I didn't know that. Now I'm sadDbzk1999 wrote:Just to address the bolded, my companion, torishima approved and praised RoF. Him being there honestly means jack allAcetona wrote:Once more, I couldn't agree more with Doctor.Doctor. wrote:It lacks originality and ambition. Toriyama seems content on writing short, self-contained, small-scope arcs which focus on one or two neat concepts, rather than utilize the world and characters he has created to their fullest potential. Toyotaro lacks the creativity to do anything interesting with them and really bring Toriyama's plots to life. He's constantly referencing the original series and his chapters are filled with exposition explaining every little thing, even stuff that should be obvious and you could infer from context. He's very obviously a fan and not a writer. And the anime tries to expand on Toriyama's napkin plots with their own unique, interesting ideas but they never go anywhere with them, and mostly just fall back on rehashing moments from the original series in order to cater to the casual fans. At the same time, it feels like a lot of the staff doesn't understand what made Dragon Ball unique and special and they just attempt to apply modern Shounen tropes and clichés to the series.
So, get some new blood in because Super lacks any kind of identity whatsoever. The manga desperately tries to be DBZ again and the anime desperately tries to be generic battle Shounen number 4982. For all of its faults, GT felt different. It has its own feel, even if it takes a while until it gets its own identity and separates itself completely from its parents. Bring someone in who understands the series enough to want it to push forward and go into new territory, but not someone who is obsessed with referencing the previous series at every possible opportunity like Toyotaro.
Other improvements that could be made:
1. Fire Sumitomo. Give us Hiroshi Takaki and his marvelous orchestral yet modern sounding music. Just listen to any of his Precure or Super Sentai soundtracks.
2. Probably impossible, but get Torishima to give some sense on Toriyama. He's lost his touch way too much.
3. Just complementing the above post, I wish they would stop bringing characters back for the sake of nostalgia. Like, they created Kale and now are bringing Broly back. This is dumb as hell and feels cheap.
4. Minor nitpick, also mostly impossible, but replace Nishimura on his sound effect duties. Arai won't return for sure, but we could at least get some 100% new sound effects. It's better than those that sound like the old ones at the same time they sound lame.
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