"Dragon Ball Super" Series Official Announcement & Discussion Thread

Discussion specifically regarding the "Dragon Ball Super" TV series premiering July 2015 in Japan, including individual threads for each episode.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:48 pm

SuperSaiyanHedgehog wrote:So is anyone really pleased with the animation quality? It looks just like Battle of Gods!
There are some noticeable problems, like Goten's thumb/figures and Trunks' hand looks kind of weird, but I was expecting it to look a lot worse, so yeah I am very pleased. :)

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Low Tone G » Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:51 pm

I wonder about these new characters' names. Could the fat guy be Bacta(pun on bacterium) or Toriyama already decided to use food name puns?
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Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:55 pm

Low Tone G wrote:I wonder about these new characters' names. Could the fat guy be Bacta(pun on bacterium) or Toriyama already decided to use food name puns?
Isn't Beerus called Beers in the original Japanese? I think they will continue them in alcoholic puns, there are a lot of alcoholic beverages too.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by VegettoEX » Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:57 pm

Baggie_Saiyan wrote:Isn't Beerus called Beers in the original Japanese? I think they will continue them in alcoholic puns, there are a lot of alcoholic beverages too.
Well, he's called ビルス :).

A "Beers" romanization was used in the guidebook for Battle of Gods, while they've now begun to use a "Beerus" romanization moving forward.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by soulnova » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:03 pm

fadeddreams5 wrote:You know, given Whis' personality, they could (and should) have made him a female to begin with.
Nah, he's fine. The strongest being in the universe is an effeminate and delicate male character.


Names for FatBeerus and FemWhis: Rum and Vadka? Tekira/Tequila? :lol:
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Post by Captain Space » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:09 pm

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Names for FatBeerus and FemWhis: Rum and Vadka? Tekira/Tequila? :lol:
Not gonna lie, I kind of really want girl-Whis to be called Tekira now.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:11 pm

VegettoEX wrote:
Baggie_Saiyan wrote:Isn't Beerus called Beers in the original Japanese? I think they will continue them in alcoholic puns, there are a lot of alcoholic beverages too.
Well, he's called ビルス :).

A "Beers" romanization was used in the guidebook for Battle of Gods, while they've now begun to use a "Beerus" romanization moving forward.
I see, thank you. I googled Beerus and came across an article you guys did on just his name! (How did I ever miss that!) So the original intent was a pun on Virus so I guess they could flutter between disease and alcohol to find the best sounding names. Cool.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by EA575 » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:11 pm

Captain Space wrote:
soulnova wrote:
Names for FatBeerus and FemWhis: Rum and Vadka? Tekira/Tequila? :lol:
Not gonna lie, I kind of really want girl-Whis to be called Tekira now.
Same. Tekira sounds like it fits.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Low Tone G » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:14 pm

Captain Space wrote:
soulnova wrote:
Names for FatBeerus and FemWhis: Rum and Vadka? Tekira/Tequila? :lol:
Not gonna lie, I kind of really want girl-Whis to be called Tekira now.
Or Mohito. :D It really sounds good in Japanese, doesn't It?
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by bleed0range » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:21 pm

When it comes to promotional posters like these announcing a series, do they usually include the main villain as part of it? Because if so, then fat Beerus is most certainly a villain. If not, he could simply just be another major character who is a good guy and they're keeping the villain a secret. But him spinning the Earth on his finger really makes it seem as though he is a villain.

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Post by Scarz » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:23 pm

This is probably unlikely, but maybe Fem!Whis belongs to a R63 universe? Hey, one can dream, right?

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by bleed0range » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:26 pm

Bonus Stage wrote:Image

New Dragon Ball Super image.
(Weekly Shonen Jump 29)
Oh this is a big thing to have missed. Those are probably the true villains. They're probably our first real look at makaioshins. Looks like a girl/boy duo like 17/18.

Maybe fat Beerus is there to help or being controlled by them?

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Cold Skin » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:28 pm

For now, it makes two to three costumes to add to games with DLC and updates: cute Goten and stylish Trunks as the minimum, and perhaps even farmboy Goku (but that's optionnal as he isn't featured on the poster, so he will likely ditch this costume very quickly, as soon as he has a new training/battle to go through).
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by BeholdeR » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:29 pm

Considering Whis said to goku that he was looking for a new god of destruction..

Perhaps the fatso is going to replace Beerus as the god of destruction, and shewhis replaces Whis?

And since Beerus spared earth, the new god of destruction comes to earth and wants to destroy it and then they fight for it again._.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Ajay » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:30 pm

bleed0range wrote:Oh this is a big thing to have missed. Those are probably the true villains. They're probably our first real look at makaioshins. Looks like a girl/boy duo like 17/18.
Maybe fat Beerus is there to help or being controlled by them?
No, it was pointed out that the silhouettes are from Dragon Ball Heroes.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by bleed0range » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:33 pm

AjayLikesGaming wrote:
bleed0range wrote:Oh this is a big thing to have missed. Those are probably the true villains. They're probably our first real look at makaioshins. Looks like a girl/boy duo like 17/18.
Maybe fat Beerus is there to help or being controlled by them?
No, it was pointed out that the silhouettes are from Dragon Ball Heroes.
Oh okay thanks.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Hellspawn28 » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:42 pm

What if Fat Beerus is just Beerus from Trunks timeline. He got so lazy that he put on 1000 pounds :lol:
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by LightBing » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:45 pm

Well this is interesting. I hope it isn't a parallel universe scenario, it isn't my favorite thing personally. I would rather have the other Universes unique. That "fatBeerus" could be a sibling that opens up Beerus backstory, we know very little about this new realm and gods. The Lady Whis could be an attendant of another Universe, there to open de facto the others. Like some people said this new Beerus is probably a stepping stone for Goku and Vegeta.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by soulnova » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:51 pm

Captain Space wrote:
soulnova wrote:
Names for FatBeerus and FemWhis: Rum and Vadka? Tekira/Tequila? :lol:
Not gonna lie, I kind of really want girl-Whis to be called Tekira now.

I personally like Tekira too. :thumbup:

Other suggestions: Brandy, Konak (cognac), Wyne (wine).... :think:
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Kakarotto92 » Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:07 pm

Super being set between BoG and FnF makes me fear this will be a short series with no more than 26 episodes, instead of a long running one like most of us were expecting.

I'm all for quality over quantity, but damn, this is the first TV series we have after almost two decades, I'll be disappointed if DBS doesn't have at least the same length as GT.

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