And the only series in the summer that continues after 18 years.JulieYBM wrote:Yeah, it's the only summer series we basically know nothing about.Chuquita wrote:Just saw this on Twitter; Super's the only summer show left that hasn't revealed its synopsis or core staff yet? Is this true?
https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/608635882548117504
I feel it's much more likely they just up and decided "new series" and basically nothing is ready. They're not being coy; they just literally have nothing to show.shinmaru wrote:And the only series in the summer that continues after 18 years.
I think they are trying to suprise us.
Keen Observation of Dragon Ball Z Movie 4's Climax wrote:Slug shits to see the genki
There is no way in HFIL they haven't decided the story yet, or that they don't have character designs for the main characters ready.B wrote:I feel it's much more likely they just up and decided "new series" and basically nothing is ready. They're not being coy; they just literally have nothing to show.
James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote:When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman. Both are aliens sent to Earth shortly after birth to escape the destruction of their homeworlds; both possess super-strength, flight, super-speed, heightened senses and the ability to cast energy blasts. But the crucial difference between them lies not only in how they view the world, but in how the world views them.
Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.
Agreed. They probably just wanted to secure the TV spot ASAP after Kai. "Wait! Don't take DB off the air! We ... We have another series!" "You do?!" " .. We do ...?" "Yeah! It's uh ... Dragon Ball Super!" "Well, my God, this is amazing!! We have to call the press right away!!" " ... What have I done?"B wrote:I feel it's much more likely they just up and decided "new series" and basically nothing is ready. They're not being coy; they just literally have nothing to show.shinmaru wrote:And the only series in the summer that continues after 18 years.
I think they are trying to suprise us.
You'd think, at least, we'd have heard snippets/instrumentals for the theme songs...
NeoKING wrote:Agreed. They probably just wanted to secure the TV spot ASAP after Kai. "Wait! Don't take DB off the air! We ... We have another series!" "You do?!" " .. We do ...?" "Yeah! It's uh ... Dragon Ball Super!" "Well, my God, this is amazing!! We have to call the press right away!!" " ... What have I done?"
Your sarcastic analysis isn't being totally fair to the process or to the fans.Araki wrote:Yeah, that's totally how it works...
They "just literally have nothing to show" is, of course, wrong. Obviously they do have things they could show. Take character designs, for instance. That's one of the very first things in a production, there would be no anime in the works if they hadn't it ready a while ago. Plot? Same thing. Or else they would be animating what right now?
So they didn't show anything yet because they really don't want to. And a key visual wouldn't even take much effort.
About staff and cast, though...most of the staff is known (director, producers, composer)..only major thing lacking is series composition, but we don't know if they're just crediting Toriyama for that. If that's the case, then all the core staff was revealed already.
And cast, really, it's not a new show, everyone knows who's doing it. If they want to make a cast announcement that is actually relevant, then they would need to reveal a new character and give more information away.
The official website & twitter for the show launched without an english version. In 2015. I say it's fair to assume the marketing team behind the show isn't exactly high energy one.VegettoEX wrote: Your sarcastic analysis isn't being totally fair to the process or to the fans.
Even if it's still the same voice cast, for example, that's still something you announce well ahead of time, and it's bizarre that hasn't been done here. Even if it was the principle cast of characters that don't need to be "confirmed" (Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Piccolo, Kuririn, Kame-sen'nin, etc... not even getting into folks like Beerus and Whis), that's still a great bit of promotion that's typically done by now. It's not done yet here. That's weird.
According to ANN, it was announced five months ahead of time(versus Super's three months), got a key visual on the day of(versus Super's never; if you wish to count the logo as a "key visual", we got that less than a week ago, two-and-a-half months after the fact), and all core staff/cast were announced three months later(in Super terms, we should have had all this already). Plot details surfaced a month before with a PV, along with OP/ED theme details(Hey, Super managed to tell us the names of the songs, at least).NeoKING wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong though, but I believe Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold, the latest Saint Seiya series, was pretty much shrouded in mystery just like this?
Keen Observation of Dragon Ball Z Movie 4's Climax wrote:Slug shits to see the genki
She/Her 
She/Her This feels like a near-Precure-type situation; but even Precure eventually gets subbed. @_@Hellspawn28 wrote:I hear from A-Kon this past weekend that Funimation has not acquired the licensed for Super yet and even when they do, there will be no dub simulcast because they want to air the dub on Toonami. Plus, there is no way they could get all of the voice actors back on a weekly basis, and they want to do it right. I guess a sub simulcast is still unlikely too. Looks like we have to watch it RAW like we are with Buu saga Kai. I doubt fan subbers like TV-Nihon and Over-Time is going to bother touching it. Fan subbers avoid things that will be licensed to avoid getting their group shut down and getting sued.
Better start learning moonspeak, ladies and gents!Hellspawn28 wrote:I hear from A-Kon this past weekend that Funimation has not acquired the licensed for Super yet and even when they do, there will be no dub simulcast because they want to air the dub on Toonami. Plus, there is no way they could get all of the voice actors back on a weekly basis, and they want to do it right. I guess a sub simulcast is still unlikely too. Looks like we have to watch it RAW like we are with Buu saga Kai. I doubt fan subbers like TV-Nihon and Over-Time is going to bother touching it. Fan subbers avoid things that will be licensed to avoid getting their group shut down and getting sued.
Just because they won't do a dub simulcast doesn't mean there won't be a sub simulcast. I can't honestly believe FUNi wouldn't do everything in their power to get Dragon Ball Super streaming when it debuts. It could get them so much additional revenue via new subscribers.Hellspawn28 wrote:I hear from A-Kon this past weekend that Funimation has not acquired the licensed for Super yet and even when they do, there will be no dub simulcast because they want to air the dub on Toonami. Plus, there is no way they could get all of the voice actors back on a weekly basis, and they want to do it right. I guess a sub simulcast is still unlikely too. Looks like we have to watch it RAW like we are with Buu saga Kai. I doubt fan subbers like TV-Nihon and Over-Time is going to bother touching it. Fan subbers avoid things that will be licensed to avoid getting their group shut down and getting sued.
That reminds me of reading GT fansite summaries back in the early 2000's before 2003. I thought Vegeta died because one fansite summary made it sound like Vegeta died along with Bebi after Goku killed BebiNeoKING wrote:
Or relying on fansite summaries. It's the 90's all over again!
.Not true since TV-Nihon and GUIS where force to take down their fan subs of Zyuranger because of Shout! Factory. Not to mention Over-Time chose not to do fan subs of Garo: The Animation because Funimation having the rights to it. Funimation has track down fan subbers before and shut them down like with Anime Labs from what I can recall. There are fan subbers who care to avoid getting shut down for good. Subbers like TV-Nihon are big fan name fan subbing group compare to most other ones.AjayLikesGaming wrote:Nonsense. A majority of fansub groups don't care.
