Forum - View topicDragon Ball Daima (TV).
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Tony K.
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Dragon Ball Daima (TV) Source: Original (written by Akira Toriyama) Demographic: Shounen Animation Studio: Toei Animation Genres: action, adventure, comedy, fantasy, science fiction Themes: aliens, demons, magical items, martial arts, superpowers, transformations Plot Summary: Due to a conspiracy, Goku and his friends are turned small. What sort of adventure awaits Goku, Supreme Kai, and the new characters Glorio and Panzy in this unknown world, the "Demon Realm"? Air Date & Platform: October 11, 2024 (Friday) Available on: Crunchyroll, Netflix Episode Count / Runtime: 20 episodes ---------------------------------- The last Dragon Ball idea we get from Toriyama  .
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smurky turkey
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That was a good first episode. It was made clear when the show takes place, who the new baddies are and we were shown quite a bit of the Demon Realm. Said realm seems to have a lot of magic users and even those three robot looking guys protecting the dragon balls. Add some good looking animation to all that and you have everything needed for a fun adventure in demon land.
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Animecat93
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Even though I'm not big fan of Goku turning intro a kid especially in GT but I may check this out.
Also, watched trailer I can also hear Lisa Ortiz voices the witch in middle of the clip. (It might be her though.) |
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smurky turkey
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While I also prefer the adult versions of the characters I would place Daima a fair bit above GT quality wise (thus far). Everything has been arranged to make for a fun adventure and I like that it will be a mix of both old and new characters (plus not just the goku show).
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smurky turkey
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Episode 3 and Daima is still going strong. The Demon Realm is interesting, the animation looks good and there is a nice balance between exploring and duking it out. The latter reminded me of Dragon Ball in how zany it was.
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Tony K.
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As much of a Dragon Ball fan as I am, I've never watched any of the series all the way through. I think I've only seen 2 or 3 random episodes of DB and through part of the Android arc for Z. I did, however, read all the manga for both to get faster pacing and to skip the filler. And I started speed-watching Super for the first time about a week ago (finished up to the fight with Beers, so far). And before that, I'd only seen the four movies. I'll probably be a couple more weeks till I finish Super, then I can start Daima.
I like the idea of this being a soft reboot for the franchise, though. Dragon Ball had some really adventurous stuff and a good sense of humor to it. I'd totally be down with all the characters getting a kind of do-over in the vintage style of DB. |
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RupanSansei
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i personally love that we get Toriyama's final creation instead of it getting stuck in production hell like that final Satoshi Kon film which has its name escape me at the moment.
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smurky turkey
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Another week and another fun addition to the adventure. While I would like a big fight eventually it is very nice to have some relatively calm fun like flying on a giant plant seed and trying a bunch of bugs with weird effects (the fusion and senzu bean like bugs sound rather handy). I wonder how shady Glorio truly is since supreme kai keeps staring him down.
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smurky turkey
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The possibly big bad of the show being a majin saibaman sure is a wild surprise.
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smurky turkey
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Not gonna lie, thinking that Vegeta was going to be a jobber again but instead going ssj3 and winning in glorious fashion had me pretty damn pumped.
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smurky turkey
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Yup, given episode 17 it really feels like we are heading towards the end. I have some mixed feelings on some of the story choices and a few of the episodes but it has been a fun ride so far, I wonder how they will end it in a few weeks.
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smurky turkey
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And with episode 20 the show/season is done. I have issues with the pacing plus storyline and some of the characters such as Panzy and Glorio could have used a bit more screentime. On the other hand, the animation was good, the demon world was interesting and most of the episodes were a fun mix of adventure, jokes and some fights with the last 3 episodes going hard.
No idea how the show did popularity wise but it has seemingly not set the world on fire. |
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Tony K.
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I never did get around to finishing Super all those months ago when I was making good pace. I stopped around episode 60 during the Future Trunks arc, but then got busy with life and trying to keep up with other new seasonal shows. But getting to your speculation about Daima's popularity and based on what I read in The History of Saban Part II and their failed attempt at initially syndicating Dragon Ball, then skipping straight to Z. I have a hunch that most of DB's popularity and success lies in the battle-shounen content. I feel Z has a lot of drawn-out fights and drama, but also a ton of nostalgia because a lot of audiences grew up and were indoctrinated by that as their gateway anime title. I assume Super was also fairly popular, based on what I've seen so far, on top of adding even more nostalgia for the fans that grew up on it (which it definitely did to me at some parts). But I hardly ever hear people talk about the original DB, which I feel Daima might have been trying to semi-recapture the spirit of? The battles seem to be the life-blood of all things DB, though, which kind of bums me out, because I think DB was also pretty great in its own right. With Toriyama gone, I wonder what'll become of the franchise. |
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smurky turkey
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Daima is indeed very much in line with the original Dragon Ball. Sure, there are fights but besides the last few episodes there were not that many lengthy bouts. The main focus is on adventure with exploring strange locations plus some silly gags. People going in having only experienced Z or Super and expecting more of that will likely not be happy.
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