This Friday, October 11th marks a big moment for the immense community around Dragon Ball. Six years after the broadcast of the last episodes of Dragon Ball Super Heroes, the saga opens a new chapter in its history with the release of Dragon Ball Daima. It's at 11:40 p.m. (Japanese time) on FujiTV – or 4:40 p.m. in France – and on Crunchyroll that the new adventures of Goku Vegeta and the others will be revealed. Some lucky people have already been able to taste the renewal of the license by watching the very first episode during the Dragon Ball Daimatsuri, an event held at Tokyo Big Sight in Japan. As one might expect, it is the quality of the animation that was put in the foreground, faithful to the images seen in the trailer. But this project announced as a tribute to Toriyama and part of a new artistic direction worried. On social networks and especially on Reddit, Internet users are wondering, while others are cautious. We can understand them, this return to the sources makes us fear the risk of a “GT-like” and a narration that is too childish. Dragon Ball Daimamust avoid falling into certain traps at all costs if it wants to quickly win the hearts of fans.
Avoid the GT like
We just mentioned it. Dragon Ball Daimahas a hint of GT. And for good reason, as in the anime released in 1996, Goku falls back into childhood following a curse, and will travel to the ends of the universe to find his normal appearance. Criticized for the absence of certain characters, the weakness of its fights, this Goku-dependence and a first arc that was too long and laborious, Dragon Ball GT has sharply divided the community. But Toei Animation has understood the bad feedback of the time, and will certainly rectify the situation. Especially since this new project is more built as a return to the early hours of Dragon Ball and its humorous tone. We then hope for nervous ground fights and faithful to those seen during the 23rd Tenkaichi Budōkai or during the confrontation between Goku and Satan Petit Coeur, and a light humor.
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The management of humor and pace is one of the main factors that will make DB Daima a success, or not. Some people complain about the idea of seeing an anime that is too “childish” and heroes who have become young again. “Well, if I want to watch young Dragon Ball characters, then I'll watch the original Dragon Ball,”says one user on the anime subreddit. Others go further and talk about “destruction of legacy”. But given the return of the trailer and the first leaks, the majority of the community is enthusiastic. After all, as we said above, animation is no longer the same as it was 10, 20, or 30 years ago. The quality of that of Daimasuggests sumptuous shots of breathtaking fights, far from the slowness of those of its predecessors. This is also what was noted by most spectators when watching the pilot.
Many missing transformations, disappointed fans?
What about the characters and transformations? Daimataking place after the Majin Buu saga and before the battle of the gods, we should not normally expect the “flashy” transformations seen in Dragon Ball Super. From then on, two camps oppose each other, those fond of the latest flashy transformations, and those disappointed by the power-ups galore that are beyond comprehension and of disproportionate power.”I liked all the new transformations up until Battle of Gods. I really enjoyed Super, but there was just too much power escalation and it diminished its importance for me,” one can read on Reddit for example. So if the forms of Super are expected to be absent from the anime, what will Daima offer us? Will the series choose to create new ones? Regarding the characters, the absence of Gohan is questionable. He is indeed the only major character who has not appeared in any promotional material for the series. We suspect that Toei is keeping his character warm to maintain the craze and use him to generate buzz.
Fans should quickly get answers to their questions, as the episodes are released. And to go further, find out why Yamcha's character changes voice in Daima.