Dragon Ball Was Supposed To End With The Cell Saga But Akira Toriyama Was Pressured To Continue, Editors Reveal - Animehunch
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Akira Toriyama originally intended to conclude Dragon Ball with the Cell saga, but strong editorial pressure forced him to extend the series, according to a

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Akira Toriyama originally intended to conclude Dragon Ball with the Cell saga, but strong editorial pressure forced him to extend the series, according to a recent interview with three former Dragon Ball editors: Kazuhiko Torishima, Yu Kondo, and Fuyuto Takeda.

This was revealed during a recent episode of KosoKoso podcast on Feb 22, 2025.

  • atmur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    I say this as a massive Dragon Ball nerd, I don’t think I could bare rewatching the entire anime again. Maybe DB+DB Kai, but even then it’s still so long. And in Kai’s case, the musical score is worse than the original and the Japanese voice cast (especially Vegeta’s VA*) sound noticeably older.

    The manga on the other hand, absolutely. Inject that shit straight into my veins.

    *I apologize for the YouTube short link, but it’s unfortunately the best example I could find on YouTube on short notice.

    • SheldanEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Fyi, you can just take the ID of the shorts video and replace the ID part of any normal YouTube Video and it works. A short is just a normal video with a special player, you can still watch it as a normal Video.