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Dragonball Z Abridged has been cancelled
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They literally posted this video minutes ago. This is the official cancellation. New news, new thread
Disapointing to say the least considering they said they were going to do the Buu saga.
And then they said they were continuing it after that.
That's okay. I liked that they did a parody of the best sagas even though I wasn't big on the finale.
Hope that this doesn't affect their viewer/sub count.
Hope that this doesn't affect their viewer/sub count.
I was only there for DBZA. I don't really enjoy any of their other content, so I guess I won't be following them from now on.
DBZA had a good run, but by the end was less of a parody and more trying to be a serious fandub. Time for me to unsub though, I have zero interest in the rest of their content. I understand they can't continue, it is what it is though.
Dude.
It's the most important thing they've ever done in their lives, professionally and creatively.
No amount of senzu beans can cure the hole this news has left.. but they must do what is best for them, I hope they can stitch something new together that is just as fun
I was trying to emphasize that I got that, it was just a shock to see the video with this stark white-on-black thumbnail with Kaiser and Lani alone in a shadowy room talking like that.
Must be hard to let something like that go, started watching when their first video came out and it's crazy to think they've been working on it this whole time.
I'm also going to unsubscribe, because aside from DBZA nothing they do has caught my interest.
A shame, I'll miss their take on the characters.
A shame, I'll miss their take on the characters.
"Nobody likes the last season of Scrubs, and I'm not going to last-season-of-Scrubs DBZA."
I like that line.
I like that line.
I haven't looked into DBZ:A in years! I thought they would have dubbed the entire series by now. I didn't realize it was such an intensive and time consuming process. I want to say the first epsidoe came out in the late 00's some time?
They started doing way more shit than just dubbing over the characters. Writing the jokes and script alone probably took them a decent chunk of time but then they started putting in musical numbers and scene edits. They kept raising the standards for their work so the episodes started taking longer and longer to come out.
That's a shame, but not surprising. I was psyched when they announced the Buu saga at the end of episode 60, and hoped the long break would do them and the project good. But over the course of last year it became increasingly clear they were ready to move onto other projects. I wish them all the best but I won't lie, part of me hopes they will at least do something with Gohan in high school. That mini-arc was made to be abridged.
Until then...
Until then...
This decision was clearly not easy for them, and Scott's face at the end got me a little choked up too. They ended on a high note, and I wish it'd continue but I'm glad that they won't beat it into the ground if it's not in them anymore.
Though I really wish we got to see the Other World tournament, but oh well. Thanks for all the laughs.
Though I really wish we got to see the Other World tournament, but oh well. Thanks for all the laughs.
These guys were great and my head canon is that them showing how much interest there still was in the series is why Super even got made (don't think that's true at all but i like the idea of fans helping get that ball rolling). Wish them luck in the future, and unsubscribed since i don't like anything else they do
I never did understand how they were going to do Buu in the first place. The entire arc is self-aware comedy, there's nothing to lampoon that the actual script didn't already cover. Would've been trying to wring blood from a stone even if they weren't completely burnt out on the series.
I honestly wish they had just left it at them being burned out and not wanting to continue it if it was going to negatively impact their quality, which was a perfectly fine reason for them to tap out. All the other things they mention to try and justify why they didn't want to continue it just feels entirely unnecessary at best and grasping at straws at their worst.
Also they really need to stop forcing the Scrubs comparison. It was fine when they first brought it up, but now it seems like they don't actually get why it's not exactly the best comparison to what they are going through.
Also they really need to stop forcing the Scrubs comparison. It was fine when they first brought it up, but now it seems like they don't actually get why it's not exactly the best comparison to what they are going through.
It feels so strange for them to talk about ending DBZA like it's a funeral when they have it a pretty good final set of episodes.
Yes, they're continuing ShortZ, and a bunch of other projects, including
But don't expect another abridged series. Much like Rooster Teeth post RvB, I think they're transitioning over to more original stuff.
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Its the biggest and most important project they've ever worked on in their lives and they're canceling it because of issues keeping the content online because of copyright problems constantly and it threatening their ability to produce and monetize content that doesn't run into these issues. The bulk of their fanbase is only there for DBZA (you can see the comments even in this thread that they're going to unsubscribe) and any decision they make threatens their future as creators. Its a pretty big pill to swallow no matter what they do and has to be extremely emotional for them.
Oh, yeah, probably, actually. But it's still a good example of them branching out into other stuff.
Bojack is pretty much the bump in the road that caused all this. There is a Q&A from November on their Youtube channel (which is also worth a watch next to the video in OP) where they said Bojack was like trying to get blood from a stone and nothing they could think of for it worked. As a result it left them burned out and you can see they never fully recovered from it even though they still got Abridged up to episode 60.
Probably more due to Battle of Gods making 10x it's budget at the box office.
Man, the era of the Abridged series is coming to an end. I know they still exist, but there's so very few high quality ones now. Though, the copyright brigade breathing down everyone's necks probably doesn't help with that.
I'll still check out what TFS makes, I'm not going to unsubscribe.
If they still do DB ShortZ, I hope they move beyond post-Cell and do videos taking place during Buu and maybe even Super. Maybe even a joke video during the GT timeline. But we shall see.
I'll still check out what TFS makes, I'm not going to unsubscribe.
If they still do DB ShortZ, I hope they move beyond post-Cell and do videos taking place during Buu and maybe even Super. Maybe even a joke video during the GT timeline. But we shall see.
Wish them luck as their numbers are gonna crater. Very few YouTube channels are able to pivot to content that's not what originally made them popular. Pretty sure the vast majority of the fan base don't know or care about the copyright issues or effort it takes to make, let alone the people making it.
Looking at their viewcounts, non dbza content like their podcast stuff barely scratch 100k with some not reaching even 50k. And their doing the typical BuzzFeed algorithm manipulating videos with all the 'List' videos that seems to be keeping them afloat. Maybe the FF7A will be their next hit as that gets a good amount of views, but I'm unsure of what the equalivant of their RWBY would be.
Looking at their viewcounts, non dbza content like their podcast stuff barely scratch 100k with some not reaching even 50k. And their doing the typical BuzzFeed algorithm manipulating videos with all the 'List' videos that seems to be keeping them afloat. Maybe the FF7A will be their next hit as that gets a good amount of views, but I'm unsure of what the equalivant of their RWBY would be.
I know about those. But perhaps they'll do it in the 3D format they're building up. Plus, those shorts don't cover the actual Tournament of Power, and I feel there's plenty of comedy there.
