MajinMan wrote:We only have ourselves and Funimation to blame for this.
The Japan companies are doing that to.
ABED wrote:You point to Naruto and One Piece a bit to get going, but aren't those franchises also incredibly successful ?
Yes and like DB, they didn't start big from the start. Naruto's pain, 5 kage summit & 4th ninja war arcs make everything before look small.
One Piece's Enies lobby and Thriller bark arcs (I just finished those now) are a lot bigger in every sense than what came before.
And DB of course changes like that. Even when you don't take Z into account Piccolo is a waaaaaay bigger villan than Pilaf was and the last Tenkaichi tournament had 10× more of everythan than the 1st one.
Some people I know would ask when does One Piece get good cause they're not interested in the beginning and I've also read that on some sites so it's not just a DB thing. I'm guessing that's why Toonami started it so late in the story instead of th beginning. Unlike One Piece, Z is new comer friendly so the chances of someone sticking with DB from that point is a lot higher than One Piece.
People not having as much patients as before is why not many manga are getting as big as they could and end up getting cancelled instead. If something isn't as big as DB, Naruto or One Piece in their prime then it's not worth their time.
July 9th 2018 will be remembered as the day Broly became canon.