Unpopular DB opinions

[Basaku]

I'm feeling pretty burnt out on Dragon Ball. I still have a love for the series, but honestly, I'm okay if we don't see anything new for a while. The return of Dragon Ball after 1997 was inevitable; a massive franchise like DB isn't just going to fade away, especially since other Shonen series have continued to release new content long after their original runs. At this point, I'm fine without any fresh DB material, especially with Toriyama no longer around. I will be fine if Super never returns and there is no new movies.

I fully get it, the truth is that the series' narrative has run its course* but without that final BFreez arc it will always feel incomplete to me. And yes, Nozawa should voice Goku in it. Then she can be recast for post-BFreez and post-EOZ stories. Assuming Shueisha and Toei even manage to get this final arc before you know what....

*with Goku as a lead

[WittyUsername]

Would it be unpopular to say that I don’t see the need for a Dragon Ball anime remake?

[Majin Buu]

Would it be unpopular to say that I don’t see the need for a Dragon Ball anime remake?

I imagine that's about as unpopular as "Dragon Ball never needed to return".

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

In my years of talking to other Dragon Ball fans I can say I'm in the minority that thinks a remake would be a good idea.

[JulieYBM]

I think it's all around a smart idea to do a new animated retelling of Dragon Ball. There's a better story to be told by retelling Dragon Ball with foreknowledge of how the story progresses and there are passionate staff out there who would want to create a new telling of the series. Anime remakes are a dime a dozen, Dragon Ball isn't so special that it can't be told in animation again with a tighter, sharper, healthier production.

[coola]

I think it's all around a smart idea to do a new animated retelling of Dragon Ball. There's a better story to be told by retelling Dragon Ball with foreknowledge of how the story progresses and there are passionate staff out there who would want to create a new telling of the series. Anime remakes are a dime a dozen, Dragon Ball isn't so special that it can't be told in animation again with a tighter, sharper, healthier production.

But, i wouldn't mind giving it to different studio, One Piece remake is gonna be made by Wit Studio, and they are doing fantastic job with Shin Samurai-den Yaiba

[JulieYBM]

I think it's all around a smart idea to do a new animated retelling of Dragon Ball. There's a better story to be told by retelling Dragon Ball with foreknowledge of how the story progresses and there are passionate staff out there who would want to create a new telling of the series. Anime remakes are a dime a dozen, Dragon Ball isn't so special that it can't be told in animation again with a tighter, sharper, healthier production.

But, i wouldn't mind giving it to different studio, One Piece remake is gonna be made by Wit Studio, and they are doing fantastic job with Shin Samurai-den Yaiba

The studio doesn't really matter so long as the production environment is good. There are plenty of good directors and animators at Toei Animation that could lead such a project.

[MasenkoHA]

Would it be unpopular to say that I don’t see the need for a Dragon Ball anime remake?

Is that unpopular? I see fans wanting the original series to get the Kai treatment for whatever reason but that’s about it. Mostly the fandoms seems hyper fixated at 2uper still happening. I don’t think a lot of them are aware there was a series before Raditz landed on earth

[Trouser]

Would it be unpopular to say that I don’t see the need for a Dragon Ball anime remake?

In todays world it would be stupidly censored and cropped out of content.

It's best to just leave it be.

[JulieYBM]

Toei Animation has, like, six different, unconnected versions of GeGeGe no Kitarou and then a full-on remake of Digimon Adventure, still using Nakatsuru Katsuyoshi's designs, with the only updates being to the clothing. A new telling of Dragon Ball in the next ten or so years is not going to be a shocker.

[Hellspawn28]

A remake series could allow for a new English cast. Time for CR to pass on to the voices for a new generation.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

A remake series could allow for a new English cast. Time for CR to pass on to the voices for a new generation.

Crunchyroll are going to hold on to the legacy cast with an iron fist, just as Funimation did before them. The chance to do a complete, from the ground up recast was Kai. Hell, Funimation nearly kept Linda Young as Freeza (she had that line in the first episode).

Ocean had the courage to reaudition everyone, but of course their efforts have yet to be rewarded as we still haven't seen their Kai dub. It would be great to hear though, just for knowing even the returning actors like Brian Drummond and Scott McNeil had to beat the competition for their old roles.

[MasenkoHA]

A remake series could allow for a new English cast. Time for CR to pass on to the voices for a new generation.

Crunchyroll are going to hold on to the legacy cast with an iron fist, just as Funimation did before them. The chance to do a complete, from the ground up recast was Kai. Hell, Funimation nearly kept Linda Young as Freeza (she had that line in the first episode).

For Daima Crunchyroll did follow Toei’s example and gave everyone new “kid” actors except for Goku. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that if Toei made an actual remake with an all new cast that CR would do the same.

[WittyUsername]

The way I see it, we already had a remake with Kai and on top of that, the story of DBZ has been retold countless times in video game form anyway.

If people want a remake of OG Dragon Ball specifically, the simple fact is that the vast majority of Dragon Ball fans don’t care for the pre-Raditz stuff. Dragon Ball without Vegeta, Gohan, and Super Saiyans is not an easy sell. There’s a reason that the most talked about parts of Daima are SS3 Vegeta and SS4 Goku.

[JulieYBM]

The way I see it, we already had a remake with Kai and on top of that, the story of DBZ has been retold countless times in video game form anyway.

If people want a remake of OG Dragon Ball specifically, the simple fact is that the vast majority of Dragon Ball fans don’t care for the pre-Raditz stuff. Dragon Ball without Vegeta, Gohan, and Super Saiyans is not an easy sell. There’s a reason that the most talked about parts of Daima are SS3 Vegeta and SS4 Goku.

Taking twenty year old materials and doing a rushed, awful re-edit hardly counts for a true second adaption of Dragon Ball. Even then, a third adaption of Dragon Ball is hardly a big deal, especially when it could actually be done far better than either of the first two.

I suspect that a film series would be more likely, though.

[WittyUsername]

The way I see it, we already had a remake with Kai and on top of that, the story of DBZ has been retold countless times in video game form anyway.

If people want a remake of OG Dragon Ball specifically, the simple fact is that the vast majority of Dragon Ball fans don’t care for the pre-Raditz stuff. Dragon Ball without Vegeta, Gohan, and Super Saiyans is not an easy sell. There’s a reason that the most talked about parts of Daima are SS3 Vegeta and SS4 Goku.

Taking twenty year old materials and doing a rushed, awful re-edit hardly counts for a true second adaption of Dragon Ball. Even then, a third adaption of Dragon Ball is hardly a big deal, especially when it could actually be done far better than either of the first two.

I suspect that a film series would be more likely, though.

I don’t know how feasible a faithful film series adaptation of Dragon Ball would be, unless they heavily condensed things like the older movies that retold the story.

[JulieYBM]

The way I see it, we already had a remake with Kai and on top of that, the story of DBZ has been retold countless times in video game form anyway.

If people want a remake of OG Dragon Ball specifically, the simple fact is that the vast majority of Dragon Ball fans don’t care for the pre-Raditz stuff. Dragon Ball without Vegeta, Gohan, and Super Saiyans is not an easy sell. There’s a reason that the most talked about parts of Daima are SS3 Vegeta and SS4 Goku.

Taking twenty year old materials and doing a rushed, awful re-edit hardly counts for a true second adaption of Dragon Ball. Even then, a third adaption of Dragon Ball is hardly a big deal, especially when it could actually be done far better than either of the first two.

I suspect that a film series would be more likely, though.

I don’t know how feasible a faithful film series adaptation of Dragon Ball would be, unless they heavily condensed things like the older movies that retold the story.

It depends on the number of films. I doubt any of them would be more than two hours long, but you can easily change the plot of the comic to better suit a film format.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

A remake series could allow for a new English cast. Time for CR to pass on to the voices for a new generation.

Crunchyroll are going to hold on to the legacy cast with an iron fist, just as Funimation did before them. The chance to do a complete, from the ground up recast was Kai. Hell, Funimation nearly kept Linda Young as Freeza (she had that line in the first episode).

For Daima Crunchyroll did follow Toei’s example and gave everyone new “kid” actors except for Goku. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that if Toei made an actual remake with an all new cast that CR would do the same.

But we aren't used to seeing most characters in Daima who turned into "kids" as kids. If anything Stephanie Nadolny reprising her role is more of a reason to suspect we'll continue to see dependence on legacy castings. Admittedly I was a little surprised to see Paul Castro Junior as Vegeta instead of Justin Briner, but that could have easily been a one-off, just as Colleen Clinkenbeard as Goku in the 2010 redub of Dragon Ball movie 1 was.

[Dbzfan94]

Crunchyroll are going to hold on to the legacy cast with an iron fist, just as Funimation did before them. The chance to do a complete, from the ground up recast was Kai. Hell, Funimation nearly kept Linda Young as Freeza (she had that line in the first episode).

For Daima Crunchyroll did follow Toei’s example and gave everyone new “kid” actors except for Goku. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that if Toei made an actual remake with an all new cast that CR would do the same.

But we aren't used to seeing most characters in Daima who turned into "kids" as kids. If anything Stephanie Nadolny reprising her role is more of a reason to suspect we'll continue to see dependence on legacy castings. Admittedly I was a little surprised to see Paul Castro Junior as Vegeta instead of Justin Briner, but that could have easily been a one-off, just as Colleen Clinkenbeard as Goku in the 2010 redub of Dragon Ball movie 1 was.

Colleen Clinkenbeard still voices DB & GT Kid Goku in the games, I don’t think they’ll end up redubbing them with Stephanie but who knows at this point.

[Zinnia]

Would it be unpopular to say that I don’t see the need for a Dragon Ball anime remake?

I think they know that and thus already gave us DB remake in the form of recaps through the different movies, specials and stuff. Like the recent segment in Super Hero quickly recapping Goku's assault at Red Ribbon.

They wouldn't be able to top this, people would be making comparisons and then being mad that it doesn't look half as good as the movie-budget scene did (duh) and ask what's even the point.