"Dragon Ball Super" Series Official Announcement & Discussion Thread

[SSJ God Gogeta]

One universe must have two gods named Tequila and Rum.
Toriyama, make this a thing!

[Low Tone G]

I don't know if someone has pointed this out before (I'm just too lazy to scroll and look at the earlier posts) , but with all these new god characters being named after alcohol beverages, I pretty convinced that the pattern of how they're named is that their power reflects the amount of alcohol present in the beverage they're named after.

Since Beerus apparently is the weakest God of Destruction of the 12 universes (presumably, I still haven't found a reliable source on this, but it fits here) him being named after beer fits this theory, as its alcohol percentage is so low, usually around 3%-12%. Whiskey on the other hand, has a whooping 40%-68%, and pretty much explains Whis' massive power.
Plus the new character Champa, (who's almost without doubt another God of Destruction) fits the idea of other gods being more powerful than Beerus, with champagne being 15% percent alcohol on the average. Now we'll just have to see what his assistant is named after so we can measure things further.

Now of course I have absolutely no clue if this is what Toriyama intended, but I'm just theorizing.

Nice one, bro. I can think of this like that. The Toei wanted Beerus to be a pun on Virus... But as I know it Toriyama misunderstood their intention and believed it to be a pun on the Beer. So if this Champa guy is based on Champagne, then he should be another God of Destruction from an unseen universe.

[Marco Polo]

Someone suggested that the 9-star Dragon Ball could be from Universe 9, which would have sets of 9 Dragon Balls the same way the main universe (Universe 7) has sets of 7 Dragon Balls. If that's true, there must be lots of wishes granted in Universe 1 with single-star Dragon Balls.

[ArchedThunder]

I don't know if someone has pointed this out before (I'm just too lazy to scroll and look at the earlier posts) , but with all these new god characters being named after alcohol beverages, I pretty convinced that the pattern of how they're named is that their power reflects the amount of alcohol present in the beverage they're named after.

Since Beerus apparently is the weakest God of Destruction of the 12 universes (presumably, I still haven't found a reliable source on this, but it fits here) him being named after beer fits this theory, as its alcohol percentage is so low, usually around 3%-12%. Whiskey on the other hand, has a whooping 40%-68%, and pretty much explains Whis' massive power.
Plus the new character Champa, (who's almost without doubt another God of Destruction) fits the idea of other gods being more powerful than Beerus, with champagne being 15% percent alcohol on the average. Now we'll just have to see what his assistant is named after so we can measure things further.

Now of course I have absolutely no clue if this is what Toriyama intended, but I'm just theorizing.

Strongest god will be named Recs.
Seriously though, good theory.

[miguelnuva1]

I'm still not convinced that their rebooting BOG as much as their simply adding to it but I'll reserve judgment till we have more info.

I can't wait to see Champa however as a huge fan of Beerus and someone who is a little overweight himself, he could turn out to be my new favorite character.

[FortuneSSJ]

Chapter 1 is not the entire episode 1, just the first part...

Talking about weekly chapters size:
1 anime episode = 2 manga chapters, at least.
If an anime episode doesn't cover at least that, its because it's dragging on with filler.
Example: Some DBZ fights back then, and One piece these last years.

Sometimes, if the chapter has few content, the anime episode can cover more than 2 chapters.

The most disappointing thing about Super chapter 1 is its size. Its a monthly chapter but has the size of a weekly one...
Weekly chapter = 17/20 pages
Monthly chapter = 33+ pages

Just like ROF chapters, this one should have 30 + pages. Wait a month for just this content is disappointing.

And damn no new TV ad this week... I was expecting a new TV ad every week now until Super debuts.

I don't know if someone has pointed this out before (I'm just too lazy to scroll and look at the earlier posts) , but with all these new god characters being named after alcohol beverages, I pretty convinced that the pattern of how they're named is that their power reflects the amount of alcohol present in the beverage they're named after.

Since Beerus apparently is the weakest God of Destruction of the 12 universes (presumably, I still haven't found a reliable source on this, but it fits here) him being named after beer fits this theory, as its alcohol percentage is so low, usually around 3%-12%. Whiskey on the other hand, has a whooping 40%-68%, and pretty much explains Whis' massive power.
Plus the new character Champa, (who's almost without doubt another God of Destruction) fits the idea of other gods being more powerful than Beerus, with champagne being 15% percent alcohol on the average. Now we'll just have to see what his assistant is named after so we can measure things further.

Now of course I have absolutely no clue if this is what Toriyama intended, but I'm just theorizing.

Wow...This is one of those things we should just email to Toriyama (if he isn't following this thought already)
Good thinking, great stuff.

[Lord Frieza]

After thinking about it I Think BoG will get re-written but RoF will be relegated to something that happened while Goku and Vegeta where training with Whis and only show as part of a training montage or briefly mentioned.

while i would love a Resurrection of Freeza Saga I find it hard to believe they would ret-con both movies.

[ArchedThunder]

After thinking about it I Think BoG will get re-written but RoF will be relegated to something that happened while Goku and Vegeta where training with Whis and only show as part of a training montage or briefly mentioned.

They don't even have to mention RF really, I mean Goku and Vegeta both attain SSGSS before the film and Freeza is taken care of within the film. The only thing of note that was revealed in the film is Whis's ability to turn back time, which can easily be explained in the show.

[Captain Space]

Haha, that alcohol-content theory is really cool! I think I'd love it if that's what they were secretly doing...it'd be very Dragon Ball.

[Lord Frieza]

After thinking about it I Think BoG will get re-written but RoF will be relegated to something that happened while Goku and Vegeta where training with Whis and only show as part of a training montage or briefly mentioned.

They don't even have to mention RF really, I mean Goku and Vegeta both attain SSGSS before the film and Freeza is taken care of within the film. The only thing of note that was revealed in the film is Whis's ability to turn back time, which can easily be explained in the show.

Your right I suppose, RoF like Bojack Unbound is a movie that can take place in the series because it fits in without really clashing with the timeline at all.

[UltimateHammerBro]

I see it differently:

1: Dragon Ball (manga).
2: Dragon Ball - Z - GT.
3: Dragon Ball - Dragon Ball (Z) Kai.
4: Dragon Ball - Z - BOG - ROF.

I'll have my opinion about Super's placement once we know if it does or doesn't rewrite the movies.
However, I won't include it in any of the first two timelines: I like to think about the manga and the 3 classic anime series as a finished story.

Don't the new movies follow manga-canon though? So they can't be a follow up to the Z anime in that sense.

The manga and anime continuities don't differ that much, so the movies can follow either of them IMO. I prefer to count them as belonging to the anime rather than the manga.

As I've said, I prefer to see the original run of the manga as a complete story without anything else to add, in which ten years of peace after Buu's defeat mean exactly that, not "ten years of peace in which we were attacked by two of Freeza's former henchmen, the God of Destruction, a resurrected Freeza and God knows what else"

Someone suggested that the 9-star Dragon Ball could be from Universe 9, which would have sets of 9 Dragon Balls the same way the main universe (Universe 7) has sets of 7 Dragon Balls. If that's true, there must be lots of wishes granted in Universe 1 with single-star Dragon Balls.

Maybe there's no Dragon Radar in Universe 1, so there is only one Dragon Ball, but it's a pain to find

[Cold Skin]

And damn no new TV ad this week... I was expecting a new TV ad every week now until Super debuts.

Well, rejoyce, with Kai ending next Sunday, you'll have a mandatory 30-seconds preview for Super, guaranteed!

[Abel Taylor]

Haha, that alcohol-content theory is really cool! I think I'd love it if that's what they were secretly doing...it'd be very Dragon Ball.

Or Ethan/Ethyl for pure Ethanol. Puns are fun.

[Lord Frieza]

Funny thought the Super manga is the first time we've seen Beerus actually doing his job. Before this he's only destroyed two suns off screen and that wasn't entirely intentional.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

I don't know if someone has pointed this out before (I'm just too lazy to scroll and look at the earlier posts) , but with all these new god characters being named after alcohol beverages, I pretty convinced that the pattern of how they're named is that their power reflects the amount of alcohol present in the beverage they're named after.

Since Beerus apparently is the weakest God of Destruction of the 12 universes (presumably, I still haven't found a reliable source on this, but it fits here) him being named after beer fits this theory, as its alcohol percentage is so low, usually around 3%-12%. Whiskey on the other hand, has a whooping 40%-68%, and pretty much explains Whis' massive power.
Plus the new character Champa, (who's almost without doubt another God of Destruction) fits the idea of other gods being more powerful than Beerus, with champagne being 15% percent alcohol on the average. Now we'll just have to see what his assistant is named after so we can measure things further.

Now of course I have absolutely no clue if this is what Toriyama intended, but I'm just theorizing.

I highly doubt it was, guess we should chalk it down to another happy accident lol. Interesting theory though I like it, hopefully someone at TOEI caught on it, guess we will find out soon.

[UltimateHammerBro]

Haha, that alcohol-content theory is really cool! I think I'd love it if that's what they were secretly doing...it'd be very Dragon Ball.

Or Ethan/Ethyl for pure Ethanol. Puns are fun.

How about something with methanol? The character would be stronger than someone named after ethanol, because methanol is toxic

[Lord Beerus]

One universe must have two gods named Tequila and Rum.
Toriyama, make this a thing!

I'm still hoping for Toriyama to names some of the future Gods either Sherry, Madeira or Marsala. Then we would have come full circle with alcohol based names in the series.

[danielsan_190196]

I was looking for information about the Taiwanese dub of Buu Kai, and I found on the FTV facebook page for the show (FTV is the channel that will air Buu Kai) something that might be interesting: apparently they do have the rights of Super.
The facebook translator isn't that good, so I can't confirm that. Does anyone here know mandarin?


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[UpFromTheSkies]

One universe must have two gods named Tequila and Rum.
Toriyama, make this a thing!

Or Rum and Coke, Gin and Tonic

[Ushabtis]

Re: Gods with alcoholic beverage for names