Artorias wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 7:11 am
Just wanted to pop in here and say I don't understand how the collective reaction from everyone in this fandom regarding a potential Super remake isn't immediate rejection and bewilderment. I cannot comprehend why you would want to waste dozens or hundreds of people's time, money, and energy remaking a show that was as fundamentally doomed as Super. That show was not bad because it looked ugly. Yes, that obviously didn't help, but Super is, at it's core, a bad piece of media because the of the WRITING first and foremost. Going back to re-animate everything isn't going to help at all if something isn't done to address the horrific and slipshod writing that plagued the original run, and I highly doubt any meaningful changes will be made on that front. Taking a few points from the manga or cleaning up a few things here and there will not matter. This would require large sweeping changes that I don't see happening. This would just be one of most baffling, wasteful decisions I've ever seen if this comes to pass.
Let me preface by making it clear that I think these "leaks" are fake and the animated product will either be something new or a new movie, but not something related to Old Super. I think these "leaks", while pretty interesting and funny, are fake, and I'm not putting my money on them. I find the "evidence" to be rather weak and flimsy - just one artwork lost in the internet that apparently indicates Yamamuro is working on a new version of Battle of Gods.
I love the Super Era and I love the storylines of Super.
I hate that the Super Anime was undermined by those stupid executives putting insane deadlines on the artists, who couldn't work properly.
So, as someone who loves Super and hates the dumb work conditions that were imposed, I would love to see Super remastered; not only because I like the stories, but also because the artists will finally be able to convey those stories with proper deadlines and, hopefully, a reasonable work ethic.
It doesn't get any deeper than that.
But second, even if he DID write everything himself, why does that automatically mean changing it is off-limits?
Because a Remaster generally (maybe not always, but generally) preserves the original, -OVERARCHING- story intact (no, Piccolo losing to a bug is not important and it can be changed), vs. a Remake that generally overhaules the story entirely.
But let's put it this way: If you think a new Super "remaster" or "remake" or whatever should change the overarching plot of Super, do you think the same about Original Dragon Ball?
Should a remake of Original Dragon Ball change the overarching plot that Toriyama penned in the mid 80s?