This HAS to be a hoax right?

Someone at Scans_Daily posted this peek of James Marsters as Piccolo. (Courtesy of here)



Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.

My inner middle school anime/Dragon Ball Z fan is crying. Admittedly, I think it'd be hard to pull off Piccolo at all live action and not be stupid but...if there is a way, THIS IS NOT IT.

That is not Piccolo, that's some washed out Albino Romulan that somehow fell into the Chronicles of Riddick's dead person maker. No.

What the fuck is up with the body armor? Seriously. Is it that hard to get something that looks vaguely like a gi? I mean, I get that there is a problematic element to the cloak and turban costume. But body armor is like...the ANTITHESIS of Dragon Ball.

These people are supposed to be ridiculously durable monkey and/or green people with silly pun names beating the crap out of each other. There IS NO BLACK ARMOR DAMNIT.

I should be grateful this is Dragonball and not Dragonball Z. I'd hate to see how they'd fuck up Vegeta. (Tiny with a widow's peak is not that hard, but this convinces me that THEY'LL FIND A WAY TO FUCK IT UP.)

Though I do think casting James Marsters as Piccolo IS kind of inspired. Heh.