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by PTOldMan » Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:22 pm
Yeah, at this point it seems that it's more than obvious that DBS should move to Biggs...
Nowadays SIC doesn't know how to handle long running shows, it was the same with Pokémon. Pokémon in Portugal was being severely neglected by SIC, and the same situation was happening with season 10 (Diamond and Pearl) - the fans asked them when would it debut, they answered October, we waited, and then in October it did not air and they said that it would air in January, we waited again, January came, they said it would air in February, February came and no announcement, and then on the last day of February season 10 debuted without notice, and a lot of people missed it because of how badly SIC handles these long running shows (which is very stupid when we take into consideration Pokémon and Dragon Ball's popularity in Portugal).
Biggs is also not perfect, but it was the best thing that happened to Pokémon back in the time. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl had it first episode in February 2009, and it debuted in Japan in September 2006, and in the USA in June 2007... We were almost 100 episodes and 3 years behind Japan. Then Pokémon moved to Biggs and nowadays we are at SM024, and even though new episodes are now on pause, Japan aired SM053 this week. We're only 30 episodes behind Japan, and that's just because now they are not airing new episodes because they're still being dubbed. And with Biggs we know that as soon as they get the next batch of episodes, they will air them as fast as they can, that's what happened with the first batch of episodes from Sun and Moon, they were airing 5 episodes a week from SM001 to SM024 (which is great for binge watching).
And Biggs know how popular Pokémon is, and that is great for us. I am sure the same thing would happen with Dragon Ball Super if it moved from SIC to Biggs - firstly they would air the episodes that are already dubbed as fast as they can, to ensure a great boost of ratings and to increase the popularity of the show. Then we would have a pause while new episodes are being dubbed (or while they are getting cheaper to air?), and whenever they could they would air them as fast as they can, and so on. While it may not be the perfect approach to an anime (tons of new episodes crammed in few weeks - pause - tons of new episodes crammed in few weeks - pause - etc), at least with Biggs we would be way closer to Japan and we wouldn't have long hiatus of new episodes. It's more than clear than SIC isn't able to handle an anime like Dragon Ball Super.