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by MCDaveG » Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:17 am
The 90s movies and movies now are completely different thing.
Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z were one of the most succesful series running on TV and these companion movies to show on Jump Festa and other occasions were the norm. Even Naruto in 2000s had such movies made. They were all short, self contained stories playing with the plot points from main series and showcasing all the cool stuff that was recent, like Kaioken, SSJ and basically other cool stuff and what-ifs like what if Vegeta and Goku did fusion dance as Goten and Trunks do, that was not concurrent to what was happening in the show.
It was basically a long commercial or showcase, for new fans and the old the same.
Except for the Super series, the movies now starting with BOG are basically full fledged sequels.
Super took a chance of the hype train that Kai and Dragon Ball Z sequel movies started, repurposing them in the new sequel series
and after it ended, Broly came up and everyone assumed that Super will continue as movies and won't return on TV.
At that time, the hype was still strong and in Europe the series is still going in re-runs and I have seen some action figures in Italy with Super brand on it. 4 years passed and the momentum is kind of dead, sure, Covid didn't help and everything got setbacked.
Hence the pressure and excpectations from the Super Hero movie are huge and lot of people expect it to be either epic blast or failure as there is no show or media that really support the franchise outside of a die hard fans. And if you say, manga, well that is a niche product that doesn't really carry the series as well as the animated format on screen does. Might be more popular in Japan among V-Jump readers, but the heyday of DB on the pages of Jump are over 20 years gone.
When I asked few friends, which of course doesn't represent the majority at all, they were surprised that the manga exists but weren't interested in following it. I also doubt that unless they will really try to adapt it into TV show and I wonder how - Dragon Ball Super Last Chapters?
But as it is now, I see the series has ended with Tournament of Power and the manga is basically a bonus companion for die hard fans, but not really a full sequel that might get skipped and the next stories will continue on screen or in movie formats.
Let's see the movie, I really wonder what the story is and how will it feel. If it is a really major continuity movie or just a movie to fill some gap without Dragon Ball that will maybe start another era for a new set of stories, or if it will be just a bonus farewell for some years from now on.
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