"Dragon Ball Super" Series Official Announcement & Discussion Thread

[Hellspawn28]

The idea going to other universes sound cool. It kinda reminds me of Kamen Rider Decade with the whole universe traveling idea. I'm not crazy about the idea behind of new Dragon Balls. I hope they will be explain better then the Black Star Dragon Balls where in GT.

[Cold Cobra]

I think we all saw the other universe coming after Battle of Gods revealed the fact they were in a multi-verse. Still, can't wait to see what happens! New Dragon Ball arc? Still so weird to think about...

[Hellspawn28]

If these new Dragon Balls are from a new universe then I will be okay with it. If they where created by Kami and no one knew about them for years then that's going to be a major plot hole. The Black Star Dragon Balls where a big plot hole in GT since the radar never pick them up for years. Not to mention if they where so dangerous then why didn't Mr. Popo get rid of them?

[Sora Saiyan]

So freaking hyped! So this seems like Super will have the true BoG and F, really can't wait to see how much more fleshed out it is. Gigantic Super Dragon Balls! Wow this has me hyped, hopefully it'll be like Goku's adventures in early DB but on a grander scale.

[Tzigi]

Now, that makes me laugh: isn't it precisely "Dragon Ball Multiverse"? Salagir must be proud

[alakazam^]

I want them to get rid of wish inconsistencies. By the time Super starts, Shenlong should either be inactive or have one wish left (since they used one to make people forget about Boo). This could go three ways:

- Pilaf, Shuu and Mai get turned into kids and Beers doesn't need Shenlong to know about SSG.
- Shenlong tells them about SSG and Pilaf, Shuu and Mai have their normal age.
- Tagoma and Sorbet revive Freeza and neither Pilaf nor Beers get their wish (which would make FnF happen not too long from KtK).

Not sure I want Namekians in every Universe but if they state every Universe has a race that can create Dragon Balls I'll be happy and that'll renew the Dragon Balls' status as key mystical items. Toriyama could also have every Universe have it's own Majin, to be consistent with the new backstory for Boo.

[Captain Space]

*wakes up*

*looks at forum*

WAIT WHAT

*frantically flips back through pages to where I left off*

I think we all saw the other universe coming after Battle of Gods revealed the fact they were in a multi-verse.

We did indeed! To the point where it was actually kind of weird when RF didn't involve any other universes...

[dbzfan7]

I want them to get rid of wish inconsistencies. By the time Super starts, Shenlong should either be inactive or have one wish left (since they used one to make people forget about Boo). This could go three ways:

- Pilaf, Shuu and Mai get turned into kids and Beers doesn't need Shenlong to know about SSG.
- Shenlong tells them about SSG and Pilaf, Shuu and Mai have their normal age.
- Tagoma and Sorbet revive Freeza and neither Pilaf nor Beers get their wish (which would make FnF happen not too long from KtK).

Not sure I want Namekians in every Universe but if they state every Universe has a race that can create Dragon Balls I'll be happy and that'll renew the Dragon Balls status as key mystical items. Toriyama could also have every Universe have it's own Majin, to be consistent with the new backstory for Boo.

We're gonna get more inconsistencies, not less. Though it seems the staff has at least tried a bit, so perhaps they can fix more from the scripts they're given, like they did in FNF.

[alakazam^]

We're gonna get more inconsistencies, not less. Though it seems the staff has at least tried a bit, so perhaps they can fix more from the scripts they're given, like they did in FNF.

Them changing both movies' timelines makes it easier to tweak certain inconsistensies they had. As far as we know, we don't need to deal with Bulma's age or the time Beers has been sleeping nor does Pilaf, Shuu and Mai need to appear (at least not until FnF, where they help Tagoma and Sorbet). They just need to plan around the wishes and when the Dragon Balls are active.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

The Pilaf gang could already be kids from using the Dragon Balls before the Buu Arc in this shifted continuity. They could have been intending to use them to wish for wealth each time they were active after that, but Goku and the gang kept getting to them first. So most of BOG can just slide in as it were.

[SaiyanZ]

I hope this is the only alternate reality universe

[sintzu]

The 2 movies are great but they're very rushed thanks to the time limit they had which won't be the case here so they'll be able to do a lot more in terms of fleshing out the plot points and maybe introduce new ones alongside having more and longer battles.

"Since it’s another universe, loads of new characters will turn up"

This well either be a really long arc or u6 is where all the new arcs will take place which I hope isn't the case cause I want to see other universes.

In terms of Freeza hopefully this time Vegeta will get to kill him this time.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

I assume they're still going to use animation from the movies? Man that is gonna be so jarring especially when "F" rolls around

[alakazam^]

The 2 movies are great but they're very rushed thanks to the time limit they had which won't be the case here so they'll be able to do a lot more in terms of fleshing out the plot points and maybe introduce new ones alongside having more and longer battles.

"Since it’s another universe, loads of new characters will turn up"

This well either be a really long arc or u6 is where all the new arcs will take place which I hope isn't the case cause I want to see other universes.

In terms of Freeza hopefully this time Vegeta will get to kill him this time.

Universe 6 comes after Freeza.

[sintzu]

The 2 movies are great but they're very rushed thanks to the time limit they had which won't be the case here so they'll be able to do a lot more in terms of fleshing out the plot points and maybe introduce new ones alongside having more and longer battles.

"Since it’s another universe, loads of new characters will turn up"

This well either be a really long arc or u6 is where all the new arcs will take place which I hope isn't the case cause I want to see other universes.

In terms of Freeza hopefully this time Vegeta will get to kill him this time.

Universe 6 comes after Freeza.

I know.

[Blade]

Well, that explains everything!

As Mike and Heath theorised in the podcast, as opposed to a retelling, it looks like an outright expansion and working around of the period before and after Battle of Gods.

I'm equally as surprised and unsurprised that the notion of other Universes is being explored. Unsurprised as it has been more or less top of wishlist of the fandom since Battle of Gods and those remarks that Beerus made towards the end of the film, and surprised as it's very Toriyama-esque to throw out little teasing yarns like that and then subsequently forget all about them!

[Baggie_Saiyan]

This well either be a really long arc or u6 is where all the new arcs will take place which I hope isn't the case cause I want to see
In terms of Freeza hopefully this time Vegeta will get to kill him this time.

Yeah that probably won't happen, I doubt they're going to change any major plot points like that. For "F" they'll probably show Freeza training, more Goku and Vegeta training and them getting new outfits etc and probably more fluff pieces too.

[DisapprovingOwl]

Well, this is exciting! Confirms way more about the series than I'd thought they would at this point - a stark contrast to the last month or so where we've known basically nothing at all.

A little miffed we're starting off with retellings of Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' straight away - mainly because I finally got around to catching up on Battle of Gods - but it was pretty much expected at this point. It sounds like the timeline etc. have been tweaked a little, though, and they'll have room to expand them further due to the serialised format, so hopefully they'll throw in some interesting developments. Wonder if they'll do an episode recapping some of Jaco the Galactic Patrolman as a side-story or special during the Resurrection 'F' arc, to better explain who the hell he is to anime-only viewers? Hopefully we'll also see some more of Goku's Super Saiyan God form, as well as how Vegeta attains the form between the two arcs.

Providing the plotlines don't deviate too far from the originals, I do hope they reuse animation from the movies where possible during the retellings, though. That way, in any episodes which use footage from the movies, it might allow them to spend more of their budget on making sure any new cuts are higher quality than they otherwise might have been, which will help them match in better with the footage produced for the original movies.

The most exciting thing, of course, is the information on the new arc where they hop over into Universe 6! Presumably this means the Dragon Balls we see on the front of the first manga chapter are the Super Dragon Balls, hence the 9-star ball. Wonder how large they'll be compared to the ones we've seen before - as large as the ones on Namek, or even larger? Hopping into another universe should throw up the potential for all sorts of interesting characters and situations to turn up - I just hope they deal with it better than GT did with its Dragon Ball hunt through the galaxy. I also agree that it'd make sense for Champa and his female Whis-alike companion to be Universe 6's version of Beerus and Whis, though only time will tell in that regard.

Looking forward to seeing where this journey takes us! = D

[sintzu]

Hopefully we'll also see some more of Goku's Super Saiyan God form, as well as how Vegeta attains the form between the two arcs.

He might attain it in the 1st arc to fight Champa cause I doubt Goku can fight him and Beerus at the same time.

[DisapprovingOwl]

Hopefully we'll also see some more of Goku's Super Saiyan God form, as well as how Vegeta attains the form between the two arcs.

He might attain it in the 1st arc to fight Champa cause I doubt Goku can fight him and Beerus at the same time.

Good point - I guess it's best to just wait and see, as at this point we have no idea how different these retellings might be compared to the original movie versions. = )