Raiden Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 Did u know that DragonBall is based on an old chinese story called Journey to the West. Its about a Monkey... n e who deres a list of things Akira Toriyama copied from JTW Goku Power Pole Flying Nimbus Oolong thas pretty much all i know so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolkam007 Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 interesting.. i dont think that he based dragonball on it.. but maybe took a few ideas.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SephirothNIN Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 Yup I knew that, they also recently made a game entirely based off of that story, think it's just called "Journey to the West" or something, either way I heard it's vaguely FF Tactics-like, and characters can transform into werebeasts or something, I'm not sure as I don't know the whole legend. Also did ya know that sonson from Marvel vs. Capcom2 is from the same story? the main character in journey to the west with the powerpole (forgot name for it...uh...something with an N I think), flying nimbus, and werewolfish transformation wasn't male or female really, and if you take a look SonSon has a giant extending pole, flying cloud, and can turn into a giant rampaging ape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shy Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 [SIZE=1]Anime commonly takes ideas from legends and mythology. Sailor Moon is loosely based off of a legend about a rabbit who lives on the moon. That particular legend is so popular in fact that it can be seen on the original Dragonball, and other shows as well. I sometimes will use sonson in Marvel vs. Caocom 2, she isn't very good but she is pretty funny. I like to use Zangeif, Psylocke and Rogue. They are my favorites.[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiroMunkie Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Raiden [/i] [B]Did u know that DragonBall is based on an old chinese story called Journey to the West. Its about a Monkey... n e who deres a list of things Akira Toriyama copied from JTW Goku Power Pole Flying Nimbus Oolong thas pretty much all i know so far [/B][/QUOTE][SIZE=1]Yes, I did know that. Why do you ask?[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 Yep, I sure did... Ever see the Live Action movie of DragonBall... thats pretty much the Chinese Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 thats old news, I heard it quite a while ago, I didn't really follow the story up though, never interested me much.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Transtic Nerve [/i] [B]Yep, I sure did... Ever see the Live Action movie of DragonBall... thats pretty much the Chinese Legend. [/B][/QUOTE] i own that live action db movie. lol, it's a joke. funny as hell. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kei Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 The Bancho Fan from DB also came from that story. It's in the special DBZ edition of Beckett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mornigndew Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Raiden [/i] [B]Did u know that DragonBall is based on an old chinese story called Journey to the West. Its about a Monkey... n e who deres a list of things Akira Toriyama copied from JTW Goku Power Pole Flying Nimbus Oolong thas pretty much all i know so far [/B][/QUOTE] [color=blue]You forgot about Tien, Mr. Satan, and Krillin. [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku213 Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 Yup,. i heard about that. But only you saying it made me remember, cuz i heard it a long long time ago. forgot where i read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiden Posted November 18, 2001 Author Share Posted November 18, 2001 [url]www.theotaku.com/images/dragonball_037.jpg[/url] this proves it all the weapons n clothing u c here r from Journey to the West. Goku's suppose to be the monkey. Krillin's suppose to be the monk. Gohan's the pig. And Piccolo's the demon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posthumous Posted November 18, 2001 Share Posted November 18, 2001 i heard this about 8 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2001 Share Posted November 18, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Raiden [/i] [B]Did u know that DragonBall is based on an old chinese story called Journey to the West. Its about a Monkey... n e who deres a list of things Akira Toriyama copied from JTW Goku Power Pole Flying Nimbus Oolong thas pretty much all i know so far [/B][/QUOTE] Knew about this for about 2 years know. You forgot that gokou is the Monkey boy with super strong powers. Tien is the Three Eyed Guardain (for chiao-tzu I believe) and Yamcha was The desert thief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surpreme Kai Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 Yeah I knew that I read it in a magazine sometime back i was very intrested about the story I should put it on my site when it's gonna be up. People will like it for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 I had a mistake in my earlier post. Tien was a Three Eyed God not a guardain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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