Should GT be remade at some point?

[super michael]

If a GT remake does happen, what changes would it need to be better than the original? What are the things that doesn't need changes?

[Koitsukai]

Well, remove that whole Doll Taki - Pan situation. That's the first thing that comes to mind.

-Maybe smooth out all that section of the story where there's always a bigger boss watching from behind the curtains. It's just sloppy.

-Do a proper distribution of tasks in the last arc, Goku and Pan shouldn't take on 6 dragons on their own and then the entire gang coming back to deal with the last one.

-Expand upon the villains coming back to life, that has potential to be an arc of its own.

-Do NOT mess with Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku.

I'm against GT getting a remake but if it must happen, with those changes I'm good. I'm even ok with the new rules of hell that allow to build labs there.

[Kenji]

If a GT remake does happen, what changes would it need to be better than the original? What are the things that doesn't need changes?

Other than the obvious polish story beats that were already present in the original, such as Pan and Giru's relationship, Trunks's plan in M2, the use of strategy to defealt Rilld, Baby's creation and ties to the Lood Cult, Piccolo's sacrifice, the space travels and how they tie to the ending of the story, and rewrite the entirety of the Super #17 saga:

- I would probably suggest the Black Star Dragon Balls just be the regular Dragon Balls that were corrupted by too many wishes, and not entire new sets created through a plot hole. That way, when they gather them together after the space travels and try to undo their damage, they get in for a rude awakening.

- Make the space travels longer. I don't care if the majority of the fandom has allergies to adventure stories, I liked those episodes enough to want more of them and they can absolutely be more compelling in the hands of a competent writer.

- I wouldn't say remove Dolltaki altogether, but make him more a parallel to Master Roshi and make it dead clear that his behavior is not funny, charming or whatever the fuck the producers were going for. Also, let Pan kill his ass.

- I like Pan enough as she is for her character of being a people person and "the heart" of the group, but tone down the damsel in distress shit. I'm not saying make her hypercompetent, but maybe don't make her entire role in the story get her ass kicked so Goku can save her... And get rid of the creepy sexualization of a 9-year old... Actually, go even further, make Dolltaki a representation of how utterly disgusting Toriyama and Toei were in the 80's/90's.

- Give Vegeta some level of self-reflection on how awful him, the Saiyans and his father were in the past to the Tsufurujin. Heck, try to have him plead to Baby that they're not like that anymore, or try to have him fight Baby from the inside, instead of just going "Oh, you're a Tsufurujin, that race of insects we genocided before. Die again lol"

- Maybe give Goku, Pan & Trunks a reason for Baby to fail at possessing them. Because him going, "Eh, I'm not even gonna bother, I'm just gonna kill you all." Was mind-numbing. Heck, you don't even need to reach that far, just have him say Trunks is too mentally powerful for him to possess like in Pital, and the same applies to Goku and Pan. So he just decides, since he can't possess them, he'll just kill them. Or give them an antivirus or something, Trunks does allude to installing something on Baby.

- Make Trunks & Giru more prominent overall. They're the other two protagonists of the story featured in all opening and ending themes, and yet get sidelined and forgotten after the first half of the Baby Arc.

- Give #17 more of a character, explore him more, have him interact with the heroes before his transformation, let us see how his new life as a Park Ranger is, how he sees Goku and #18 now before he inevitably has to fight them, let us see his family, and how the evil transformation affected them all.

- Give the villains that return from Hell more spotlight, have them reflect on what they changed, if they changed, and how their relationships with their previous allies were affected. Heck, try to have some villains just use this opportunity to actually try to redeem themselves instead of going rogue like the rest. Make Raditz or Bardock show up again. Even give Baby a chance to come back, but is stopped dead on his tracks by Hell Fighter #17 or whatever.

- Give the Evil Dragons more character and meaning, 'cuz as they stand in the original, they're just there to be defeated.

- Maybe make the other characters get more involved in the last arc? Because them just sitting around and letting Goku & Pan do everything only to show up at the very last second felt way too much like a waste of time.

- Give Videl and #18 more spotlight, especially during Super #17 and the Evil Dragons. Show that Videl hasn't abandoned martial arts and training after the Boo arc, that she kept on going and is now as powerful as the other Earthlings and maybe even on par with Gohan.

- Have Yamcha, Tenshinhan and Lunch show up again other than non-speaking cameos, heck. Seriously, GT. You make an entire show inspired by Classic DB and you don't have Lunch show up?!

These are just from the top of my head.

[Koitsukai]

It's funny that they went out of their way to have Nappa meet Vegeta and they didn't even share any dialogue (IIRC). Raditz could've been part of it, too.

[Skar]

Are you so sure? There's so, so many unreleased doujinshi from Japan so that can't be. I also know for a fact that a French artist sent the story for Muten Roshi's back story enough to be an animated series.

There's also some very orginal things like Head Cha La.

Well a fanfic writer can take risks and do whatever they want since they're not trying to appeal to as wide of an audience as possible. I meant fan suggestions based on what the studio has actually been doing in the current state of the franchise. All the ideas in the revival that appeared in fanfiction before were also based on fan service.

I think it's unlikely anyone to going to take the franchise in a new creative direction especially after Toriyama passed away. It's not just DB but any series out there that already ended. I think the most freedom a writer would have is if they create a new series inspired the DB like many shonen have done. For example, I haven't watched JJK yet but I read it was inspired by YYH and Bleach. It could've been reworked as a sequel to one of those series but probably more restricted instead of making something original inspired by them.

[JulieYBM]

Are you so sure? There's so, so many unreleased doujinshi from Japan so that can't be. I also know for a fact that a French artist sent the story for Muten Roshi's back story enough to be an animated series.

There's also some very orginal things like Head Cha La.

Well a fanfic writer can take risks and do whatever they want since they're not trying to appeal to as wide of an audience as possible. I meant fan suggestions based on what the studio has actually been doing in the current state of the franchise. All the ideas in the revival that appeared in fanfiction before were also based on fan service.

I think it's unlikely anyone to going to take the franchise in a new creative direction especially after Toriyama passed away. It's not just DB but any series out there that already ended. I think the most freedom a writer would have is if they create a new series inspired the DB like many shonen have done. For example, I haven't watched JJK yet but I read it was inspired by YYH and Bleach. It could've been reworked as a sequel to one of those series but probably more restricted instead of making something original inspired by them.

Exactly. Creating an original work is always better than just trying to make a sequel to some pre-established IP.

[PrinceVegetto]

Dragon Ball GT debuted in Japan on February 7, 1996.

Its 30 year anniversary should be celebrated in a revival.

I know Daima borrowed many elements from it, and there are nods to things like Super Saiyan 4, but timeline-wise, that story is stuck in the 10-year gap before EoZ.

To me, it feels like we are spinning our wheels.

I’d rather see a reimagined GT that suffers in execution again than continue watching the franchise hover in the same pre-EoZ space indefinitely.

[SupremeKai25]

Dragon Ball GT debuted in Japan on February 7, 1996.

Its 30 year anniversary should be celebrated in a revival.

I know Daima borrowed many elements from it, and there are nods to things like Super Saiyan 4, but timeline-wise, that story is stuck in the 10-year gap before EoZ.

To me, it feels like we are spinning our wheels.

I’d rather see a reimagined GT that suffers in execution again than continue watching the franchise hover in the same pre-EoZ space indefinitely.

Even though it's "stuck" in the Peaceful Era timeframe, Daima is still envisioned as a tribute to GT, more specifically a product for all the 1990s Millennials who grew up with GT and now have children of their own.

Source with the translated post from Iyoku: https://www.cbr.com/dragon-ball-daima-g ... spiration/

As far as the producers are concerned... if you are a 1990s Millennial who grew up with GT, you have kids of your own, and you want a "next gen reimagining of GT", Daima has you covered.

[Hellspawn28]

Why not do a new original story set after Z instead? Doing a remake of a story that we already seen is a waste of time.

[sangofe]

Are you so sure? There's so, so many unreleased doujinshi from Japan so that can't be. I also know for a fact that a French artist sent the story for Muten Roshi's back story enough to be an animated series.

There's also some very orginal things like Head Cha La.

Well a fanfic writer can take risks and do whatever they want since they're not trying to appeal to as wide of an audience as possible. I meant fan suggestions based on what the studio has actually been doing in the current state of the franchise. All the ideas in the revival that appeared in fanfiction before were also based on fan service.

I think it's unlikely anyone to going to take the franchise in a new creative direction especially after Toriyama passed away. It's not just DB but any series out there that already ended. I think the most freedom a writer would have is if they create a new series inspired the DB like many shonen have done. For example, I haven't watched JJK yet but I read it was inspired by YYH and Bleach. It could've been reworked as a sequel to one of those series but probably more restricted instead of making something original inspired by them.

Exactly. Creating an original work is always better than just trying to make a sequel to some pre-established IP.

There could be dozens of great spin offs. I also believe there could be a good continuation by someone. I would like both simultaneously.

[Kid Buu]

Dragon Ball GT will be remade in 2096.

Goku Jr will watch it by then

Lad was playing Sega Saturn in the future what a guy.

[TechExpert2021]

No, I don't think a remake of DBGT is necessary. It's best to leave DBGT alone as it originally is; not everything needs a remake or reboot.

That said, if DBGT were to get a remake, I would most likely expect an English dub of a DBGT remake to be faithful to the original Japanese version, without a replacement music score and heavily rewritten dialogue, much like FUNimation's dubs of DBZ Kai, DB Super, and DB Daima, as FUNimation (now Crunchyroll) no longer Americanizes the anime they license like they used to with DBZ (and the practice of Americanizing anime is no longer prevalent as it used to be in the 20th century and early-to-mid 2000s, although Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! are the only anime series that still get this treatment).

[Jack Bz]

It should be remade exactly the same except SSJ4 is updated to have Daima's design

[Izanagi]

I think Daima is as close as you'd get to a GT remake.

[GurixDr34]

GT is very underrated these days i have rewatched the entire anime and the Baby and Omega Shenron sagas are very good with great fights i feel like GT ended just when it was getting interesting i miss the blood in Dragon Ball and the tense moments i miss seeing villains who actually felt like a threat i like Super and GT equally but i miss when the characters and Earth truly felt threatened i hope Super with its continuation can bring that back i would love to see Beerus and Whis both being defeated by a new villain the Goku Black saga is my favorite in Super because it felt like it belonged in the older Dragon Ball sagas i dont know if Toriyama agreed to end the franchise with GT but i feel like GT offered a worthy finale GT is a good option if you dont want to continue with Super and want to give Goku story a proper ending for me GT marks the end of the Toeiverse of the 90s and Kai started the new Dragon Ball which is now the Super and Daima timeline

[L3anD3RStar]

I think it’s inevitable that everything will get a remake eventually. Dragon Ball is one of those stories that was always going to outlive its creator. In 100-200+ years, there will still be “dragon ball” remade and retold in whatever the mass media of the time turns out to be.

Stories like this are destined to get retold, and it always comes down to the quality and insight of the reteller. You just gotta hope whoever is doing it is doing it for the right reasons, and understands what makes the story compelling in the first place.

[Majin Man 101]

With the remake of Dragon Ball Super announced, it got me thinking. Should Dragon Ball GT be remade at some point? Maybe even set in the same continuity as the new version of Super?

I think a lot of the core ideas are solid. Baby, Super 17, Hell on Earth, the Shadow Dragons, Uub and Buu reuniting, Super Saiyan 4, the designs, moving past the end of Z. It’s GT’s execution that of these ideas that’s strange.

Wouldn’t a remake of GT have potential? We’ve built an emotional connection to Android 17 and he’s strong again. That adds new emotional stakes to Super 17 and makes him a believable challenge.

The answer is kind of yes.

The solution would be to implement the ideas of GT into current Dragon Ball. The Black Star Dragon Ball arc as an idea is truly the best idea ever to end the series on. If executed properly it would be peak Dragon Ball.

[kprison]

I just can't imagine what the point of such a thing would be. Almost all modern Dragon Ball stories are thinly veiled reskins of old ideas and it's been a disaster. A lot of GT's creative DNA is already in Super and Daima.

If the purpose is just to recontextualize the good moments around a better overarching story, you don't need a remake for that. If anything, Daima has shown us that the people at the helm are bad at recontextualizing old ideas.