Any sign of Dragonball mania in Japan??

Periskir · Post by **Periskir** » Sat May 16, 2015 12:34 pm

Was ever a period of time in Japan that a Dragonball mania -like the famous pokemon one- happened in Japan?
And if yes when? When tthe series was at it's peak in the 90s? Or during the "revitilalization era" of the 00s? Or something like this never actually happened in Japan?

Kamiccolo9 · Post by **Kamiccolo9** » Sat May 16, 2015 12:48 pm

Periskir wrote:Was ever a period of time in Japan that a Dragonball mania -like the famous pokemon one- happened in Japan?
And if yes when? When tthe series was at it's peak in the 90s? Or during the "revitilalization era" of the 00s? Or something like this never actually happened in Japan?

Well, they just gave Goku an official holiday. Does that qualify as "Dragon Ball Mania?"

Sanyo96 · Post by **Sanyo96** » Sat May 16, 2015 2:05 pm

We're like in the middle of the Dragon Ball renaissance right now.

Periskir · Post by **Periskir** » Sat May 16, 2015 3:36 pm

I hope this renaissance won't decline soon...

Xeogran · Post by **Xeogran** » Sat May 16, 2015 3:54 pm

At this point, Dragon Ball is timeless. The franchise went through it's ups and downs, but despite anything, it will always have dedicated group of fans.

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Sat May 16, 2015 4:00 pm

Dragon Ball after 1997 seem to die out a bit until around 2002 where Toei would be releasing the entire DBZ TV series to DVD and the release of Kanzenban was also release around a similar time. The resurgence of Dragon Ball seem to happen in Japan around 2002 and helping the start of the modern era of Dragon Ball in Japan that we know today. 2008 also give us Goku and his Friends Return the first Dragon Ball animated feature that we got since Heroes Legacy back in 1997 and that help give us stuff like Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans '010, Episode of Bardock, Battle of Gods and Revival of F. In America, it seems like DBZ is starting to become more mainstream again after over a decade later. It seems like Battle of Gods and Kai on Toonami help spark people interest on the franchise again after over 10 years later when DBZ ended in 2003. I even remember my mom was like "DBZ?! That's a name that I haven't heard in a while". Even the names for Super blew up everywhere on the Internet and even show up in local news paper. Not to mention May 9th even became Goku day.

Periskir · Post by **Periskir** » Sat May 16, 2015 4:04 pm

We all hope this to last..

sintzu · Post by **sintzu** » Sat May 16, 2015 4:08 pm

Periskir wrote:We all hope this to last..

It will as long as they keep releasing quality products.

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Sat May 16, 2015 4:09 pm

I don't see us going to another dark age of DBZ again unless Super bombs big time. I think Super will be a big hit given how well Battle of Gods, and Revival of F did over there. Not to mention younger kids still like the series given how well toyetic stuff like Heroes is doing.

Periskir · Post by **Periskir** » Sat May 16, 2015 4:18 pm

Toei Animation and quality?

Lord Beerus · Post by **Lord Beerus** » Sat May 16, 2015 6:14 pm

With Goku getting his own holiday in the same year that a Dragon Ball Z movie gets in international release along with a new TV series in the summer, I think it's safe Dragon Ball Mania is running wild in Japan. So let me tell you something brothers... Whatca gonna do, when Dragon Ball Mania runs wild on you?

StrawHatPatriot · Post by **StrawHatPatriot** » Sun May 17, 2015 4:14 pm

Dragon Ball Merchandise was at an all-time high (or at least a high) in 2007 I think.

For some reason the merchandise reduced slowly overtime as Kai and hit an all-time low in 2011 apparently.

I wonder where it is now?

sintzu · Post by **sintzu** » Sun May 17, 2015 4:27 pm

StrawHatPatriot wrote:
For some reason the merchandise reduced slowly overtime as Kai and hit an all-time low in 2011 apparently.

I wonder where it is now?

Kai had great ratings on TV so it's not to blame for the sales reduction however the reason sales went down was because the products they were putting out were mediocre at best unlike now.

Based on Bandai's last report it's doing really good.

Lord Beerus · Post by **Lord Beerus** » Sun May 17, 2015 7:38 pm

sintzu wrote:
StrawHatPatriot wrote:
For some reason the merchandise reduced slowly overtime as Kai and hit an all-time low in 2011 apparently.

I wonder where it is now?
Kai had great ratings on TV so it's not to blame for the sales reduction however the reason sales went down was because the products they were putting out were mediocre at best unlike now.

Based on Bandai's last report it's doing really good.

And with a new TV anime this year, merchandise sales are going to spike like crazy.

Anime Forever · Post by **Anime Forever** » Sun May 17, 2015 7:44 pm

StrawHatPatriot wrote:Dragon Ball Merchandise was at an all-time high (or at least a high) in 2007 I think.

For some reason the merchandise reduced slowly overtime as Kai and hit an all-time low in 2011 apparently.

I wonder where it is now?

Bandai released the figures the other day, DBZ is its second highest earner behined One Piece merchendise wise, Xenoverse is its highest selling game across all platforms 2.06 million sold, its numbers went up from 11.3 million to 19 million in a years time check out Saiyan Island to read it for yourself.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Sun May 17, 2015 8:01 pm

sintzu wrote:
Periskir wrote:We all hope this to last..
It will as long as they keep releasing quality products.

So not only will it not last, it never even started.

Lord Beerus · Post by **Lord Beerus** » Sun May 17, 2015 8:18 pm

Rocketman wrote:
sintzu wrote:
Periskir wrote:We all hope this to last..
It will as long as they keep releasing quality products.
So not only will it not last, it never even started.

Millions of people beg to differ.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Sun May 17, 2015 10:45 pm

Lord Beerus wrote:Millions of people beg to differ.

Then they're wrong.

One_Instance · Post by **One_Instance** » Sun May 17, 2015 11:05 pm

Rocketman wrote:
Lord Beerus wrote:Millions of people beg to differ.
Then they're wrong.

You can't be wrong in a subjective matter.

UpFromTheSkies · Post by **UpFromTheSkies** » Sun May 17, 2015 11:29 pm

Well let's see... A new movie was just released that's doing very well in theaters, a new anime series has been announced, two Dragon Ball console video games were released in the past year that are selling well and a third one is on the way, there are several mobile games, there's three arcade games, a Dragon Ball science exhibit is going on, and there will soon be four on-going Dragon Ball mangas (SD, Victory Mission, Super, and Discross), so I'd say yes, Dragon Ball mania is in full swing right now.

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