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Post by Xeogran » Thu Dec 18, 2025 6:24 am

miguelnuva1 wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 5:23 am Dragonball will probably gonthe way if one piece with seasons so what ever hypothetically series is being worked on it would be about a year to get animated for 13 episodes and then off for a year more than likely.
Only if it's a new series and not a hypothetical Super remake. Otherwise it would take until 2030 to get past the ToP :lol:
If it is a remake, then it better air all in one go.

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Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Thu Dec 18, 2025 11:46 am

YamiGoku wrote: Tue Dec 16, 2025 7:12 pm I saw video from a youtuber named ToonRider, he makes videos about Dragon Ball news, he seems ok, dosent seem to make up BS like a lot of youtubers do, he said that the leaks depict the events of DBS, and that is possible not about a remake but part of a recap (maybe like the recap of the Majin Buu saga in Daima?).

Until I see the news from the official sources I wont belive anything a 100%, but maybe, just maybe will get something this time.
An extended recap episode, like we had for the first episode of Daima would be a great way to introduce a continuation of Super given how long it's been since the series ended. You could tell everything from the God of Destruction arc to the Tournament of Power in 30-40 minutes.
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Post by Xeogran » Thu Dec 18, 2025 11:56 am

Dragon Ball Ireland wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 11:46 am You could tell everything from the God of Destruction arc to the Tournament of Power in 30-40 minutes.
True, and this is exactly why the people in charge will be retelling that for the next 2 years instead :lol:

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Post by JulieYBM » Thu Dec 18, 2025 12:21 pm

If they started a new series with a retelling of the Broli arc, they could just bake a recap of the first series into the first few minutes of the first episode and then go from there. You don't need to spend forty minutes on this shit.
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Post by taikufuru » Thu Dec 18, 2025 1:29 pm

Whatever they're doing now, let it be something new. Unfortunately, the Dragon Ball Super TV series paid for the corporate incompetence of its time, but that doesn't mean we should be stuck with it or that there isn't an opportunity to do better with new stories, whether through new films or a continuation of the series.

I also don't see the need to spend so much time (40 minutes? This is crazy!) recapping the 2015 series when the subsequent films didn't try very hard to situate the audience in the stories they were telling, nor did they need to. Dragon Ball, despite its extensive history, is simple enough to be watched/read from any point without much harm. Episode 1 of Dragon Ball DAIMA taught a lesson about what not to do in a premiere episode: wasting time, being verbose with explanations, and not focusing on the most important part.

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Post by Skar » Thu Dec 18, 2025 2:03 pm

Something I learned about DB is that fan predictions are usually wrong and the opposite happens. Nothing wrong with many predictions but sometimes they're said with such confidence that you're not sure if they based on insider information or just speculation :P.

-Super anime is going to continue next year (every year since 2018) because it made a lot of money. First anime since then was Daima and seems to be its own continuity.

-The success of Super means more movies being released more frequently. The time between movies has gotten longer.

-The next storyline after the ToP will continue to explore the other universes. Every storyline since then has taken place in U7 aside from Daima which was in different location than the other universes.

-Next arc will take place after EoZ. All of Super and Daima are still set before.

-Toei used CGI in Super Hero to save money and will use those models for every DB anime going forward. Next anime project didn't use them.

There could be more I'm forgetting. We really have no idea what they're planning until next month. I think a remake of Super is as likely as any other prediction.

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Post by Xeogran » Thu Dec 18, 2025 3:00 pm

Skar wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 2:03 pm I think a remake of Super is as likely as any other prediction.
Especially since it can include Super Saiyan Goku Black, so that he can be used as a character in all the new games. Because if they adapt the manga straight from Moro, that would mean they'd never get to adapt SS1 Black. Crazy, huh. :P

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Post by TheRed259 » Thu Dec 18, 2025 3:20 pm

Additional rumors from 4chan.

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Post by miguelnuva1 » Thu Dec 18, 2025 4:28 pm

TheRed259 wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 3:20 pm Additional rumors from 4chan.
I would laugh if this was the case.

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Post by SupremeKai25 » Thu Dec 18, 2025 5:37 pm

Damn. That "leak" sounds awful. The "animation" is not bad, it's the "artwork" that suffered a lot. Character faces looking off, proportions all over the place, underwhelming use of colors and shades. How does "fixing animation" translate to "fixing the artwork"?

And there better be more effort put into it than damn KAI, which was the bare minimum. And that "web anime" sounds totally unnecessary.

That's a nasty leak. I hope it's completely and utterly WRONG. :lol:
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Post by Xeogran » Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:01 pm

SupremeKai25 wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 5:37 pmThe "animation" is not bad, it's the "artwork" that suffered a lot. Character faces looking off, proportions all over the place, underwhelming use of colors and shades. How does "fixing animation" translate to "fixing the artwork"?
It might be both. Since not everyone's an industry expert, fixing animation might as well mean fixing the art too. And if they plan to include any new scenes, then obviously it would need new art. Well it said there will be more work put into it than into Kai, so that's a positive way to look at it.

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Post by Chuquita » Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:09 pm

If those leaks are true:
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Post by JulieYBM » Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:10 pm

Dragon Ball Super has plenty of bad animation just beyond trying to draw Yamamuro's awful character models.

Anyway, I doubt those rumors from 4Chan are real.
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Post by miguelnuva1 » Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:31 pm

JulieYBM wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:10 pm Dragon Ball Super has plenty of bad animation just beyond trying to draw Yamamuro's awful character models.

Anyway, I doubt those rumors from 4Chan are real.
I lean toward fake but still the same time why fake a leak the majority are going to be negative about. Usually fake leaks try to be exciting.

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Post by Hellspawn28 » Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:59 pm

A remake of Super is pointless because they would be redoing stuff that we have already seen. Just do a Moro saga adaptation and open with a recap of the Broly movie.
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Post by The Dark Knight » Thu Dec 18, 2025 10:56 pm

I was hoping we could game a game that focused on early Dragon Ball instead, as that's far more fitting for an adventure game than Super is. As for the Kai edition of Super, I'm not sure how to feel about it considering what a train wreck the original Kai was.

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Post by JulieYBM » Thu Dec 18, 2025 11:01 pm

miguelnuva1 wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:31 pm
JulieYBM wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:10 pm Dragon Ball Super has plenty of bad animation just beyond trying to draw Yamamuro's awful character models.

Anyway, I doubt those rumors from 4Chan are real.
I lean toward fake but still the same time why fake a leak the majority are going to be negative about. Usually fake leaks try to be exciting.
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Post by mecha3000 » Fri Dec 19, 2025 2:28 am

Y'know, at first, I really wanted a remake of the original 42 volumes of Dragon Ball as an anime. And I still do. But assuming this Super remake is real, I'm actually really on board with it. As much as some of us might hate retreading Super (especially after the first two arcs retreaded Battle of Gods and Resurrection F), this makes sense for business and creative reasons.

1. Remaking Super allows Toei (or whoever) to readapt the arcs with terrible animation with better animation, but it also gives them more content to adapt rather than starting with the Broly or Moro arcs. In fact, it gives them ten arcs - Battle of Gods, Resurrection F, Universe 6, Future Trunks, Tournament of Power, Broly, Moro, Granolah, Super Hero and the hypothetical Black Frieza arc. It also allows the Super manga to add more chapters while the anime retells Super.

2. With Toriyama's passing, some fans may have concerns about continuing Dragon Ball without him. Remaking Super allows Toei to ease people into an eventual Toriyama-less DB by readapting all the arcs Toriyama had a hand in. It also honors him by reanimating Super the way it should've been from the start.

3. If the rumors about it adapting the Super manga directly are true, this is genius. It puts Super alongside the original 42 volumes by having it be a literal manga-to-anime adaptation and makes things simpler by unifying both mediums. And like others have said, it allows new video games to adapt manga exclusive content like Super Saiyan Goku Black. It would also make the remake feel unique from the 2015 Super series.

4. Believe it or not, the original Super anime is now ten years old. For context, Hunter x Hunter had the '99 anime and twelve years later, got the 2011 anime remake. In just basically one year (by 2027), Super will have that same time gap. That means there's a whole new generation of younger fans or new fans in general who haven't seen it and wouldn't be caught up for the Moro and Granolah arcs. Remaking Super would get all the new fans on board in time for the newer arcs.

It's basically a "have your cake and eat it too" situation. So yeah, not exactly what I wanted, but I'd be fine with it. Also, with Dragon Ball Daima acting as a sort-of new "OG" Dragon Ball series with Kid Goku again, this Super anime remake would function as a new "Z" (especially if it's animated that way and maybe has Kageyama songs in it). And maybe the first episode of this possible new Super remake can recap all of OG and Z with better animation in a montage or something. So, in the end, I would still kind of get my Dragon Ball remake. Just not the way I wanted, but it works.

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Post by The Dark Knight » Fri Dec 19, 2025 3:52 am

mecha3000 wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 2:28 amY'know, at first, I really wanted a remake of the original 42 volumes of Dragon Ball as an anime. And I still do. But assuming this Super remake is real, I'm actually really on board with it.
I never understood the desire of fans to get a remake of classic Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z. They adapted the manga almost 1:1, with minimal changes here and there. The voice actors were at the top of their game, and the background music and songs were very well composed and placed. The art and animation were regularly on point, with the occasional drop here and there. I guess a faster-paced story is appealing, but for each piece of bad filler they remove, they will also be removing good filler that improved the overall story. Then of course there will be the issues of toning everything down in order to appeal to the widest market of people possible, something the two classic series rarely did. Another issue that would likely arise is them sprinkling in references to future events in Super and Daima to better tie all of them together, even though neither existed when the original manga was being written and adapted.

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Post by PhantomSaiyan » Fri Dec 19, 2025 7:42 am

Who is putting Yammamuro in charge again? That's one thing that's making me doubt these leaks to be honest, because if this is true, then Toei lost their mind

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