Bird Studio, which was the studio Toriyama worked with for many years broke the news online for the international community with this written statement:
In case the image breaks, Toiyama actually passed away on March 1 from complications caused by a blood condition. The statement also reveals Toriyama’s family already held a private funeral for him and that was why there was a delay in sharing the news with the world. The statement notes Toriyama was involved with several projects when he died but they all can and likely will be completed without him.
Toriyama created the iconic Dragonball franchise 35 years ago. He also created the Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest franchise in collaboration with Enix which is now Square Enix. Although Toriyama stopped drawing Manga full time over 10 years ago, he continued to do work in the industry. His contributions are sure to be remembered until the end of time.
Anime News Network broke the news this afternoon. When news spreads during Anime Boston this weekend, things should be real interesting. I commented on ANN’s facebook post about it and this has clearly split people into two camps: Those who support Vic and those who don’t. I do remember reading a separate ANN article last month in which most of the cast of the new Broly movie pulled out a scheduled convention appearance at the last minute because of him.
The defendants named in the lawsuit apparently knew it was coming and clearly have been preparing. Funimation is owned by Sony, which conducted an independent investigation in the alligations. Though they could find no evidence of wrongdoing–it was basically “who do you want to believe?” from what I understand–Mignogna was fired by Funimation is January. Funimation took it a step further and has actually begun redubbing characters he voiced in recent years. That pissed off and shocked longtime fans of his as you can probably guess.
The fact that Vic Magnogna picked Good Friday to file the lawsuit speaks to his professed Christian faith. The irony. Like I said in my comments on Facebook, it’s his lawsuit to lose. It doesn’t matter if you support him or not, he WILL lose this lawsuit. He’s asking for $1 Million in damages for defamation, wrongful termination and slander. According to what I’ve been reading in a few places, more people and entities including Anime News Network, which first broke the story about Vic’s inappropriate physical contact allegations in January will be added to the lawsuit. See my blog post for the cliffnotes and the link to that article here.
I wanna make two things clear before I continue:
I don’t support Vic Mignogna for the reasons I explained in the other post. I would be far more skeptical if it was just Monica Rial (by the way she voices Bulma in Dragonball Z and Dragonball Super) but given at least two dozen people–some fellow voice actors–have come forward with alligations of inappropriate physical contact with him, I can’t give him the benefit of the doubt. Yes I know he apologized and that’s great but there is clearly more than we know at play here.
Funimation had to fire him at the end of the day. Why? Because their bottom line was being threatened that’s why. If they didn’t, they risked not just Monica Rial but many other VAs refusing to work with him or just leaving Funimation and signing with another company like Viz Media or Sentai Filmworks. Sony would view them as incompetent and worst case, shut down Funimation. Is protecting one guy who is strongly distrusted by his colleagues worth losing money over? Absolutely not and more so given other companies he’s worked with in Anime or Video Games will be following this case very closely.
At the end of the day, Vic has the most to lose. He must know this, too.
I mentioned before Funimation has started redubbing characters he voiced. They knew in advance he was going to sue so I’m assuming the redubbing is intended to deny him money from royalties and his presence in existing work. I can’t think of any other reason they’d go that route and naturally, redubs in general are not cheap even for one character. Vic Mignogna is most known as the voice of Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
Like I said a the top, Vic’s situation has fans split. Most who support him do for one of two reasons. Either they’re longtime fans of his work or they think he can actually win the lawsuit. The first group I have no problem with. After all, I still consider myself a fan of Michael Jackson (GASP!). The second…LOL. Those who don’t suppprt him are also split into two groups. Either they know he has no chance of winning in court–I’m in this group obviously–or they feel Vic thinks he’s better than everyone else aka “lives in his own world” (I don’t think he really thinks like that personally).
At the end of the day, this is still a question of “Who do you want to believe?” and that’s what sucks about the whole thing. There are no clear winners in this. Regardless of outcome, I will continue to support Funimation and English Voice Actors. I’ll just put it like that. I attached a poll below for those who want to weigh in.
I’m gonna preface this with major spoilers for the end of Dragon Ball Super as well as the Resurrection F Saga so if you haven’t seen the series finale, you’ve been warned.
For those who haven’t seen the Resurection F Arc or the movie of the same name, Frieza is wished back to life by Shenron. Frieza is originally killed by Future Trunks at the start of Dragonball Z’s Androids Saga. Frieza trains in preparation for his rematch with Goku and Vegeta. Frieza admits to having never trained ever in his life but will make an exception for the sake of revenge. He gains a new Golden form similar to Super Saiyan but is ultimately killed again, this time by Goku.
Fast Forward to the Tournament of Power. Universe 7’s team is forced to find a last-minute replacement for their team. With the stakes so high, Goku travels to the netherworld to recruit Frieza. The Warlord reluctantly agrees just so he can leave Earth’s hell. In the Tournament of Power’s final moments, Frieza and Goku sacrifice themselves to help 17 become the last fighter standing. As a reward for helping Universe 7 win the Tournament of Power, Frieza is ressurrected again. The last we see of him, the Warlord reforming his army somewhere.
…Now, let’s get to the interesting shared history Frieza has with both Planet Vegeta and Beerus. Beerus revealed when he’s first introduced in the God of Destruction Saga while talking to Whis he was the one who told Frieza to destroy Planet Vegeta. It is worth noting Frieza is arguably the second most powerful mortal being in the universe after Majin Buu and this was before he fought Goku for the first time. In the Tournament of Power, it was revealed Universe 11’s Jiren and Top were both more powerful than their universe’s God of Destruction.
A theory I have is Frieza may have been considered as a candidate as a God of Destruction. It’s already been clearly established Frieza has the power to destroy planets without much effort with his Death Ball technique. The technique destroys a planet’s core completely, triggering its immediate destruction. Namek didn’t explode right away because it wasn’t a clean break. Based on the line in the above picture, it’s obvious Frieza has at least heard about Beerus in detail before the events of Resurrection F from his father King Cold. Beerus knows he’s a loose cannon but clearly respects his power. More so given he resurrected Frieza for his role in securing victory for Universe 7 at the Tournament of Power.
Goku, Vegeta and Broly have a shared history most already know: Goku and Broly were born on the same day while Vegeta is the son of King Vegeta, who orders Broly be executed in the original movie. In the new canon storyline, King Vegeta orders Broly be banished to a faraway planet. Shortly after that, Planet Vegeta is destroyed by Frieza.
In Dragonball Z, Vegeta states He and Vegeta are the only pureblooded Saiyans left in the universe. With Broly now being canon, this will be slightly retconned to “Everyone who was on Planet Vegeta died and only those who were away at the time survived”. We do know that Goku’s birth parents–Bardock and Gine–appear in the second trailer along with King Vegeta and Broly’s father Paragus. Goku’s brother Raditz was obviously offworld along with Nappa and Vegeta, who also survived their homeworld’s destruction. I do see this as opening the door to introducing more Saiyans in Universe 7 later on. More so given the Female Super Saiyan is officially canon as of Dragonball Super (Kale from Universe 6).
…Yeah, clearly the groundwork is being laid to introduce more canon Saiyans in Universe 7. Could be interesting and more so since we’ve already the “Evil Saiyans” storyline at the beginning of Dragonball Z. We have also seen the “Evil Saiyan comes full circle” storyline in Vegeta as well so…yeah. We will have to wait and see how things unfold!
Two games based on Mega Popular Anime were announced over the weekend, both fighting games.
…Once you’ve finished picking your jaw off the floor, note what wasn’t shown and what was shown. Goku, Naruto and Luffy were obvious. Same with Frieza as well. Light and Ryuk from Death Note appearingh at the end…HOLY SHIT!
Here’s a few other names I’ll drop that I’m sure will make the cut:
Ichigo Kurosaki
Rukia Kuchiki
Naruto Uzumaki (Child and Teen versions as separate characters)
Sasuke Uchiha (Child and Teen versions as separate characters)
Sakura Haruno (Child and Teen versions as separate characters)
Boruto Uzumaki
Sarada Uchiha
Mitsuki
Goku (Child and Adult versions as separate characters + All canon forms)
Vegeta (All Canon Forms)
Piccolo
Beerus (from Dragonball Super)
Hit (From Dragonball Super)
Kale (From Dragonball Super)
Caulifla (From Dragonball Super)
Jiren (From Dragonball Super)
Broly
Frieza (All forms including new Gold Form)
Eren Yeager (able to use Titan Form)
Mikasa Akerman
Levi
Asta
Yuno
Edward Elric
Alphonse Elric (Suit of Armor version)
Roy Mustang
Alex Louis Armstrong
…I know those are alot of names from just a handful of franchises but I’m fairly sure that it will be a large playable roster. I’m also sure many shows will be represented as well. Some of those names could very well be DLC Characters as well.
Jump Force will be released on the PS4, Xbox One and PC later this year. I intend to get it obviously. LOL.
…We knew a game would be coming sooner or later so…yeah. So much is revealed in this 2-minute trailer. The game uses the Unreal Engine just like Jump Force will so you know they went all in. The inclusion of Pro Heroes, Stain and Villains is icing on the cake. More so since it seems the game’s storyline will follow the Anime’s up to a certain point like most Anime games tend to. All Might vs. All for One in game will be EPIC, more so given their fight in last week’s episode.
My Hero One’s Justice will be released later this year on the PS4. I plan to get it as well. Time to go beyond! Plus Ultra!
…I did one for Dads two years ago so this should come as no surprise ^_^
As before, I only listed moms fron Anime I’ve seen myself. Warning, there be some spoilers.
Sakura Haruno
Anyone who’s seen Naruto and/or Naruto Shippuden knows who Sakura is so I’ll leave out her exploits as a kid and teenager. Shortly after the end of The Fourth Great Ninja War, Team 7 team mates Sakura and Sasuke Uchiha made the Ship official and got married. shortly after that, Sarada came along. Like Naruto, Sai and Kakashi, Sakura transitioned to civilian life as a Ninja Medic and being Sarada’s mother.
Having never met her father and only knowing him from pictures and stories about him, Sarada started to doubt Sasuke was her real mother. She decided to ask Naruto about it but then they get caught up up a battle with one of Orochimaru’s failed experiments from the past. Along the way she meets her father and activates the Sharingan for the first time. After the danger is dealt with, Sasuke confirms for his daughter that Sakura is her mother…as well as his wife.
By the time Boruto Next Generations begins, much time has passed. Everyone has grown up and almost everyone is a parent now. Since the focus is on Boruto and Sarada’s generation, the previous generation don’t appear as much outside supporting the newer ones. Sakura is no exception. Her daughter has obviously inherited her father’s Sharingan. She has also inherited the superhuman strength of mother.
Chi-Chi
Chi-Chi is probably the…how should I put this…oldest person on the list. She is Goku’s wife but she is also the mother of Gohan and Goten as well as the grandmother of Gohan’s daughter Pan.
She is first introduced as a child in Dragonball. She is the only daughter of the fearsome Ox King. Ox Mountain is on fire and the only way it can be extinguished is with the Kamehameha. Goku meets Master Roshi, who teaches him the technique. After Goku uses the Kamehameha to put out the fire on Ox Mountain, Chi-Chi falls in love with him. Chi-Chi doesn’t appear again until the end of the Dragonball series as a young adult. She faces Goku in the World Martial Arts Tournament. The two marry shortly afterward and their son Gohan is born before the start of Dragonball Z.
After the birth of Gohan, Chi-Chi becomes a doting wife to Goku as well as as a doting mother to Gohan and later Goten as well. Gohan was trained by Piccolo but Goten was personally trained by Chi-Chi. Speaking of. Goten was born offscreen shortly after the end of the Cell Saga. It’s commonly believed Chi-Chi discovered she was pregnant shortly after the end of the Cell Saga. Goten is seven years old when he is introduced in the Great Saiyaman Saga and Trunks is a year older than him. So Chi-Chi was pregnant with him at the end of or just after the Cell Saga.
In Dragonball Super, Chi-Chi plays a recurring role as Goku’s wife and grandmother of Pan. Having saved the universe from Majin Buu, Chi-Chi FINALLY gets Goku to get a job…as a farmer! Having no personal need for it, Goku gives Chi-Chi the briefcase containing 100 Million Zenni he receives from Mr. Satan/Hercule to Chi-Chi as a gift…and a bribe to go train under Whis. Chi-Chi is present along with the others during the tournament between Universes 6 and 7, comforting Goku when he is eliminated early on.
Nagisa Furukawa/Okazaki
Anyone who’s seen Clannad or played the VN knows who Nagisa is. Plus, you should know if you’ve been reading my blog for at least the last three years. So, this will be short. For those who recently started reading my blog, she is the lead female protagonist in the Anime and the canon pairing for Tomoya Okazaki, the lead male protagonist. In the After Story Arc, she becomes pregnant with their daughter Ushio.
In the Alternate Storyline, Nagisa dies giving birth to Ushio. Get your tissues ready because here it is (English Dub):
At the end of the Alternate Timeline in the Anime, this happens instead (English Sub):
To get this ending in the VN, you must collect all of the orbs of Light. You will get a notification once this condition has been satisfied. Plus the Title Screen will be flashing to show you it’s time to see to True Ending ^_^
Hana (Wolf Children)
Wolf Children, which was created by Mamoru Hosoda is a tribute to single mothers worldwide. Hosoda himself was raised by a single mother and used his own life experiences as inspiration for this moving story. The obvious twist for Hana is her kids can turn into wolves. After the family moves out of the city and into the suburbs, Yuki and Ame start to drift apart and Hana must come to terms with her children going in different directions and pursuing two different worlds. Yuki decides to live as a human while Ame, who has trouble fitting in at school decides to live as a wolf. In the end, Hana accepts the choices of her children and especially Ame’s.
Trisha Elric
Another person on this list everyone here has at least heard of. After all, her death is what kicked off Ed and Al’s Excellent Adventure.
It is interesting to note Trisha first met Hoenheim when she was a child. Hoenheim kept returning to Risembool every few years until she was old enough to marry. It’s likely he didn’t tell her much about his past but they had Ed and Al. A few years later, he left and never returned. A disease that spread across the region claimed her life. Ed and Al attempted Human Transmutation in an effort to bring her back but of course, their efforts failed with disasterous results. Ed would realize much later the obvious truth: It’s impossible to bring the dead back to life.
Izayoi
She is the second of three mothers on this list who had a child born of two different worlds. In her case, she is the mother of Inuyasha. Izayoi is dead by the time the story begins but we learn about her later in the story.
She is the Lady of a distinguished clan though it appears she was not married when she meets Inutaisho (Inuyasha and Sesshomaru’s father). We know from the events of the movie Swords of an Honorable Ruler that her relationship with a demon kept her at odds with the captain of the guard, who was smitten with her. he was so angry when it was discovered she became pregnant by a demon that he set the castle on fire and then impaled her with a spear shortly after she gave birth to Inuyasha. Inutaisho used Tenseiga to bring her back to life and gave her the Fire Rat Robe (now worn by Inuyasha), leading her to safely before he was consumed by the flames.
We know from Inuyasha’s early memories that she raised him in a nearby village after that until she died (It’s implied she died of illness) Having never known his father, Inuyasha was very close to his mother. Sesshomaru used this knowledge to set a trap for him early in the series.
Delia Ketchum
Everyone knows who she is. So we’ll leave it at that.
Delia Ketchum was a large part of the third Pokemon movie Spell of the Unown in which she is kidnapped by the legendary Pokemon Entei. Her appearances are few for obvious reasons but she does her best to encourage her son. While technically not a trainer herself, she does have a Pokemon partner in Mr. Mime.
One of the oldest unsolved mysteries is the answer to this question: Who is Ash’s father? All that’s known is he is or was likely a trainer.
Hild (Ah! My Goddess!)
And here we have the third Mother who broke a taboo and had a mixed race child. In her case, Hild is the mother of the Goddess Urd.
The Anime doesn’t get into this but once upon a time, Hild and The Almighty One were lovers. We also know they used the Gate of Destiny used to weight the strength of the bond between lovers from two worlds, which was a major plot device in The Movie. The two were forced apart but Hild beat the system to see The Almighty One for what would be final time. Urd was conveived from that final meeting and born after the Doublet System was put in place to end the war beween Gods and Demons. While Hild obviously still has feelings for The Almighty One, when asked by Belldandy she plainly states because she tricked the system once, trying a second time would cost her life.
Aside from being Urd’s Mother she is the Daimachaiko, or Ruler of Demonkind. Her power is equal to The Almighty One’s, hence all the jewelry you see in the video to seal most of her true power. Had she arrived at full power, probably most of the world would have been wiped out! After she returns to Nifelhiem (referredto as The Demon Realm in the Anime), she splits off a child version of herself to mess with Keiichi and the Goddesses for a while. In the Manga, there is coup in Nifelheim and her main body is sealed by the Userper. Hild turns to Keiichi and the Goddesses for help, ultimately regaining her full power again.
…Ok that’s ir for this year. Most of you have probably seen AnimeKat’s post but if you haven’t, check it out ^_^
Next year, I’ll see about doing mothers and fathers in Video Games I’ve played.
…Vegeta is clearly about to break through the glass ceiling and attain the Ultra Instinct form. He tried reaching that form the same way Vegeta did but quickly changed his mind after getting floored by Jiren not once but twice. His pride as a Saiyan Warriore is likely why despite having knocked him out twice, Jiren passed on eliminating him from the tournament so far.
Goku is clearly the one Jiren wants to fight but unsurprisingly, Goku is holding off on using his new Ultra Instinct form again for plot reasons. This is also why he reverted to using his Super Saiyan Blue + King Kai Fist x20 form for now. Vegeta vs. Toppo was in the preview for the next episode and it’s even stated both #17 and Frieza are eliminated, likely at the start of the episode. It’s not hard to figure out Vegeta likely gains Ultra Instinct either during or after eliminating Toppo.
Speaking of, it was confirmed in last week’s episode what I said in my last post on the Tornament of Power: Jiren and Toppo are both candidates to become Universe 11’s next God of Destruction. After Gohan sacrificed himself to eliminate Dyspo, #17 and Frieza teamed up to fight him. Backed into a corner thanks to Frieza, Toppo reveals the power he refused to use until now: The power of a God of Destruction. Having decided surviving is more important than anything else, Toppo goes full power and the tables are turned. With Toppo now enveloped in Destruction Energy, #17 and Frieza can no longer touch him. Despite wielding the power of a Destroyer, Toppo is careful not to use fatal blasts to avoid being disqualified.
…Of course, THIS it the rematch currently being delayed. Heh. Reminds me of the original Dragonball Z Sagas: They’d drag on each Saga for as long as possible for no reason. LOL. Of course in this case, the wait will be worth it. One thing you gotta give DBS credit for: Almost no filler episodes or needlessly extended Sagas. I mean we already know Universe 7 survives since DBS begins right after DBZ’s Buu Saga ends but there is a time skip in DBZ to when Pan is 4 years old. DBS takes place during the span of time in between.
The more interesting questions to be answered when the Tournament of Power ends are how does it end and will someone wish for the return of the Universes that were erased? Time will tell.
Goku and Jiren finally had their clash that had been teased all summer and leaked online in late August. For the first time in DBS, Goku unleashed the Spirit Bomb. We got a tease of how powerful Jiren was when he one-shotted Kale out of her Legendary Super Saiyan form and knocked her out.
Then we found out that was just a fraction of his full power.
Goku went Super Saiyan Blue + Kaioken x20 and it still wasn’t enough to threaten Jiren. So he unleashed his trump card: The Spirit Bomb. Unlike Kid Buu, Jiren repelled it and sent it back at Goku, who took his own attack in full. When the dust settled, Goku revealed a new form:
Beerus, clearly irritated by Goku’s new transformation called it “Ultra Instinct”. Clearly it was a form no mortal was ever meant to attain, let alone dream of reaching. Then again, there were the rumors among the other Gods of Destruction and Kais that there was mortal somewhere so powerful their universe’s God of Destruction could not defeat him.
…That mortal is Jiren.
His Universe’s GoD prettymuch confirms it as he watched Jiren fight Goku. Apparently both Jiren and Toppa had been candidates to succeed him as Universe 11’s GoD but they both declined. Anyway, Goku had the same problem he had when he became Super Saiyan God vs. Beerus for the first time: Since it was new, he couldn’t maintain it for too long and lost. Universe 7’s wildcard Frieza steps in and shares some of his energy with Goku. It was an obvious reference to that time Goku shared some of his Energy with Frieza on Namek after their fight.
While Goku took time to recover, Hit stepped in to challenge Jiren. Despite using Time Skip, Jiren had no problem landing blows. Hit resorted to using his trump card: Trapping Jiren in a time warp. The plan was to keep him contained until time ran out but Jiren was just too powerful. How do you defeat a warrior whose powerful transcends time? Good question. After eliminating Hit and shooting a look in Goku’s direction, Jiren plainly states “There is no one left for me to fight.” and behins to meditate. A fighter from another universe tries to ambush him but is repelled by the energy field surrounding him. Jiren will only fight someone capable of piercing his energy field. With Hit dropped out that leaves Goku but only if he can attain his Ultra Instinct form again.
Earlier, Frieza fooled everyone when it appeared he and Frost had teamed up. It turns out Frieza had been biding his time and waiting for the opportunity to turn on him, eliminating his Universe 6 counterpart. Frieza has been keeping to himself for most of the tournament to conserve his energy. As he said to Goku, he wants nothing to do with Jiren and is content to bide his time for now.
Master Roshi and Tien were both eliminated, bringing the number of Universe 7 fighters down to 7.
Cabba is saved from ring-out by Vegeta, who reminds him of the promise they made when they fought each other before. Cabba goes Super Saiyan 2 for the first time to defeat an opponent but is then eliminated by Frieza. Before being eliminated, Cabba notes Caulifla and Kale might be Universe 6’s secret weapons. Could it be because they’re more powerful than him or another reason?
Speaking of the female Saiyans of Universe 6. The last episode ended with Caulifla challenging Goku to a fight. Their last exchange was interrupted when Kale went Broly on them. According to the trailer for the next episode, he fights them both at the same time and goes Super Saiyan 3. Should be interesting at the very least!
…Again, you can watch Dragon Ball Super on Crunchyroll. I will provide another update after the Tournament of Power Saga is done. Two universes have already been eliminated and let’s be honest, Universe 7 obviously survives. The question is how will this tournament end? Who else will survive?
Also: Vegeta and Cabba both promised to bring back the other’s universe if one of them survives with the Super Dragon Balls. Should be real interesting to see how this tournament ends!
Dragonball Super’s Universal Survival Saga just finished its 5th episode since the Battle Royale began. Universe 9’s 10-man squad was the first to be eliminated. The remaining participants watched as Zen-Oh Sama wiped Universe 9 and everyone in it from existence once the whole team was eliminated from the fight by ring out. That brought home the reality for the remaining fighters what they were fighting for: Survival. Universe 11’s team is made up of the Pride Troopers and they have lost 6 fighters so far–5 in this week’s episode. We’ll get to that in a minute. 3 Episodes passed before we would see someone from Universe 7 get eliminated: Krillin.
In case you haven’t been f0llowing DBS on Crunchyroll since the Universal Survival Arc began, Universe 7 was forced to recruit Frieza last-minute to replace Buu. Buu fell into a coma-like sleep after undergoing intense training for the tournment and won’t wake up for at least two months according to Mr. Satan/Hercule. Left with no other choice, Goku prettymuch mades a deal with the devil and recruits Frieza to replace Buu. Mind you, not that much time passed since the Ressurrection F Arc but for Frieza, working with his archnemesis is preferential to being in Earth’s Hell (LOL!).
Frieza reveals after he was sent back to Earth’s Hell by Goku, he’d been mentally training himself and can now maintain his Gold Form for much longer. Excluding Beerus, Goku and Vegeta are easily the two most powerful fighters in Universe 7 for different reasons but Frieza easily rounds out the top 3. This was explained better in Dragonball Z Kai but #17 and #18 are both humans who were artificially enhanced by Dr. Gero. They’re technically still human but they are for all intents and purposes, immortal. One huge advantage they have over their opponents is as a reminder, their energy can’t be sensed. This makes them virtually invisible if you can’t see them. LOL.
…Getting back to the two Female Saiyans from Universe 6. Kale is Universe 6’s Broly. The difference, of course being now the Legendary Super Saiyan is officially canon. We saw a preview of her “Broly” form before the tournament began. When she transforms during the tournament for the first time, everyone else is suddenly in danger. Jiren from Universe 11 effortlessly takes her down, knocking her unconscious after they lose a team member during a previous skirmish. Toppa dispatches 5 of the remaining team members to take out Goku but Kale and Caulifla end up getting pulled into it along with #17 and #18.
Kale transforms again to help Caulifla but this time she is able to control her power. After decimating Universe 11 in one sweep, Kale passes out. She can now maintain control while in “Broly” Form but can’t maintain it for too long. Thanks to Kale, we now have a better understanding of the Legendary Super Saiyan form. Referenced back during Dragonball Z’s Namek and Frieza Sagas, The Legendary Super Saiyan is the most powerful of all Saiyans with overwhelming power. They are extremely rare and it’s said you only see one every 100 years.
For Universe 7, that was Broly. Now, Broly and Goku were born on the same day on Planet Vegeta. Goku was born with a Power Level of 1. Broly was born with a Power Level of 10,000. It’s probably safe to assume his mother didn’t survive childbirth. King Vegeta (Vegeta’s father, who he is named after) ordered the newborn Broly be killed along with his father. Despite getting knifed through the heart, Broly survived both that and the destruction of Planet Vegeta. We would find out later Broly got drunk off his own power as it grew faster and faster to the point his father fashioned a device to keep in in check. The limiter worked until Broly met Goku and prettymuch snapped. At full power, Broly was unstoppable. The Goku that beat him was Super Saiyan 2 and only after being fed energy from Vegeta, Preteen Gohan, Piccolo and Future Trunks. In the second movie, we got confirmation deep down Broly was pure evil. At half-power, he literally threw Goten and Trunks around like rag dolls.
…Kale is a different story. It’s obvious she was unaware of her own power before she transformed for the first time. Unlike Broly, Kale actually is a Wallflower (Broly pretended to be one before he was found out). Like Caulifla, she’s clearly a Saiyan: When she transforms for the third time, she maintains control. When Goku became a Super Saiyan for the first time, it took everything he had to keep the power from controlling him. When Caulifla went SS2 while fighting Goku, she immediately reverted to SS1 after he told her about SS2’s drop in speed in exchange for raw power. If we’re gonna theorycraft here, The Legendary Super Saiyan form is an offshoot of SS2 with the speed of SS3 but powerful enough to match Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan (SSGSS), also known as Super Saiyan Blue (SSB).
Caulifla obviously found out for the first time when she transformed but you can’t help but wonder if she could sense Kale’s dormant power before Cabba introduced them to Super Saiyan. Speaking of, Goku dropped a strong hint he’s gonna show Caulifla what SS3 looks like. Goku hasn’t used it since he sparred with Beerus on King Kai’s planet. There is fan theory Caulifla could go SSB so…yeah.
In closing, let me give my Universal Survival predictions. Like Beerus and Champa’s tournament, there appears to be a hidden purpose behind this Battle Royale. Let’s be honest, Zen-Oh’s child-like personality makes him easy to manipulate. I think most of the universes will be wiped out but more than Universe 7 will survive. All that’s left is to see how things play out ^_^
…20 years after Goku went gold for the first time at the end of the Frieza Saga in Dragonball Z, the first FEMALE Super Saiyan is now canon. For those of you who are watching Dragonball Super for the first time on Toonami, you probably only know about what I revealed in my previous blog post about the first two Arcs (Battle of Gods and Resurrection F). I’m going to talk about the Martial Arts Tournament between Universe 6 and 7, which contains major spoilers and takes place after the Resurrection F Arc.
After the events of Resurrection F, Goku and Vegeta are trainining with Whis on Beerus’ planet. While there they meet Beerus’ brother Champa, who is the God of Destruction for Universe 6, which is paired with Universe 7. There are 12 Universes and each are paired so that that sum of both numbers combined is 13 (1 and 12, 2 and 11 and so on).
Beerus and Champa don’t exactly get along. Since they’re both Gods of Destruction, if they were to actually fight both of their universes would be destroyed. That’s when Goku proposes Universes 6 and 7 have a martial arts tournament. The prize: The planet-sized Super Dragon Balls.Beerus used the wish to restore Universe 6’s Earth, which no longer existed. Had Universe 7 lost, Universe 7’s Earth would go to Universe 6.
Here is a picture of Universe 6’s team:
Botamo, Frost, Hit, Cabba and Magetta of Universe 6.
Now here’s another picture of the so far unnamed Female Super Saiyan from Team 6:
Thanks to this still, we know for sure she’s definitely from Universe 6: The male Saiyan Cabba goes Super Saiyan for the first time during the tournament while fighting Vegeta (which his help, actually). Frost, who is the same race as Frieza is revealed to be as bad as his Universe 6 equivalent after he cheated during the tournament. The Female Saiyan is presumably his replacement. She bears a striking resumblance to the non-canon Broly while transformed, who also has the same green-yellow aura. She is presumably Universe 6’s most powerful Saiyan. We’ll find out for sure when the Universal Survival Arc begins.
Speaking of: After the Future Trunks Arc, Goku hired Hit, who is the deadliest Assassin across all 12 Universes to kill him. He did it so Hit can fight him at full power (Hit wasn’t allowed to kill during the previous tournament). Presumably, the contract will be on hold during the tournament. As was revealed when they fought on Earth, Hit is alot more powerful than he let on during their previous battle.
If you are a fan of Dragonball and Dragonball Z, you’ve probably already seen DBS subbed. The English dub is coming to Toonami on New Year’s. I just finished watching the first 50 Episodes of Dragonball Super on Crunchyroll. If you’ve seen Dragoball Z: Battle of Gods and Dragonball Z: Resurrection F (both released in 2015), you can skip the first 27 episodes if you want: The first 27 episodes are basically an extended version of both movies.
Yeah, there’s exrtra scenes and dialogue but if you’ve already seen both movies, you know the plot of the first two arcs already. The only difference is in Battle of Gods Bulma’s party is at Capsule Corp. In DBS it’s on a cruise ship. The other difference is when Frieza blows up Earth, in the movie there is no cutout to the others as the planet blows up.
For those who don’t know, Dragonball Super is a whole new series that takes place after DBZ’s Buu Saga. It takes place in the span between Buu being defeated and Goku meeting Uub. The series’ legendary creator and artist Akira Toriyama is the one who made Dragonball Super. If you already saw the two movies and don’t want to see their retelling, watch starting with episode 28 on Crunchyroll.
One thing I will give credit to DBS for so far is folks other than Goku are getting plot development:
After having saved the world from Majin Buu, Goku becomes a Radish Farmer (LOL!). Being a Saiyan, obviously he’d rather train than work but he IS married to Chi Chi.
Bulma plays a bigger role in the first two arcs and becomes fast friends with Whis and Beerus, which comes in handy when Frieza is rezzed. She plays a big role as Vegeta’s wife during the Champa Arc and the Black Goku Arc from what I’m seeing so far.
Piccolo takes another bullet for Gohan from Frieza, who hadn’t trailed since he married Videl. Seeing Piccolo die in front of him and then seeing the planet blow up inspires Gohan to start training again.
Goku and Mr. Satan (Hercule) have an unwritten rule of having Mr. Satan take the credit when Goku saves the world.
Vegeta gets ALOT of plot development going into Champa’s Arc. Fair warning: He will feel out of character compared to how he is throughout DBZ, especially around Goku and Bulma. In fact…actually, it’s better you find out for yourself!
By the way, Goku and Vegeta both gain a new form called Super Saiyan Blue. Goku becomes a Super Saiyan God (SSG) in Battle of Gods/Beerus Arc. Goku and Vegeta train with Whis and reach a level beyond SSG. That is SSB.
Despite being a baby, Pan shows off the ability to fly and even has superhuman strength.
Goku meets someone even Beerus fears at the end of the Champa Arc. The two hit it off and become besties.
By the way, the series is called Dragonall Super because of the planet-sized Dragon Balls introduced in the Champa Arc. Unlike Earth and Namek’s, the Super Dragon Balls have the power to grant any wish. That’s what Team Beerus is fighting for. If Team Champa wins, Champa gets Earth.
…Assuming the series airs from the beginning and only airs one episode a week, the U.S. won’t get to the Champa Arc until next September (A year has 52 weeks). If it’s two episodes a week–I think they will should that to quickly get through the Beerus and Freiza Arcs anyway–then we could get to the Champa Arc in May or June. I factored breaks for marathons and movies into both estimates. That’s also assuming the Anime has been dubbed up to that point.
Dragonball Super’s 72nd Episode just aired in Japan and on Crunchyroll last week. You can watch it with English subs on Crunchyroll like I am free of charge (no ads and in HD with a premium subscription).
Dragonball Super premieres January 7 at Midnight on Toonami. It is also the premiere of Dragonball Z Kai: The Final Saga, which covers the Underworld Tournament, Saiyaman, Babidi and Buu Sagas of DBZ. The final arc never aired in the U.S. before so…yeah.
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