Where is Dragon Ball Super? Why Dragon Ball Daima Exists (FULL STORY) 

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We getting GTA 6 before DragonBall Super, I never thought that would be the case.

If Daima is a 20 episode arc...I just REALLY hope that at LEAST the final 5 episodes has everyone returned to their proper age so we can get an epic finale with the adult versions of the characters.

Not all of us hate filler, it just depends on the execution. OG DragonBall had amazing filler, because it was entertaining while giving characters growth at the same time. Some of it related to the main story, but they weren't dependent on either/or, so it was free for wacky jokes or having holes in the plot

My thought process with Shueisha is that if they wanted the manga to go further along with more stories before bringing it back in anime form, then why are they seemingly wasting time with retelling DBS: Super Hero? Doesn't seem like they are in any rush to have any anime adaptation anytime soon...

Now this makes a TON of sense and I kinda think this approach to Super is a much safer one if seasonal is not an option. Having more arcs to adapt makes it easier since there isn't a need to pad out episodes as much and with a better schedule the animation will be better too. This also means toyotaro has even more control over Super since they're adapting the Manga vs Toryiama's note sheets and winging it. For the most part I think the manga has better writing than the anime so this is a plus for me.

I loved a lot of the slice of life stuff OG Super had between arcs. If Super came back right now it would be smart to have to a lot more of that content, and to expand upon the adapted material so it won't drag the material its adapting to a unbearable pace.

The years keep going by and we still aren’t getting the Moro and Granola arcs animated, nor are we going past the end of Z; which is what I think we all really want!😢

Honestly what a great and informative video. This is one of the reasons why I always trusted you as being my only Dragonball RU-vidr that I watch and follow for Dragonball news. You only state facts and make it very clear when something is just an opinion or prediction. This video helped clear some of the uncertainty and confusion I’ve had for a while now about why Super hasn’t came back. At the end of the day from a business standpoint, it makes sense and we all just need to understand that’s how it works. I’m glad we will at least have new content with the manga and this new show. So hopefully it will be enough for the DB community to keep us engaged until Super does come back one day. Even if it doesn’t I will be satisfied with what we got.

Currently watching the replay on Revisting DB series on streams on twitch. And I only noticed this thru my second watch but General Blue is one resilient motherf'er, he swims up ocean, flies a plane, hijacks a car, what a character as side from the controversial traits obviously lol

I think by the time One Piece ends Dragon Ball Super will start airing again

Dragonball has been around long enough to make us actually invested in the non main characters which is why I’ve always LOVED the slice of life and filler episodes… the features with arale? The baseball games? That shit was AMAZING in terms of entertainment and uniqueness

The complete knowledge? Akira is doing an anniversary special that is his passion project called Daima. Super will be launched once the manga gets further ahead. There I’ve explained it.

If Shueshia wanted more time, couldn't they have said to Toei to first adapt the Broly movie into the anime like they did with BoG and Resurrection F? Maybe adding all those things they didn't manage to include in the movie itself. They could even have a Jaco arc where you have Jaco retelling the adventures from his own manga to pad time. Also, they should honestly move the manga from being monthly to be twice a month in my opinion.

he D me and you are around the same age so you know how limited we were when we were growing up on connections within the anime community and the lack of an outlet for general fan opinion to be heard. i just wanted to say thanks man, your genuine love for dbz played a major part in reviving my own hope for dbz and dbs. i wish we had more people like you growing up. and i truly think we the fans could actually rally together and bring dbz back to it former glory, look what youtube has done for minecraft, i really think content creators like yourself could make a big impact on the future success of the series. its important to have people like you to keep hope kindled as gandalf would say.

Very cool info! Appreciate ya, D. I had my initial upset feelings about Daima, but now that some time has passed…my mindset is that Daima will be a fun and entertaining time and I can’t wait to watch it!

They really need to change the scheduling of the manga chapters because with this current monthly release schedule, it’ll be another 2-3 years before they have enough content to adapt. They should at least go to a bi-weekly schedule if they don’t want to go back to the weekly releases

1. That Digimon show ended months ago 2. There's a little over 50 weeks in a year so if you count holidays, 50 episodes is more than enough for a full year of weekly television.

My theory is they want to wrap up some side character or characters stories while letting the manga develop further so when it comes time to adapt more of super theres a lot of content. Because theres a few characters who didnt appear in Super thats in this show that they might explain the absence of.

RIP to the creator of Dragon Ball Z

Let’s appreciate this one for Akira

They once again written themselves into a corner by bringing back Frieza for the 10th damn time so they pivoted to a brand new series so they can ignore DBS for a couple more years

Bro, this is one of the first times I can recall seeing a Geekdom 101 and I gotta say, you have a new fan. That was put so eloquently and straight-forward. I find these hard facts type youtube vids to be so rare nowadays, thanks for the contribution. Properly setting expectations in fandoms is so important, because the reality in the moment rarely lives up to the hype people throw at it. But if we manage our expectations we get to appreciate the excitement in time.

This is the video I was looking for. Appreciate all the hard work and making this video that answers a lot of questions

Now this makes a lot more sense, the lack of willingness to continue the anime had to have a reason that involves a bit of drama in the backstage because otherwise it doesn't make sense, thanks for clarifying, and I'm willing to bet we'll get tons of new content after Daima

I agree with the concerns about the voice actors and actresses ages. Many of them have been around since the mid to late 80s as adults and they won't be able to do this and/or be around forever. Bulma's Japanese voice actress is a good example of this.

Digimon Adventure: Colon ended in September 2021, with the timeslot being replaced by Digimon Ghost Game. Then Ghost Game ended March 2023, Toei replacing it with the anime Run For Money: The Great Mission, which is still airing with no confirmed ending. It's a spinoff of a live action game show but also includes Bandai's Vital Bracelet smart watch, which started with Digimon but has recently branched out to many other Bandai franchises.

appreciate you man, was goin crazy about this

Bro I appreciate this video! Being left wondering has been torture.

This makes a lot of sense to me. Lets say they did Super, we get a year of the Anime- then it's gone again until who knows when. It would just leave the fans disappointed in the end. The fact that Toriyama is back has me somewhat excited for Daima. This could be the last time or one of the last time he does a DBZ project.

Nah we need more super

Loved the video thanks so much for the info :)

I hope when super season 2 does come they do the Broly movie and this time adapt the 3 hour movie script Toriyama had wrote. His movie script included stuff like Gogeta and Broly fighting on the sun. They had to cut all that out though since it was too long.

By the time Super continues I don't think we'll have Masako Nozawa with us :'(

At This rate, we’re looking at 2030. With how long it’s taken Toyotaro to wrap up the Super Hero arc in the Manga, it’ll take a few more years before Shueisha feels they have enough content to animate a new series. So maybe by 2026, we’ll have sufficient content. Then the Animation process begins, then the editing process, voice acting, music, etc. I’m not expecting a new series until at least 2030 if geekdom’s words are accurate.

I am glad to have this explanation. Honestly I am glad that the end result is that they don't want more filler and want to stick to the manga. I think that is a good move overall

5:34 lmao those memes killed me 💀

I honestly can patiently wait for more Super, I kind of can understand them not wanting to add filler and just want a polished show.

8:17 Yes, fans ignored the fact that manga only has 2 new arcs completed and not enough to make a series that in a similar size as DBS. 9:26 Interesting, I always kinda thought that Toei just didn't want to do it. I think they learned their mistakes at fillers during DB and DBZ runs that drag-out and further declined the series, so they didn't want to make 1 or 2 long filler arcs with inferior quality.

I'm cool with magic, Moro with his magical powers against their marshal art's was cool. Hope to see more like this ya know.

I'm too old to care, if this is for a younger audience, us old timers just need to step aside and let it happen. Best case scenario is that you might like it.

I was just happy to experience DBZ as it was actually being broadcast in Japan. Masako Nozawa is 87 years old Akira Toriyama is 68. The likeliness of much more DB happening in general is coming to a end. The manga can continue, but not sure how the animation would work if The main voice actor and the author pass away.

I can't stand people that don't like filler. The filler in dragon ball has always been top tier. Without filler we'd never see Goku and Piccolo learning to drive. Seriously, how can you hate filler?

Appreciate the video brother, you answered a lot of lingering questions.

This was actually a really good video!

My issue with this is that they arent even progressing with the manga, we've been redoing mid hero for this past year.

I think it is important to realise that DB was never meant for our age group, we have outgrown it. Just because of age, let today's kids have their own dragon ball. It will always remain in our hearts ❤

its easy to add "filler" that helps the story a lot of the filler in the original run of Z was able to help move the plot along, they added extra scenes or they added more context, they added extra training, something that helped to impact the length of the episode or arc, with moro thats super easy, we can have episodes split between goku and vegeta training then have it flip to earth to show the rest of the Z fighters training for the coming battle, it would add to the context of them training and show just how difficult it was for goku and vegeta to gain the power that they did, in the granola arc, they can show more of vegeta and beerus training add more details to beerus wanting planet vegeta destroyed and more importantly they can show goku and whis training as well. they can also show vegeta maybe discovering the power of ultra ego, and of course they can extend some of the fights a little bit, they can add more dialougue to extend context to certain scenes, they can make that work very easily, they can easily make 100 episodes out of those 2 arcs just by adding a little bit of extra details, of course they can show mooro eating planets, they can show buu reawakening the power of the grand supreme kai, maybe having Shin meet his old master again theirs a lot to play with that the manga didnt do because it's main focus is the story but with an anime they can add details that will enhance that story and increase the impact of certain scenes,

Makes sense! Good breakdown and insights.

I dont like it from a fan perspective, but i understand it from a business perspective. A silver lining may be that when/if it does release, we would would get a nice long run of the show.

My biggest worry is the voice cast. The Japanese VA aren't getting any younger. Nozawa is damn near 90.

Can't wait for you to hit 1M subs!

as long as we got the manga still I’m okay , definitely not sure how I feel about this new direction but we will give it a shot ! Thanks for the video glad I watched the whole thing

Even tho there is no proof of what I’m saying, I think that dragonball is going to become a continuity where there like the marvel and dc comics. Where multiple continuities can exist in the series and they don’t tie in together unless they want it too like marvels 616, ultimate, 2099, etc. universe’s. But that’s just what I think there doing

Great informative video Geekdom! As someone whose been starved for new Dragonball content, I’m actually super hyped for DB Daima and how it’s going to connect to the rest of the DB verse. Ever since they switched the animation styles for SDBH, that’s just not going to cut it anymore. My question concerning Super’s adaption is that if Shueisha was really concerned about having enough manga content to adapt into an anime, why even waste time retelling DBS:SH in VJump? If that was really the case, we’d be getting a new arc, not a retelling of something we’ve already seen. I could understand if Super was released weekly or even bi-weekly, but with it being month to month, we probably won’t get a new arc until the spring, maybe even the summer of next year. Also, why isn’t adapting the Super arcs into movies on the table as an option? DBS: Broly proved by breaking box office records for anime movies that if you give the fans what they want, and do it right, the content is going to sell. I don’t understand Shuiesha’s logic if they really are to blame for super not coming back, but I’m still hyped for Daima nonetheless. As you stated, the voice actors aren’t getting any younger and Nozawa is so synonymous not just with Goku but DB in general, that I honestly don’t think she can be replaced. I pray she can keep her health while Shuiesha drags their feet because if she were to pass (knock on wood), we might not ever get those arcs adapted.

After getting more info I actually agree with their decision and respect them more for giving us something to watch instead of starving us until the main story comes back

They really don't have the episodes in the pocket given they have a couple arcs PLUS redoing the broly movie for TV? By the time they finish wouldn't there be more manga?

This was Akira last dragon ball project I’ve been hearing .. I’m gonna enjoy and watch the shit out of it …

It's a good thing fans aren't determining when it comes back. There's not enough material for it to go on for a while. It makes sense to let the manga go for a few years. It also would help if the manga was weekly.

DragonBall Super was 131 episodes. First 2 arcs were recapping 2 movies. Universe 6 vs 6 exhibition, goku black and then T.O.P arc came out. So far, all we have is moro, granolah and superhero. I'm guessing we won't get DBS until 2025 when 2 more arcs release.

The best thing is that Daima isn't slowing the potential return of super which is what most people assume

I'll wait for as long as it takes to get more Dragon Ball Super, the Anime is well worth it IMO. I'm happy that we're getting Daima in the meantime. Any Official Dragon Ball is Good Dragon Ball.

Its like a set of dominos. Toyotaro drags his feet so shuesha drags theirs causing fuji to drag theirs.

Thanks for clearing this up. Tired of people complaining without knowing what’s going on

Hey geekdom, side question: How do you get permission to sell character merchandise? Even stuff that's not dragonball characters?

What was that image of Freeza with glasses at the beginning 😂 that was the goofiest I’ve ever seen him.

Mano tu siempre aclaras todo gracias por el contenido como siempre 👏🏻

Love to see new Super but totally understand them wanting to wait over filler concerns.

If they adapted the Moro arc it would at least be 50-70 episodes if they animated like 12-14 pages per chapter since the super manga is 45-55 pages per chapter

I believe this all stems when Dragon Ball came back on tv in anime form way back in 2016 or 2017. The mistake in my opinion, is that they didn't start off with the manga. If they did that then Super would have had enough material to work with instead of the other way round, where they're waiting for the manga to come up with new stories. It's a shame but at the same time, I think this is a blessing, at least this time whenever Super comes back we hope it's not rushed. I'm looking forward to Daima I believe this was a smart move and I think if portrays a good story while looking this good like in the trailer then I'm sold.

I just find hard to believe that between Super Broly, Granola, Moro, Super Hero and super hero Goten and Trunks that they don’t have enough content to cover a year

I feel a lot better about Diama after watching this video and I'm going to go into it with more of an open mind.

I love filler a lot of my favourite anime moments are from filler for example one of my favourite one piece arcs is a filler arc.

Interesting information. My issue is that the filler can still be creative. They could do "What If?" stories like Marvel.

Also you forgot to mention after dbs broly all the dragon ball animators went and worked on one piece and gave us incredible animation for damn near 4 years. I believe that also played a part in dragon ball super not returning.

I wouldn't mind filler episodes. People forget, old school dragon ball was filler. And filler is when we learn more about characters, not everything can be action. Training to learn more moves, or mastering abilities is good to watch sometimes.

As someone that started getting into Dragonball from the manga back in '84. I kinda don't mind seeing the whole cast as kids again, on some new crazy adventures. But i just hope they do the character more justice than they did in GT.

Wow really great explanation. It makes a lot of sense to me now and if it is the case, I'm not mad at all!

If they can't keep super manga coming out faster than it currently is, then this is the best we can expect. I wouldn't want short term shows either.

Toriyama really said “Let me make GT but better.” Lol

My favorite filler episode in DBZ was when Goku and Piccolo went to take their driving test lol

Where is it going to be streaming? Crunchyroll?

wtf, why am I not subscribed anymore? Was subscribed all through super releases, watching the episode and then practically immediately getting your breakdown. This video pops up and nope, not subbed anymore.

After hearing the story I actually agree with waiting until we get enough Manga content so they can release the Anime with a lot of content instead of a slow build. I think we probably will get it after Black Frieza saga I hope.

There are 52 weeks in a year. That means if Fuji TV and Shueisha believe they need a minimum 2 years worth of DB episodes they will need 104 episodes. For most anime, at minimum 2 manga chapters typically correspond to 1 anime episode. This means, counting from the start of the Moro arc, there needs to be minimum 208 manga chapters published before Toei start adapting the manga. That would be a wait of four years if the manga was released weekly but since it is monthly it is actually closer to 17.3 years. Since the Moro arc began in 2018 that means we ONLY have 12+ years left before DB Super returns guys. Presuming the manga never ever skips a month of course

Thank you for the clarification!

I’ve been waiting for over 20 years to see an official DBZ continuation and feature Uub. There is no excuse that will satisfy me.

As much as I wasn't a fan of the adaptation of the first two movies, wouldn't it have been a good idea to adapt broly and super hero along with the moro and granola arc to give them that amount they wanted? Looking forward to Daima either way.

Truly shudder at the idea that Shueisha wants MORE of these manga arcs. Clearly someone is not paying attention to the quality of storytelling

Shueisha sounds like a hidden master villain like Kaguya

question how are you able to sell dbz merch? how is that not copyright infringment?

I'm definitely not interested in Daima

If they did decide to bring back super there’s actually meaningful “filler” that they could give us that takes place in the past -Moro’s beginnings, and rise to be the menace that he was. Imagine seeing the lead up, and beat down of the other Kais from thousands of years ago. -More showings of Bardock, and his life leading up to the planet where Granola is from (Planet Cereal was it?) As far as the business side of it goes I’m sure many people would buy figures, and other merchandise with Moro, Granola, and the biggie Ultra Ego Vegeta (Me quietly waiting on those awesome Bandai statues)

Here's what I don't get though. The filler episode where Goku fought Vegeta s doppelganger. Goku THEN goes on in the Future Trunks arc and even mentioned Planet Pontifu so how exactly is it filler if it's STILL tied to a episode? Then, in the Dragon Ball Super movie where Vegeta was asked about the fusion dance and he stated "yes I have seen it done before" which finally Gogeta became canon in Super referring to watching Gotenks being on scene when Beerus was there and then again on Planet Pontifu so how is it that Planet Pontifu is a filler?

can somebody explain to me what daima is? they’re making a kai type show starting from the beginning of the story & just cutting a lot of filler?

Thank you for the video. This all makes perfect sense to me and all the pieces were already there to put together with logic. I think the best solution would be to get the next Super manga arc as a bi weekly series in Weekly Jump. Toyotaro’s never don’t that but I think he would be excited to try. If the Suoer anime starts with an extended Broly movie recut for like 6 tv episodes and the. Leads right into Moro with about 30 episodes that and so on, I think we could satisfy Fuji TV in 2025

So after Dragon Ball Daima (when they finish the web anime series sometime around 2025 or 2026), I hope one day that Dragon Ball Super making a return to Japanese television 📺. Because I want to see the Moro, Granolah, and other new arcs that Shueisha created in the manga to be animated.

Also, if the DBS put more attention on power scales and training like back in the og days , i feel it could slow the pace of series and providing more episodes..im starting to understand why the those power ups and transformation would be 2 to 3 episode event😅

Very good video. Makes lots of sense

Honestly, ideally, a good direction to go with this in regards to potentially introducing SSJ4 would be if Goku and Vegeta wished for everyone else to be turned back besides them, and they could train in a hyperbolic time dimension until they were they're original adult forms, similar to what Frieza did but in a way, that would help them scale to that higher level, IMO