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

[JulieYBM]

Call me a cynic, but I can't say that I understand the logic in thinking that Daima was a replacement for Super when Daima was just a project that Toriyama took over working on while still working on Super. There was no way that Super wasn't going to continue to be the primary face of the franchise after how huge it was for both the Tournament of Power and the Broly film.

I mean people were claiming that it was going to be the next arc of Super. It’s hype. It’s always hype. And I’m seeing that now as people are falling into that trap creating a version of this “remaster” that will assuredly disappoint people once it becomes clear that it’s likely not going to be that extensive.

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is going to clear my skin a d water my crops, actually.

(My skin is already clear and I do not have crops)

[YamiGoku]

My take on Super Beerus is that is better than nothing, we cant get Moro this year anyways, is only 6 episodes so is not like is going to drag forever, is a way to have the Super anime with good animation, some say Battle of Gods exists, but thats a Z movie, I know some of you may not like it, but for me is way batter for the DBS name to start from the series(Super) than having to watch a Z movie before, and having it with good animation is good for new audiences.


Beerus is just the start, is pretty obious they are going to continue with the rest of Super, just endure/ignore the Beerus part, you can still enjoy the OP/END, maybe you can watch a new cool fight Scene they made, you dont have to force yourself to watch the whole thing if you dont want to, but I think its way better than having nothing until late 2027 or 2028.

[Grimlock]

but I think its way better than having nothing until late 2027 or 2028.

An alternative could be adapting Jaco, the Galactic Patrolman and Neko Majin...

[Hellspawn28]

You guys forget how long the Moro saga is in the manga. It's not something that can be done in 10 episodes.

[JulieYBM]

You guys forget how long the Moro saga is in the manga. It's not something that can be done in 10 episodes.

It's not that long, especially with creative writing and directing decisions. Adapting two chapters an episode won't be an issue if the episodes are themselves feel substantial. We don't need to think in terms of panel-by-panel adaption, especially given how everyone winds up reading the manga at their own pace.

We should not be looking towards older Dragon Ball series as an example of how to adapt a story.

[Hellspawn28]

The Moro saga will probably be at least 20-28 episodes given that it's 25 chapters long.

[tinlunlau]

https://x.com/i/status/2016366634370576659

Just read that the Japanese voice actor who played Majin Buu just passed away at the age of 71.

[JulieYBM]

https://x.com/i/status/2016366634370576659

Just read that the Japanese voice actor who played Majin Buu just passed away at the age of 71.

Damn, this fucking sucks.

[sangofe]

https://x.com/i/status/2016366634370576659

Just read that the Japanese voice actor who played Majin Buu just passed away at the age of 71.

Noooo. I loved Majin Boo's japanese voice.

[Xeogran]

https://x.com/i/status/2016366634370576659

Just read that the Japanese voice actor who played Majin Buu just passed away at the age of 71.

WHAT
Worst news to wake up to

His voice is so amazing, I was looking forward to Buu's fight with Moro...

[danyq94]

but I think its way better than having nothing until late 2027 or 2028.

An alternative could be adapting Jaco, the Galactic Patrolman and Neko Majin...

In fact, this would be the perfect opportunity to tell the Galactic Patrol trilogy.
Adapting "Jiya", "Sachie-Chan" and "Jaco" as Merus' stories to Goku and Vegeta as they are about to go to Namek would be ideal, not only to get a complete picture of the Galactic Patrol (and Jaco, who was introduced in the Dragon Ball animation really badly, as if everyone knew him), but it would also give more lore to Earth.

[Scsigs]

All the conversations around Super: Beerus make it seem like the entirety of Super is getting the enhanced remaster treatment, but has there been any confirmation that it's not literally just the BoG arc?

AnimeAjay has confirmed it, I believe, & he usually has the inside scoop on these things from sources in the industry who work at Toei.

Outside of Ajay, who has insider information telling him that the Golden Freeza arc is also being enhanced, no.

The fact that they've just announced one short arc doesn't make me hopeful that they're actually doing the entire anime, honestly...

I mean, I'm sure they wanna wait to see how the remastered episodes do in the ratings, but I really doubt they're only doing the BOG arc.

Evolution is an interesting case. It’s a time where we lose the battle to win the war. Lose the battle because the movie was bad, nobody liked it, and those who signed on to help make it because they were passionate about the source material ended up feeling betrayed and disappointed. But we won the war, because it annoyed Toriyama so much that he decided he didn’t want his name attached to any more bad movies. Not when he could do something about it.

Spoony: BETRAYAL! BETRAYAL!

Yeah. When he felt so spiteful against Fox that he wanted to personally make sure that a Dragon Ball movie was good, I think we got 1 of the best DB movies ever.

To be honest, the Kai’s redraws were of poor quality and sometimes questionable to begin with

WHICH MAKES NO SENSE. Dragon Ball is only one of the most famous and important anime in the world. Why wouldn’t this be a time to go all out with the animation? It’s the most important action anime ever made. Especially with Super, you’ve got artists who have trained for decades for a chance to work on this franchise specifically. And the signs of rushed or careless production are everywhere. Why? How? Why is that allowed to happen? This isn't some no-name obscure title with no legacy to live up to, this is Dragon Ball. It’s never made sense to me.

We don't know who exactly did the redraws, but they were probably done by the people at Q-Tec, who were remastering & recutting the footage for not a lot of money or with not a lot of time. Toei doesn't like to actually spend money to do upkeep on their older titles for no reason, so this isn't surprising. And, considering that Kai didn't do as well in Japan as they wanted (did well in ratings, but not merch sales), I guess I can't blame them. They also just refuse to remaster the first 3 series or color correct their Blu-Ray masters of the movies for no reason, so I wouldn't put much stock in Toei knowing the right things to do towards this series.

Somebody please tell me this is FAKE:

Spoiler:

New content only in 2028? What the actual F*CK!

Pretty sure they announced Moro was coming in 2027, not 28.

Why do you want everything to be short? Having a short arc takes away the fun and thrill of wanting more. 26-40 episodes would be more ideal going forward.

This is an argument I've seen before & I don't understand it whatsoever. I'm sorry, but unless an arc has enough content to require more episodes, you DO NOT want that. What you should want is an arc that's as long as it needs to be, has a good pace to it, & tells a good story worthy of the time you invest into it as a viewer. This is why I prefer Kai over Z. Z needlessly wastes your time more often than not with needless filler that bloats the runtimes & episode counts of the arcs (& I'm talking the episodes that were just straight padding rather than attempting to further character arcs or tell a slice of life side story) on top of being slower paced than they needed to be. And, that was deliberate because they were still adapting the manga at the time. The episodes also varied wildly in animation quality as a result, since half the animation studios couldn't draw Dragon Ball for shit most of the time.

I genuinely don’t think the Moro arc warrants anything longer than the 12-13 episodes that appear to be standard for seasonal anime. It’s not exactly a complex story.

On another note, it is kinda fascinating that Super seems to have defaulted back to being the face of the Dragon Ball brand. I guess Daima really was a one-time experiment.

Depends on how much content is in the manga. There's nothing wrong with it being 24-26 episodes either if needed.

It can actually fit pretty well between Battle of Gods and Resurrection F, assuming they remove the line of Nahara and Kibito separating via a wish to Shenron from the U6 arc. They didn't start training with Whis yet, so that explains the lack of the SsjG and SsjB transformations. Vegeta just got a major boost against Beerus, so getting Ssj3 next makes sense. Ssj4 can be stated to require the magic of Neva to use, which opens the door for the tail and Ozaru being reintroduced later on. I personally don't think it'll be referenced, but if it is, this is one way of doing it.

Um...none of that handwaving or ignoring what actually happened in Daima would make Daima actually compatible with Super.

1. Daima takes place about 4 years before BOG as it starts on Trunks' 9th birthday & he's 8 in the Buu Arc. Videl is shown to be in her early pregnancy with Pan in BOG, who's 4 at the end of the manga. Nahare & Kibito are shown to still be fused at the beginning of BOG. Even in Super, they're not shown to have de-fused until some time after that, which they never showed them fusing back together at the end of Daima. The explanation is also different where they used the Dragon Balls in Super, but used Buu in Daima, reasoning that's how Vegetto defused into Goku & Vegeta. If they fused again after Daima's time frame, why would they stay fused again for 5-6 years & not just use Buu again?

2. I don't think anyone was confused as to why SS God & Blue weren't in Daima. That logically makes sense why they didn't have them in Daima.

3. Vegeta got a power boost in BOG, but it was specifically stated that he didn't go SS3. At best, he was in a boosted SS2 form. SS3 would've given him a new look if that was the intent, which it wasn't. The whole conceit around Vegeta getting SS Blue was that, just like SS4 in GT, he skipped over SS3 getting that form.

4. That's not how SS4 works in Daima, though. Neva gave Goku the boost he needed to attain the form, but after he went SS4 as a kid, he then was able to access it as an adult with no help from Neva or even a tail.

Every solution you just tried to introduce only creates more problems & logical inconsistencies.

Dragon Ball's long arcs in the comic are less about telling a story and more about selling magazines and other merchandise.

Ok, no. This is just insulting to Toriyama as a writer just like Mother's Basement trying to justify the numerous changes to the scripts in the Z dub with Toriyama making shit up as he went along. He absolutely tried to tell stories with the DB manga over sell merch or magazine copies. He was a creative, not a marketing person. He wrote the stories, then Shueisha & Bandai made the merch later. He still called the shots when writing the manga, even if sometimes his editor got on his ass too much.

An alternative could be adapting Jaco, the Galactic Patrolman and Neko Majin...

Jaco, yeah, that should've been adapted by now as an anime mini series. I have no idea why it hasn't been yet.
Neko Majin, no. I don't see that getting an anime adaptation. Yes, there are some DB crossovers in it, moreso in Neko Majin Z, but I don't think enough to sustain it for long & they'd have to wait a bit if they go in chronological order because, iirc, Toriyama didn't do those crossovers for a while in it. On top of that, its slice of life Toriyama comedy probably wouldn't be suitable for a lot of DB fans at least internationally since the least popular arcs over here are the earlier ones & the Buu Arc, which did have more of his comedy in them.

[JulieYBM]

We don't know who exactly did the redraws, but they were probably done by the people at Q-Tec, who were remastering & recutting the footage for not a lot of money or with not a lot of time. Toei doesn't like to actually spend money to do upkeep on their older titles for no reason, so this isn't surprising. And, considering that Kai didn't do as well in Japan as they wanted (did well in ratings, but not merch sales), I guess I can't blame them. They also just refuse to remaster the first 3 series or color correct their Blu-Ray masters of the movies for no reason, so I wouldn't put much stock in Toei knowing the right things to do towards this series.

The redrawn animation for Dragon Ball Kai was done by Toei Philippines.

Dragon Ball's long arcs in the comic are less about telling a story and more about selling magazines and other merchandise.

Ok, no. This is just insulting to Toriyama as a writer just like Mother's Basement trying to justify the numerous changes to the scripts in the Z dub with Toriyama making shit up as he went along. He absolutely tried to tell stories with the DB manga over sell merch or magazine copies. He was a creative, not a marketing person. He wrote the stories, then Shueisha & Bandai made the merch later. He still called the shots when writing the manga, even if sometimes his editor got on his ass too much.

All Weekly JUMP comics are written to last as long as possible. This is a pretty known thing for decades. Editors' jobs are to keep manga popular and keep them profitable. Toriyama would get told to do something and he'd go, "Yeah, okay, sure" and then do it until he eventually decided that enough was enough. It's why he threatened to quit if he couldn't make Gokuu and adult and why there was concern about changing Gokuu's design by making him an adult. Hell, it's why Dragon Ball exists: Toriyama is asked to make a new manga because he's a creator that sells magazines. Was there some degree of personal creative ambition? Probably, but this is the same exact guy who would constantly downplay the worth of his own work as meaning anything.

I'm not comparable to Mother's Basement here at all. Geoff Thew is a fucking idiot and I actually care about art lol.

[Xeogran]

Pretty sure they announced Moro was coming in 2027, not 28.

I heard that "internal talks" estimate it so, but nothing's set in stone yet. I doubt we'll get the entirety of DBS remastered in 2027 and still somehow the Moro arc on top of to that. That's a lot of stuff to cram into just one year, but I'd be gladly surprised

[BernardoCairo]

I'm just happy that it is going to happen at all at this point. They can take their time with it.

[JulieYBM]

Pretty sure they announced Moro was coming in 2027, not 28.

I heard that "internal talks" estimate it so, but nothing's set in stone yet. I doubt we'll get the entirety of DBS remastered in 2027 and still somehow the Moro arc on top of to that. That's a lot of stuff to cram into just one year, but I'd be gladly surprised

It wouldn't be surprising if The Galactic Patrol comes out in late 2027, given that Super: Beerus is slated to begin in late 2026. That means there's a year of lead in time to have the series ready to begin airing right after all of the other arcs. With proper planning it should work.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

I'm just happy that it is going to happen at all at this point. They can take their time with it.

I agree with this and YamiGoku's point any new Dragon Ball is better than none. I'm glad it seems the animation staff want to take their time with the Moro arc.

Labelling each arc under a subtitle will also make it easier for fans that don't want the retellings to skip them, as they can just wait for Dragon Ball Super Beerus to be over rather than constantly check episode guides for the entirety of Super to wonder when the arcs will end.

[JulieYBM]

I'm just happy that it is going to happen at all at this point. They can take their time with it.

I agree with this and YamiGoku's point any new Dragon Ball is better than none. I'm glad it seems the animation staff want to take their time with the Moro arc.

Labelling each arc under a subtitle will also make it easier for fans that don't want the retellings to skip them, as they can just wait for Dragon Ball Super Beerus to be over rather than constantly check episode guides for the entirety of Super to wonder when the arcs will end.

The animation staff do not determine if they get healthy production schedules and environments like that. It's up to people above them to determine if they can 'take their time' with a project. Hence, why Super 2015 sucked lol

[DragonBalllKaiHD]

It's evident that the top dogs learned their lesson based on the production schedules they put out after 2015 Dragon Ball Super. If I recalled correctly, 2018 movie had one year of production time before they released it. Superhero suffer a little bit, given Chikashi Kubota's comment about having more time to touch up after the hacking fiasco, but nothing remotely silimar to the TV series.

Beerus TV mini-series has about 10 months of production time left, with 6 episodes. Based on the time frame, Moro would be following the similar suit.

[kiarasuraru]

Call me a cynic, but I can't say that I understand the logic in thinking that Daima was a replacement for Super when Daima was just a project that Toriyama took over working on while still working on Super. There was no way that Super wasn't going to continue to be the primary face of the franchise after how huge it was for both the Tournament of Power and the Broly film.

To be fair, Daima happened right in the middle of the legal rights clusterfuck, that everyone and their mom expected to go for years and years and years. And then Toriyama died, making everything even worse.
It was not the craziest of stretches to think that between those two things the Iyoku side of things would go "fuck it, let's make our own Dragon Ball sequel now, with blackjack and hookers. Super? What's a Super? No idea what you're talking about."
It was either that or Dragon Ball continuing to be nothing while the legal mess kept going on. In all honestly, whatever agreements or deals or whatever happened in the background, we're real lucky things are moving on this quickly because these sort of things can easily hit up a decade.