Even if the next arc lasts 24 episodes, it's still a bit too short. A good planned plot should last you 40 episode or so.
JulieYBM wrote:According to the main page Dragon Ball Super is planned for upwards of seventy-two episodes. That puts us through another three cours. Should be interesting to see where this goes.
It's two cours, not three.
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Also, episode 72 should air in the first half of December. This pretty much guarantees another cour and DBS airing until March 2017, at least, as it wouldn't end at 72.
DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Even if the next arc lasts 24 episodes, it's still a bit too short. A good planned plot should last you 40 episode or so.
A 24-episode arc for an anime-original series is very long already. Remember this is not a manga adaptation.
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DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Even if the next arc lasts 24 episodes, it's still a bit too short. A good planned plot should last you 40 episode or so.
JulieYBM wrote:According to the main page Dragon Ball Super is planned for upwards of seventy-two episodes. That puts us through another three cours. Should be interesting to see where this goes.
I'm hoping Super lasts for a couple of years at least. With a 10 year gap to fill, they certainly have the scope to do it. I can't see it being cancelled/finished unless Toriyama Sensei decides he's had enough, or the merchandise sales plummet.
Judging by the figures posted by Toei & Bandai recently, there's no danger that is going to happen any time soon.
Am I right in saying its a consistent top 10 every week pretty much?. I suppose the only other way it would get cancelled was if nobody was watching it. No company would pay to produce a show no one was watching, regardless of it being produced to sell merchandise.
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Araki wrote:Also, episode 72 should air in the first half of December. This pretty much guarantees another cour and DBS airing until March 2017, at least, as it wouldn't end at 72.
DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Even if the next arc lasts 24 episodes, it's still a bit too short. A good planned plot should last you 40 episode or so.
A 24-episode arc for an anime-original series is very long already. Remember this is not a manga adaptation.
Even so, it's not impossible to have an arc go up to to 40 episodes. Remember GT had Black Star Dragon Balls and Baby go up to episode 40.
Super is doing what GT should have done financially back in 1996-1997. Super is likely going to be at 100+ episodes while GT ended at 64 episodes and was made to carry on the success that DBZ had from 1989 - 1995.
DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Even if the next arc lasts 24 episodes, it's still a bit too short. A good planned plot should last you 40 episode or so.
JulieYBM wrote:According to the main page Dragon Ball Super is planned for upwards of seventy-two episodes. That puts us through another three cours. Should be interesting to see where this goes.
It's two cours, not three.
Bah, I forgot we were in the fourth cour.
Anyhoo, if the television schedule is planned out that far in advance already I hope that means the line producer is paying attention and can properly schedule some fucking staff. We need a real winner of an episode.
This should be no surprise to anyone after the financial results of Toei and Namco Bandai along with the next arc being about Future Trunks and not the 12 universe tournament. 100 episodes without doubt at least and probably way more. 100th episode will be about end of june next year.
The 12 universe tournament will also probably be the longest arc.
Kai-fied version of DBZ arcs puts them on around 50-eps average lenght. That's pretty much where a good major DBZ saga should aim for. Gives enough time for growth, developement, build-up, focus on fights, change of the course of events few times, some breaks/roombreathers etc.
DBZ_Lee wrote:I'm hoping Super lasts for a couple of years at least. With a 10 year gap to fill, they certainly have the scope to do it.
Let's hope we're NOT stuck in this 10-year gap for many years to come, that would just suck. One of the defining qualities of DB/DBZ was the growth of the characters and the world constantly moving forward.
I'm glad Super is gonna be around for a little while longer at the very least. And I won't lie, lasting longer than GT does feel like an accomplishment in some way.
Spoiler:
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
Thanks to Gojiitaaf
translation: New Chapter! An obscure enemy appears!
Subtitle : A new development begins! The boy returns to our time.
Summary : From June 06 (Sunday) starts a new chapter original designed by Toriyama: Future Trunks Arc.
DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Even if the next arc lasts 24 episodes, it's still a bit too short.
It depends on the plot, if there isn't enough material then there's no reason to stretch it out.
The BOG arc was only 14 episodes long but due to how short the story was they had to stretch everything out, resulting in a very slow arc.
Basaku wrote:Kai-fied version of DBZ arcs puts them on around 50-eps average lenght.
The Buu arc was the only one to go over 50 with 69 or 67 (if you don't count the 2 filler episodes they left in) episodes, the other 3 were 18, 36 & 44.
July 9th 2018 will be remembered as the day Broly became canon.
I honestly don't care how many episodes of Super we're getting, I just hope they're good. I found the last few episodes of Super quite entertaining. So if they keep that up I'm all for more Super. I just really hope it doesn't overstay its welcome, especially if the quality hits another bump in the road.
"I am neither Goku nor Vegeta! I am the one who will defeat you!!" - Gogeta
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