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Dr Slump was Akira Toriyama's first popular work and he enabled a crossover with it and Dragon Ball (and Super, from which the above image comes from). However, it is not so popular in the West as it is in Japan, despite it having two shows.
Perhaps a new show could work out, if it was done by the makers of Gintama and Osomatsu-San (both acclaimed anime comedies) and featured cameos from DB characters.
"Don't take pleasure in destruction!" / "I will not let you destroy my world!"
A true hero goes beyond not the limits of power, but the limits that divide countries and people.
Dr Slump was Akira Toriyama's first popular work and he enabled a crossover with it and Dragon Ball (and Super, from which the above image comes from). However, it is not so popular in the West as it is in Japan, despite it having two shows.
Perhaps a new show could work out, if it was done by the makers of Gintama and Osomatsu-San (both acclaimed anime comedies) and featured cameos from DB characters.
I think it would be cool to have a Dr.Slump remake. I think a new anime would have lots of potential to introduce it to a new audience. I don't know if I would want it to have too many cameos though. If they were to have just Dragonball cameos I'd rather just have a Nekomajin Z anime.
If one were announced, I'd be excited, but nervous.
I don't think an original story would be the same without Toriyama writing the gags, and a remake or "re-imagining" with cameos would just be the '97 anime all over again (hopefully without the horrendous redesigns).
As for it actually happening, well... I doubt it. I think a Jaco spin-off would be more likely.
Given how popular Dr Slump is in Japan, it's surprising we haven't gotten an English dub yet.
"Don't take pleasure in destruction!" / "I will not let you destroy my world!"
A true hero goes beyond not the limits of power, but the limits that divide countries and people.
It's too old and too long for anyone to care about a dub. Dr. Slump and Saint Seiya are screwed in that regard. Slump is unfortunately far more screwed, as at least Saint Seiya has modern animated series that have trickled out over the years.
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Wiuld it be great if one of the arcs was the Dragon Ball General Bule saga similar to the 1997 show with DB Super animation style and retell info the manga then do more new arcs?
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Dragon Ball Episode 14: Goku's Rival wrote:
Muten Roshi: Bring me a Pichi-pichi gal here. Do that, and I can train you
Son Goku: What's a Bitchy bitchy gag?
Dragon Ball Super Chapter 24: Son Goku's Evolution wrote:
Zamasu:What about you?! Are you prepared to kneel before god?
Vegeta: Don't screw with me... I an the Prince of all Saiyans... Even if I have to die... ...I'LL NEVER GIVE UP MY PRIDE!!!
Innagadadavida wrote:I don't really think it's worth getting worked up about. Very soon we will have our own Wiki. And over time, it will be bigger, better, and more accurate than theirs. We'll have standards. We'll have quality control. We'll have better information. And I'm sure, people will naturally gravitate to it once there is some substance.
The best way to fix the giant cancer that is the DB Wiki is to provide an alternative for those who really want it. Even those who prefer dub names will wind up looking things up on the Kanzenshuu Wiki. Because sooner or later, they're going to need information they know they can trust.
penguintruth wrote:"New in 16:9! It's DBZ as you've partially seen it before!"
VegettoEX wrote:Gonna publish a book called “The Kanzenshuu” and it will have 199 blank pages followed by 1 page with text that simply says “nah Goku is gay though”.
Given how popular Dr Slump is in Japan, it's surprising we haven't gotten an English dub yet.
There was a Dr. Slump dub by Harmony Gold, but supposedly only one episode aired.
As regards a remake, I'd like to see it but doubt it will happen because of it being a lesser known Toriyama property in the western world.
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simtek34 wrote:Wiuld it be great if one of the arcs was the Dragon Ball General Bule saga similar to the 1997 show with DB Super animation style and retell info the manga then do more new arcs?
They more or less did that in the '97 version. Lots of liberties were taken, so it wasn't a straight adaptation of the Dragon Ball arc, but there were episodes that saw a Goku/Red Ribbon conflict come to town.
I'd be down for another Slump. But without Toriyama's writing? Eeeeh. I might be one of the few who likes the '97 redesigns as an alternate take, and it has some impressive animation, but from what I've seen it's nowhere near as funny. I can't see a modern incarnation that wouldn't be the '97 show v. 2, and probably not as pretty, as that was an oddly lavish production for Toei.
EDIT -- Woops. Misread your post the first time and missed that you'd cited the '97 show doing that. My bad.
DragonBallFoodie wrote:Perhaps a new show could work out, if it was done by the makers of Gintama and Osomatsu-San
That would change Dr. Slump from a family friendly comedy to one of the rudest shows of the year, it could work though, if done like Osomatsu-san, with a timeskip and comedy style change. Not sure Akira Toriyama would want that though.
To be fair, I don't want a new Dr Slump show. The original is a classic, and the remake had its ups and downs, but it was more than enough IMO. Some things are best left alone, and I don't think there's enough room to update the series beyond some cosmetic changes.
Dr Slump was Akira Toriyama's first popular work and he enabled a crossover with it and Dragon Ball (and Super, from which the above image comes from). However, it is not so popular in the West as it is in Japan, despite it having two shows.
Perhaps a new show could work out, if it was done by the makers of Gintama and Osomatsu-San (both acclaimed anime comedies) and featured cameos from DB characters.
DragonBallFoodie wrote:Perhaps a new show could work out, if it was done by the makers of Gintama and Osomatsu-San
That would change Dr. Slump from a family friendly comedy to one of the rudest shows of the year.
LOL okay fair enough. I forget that Dr Slump kept its humor simple and family-friendly while the other two shows were outrageous and lewd and crude.
"Don't take pleasure in destruction!" / "I will not let you destroy my world!"
A true hero goes beyond not the limits of power, but the limits that divide countries and people.
I'd enjoy a new Dr Slump show but I'd want it to get dubbed by FUNimation. What I'd like even better is for the original 80's series to be dubbed in English but since it's too whacked and old-looking for North American kids I know it won't happen.
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Hell will freeze over before Dr Slump gets any new material outside of Super filler episodes.
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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.
I feel like FUNi should probably dub the 1997 remake first before anything. For the English market, I feel like that series would "recent" enough to be relevant for dubbing.
Also, I must be one of the few who actually LIKE the redesigns more than the original designs, save for a select few characters. Might have something to do with me being born in 1997...I find the redesigns more natural, I guess?
