Possible Revival for Dragon Ball in the United States?

[KuriboShoe]

With all the popularity of Dragon Ball Kai on Nicktoons and them showing DBZ Movies, do you think there could be a revival for Dragon Ball in the US?

[Super Sayian Prime]

What do you mean "revival"? In terms of a wave of merchandise or something? It's too late in Kai's run, as both Funimation and Bandai have failed that production.

[KuriboShoe]

What do you mean "revival"? In terms of a wave of merchandise or something? It's too late in Kai's run, as both Funimation and Bandai have failed that production.

In terms of popularity with the kids and such.

[Chuquita]

I think it's too soon for that to be possible. From what I've seen of old shows coming back, there's usually a combination of:

-enough time has passed where the original viewers (in this case, kids/teens who came in around Toonami era DBZ) reach their mid thirties and have nostalgia for it/children of their own who are old enough to watch the show.

-a big event. Like how Transformers got those live action movies, or how Thundercats is getting a new cartoon. Even "the first ever DVD release of insert-show-here" counts. Subtle t-shirts that you can buy at outlets in the mall count too; not those super-obvious shirts at Hot Topic that scream DBZ at the top of their lungs, but more along the line of that senzu t-shirt that came out online.

[Vice]

DBZ will never replicate the popularity it once had ten years ago, but I've no doubt it will remain fairly popular for quite a while.

[Hellspawn28]

^I agree. I would love to see DBZ popular like it was in the late 90's and early 2000's but I don't see those days happening again. I think Dragon Ball die out when GT ended on Cartoon Network and I don't think Kai on Nicktoons will help that much. Nicktoons is a channel that most people don't have and I know people who have no idea that it's exist.