While I think it's amusing that the different branches of
Super keep saddling us with a "Gohan gets back into fighting form" storyline, I echo sentiments above (and which I've made previously) that it's not any kind of damning note for shared continuity between films and manga, as Gohan is indeed not training full time following the ToP. Training for Moro was an exception, but his priorities are still work and family.
The films are scripted and produced on their own time (prior to later storylines; this one with producing preceding Moro and Granolah, and Broly being written before the ToP had been fully fleshed out in either version), and are relatively stand-alone plot-wise, so you kind of just have to shrug and accept some level of disconnect--especially because tying them too heavily into continuity of a (niche magazine) manga-only storyline is a death knell compared to the kind of broad audiences DB movies are meant to reach.
Even in
Broly, where I was actually surprised at how continuity-heavy it was, the ToP just got the lightest of light references to explain Freeza's return. Kale doesn't even get a mention, there's no evolved Vegeta form from either serialized version, etc. It touches on serialized events in the bare minimum capacity it can and otherwise remains pretty accessible coming off of
RoF. Also because there were details of serialized versions it
couldn't have foreseen during writing--who knows at what point Kale's role or Vegeta's evolution were solidified.
Same here. It was conceived as a stand-alone project that would neither have to tie in tightly with the manga, nor would it majorly step on its toes. It's inevitable that there might be little nitpicks for hyper-alert super fans though.
fleahop wrote: Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:09 pm
Who do we think the main audience for this movie is?
Do you think they're targeting the DBS anime fans or Heroes fans or DBS: Broly fans or some cross section when they began production?
I'm very interested because I don't feel as though I'm necessarily the intended audience but I'm SUPER pumped for the movie anyway.
Who you guys think they are intending to be the audience for this movie?
Nostalgics who will pop in for a
DB film but may not actually follow serialization, kids who watched or read
Super or have encountered DB through games and their families, and hardcore fans as a tiny subsection of viewers.
DB's a pop-culture icon in Japan. All of the above were true for
Broly as well.
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