Dragon Ball: Super Debuts - First Dragon Ball Anime in 18 Years

[Politrukk]

Makes me wonder why they bothered doing Battle of Gods and Resurrection [F] as movies if they're just going to cover the same territory in Dragon Ball Super. Maybe there'll be a few changes here and there to spice things up a bit, otherwise I hope it doesn't take too long until we get something new! Although that being said, more Frieza is never a bad thing...

they wanted to see how it'd pan out.

And when it became a massive hit they were ready to revamp the series.


Much smiles and laughter is there to be had for the death of GT.

But I do hope they let the bloody concept of Tarble die out really quickly as well.

 

[bluegate]

It'd have to be after a substantial time skip, as this series starts before Gohan and Videl have even married.
OT: I hope the Ginyu Force get revisited in some way. They CLEARLY had a big impact on the way Gohan developed, and I want to see some reactions, and maybe a 7(8?)-person group pose.

Goten actually says that Gohan and Videl are already married, hence why he wants to get her a gift.
( Quite a few mistakes in the subs that are floating around )

But I do hope they let the bloody concept of Tarble die out really quickly as well.

Why is that? He could be a nice addition to the cast.

 

[rcs619]

Mostly though, I wanna see the redemption of Gohan D: He was built up as something amazing from the very first episode all the way through the Cell Saga. Then he became an adult, and his mother ruined him, and he only did one or two cool things ever again.

Well, now that I am old -and looking at statistics-, many child prodegies as well as regular people's hopes and dreams just hardly ever pan out. That's why in fantasy/books we always follow the ONE person who actually does make it all the way to the top. So... DBZ; somehow realistic in at least one department?

I've never liked Gohan myself. Since I started off with DB I was always about Goku, and then later about Vegeta. So I am hoping for some major Vegeta redemption!!! ^_^

I'd be totally fine with some Vegeta redemption too! He's probably the most interesting character in the show with the way he's actually come around and grown to like Earth and its people, and I do feel like he got a bit shafted as the series went on. His main purpose in the later sagas was to get wrecked by the baddie to show that things had just gotten real, and then to be Goku's fusion-buddy.

I have to admit, that bit in Battle of the Gods with him desperately trying to keep Beerus calm and happy at the party was goddamned hilarious. I really hope we get to see that side of Vegeta more in this series. The... well it's not really accurate to call it the 'human' side of Vegeta, but you get what I mean.

 

[Drathnoxis]

There is no way that this can be any good. Goku has just been way too powerful ever since the Saiyan arc. He can fly, lift a mountain, move faster than the eye can see, teleport, and shoot 50 flavours of laser beam out of his fingertips. There is no possible way to visually represent him getting any stronger. Additionally since practically everybody has the exact same moveset fights pretty much come down to the show telling us "Oh, look how strong this guy is he's totally wiping the floor with Goku! Oh wait, now Goku has found yet another hidden wellspring of untapped potential and now he's wiping the floor with the other guy" and it's utterly uninteresting and lacking in tension.

That intro seemed to indicate that finding dragon balls would still be a main part of the show, but like that poses any challenge to Goku and his gang at this point. If I remember correctly didn't all the worthless trash humans collect all the dragon balls in like 5 minutes at the end of the Saiyan arc? Goku would be able to do it in about 30 seconds using his teleport and the dragon radar.

It's really funny how they included all the worthless trash humans in the intro, like they are going to play a meaningful role, even Oolong. Yes, the pig is totally still relevant. I don't think he's done anything since he wished for a pair of panties at the end of the first arc of Dragon Ball.

They'd be better off rebooting the series and doing it properly, with some actual pacing on the level curve.

 

[Flashmanic]

Pretty much yeah. I've just got too much nostalgia pinned up in the english voices to watch DBZ any other way. I don't usually mind subs either, but DBZ and Cowboy Bebop are two animes I make a specific point to only watched dubbed.

This was my idea. Wait for dubs, because of the nostalgia factor, but what are the chances of getting all the original voice actors after 18 years? If there has been DB related stuff between the end of GT and now, where the actors did come back, then i guess there is a better chance. Otherwise i think we'd be in for disappointment.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I watched it and yeah, the voices are getting used to (no suprised that I grew up with the Toomani voice casts). The episode was ok but again I wasn't expecting a direct followup and jump right into the new arc. Wait, so they well retelling those two movies into episodes form? In that case what's up with those two extra gods, that's their transformatio/ ture forms?

Lastly, the music was ok, it kinda lackluster as I was expecting something similar to the epic Dragonball Kai opening Dragon Soul!

 

[ccggenius12]

Goten actually says that Gohan and Videl are already married, hence why he wants to get her a gift.
( Quite a few mistakes in the subs that are floating around )

the Wikipedia episode summary has lied to me then. Says they're engaged.

 

[TimeLord]

We know that the first two "sagas" of the anime will be a retelling of the two most recently released Dragon Ball movies: Battle of Gods and Resurrection: F. After which... who knows?

Apparently...

Spoiler

The series will progress to a multi universe battle with Universe 6 (If I recall correctly) and ridiculously large Dragon Balls. Hence the two types of Whis and Beerus in the opening title. One pair are from the other universe.

This is, however, information collected by various questionable internet sources.

 

[marioandsonic]

Pretty much yeah. I've just got too much nostalgia pinned up in the english voices to watch DBZ any other way. I don't usually mind subs either, but DBZ and Cowboy Bebop are two animes I make a specific point to only watched dubbed.

This was my idea. Wait for dubs, because of the nostalgia factor, but what are the chances of getting all the original voice actors after 18 years? If there has been DB related stuff between the end of GT and now, where the actors did come back, then i guess there is a better chance. Otherwise i think we'd be in for disappointment.

They're already having most of the original dub voices dub the Resurrection F movie. The movie's even getting a limited release in August.

 

[ffs-dontcare]

I'm personally waiting for the Funimation dub of this, but I had the pleasure of watching the first episode alongside dozens of other people while discussing it amongst ourselves at the same time.

This isn't a spoiler or anything, but the episode started off with a flashback to the final battle between Goku and Kid Buu, pretty much just to point out that this new series takes place after that ungodly war. Naturally, the flashback was just old footage but that was fine because it would've been an unnecessary waste of time and effort to re-do a flashback to that battle with modern animation.

Anyway, the reason I bring this up is because one guy (who presumably had never seen Dragon Ball Z) said during the flashback, "wow this is some shitty animation."

My sides launched into orbit as it took all of two very amusing seconds for him to get accosted by several others who took great pains to remind him that this was literally old footage so of course it was going to look shitty compared to what they've got going today.

On a side-note, when I was younger I always imagined a Super Saiyan form with blue hair instead of blonde hair. And now, years later, it's finally happened. IT'S HAPPENED. Right down to the same general shade of blue. Freaking awesome.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Battle of the Gods was too stupid. Resurrection F was good, though Goku & Frieza's fight came out as lacking and belated.

 

[ghalleon0915]

I'm actually pretty excited about this, as my son and I both watched DBZ ( initially the original japanese ones then the English ones). I must be one of the few who liked GT ( enough that I bought the boxed set) although it did tend to become ridiculous. I liked the idea of the Dragonballs being corrupted and I liked the SSJ4 look of both Vegeta and Gokou. Anyway, can't wait to see how this new series pans out ( and I still need to watch Resurrection F, I hope it is better than Battle of the Gods)

And to echo what was said earlier, it'll be interesting to see if they play more to Gokou's lack of parenting skills...in fact, I'm surprised he even knew how to make babies. It reminds me of that episode where he tried to learn how to drive.

Also, it looks like they'll be showing Vegeta with Bulma and Trunks....I'd be quite happy with more Vegeta.

 

[Guffe]

I know it's too late for that, and it has been since Namek Saga, but I want more Yamcha, Krillin and Tien. Too much focus on the whole Saiyan thing.
Have two different stories running simultaneously, something in deep space (Namek2?) and have the usual cast of Goku/Vegeta/Gohan/etc go there. The humans just not bothering since they know they'll be useless, and have an enemy which is in their class appear on earth at the same time.