Dragon Ball Super Hero Movie Made To Give Piccolo W

Back in 2022, Toei released Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, a great movie that had a new style that has style Piccolo and Gohan (aka, his child) forward. If you came away from the movie loving any character, especially the first one, it seems like that’s the goal all along.

The latest radio show is celebrating Dragon Ball 40 years old, long-time executive producer Akio Iyoku talked about past and present projects. According to the text translated by a Twitter user pereparayume (thanks, Price CBR), Iyoku wanted Piccolo to be on par with Goku and Vegeta, who were both highly advanced. Dragon Ball Super game run with Broly movie. At that time, Piccolo was not there, something many of the character’s fans noticed. Iyoku was one such lover, and he wanted to solve the problem.

As he says, he sought out creator Akira Toriyama’s advice on how to best deal with the Namekians. Ultimately, their discussion led to Toriyama writing Super Hero. The movie puts Goku and Vegeta aside so that Piccolo and Gohan can take the lead and take on the Red Ribbon Army. In the end, the two unlock new forms to use, and Piccolo is the new best Orange mode to be considered and Toriyama as his first proper promotion.

Happy New Year!🐉
Yesterday on January 1st, Akio Iyoku spoke on “All Night Nippon – Dragon Ball 40th Anniversary Special” for about 20 minutes about various things about DB, including Daima and what’s coming👀
He translated a little🔽

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— Andy Antaro 🇩🇪 (@peraperayume) January 2, 2025

While Piccolo is here Dragon Ball Forever anime, his Orange character has yet to appear, just like last year’s fighting game Dragon Ball: Zero Shots. (They was, however, he added Xenoverse 2 as DLC.) It sounds like the movie did its job and people want Piccolo more. Now, it’s just a matter of how Toei navigates what’s needed and what other people love most – even since then. Toriyama is leaving at the beginning of last year.

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