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Post by IntangibleFancy » Tue Dec 30, 2025 5:53 pm

miguelnuva1 wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 4:07 pm There is a French Dragonball youtuber named Sofian LeGEEK, who has interviewed Toei Dragonball workers before and has a large following on YouTube, he is saying

Its a Super remake that is following the Manga. It will go through the Manga then Moro, Granolah and then the Sh prequel.

He also says there is a CGI movie as the second announcement and of course we're getting a new game.

Dragonball hype and Geekdom on Twitter imply they onow what the announcements are but are not saying.

Geekdom got asked directly about a Super remake and refused to answer.
I’ve been hearing about this guy since his Sparking Zero “interview” but nobody’s ever been able to tell me what he’s accurately leaked.
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Post by miguelnuva1 » Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:29 pm

IntangibleFancy wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 5:53 pm
miguelnuva1 wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 4:07 pm There is a French Dragonball youtuber named Sofian LeGEEK, who has interviewed Toei Dragonball workers before and has a large following on YouTube, he is saying

Its a Super remake that is following the Manga. It will go through the Manga then Moro, Granolah and then the Sh prequel.

He also says there is a CGI movie as the second announcement and of course we're getting a new game.

Dragonball hype and Geekdom on Twitter imply they onow what the announcements are but are not saying.

Geekdom got asked directly about a Super remake and refused to answer.
I’ve been hearing about this guy since his Sparking Zero “interview” but nobody’s ever been able to tell me what he’s accurately leaked.
Apparently this is the first time he has leaked something. He has a decent following so if the remake doesn't happen it could end up similar to how people called out Geekdom back with Super returning in 2019.

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Post by taikufuru » Tue Dec 30, 2025 8:25 pm

"I'm the nephew of the president of Toei Animation, and I know they're producing a remake of Dragon Ball Super."

It's so easy to grab the attention of naive fans desperate for franchise content. Anyone who says they know something will be taken 100% seriously.

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Post by The Dark Knight » Wed Dec 31, 2025 4:35 am

miguelnuva1 wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 4:07 pmThere is a French Dragonball youtuber named Sofian LeGEEK, who has interviewed Toei Dragonball workers before and has a large following on YouTube, he is saying Its a Super remake that is following the Manga. It will go through the Manga then Moro, Granolah and then the Sh prequel.
If the leaked image is legitimate (which is likely due to Toei striking the accounts of anyone who posts it), then this is more of a premium remaster, not a ground up remake. They're basically using what they already produced the first time around and improving it where it's needed the most. We'll get the same show, just with better art and animation where it was the weakest the first time around. Whether or not they cut down the episode count remains to be seen.

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Post by Vegard Aune » Wed Dec 31, 2025 7:29 am

The Dark Knight wrote: Wed Dec 31, 2025 4:35 am
miguelnuva1 wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 4:07 pmThere is a French Dragonball youtuber named Sofian LeGEEK, who has interviewed Toei Dragonball workers before and has a large following on YouTube, he is saying Its a Super remake that is following the Manga. It will go through the Manga then Moro, Granolah and then the Sh prequel.
If the leaked image is legitimate (which is likely due to Toei striking the accounts of anyone who posts it), then this is more of a premium remaster, not a ground up remake. They're basically using what they already produced the first time around and improving it where it's needed the most. We'll get the same show, just with better art and animation where it was the weakest the first time around. Whether or not they cut down the episode count remains to be seen.
It bears mention that the takedown does not necessarily mean it's real. I remember a piece of Pokémon fanart of Ash and Serena in Alola, dressed in the outfits of the Pokémon Sun & Moon player characters, being struck down, which led to some thinking that Serena would stay for the Sun & Moon anime which was, at that point, still upcoming. No such thing ended up happening. Serena was not so much as mentioned in Sun & Moon. Why was that piece copyright-claimed? I dunno, maybe they were worried it could be used to spread misinformation or something... But then, what else is new? At least in the time since then, there's blatant misinformation being spread about upcoming Pokémon content roughly once every week.

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Post by Saiya6Cit » Thu Jan 01, 2026 12:27 am

taikufuru wrote: Thu Dec 11, 2025 12:31 pm I lament how messy and unfocused the Dragon Ball franchise has become in recent years. Before, everything was simpler. You had the original manga. You had Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT adapting the original work into animation, even with its flaws. The spin-off films were linked to the TV series brand, and even if they weren't integrated into the main story, there was a reverence for the TV series.
That is not necessarily bad, I like to look at it as if there is a Dragon Ball for all every taste.

They will get a remake of Super, correcting bad animation, fillers and general errors... fine, I am still not watching it. Because I don't care for that anime. In my humble opinion if they are remaking it, it is because they are planning to complete the anime with the manga that continued after the Super anime ended. It makes total sense to get this ´Kai´ version of Super in order to continue it. With better quality animation, how great, it is good to know that sector of the fandom will be happy.

I am in for more DB movies, if they follow the Super Super hero timeline fine, if they are new, fine as well.

I am in for more DB Daima. Even if it is a web comic, a web anime, a movie or daima season 2 anime series.

GotenxTrunks couple is not the way Toriyama meant it to be (if so, they would have been dating already by DBGT). If they want to introduce characters from that community-group into the DB Universe, they should do it with new characters and not core original characters.

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Post by YamiGoku » Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:09 pm

I hope is not a remake, I want Dragon Ball Duper!

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Post by mecha3000 » Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:50 pm

Well, we're now on the month of the event. And If I had to choose my own personal announcements:

1. DRAGON BALL REMAKE OF ALL 42 VOLUMES - With Toriyama gone, I think it's time to do a full-on remake of the original 42 volumes in the style of Super Hero's opening and Daima's recap scenes. Clearly, the interest is there from the animators and Dragon Ball 1986 and Dragon Ball Z 1989 are now really old shows. To bring the newer generation in, a reanimated series would do wonders for the franchise.

2. DRAGON BALL SUPER REMAKE/REVIVAL - Whether this takes the form of adapting the Moro Arc immediately or remaking all of Super and leading into the Moro Arc and beyond, I'm fine with this. Although I would prefer the 42 volumes remake, I'd be equally happy with a Super remake that leads into the Moro, Granolah, and Black Freeza Arcs. Especially if it maybe follows the manga this time to make it different from the 2015 anime. Also, I think Super would really benefit from a remake, especially since it's Toriyama's last contribution to Dragon Ball besides Daima and Daima already looked great. I just hope it's not just a Super remaster that covers episodes 1-131 and we get no other announcement about the Moro and Granolah arcs. I think that would really damage the DB brand.

I know some people want a movie, but that can always come later. I think a Dragon Ball remake (42 volumes of the manga) and Dragon Ball Super revival would be a great way to bring Dragon Ball into the 21st century more than it's ever been before. Or at least, the 2020s and beyond.

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Post by The Dark Knight » Fri Jan 02, 2026 1:08 am

mecha3000 wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:50 pmI just hope it's not just a Super remaster that covers episodes 1-131 and we get no other announcement about the Moro and Granolah arcs. I think that would really damage the DB brand.
This would be the absolute worst case scenario. I don't expect to get a Moro arc trailer, but if they are indeed remastering the original run of Super, they need to at least let it be known it will lead into the manga's arcs.

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Post by JulieYBM » Fri Jan 02, 2026 1:20 am

At this point, nothing about this event is going to 'damage the brand', because hardly anyone is actually expecting announcements. People who posts in thjs thread expect announcements because we're dialed in to following the series. We're a small minority in comparison to the actual audience of Dragon Ball.
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Post by Grimlock » Fri Jan 02, 2026 1:57 am

Here we are, the fortieth anniversary of the anime. What better way to celebrate that than to turn into an anime Jaco, the Galactic Patrolman, Neko Majin and Dragon Ball Online? By doing that, they would, at the same time, adding context to stuff (with the former one) while expanding stuff (with the latter two). Two Shenlongs with one dragon ball, or however the saying goes. Also a great way to pay homage to Akira Toriyama and his contributions.

If those turn out to be the announcements, we will know for sure we live in the correct reality and that this Universe is blessed by the very best Kaios and Kaioshins watching over us that we could have wished for (also Xenoverse 3 as the game announcement just for a sweet bonus!). :)

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Post by FlpShimizu » Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:13 am

JulieYBM wrote: Fri Jan 02, 2026 1:20 am At this point, nothing about this event is going to 'damage the brand', because hardly anyone is actually expecting announcements. People who posts in thjs thread expect announcements because we're dialed in to following the series. We're a small minority in comparison to the actual audience of Dragon Ball.
Yup, I doubt most people even know the event exists. I'm expecting annoucements cause they said we'd get something, but I'm definitely not trying to guess what they'll be. Ever since the revival began nothing really went to an obvious direction (rushed retellings, different continuities, 3D movies, Daima, etc..), so I'm just waiting to see what the hell they're thinking more than anything.

I'm not complaining though, I love Super and Daima just the way they are, and surely I'll find a way to enjoy whatever comes next. It's just that trying to predict which path they'll take the franchise rarely works.
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Post by IntangibleFancy » Fri Jan 02, 2026 12:55 pm

miguelnuva1 wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:29 pm
IntangibleFancy wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 5:53 pm
miguelnuva1 wrote: Tue Dec 30, 2025 4:07 pm There is a French Dragonball youtuber named Sofian LeGEEK, who has interviewed Toei Dragonball workers before and has a large following on YouTube, he is saying

Its a Super remake that is following the Manga. It will go through the Manga then Moro, Granolah and then the Sh prequel.

He also says there is a CGI movie as the second announcement and of course we're getting a new game.

Dragonball hype and Geekdom on Twitter imply they onow what the announcements are but are not saying.

Geekdom got asked directly about a Super remake and refused to answer.
I’ve been hearing about this guy since his Sparking Zero “interview” but nobody’s ever been able to tell me what he’s accurately leaked.
Apparently this is the first time he has leaked something. He has a decent following so if the remake doesn't happen it could end up similar to how people called out Geekdom back with Super returning in 2019.
I watched the 2019 thing unfold in real time. People were crossed with him, sure, but mostly nobody really cared. People were more angry during Diama’s run at him actually having spoilers than they were in 2019 where it very much seemed like he was lying.

Geekdom aside, events like Genkidamatsuri gives people like Sofian the perfect chance to get all the engagement and attention they want. If they’re wrong it’s not that big of a deal because something is still getting announced, they can just use the excitement from whatever it is to cover their tracks and quietly scale back or delete their posts.
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Post by SupremeKai25 » Mon Jan 05, 2026 2:06 pm

After doing my yearly rewatch of Super, I have completely changed my mind on a Remake and would like to add my voice to the chorus of people who don't care about a Super remake.

Super looks awesome. The online fandom vastly overexaggerates how ugly Super really looks. Sure there's some episodes here and there that look ugly, but for the most part it looks good. Especially once the movie retellings end, which are not even 30 episodes of a 131 episodes anime.

It was exactly the same thing with DBZ. Sure, the big fights all look awesome, but there's so many scenes that look ugly or awful. And Kai didn't really change that much, it just added an ugly green filter.

Super looks beautiful. It doesn't need a remake.

I think the most likely thing to be announced is a new movie. There was a 4 years gap between Broly and Super Hero. Now it is 4 years since the CGI movie. It seems like a new movie is just around the corner.
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Post by Von » Mon Jan 05, 2026 4:26 pm

Sofian is mostly followed by a certain type of people and he's the one who asked Nakatsuru about KidBuu v BuuHan ("because that's what the community wanted"). He's a nice guy and I'm pals with him, but sometimes I want to shake him lol

As for the leaks, there's a big "repeated, amplified, deformed" telephone game that has happened. Sofian's source seems to be once removed from my own, so I see some distortions (let alone distortions about non french speakers who seem to forget conditional tense is a tense that exists).

3 weeks to wait :)
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Post by miguelnuva1 » Mon Jan 05, 2026 5:56 pm

Von wrote: Mon Jan 05, 2026 4:26 pm Sofian is mostly followed by a certain type of people and he's the one who asked Nakatsuru about KidBuu v BuuHan ("because that's what the community wanted"). He's a nice guy and I'm pals with him, but sometimes I want to shake him lol

As for the leaks, there's a big "repeated, amplified, deformed" telephone game that has happened. Sofian's source seems to be once removed from my own, so I see some distortions (let alone distortions about non french speakers who seem to forget conditional tense is a tense that exists).

3 weeks to wait :)
Thanks for the update on the manner.

If it is a Super remake starting from BOG again and we won't get new content to say late 2027 I can't wait to see the in the know "leakers" calling the fans ungrateful again lol.

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Post by kemuri07 » Mon Jan 05, 2026 6:09 pm

SupremeKai25 wrote: Mon Jan 05, 2026 2:06 pm
Super looks beautiful. It doesn't need a remake.

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Agreed with the second part. Lol at that first part.

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Post by Von » Mon Jan 05, 2026 8:48 pm

miguelnuva1 wrote: Mon Jan 05, 2026 5:56 pm
If it is a Super remake starting from BOG again and we won't get new content to say late 2027 I can't wait to see the in the know "leakers" calling the fans ungrateful again lol.

If this is the plan, I can't wait for people complaining about "wait, we gotta experience Battle of Gods for the FOURTH TIME?!" lmao

(also the inevitable fight about "which version is canon" )

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Post by MCDaveG » Tue Jan 06, 2026 8:55 am

Beerus, can't wait!
January is here already and all that Super remake speculatius makes it feel like that wait is even longer than months before when they've announced it.

At least one promising project from those intended three is enough for me and I just hope it won't be some overhyped PR stunt again, as majority of the companies still didn't noticed or are unable to cope with the epic waves of nihilism the populace is surfing on nowadays.

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Post by IntangibleFancy » Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:30 pm

Apparently there’s a chance that there’ll just be one announcement
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