- Dragonball Movie On International Channel
•Check it out, ladies and gents...
"DRAGON BALL – THE MAGIC BEGINS (1993)
Saturday, March 29, 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Directed by Ho Chi Keung
Starring C.K. Chan and T. Kim
In order to conquer mankind and rule the universe, King Horn sets out to find all seven of the Dragon Pearls. With two of the seven already in the evil king’s possession, it’s now up to the remaining five owners to destroy King Horn and his two powerful warriors, Zebrata and Malila. Inspired by the hit Japanese animated series, “Dragon Ball – The Magic Begins” is a wild and fast-paced adaptation, filled with laughs, thrills and dazzling special effects that will have you asking for more!"
Source: Saiyanz Rage
-Latz
Quote of the Day: "Howdy, Neighbor" -Mr. Rogers
RIP Mr. Rogers, we'll miss you...seriously, I liked Mr. Rogers lol.
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• Posted: Monday, March 03, 2003 » Zero
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- Marketers are using Anime to help promote sales ?
•According to an article at smh.com they are saying that marketer are now using anime shows like DBZ and Beyblade to help promote sales of Food products. This is the article:
***It's the 21st-century version of the spinning top, and children can't get enough. Each top has unique qualities, based on characters from Japanese-style cartoons, which go into battle with other tops. In typical 21st-century style, it's a marketing battle too. These tops are given away in potato chip packets, in a move which encourages boys aged five to eight to keep buying the same brand of chips and build up collections (UNREAL).
In Twisties and CCs, Smith's Snackfoods is giving away Tazo Topz, which feature the dragon-like characters from the Beyblade cartoon. Their rival, Snack Brands Australia - which makes Thins, Samboys and Cheezels - uses characters from another animated series, Dragonball Z.
The small, plastic tops - about the size of a 20 cent piece - follow the massive success of Beyblade's rip-cord spinning tops.
The chip manufacturers have seized the opportunity to use this craze for their marketing. But with children always changing fads, the manufacturers must constantly reinvent their collectable ideas.***
What can these people think of next....senzu beans....heh?
source: http://www.saiyanz-rage.net
Anime news:
Well it's finaly open the cowboy bebop movie site is opened here is the link for it.... http://www.cowboybebopthemovie.com . personaly i think this movie is going to be grate but i hope it is open for all theaters in america because i live in a small town and we hardly get something like this...
Kids' WB! yesterday released a press release regarding their February Sweeps ratings, which they finished first in. Yu-Gi-Oh! ranked as the number one show on broadcast cable, followed closely by Static Shock.
As we all know it yu yu hakusho is going to be on Toonami on monday, March 3 at 6 pm it will be including the episodes that comprise the second season of the show, which have not yet been seen on television! For this reason Funi is holding a contest on the official site of yu yu hakusho * www.yuyuhakusho.com * you have to answer five multiple choice questions based on the week's five episodes, and you will be qualified for that week's drawing (limited to one entry, per person, per week). Five winners will be chosen each week for five weeks to receive a free DVD boxset of YU YU Hakusho!
............well thats for now adios amigos....LATZ
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• Posted: Saturday, March 01, 2003 » Toki
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- I'm Baaack! (UPDATE)
•Hey DBGTN Fans, I am back after an extremely long break. I was mainly working on my site, which is down due to Saiyan Invasion's server. I mainly stayed quiet because many hackings were going on and I was spammed and had my site hacked. But I'm back here to do my job. I will be restarting the fan art. I had it un-organized so this weekend that will change that. I'll start making some Adobe Tutorials and maby add some content.
~~~Update~~~
Since this post is useless I decided to add some DBZ news so here it is:
The FUNimation producers are looking for bright new talent. Now’s your chance to shine and give it all you got. This could be your big break. Send in a three (3) minute VHS video tape of you singing karaoke to our new Dragon Ball GT theme song. Get in costume, make a stage, whatever it takes, but make it good. Remember this is your chance to shine.
Winners will be featured in a DVD extra in an upcoming FUNimation video release.
To participate in this contest, performers must submit an audition on VHS format video tape no longer than three (3) minutes in length. All video tape auditions must be postmarked no later than March 10, 2003 at 5:00pm CST. One entry per person.
Send your VHS tape and entry form to the following address:
P.O. Box 48610
Fort Worth, TX 76148-0610
Source: http://dragonballz.com
If you are interested in the contest above, for more information please visit, http://www.dragonballgt.com/index2_gt.cfm?page=contests
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• Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2003 » PlatnmX33
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- New contest?
•Well it has been declared Funimation said that they are going to change the contest. Funi is saying that fans can create their own version of the theme song of dragonball GT the winners will be included in future DVD releases as extras. The DVD will also feature the original Japanese openings and closings with the original music.
Funi probably gotten so many hate mails from the Dragonball fans that they probably had to change the contest....
Now if you live in UK you probably have already heard that DBGT is going to be on Cartoonnetwork and now they Cartoonnetwork has said that DBGT is now starting in March 3,2003 *not sure what time* but I hope that the fans over UK won't be dessapointed oover the english dub.....
Anime news:
According to the schedule of cartoonnetwork, they are saying that anime series Trigun premieres on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in March 31 and follow by with Inuyasha.
here is the schedule:
11:00 p.m. - Futurama
11:30 p.m. - Home Movies
12:00 a.m. -*Trigun*
12:30 a.m. -*Inuyasha*
1:00 a.m. - Cowboy Bebop
1:30 a.m. - Reign: The Conqueror
---"i haven't seen the trigun yet but i hear that it's extremely good, i can't wait for trigun and Ruinin Kenshin that is starting in toonami". And the last news is that Lupin the 3rd is going to be now a live action movie, Gerald R. Molen, producer of the Oscar-winning Schindler's List. He has the film rights to make a movie of lupid the 3rd and he is determined to make it a box office success. The maker of lupid the 3rd said that "I'm so thrilled I could fly, I want the film to continue as long as the 007 series." So other words this probably was his dream come true for him. *an updated of Bebop the movie, sony now said that the movie is going to be shown in April 4, 2003.*..........
.......thats for now .....LATZ
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• Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2003 » Toki
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- Let the Reviews Begin...
•A topic in my last post was based on the practically dead site reviews portion of our community section. Well, after some encouraging feedback, I decided to put some life back into it. I will begin to review anime sites regularly, meaning a couple every week hopefully. I posted one review so far, and should have a couple more up by the end of the week. There is still the opportunity for you fans to submit your own reviews as long as you're registered members. I will offer unbiased reviews, with a very detailed review system so you guys will get the best reviews possible. I've already selected several sites to do first, but I'll also squeeze in those sites on the waiting list. Only God knows how long they've been on there lol. We're still working out a few bugs, but the whole package should be ready soon. If you have a particular interest in the site reviews, I'm just letting you know that any update concerning them will be posted in the community section.
-Latz
Quote of the Day: "Cell's power has increased greatly. But according to my calculations, Vegeta still holds the advantage." -Android 16, DBZ
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• Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 » Zero
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- Random Stuff
•Greetings. I know, I know, I said I would put up a humor section last weekend, and I haven't...well, I'm sorry lol. As many of you can understand, unexpected things can happen that keep your hands tied. Unfortunately, now that I finally have some time, I'm just not in my "groove" and just can't seem to write anything even mildly humorous. But, I have a few small tidbits to toss to you guys.
First, this really dosen't relate to DBZ, but I figured 99% of you guys are fans of Final Fantasy VII. Well, PSM announced that FF VII will soon set a fad by having a sequel. After promising results from FF X-2 trials, developers have stated that other previous FF games will have follow-ups, probably starting with the series' 7th installment. In movie news, Spiderman 2 will begin production in April, and will feature Doctor Octopus (also known as "Doc-Oc") as the main villian...I was somewhat dissapointed in hearing that. I was hoping for Harry Osbourne to follow up in his father's footsteps as the second Green Goblin...oh well, I guess the 3rd movie will make room for that.
Now then, onto the site. I received a few e-mails over the past few days concerning glitches in the humor section. Hopefully those will be fixed soon. Also, I've been debating on doing a major overhaul of our site reviews in the community section. Unfortunately, it has been frozen, and thus forgotten about. Recently I got the urge to do some reviewing, but I figured before I got started, I would check in with you guys. So, if you'd be interested in seeing my reviews, leave some comments here or drop me an e-mail. Based on the results, I'll decide whether or not to go through with it. Once and if I do start reviews, I will provide instructions for getting your own site reviewed, and other details.
Finally, lately I've been receiving a fairly high amount of e-mail and instant messages about DBZ games, for what reason, I don't know. Most of these were about upcoming PS2 games and other games that are to be released soon. So here are my thoughts on these subjects to clear things up so I won't be swamped with more requests to answer people's gaming questions lol.
-Budokai, in my opinion, won't have a sequel, and really shouldn't have one. If it does, by some miracle, it will only include characters that are post-Cell Games. And it will probably be cheaper than Budokai. A new DBZ PS2 game will definitely be released in the furture, but will probably follow a different format or genre than Budokai.
-The continuation of Legacy of Goku will feature mild improvements, but will basically remain sub-par.
-Ultimate Battle 22 is not a good game, so don't buy it. Save your money for DBZ Legends, which will give you an awesome experience.
Ok, hopefully that'll fill some holes in your brains lol.
-Latz
Quote of the Day: "You stole fizzy-lifting drink...You lose! You Get Nothing! Good day, Sir!" -Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory
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• Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 » Zero
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- DBZ news and Anime News
•Source: www.saiyanz-rage.net
VIZ Comics announces the Future Releases for Dragonball.
DRAGONBALL:
VIZ graphic novels
story & art by Akira Toriyama
b&w, 192 pages
$7.95 USA/$12.95 CAN
The following titles
SHIPS On 3/19/03
The following are all 2nd edition
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 1 -OFF TO THE RACES!
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 2 -A LITTLE SELFISH, ARE WE?
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 3 -OVER THE HILLS AND THROUGH THE WOODS
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 4 -MONSTER MASH!
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 5 -MONKEY BUSINESS
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 6 -WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
~ DRAGON BALL, VOLUME 7 -AYE AYE MATEY!
DRAGONBALL Z:
VIZ graphic novels
story & art by Akira Toriyama
b&w, 192 pages
$7.95 USA/$12.95 CAN
The following titles
SHIPS On 3/19/03
The following are all 2nd edition
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 1 -WOULD YOU BELIEVE?
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 2 -THE LORD OF WORLDS
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 3 -DAY OF THE SAIYANS
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 4 -GOKU VS. VEGETA!
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 5 -DESTINATION NAMEK
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 6 -SPACE IS GONNA DO ME GOOD
~ DRAGON BALL Z, VOLUME 7 -THE GINYU FORCE
now at the www.zstore.com
Arrives March 25:
Dragonball Z DVD Boxed Set - Perfect Cell Saga
Dragonball Z Video Boxed Set - Perfect Cell Saga
Arrives March 18:
Dragoball DVD Set - King Piccolo Saga
ANIME NEWS:
Today Cartoonnetwork held a press conference to in NYC at the Rihga Royal Hotel to make there announcement their new series and acquisitions. They talked about that they were going to finish showing the last episodes of Dragonball Z on March 17, 2003. They also talk about that they are going to show the 26 episodes of Trigun that is starting in march. The show Rorouni Kenshin that has 95 episodes and it's going to be shown in toonami the starting month is in March 2003. They are going to show 52 new episodes of Dragonball in Toonami and also starting in march.
· 26 episdoes of SD Gundam
· 26 episodes of .hack//SIGN
· 12 episodes of Kikaider
· 26 episodes of Blue Gender
· 52 additional episodes of Hamtaro
· 13 new episodes of Big O
· 50 episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh!
· 100 episodes of Pokémon
source: animationinsider.com
I finaly have the news about the movie of cowboy bebop the movie or Knockin' On Heaven's Door. Newtype USA has said that the movie will be released in US theaters on Friday, March 28th,2003. For More deatails about the release go to the sony's main website at www.sonypictures.com/cthe/cowboybebop/ .
F-91 and Zeta coming to Cartoon Network. Zeta would be shown Edited in Toonami and Uncut in Adult Swim.....
Thats all and adios amigos.....LATZ
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• Posted: Saturday, February 22, 2003 » Toki
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- Info on DBGTN Server
•Today I did some work on the DBGTN server to improve the security I increased the effeciency of the apache server along with a few patches here and there to make things run a bit smoother, I added a Server load script to the bottom of the site to show average server load time for 1,5,15 minute interals along with server uptime. The server should run a bit smoother now, I was running generally .5, .9 faster then before so I consider that good, and if we dont have any more DOS's that will help, if we have any more I'll just use SYN cookies and icmp_deny_all in the ipchains so it wont be hit as bad anyway, thats what I've done so far along with Deano fixing the Sig Vote on the Mini-Board along with adding some more features, peace.
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• Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 » Trigunflame
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- Warning/Word of Advice...
•I would like to thank the guy who is spamming (frankisgay.com) to my email address cause I have just got your internet account at COVAD Communications and I have sent out a legal supena. I will be going through prosecuting under the internet act under spam (unsolicited email and since I don't live in Texas there will be a legal rep). Word of Advice to anyone thinking of doing this (or like before when someone impersonated FUNimation legal department) it IS illegal. You can and most likely will get busted. No updates or news for today :/
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• Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 » fRaNk
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- DBZ budokai
•Source Dbzsc.com:
well i was surfing the net and i went to www.dbzsc.com and i started to read there news and i read that Electronic Gaming Monthly has a statement on Dragonball Z Budokai's sales. Bandai the game publisher in east asia announced that DragonBallZ Budokai sold over 1.94 million games in 20 countries worldwide. Budokai was published in the United States by Infogrames. This includes there was no sales from Japan, where the game was only just released on the 13th, thus proving that the franchise has developed some very strong legs outside its home country.
anime news:
FUNimation has taken steps to turn Yu Yu Hakusho into a DBZ-sized marketing phenomenon .The show has moved to Toonami, scheduled to air right after Dragon Ball Z in order to best position Hakusho in the minds of the maturing DBZ audience. Jakks Pacific, new owners of the DBZ toy license, have signed on to create Hakusho action figures. Score, publishers of the DBZ card game, will sell a Hakusho-based CCG.
Bandai has issued a press release confirming that anime series "Kikaider" will be broadcast this summer on Cartoon Network. No confirmation from Cartoon Network itself has been yet given, nor has an exact airdate or the possibility of the series airing on the network's Toonami or Adult Swim programming blocks....
.....well thats all latz.......
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• Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 » Toki
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- Thanks to DBGTN Fans
•Good News !!! We won in all 3 categorys we were nominated for, I along with Deano/fRaNk & the rest of the staff would very much like to thank all of the visitors and fans that made this possible. On a daily bases we are still trying to make the site better for all of the visitors, and we will continue to do so. BTW incase you don't know the (3) Categorys we were nominated for, and won are the following:
Viewers Choice : (With (N/A) Votes)
Best Staff Members : (With (79) Votes)
Best Multimedia : (With (72) Votes)
Again, thanks to all of the people who votes, we appreciate it very much.
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On another note, Im going to be re-doing alot of the Absorption guide I did, adding some individual info for each person that has the technique if you wanna help wit it, just send me an email with some info, make sure its good and detailed though, anyway I should have that up by tonight. Also I'll be adding Saiyan Stages, Clothing Guide, and Ginyu Force later, peace.
[edit] Very important news, make sure to read my post in the community section at Community News
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• Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 » Trigunflame
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- News, Announcements and Update.. oh, my!
•Here's the news courtesy of SzR:
Funimation has publicly announced their intention to redub seasons 1 and 2 (the Ocean Dub) once Pioneer's rights expired. So eventually, you'll have a never before uncut version available. 
A specific date is unknown at this time but you can be sure we (SzR or us) will update you.
CNX in the UK has begun advertising GT and will air it after they finish up DBZ which should be very soon cause they already started airing it. And well CN, in USA, says In September 2004 they will play ALL episodes of Dragon Ball GT in order. They are only skipping the 15 episodes on video and dvd temporarily.
Announcements...
My email address "webmaster@db-zgt.zzn.com" is no more! I lost the new password and there is no way I can retrieve it so anything sent there is lost for good. I do have a new email address which can easily be found with a little thinking ;)
As far as updates go no real info or anything just minor additions. Fixed a few typos in the absorption info page that was posted by Trigunflame. I added the DBGT US Episode Guide and chose a new site of the moment (Daizenshuu EX).
Well... that's it from me, who probably won't be seen for another two weeks, and I'll try and get more of those Episode Summaries/Screen Shots done for next time :/
EDIT: I decided to move my old site dbgifs.com back into DBGT Network so anyday now I'll be adding all the animated gifs, animated sprites and tutorials. You'll notice it redirects to this site at the moment.
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• Posted: Monday, February 17, 2003 » fRaNk
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- DBZ on the Simpsons?
•Nothing official, I saw a commercial for the Simpsons 300th Episode (which will be shown tonight) and noticed Homer and some skateboarder rapidly fighting in mid-air on skateboards. I thought this oddly ressembled a DBZ-style battle. So I'll check it out later and see if my hunch was correct.
Also, in case you people haven't heard, the northeastern states are getting pounded with snow. I live in Philly, and of course it's getting the worst...about 2 feet of snow. So I have some free time, and should be getting a new addition to the humor section up soon. I'll definitely have off from school and work tomorrow, and probably Tuesday too. SCORE! >.> ahem....
Finally, I'd like to welcome our new staff. I look forward to having other people lessening my work load lol. Thanks guys :)
-Latz
Quote of the Day: "The power comes in response to a need, not a desire." -Goku, DBZ
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• Posted: Sunday, February 16, 2003 » Zero
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- DBZ at BK?
•Dbz is now at burger king if you get a "big kids meal" you'll get two toys and one of them is a dbz toy. Here is the link to the burger king promotion of dbz and Powerpuff girls http://www.bk.com/PPG_DBZ/index.html. In other news Dragonballgt.com are holding a contest if you make a 3 minute video tape of you singing the theme song of Dragonball gt.The Winners will be featured in a DVD extra in an upcoming FUNimation video release for more details click here> http://www.dragonballgt.com/index2_gt.cfm?page=contests while you're in the site check out there Fan Talent section.... "look at the trunks picture, or the botton to the right picture of ssj4 goku, they look kinda scary"..
Now for anime news:
According to a press release made by Hasbro, a brand new Zoids series will premiere this fall on Cartoon Network. Cartoon network has ordered twenty-six episodes of the series, the fourth Zoids-related series to air on the network."personal thing, I loved Zoids Zero, the one with liger zero".
According to the schedule released by Cartoon Network Rurouni Kenshin will begin on March 17 at 6:30 pm it's to commemorate its sixth birthday, Toonami will unveil a new look and in addition, the final new episodes of Dragon Ball Z will air at 5:30 p.m.
Kids' WB! has obtained broadcast rights to show Rockman.EXE from Shopro Entertainment, the title's North American licensor. Apparently the show is being renamed "Megaman: NT Warrior" for the broadcast.
well thats all.......LATZ.....
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• Posted: Sunday, February 16, 2003 » Toki
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- Hello all
•Well hello there, my names Dusty - also known as Trigunflame. I have admired this site since its founding, and the continued evolution of its growth. Anyway some of the people that know me, "Know" that I have multiple talents in that of Webmaking, so I will be performing multiple functions like Frank & Deano. Mainly tending to the content of DBGTN including writing Totally Original new content, thats in depth, concise, and gets the point across. I can also do some PHP coding although not to the effect as Deano, but I can make my way and will probably release a few of my own lil' scripts here and there for you to mess around with. Also if you have any questions about PC's, Programming, or Tech stuff I'll be glad to answer them on AIM : Trigunflame & email : Webmaster@sssvegeta.com so feel free to ask some questions if you need some help. So um Im glad to be here :)
Also on another note Deano asked me to mention the newseletter system he's setup based on the "AutoResponder" protocal available to us, when you send a blank email to this address it will send you the weekly news on different things on DBGTN.com, (Note: This is not a subscription, you get a newsletter everytime you send the email to the adress) So basically all you have to do is send a Blank Subject and Content based email to this address : ( newsletter@dbgtn.com ) so enjoy, it should have some good info about whats going on with DBGTN about each week. Peace - TF
[edit] I have just added a Absorbtion Guide to the General Info section or just click here I'll be adding more pictures and maybe even real descriptive summary to each characters type of absorbtion later on, peace.
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• Posted: Sunday, February 16, 2003 » Trigunflame
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- Jakks Pacific set to release GT figures
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Jakks Pacific, a well known company known for making DragonBall Z figurines are set to release 3 new DragonBall GT figures!!!
During the New York Toy Fair 2003, a picture was taken showing that 3 new figures are going to be released, they are: SSJ4 Goku, Baby Vegeta and Chibi Goku!
Here is a link to the image, the figures are shown in the 3rd row of boxes from the left:
DBGT Figure images
Also rightstuf have released the cover art for the first two episodes of DragonBall GT, to go to the ordering page(With the episode info and cover art on) click the below link:
DragonBall GT - Affliction
Thanks to Super 17 once again for this information!
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• Posted: Saturday, February 15, 2003 » Deano
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