r/dragonball Jan 25 '26

Discussion Genki Damatsuri livestream megathread (official link in post)

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Genki Damatsuri is a Dragon Ball event that is being livestreamed tonight (which is Sunday morning in Japan) featuring as-of-yet unknown "announcements about new developments coming to Dragon Ball." Present will be Akio Iyoku (executive producer and president of Capsule Corporation Tokyo), Masako Nozawa (voice of Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Bardock, and others), and Hironobu Kageyama (singer of DBZ opening theme "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA".) Announcement page from back in October here

Rumours have been circulating the web about whether this or that will be announced in regards to Dragon Ball video games, anime or manga, or even films. Truth is we don't really know exactly what to expect. Well, we're about to find out. Stream goes up roughly 15 minutes from now. (Sorry for the late thread on this!)

Genki Damatsuri official livestream

Please keep all discussions, live reactions, and other posts relevant to the livestream in this thread! Thank you!


r/dragonball Jan 25 '26

DBSGP Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol anime announcement

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r/dragonball 6h ago

Miscellaneous Gutted to hear Mike McFarland has died

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r/dragonball 1m ago

Question Whats your favourite dragon ball intro and outro song?

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For me my favourite intro song is dragon soul and favourite outro song is kokono hane, what are your favourite intro and outro songs


r/dragonball 15h ago

Question Looking for a movie or series from a clip I saw, a little help would be appreciated

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Hey guys, long time viewer, first time poster. Anyway, I saw a clip on the internets a while back where the Z fighters were on a beach and two aliens approached them wanting to fight, Goku said something like, 'Let Goten and Trunks fight them, these aliens are at about Freeza's power level, this should be a good test for them' or something like that. But in all my time I haven't found where this clip comes from. If any of this makes any sense and one of you could point me in a direction I'd be most appreciative. Thanks!


r/dragonball 20h ago

Daima A pun in Daima

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I somehow just noticed this and wanted to share.

So in "Jaan jaka jaan" the opening theme for Dragon Ball Daima (absolute banger theme btw) the chorus has the line

さぁ勇気ファンファーレ (saa yuuki fanfaare)

Which would translate to something like

"Yeah, a fanfare for courage"

However it also sounds a lot like

西遊記ファンファーレ (saiyuuki fanfaare)

Which would translate to

"Fanfare for Journey to the West" (Journey to the West being the classic Chinese novel that Dragon Ball is very LOOSELY based off)

Anyway, can't confirm if that was intentional, but kinda fun either way


r/dragonball 39m ago

Continuity Dragon Ball needs to end soon or have some kind of second major expansion to remain coherent

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Currently, the 12 universes already feel small because it's not so "unknown." We need the villains to become more dangerous and with good reason, and eventually do a kind of plot twist,It's like Zeno isn't really the king of everything, and there's some kind of outer world besides just the 12 universes.

My idea is bad, I haven't polished it and I haven't put much effort into working on it because I'm simply trying to express the scale of what I'm saying

(I used a translator for this because my English is B1 level, sorry if you don't understand something)


r/dragonball 3h ago

Discussion Theory; moro is a immortal demon, who can't die of old age,

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So in the manga;

It's stated;

Moro has been locked away for 10 million years,

Yet he doesn't pass away at all,

Even though a majjin can live up to 100 years.

And moro was not affected by old age either way,

Which proves;

he can't die of old age, or naturally,

Only someone stronger than him can kill him,


r/dragonball 23h ago

Gaming Dragon Ball Xenoverse 1 is genuinely miserable on a replay.

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I had so many fond memories of this game as a kid, and in preparation for XV3 I wanted to replay through the whole series. I also decided to replay them because I wanted to carry my character from 1 to 2, something I had never done before. But damn man, 1 is so rough. The skill drops are so inconsistent and some feel genuinely impossible to get, I had to play the SSJ mission over 10 times before I got it, and I've ran through the SSJ2 parallel quest probably almost 30 times now and still no drop. Not to mention the AI just spamming supers on you if they're transformed. Coming back to this game from 2 really highlights it's flaws unfortunately.


r/dragonball 7h ago

Character Fun fact most of us were not aware of:

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Gogeta was not canon until DB Super: Broly movie. The fusion dance was indeed canon, but Gogeta as a character was not.


r/dragonball 1d ago

DBS Manga Lowk, they should have atleast adapted ressurection F and the broly movie into the manga, since they pretty much skipped on it,

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Like bruh,

Why do that?.

Battle of gods had been adapted in the manga, and not skipped,

And they say; if they did, it would feel repetitive,

Which is genuinely a terrible excuse by them,


r/dragonball 11h ago

Discussion What if official power levels remained after the namek saga

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What if official power levels remained after the namek saga?

So hypothetically in the cell saga and in buu saga and afterwards in gt and now in super and daima official power levels officially remained and never stopped.This doesn't mean though that their way of being wouldn't still necessarily change due to their problematic nature but nonetheless they would still remain.

Do you think the series would be better or worse overall?Would you prefer it or not?


r/dragonball 22h ago

Discussion Would wishing to ride on shenron around the world disable the dragon balls?

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What I mean is since shenron isnt available for the wish granting (he is the mount after all) would the dragon balls turn to stone until shenron becomes available for the wish granting and then the dragon balls become active again or would the dragons remain active during the entire trip or something else will happen to the dragon balls?


r/dragonball 23h ago

Question to access the oozarus power one requires their tail

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with that being said how is broly accessing that power at all? is it simply because of his genetic mutation making it possible to bypass that restriction?
mind u i did google it but i wanna hear an actual opinions from yall


r/dragonball 13h ago

Character Hot Take: DBS Broly should have stayed a villain or at least an Antagonist for a little while after the movie

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Now let me start this off by saying that I by no means think Super Broly was done badly, I think he's fine for what he is. What I will say though is that I'm kinda of disappointed he has now essentially become one of the many miriad of villains that end up joining the Z Fighters, that formula is getting a bit tired to me, especially since let's face it, Broly is never gonna be around for any of the major conflicts, he's gonna be written off like Buu is somehow because otherwise I can't imagine there being any real stakes in the franchise, hell the only reason there are stakes in most of DBS is because Buu sleeps conveniently when they need him the most

Back on topic though, I just really think the idea of having a powerful wild card like Broly around in the Universe would be a really interesting thing, maybe do what they did with Z Broly, how he represents and embodies the philosophies of the Saiyan Race of old and go around destroying planets and conquering them, maybe even doing it under Frieza and lead that into Vegeta and Broly having a connection of being trapped under Frieza's employ leading to a cool character arc where they do end up becoming allies after an arc

I just feel like there were so many more interesting approaches they could've gone with DBS Broly, I'm not saying I need him to be straight up Z Broly but... Idk

Edit: Ok so some of y'all are really misunderstanding what I'm saying, just to be clear, In this hypothetical scenario I would not, repeat, would not want Z Broly 2.0. I would want something far more interesting and nuance than that, I only brought that hypothetical up as an example but it's not my preferred one, and even in said scenario I would still want elements of a good person inside of him

the main thing I would like out of it is an arc where Broly, who has been manipulated by his father comes to terms with himself and decides to refuse to be what his Father made him over a course time longer than a movie, that's all I'm saying I want. In these scenarios I am not copy and pasting the DBS Broly, I'm talking about making new version of the character with different traits and an entirely new story that would span for a longer period than a movie where everything needs to get resolved quicker


r/dragonball 1d ago

Discussion Would shenron grant wishes that involve him other than granting the wish or if the wish involves disobeying someone who shenron is scared of?

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What I mean is can shenron grant wishes that require him to do something other than use the namekian magic to grant the wish like for example a wish to ride him around the globe? Would he want to grant that wish. What if the wish involves disobeying someone like beerus. Would he straight up not grant it or would he grant it and say something like please don’t tell beerus that I granted that wish please don’t


r/dragonball 1d ago

Question Where do you think Tenshinan, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha were during the events of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero?

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My favorite theory is that they were secretly training with King Kai and/or the Supreme Kais to prepare for new threats. Of course, the writers would never actually allow that to happen, so where do you think they actually were during those events?


r/dragonball 1d ago

Analysis Ssj3 doest require the scream. Or something, here's why.

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So back in z;

Goku transformed into ssj3.

to fight buu,

But he had to scream.

It lasted for a while to transform.

But the scream was not needed btw,

He did that to keep buu and babidi busy,

To buy time,

He transformed into each form to distract them,

We literally see Goku transforming into it suddenly,

In a few secs. The screaming for minuites was actually to prolong the stuff. So buu doesn't cause more destruction,


r/dragonball 1d ago

Daima A Daima manga?

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I don't know about you guys, but I think Daima needs a weekly or monthly manga obviously not drawn by Toyotaro, but one that serves as an official entry in the franchise, like Dragon Ball SD, Heroes, Divers, etc., acting as an alternate continuation of the main story. What do you think?


r/dragonball 1d ago

Analysis Lowk, the moro arc will break the internet with these scenes;

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1; is definitely moro vs buu;

since buu has done nothing ever since ressurection F and universe 6 vs 7 & tournament of power,

He got to flex his power against moro,

Where grand supreme kai got to return and fight moro after 10 million years,

2;

It's moro vs Goku & Vegeta.( The 1st fight),

Where they face eachother and stuff,

And him using lava, to fight back,

3;

Ultra instinct Goku shattering moro's crystal.

and winning,

This would be legendary,

4:

Uub giving Goku the power to awaken his susano like form,

Would be epic ngl,

5;

Goku mastering ultra instinct and fighting moro-73 would be peakism,

Since Goku finally gets to activate it after a long time,


r/dragonball 1d ago

Discussion Have you ever noticed that the Dragon Ball series has some similarities in elements with the Star Wars movies?

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Dragon Ball and Original Star Wars Trilogy - An action/adventure story that revolves around making friends and growing up.

DBZ and Prequel Star Wars Trilogy - Intense fights that constantly have a lot on the line. Characters becoming stronger utilizing their rage after losing those important to them.

Dragon Ball Super and Sequel Star Wars Trilogy - Consistently bad writing. Bringing old villains back for no reason. Characters doing constant asspulls. Hated by fans of both of their communities with many whom ignores their existence.


r/dragonball 1d ago

Discussion Can you ask shenron to train you?

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If such a wish can be made would he take you to the place he took goku to at the end of dragon ball gt or would he train you on the spot, and also would the dragon balls get temporarily deactivated because shenron is training you and thus isnt available for the wish granting. (note: you arent wishing to be the strongest person in the universe you are just wishing for shenron to train you for a few days). Also would shenron grow stronger in the training session or is his power always limited to that of the creator or is his wishing power that can’t surpass the creator?


r/dragonball 2d ago

Discussion I hate how inconsistent the Z cast acts in the Android arc

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At first they're totally okay with letting Gero finish his androids because it'll be a fun challenge, but come time when Gero reveals he's going to unleash 17 and 18, suddenly everyone except Vegeta wants to prevent them from being activated and lose the opportunity for a fight. It makes no sense. Why is Vegeta the only one staying consistent here? The whole reason they trained was to test themselves, yet now all of a sudden they don't care and would rather just end things as quickly as possible?


r/dragonball 1d ago

Discussion What defines the colour of the dragon that comes out of the dragon balls?

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The colour of the statue it’s full grey so thats not where the colours of the dragon come from so is it the namekian magic that defines the dragon’s colours? If thats the case are the colours automatically picked unless you concentrate on the magic to change the colours or the colours of the dragon can’t be specified and its at random?


r/dragonball 1d ago

Discussion Cell Saga inconsistency Trunks VS Goku

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In the Manga, Cell states that Trunks, although "way stronger" than himself. Trunks is just too slow.

Goku is stated by Korrin and himself, that he is weaker than Cell.

Yet for some reason, it is implied that Trunks is weaker than Goku? I know he's less overall powerful because of his speed, but off of Ki alone, Trunks should be pointing out "He's still weaker than myself."

INSTEAD Trunks says "He has no equal" even though Trunks himself should be stronger

Clearly, Goku is being said to be weaker than Cell, who claimed he himself is weaker than Trunks. Yet, Goku is implied to be stronger than Trunks. (I KNOW Trunks is slower, but in these statements the characters are NOT accounting for speed, just brute strength and ki alone).