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- Fri Jul 10, 2026 3:52 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: How long after his passing will the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being believable?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4414
Re: How long after his passing the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being belieable?
You're overblowing the importance of writing the dialogues. Writing the dialogues is not a requirement. There's more to a story than the dialogues.
The dialogue of any story, be it a movie, anime, games, etc. is very important, as that's the key aspect of the story that characterizes the ...
- Fri Jul 10, 2026 2:52 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: How long after his passing will the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being believable?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4414
Re: How long after his passing the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being belieable?
1. The creation of Super Saiyan Blue is tied to the movie Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', which was developed in 2014—even before Dragon Ball Super or Zamasu existed. People misinterpret Toriyama's comment, assuming he had Zamasu in mind.
Toriyama said he was the one who "had to go with Blue ...
- Thu Jul 09, 2026 4:09 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: How long after his passing will the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being believable?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4414
Re: How long after his passing the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being belieable?
It is very dishonest of you to try to make it look like I advocated for disregarding the original author's influence on Dragon Ball Super. That is not what I said.
You said they are "vague drafts." I disagree.
But let's look at the interviews with Toriyama himself. Not editors or third parties ...
- Wed Jul 08, 2026 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: How long after his passing will the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being believable?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4414
Re: How long after his passing the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being belieable?
It doesn't take a genius to understand that a TV series isn't built solely from a few character designs and a story summary. A narrative of this scale requires a creative team to develop, expand, and structure it throughout the production process. Akira Toriyama was more involved in Dragon Ball ...
- Wed Jul 08, 2026 6:19 am
- Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
- Topic: No Manga adaptation?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 254
Re: No Manga adaptation?
While I appreciate the visual beauty of the show and its lore drops, ultimately I see Daima only as a small-scale tribute to 40 years of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT, and not a long-running series with different mediums of storytelling akin to Super.
From a marketing perspective, Daima should ...
- Tue Jul 07, 2026 5:11 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
- Topic: No Manga adaptation?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 254
Re: No Manga adaptation?
I think you should read this interview from Akio Iyoku of Capsule Corporation Tokyo from last year which is reported on the website of Kanzenshuu.
https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/mantanweb-daima-akiyo-iyoku-1/
The way I understood it, the plan for Daima was always to be an animated series ...
https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/mantanweb-daima-akiyo-iyoku-1/
The way I understood it, the plan for Daima was always to be an animated series ...
- Fri Jul 03, 2026 10:41 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Unpopular DB opinions
- Replies: 15543
- Views: 2595438
Re: Unpopular DB opinions
Vegeta and Piccolo vs. Beerus are not supposed to be the same archetype of antagonist. Vegeta and Piccolo were evil mortal villains. Beerus is a neutral force of nature/god.
Beerus switched pretty quickly from being neutral to siding with the heroes when possible; I think that shift should ...
- Fri Jul 03, 2026 7:54 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Unpopular DB opinions
- Replies: 15543
- Views: 2595438
Re: Unpopular DB opinions
When it comes to Daima , I suppose the idea was that it would essentially be Toriyama’s personal spin on the initial premise of GT, while also celebrating the 40th anniversary of the franchise, but considering that the brand appears to have pivoted back to Super , it seems fair to say that Daima ...
- Thu Jul 02, 2026 3:54 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: How long after his passing will the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being believable?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4414
Re: How long after his passing the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being belieable?
I mean, what he did in Dragon Ball Super was write vague drafts
What about the core plot points of the Universe 6 saga, Future Trunks saga, and Tournament of Power saga is "vague"? If it was vague as you claim, then the anime and manga would have radically different storylines and endings ...
- Thu Jul 02, 2026 3:37 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Unpopular DB opinions
- Replies: 15543
- Views: 2595438
Re: Unpopular DB opinions
I think that I vastly prefer the "large-scale, world-ending apocalypse" type stories instead of small-scale adventures, so I hope future stories will continue to give me what I want: a bad guy invading the Earth, threatening to destroy it, and large-scale stakes.
If Toriyama wanted to keep the ...
If Toriyama wanted to keep the ...
- Fri May 22, 2026 4:13 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
- Topic: Would removing Neva's macguffin Super Saiyan 4 fix Daima for you?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 12730
Re: Would removing Neva's macguffin Super Saiyan 4 fix Daima for you?
If your argument is "GT Goku had to struggle and bleed to get SSJ4", then the exact same argument applies to Daima Goku. He wasn't just handed the form on a silver platter. He first had to struggle, suffer, and bleed trying to fight Gomah in lesser forms. He was literally on the ground, beaten ...
- Fri May 22, 2026 2:25 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
- Topic: Would removing Neva's macguffin Super Saiyan 4 fix Daima for you?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 12730
Re: Would removing Neva's macguffin Super Saiyan 4 fix Daima for you?
If your argument is "GT Goku had to struggle and bleed to get SSJ4", then the exact same argument applies to Daima Goku. He wasn't just handed the form on a silver platter. He first had to struggle, suffer, and bleed trying to fight Gomah in lesser forms. He was literally on the ground, beaten and ...
- Fri May 22, 2026 1:19 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: What is the lamest thing to come out of modern DBZ?
- Replies: 1365
- Views: 365348
Re: What is the lamest thing to come out of modern DBZ?
Lamest thing for me will always be the boring and completely lazy recolour and palette swap that is SSGSS. For a form that is so prevalent in the franchise now, it's actually pretty embarrassing and bereft of any creativity and, as much as it pains me to say this, pretty typical of what you would ...
- Fri May 22, 2026 12:52 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Daima
- Topic: Would removing Neva's macguffin Super Saiyan 4 fix Daima for you?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 12730
Re: Would removing Neva's macguffin Super Saiyan 4 fix Daima for you?
I don't want that removed and I think it's fully in line with how Dragon Ball transformations are achieved. The original SSJ4 was an asspull. Like, a literal asspull. As in, they pulled that out of Goku's ass:
https://64.media.tumblr.com/244213e35f55d861f5ec576b41a38779/86983022f9b5bb94-67 ...
https://64.media.tumblr.com/244213e35f55d861f5ec576b41a38779/86983022f9b5bb94-67 ...
- Tue Apr 28, 2026 1:07 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026
- Replies: 384
- Views: 129906
Re: The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026
I mean, I've always said that there was a huge jump in quality in episode 47, so I don't really care if FT and the ToP sagas won't be "remastered".
I always suspected this was the case. These two arcs are pretty iconic and honestly I've always wondered how they could top episodes 129-131, which ...
I always suspected this was the case. These two arcs are pretty iconic and honestly I've always wondered how they could top episodes 129-131, which ...
- Tue Apr 21, 2026 7:01 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Where will the franchise go after Super?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 16423
Re: Where will the franchise go after Super?
Super doesn’t even seem like it has an actual finale in mind. It’s been spinning its wheels for years now. Goku’s entire motivation post-BoG has supposedly been to surpass Beerus, but he apparently hasn’t gotten any closer to achieving that goal since 2013, because the powers that be seem to be ...
- Tue Apr 21, 2026 2:53 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026
- Replies: 384
- Views: 129906
Re: The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026
How "close" can you get to the manga when it comes to BoG and RoF honestly? Both combined are like 4 chapters long :lol:
Even the Tournament of Destroyers saga isn't that different in the manga.
Where anime and manga diverge is mostly in the last 2 arcs. I think some things from the manga are ...
- Tue Apr 21, 2026 1:03 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026
- Replies: 384
- Views: 129906
Re: The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026
What does streamline mean? Better pacing ( bye bye Pilaf Gang filler, BOG went from 10+ episodes to 6)
Will they be toned down?
That's what I was arguing. I don't think the Pilaf Gang's mere existence is filler, but they did get a lot of filler scenes in Super. One or two of the early ...
- Tue Apr 21, 2026 7:30 am
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026
- Replies: 384
- Views: 129906
Re: The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026
This thread should temper their expectations and keep in mind that the main product remains the Galactic Prisoner, and the Galactic Survivor after that. Since these stories were written by Akira Toriyama, it's about time they were animated.
This "Super Kai" (I'll be using this unofficial name from ...
This "Super Kai" (I'll be using this unofficial name from ...
- Mon Apr 20, 2026 6:51 am
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026
- Replies: 384
- Views: 129906
Re: The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026
I think it's fair to assume that this "remaster" is not really for any of us. It's just to give a less crude-looking version of the show that might be more appealing to new viewers.
...I'll be content if it just flows decently tbh. And if it fixes the most egregiously awful shots from OG Super ...