Kanzenshuu

Aside from the DBS anime, we've been getting a steady stream of DB content. The games are popping off, the manga ran without a break until a few months ago, it seems we can count on a film every few years, and Super Dragon Ball Heroes (arcade game, anime, and manga) is also ongoing. There's plenty w...

In the anime, Piccolo dotes on Pan. She's more interested in Goku. That's not what we see in DBS:SH, but she's a baby, and there's not much there anyway, so I guess it's fine. The manga has nothing to contradict anything about Pan in the anime or films. Also, Pan learns to fly in DBS:SH, but she can...

"The Super Dragon Balls have been stolen." From who? They belong to nobody...anyone who is capable of collecting them is free to. "Cult of Zalama" Seems like baiting a fan-anticipated concept. Art vaguely resembles Toyotaro's style but it's low res, generic, and basic. It's prese...

I like SupremeKai25's answer. Also, I don't think Boo would be able to be infected.

If your friend is already reading the manga, I'd say it's a no-brainer to go with the Super manga. Definitely have them check out the films as well.

One thing about manga in general: it's much more likely that a manga would end abruptly during serialization (with an author's comment) than go on hiatus (with stated intention to return) and fade away. A prominent example of the latter might be Hunter X Hunter, but that circumstance was due to the ...

The best thing I can say about it is that it wasn't boring. In that sense, it's much better than GT. Otherwise, I just found it to be low quality in every sense except for the (Japanese, I haven't watched the dub) voice cast. Toriyama's outline is visible, but it does not shine. For me, the high poi...

I always thought the coolest thing about Coola was that he didn't have a scouter. This seemed to imply that he didn't need to rely on that technology and may have even had some degree of ki sense. Well...that's headcanon. Maybe Toriyama forgot about scouters when he designed Coola. If Coola were to ...

The answer seems to be no...at the moment, anyway. Between Battle of Gods and Resurrection F , Toriyama did some interviews. In at least one, he talks about how Goku had absorbed the power of God without needing the transformation. So, back to your question: at the time, it seemed like the answer to...

This is absolute bs, how could they censor Toyotaro's creative vision like this? There were so many hints about Janemba throughout the arc, too.

In Super Hero, Goku doesn't understand (forgets?) the value of meditation (Let's not talk about how Goku does it in the original series for the sake of this conversation). Meditation is a big part of Goku's development of Migatte no Gokui in the Granolah arc. I think it actually works better if the ...

Nothing would kill my enthusiasm for a return of the anime more than movie retellings again. The first time was a disaster for many reasons, but even if production wasn't an issue, I still would not have been interested. We already have the movie stories, and they're animated beautifully. A serializ...

I think it could work just fine with a few minor tweaks.

Just noticed this: before Vegeta transforms into Wagamama no Gokui, he is stabbed in the stomach by Granolah's pressure point. The stomach chakra, according to a quick Google search, is a fire chakra (like his aura) associated with self-esteem (ego-like?). So there may be something there...

I don't think a follow-up to Black Freeza is guaranteed, at least not as a central premise of the next arc. Personally, I'm hoping that the next arc will rely heavily on comedy. In the meantime, this hiatus is essentially producing material that could be used for a future DBS guidebook. Aside from p...

Maybe it's the part where Magenta is talking to Hedo and it shows some looming Namekians overlooking a burning city?

Seven-three was used for an interesting plot point in the GPP arc (as Moro's memory card). He was effectively used to transition to the Granolah arc. He made Granolah look impressive in comparison when Granolah defeated all of the OGs. Heata squeezed the last bit of use out of him in the form of int...

I'm glad they haven't made manga-exclusive figures yet because if/when they do I'll have to buy them all.

Toyotaro recently commented that he's published as many volumes of DBS as Toriyama did for Dr. Slump. Based on Wikipedia, Slump ended in in September 1984 and DB started in December of the same year. Even regardless of what Toriyama has done, Toyo has earned a break.

Also, do you guys think, when disregarding anime altogether and reading just the original and Super manga - is it good and worthy succesor? How does it read sfter the original? I am currently thinking purchasing the Super manga and put it next to the classic one on my shelf, my gripes are only with...