This.Vegetto95 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:13 pm You seem to have a few misconceptions about the first few years of Super... the manga was not adapting the anime ANY more than the other way around. NEITHER was an adaptation of the other. When it came to the U6 Tournament, Gokū Black, and Tournament of Power arcs, here's what ACTUALLY happened: Toriyama wrote up a basic, barebones plot outline, gave a copy each separately to Toyotarō for the manga and Tōei's production staff for the anime, and basically went "Have at it, boys! I'm old and long-since retired and haven't actually cared about Dragon Ball in twenty years! Do the lion's share of my old workload for me!! Imma go nap" Hence why, while the major plot beats are mostly the same for each, the events between each bullet point on Toriyama's napkin notes (which make up the VAST majority of the actual story) are DRASTICALLY different between the two. Because, again... NEITHER was an adaptation of the other. They're the results of two copies of the same plot skeleton being simultaneously but totally separately given two COMPLETELY different sets of nervous systems, muscles, skin, and hair by two very different, separate writers/sets of writers.
The U6/Future Trunks/ToP arcs were all storylines that Toriyama wanted to tell, so the Anime adapted them.
Toriyama might have provided Toyotaro with an outline for the Granolah arc, but ultimately it's far more likely that the Granolah arc was Toyotaro's original idea, not Toriyama. Otherwise, there would be no reason for the Toei not to adapt that arc, as Toei adapts every storyline Toriyama wants to tell.
Why Toei wouldn't adapt Granolah arc if it was Toriyama's idea? Toei always adapts Toriyama's ideas. The upcoming Daima show once again proves it.
The misconception is thinking that the Anime was an adaptation of the Toyotaro Manga, it was NOT. It was an adaptation of Toriyama's outlines for the story arcs he wanted to tell.
It doesn't seem like Toriyama wanted to tell the Granolah arc as much as he wanted to tell U6/Future Trunks/TOP, if it was even his idea at all (but I suspect it's far more likely it was Toyotaro's idea and Toriyama simply provided him with a script and a few character designs).