First footage. Show starts July 5th
First footage. Show starts July 5th
In that trailer all the characters are dressed like they were in Yo Son Goku and his Friends Return
More footage
Seeing those teasers makes me kinda sad. That being said my initial thoughts are this should be decent if not good. Akira is back at the helm if I understand properly, since it's an anime and not a manga adapted to a n anime we shouldn't have to deal with filler or hour long power ups simply because they are trying to give the manga some breathing room to get past them. Hopefully he fleshed out the twelve dimensions mentioned by Beerus/Bills in Battle of Gods before starting. One of the biggest problems with DBZ is that while it mostly fell together well it's really obvious at points that Akira didn't really know where he was headed when he started and just kinda kept going.
It's going to look AMAZING and might be worth it just to watch the fights.
So I loved DBZ when it ran on the cartoon network and even picked up some Japanese versions on VHS back in the day. But I'm far from a nerd for it. I.e. I don't know the back story of how it was made, never read up on it or anything.
So is this new show going to be like a reboot or retelling of the story? Or what exactly?
It seems the first part is going to be a retelling of Battle of Gods.
So apparently they will be retelling the last two movies in story arc form as well as taking a trip to the 6th Universe.
Straight from Akira Toriayama
“Dragon Ball Super” is a complete continuation of the Majin Buu story arc. It’s got a bit of post-battle aftermath, continues with the “Battle of Gods” arc where the God of Destruction Beerus appears and the “Revival of ‘F'” arc where Freeza comes back to life, and then, I’ve written a strange new story where they finally depart even this universe. They’re fighting against their neighbors, Universe 6! They’ll yell at me if I give away too many spoilers, so I’ll keep the rest a secret, but they’re chasing after giant super Dragon Balls; I think things will unfold in a bright and simple way, that will be really fun and exciting!
Since it’s another universe, loads of new characters will turn up. I’ll do my best to draw the tons of character designs necessary, so I’m looking forward to this too.
You know, it suddenly occurs to me that somewhere along the line the Dragon Ball anime has become quite a huge story. Since I’m the guy who drew the thing, it’s a bit weird for me to say this, but when I first started out I never dreamed it would have a universe as a setting (laughs). Don’t worry though, it’s still going to be the same sort of easy-to-understand content as always. Please be sure to watch Dragon Ball Super on TV!”
The title of Sunday's episode is Who Will the 100 Million Zenny Peace Reward Go To…?!
The title of the episode on July 12th is Onward to the Promised Resort! Vegeta Goes on a Family Trip?!
The shows opening.
Haven't found the episode yet which is annoying since One Piece is everywhere and DBS is that show's lead in.
There is already a fansub out
Interesting first episode. Slice of life stuff with Goku and Goten hanging out, and Goten and Trunks looking for a present for Videl. Next week Vegeta goes on vacation with Bulma and Trunks. Beerus is more overtly evil than he was in the movies. That bugged me a bit.
Have seen episode 2. Vegeta vs Squid or Octopus or whatever is the greatest battle in Dragon Ball history
The first episode is up on Youtube.
Some interesting stuff coming up in between the Battle of Gods arc and the Golden Freeza arc. Plus we now know about the 6th Universe arc. Champa, the fat Beerus, is in fact Beerus' brother and the God of Destruction of Universe 6. How the 12 Universes in Dragon Ball works is the Universes that add up to 13 are like parallel to each other. Like 1 and 12 would be and 6 where Champa is from and 7 which is the Dragon Ball Universe. In Universe 6 all the humans on Earth died because of war. Champa wants Universe 7's Earth because the food is so good. So basically there is gonna be a tournament and Champa is Shao Khan and Beerus is Raiden.