"Dragon Ball Super" Series Official Announcement & Discussion Thread

[Helios518]

If the Universe number relating to how much dragon balls are in a set is true then Universe 1 must have a very strong or very weak Eternal Dragon.

[Chuquita]

I only just now remembered. Like 4, isn't 9 an unlucky number in Japan?

[soulnova]

As a personal note

Spoiler:

I just finished watching the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai with my 9 year old niece. She was really shocked by the amount of violence Goku was being subjected.

In the other hand she was also very, VERY upset Chichi didn’t do anything. “OH GOD. She can go and try to get him out of there! C’mon! Throw something at Piccolo! THAT’S YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND! Protect him! C’mon! ARGH! She’s so useless!”

When the tournament ended, I was about to put the first Z episode when my BF asked: “Are you two going to watch the Wedding Dress story arc?”

And I looked at him with murder in my eyes. I had hoped we could jump in directly to Z. I NEED to start with Z already so she can at least get the gist of the deal with the Saiyans and specially Vegeta.

“*gasp* A Wedding Dress story arc?” her eyes light up.

“Yes, we can watch the Wedding Dress story arc if you like….” I sighed in defeat.

“YAY! Thanks auntie!”

[Herms]

I only just now remembered. Like 4, isn't 9 an unlucky number in Japan?

Yeah, because 9 is a homophone for the Japanese word for "suffering", while 4 is a homophone for the Japanese word for "death". This is true in Chinese as well.

Not sure if they'd really go done that route, since so far those traditional negative associations haven't been featured too heavily in DB. Well, the 4-star ball is associated with Grandpa Gohan, who is dead, but because Goku links the ball with his grandpa, it's treated as a good thing right up through GT. Meanwhile, for whatever reason the 1-star ball is the one that seems to get associated with the bad guys: it's the ball Pilaf always seems to have, and in GT the ultimate enemy is the 1-Star Dragon.

Aww, I liked Champ better because in addition to "champagne" it also doubled as pun on "champion" (or even "chomp"). Similar to how Beerus was a double pun, on "beer" and "virus".

That sort of double pun doesn't really work in Japanese though, since they write the English word "champion" as chanpion (チャンピオン), while "champagne" is shanpan (シャンパン). I suppose that doesn't stop us from trying to play up that angle if we want, but it wasn't what Toriyama and co. had in mind.

[chizzielamer]

I only just now remembered. Like 4, isn't 9 an unlucky number in Japan?

Yeah, because it's a homophone for the Japanese word for "suffering", while 4 is a homophone for the Japanese word for "death". This is true in Chinese as well.

Not sure if they'd really go done that route, since so far those negative associations haven't been featured too heavily in DB. Well, the 4-star ball is associated with Grandpa Gohan, who is dead, but because Goku links it with his grandpa, it's treated as a good thing right up through GT. Meanwhile, for whatever reason the 1-star ball is the one that seems to get associated with the bad guys: it's the ball Pilaf always seems to have, and in GT the ultimate enemy is the 1-Star Dragon.

yep 4 is pronounced si which sounds like 死, the chinese word for death.

[Lord Beerus]

Just read the first chapter, and it was really great.

Beerus is such a boss. Those alien bug assholes were trying to poison Beerus and when Beerus drank the poison he was all like, "Nice poison. But I've tasted stronger." Then the alien bugs lost their shit, started to catch a serious sweat and tried to bum rush him. Then Beerus went into God Of Destruction mode was like, "Today, I got time cuz." BOOM. Planet gone. And Whis was all chill throughout the whole deal. Fucking glorious.

Also, seeing Goku and Goten doing some father-son bonding was really cool and way overdue.

[Noah]

So... It is confirmed that SUPER will have 100 episodes? Well, that's interesting... Will we get post EoZ, maybe?

[SSJ God Gogeta]

So... It is confirmed that SUPER will have 100 episodes? Well, that's interesting... Will we get post EoZ, maybe?

Doubt it. My guess is past F and that's it.

[Noah]

So... It is confirmed that SUPER will have 100 episodes? Well, that's interesting... Will we get post EoZ, maybe?

Doubt it. My guess is past F and that's it.

I thought so... I think Toriyama don't want to get past his manga end, when he said that he prefered a story where everyone was not so old like they were in EoZ kinda confirms that

[HECTOR4]

Toriyama message in the new V-Jump magazine. Unfortunately we can not see some symbols well U.U:

[Ushabtis]

When he (toriyama) said that he preferred a story where everyone was not so old like they were in EoZ kinda confirms that

god forbid that they introduce new characters that are younger

I'd love to see Goku being the Roshi sensei guy of a Post EOZ DB anime/manga where goku passes on the Kamehameha, spirit bomb, instant transmission, kaio ken, and so on to a new protag would be really cool.

[chizzielamer]

What Toriyama said in the past and what Toriyama might think now can change....we should wait and see.

However, going onto speculation-nation, I dont see how with the introduction of Champ(?) and FemaleWhis which wasnt even mentioned in RoF, for it to end at F.

[DragonBalllKaiHD]

Toei is going to keep it running for a long time, as long as the merchandise is profitable. There's no reason for Toei to drop a series that could likely result in a success.

[MCDaveG]

I only just now remembered. Like 4, isn't 9 an unlucky number in Japan?

Yeah, because it's a homophone for the Japanese word for "suffering", while 4 is a homophone for the Japanese word for "death". This is true in Chinese as well.

Not sure if they'd really go done that route, since so far those negative associations haven't been featured too heavily in DB. Well, the 4-star ball is associated with Grandpa Gohan, who is dead, but because Goku links it with his grandpa, it's treated as a good thing right up through GT. Meanwhile, for whatever reason the 1-star ball is the one that seems to get associated with the bad guys: it's the ball Pilaf always seems to have, and in GT the ultimate enemy is the 1-Star Dragon.

yep 4 is pronounced si which sounds like 死, the chinese word for death.

Because of that, yon is used more than shi. Ichi, ni, san, yon... And for Dragon Ball, chinese names are used, so it doesn't apply on four star ball.

[Avery]

Speaking of the Chinese names, how do you pronounce this?

Spoiler:

[UpFromTheSkies]

Speaking of the Chinese names, how do you pronounce this?

Spoiler:

I don't know Chinese, but when I read it I pronounced it See Zing Key

[UltimateHammerBro]

Didn't X Xinq Qiu mean "X-Star Ball"? Adding an extra "Ball" seems redundant.

[MCDaveG]

Speaking of the Chinese names, how do you pronounce this?

Spoiler:

Well, I dont know Chinese, but from what I gather, personally, I would spell it in chinese as Zuu Zshin Chiou.
As in Japanese, that is spelled as Suu-shin-chu or maybe Shu-shin-chu.

[LuckyCat]

The pronunciation can be heard here:
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.p ... F%E7%90%83#

Sounds like "su shing cho" phonetically

[Avery]

Speaking of the Chinese names, how do you pronounce this?

Spoiler:

Well, I dont know Chinese, but from what I gather, personally, I would spell it in chinese as Zuu Zshin Chiou.
As in Japanese, that is spelled as Suu-shin-chu or maybe Shu-shin-chu.

The pronunciation can be heard here:
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.p ... F%E7%90%83#

Sounds like "su shing cho" phonetically

I see...thank you very much. This always confuses me.