Dragon Ball Daima coming Fall 2024

[ben6543]

The time has come, Dragon Ball fans! After years of waiting, it seems the team at Toei Animation is ready to put Son Goku back on the small screen. Today at New York Comic Con, the studio behind the Dragon Ball anime announced its next series, and Dragon Ball Daima promises to pick up on the anime.

According to reports, Dragon Ball Magic will not be a sequel to Dragon Ball Super or continue it in any way. Rather, this new series will focus on the gap of time between Dragon Ball Z (pre-epilogue) and Dragon Ball Super. This means Dragon Ball Daima will tell all-new events, and sadly, there will be no Ultra Instinct showdowns.

Dragon Ball Daima is also slated to shake things up with Goku. The Saiyan is expected to be de-aged in this anime, and Goku will be forced to travel the galaxy with the Kaioshin at his side. From there, you can imagine what sort of adventures the pair will get into, and it is likely some familiar allies will join the pair at some point.

https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dra...ime-announced/

[eledoremassis02]

Full trailer

“Dragon Ball DAIMA” Teaser Trailer / Fall 2024 - YouTube

[Drawly Sparks]

Looks really interesting I thought. Not really sure what to make of it at this stage but it looks like Toriyama’s going for something a lot different than what he was doing with Super. That’s exciting!

[Gowho]

Magic

[Kirben]

I would love to see another adventurous series like the original Dragon Ball, but this looks like they didn't learn anything from Dragon Ball GT....Goku & Vegeta must always be the focus.
Why can't we get a series focused on the next generation? I think the Dragon Ball GT movie was the only time they ever did that.

[Marcus Carr]

GT on steroids?

[Nori]

Saw the trailer when it was only 1min old uploaded, couldn't believe my luck for being online on Twitter at that very moment.

All I can say is I'm incredibly hyped. Love that the entire cast got made small and not just Goku and Kaioshin.

[ben6543]

I have to say Dragon Ball Rugrats edition doesn't sound great. But I will give it a watch. I was hoping for the next series to take place after Super/ Super Hero Movie

[ps3bd_owner]

Originally Posted by ben6543

I have to say Dragon Ball Rugrats edition doesn't sound great. But I will give it a watch. I was hoping for the next series to take place after Super/ Super Hero Movie

I prefer calling it Dragon Ball GT2.

[Zechs Merquise]

Oh God. They already jumped the shark with Super. We'll have to come up with a whole new term for what this is

[ps3bd_owner]

Geekdom101 has been saying for years a new DB show would be released, and eventually he was right. lol

Edit: DBGT certainly is getting a boost in views/comments again thanks to Daima's announcement:

YouTube

Nice to see DBGT by Toriyama.

[sandman slim]

Originally Posted by ben6543

I have to say Dragon Ball Rugrats edition doesn't sound great.

Try to unsee this:

DBMB: Dragon Ball Muppet Babies

[ps3bd_owner]

I've been wishing Kageyama would return to make DB songs and this could be the perfect chance for them to hire him again.

[ps3bd_owner]

I read that Muten Roshi looks like Kuririn, and well, it's true!



The animation of the trailer looks absolutely beautiful and I'd rather wait than have a mess like Super was.



The TV version looks like a DBZ spoof from Gintama. lol

[Member-571539]

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712534170126397629

Originally Posted by Ajay

Thanks for tuning in! Nice to finally talk about the series to an extent, clarify some information, and put to bed a bunch of half-assed rumours. Excited to see Daima in full!

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547042613145993

Originally Posted by Ajay

To summarise some tidbits I mentioned:

• The ep count is unknown, not even animators know the length
• The series does not feature flip-flopping multiple art styles, the shift from classic Z to modern Toriyama occurs when they are de-aged in ep 1
• Ep length is standard 24 mins

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547045486244172

Originally Posted by Ajay

• While the concept of de-aging the characters sounds like GT on paper, it's not that at all. The series is very much in the vein of the JRPGs Toriyama has been involved in such as Dragon Quest and Blue Dragon
• The other two major characters weren't revealed interestingly

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547048535503075

Originally Posted by Ajay

• It's correct that Nakatsuru is the character designer for the show, but unlike recent efforts where he only provided designs for a series, he will be contributing with corrections too.

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547051173720351

Originally Posted by Ajay

• Aya Komaki is not the sole series director. Yoshitaka Yashima is the primary series director. He was a solo animator on DBS mainly, but provided a great deal of storyboards to the show which were solid. To the best of my knowledge, this is his debut in the role.

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547054252339409

Originally Posted by Ajay

• Art Direction is from Takahashi Kurahashi who you will know as the art director on the 2008 Yo Son Goku OVA. You got a glimpse at some of the stunning backgrounds in the trailer.

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547057242878120

Originally Posted by Ajay

• Colour Design is from Rumiko Nagai who also did the colour work on DBS Broly and Super Hero. We seem to be free of bad colour design in new projects - Nagai has been consistently great.

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547060547989962

Originally Posted by Ajay

Some of the chief animation supervisors include: Chikashi Kubota, Naohiro Shintani, Yuya Takahashi, Takeo Ide, and Miyako Tsuji. Pretty much an all-star line-up for a show that is heavily focused on art consistency.

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547063198789739

Originally Posted by Ajay

• Production began at the tail-end of 2021, with Toei creating a pilot in early 2022 for Toriyama and Shueisha to approve. Full staff were recruited in April 2022 with animation starting properly in October that same year when DQ Dai ended.

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547066361393503

Originally Posted by Ajay

• You can expect all the major players from Dragon Quest Dai to make an appearance as key animators. The emphasis is on hard-to-hard combat and traditional weapons rather than on ki blast spam. Don't hold your breath for DBS transformation stuff especially.

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547069293113475

Originally Posted by Ajay

• While it's true that the series is aimed at a younger audience, there will still be dramatic moments. Production documents state Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer as sources of inspiration, though it's unclear in quite what sense.

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547071386071313

Originally Posted by Ajay

• The scope of the series grew over during the production, with many people's time on it being extended beyond their initial agreements. Its release format isn't 100% anymore, and the mainline DBS TV series is on the backburner for now.

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547073458049219

Originally Posted by Ajay

• They weren't kidding when they said this is the most Toriyama has been involved. He and Shueisha went as far as checking actual cuts of animation to ensure they best matched his vision. Not just scripts and design this time!

https://twitter.com/animeajay/status/1712547075504878042

Originally Posted by Ajay

• The last minute name change they noted also was no joke! Dragon Ball Magic was on settei updated as recently as last week. It has always had "provisional" written on it though.

[Superduper9000]

Jesus this looks awful. WTF are they thinking?

[ps3bd_owner]

I'm guessing we can expect Son Goku to say something along the lines of: "Shen Long made me a kid again?! But he already made that happened before!"

And considering they showed Super Saiyan 4 on the trailer, we'll probably see that transformation on the show, too. Kid Goku SSJ4 that'll be awesome.

[Zechs Merquise]

Originally Posted by ps3bd_owner

I've been wishing Kageyama would return to make DB songs and this could be the perfect chance for them to hire him again.

He's on the outs with them because of the Yamamoto situation. Basically Kenji Yamamoto was his buddy and arranged all his Dragon Ball hits, and Toei gave him the boot, so now Kageyama refuses to work with them

Originally Posted by Superduper9000

Jesus this looks awful. WTF are they thinking?

They were probably thinking that cute, chibi versions of all the characters would sell them a lot of toys. See for reference: The Muppet Babies, Baby Yoda, etc

[GeoffOliver]

Originally Posted by ps3bd_owner

I read that Muten Roshi looks like Kuririn, and well, it's true!

I guess they forgot he had hair in the flashbacks to his teen years in the original Dragon Ball.

[Zechs Merquise]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

I guess they forgot he had hair in the flashbacks to his teen years in the original Dragon Ball.

If that wasn't in Toriyama's original manga then it's not canon