"Dragon Ball Super" Series Official Announcement & Discussion Thread

[Luso Saiyan]

Vegeta should stop using saiyan armours and get something different like he got in Buu arc

He only didn't use armor in the Buu arc because it wasn't allowed in the tournament, IIRC.

[DragonBalllKaiHD]

Example:
Left - Fansub / Right - FUNi

It's frustrating to have to download a rip of a FUNi stream just to be able to display the video correctly. Makes me wonder what the point of paying for the product is when you still have to resort to piracy anyway!

If a simulcast is available, I really hope they give Simmons adequate time to translate the show. There's far too many cases of FUNi rushing shows out of the door with less than professional translations. When fansub groups are showing you up only a few days later, there's a real issue.

What's even sadder is that the example you provided just shows you what kind of job FUNimation has pulled off compared to Fansub. Just look at the brightness level. The legitimate stream has more whites than the piracy does!

[soulnova]

Well Toriyama does not want a post-EOZ series since he feels like that the cast is too old. Not to mention you can still have young Goten and Trunks pre-EOZ allowing them to market those characters to younger boys in Japan ages 4 - 10. With EOZ, you have Uub, Pan and Bra. Bandai feels like female characters won't sell to younger boys and I'm not sure if Uub will be popular. They could have give us a second child of Gohan and Videl if they wanted another male kid in the series if they did post-EOZ.

Yeah, Gohan and Videl could have another child... They can even say she was pregnant at EoZ, move a little forward the timeline and work from there.

A third child for Goku? I mean, Bulma had Bra a little earlier than EoZ, but still... *sigh* seems too late for Goku and Chichi, I guess.

[DragonBalllKaiHD]

By the way, I hope there will be an impactful scene that runs with your emotion with a pretty animation. Something like Unmei no hi- Tamashii vs Tamashii.

I think either Naoki Tate and Oonoshi Ryou acting as a animation supervisor that touch up the scene will do it nicely.

Speaking of Naoki Tate, I haven't heard anything about his upcoming work related to One Piece So I hope he will work on second episode of the series.

[Doctor.]

Well Toriyama does not want a post-EOZ series since he feels like that the cast is too old. Not to mention you can still have young Goten and Trunks pre-EOZ allowing them to market those characters to younger boys in Japan ages 4 - 10. With EOZ, you have Uub, Pan and Bra. Bandai feels like female characters won't sell to younger boys and I'm not sure if Uub will be popular. They could have give us a second child of Gohan and Videl if they wanted another male kid in the series if they did post-EOZ.

Yeah, Gohan and Videl could have another child... They can even say she was pregnant at EoZ, move a little forward the timeline and work from there.

A third child for Goku? I mean, Bulma had Bra a little earlier than EoZ, but still... *sigh* seems too late for Goku and Chichi, I guess.

We still have 17's children.

They can do ANYTHING they want with those. Age, power, gender, etc, nothing's off-limits.

[Marco Polo]

Vegeta should stop using saiyan armours and get something different like he got in Buu arc

He only didn't use armor in the Buu arc because it wasn't allowed in the tournament, IIRC.

In the Tarble special he says he only wears it for special occasions.

But out of universe that was pretty much an excuse since it seems like he's wearing it all the time now.

[JulieYBM]

Speaking of Naoki Tate, I haven't heard anything about his upcoming work related to One Piece So I hope he will work on second episode of the series.

Tate Naoki recently worked on World Trigger Episode #34. Chioka Kimitoshi storyboarded Episode #35, which airs 21 June 2015. With any luck both will actually work on Dragon Ball Super...

[Chuquita]

I hope so. I want to see more Tate animation for Dragon Ball so badly.

[FortuneSSJ]

-About death meaning anything again-
I like the idea that I read here somewhere about Gods coudn't be revived by Dragon Balls. Since Goku and Vegeta are Gods now, this would add them to the list.
It could work as a "price" for getting such power.

Still have to think about Whis ability though. But this seems the right path.

[Chuquita]

I like the idea of, if they visit other universes, having it so you can only use the dragon balls of that universe on people from that universe. That way the whole cast is in danger. Or have there be no db's in the other universes. I dunno, I'm just thinking.

Oh! Or, if they die in another universe, they end up in limbo because that afterlife is going to be that universes', not their own.

[JulieYBM]

Yeah, Tate is quite good, both as an action animator, a comedic animator, and a dramatic animator. The intensity of his facial expressions would definitely be welcomed. Tate has emotional variety, something Yamamuro Tadayoshi and a lot of the animators likely to work on this series are going to lack.

[Chuquita]

Yeah, Tate is quite good, both as an action animator, a comedic animator, and a dramatic animator. The intensity of his facial expressions would definitely be welcomed. Tate has emotional variety, something Yamamuro Tadayoshi and a lot of the animators likely to work on this series are going to lack.

He's so talented! X3 Or skilled! Both?

But yeah, I really want them to get him to do some cuts.

[soulnova]

Well Toriyama does not want a post-EOZ series since he feels like that the cast is too old. Not to mention you can still have young Goten and Trunks pre-EOZ allowing them to market those characters to younger boys in Japan ages 4 - 10. With EOZ, you have Uub, Pan and Bra. Bandai feels like female characters won't sell to younger boys and I'm not sure if Uub will be popular. They could have give us a second child of Gohan and Videl if they wanted another male kid in the series if they did post-EOZ.

Yeah, Gohan and Videl could have another child... They can even say she was pregnant at EoZ, move a little forward the timeline and work from there.

A third child for Goku? I mean, Bulma had Bra a little earlier than EoZ, but still... *sigh* seems too late for Goku and Chichi, I guess.

We still have 17's children.

They can do ANYTHING they want with those. Age, power, gender, etc, nothing's off-limits.

Holy shit you are right. How many were they? Three kids? I'm sure they mentioned how many. Perhaps even this would also allow Marron to take a more active role with her cousins.

EDIT: Ok, I went back to check on 17's children. They have one child and two adopted children. Their biological child could arguably have more of a chance of showing promise to fight if they wished to take that route, I guess.

-About death meaning anything again-
I like the idea that I read here somewhere about Gods coudn't be revived by Dragon Balls. Since Goku and Vegeta are Gods now, this would add them to the list.
It could work as a "price" for getting such power.

Still have to think about Whis ability though. But this seems the right path.

I got chills. CHILLS. I like it.

But we kinda got back Kami once with the Namek Dragon Balls so I don't know if he would count... only God Ki at certain levels then?

[Doctor.]

-About death meaning anything again-
I like the idea that I read here somewhere about Gods coudn't be revived by Dragon Balls. Since Goku and Vegeta are Gods now, this would add them to the list.
It could work as a "price" for getting such power.

Still have to think about Whis ability though. But this seems the right path.

Elder Kaioshin was revived.

[Captain Space]

But we kinda got back Kami once with the Namek Dragon Balls so I don't know if he would count... only God Ki at certain levels then?

Elder Kaioshin was revived.

It's never been said that Kami, Kaioshin etc. are gods in the same manner as the Hakaishin, right? Like, if they have god ki or not? (Kami almost certainly doesn't.)

[Doctor.]

But we kinda got back Kami once with the Namek Dragon Balls so I don't know if he would count... only God Ki at certain levels then?

Elder Kaioshin was revived.

It's never been said that Kami, Kaioshin etc. are gods in the same manner as the Hakaishin, right? Like, if they have god ki or not? (Kami almost certainly doesn't.)

Not 100%, but it was said that only other deities could sense Beerus and Whis, something Goku could only do when he went SSG. And Kaio and Kaioshin could sense Beerus easily, so that implies stuff. Not to mention Goku & co couldn't sense Kaioshin when they first met him.

Piccolo also was the only one besides Whis who could tell Goku wasn't a SSG when they first did the ritual.

[Hellspawn28]

Whatever revenue they get from streaming is gonna be hurt if they don't come to a deal in time. If Funi misses that window the pirates'll move in and take a chunk of the viewers away.

Yes, I am waiting for SUPER RAW, tough I prefer to watch the shows on Crunchyroll (like Saint Seiya or Jojo's Bizzare Adventure).
I don't know how the business model works, but for me, the only legal option to watch anime immediately is streaming service and if there is no other option, I am going full pirate!
I wonder, if they will block my country from streaming when the steak hits the pan.

That's what I do too. I will watch it in Japanese RAW or fansubbed then buy the official release. I bet most people who watch it before it's officially licensed by Funimation and still buy the official release.

[Ushabtis]

-Gohan having a son
that'd be cool and an interesting move to make...except we'd need to be post EOZ for that to work. if he does have another kid during super. its going to be baby trunks all over again. meaning nothing will come out of it. I doubt Pan will do anything in super as well.
-Android 17 kids
personally anything #17 related in super would be a huge plus for me. That guy has been neglected for so long and he is a powerful character with lots of potential.

[JulieYBM]

Yeah, Tate is quite good, both as an action animator, a comedic animator, and a dramatic animator. The intensity of his facial expressions would definitely be welcomed. Tate has emotional variety, something Yamamuro Tadayoshi and a lot of the animators likely to work on this series are going to lack.

He's so talented! X3 Or skilled! Both?

But yeah, I really want them to get him to do some cuts.

Probably both. Tate wasn't nearly this expressive when he worked on the first three animated series.

[Marco Polo]

-Gohan having a son
that'd be cool and an interesting move to make...except we'd need to be post EOZ for that to work.

Not necessarily. He could just have been busy somewhere else during EoZ. Toriyama had no qualms introducing Bulma's sister in Jaco.