"Dragon Ball Super" Series Official Announcement & Discussion Thread

[sangofe]

Could it be possible that they will take a break for db super so toriyama gets time to write more plot? Quite a few animes have taken breaks before introducing new seasons...

[sintzu]

How much merch have they really been putting out for Super yet? Or are they waiting to put out the bulk of it once Uni 6 starts? I might just not be looking in the right places, but I haven't seen that much merchandise for Super online.

They take everything into account,not just what has Super in it's name.

[DragonBalllKaiHD]

Dragon Ball Super is going to run for as long as they want it to be, as long as merchandises sell. There's no reason for them to cancel the series this soon.

[FortuneSSJ]

Monster Hunter will replace One Piece.
Toei needs to take a hiatus from One Piece, because they can't slow the pacing more than already is.

Could it be possible that they will take a break for db super so toriyama gets time to write more plot? Quite a few animes have taken breaks before introducing new seasons...

Its possible. These BOG/ROF retellings also work to give him time to write the U6 arc.
Toriyama doesn't want to feel pressured anymore.

[garfield15]

On that note I seriously doubt Toei would make a new show take the place of "the show that comes before One Piece" when it has been the Shounen Jump hour for the past like 5-6 years.

This really sounds like baseless speculation

The only thing is we don't know who the studio animating this is, as that doesn't seem to be announced.

Wait we don't know the studio? I thought this was based around that it was already confirmed as being a Toei anime. You mean they haven't said the studio yet? I'm pretty sure if it was a Toei show, they would have said so. Toei isn't shy about saying new acquisitions. No offense but this sounds like one of those rumors that starts and spreads around the net like wildfire

[LightBing]

Monster Hunter will replace One Piece.
Toei needs to take a hiatus from One Piece, because they can't slow the pacing more than already is.

Mr.Oda's fault, to force important events to happen in certain numbered chapters.
In this case:

Spoiler:

To finish Dressrosa in chapter 800.

A good thing about Mr.Toriyama, he wouldn't care less about those type of things. Redundant perfectionism in my opinion. We might lose in lack of forethought in Dragon Ball, but in relentless spontaneity, we have everyone beat.

[Chuquita]

On that note I seriously doubt Toei would make a new show take the place of "the show that comes before One Piece" when it has been the Shounen Jump hour for the past like 5-6 years.

This really sounds like baseless speculation

The only thing is we don't know who the studio animating this is, as that doesn't seem to be announced.

Wait we don't know the studio? I thought this was based around that it was already confirmed as being a Toei anime. You mean they haven't said the studio yet? I'm pretty sure if it was a Toei show, they would have said so. Toei isn't shy about saying new acquisitions. No offense but this sounds like one of those rumors that starts and spreads around the net like wildfire

They didn't say what studio yet? This may have nothing to do with Toei then. I feel better now.

[ChibiGoku]

Okay, thanks to a friend of mine, I wanna apologize for the commotion I caused on here.

According to this article that Fuji TV put up, Monster Hunter Stories will indeed be getting it's own time slot, which it's been 10 years since Fuji TV has opened up a new time slot for an anime. This is actually significant, because Fuji TV has not had a new time slot available since 2006, once One Piece moved to Sunday mornings at 9:30AM.

So either way, I caused a panic for no reason, and for that, I apologize.

(To explain real quickly, I was going on the opinion Fuji TV wouldn't open up a new time slot for Monster Hunter, but it seems the network sees it significant enough to warrant it's own slot, which makes sense. Just didn't think they would do it. Again, once again, I apologize)

[Araki]

Okay, thanks to a friend of mine, I wanna apologize for the commotion I caused on here.

According to this article that Fuji TV put up, Monster Hunter Stories will indeed be getting it's own time slot, which it's been 10 years since Fuji TV has opened up a new time slot for an anime. This is actually significant, because Fuji TV has not had a new time slot available since 2006, once One Piece moved to Sunday mornings at 9:30AM.

So either way, I caused a panic for no reason, and for that, I apologize.

(To explain real quickly, I was going on the opinion Fuji TV wouldn't open up a new time slot for Monster Hunter, but it seems the network sees it significant enough to warrant it's own slot, which makes sense. Just didn't think they would do it. Again, once again, I apologize)

I figured that would be the case, but no need to apologize. That kind of speculation always comes up when relevant new shows are announced.

The problem was how it was derailing to "oh no, Super is flopping and will be cancelled" when there was no time for any kind of reaction even if that was the case. Or "Super was planned to be short", when i don't see how anyone involved would benefit if 70% of the new show was a movie retelling.

How much merch have they really been putting out for Super yet? Or are they waiting to put out the bulk of it once Uni 6 starts? I might just not be looking in the right places, but I haven't seen that much merchandise for Super online.

They take everything into account,not just what has Super in it's name.

They're starting to put the "Super" brand in quite a few upcoming merchandising, from cards to different kinds of action figures and even food, but i believe nothing is out yet. Or maybe only the last item.

[FortuneSSJ]

How much merch have they really been putting out for Super yet? Or are they waiting to put out the bulk of it once Uni 6 starts? I might just not be looking in the right places, but I haven't seen that much merchandise for Super online.

Waiting for U6 arc to start?!
http://imgur.com/a/wmYmi

Super is already everywhere!

[ChibiGoku]

Okay, thanks to a friend of mine, I wanna apologize for the commotion I caused on here.

According to this article that Fuji TV put up, Monster Hunter Stories will indeed be getting it's own time slot, which it's been 10 years since Fuji TV has opened up a new time slot for an anime. This is actually significant, because Fuji TV has not had a new time slot available since 2006, once One Piece moved to Sunday mornings at 9:30AM.

So either way, I caused a panic for no reason, and for that, I apologize.

(To explain real quickly, I was going on the opinion Fuji TV wouldn't open up a new time slot for Monster Hunter, but it seems the network sees it significant enough to warrant it's own slot, which makes sense. Just didn't think they would do it. Again, once again, I apologize)

I figured that would be the case, but no need to apologize. That kind of speculation always comes up when relevant new shows are announced.

The problem was how it was derailing to "oh no, Super is flopping and will be cancelled" when there was no time for any kind of reaction even if that was the case. Or "Super was planned to be short", when i don't see how anyone involved would benefit if 70% of the new show was a movie retelling.

That actually makes sense why you were getting annoyed. I don't think I had intentions to make it out to be that, as sometimes time slots can be planned quite far in advance, as well as a shift in what a company had originally planned in that slot, which isn't always a reflection of how well the product is doing. Plus, it's too early to even gauge how well Dragon Ball Super is doing, overall, since we're only about 3 months in. Actually, on that note, I was checking Bandai's reports and it does seem like there's been an increase in profits for Dragon Ball in this year, compared to last year. Not sure if it's due to Super or just in general a bigger push for the Dragon Ball franchise. Either way, people don't have to worry about that for awhile now.

[Chuquita]

Wow, it's doing better than Precure, and Precure's the one that seemingly gets first dibs on Toei's good action animators.

No correlation between good action animation and toy sales, I guess. o_O

[Lord Beerus]

Wow, it's doing better than Precure, and Precure's the one that seemingly gets first dibs on Toei's good action animators.

No correlation between good action animation and toy sales, I guess. o_O

I'm more shocked that Dragon Ball is outperforming One Piece.

And holy shit, did Yokai Watch explode in popularity in the last year and half or what? I mean... damn.

[Doctor.]

And holy shit, did Yokai Watch explode in popularity in the last year and half or what? I mean... damn.

It was mostly because of the anime. It's dying down a bit now, though.

[voltlunok]

I'm more shocked that Dragon Ball is outperforming One Piece.

And holy shit, did Yokai Watch explode in popularity in the last year and half or what? I mean... damn.

I'm more shocked that Super Sentai has completely fallen off that list and Dragon Ball has bumped Kamen Rider down. I am not surprised though that Gundam is still top of the food chain but I guess with an endless product like Gunpla it's not that hard to see....maybe if they brought the MG figurise line back...I'd build a Goku.

[garfield15]

Wait, what list is everybody looking at?

How much merch have they really been putting out for Super yet? Or are they waiting to put out the bulk of it once Uni 6 starts? I might just not be looking in the right places, but I haven't seen that much merchandise for Super online.

Waiting for U6 arc to start?!
http://imgur.com/a/wmYmi

Super is already everywhere!

Piccolo's face

[Chuquita]

Those look like crayon-shaped wrapped chocolates? What are those?

[alakazam^]

Piccolo's like "let me in!!"

[ZombieVito]

The mere fact that Piccolo is in there gives me hope he will play a big role in the U6 arc.

[Araki]

I'm more shocked that Super Sentai has completely fallen off

It has not. Bandai always calls Sentai "Power Rangers" in their charts, it's one of their biggest properties too.

As for Dragon Ball, it's not just increasing its profits by a good margin in 2015, but we can see they're expecting a steady rise for the next year, and to keep that going in the 2nd half. I think that probably confirms they're not planning to end DB Super anytime soon.