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Did a Toriyama-esque Movie Sonic to experiment with some things.

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Happy Goku Day! We're getting ever close to the release of Dragon Ball Daima in the fall and the 40th Anniversary of the franchise in November, and I personally cannot wait. I'm very excited to see how the series turns out, especially with it being the final Dragon Ball project with heavy involvement from series creator, Akira Toriyama. May he rest in peace.

I'd also like to take the time to show something - I've done a video talking about how Mr. Toriyama's work impacted myself back in late March, so if you have quarter of an hour to spare, I'd appreciate it if you could give it a watch. You can find it here: https://youtu.be/EFa_iBcyQeE

Once more, Happy Goku Day! And thank you for everything, Mr. Toriyama.

(as an aside, the Kinto'un/Nimbus looks like that 'cuz I based it on the cover for volume 26 (volume 10 in the VIZ Media release of DBZ), the first few pages of chapter 196 (chapter 2 in the VIZ DBZ release) and DBS: Super Hero's opening sequence. So no, it's not a mistake, just a little obscure callback)

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Fellas, meet Anoure. A young Saiyan warrior who hates and rejects Godhood. She's a 25 year old Saiyan born on April 18th, Age 763.

Her story is that she resents the currently active Saiyans from Universe 7 for choosing to evolve themselves by, in her eyes, choosing to become puppets of the gods instead of using their innate Saiyan biology, namely the power of the Great Ape, to strengthen themselves. She learned to tap into and fully channel the Great Ape's powers without transforming into one, mastering the Wrathful state and applying it to Super Saiyan (hence the red eyes, an allusion to the Ōzaru). She eventually learned that mixing Great Ape with Super Saiyan wound up bringing out a whole new power: the Ultimate in Saiyan Evolution, what she chooses to call Super Saiyan Ōzaru (it's just Super Saiyan 4).

She especially detests Goku, as she sees him as the prime example of what happens when a Saiyan rejects their true nature and chooses to evolve through different means, on top of rejecting their real name and identity. She sees him not as a Saiyan, but as an Earthling abusing Saiyan Traits for his own convenience. She blames him for domesticating the Saiyan Prince and roping him into his delusion. Any time she utters his name, there's a certain venom to it, especially his Earth name.

Additional fun facts:

- On top of resenting the God forms, she also does not like Super Saiyan 2 and 3 due to seeing them as just forcing more power out of Super Saiyan, when she already found a better way to got more out of it without being forceful.

- Her name is based on "Cenoura", the Portuguese word for Carrot.

- She's not stronger than the currently active Saiyan fighters. She's very strong, yes, but she wouldn't be able to take down Goku, Vegeta, Broly or Gohan, for example.

And for clarification, she's not an outlet for me to voice frustrations I have with existing forms or to hype up the shit outta Super Saiyan 4. I love Super Saiyan God, and I think Blue is a concept with a lot of potential, it's just been used poorly. Super Saiyan 2 I'm a little more neutral about, but 3 is a form I always thought looked cool. I also have no issues with either Ultra Instinct or Ultra Ego.

That aside, she *is* an outlet for me to play around with concepts that simply popped up in my mind, as I feel the Great Ape as a way to realize Saiyan Potential is something that could be played with on a broader level than just Super Saiyan 4 and the Wrathful form Broly used in his movie. It's really just a fun little thing. It's also meant to be an improvement over an old Saiyan OC I had that I don't look back on too fondly.

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Fellas, meet Anoure. A young Saiyan warrior who hates and rejects Godhood. She's a 25 year old Saiyan born on April 18th, Age 763.

Her story is that she resents the currently active Saiyans from Universe 7 for choosing to evolve themselves by, in her eyes, choosing to become puppets of the gods instead of using their innate Saiyan biology, namely the power of the Great Ape, to strengthen themselves. She learned to tap into and fully channel the Great Ape's powers without transforming into one, mastering the Wrathful state and applying it to Super Saiyan (hence the red eyes, an allusion to the Ōzaru). She eventually learned that mixing Great Ape with Super Saiyan wound up bringing out a whole new power: the Ultimate in Saiyan Evolution, what she chooses to call Super Saiyan Ōzaru (it's just Super Saiyan 4).

She especially detests Goku, as she sees him as the prime example of what happens when a Saiyan rejects their true nature and chooses to evolve through different means, on top of rejecting their real name and identity. She sees him not as a Saiyan, but as an Earthling abusing Saiyan Traits for his own convenience. She blames him for domesticating the Saiyan Prince and roping him into his delusion. Any time she utters his name, there's a certain venom to it, especially his Earth name.

Additional fun facts:

- On top of resenting the God forms, she also does not like Super Saiyan 2 and 3 due to seeing them as just forcing more power out of Super Saiyan, when she already found a better way to got more out of it without being forceful.

- Her name is based on "Cenoura", the Portuguese word for Carrot.

- She's not stronger than the currently active Saiyan fighters. She's very strong, yes, but she wouldn't be able to take down Goku, Vegeta, Broly or Gohan, for example.

And for clarification, she's not an outlet for me to voice frustrations I have with existing forms or to hype up the shit outta Super Saiyan 4. I love Super Saiyan God, and I think Blue is a concept with a lot of potential, it's just been used poorly. Super Saiyan 2 I'm a little more neutral about, but 3 is a form I always thought looked cool. I also have no issues with either Ultra Instinct or Ultra Ego.

That aside, she *is* an outlet for me to play around with concepts that simply popped up in my mind, as I feel the Great Ape as a way to realize Saiyan Potential is something that could be played with on a broader level than just Super Saiyan 4 and the Wrathful form Broly used in his movie. It's really just a fun little thing. It's also meant to be an improvement over an old Saiyan OC I had that I don't look back on too fondly.

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I was in the mood to draw stuff in a Toriyama-esque style, so after sketching out a Super Saiyan God Goku, I randomly thought of Movie Sonic and asked myself "what if Movie Sonic had been drawn in that style?", with these two being the end result. There was just no way I was gonna draw a Sonic in Toriyama's style and NOT include Super Sonic in all this. While Goku was the main source of inspiration, I did also look towards the Sonic CD anime cinematics for how to best approach Sonic's quills, since the animators from Studio Junio worked heavily on Dragon Ball and its sequel series up until Cell's bout with Trunks.

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Been kinda quiet, huh? Well, I've been busy behind the scenes, so my social media presence took a hit. But here I am. Telling you about my first YouTube video in 3 years. After Akira Toriyama's passing became public, I wanted to tell my own story about how his work influenced me. So, if your time allows, consider giving it a watch.

(Constructive feedback on my voiceover, editing, etc. is also appreciated)

You can watch it here:

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The animation studio behind #Sonic Night of the Werehog, Marza Animation Planet, has released a new Sonic-less short called "Ghost Tale", featuring the ghosts seen in the Sonic Unleashed promotional video. #SonicNews #SonicTheHedgehog

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Despite those tough days at the office, Ninomae Ina'nis reminds us that you can never put a price on the precious time spent with work friends.

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A sketch by Naoto Ohshima later used for a SegaSonic line cookie tin!

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It was a real silly thing I made on the spot, but it was fun.

it's important to me that everyone knows @jluisjoni is one of the funniest people on the planet. our friend was streaming Sonic Generations with the free cam mod and got some hilarious screenshots with which Joni created modern art

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ive been watching a lot of mental health vids today and i got to thinking while talking to a friend..... i think a good way to balance self deprecating and self enabling tendencies is to mostly acknowledge that thoughts are...just that. thoughts!! esp w self deprecation, a healthy way to deal w that is to take a step back and examine the negative feelings u have abt urself. and then u just shrug ur shoulders and say, "so what?"

- feeling stupid? so what, ur still smart enough to acknowledge there are things u need to improve!

- feeling ugly? so what, the only people who will actually call u that to ur face are elementary school bullies. (if there are ppl who do that aren't in elementary school, resorting to criticizing you over things you can't control makes them no better than an elementary achool bully.)

- feeling generally undesirable? so what, there are plenty of ppl out there who are willing to deal with what u personally consider mediocrity!

as for self-enabling tendencies, i think a good way to handle them would be......smthn like, "will this actively contribute to my satisfaction in life, or just give me a brief hit of dopamine?"

whether it's food (esp stuff u know will leave u on the toilet later from issues like lactose intolerance or things particularly aggravating for ur ibs), impulse purchases, or saying smthn rude in the moment you will later regret (i know i need to work on this on the rare occasion im irrationally angry LMAO), u need to think stuff like:

- will this food item make me feel better after eating it, or do i know from prior experience that it makes me feel sick?

- will this purchase be smthn i will display in my home or wear or use often and be happy about seeing every day, or will i leave it to rot in the closet or garage or basement?

- is this comment something this person needs to hear for their own wellbeing, or will it just upset them and make us both spiral into a pointless argument?

obviously recovery is a long, arduous road. but it's all worth it in the end to feel better abt urself and others. u deserve to feel that. i don't want any comments or reblogs abt how "oh this applies to everyone but me": actually, it ESPECIALLY applies to you. believing you're not worthy of basic positive experiences in life is, in fact, a very harmful form of self deprecation.

i don't care how "toxic" of a person you think you are. truly toxic people don't care about the negative effect they have on others whatsoever. they don't dwell on whether they're good people or not. meanwhile, good people make an attempt to get better. sometimes, maybe even often, they will falter, and it's natural. it's natural to make mistakes. it's natural to relapse on occasion. again, the road to recovery is tough. but i promise that you deserve good things. 💚💚

screenshot this post, print it out, set it as ur lockscreen, whatever you need to do to remind urself that you're worthy and deserving of love - whether it's from others, or yourself.

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Oh man, I really haven't posted anything here yet, huh. Well, lemme introduce myself. Hi, my name is Joni, I'm an artist, a Sonic the Hedgehog fan and I go by he/him. Here's my only two finished pieces from this year! The @'s in the pictures are the names of my accounts in other websites, I go by JLuisJoni on Twitter, DeviantArt, Newgrounds, YouTube and Instagram, and ArtsyCraftyJoni for my Art Twitter. If you like what you see, consider following! I'll *try* to be as active as I can, but it's been a while since I've used Tumblr, so bare with me.

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Thanks again! Made my day!

gift i did for @jluisjoni in a valentine's exchange held on discord (: