Dragon Ball Genkida Matsuri 2026 DBS remaster, DBS galactic patrol arc, Age 1000 announced.

[PhantomSaiyan]

I'm sorry to be blunt, but I kind of see no point.
The Battle of Gods movie was fine as it was, the TV series didn't really add anything all that substantial to the story and could easily be ignored and skipped.

I do have one question: Is this a TV anime or a movie?
Because even if it does have superior animation... I don't know, I don't feel like sitting through 4 episodes to finally introduce Beerus all over again, or entire episodes with Goten & Trunks, and Pilaf Gang shenanigans.

EDIT:
Yeah, I know, Moro Arc and everything.
I have already read it, and I'm as excited to see it as I was excited to see the Super Hero movie retold in manga format...
That is to say, I'm completely uninterested here.

It's not meant for us, it's likely meant to get a new audience up to speed before they release the Moro arc, so they are using this as a chance to fix their biggest mistakes when it comes to the animation.

Imo there's nothing bad about having an improved version of the old anime, literally 0 downsides. And yes, it's 100% going to be episodes, not a movie.

[JulieYBM]

I'm sorry to be blunt, but I kind of see no point.
The Battle of Gods movie was fine as it was, the TV series didn't really add anything all that substantial to the story and could easily be ignored and skipped.

I do have one question: Is this a TV anime or a movie?
Because even if it does have superior animation... I don't know, I don't feel like sitting through 4 episodes to finally introduce Beerus all over again, or entire episodes with Goten & Trunks, and Pilaf Gang shenanigans.

EDIT:
Yeah, I know, Moro Arc and everything.
I have already read it, and I'm as excited to see it as I was excited to see the Super Hero movie retold in manga format...
That is to say, I'm completely uninterested here.

It's a TV series. It's being aired so that young people will be able to watch it. You can just choose to not watch it if you don't want to.

[Noah]

Wow, I really didn’t expect a DB event I never even heard of to drop such big and meaningful announcements for the franchise.

But let me get this straight: before we get the Moro arc from the DBS manga animated, they’re going to revisit all the previous DBS arcs as a seasonal anime? Eh… I’ve got mixed feelings about that. Like, I don’t get why they wouldn’t just do the simple thing and straight-up announce “SUUPA TSU” picking up from where the first anime left off and (unfortunately) having to adapt the Broly and Super Hero movies into proper arcs format and then, somewhere along the way, finally reach the manga content.

And another thing… nothing about DAIMA at all? When rumors about a DBS remake started, I thought it would at least be meant to build a bridge between those two series. So in the end, is DAIMA going into the same territory as GT? A glorified side-story whose only real importance/difference is being Akira Toriyama’s final project

I keep seeing the phrase "to remind audiences of what DBS is...Who doesn't know what Dragon Ball Super is? Is this refresher course really needed?

My thoughts exactly. I mean, what irks me is that what would be perfect for the 40th DB Anniversary is an actual remake of the original Dragon Ball (1986). But they’ll probably never do that, since they see DB as the least profitable series compared to the others (Z, GT, and Super), which is pretty sad.

Make a version of the Future Trunks saga where Trunks kills Zamasu and he lives happily ever after with his timeline. I want to see this arc get redeemed, I want to see 99% of the criticism about this arc disappear.

Coming from a guy like you, that’s surprising. I thought you would want an even more tragic ending, with Zamasu taking the ultimate win.

[JulieYBM]

They announced a sequel to the Tournament of Power, though. It's coming after they do the re-edit so that general audiences will have a refreshed look at the story so far.

It's not complicated.

[Scsigs]

Can't wait to see the scene where Goku and Vegeta save Gohan from Frieza finally fixed

Sorry, but no amount of fixed animation will fix the shit story. I'd rather just watch the movie again, as I can't see them actually fixing it.

[danyq94]

Can't wait to see the scene where Goku and Vegeta save Gohan from Frieza finally fixed

Sorry, but no amount of fixed animation will fix the shit story. I'd rather just watch the movie again, as I can't see them actually fixing it.

In fact, I said it on purpose. It is impossible to fix this scene without redoing it from scratch or deleting it.

[Cold Skin]

^ They'll probably reanimate it from scratch, therefore surely making it stylish.
Visual correction is all it needs to be good, an exhausted Gohan about to faint/die is about to get killed by a beam and Goku appears and deflects the beam with just fingers like it's nothing, this is bound to be stylish if the animation is good.

They just have to find a way to convey that Gohan is useless and pathetic at this point of the story while maintaining good graphics.
It is imperative that the audience thinks "ugh, this is all that Gohan amounts to now? Look at this weak, pathetic excuse for a man, how ridiculous", they need to find a way to make him look pathetic at this moment, he needs to hit rock bottom when it comes to charisma.

[SupremeKai25]

Coming from a guy like you, that’s surprising. I thought you would want an even more tragic ending, with Zamasu taking the ultimate win.

Zamasu already took the ultimate W in my heart by becoming my favorite villain in all of Dragon Ball.

Now I want the saga to get a happy Disney ending and watch the fandom's turnaround.

However, it is quite sad that an ending that tried to be a little more original, just a tiny bit more original than usual (so, no protagonists wishing everyone back to life and everything going back to normal), got so much hate.

Honestly, you don't even need to change that much... just replace the scene where Whis tells Trunks to go to another timeline with a scene of Trunks gathering the Dragon Balls and using them to restore his timeline. Done. Happy Disney ending.

[JulieYBM]

Can't wait to see the scene where Goku and Vegeta save Gohan from Frieza finally fixed

Sorry, but no amount of fixed animation will fix the shit story. I'd rather just watch the movie again, as I can't see them actually fixing it.

The movie is terrible, so you should just not watch either the film or the first television series adaption.

Everybody should stop watching Dragon Ball, actually.

[Yellow Flower King]

Can't wait to see the scene where Goku and Vegeta save Gohan from Frieza finally fixed

Sorry, but no amount of fixed animation will fix the shit story. I'd rather just watch the movie again, as I can't see them actually fixing it.

The movie is terrible, so you should just not watch either the film or the first television series adaption.

Everybody should stop watching Dragon Ball, actually.

We should all watch The Kabocha Wine for our Showa Era anime needs and hope for a remake of Stop! Hibari-kun for our modern day anime needs.

[Cold Skin]

Coming from a guy like you, that’s surprising. I thought you would want an even more tragic ending, with Zamasu taking the ultimate win.

Zamasu already took the ultimate W in my heart by becoming my favorite villain in all of Dragon Ball.

Now I want the saga to get a happy Disney ending and watch the fandom's turnaround.

However, it is quite sad that an ending that tried to be a little more original, just a tiny bit more original than usual (so, no protagonists wishing everyone back to life and everything going back to normal), got so much hate.

Honestly, you don't even need to change that much... just replace the scene where Whis tells Trunks to go to another timeline with a scene of Trunks gathering the Dragon Balls and using them to restore his timeline. Done. Happy Disney ending.

I like the ending as far as I'm concerned, wouldn't change a thing about it.
It's a clever way to set up the next arc's level of threat as no joke at all and it keeps Trunks' destiny bitter-sweet, a bitter-sweet ending for him feels right, a happy world but with the little pinch in the heart that is not really yours, but one close enough.
Also, there would be a potential for interesting stories with a world having two Trunkses and how they handle how those two Trunkses find their places.

[Kenji]

Right.

I do understand Super's initial animation wasn't the best, but is making the animation prettier really going to fix all the writing, pacing and storytelling issues? I don't think so.

If they're going for the TV series format, I do hope these stories are at least condensed, because let's all be honest. The first two arcs of Super are glorified filler and nothing about them is really an improvement over their movie versions, one of which was quite terrible enough as it was.

[funrush]

I keep seeing the phrase "to remind audiences of what DBS is..." Who doesn't know what Dragon Ball Super is? Let alone what DB is. Is this refresher course really needed?

Wouldn't airing the movies on TV serve the same purpose and cut costs?

Making a new version causes a bigger hubbub. People see that there's a new Dragon Ball anime and might hop on that way. Versus telling people "the new series starts in a couple years, watch 131 episodes of reruns on TV/Crunchyroll/etc. first."

But also this is Dragon Ball, a series that a lot of people hopped on partway through, so does it really matter? Theoretically a newcomer could probably turn into Moro as their first arc the same way someone could tune into Raditz. So it's less about "We have to get people caught up" and more about "We've created a new shiny product to draw in anyone who hasn't seen it yet"

For example I have a buddy who I watched Dragon Ball Z Kai with a couple years back, but he hasn't touched any of the Super stuff. When he sees that they're redoing it, or at least the beginning of it, he might think "Okay, I'll watch the redone version when that comes out" and boom his procrastination is over. I think people like him are the primary audience for this type of thing, people who saw Z but haven't seen Super yet. And of course there's probably some people out there who haven't seen any Dragon Ball anything and Beerus will be their introduction to the franchise. That's the answer to the "Why bother make this?" question I think.

As for the Resurrection F discussion, I think they could make it a really fun watch if they worked really hard on it, although with both BoG and Resurrection F I'm not sure if they can top the movies. The eventual Broly reanimation is going to have a particularly hard time, that movie is probably the best looking Dragon Ball thing ever made IMO.

The only part of Resurrection F's story I thought was legitimately bad and I wouldn't mind changing is the part where Goku gets shot by a laser gun and it totally takes him out of commission. I always thought it was dumb that Goku could get downed by a gun, that must be the most powerful gun ever conceived of. I also thought it was silly Roshi was able to fight the henchmen but that's nothing compared to the BS powerscaling they do with him in the ToP. Gohan getting one shotted was disappointing but didn't feel "WRONG" in the way the Goku gets killed by a gun part did.

[Cold Skin]

Right.

I do understand Super's initial animation wasn't the best, but is making the animation prettier really going to fix all the writing, pacing and storytelling issues? I don't think so.

If they're going for the TV series format, I do hope these stories are at least condensed, because let's all be honest. The first two arcs of Super are glorified filler and nothing about them is really an improvement over their movie versions, one of which was quite terrible enough as it was.

Apparently around 6 episodes. Should be condensed enough compared to the original 14.

[Scsigs]

Right.

I do understand Super's initial animation wasn't the best, but is making the animation prettier really going to fix all the writing, pacing and storytelling issues? I don't think so.

If they're going for the TV series format, I do hope these stories are at least condensed, because let's all be honest. The first two arcs of Super are glorified filler and nothing about them is really an improvement over their movie versions, one of which was quite terrible enough as it was.

I mean, that's what some people are saying, that the other arcs that are getting this treatment are also getting condensed down, on top of the prettier animation corrections & some additions.

[Cold Skin]

The only part of Resurrection F's story I thought was legitimately bad and I wouldn't mind changing is the part where Goku gets shot by a laser gun and it totally takes him out of commission. I always thought it was dumb that Goku could get downed by a gun, that must be the most powerful gun ever conceived of. I also thought it was silly Roshi was able to fight the henchmen but that's nothing compared to the BS powerscaling they do with him in the ToP. Gohan getting one shotted was disappointing but didn't feel "WRONG" in the way the Goku gets killed by a gun part did.

I thought it was totally okay in the TV version having him untransformed.
When Goku lowers his guard, even a simple rock thrown by Krilin can hurt him like it would with a normal Earthling, so a top-notch laser device meant to kill all kinds of aliens can do the same as it would with an Earthling.
Though in that scene, Krilin did hurt him like an Earthling while he was a Super Saiyan, so I guess even the original movie scene is coherent with the fact that even transformations don't protect you at all if you lower your guard and relax your body.

But I liked that they emphasize it in the TV version by having him totally untransform and get back to his "casual day" expression on his face, really showing he has totally quit battle mode and therefore made the fatal mistake Whis warned him about.

It's the point: Goku is warned that no matter how strong you are, once you lower your guard and quit the fighting mode, any little hit can prove fatal, no matter if you're one of the best beings in the universe. Even a slap from Bulma hurts like it would hurt an Earthling if you're not in battle mode, so a pierce-all alien laser surely does as well.

[JulieYBM]

Right.

I do understand Super's initial animation wasn't the best, but is making the animation prettier really going to fix all the writing, pacing and storytelling issues? I don't think so.

If they're going for the TV series format, I do hope these stories are at least condensed, because let's all be honest. The first two arcs of Super are glorified filler and nothing about them is really an improvement over their movie versions, one of which was quite terrible enough as it was.

I believe that they're also making changes to the story, so it's possible that the scripts will be better, too.

[Kenji]

OK, my interest is piqued now.
I'm curious to see how it'll turn out, because one of my biggest gripes with modern Dragon Ball is the horrible pacing.
Maybe this new version will improve my opinion of Super overall.

[SupremeKai25]

I seriously don't understand the reaction to this remaster.

For 10 years people made fun of Super's artwork, all those obnoxious episode 5 memes. The rushed artwork was always the main criticism levied at Super.

Now, finally, after 10 years, they're remastering Super to fix the artwork and animation errors and overall make a more polished and better-looking product. Yet still you see so much complaining?! It doesn't make any sense to me.

They listened: They're fixing the art and animation. They just can't win with this fandom or what?

This meme took the words right out of my mouth:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dragonballsupe ... of_things/

[taikufuru]

Well, if they mess up the second attempt, they can try again in five years. After all, it's improving, isn't it? Personally, I'd stay in this endless cycle. In 2036, there will be children who didn't watch the series in 2026, so they'll make a new version for them.