"Dragon Ball Super" Series Official Announcement & Discussion Thread

[JulieYBM]

Does anyone know if Kimitoshi Chioka has a twitter account?

None that I have found.

[Alruneia]

So does anyone have any ideas of how quickly the story will progress?
Z speed? Kai speed? GT speed?
GT speed is so fast that they cover one Shadow Dragon per episode three times.
On the other hand, Z was so slow that it lasted around 290 episodes where Kai uses around 160.

I'm hoping for a 100-episode (or more) series with Kai speed, because of how much content that would give us. I can't imagine "losing" more than about 20 episodes to filling in the movie gaps before moving on to post-RoF, which will have so much time that maybe even having two story arcs will be possible. Furthermore, if the show gets extended because of popularity, there's always that small sliver of a chance for post-EoZ content...

[TheRed259]

What exactly is this?
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00ZV3JWBY

[soulnova]

So does anyone have any ideas of how quickly the story will progress?
Z speed? Kai speed? GT speed?
GT speed is so fast that they cover one Shadow Dragon per episode three times.
On the other hand, Z was so slow that it lasted around 290 episodes where Kai uses around 160.

I'm hoping for a 100-episode (or more) series with Kai speed, because of how much content that would give us. I can't imagine "losing" more than about 20 episodes to filling in the movie gaps before moving on to post-RoF, which will have so much time that maybe even having two story arcs will be possible. Furthermore, if the show gets extended because of popularity, there's always that small sliver of a chance for post-EoZ content...

We still don't have anything that will tell us exactly how fast they are going to go. I guess we will certainly have to wait for at least the 4 first episodes to air to gives us a general idea of what to expect for the pace on the rest of the series.

And yes... I pray to Kami we really get to see EoZ eventually.

[Avery]

While Z was too slow, I didn't actually mind it that much. Kai, on ther hand, is WAAAY too fast. The fight scenes aren't bad. But the dialogues feel really awkward. One character finishes their rant and the other starts talking RIGHT after with no second rest. It just destroys the tension. I hope Super will be something in between.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

What exactly is this?
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00ZV3JWBY

The short answer is it's a non-traditional guidebook being released in magazine format. The update on the main site covered it pretty well, and clicking the reference links provided can help with additional details.

Maybe this will answer a decent amount of questions we have (about the exact timeline placement and whether this is a retelling or not, etc) with some actual details rather than just confusing blanket statements.

[Herms]

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

It's blurry, but I think I can hack it:

A message has arrived from (original author) Akira Toriyama-sensei!!

"You know, it suddenly occurs to me that somewhere along the line the Dragon Ball anime has become quite a big deal. Since I’m the guy who drew the thing, it’s a bit weird for me to say this, but when I first started out I never dreamed that the setting would move out into space (laughs). Don’t worry though, it’s still going to be the same sort of easy-to-understand content as always. Please be sure to watch Dragon Ball Super on TV!"

[JulieYBM]

New update from CinemaToday. The new character is named シャンパ, so it is a modified version of champagne, not the first half of the word itself.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

New update from CinemaToday. The new character is named シャンパ, so it is a modified version of champagne, not the first half of the word itself.

Champagne is spelled シャンパン in Japanese. All they did was chop off the last character, as we've been discussing for the last couple days.

[JulieYBM]

New update from CinemaToday. The new character is named シャンパ, so it is a modified version of champagne, not the first half of the word itself.

Champagne is spelled シャンパン in Japanese. All they did was chop off the last character, as we've been discussing for the last couple days.

Weird, I don't remember seeing a katakana spelling confirmed. Oh, well.

[Herms]

Well, at least the CinemaToday update does directly identify fat!Beerus as "Champa", since the article describes him as resembling Beerus, and the image caption says he's the one on the right. Of course, we pretty much already had that figured out anyway since the list of new male characters was thin on the ground, but it's nice to get official word (if CinemaToday counts as official).

Oh, and then there's this:

主人公・孫悟空が魔人ブウとの壮絶な戦いを終え、平和を取り戻した地球の周辺で星々が消える不思議な現象が発生。新たな脅威を前にした悟空たちの戦いが描かれる。

After peace has returned to Earth following the protagonist Son Goku's titanic battle with Majin Boo, a mysterious phenomenon occurs as nearby planets disappear. Goku and the gang's battle against a new threat is depicted.

[fadeddreams5]

A message has arrived from (original author) Akira Toriyama-sensei!!

"You know, it suddenly occurs to me that somewhere along the line the Dragon Ball anime has become quite a big deal. Since I’m the guy who drew the thing, it’s a bit weird for me to say this, but when I first started out I never dreamed that the setting would move out into space (laughs). Don’t worry though, it’s still going to be the same sort of easy-to-understand content as always. Please be sure to watch Dragon Ball Super on TV!"

Wait, so Super will take place in space? =D

[Doctor.]

Well, at least the CinemaToday update does directly identify fat!Beerus as "Champa", since the article describes him as resembling Beerus, and the image caption says he's the one on the right. Of course, we pretty much already had that figured out anyway since the list of new male characters was thin on the ground, but it's nice to get official word (if CinemaToday counts as official).

Oh, and then there's this:

主人公・孫悟空が魔人ブウとの壮絶な戦いを終え、平和を取り戻した地球の周辺で星々が消える不思議な現象が発生。新たな脅威を前にした悟空たちの戦いが描かれる。

After peace has returned to Earth following the protagonist Son Goku's titanic battle with Majin Boo, a mysterious phenomenon occurs as nearby planets disappear. Goku and the gang's battle against a new threat is depicted.

Interesting. Now either the planets are literally disappearing or they're just saying they're being blown up... Either way, I think Champa is trying to take Beerus' job or something.

[fadeddreams5]

Well, at least the CinemaToday update does directly identify fat!Beerus as "Champa", since the article describes him as resembling Beerus, and the image caption says he's the one on the right. Of course, we pretty much already had that figured out anyway since the list of new male characters was thin on the ground, but it's nice to get official word (if CinemaToday counts as official).

Oh, and then there's this:

主人公・孫悟空が魔人ブウとの壮絶な戦いを終え、平和を取り戻した地球の周辺で星々が消える不思議な現象が発生。新たな脅威を前にした悟空たちの戦いが描かれる。

After peace has returned to Earth following the protagonist Son Goku's titanic battle with Majin Boo, a mysterious phenomenon occurs as nearby planets disappear. Goku and the gang's battle against a new threat is depicted.

Interesting. Now either the planets are literally disappearing or they're just saying they're being blown up... Either way, I think Champa is trying to take Beerus' job or something.

That, or the description IS describing Beerus since we do see him destroy a planet in the first chapter, and he hasn't met Goku yet, making him a "new" threat.

[Doctor.]

Certainly wouldn't mind that. Like I've already said in this thread, I wouldn't mind if they re-wrote BoG as long as they don't change Beerus' (and Whis') personality. The end result will almost certainly give us some cool moments and can be used to fix some of the mistakes the original had (*cough* fetus *cough*).

Thinking about it, it makes more sense if it's Beerus, yeah.

[soulnova]

"You know, it suddenly occurs to me that somewhere along the line the Dragon Ball anime has become quite a big deal. Since I’m the guy who drew the thing, it’s a bit weird for me to say this, but when I first started out I never dreamed that the setting would move out into space (laughs). Don’t worry though, it’s still going to be the same sort of easy-to-understand content as always. Please be sure to watch Dragon Ball Super on TV!"

It only took him 18 years to realize.

[ArchedThunder]

Well, at least the CinemaToday update does directly identify fat!Beerus as "Champa", since the article describes him as resembling Beerus, and the image caption says he's the one on the right. Of course, we pretty much already had that figured out anyway since the list of new male characters was thin on the ground, but it's nice to get official word (if CinemaToday counts as official).

Oh, and then there's this:

主人公・孫悟空が魔人ブウとの壮絶な戦いを終え、平和を取り戻した地球の周辺で星々が消える不思議な現象が発生。新たな脅威を前にした悟空たちの戦いが描かれる。

After peace has returned to Earth following the protagonist Son Goku's titanic battle with Majin Boo, a mysterious phenomenon occurs as nearby planets disappear. Goku and the gang's battle against a new threat is depicted.

Interesting. Now either the planets are literally disappearing or they're just saying they're being blown up... Either way, I think Champa is trying to take Beerus' job or something.

Either that or BoG is getting retconned and Beerus is destroying planets and Champa comes later.
I guess we'll find out soon!

EDIT: beaten.

[Chuquita]

Spaaaaace. @u@

If we are going grand touring, I hope they do enough to differentiate it from GT's.

Disappearing planets?
Lol, Detective Vegeta in Space.

All I can do is make light/have fun with it until I have a better idea of what they're doing with this first arc.

[NeoKING]

A message has arrived from (original author) Akira Toriyama-sensei!!

"You know, it suddenly occurs to me that somewhere along the line the Dragon Ball anime has become quite a big deal. Since I’m the guy who drew the thing, it’s a bit weird for me to say this, but when I first started out I never dreamed that the setting would move out into space (laughs). Don’t worry though, it’s still going to be the same sort of easy-to-understand content as always. Please be sure to watch Dragon Ball Super on TV!"

Oh really?

[FortuneSSJ]

Will we get a new tv ad with Kai this week?! Hope so.
They should release two more of those with new scenes.