Dragon Ball Super

[neflight86]

Forgive my lack of reference material. I expect most people here to know what this is.


Episode 1 is out.

So... That brought back a lot of memories, I suppose. This wasn't modernized at all aside from the widescreen broadcast. It's almost as if Akira had a script lying around after the end of Majin boo that was supposed to continue the story and he/they/we just got around to seeing it. Sounds like most of the old Jappanese cast is back, which reminds me of how used I am to the English dub (and how much I dislike Goku's Japanese VA). As a first episode, there wasn't much story aside from the setup for this arc and a recap with old animation, which ironically looked about as good as this animation does, but one thing stood out to me: Maybe I'm a sucker for redemption, but I did like that Mr.Satin got to act the part of a hero for once by basically funding Goku's next training leave and admitting that he did little to save the world though he got all the credit.

TLDR; Not much to discuss yet, but feel free.

[MFauli]

Solid first episode. Nostalgia hitting hard.

Since this is a real continuation of the main story, I wonder if Toriyama dares to have established characters die. I also hope that significant new cast members are added that are here to stay.

And most importantly: I hope Kuririn becomes somewhat important again. No idea how to give him enough power to make that happen, though, lol.

[ForteCross]

Solid first episode. Nostalgia hitting hard.

Since this is a real continuation of the main story, I wonder if Toriyama dares to have established characters die. I also hope that significant new cast members are added that are here to stay.

And most importantly: I hope Kuririn becomes somewhat important again. No idea how to give him enough power to make that happen, though, lol.

he still has the best cutting ki power in the rooster,

also what is the best fansubber for this series? i got one that wasnt that good

[NeoCybercoin]

Krilling couldn't cut Perfect Cell so I doubt that best cutting ki will help him.

TBH I was expecting something....more. Then again I've been so used to seasonal anime where the plot gets shown in the first ep. Now we only saw Beerus blow up half a planet.

[vejita613]

So, why was Piccolo stalking Gohan and Videl? Is he tsundere? Yandere?

Slow episode overall, but I enjoyed it. Can't wait for that next episode though. A day in the life of the Briefs family. Should be interesting to say the least.

[Shadow Skill]

I enjoyed it. I think this first episode was to have us fans get reacquainted(sp?) with our hero(es).

[Raven]

Just a reintroduction, really. Reminding us that the general public don't know about the characters and their abilities. The nostalgia and familiarity of the characters is enough to keep me coming back for more.

[Harima Kenji]

A weird first episode.. it felt filler to me, although it obviously isn't. It did indeed feel like an episode to end the buu arc, like it should've aired all those years ago.
This episode did confuse me a bit though.. I was under the assumption that "battle of gods" was canon, and the way this seems to go disproves that. Should I see it as a teaser for 'super' or something?

My wish for this series: make at least Gohan relevant again. He should've learned his lesson in the Buu saga that he should train more. In GT they made Gohan such a useless pussy (like everyone who was not Goku). I've always seen DBZ as Gohan's rise to power, like DB was for Goku.

Subtitle wise, is Funimation (I assume they already licenced this) hunting for sites that offer this or something? My normal channels didn't even list this. (maybe my channels are a bit outdated, nowadays, since even DBZ is not readily available). I too, am looking for a good subbing group. The one I had was just enough for me to fill in the blanks of my understanding of japanese.

[vejita613]

This episode did confuse me a bit though.. I was under the assumption that "battle of gods" was canon, and the way this seems to go disproves that. Should I see it as a teaser for 'super' or something?

My understanding is that it starts from the end of the battle with Kid Buu all the way until the start of the latest movie, RoF. This makes me think we might skip a bit sometime later on, but we shall see.

Subtitle wise, is Funimation (I assume they already licenced this) hunting for sites that offer this or something? My normal channels didn't even list this. (maybe my channels are a bit outdated, nowadays, since even DBZ is not readily available). I too, am looking for a good subbing group. The one I had was just enough for me to fill in the blanks of my understanding of japanese.

I believe that's exactly what's happening. DBZ is arguably Funis biggest property (or at least the one that made them famous). So, it wouldn't be surprising that they would want to crack down on all fan subbers. I had to use some random subbing group that I never heard of. I suspect, though, at least one of the popular subbing groups such as HorribleSubs are doing the subbing, but under a different name.

[Killa-Eyez]

Got the same feeling as I got watching the first ep of DBZ, which is good. Kinda skeptical about the plot though. Kinda disliked Battle of Gods as a whole. I thought this series was about after he met Beerus and before Resurrection F (I was told), but the dude is being his douche-bag self again.

... I suspect, though, at least one of the popular subbing groups such as HorribleSubs are doing the subbing, but under a different name.

I've been out of the loop for a while and I too found it odd no popular fansub was doing this yet. I found this DragonTeam who changed their name specifically for this series and actually go by The Moonlighters... Anyone know of them?

[Uchiha Barles]

Man, that snake was a grade A asshole: "FUCK your water bottle, bitch!" *smack*

I'm with everyone else feeling the nostalgia vibes, but I don't really feel like I've outgrown the series at all. I do hope that they have more interactions between the characters we love and normal people. Those scenes made me laugh a lot.

[LaZie]

I watch DeadFish subs. Grammar is good and as far as translation goes, it seems good to me. Not that I speak Japanese anyway

[Killa-Eyez]

Ep 2 is out. DragonTeam isn't what you call a speed-sub. Will wait for their release though.

I watch DeadFish subs. Grammar is good and as far as translation goes, it seems good to me. Not that I speak Japanese anyway

Deadfish isn't what you call a "fan-sub". They re-encode original releases to make the files more player friendly and use subs from original fan-subs. In this case they used DragonTeam's, the one I originally watched. You can find what subs they use in each of their torrent descriptions.

[shinta|hikari]

Wow, this show aged so horribly.

I remember enjoying some of the Dragonball episodes and even some of the Z episodes when I was a kid.

But this was horrible.

The "comedy" was slapstick at best and utterly corny/trite at the worst. The action was a decade old and so was the animation. The art style is horrid, and before anyone says that's how it is originally, that's exactly what I mean by aging poorly.

But the worst part was the voices. Do the seven dragon balls represent the pair of testicles each of the Go-xxx males and the single testicle Trunks lost to reach such a high pitch? I felt like I was watching a comedy show depicting how ridiculous VA work can get.

[vejita613]

But the worst part was the voices. Do the seven dragon balls represent the pair of testicles each of the Go-xxx males and the single testicle Trunks lost to reach such a high pitch? I felt like I was watching a comedy show depicting how ridiculous VA work can get.

Agreed, but is this really something unexpected? The voice actors aren't getting any younger. It's certainly noticeable, but what else could they do? Get different people to act? Would that really be acceptable? I didn't care much for it in the new Sailor Moon series, so I doubt I would've been OK with that in DBZ.

EP2

Not quite the Briefs family interaction I was hoping for, but it was nice to see nonetheless. I definitely feel for Vegeta, crowded places make me feel exactly the same.

So, from what I've, they will be doing a retelling of Battle of the Gods to fit into a series format. Not sure how well that will work, but I guess we will find out next episode.

[ForteCross]

Wow, this show aged so horribly.

I remember enjoying some of the Dragonball episodes and even some of the Z episodes when I was a kid.

But this was horrible.

The "comedy" was slapstick at best and utterly corny/trite at the worst. The action was a decade old and so was the animation. The art style is horrid, and before anyone says that's how it is originally, that's exactly what I mean by aging poorly.

But the worst part was the voices. Do the seven dragon balls represent the pair of testicles each of the Go-xxx males and the single testicle Trunks lost to reach such a high pitch? I felt like I was watching a comedy show depicting how ridiculous VA work can get.

i got to agree that the voices are weird, but then again i saw the series in latin spanish...

the first episode was weird, it was a goten and trunks adventure which wasnt really enjoyable.

second episode still feels filler, "vegeta goes in a vacation" and acts all pissed up on bulma and trunks? it felt out of place, in the movie he was all "dont you dare touch my wife punk", and if i remember correctly he wanted to be a good father to trunks after seeing future trunks die (or almost getting killed?)...

lets hope this is only a warm up till the recap of battle of gods...

[NeoCybercoin]

Beerus looked so....odd at times. Reminded me more of one of those goldfishes with bloated eyeballs.
But I have to say...I was just smiling when I saw Vegeta go through all of that, Too bad they didn't change the name of the Super Sayajin God to Sayajin God.

[MFauli]

friend of mine claims this will only feature 12 episodes in total. that true?

[vejita613]

I've heard 100, but I don't believe there has been any official word as to how many there will actually be.

[shinta|hikari]

OMG. 100 episodes of this.