"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 shinmaru » Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:47 pm

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shinmaru wrote:Masako Nozawa Medicine CM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWdr-bNsnx4 aired during today's episode commercial break
That has aired since episode 1.
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Post by ZombieVito » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:20 pm

Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Bulma managed to throw her party in less than a day?

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Post by Captain Space » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:27 pm

World's richest family, I guess.
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Post by shinmaru » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:36 pm

Zombie wrote:Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Bulma managed to throw her party in less than a day?
No! because she is a princess :D Image

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Post by MaGyunia » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:39 pm

She has ALWAYS had quite a bit or arrogance/narcissism about her (especially her looks and her intellectual brilliance), which couples well with Vegeta's pride and past as royalty.

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Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Sun Aug 02, 2015 4:02 pm

What is Toriyama's exact role in this new series? I have only seen him credited as original draft that means he basically jots a basic outline of a plot and TOEI do the rest? For example BoG and "F" have obviously already been drafted so I assume it's TOEI who are moreso responsible for the changes we are seeing?

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Post by Hellspawn28 » Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:06 pm

Didn't he say that he wrote the story arc of the new Dragon Balls being set across the multiverse? It sounds like that he has put more input into the story with Super then he did with GT.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by irreality » Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:53 pm

Zombie wrote:Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Bulma managed to throw her party in less than a day?
Who says she has?

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Post by dbgtFO » Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:56 pm

irreality wrote:
Zombie wrote:Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Bulma managed to throw her party in less than a day?
Who says she has?
Not sure. Seems to be based on the Elder Kaioshin's line about Beerus destroying 8½ planets in a day or something?

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Post by Beerus-sama » Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:58 pm

dbgtFO wrote:
irreality wrote:
Zombie wrote:Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Bulma managed to throw her party in less than a day?
Who says she has?
Not sure. Seems to be based on the Elder Kaioshin's line about Beerus destroying 8½ planets in a day or something?
Kaioshin's half of a day is months in the mortal world :P
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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:30 pm

That was a mistranslation apparently; well, at least it was originally phrased wrong. The line isn't supposed to imply that Beerus has only been awake for half a day, but that that he destroyed 8.5 planets within just half a day.
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Post by JulieYBM » Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:38 pm

Baggie_Saiyan wrote:What is Toriyama's exact role in this new series? I have only seen him credited as original draft that means he basically jots a basic outline of a plot and TOEI do the rest? For example BoG and "F" have obviously already been drafted so I assume it's TOEI who are moreso responsible for the changes we are seeing?
Toriyama writes the story idea then Series Director Chioka Kimitoshi and Producer Kido Atsushi hire freelance writers to turn these plot ideas into scripts. It's basically the same exact process as making Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, only based on pages of note rather than a comic.
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Post by Noah » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:21 pm

I'll think people will start watching DBS by the Episode 5, maybe is the great chance for this series to get more appealing. They were stalling too much with these 4 episodes.
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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:44 pm

Man, I really can't wait for the BoG & FnF arcs to end. While the episodes are fun so far, it really feels like I'm watching filler, with the plot going on slooooowly...

I wonder how involved Toriyama is in the BoG & FnF arcs, specifically with the changes. Did Toriyama make these changes, did they apply the changes from Toriyama's original script, or Toei is just making changes on their own just to refresh the plot?
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Chuquita » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:18 pm

DBZGTKOSDH wrote:Man, I really can't wait for the BoG & FnF arcs to end. While the episodes are fun so far, it really feels like I'm watching filler, with the plot going on slooooowly...

I wonder how involved Toriyama is in the BoG & FnF arcs, specifically with the changes. Did Toriyama make these changes, did they apply the changes from Toriyama's original script, or Toei is just making changes on their own just to refresh the plot?
I'm so hungry for that Uni 6 arc. This felt like the slowest episode so far. I wasn't bored, but it was just kinda slow (and not enough Vegeta for me, though I'm sure we'll get more of him in coming weeks).

I'm curious as to how many of the changes were from different drafts of the BOG script, since so much of it was cut, even during Toriyama's swing at it.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by LightBing » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:14 pm

This should pick up the pace with the next episode or the one after that. Champa insertion will shake things regarding the retelling, I believe.
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by bleed0range » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:45 pm

Baggie_Saiyan wrote:What is Toriyama's exact role in this new series? I have only seen him credited as original draft that means he basically jots a basic outline of a plot and TOEI do the rest? For example BoG and "F" have obviously already been drafted so I assume it's TOEI who are moreso responsible for the changes we are seeing?
I'm beginning to think more and more that Toriyama merely wrote the Universe 6 arc plot outline and that TOEI are handling the re-tellings of BOG/ROF all on their own.

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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by Noah » Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:29 pm

bleed0range wrote:I'm beginning to think more and more that Toriyama merely wrote the Universe 6 arc plot outline and that TOEI are handling the re-tellings of BOG/ROF all on their own.
It is really that hard to think that Toriyama can also mess the things up in DB too? Not just TOEI?
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Re: Official Announcement Thread & Discussion

Post by JulieYBM » Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:38 am

Ootsuka Ken seems to be participating in Dragon Ball Super Episode #5.
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Ootsuka has credits as an action animator but also specializes in mechanical animation. He'll probably just do cuts for Gokuu versus Beers, though.
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Post by Chuquita » Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:12 am

JulieYBM wrote:Ootsuka Ken seems to be participating in Dragon Ball Super Episode #5.
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Ootsuka has credits as an action animator but also specializes in mechanical animation. He'll probably just do cuts for Gokuu versus Beers, though.
Sounds good. :3

We'll probably get some episode titles later this week? (I hope)
I know Precure's already gotten their August episode titles.

EDIT: After looking into it I have learned that NewType is a month ahead of when it comes out, unlike VJump's two months; so the one to be looking for would be the September Newtype.
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