"Dragon Ball Super" CONTINUATION - (Non) Announcement & Discussion Thread

[Gokitalo]

Although 2uper is going to happen sooner or later, maybe Toei and everyone else involved decided it might be best for the franchise to take breaks every few years to avoid franchise fatigue. Super 0.1 is still getting new dubbed episodes internationally and is overall still fresh in fans' minds. Maybe they want to wait until it's finished internationally and fans are truly ready for something new instead of rushing it out whenfans are just getting used to 0.1 being a thing.

I mean, it's possible, but I do think they could've used the momentum generated by Dragon Ball Super: Broly to their advantage. But well, if they're taking their time to make sure the new episodes are the best they can be, I'm willing to wait.

[SaiyanTarzan]

Although 2uper is going to happen sooner or later, maybe Toei and everyone else involved decided it might be best for the franchise to take breaks every few years to avoid franchise fatigue. Super 0.1 is still getting new dubbed episodes internationally and is overall still fresh in fans' minds. Maybe they want to wait until it's finished internationally and fans are truly ready for something new instead of rushing it out whenfans are just getting used to 0.1 being a thing.

What we know for sure is Toriyama is working on something, what that is we really don't know, is it a manga thing? A movie thing? Anime thing? We truly do not know but thats something we can say with confidence that he's working on something

[Jackalope89]

Although 2uper is going to happen sooner or later, maybe Toei and everyone else involved decided it might be best for the franchise to take breaks every few years to avoid franchise fatigue. Super 0.1 is still getting new dubbed episodes internationally and is overall still fresh in fans' minds. Maybe they want to wait until it's finished internationally and fans are truly ready for something new instead of rushing it out whenfans are just getting used to 0.1 being a thing.

What we know for sure is Toriyama is working on something, what that is we really don't know, is it a manga thing? A movie thing? Anime thing? We truly do not know but thats something we can say with confidence that he's working on something

Its the Dancing Para Para Brothers becoming Great Saiyaman's arch-foes! Even Saiyawoman becomes ensnared by their diabolical dance routines! But, hope returns when Great Saiyagirl knocks the brothers over and breaks their foul boombox of doom! Showing the world is in good hands for the next generation of heroes!

[IntangibleFancy]

I never wanted to consider the DUB being the fault for Super's hiatus. If it is then it's all [Adult Swim]'s fault.

[Saturnine]

Ajay and Yonko are fine people as far as I know

I don't like geekdom for his right wing anti sjw anti feminist jokes ripped straight out of 2013. that shit is most prevalent on his world of geekdom channel

To be perfectly fair, it doesn't take a right winger to bash feminists and sjws, but I digress

As foe Geekdom, he seems fine to me. He reacts with hostility when people accuse him of having bad credibility, but IMO it only shows how important his credobility is to him. He probably worked for years to get where he is now, and people generally like to think their hard work is meaningful - otherwise it leads to heavy frustration or even depression.

[emperior]

Although 2uper is going to happen sooner or later, maybe Toei and everyone else involved decided it might be best for the franchise to take breaks every few years to avoid franchise fatigue. Super 0.1 is still getting new dubbed episodes internationally and is overall still fresh in fans' minds. Maybe they want to wait until it's finished internationally and fans are truly ready for something new instead of rushing it out whenfans are just getting used to 0.1 being a thing.

This franchise fatigue theory sounds dumb, no offence.
If this was the case they wouldn’t have been airing One Piece non stop for so many years.
And Super has barely been on TV for 3 years. That’s not much. Not when the original run from DB to DBGT lasted for many more years.

[sintzu]

This franchise fatigue theory sounds dumb, no offence.
If this was the case they wouldn’t have been airing One Piece non stop for so many years.
And Super has barely been on TV for 3 years. That’s not much. Not when the original run from DB to DBGT lasted for many more years.

One of the main reasons the original run came to an end was due to franchise fatigue. Just because One Piece can go on for 20+ years doesn't mean everything can. Of course 3 or even 5 years isn't long enough for that to happen but they may want to be on the safe side and not do too much all at once. The longer Super is off the air, the higher its anticipation will be.

[emperior]

This franchise fatigue theory sounds dumb, no offence.
If this was the case they wouldn’t have been airing One Piece non stop for so many years.
And Super has barely been on TV for 3 years. That’s not much. Not when the original run from DB to DBGT lasted for many more years.

One of the main reasons the original run came to an end was due to franchise fatigue. Just because One Piece can go on for 20+ years doesn't mean everything can. Of course 3 or even 5 years isn't long enough for that to happen but they may want to be on the safe side and not do too much all at once. The longer Super is off the air, the higher its anticipation will be.

I don’t think they would go for the “safer” approach when Super was pulling them higher numbers in terms of franchise sales year by year with no signs of slowing down.

[sintzu]

I don’t think they would go for the “safer” approach when Super was pulling them higher numbers in terms of franchise sales year by year with no signs of slowing down.

So was the original run, but once it went on for as long as it did, that money stopped coming in the way it was when the original run was at its peak.

[MCDaveG]

This franchise fatigue theory sounds dumb, no offence.
If this was the case they wouldn’t have been airing One Piece non stop for so many years.
And Super has barely been on TV for 3 years. That’s not much. Not when the original run from DB to DBGT lasted for many more years.

One of the main reasons the original run came to an end was due to franchise fatigue. Just because One Piece can go on for 20+ years doesn't mean everything can. Of course 3 or even 5 years isn't long enough for that to happen but they may want to be on the safe side and not do too much all at once. The longer Super is off the air, the higher its anticipation will be.

Well, Shueisha wasn't planning that DB will end with Buu, but Toriyama did and asked Shueisha for permision as he was exhausted after 15 years of nonstop serialization. Must be hard job, as Saint Seiya author Masami Kurumada has ill hand that hurts him a lot from years of working on different mangas. And DBGT was not much popular in Japan, but I don't think it was a fatigue, people just didn't like the original story not coming from the manga. Dragon Ball Final Bout on PS1 was probably a last Dragon Ball thing coming out? Except for some annual nostalgia releases and data books?
On side note, people here probably didn't knew the Dragon Ball Z Gaiden and NES games, but I wonder how did Japanese fans regarded Baby arc being rehash of Plan To Destroy Saiyans.

[MCDaveG]

One Piece is the most popular anime and manga series of all time and it hasn't lost it's momentume, as Eichiro Oda is still going and haven't stopped since. So it is not fair to compare it with Dragon Ball, which ended in 95, series lost popularity during GT and ended in 97.
Yeah, it is one of the most popular series of all time as well, but it ended and lost the momentum, which came only thanks to the USA air run with newly created market for DB games to acompany the series. At that time, I don't recall Dragon Ball being popular in Japan, the games were released there, later the Dragon Box came out and it only catered to fans of the original run based on nostalgia mostly, sometimes, Hironobu Kageyama was as a guest in some Good Morning show or the actors were part of some quiz.¨
Then the anniversary came, with short Jump Fest movie and Kai and thanks to one really bad movie, Toriyama got pissed and worked on a movie script, which sparked the movie series, later turned to Super.
As popular as Dragon Ball series is, it is a legacy series and you can't take it for granted, just because it got revived 15 years after it's original run. Being a fan since the original run here in Europe at the break of 90's/00's, I consider it miracle, that Dragon Ball has a new sequels and video games coming out and lot of new fans.

[sintzu]

Being a fan since the original run here in Europe at the break of 90's/00's, I consider it miracle, that Dragon Ball has a new sequels and video games coming out and lot of new fans.

I remember during the mid 2000's the idea of anything new apart from video games was just wishful thinking. Even after the OVAs started coming out, something major was still considered nearly impossible as so much time had passed since the original manga and GT ended. If you brought up Toriyama coming back, fans would think you were crazy.

As someone who remembers those times, I think old fans and new ones who didn't live in that period are very lucky to be getting new content on a regular basis as the closest thing we had back then was moving on to other similar shows in hopes of them capturing the same feel of DB.

[MCDaveG]

Being a fan since the original run here in Europe at the break of 90's/00's, I consider it miracle, that Dragon Ball has a new sequels and video games coming out and lot of new fans.

I remember during the mid 2000's the idea of anything new apart from video games was just wishful thinking. Even after the OVAs started coming out, something major was still considered nearly impossible as so much time had passed since the original manga and GT ended. If you brought up Toriyama coming back, fans would think you were crazy.

As someone who remembers those times, I think old fans and new ones who didn't live in that period are very lucky to be getting new content on a regular basis as the closest thing we had back then was moving on to other similar shows in hopes of them capturing the same feel of DB.

Yeah, that is why I thought it is important to bring this here, because lot of new or current fans are basing their assumptions on how things work with new series and franchises, but do not know or remember, that this series never was a Super Sentai show with each year having a new theme or One Piece, which started in 1999 and still running without hiatus. Tough other series, being Dragon Ball's succesors in Jump, haven't had this kind of treatment and popularity. One Piece is One Piece, but remember Yu Yu Hakusho? It ended and faded away, there is some prequel in the works tough, catering on nostalgia. Bleach... ended, faded. Naruto, ended and from what I gather, is probably popular in west as new games are pouring out but it is pretty much done in Japan, as the Boruto series starts to meet a DBGT fate - manga sales are decreasing with each volume and haven't won any popularity poll and the anime has average viewership, despite wiki articles praising it.

[Xeogran]

Apparently there's nothing (well.. yeah) in V-Jump

[SaiyanTarzan]

Although 2uper is going to happen sooner or later, maybe Toei and everyone else involved decided it might be best for the franchise to take breaks every few years to avoid franchise fatigue. Super 0.1 is still getting new dubbed episodes internationally and is overall still fresh in fans' minds. Maybe they want to wait until it's finished internationally and fans are truly ready for something new instead of rushing it out whenfans are just getting used to 0.1 being a thing.

What we know for sure is Toriyama is working on something, what that is we really don't know, is it a manga thing? A movie thing? Anime thing? We truly do not know but thats something we can say with confidence that he's working on something

Its the Dancing Para Para Brothers becoming Great Saiyaman's arch-foes! Even Saiyawoman becomes ensnared by their diabolical dance routines! But, hope returns when Great Saiyagirl knocks the brothers over and breaks their foul boombox of doom! Showing the world is in good hands for the next generation of heroes!

I won't lie I'm probably the minority but I love Great Saiyaman and Great Saiyawoman as a hero team.

[IntangibleFancy]

Ajay and Yonko are fine people as far as I know

I don't like geekdom for his right wing anti sjw anti feminist jokes ripped straight out of 2013. that shit is most prevalent on his world of geekdom channel

To be perfectly fair, it doesn't take a right winger to bash feminists and sjws, but I digress

As foe Geekdom, he seems fine to me. He reacts with hostility when people accuse him of having bad credibility, but IMO it only shows how important his credobility is to him. He probably worked for years to get where he is now, and people generally like to think their hard work is meaningful - otherwise it leads to heavy frustration or even depression.

It would be justified if he actually proved his credibility or at the very least had a release prediction that came true. That isn't the case though...Unlike Ajay he hasn't proved his sources, his predictions about the release were all wrong and to top it all off, his ego is huge and undeserved. As someone who barely knew the youtubers going into this I can safely say I know enough about Geekom to avoid the rest of his content. And I'm almost glad he hasn't come to damage control here yet as I'm almost positive my opinion would sink lower.

[Dbzfan94]

Being a fan since the original run here in Europe at the break of 90's/00's, I consider it miracle, that Dragon Ball has a new sequels and video games coming out and lot of new fans.

I remember during the mid 2000's the idea of anything new apart from video games was just wishful thinking. Even after the OVAs started coming out, something major was still considered nearly impossible as so much time had passed since the original manga and GT ended. If you brought up Toriyama coming back, fans would think you were crazy.

As someone who remembers those times, I think old fans and new ones who didn't live in that period are very lucky to be getting new content on a regular basis as the closest thing we had back then was moving on to other similar shows in hopes of them capturing the same feel of DB.

I remember those days. But still I dont think we're so lucky. i would prefer just the ocassional video game as opposed to what we've gotten in the revival these past 5-6 years now.

[Konja7]

I remember those days. But still I dont think we're so lucky. i would prefer just the ocassional video game as opposed to what we've gotten in the revival these past 5-6 years now.

That depends on the tastes of people.

There are fans who really like Super. Not to mention that Super likely attract new fans.

So, these people are pretty lucky with the revival.

[Dbzfan94]

I remember those days. But still I dont think we're so lucky. i would prefer just the ocassional video game as opposed to what we've gotten in the revival these past 5-6 years now.

That depends on the tastes of people.

There are fans who really like Super. Not to mention that Super likely attract new fans.

So, these people are pretty lucky with the revival.

Obviously. I wasn't saying that as if it were fact.

[sintzu]

I dont think we're so lucky. i would prefer just the ocassional video game as opposed to what we've gotten in the revival these past 5-6 years now.

My issues with the revival aren't that we're getting new content as much as that content's potential being wasted. I like that we're getting new content as it keeps things fresh and exciting but I think most can agree that they could've done more with what they gave us.