Will Blooma die during/after ToP?

[Mewzard]

They will not kill Bulma. They will replace her voice actress like anyone else.

The only character I could see having that treatment is Goku.

Honestly, I don't even see Goku getting that treatment.

Look at Mel Blanc, the "Man of a Thousand Voices". He voiced almost every major Looney Tunes character for decades, he voiced Barney Rubble for the Flintstones, Mr. Spacely for the Jetsons...yet when he died, those series did not end. He was just recast, despite being the first man to get any sort of regular credit for his voice work and one of the single most accomplished voice actors in human history.

I love Masako Nozawa as Goku, and the rest of the cast, but Dragon Ball will keep going, without killing off characters. It's happened so many times before with a franchise this old.

We'll see Bulma again, most likely for many years.

[coola]

And somehow i completely forgot about End of Z, sorry...

[BlueBasilisk]

Nah, they'll just recast her and carry on as usual I excpect. Even if Nozawa were to retire or otherwise stop voicing Goku it wouldn't be surprising if she had an understudy or a replacement picked out.

[8000 Saiyan]

No, I don't believe she'll die just because Hiromi Tsuru died.

Bulma will most likely have a new voice actress. Maybe they'll get Aya Hirano or Miyuki Sawashiro.

[precita]

I love Masako Nozawa as Goku, and the rest of the cast, but Dragon Ball will keep going, without killing off characters. It's happened so many times before with a franchise this old.

Nozawa IS Goku though. And he's the main character, unlike Bulma, Tien, etc.

I'm sure Toriyama won't want Dragonball to continue without her either. Let's just hope Super gets at least a 5 year run before she gets too sick to act, which I imagine will happen before she passes away.

[majinwarman]

I love Masako Nozawa as Goku, and the rest of the cast, but Dragon Ball will keep going, without killing off characters. It's happened so many times before with a franchise this old.

Nozawa IS Goku though. And he's the main character, unlike Bulma, Tien, etc.

I'm sure Toriyama won't want Dragonball to continue without her either. Let's just hope Super gets at least a 5 year run before she gets too sick to act, which I imagine will happen before she passes away.

But, I could still see Dragon ball continuing with a replacement to voice Goku, Bulma, and other characters who need new voice actors. It may not happen in Super, but it will happen in the future.

[TBMx]

Nowaza voiced him for thirty one years. You don't just replace that.

[ToshioWrites]

They would recast Nozawa. When there’s that much money coming from a product , no VA no matter how much we love her will matter.

[Dbzfan94]

who is ''blooma''?

Bulma

[Kastex]

who the fuck is blooma?
Edit: oh, never mind. just read the above post......

why the fuck is she called blooma?

[Robo4900]

who the fuck is blooma?
Edit: oh, never mind. just read the above post......

why the fuck is she called blooma?

Blooma is her name. Bulma is a mistranslation that stems from Toriyama writing her name wrong in English on her shirt in the first chapter of the manga, which was carried over to the first episode of the anime too. Most English translations stick to "Bulma" so as to not stick out weirdly, and to not raise questions about why her name is written wrong on her shirt. See also: Kami vs God.

Anyway, no, Blooma/Bulma won't die any time soon. She'll probably get a lot less screentime, but they won't kill her. One thing I think they might do is just have her appear very sparingly voiced by a soundalike, then when we get to the end of Z material, they reuse her recordings from The Final Chapters.

[precita]

Bloomer and Bejita should probably both be retired after the TOP ends for a while, as their son Torankusu and Son Goten and Djinn the Boo take the center stage for the next arc.

[Chuquita]

I always liked the way Blooma sounds as a word compared to Bulma, but that would make her canon ship's abbreviation VegeBloo and that just sounds like a way to say super saiyan blue Vegeta.

[Majin Jator]

(Double post; sorry!)

I've been beginning to wonder more and more if the cast and crew knew Hiromi was dying. Bulma's famous last words to Goku and Vegeta in ep. 96 before the start of the ToP, Bulma being absent from DBS for what seemed like an eternity, and the ending theme Boogie Back.

It couldn't have been all just a coincidence, could it?

She wasn't "dying", she died from an aortic dissection. So yes, it's a coincidence.

[Robo4900]

Bloomer and Bejita should probably both be retired after the TOP ends for a while, as their son Torankusu and Son Goten and Djinn the Boo take the center stage for the next arc.

Bejita is an incorrect romanisation of Vegeta, similar to Bulma, Bulla, Giru, and the infamous "Kayoken" pronunciation of Kaioken. Except, unlike Bulma, it's not actually used in any media, so there's no excuse.
Same goes for "Torankusu"
Djinn is a more complex issue. Arguably, "Djinn-Boo" is a more correct way to phrase "Majin Boo", and that's the way the manga does it actually. But then, where does all the M symbology come from? Arguably, Madoshi might be where it's from, but "Madoshi" is only used in the subs, and in Japanese. In the dubs and manga, it's translated to "Wizard". So, Majin Boo is generally preferred. Djinn-Boo is valid, though -- again, the manga uses it.
Everything else there is good, although generally people use Blooma instead of Bloomer. Both work, but Blooma is generally preferred.

Anyway, this is very off-topic.
Blooma/Bulma needs to live until at least the end of Z material. After that, sure, they might kill her off. But we're likely quite a ways away from that.

[shadowmaria]

Spoiler:

[DB1984]

Forgot to add this: If Toei stupidly killed off Bulma, then they'd also be killing off her daughter, Bra, because Hiromi voiced her as well.

[Grimlock]

Forgot to add this: If Toei stupidly killed off Bulma, then they'd also be killing off her daughter, Bra, because Hiromi voiced her as well.

And Tights as well.

In my case, I won't notice any difference because I actually never watched Dragon Ball GT in Japanese, what I know about how characters sound like come from my experience with the games, and since Bra rarely appears in games (and the ones she does I never played) and Tights had just a few lines... Another voice actresses won't affect me when it comes to both of them. But Hiromi Tsuru will obviously be missed as Bulma.

[lariesadx]

I don't think Bulma, Thights or Bra should be removed from the end of Z or future sagas, I'm still hoping they do something with the new generation of Fighters, or maybe try to assimilate some ideas from the Dragon Ball Xenoverse or Online games, like Goku vs Vegeta last supernova fight, hopefully they could do something with Goten and Trunks as well.

[sintzu]

When it comes to Nozawa I think it'll be smart to recast her while she's alive instead of waiting for her to pass away as it'll lessen the blow to the fan base and probably even Japan.