"Dragon Ball Super" Series Official Announcement & Discussion Thread

[Ssgvegito30]

They better show frieza's 4 months training and also who achieves ssjgss goku or vegeta!!

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Shouldn't Ginyu be on New Namek?

I don't remember if Kai kept that, but in Z, we see frog Ginyu joining Dr. Brief's collection of animals from what I recall.

[precita]

Ginyu is also on top of Yamcha's head when he gets wished back.

[Gyt Kaliba]

I don't think the manga really showed Ginyu, but the wish was for everyone on Namek, except for Goku and Freeza, to be brought to Earth...so unless something had since happened and they'd died, presumably that would mean the Ginyu frog and the frog in Ginyu's body...and presumably any other remaining animals living on the planet, come to think of it.

[SilverPlaqueVII]

Missing from this saga is Guarana. I believe episode 19 could see Sorbet's #2 man wiped out by Champa when looking for the large-sized Dragon Balls. Sorbet and Tagoma are going to Earth themselves.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

I'm not convinced we'll see Guarana in the anime. We could, but it could also have just been Toyotaro taking some extra liberties with the Champa material.

[Noah]

They better show Freeza's 4 months training and also who achieves ssjgss goku or vegeta!!

Me too!!

There's a new One Piece television special airing 19 December 2015. These specials are usually 105 minutes long, so it's possible Dragon Ball Super will be affected in some way, even if its best staff don't leave.

Aw. That is always unfortunate.

I don't like One Piece enough where it would feel like a fair trade-off when this stuff happens. Precure yes, One Piece no.

Darn it! I really wish that One Piece end soon (I can dream), so Dragon Ball can get a better/top treatment by TOEI

[JulieYBM]

One Piece ending won't improve the quality of Dragon Ball in any dramatic sense. One Piece isn't even a high-quality series. PreCure is the one series at Toei Animation that attracts good staff who bend over backwards to make it good, which is especially evident going by Go! Princess PreCure Episode #39 (08 November 2015).

[ArchedThunder]

Why does PreCure get so much love? One Piece and Dragon Ball are Toei's biggest licenses, are they not?

[Sodhi]

Why does PreCure get so much love? One Piece and Dragon Ball are Toei's biggest licenses, are they not?

Well As Jacob said " PreCure is the one series at Toei Animation that attracts good staff who bend over backwards to make it good"

[JulieYBM]

Why does PreCure get so much love? One Piece and Dragon Ball are Toei's biggest licenses, are they not?

People want to work on PreCure. Go! Princess PreCure has Tanaka Yuuta as its series director. Tanaka is a young director who is a huge fan of the franchise and has been climbing the ranks of the franchise since he began working on it. Studio Live animator Itaoka Nishiki is a big fan of the franchise, too, so much so that he even draws fan art in his spare time. It's the only series he will work on at this point. Fujii Shingo and Ota Kazuhiro have also been recent mainstays of Go! Princess PreCure. Before them there was Tanaka Hironori and Ootsuka Takashi. Tanaka loved the franchise so much he produced an incredible number of scenes for it. Ootsuka directed the franchise's best movies. The list of talent involved with the franchise goes on, all because they like the series or have connections with those deeply involved with it.

Nobody becomes an animator in Japan for the money, they do it for the things they love. In this case it's cute girls and fight scenes.

[Noah]

Oh what a shame. Well then, so TOEI need to hire animators who have more commitment and love for the a worldwide franchise that is Dragon Ball, I bet they could find a lot.

[LuckyCat]

What does this say about episode 19 of super?. Help would be appreciated

フリーザを復活させようと部下・ソルべが動く！
かつて猛威を振るったフリーザだが現在は兵が半数以上減り軍の体裁を保つものやっとの有様・・・。
そこでソレベはフリーザを復活させようと動く出す！
Underling Sorbet is on the move to revive Freeza!
Once brimming with the menace of Freeza, the army now struggles to maintain a more than a half-decreased standing. Because of this, Sorbet moves out to revive Freeza!

７つドラゴンボールをそれえることに成功！
あらゆる苦難を乗り越え、ドラゴンボールを探し出したピラフたち！７つそろえ、野望を叶えようとするが!?
The seven dragonballs have been successfully gathered!
Overcoming every struggle, Pilaf and his gang has searched for the dragon balls! With the seven gathered, an ambitious wish is to be made.

[JulieYBM]

Oh what a shame. Well then, so TOEI need to hire animators who have more commitment and love for the a worldwide franchise that is Dragon Ball, I bet they could find a lot.

How many of them are good? How many of them are willing to work on a weekly schedule?

Just because Dragon Ball is popular in the outside world it doesn't mean it is entitled to anything.

[Hellspawn28]

Why does PreCure get so much love? One Piece and Dragon Ball are Toei's biggest licenses, are they not?

PreCure sells a lot of toys for girls under the age of 12 in Japan. One Piece is probably Toei's biggest seller animation wise, but Kamen Rider and Super Sentai one of their biggest money maker overall. Kamen Rider is Bandai's second biggest seller next to Gundam.

[Doctor.]

http://www.kanzenshuu.com/2015/11/03/dr ... -in-japan/

Do we know if they corrected anything in regards to the art or animation? I assume that if any fixes take place, it will be episode 5, but it's still nice to know if they touch upon any of the other episodes.

[emperior]

I think nothing changed or we would already know, wouldn't we?

[Sodhi]

I think nothing changed or we would already know, wouldn't we?

Episode 5 has not been released yet. So no one knows yet.

[alakazam^]

So, now we have Luffy, Zoro and Robin being part of the Dragon World. Please, rest of the crew, join us as well (especially Pikachu )

Mayumi Tanaka voiced Krillin before she voiced Monkey D. Luffy.

I know, I just like making these comparisons. Would really love for Mitsuishi Kotono to lend her voice to a (recurring) Dragon Ball character.

Freeza will be revived on my birthday

[Noah]

How many of them are good? How many of them are willing to work on a weekly schedule?

Just because Dragon Ball is popular in the outside world it doesn't mean it is entitled to anything.

I don't know. This talk is to Toei HR Department.

How is not entitled to anything? Dragon Ball is a huge franchise that still makes a lot of money since the end of its serialization, it should be treated better and with the respect that we fans deserve. We shouldn't accept anything crappy just because it has "Dragon Ball" logo in the title, no! We deserve a series with great quality for a great franchise that is Dragon Ball.