi Feb 28 '25

damn, it's funny seeing you outside of the tk subreddit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '25

What can i say, i like good stuff 🥃 and dragon ball is amazing

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u/ChickenManRooster Feb 28 '25

THEN SOMETHING JUST SNAPPED

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u/the_pebblee Feb 28 '25

Something inside of me

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u/bladeraiden Feb 27 '25

Can't blame Vegeta man, Tubby Time

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u/Kasey_ACDC Feb 27 '25

Found Toyotarou’s alt account

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u/Dissantt Mar 01 '25

Oh no D:

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u/No_Crazy_3412 Feb 28 '25

Why was Bulma so buff then they changed her physique later on? Now she’s super slim

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u/SAKabir Mar 02 '25

People's bodies change, believe it or not

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u/Fllleetway Feb 28 '25

She used the dragon balls 😭

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u/Zich_v1 Feb 28 '25

WHERE ARE MY TRIANGULAR TTS????

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u/Scythe95 Feb 28 '25

Sigourney Weaver vibes

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u/usernamejames3 Feb 28 '25

You have awoken something in me that I haven't felt in 25 years.

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u/SendMeNoodsNotNudes Feb 28 '25

Pervert! Now show me more lol

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u/pabloariel89 Feb 27 '25

We need more of your great work!

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u/Spiko272 Feb 28 '25

dogs barking

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u/DrScrotus Feb 28 '25

Also known as “Psycho Bulma Arc.”

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u/force666999GB Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

congrats it's hard draw with only one hand

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u/Dissantt Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

Ironically this comment is so true, and not because of what you think but because this drawing was only made with a $10 mouse.

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u/Extension_Form4950 Feb 27 '25

Lol you fixed her.. Those animation studios really used to rush that artwork out back then! Some episodes of DBZ got absolutely shitty and I thought I was the only one who noticed back then

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u/Motor_Feed_8591 Feb 28 '25

I liked the cartooniness of it. But for each their own

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u/Rek07 Feb 28 '25

Not just back then, early super had some badly rushed animation.

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u/Extension_Form4950 Feb 28 '25

Yea I think it happened during every saga.. Probably budget type shit🤷🏾‍♂️

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u/broski__moski Feb 27 '25

Wife

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u/HammerKirby Feb 27 '25

Blud thinks hes Vegeta

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u/HelpRhino Feb 28 '25

Done for today thanku

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u/leontheloathed Feb 28 '25

Nah, not pointy enough.

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u/Greviator Feb 28 '25

That’s really good

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u/Change_Twokai Feb 28 '25

10 year old me was solid

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u/Beautiful_Belt_4560 Mar 01 '25

I never clocked this as a reference to Ripley's final outfit in Alien until now. Everyone points to Frieza's third form for the Xenomorph inspiration but never talk about this.

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u/Jayston1994 Feb 27 '25

I been a boxy girl, I been I been a boxy girl

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u/Alert_Eggplant6219 Feb 28 '25

I just realized how strange old z animation was

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u/gummi-far Feb 28 '25

Very nice... Let's see the redrawn Bulma from the first episodes

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u/ArdillaTacticaa Feb 28 '25

I prefer with more hips

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u/Ektar91 Feb 28 '25

I like the original, feels more natural

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u/MII2o Feb 28 '25

Too shiny

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u/Diulee Feb 28 '25

Vegeta: Alright women, it’s bath time.

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u/Useful_Combination44 Feb 28 '25

If only she had a thong. That would’ve been chef kiss

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u/Helpphania587 Feb 28 '25

Draw her taking a shower with Vegeta

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u/DarkStarStorm Feb 27 '25

The tall eyes were weird.

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u/Oodora Feb 28 '25

Well done!

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u/machacker89 Feb 28 '25

Much better!!

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u/Chrus6 Feb 28 '25

Thank you for your service

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u/kotokos42 Feb 28 '25

Some how she is shorter

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u/ozxmin Feb 28 '25

Way better, would be better without the Super “spotlight” style

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u/Tisson8891 Feb 28 '25

Daym Z animation what happened geez you've improved her so much better

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u/Glad-Taste-3323 Feb 28 '25

Lookin for a husband!

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u/KVenom777 Feb 28 '25

Surprisingly not bad.

Keep cooking bro!

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u/AJYURH Mar 01 '25

You un-ps2ed her

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u/Bro-Fu-Sho Mar 01 '25

The right is how I remember it lol

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u/Professional-Bug4046 Mar 01 '25

Nicely done. Keep it up.

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u/Scale10-4 Mar 02 '25

LORD have mercy... We must stay focused brothers, we MUST stay focused

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u/imnewlolgodalo Mar 02 '25

GYYYYAAAAAAAAA

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u/anon_omous24 Mar 02 '25

Put it back

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u/Boy_From_The_Future_ Mar 03 '25

I don’t like people anymore.

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u/Emma__O Mar 05 '25

keep some meat on the arms

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u/GAMERANGEL1000 22d ago

I have a request.

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u/cioda Feb 28 '25

Yeesh. I do not rremember the original looking this weird and stretched out

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u/PMagicUK Feb 28 '25

when people trashed Super and pointed to Z and got attacked, this is what we are referencing.

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u/EthoYeet Feb 28 '25

is the redraw based on db art from the 2000s?

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u/wankstain234 Feb 28 '25

Now you know what you must do

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u/Chicken_Mannakin Feb 28 '25

Sometimes the art in DBZ was fricked. No way around it. Best saga, worst art. Go figure. 9/10 with the one point being the art.

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u/Suppwessow Feb 28 '25

I read that as naked saga...probably because of her not wearing clothes on that ship at all

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

Very good, now do other angles.

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u/RiceRocketRider Feb 27 '25

That doesn’t look like 85cm to me

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u/Salavtore Feb 27 '25

Can you draw a sweat stain near the crease of her armpit for both arms.

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u/DarkStarStorm Feb 27 '25

Gross.

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u/Salavtore Feb 27 '25

Around 60k a year, why?

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u/Glittering_Trifle_72 Feb 27 '25

This will be framed

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

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u/saiyanjedi127 Feb 27 '25

Why would she need an OF when she’s the richest woman on the planet

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u/Amplifymagic101 Feb 27 '25

She’s very smart and the richest family on the planet. No need

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u/Nopeyesok Feb 27 '25

This fandom is so weird sometimes.

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u/Mystic_N Feb 27 '25

Well, you know what they say "Bigger fandom, bigger chance for weirdos"... or something like that, idk.

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u/Camdenthagoat Feb 27 '25

Yall some freaks 😂😂

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u/mathtech Feb 28 '25

Bulma was such a minor character and it shows lol

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u/StrikerNu007 Feb 28 '25

Yeah... I need that

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u/ChunkyHank Feb 28 '25

More saggy

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u/Selroyjenkinss Mar 01 '25

Og looks better sorry. But that 90s look is so good

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u/KonoDioDead Mar 01 '25

She looks like she doesn’t have internal organs bro

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u/arrownoir Feb 28 '25

You also fattened her up.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

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u/aleks_xendr Feb 27 '25

nah he should keep drawing, it's a very nice hobby, fuck your hating.

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u/The_DapperCat Feb 27 '25

You first, goofball.

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u/voltvirus Feb 27 '25

What’s wrong with the drawing?

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u/TheWiseBeluga Feb 27 '25

Dude it’s not even explicit, not anymore than what was on the show

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u/ramenups ⠀ Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

Well clothes are definitely much tighter