The new Dragon Ball series marks the return of kid Goku (and friends).
  • @M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7•2 years ago

    I’ve been watching dragon ball z since I was a kid. I never watched all of dragon ball, but I read the manga.

    Dragon ball super was pretty good, too.

    I may have missed a movie here or there, but I’m happy to see more dragon ball content.

    • GeekFTW
      4•2 years ago

      Same. I still have on a hard drive old 320x240 mpg and avi clips from Japanese VHS’s of DBZ/DBGT from back when we’d have to fucking import them in order to watch them, downloaded from KaZaA/Morpheus/Limewire back in the late 90’s.

      As long as Toriyama is involved in it, I’m down for more Dragon Ball until I die.

      Edit: Fuck it, proof lmao

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      • ElPussyKangarooEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        You didn’t have to provide proof, but you did. Thank you, kind stranger.

      • @M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        I’ve never seen GT. Is it worth it? I’m pretty sure toriyama was not involved with it.

        • GeekFTW
          1•2 years ago

          If memory serves, Toriyama did provide character designs and the like, but yes he otherwise declined to participate.

          Is it worth viewing? YMMV. In a post-DBZ world where it was ‘You get GT or you get nothing cause the franchise already ended’ it 100% sufficed, even if it wasn’t as great as DB or DBZ. Now-a-days with it being 100% not canon, and us having Super, this new one coming, films, etc, it can be a bit more lackluster. If you love Dragon Ball because “sweet anime fights”, you’d have zero problem with the show at all.

          I remember the biggest issue people had with it (back when it came out when i was a teen) was that Goku was a kid again after a full series (and a bit) of being an adult, so the vibe was always a bit…off. Now with Muppet Z-Fighters™ here coming out (assuming it’ll be good, of course) people may look back on GT a bit better, who knows.

          Either way its like 3 seasons so it’s not a long watch!

          • @M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2•2 years ago

            Dragon Ball canon is so crazy already. I basically just ignore it. I don’t care what’s canon or not. I just want cool fights. It sounds like this show is for me.

            • GeekFTW
              1•2 years ago

              100% then. Has some great enemies, plus several returning ones you’ll recognize.

    • DarkThoughts
      1•2 years ago

      I think most if not all of the old movies aren’t canon anyway or in some form adapted into the show.

      • @M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        Yeah, I actually meant the dragon ball super movies. But dragon ball canon is all over the place, so I’m really just in it for goku doing the goku thing.

  • @ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    4•2 years ago

    Wasn’t GT an attempt to do a “kid” version and it basically went over like a lead balloon? What do they think will be different with the formula this time and why do they think people want to see kid fights?

    • DarkThoughts
      1•2 years ago

      I think Super had a decent pacing and not that typical stalling from the old ones.