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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Yuji » Sat May 29, 2021 2:18 pm

I think they could get a lot of mileage from a Time Patrol show with Trunks as the main character, even if it's purely from a commercial stand point as a tie in to the videogames.

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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by SupremeKai25 » Sat May 29, 2021 2:25 pm

Vijay wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 1:37 pm
SupremeKai25 wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 5:53 am Make me lead writer and I'll give you a TV series about the adventures of Black and Zamasu slaughtering ningens across the cosmos. We even have an ending song ready: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvdsHqI-stQ
🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣 And you'd finally fulfill Zamasu's wish. By makin you lead writer given your fetish for Ningen guy on top of that TV series featurin Zamasu & Black 🀣 every single DB fan will die on spot.

Just out of curiosity man. I don't wish to drift this topic elsewhere...but can't you see just how superficial those fellas are? All they do is preach abt ningen or slaughter or cry πŸ˜‚ kikiki
That would be out of topic and you'd be made to concede anyway, so it's pointless.

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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by PurestEvil » Sat May 29, 2021 3:22 pm

I think that a mini series about Trunks after the Goku Black arc would be good for further exploration of his character/drama.
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Grimlock » Sat May 29, 2021 4:03 pm

More like Bulma's drama in deciding which gift to give to Trunkses. Or Mais consistently kissing the wrong Trunkses. That's the best we can get with an ending like that. :roll:
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by PurestEvil » Sat May 29, 2021 4:24 pm

Grimlock wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 4:03 pm More like Bulma's drama in deciding which gift to give to Trunkses. Or Mais consistently kissing the wrong Trunkses. That's the best we can get with an ending like that. :roll:
I was thinking more along the lines of Trunks suffering from trauma and him trying to overcome it but ok sure
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Sat May 29, 2021 6:35 pm

Vegeta. His life before Earth from childhood to an adult could give a nice introspective to his character and put Dragon Ball in a direction where it never went before.
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Cure Dragon 255 » Sat May 29, 2021 6:45 pm

SupremeKai25 wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 2:25 pm
Vijay wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 1:37 pm
SupremeKai25 wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 5:53 am Make me lead writer and I'll give you a TV series about the adventures of Black and Zamasu slaughtering ningens across the cosmos. We even have an ending song ready: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvdsHqI-stQ
🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣 And you'd finally fulfill Zamasu's wish. By makin you lead writer given your fetish for Ningen guy on top of that TV series featurin Zamasu & Black 🀣 every single DB fan will die on spot.

Just out of curiosity man. I don't wish to drift this topic elsewhere...but can't you see just how superficial those fellas are? All they do is preach abt ningen or slaughter or cry πŸ˜‚ kikiki
That would be out of topic and you'd be made to concede anyway, so it's pointless.

Look I like you a lot and I like that you love Zamasu...But this post has finally made me worry. Why not a Zamasu focused spinoff that actually shows his side? The incompetence of the celestial system and his character development that drove him to do what he did. Your latest post gave me the impression of someone who one day could shoot up a school or something.
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by SupremeKai25 » Sat May 29, 2021 6:54 pm

Cure Dragon 255 wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 6:45 pm
SupremeKai25 wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 2:25 pm
Vijay wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 1:37 pm

🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣 And you'd finally fulfill Zamasu's wish. By makin you lead writer given your fetish for Ningen guy on top of that TV series featurin Zamasu & Black 🀣 every single DB fan will die on spot.

Just out of curiosity man. I don't wish to drift this topic elsewhere...but can't you see just how superficial those fellas are? All they do is preach abt ningen or slaughter or cry πŸ˜‚ kikiki
That would be out of topic and you'd be made to concede anyway, so it's pointless.

Look I like you a lot and I like that you love Zamasu...But this post has finally made me worry. Why not a Zamasu focused spinoff that actually shows his side? The incompetence of the celestial system and his character development that drove him to do what he did. Your latest post gave me the impression of someone who one day could shoot up a school or something.
The official show and manga already did that :think:

Also, huh, that was a weird tonal shift, but No I'm not a school shooter, I'm just someone who paid attention to the Story and character writing and noticed that Zamasu was morally complex.

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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Kappa » Sat May 29, 2021 7:52 pm

1) C17 & C18 (before they got turned into androids)
2) Adult Goten and Trunks (going on adventures)

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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by PurestEvil » Sat May 29, 2021 7:53 pm

Kappa wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 7:52 pm 2) Adult Goten and Trunks (going on adventures)
What GT should have included :roll:
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by LoganForkHands73 » Sat May 29, 2021 8:14 pm

The Ginyu Tokusentai were made for it since day one, I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. Just seeing them tear around the galaxy, enslaving civilisations on behalf of Freeza-sama, and generally being the deplorable, hilarious bastards they've always been. I'd quite like to see their ridiculous origin stories play out, like Butta racing with his brothers to the dinner table like the RED Scout and Recoome's ballet training. The Namek arc shows us snippets of their dynamics which would be great to explore. Why are Jeice and Butta closer than the rest? Did Guldo only recently scrape it onto the roster, explaining why the others are more dismissive of him (maybe Bonyu got KIA)? Funnily enough, I recently discovered that Ooishi has been drawing a spin-off manga about a parody of the squad, though it's basically an advert-comic where they promote various products. Maybe one day she can upgrade to canonical Ginyu miniseries!

Many of the other universes in the Tournament of Power could conceivably carry their own shows, but I'm less interested now because I realise many of them are just parodies of common genres. Like Universe 2 would just be a generic magical-girl anime, Universe 11 would just be a superhero show, so it goes.

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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Nosferatu93 » Sun May 30, 2021 4:26 am

Oob as younger kid how he finds out that he is incredibly πŸ’ͺ strong
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Shaddy » Sun May 30, 2021 7:32 am

I remember someone pitching the idea of a Ginyu Force spinoff, styled like an over-the-top propaganda cartoon for the Frieza force, overdramatizing the adventures of the heroic fighters "liberating" various planets, kind of like The Clone Wars but even further exaggerated. I always thought that sounded fun.

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Post by Kinokima » Sun May 30, 2021 10:58 am

Not any one particular character but I would love a slice of life spin off.

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Post by BWri » Sun May 30, 2021 7:10 pm

LoganForkHands73 wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 8:14 pm The Ginyu Tokusentai were made for it since day one, I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. Just seeing them tear around the galaxy, enslaving civilisations on behalf of Freeza-sama, and generally being the deplorable, hilarious bastards they've always been. I'd quite like to see their ridiculous origin stories play out, like Butta racing with his brothers to the dinner table like the RED Scout and Recoome's ballet training. The Namek arc shows us snippets of their dynamics which would be great to explore. Why are Jeice and Butta closer than the rest? Did Guldo only recently scrape it onto the roster, explaining why the others are more dismissive of him (maybe Bonyu got KIA)? Funnily enough, I recently discovered that Ooishi has been drawing a spin-off manga about a parody of the squad, though it's basically an advert-comic where they promote various products. Maybe one day she can upgrade to canonical Ginyu miniseries!

Many of the other universes in the Tournament of Power could conceivably carry their own shows, but I'm less interested now because I realise many of them are just parodies of common genres. Like Universe 2 would just be a generic magical-girl anime, Universe 11 would just be a superhero show, so it goes.
I need that Ginyu Tokusentai show and I need it NOW!
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by PurestEvil » Mon May 31, 2021 1:47 am

LoganForkHands73 wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 8:14 pm The Ginyu Tokusentai were made for it since day one, I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. Just seeing them tear around the galaxy, enslaving civilisations on behalf of Freeza-sama, and generally being the deplorable, hilarious bastards they've always been. I'd quite like to see their ridiculous origin stories play out, like Butta racing with his brothers to the dinner table like the RED Scout and Recoome's ballet training. The Namek arc shows us snippets of their dynamics which would be great to explore. Why are Jeice and Butta closer than the rest? Did Guldo only recently scrape it onto the roster, explaining why the others are more dismissive of him (maybe Bonyu got KIA)? Funnily enough, I recently discovered that Ooishi has been drawing a spin-off manga about a parody of the squad, though it's basically an advert-comic where they promote various products. Maybe one day she can upgrade to canonical Ginyu miniseries!

Many of the other universes in the Tournament of Power could conceivably carry their own shows, but I'm less interested now because I realise many of them are just parodies of common genres. Like Universe 2 would just be a generic magical-girl anime, Universe 11 would just be a superhero show, so it goes.
I dunno, the Ginyus could definitely pull off a 1 hour special, but I don't think they could carry a multi-year show.
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PurestEvil wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 1:47 am
LoganForkHands73 wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 8:14 pm The Ginyu Tokusentai were made for it since day one, I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. Just seeing them tear around the galaxy, enslaving civilisations on behalf of Freeza-sama, and generally being the deplorable, hilarious bastards they've always been. I'd quite like to see their ridiculous origin stories play out, like Butta racing with his brothers to the dinner table like the RED Scout and Recoome's ballet training. The Namek arc shows us snippets of their dynamics which would be great to explore. Why are Jeice and Butta closer than the rest? Did Guldo only recently scrape it onto the roster, explaining why the others are more dismissive of him (maybe Bonyu got KIA)? Funnily enough, I recently discovered that Ooishi has been drawing a spin-off manga about a parody of the squad, though it's basically an advert-comic where they promote various products. Maybe one day she can upgrade to canonical Ginyu miniseries!

Many of the other universes in the Tournament of Power could conceivably carry their own shows, but I'm less interested now because I realise many of them are just parodies of common genres. Like Universe 2 would just be a generic magical-girl anime, Universe 11 would just be a superhero show, so it goes.
I dunno, the Ginyus could definitely pull off a 1 hour special, but I don't think they could carry a multi-year show.
Why does it have to be multi-year?
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by PurestEvil » Mon May 31, 2021 12:11 pm

I would like to mention:
I believe Toriyama said that if he would write another story, he would have Mr. Satan as the MC.
I guess that could work out.
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Planetnamek » Sun Aug 01, 2021 4:08 pm

Piccolo for sure.
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Re: What character can carry a TV series?

Post by Peach » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:48 am

Bardock.

The next generation, too. Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Uub, Pan.

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