re: The Official DragonBall Thread....est 2012

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but need to somehow find out what episodes to avoid since I own both Battle of the Gods and the Frieza movie.

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Roughly the first 30-ish.

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However, I have all of DBZ KAI on blu-ray and it still is the GOAT. I’ve seen like five episodes of Super and will be adding those to my collection soon as well, but need to somehow find out what episodes to avoid since I own both Battle of the Gods and the Frieza movie.

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Yeah, I'm not sure why they even bothered. It's still entertaining, so I wouldn't fully skip it.

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No, you're right, my bad. Apparently Toriyama declared it non-canon (GT) with the release of Super, which corrects the discrepancies between the two.

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And thank god for that. GT sort of destroyed several characters and turning Goku back into a damn child was ridiculous.

I think they were going for the adventurous charm of the Dragonball franchise and figured a child Goku would bring back some of that magic.

I think Super has attempted in several ways to get back to the adventurous charm of Dragon Ball (hinted by Goku being extra stupid) but they I think ultimately Super is getting back to DBZ style with some hints of dragonball.

Frankly DBZ really took the DB in a new tonal direction as it went from fun/adventurous to serious/scifi and Super is a mix of the two and it seems to work.

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Dragon Ball Super will be on Adult Swim on weekdays and takes over King of the Hill time slot.

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I wonder if it's just gonna be up to what's been shown already, with new ones only on Saturday Nights, or if new ones will air every night

I also love DBZ Abridged (and their Kai Abridged series as well).

In DBZ, I got a little annoyed at how much a lot of very important characters began to take a backseat to Vegeta. All the humans were really important, especially Krillin, up through the Frieza saga even if their power levels weren't up there. Then came the Android/Cell Saga, and all but Krillin were filler and even Krillin was only important for having the hots for Android 18. Then came the Buu saga and if you weren't a Sayian, you were trash. Super is sort of the same way, though giving Roshi some cool moments was pretty awesome.


Interesting note though. In Super's tournament, the single most important EVENT is actually done by Krillin.

Krillin saves Android 18 from falling.
Android 18 defeats several foes, before saving her brother Android 17.
Android 17 prevents Goku and Vegeta from getting blasted off when both were incapacitated, was the one to defeat the giant, merged robot dude, and of course was the final winner overall.

So, Krillin, at least, gets a moment that the show doesn't really acknowledge. In all honesty, he's my favorite character, so I was hoping he'd have a better run in the tournament.

Yeah the main problem with DBZ is that it completely cut off all other races except Saiyans. Everyone else had a power cap so they became throwaways. They upped Piccolo in frieze and somewhat android saga, but became useless with the rest afterward.

I'm not sure why they decided that so many races and characters could no longer compete. Made it very one dimensional.

I'd also like to see Trunks and Goten grow a little more like they did with Gohan. Not turn them into punk arse bitches, but just not forever that age.

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So where does DB heroes fall in the timeline?

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It’s made up fan fiction. It’s its own timeline

Super Drsgon Ball Heroes episode 1 tomorrow!

It's going to be streamed online. No English dub. No official English sub.

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Isn't this basically like a fanfic?

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It's non canon fan service. Promotional material.