Dragon Ball Daima Brings Back the Z Warriors in Kid-Sized Glory

Young Goku and Vegeta in the reveal trailer for Dragon Ball Daima.
Young Goku and Vegeta in the reveal trailer for Dragon Ball Daima.
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Dragon Ball Super’s anime adaptation ended over five years ago, and though the franchise has been kept alive with various games, movies, and a web series, there hasn’t had a proper mainline anime installment since. Fortunately, that’s about to change in a big way with the release of Dragon Ball Daima.

Billed as an original story from series creator Akira Toriyama, Daima will see Goku and other Z warriors like Piccolo, Vegeta, and Bulma (and much of their extended supporting cast) de-aged to young kids thanks to a mysterious villain using the Dragon Balls. Longtime franchise fans may remember this being similar to the premise of Dragon Ball GT, the anime-exclusive sequel to Dragon Ball Z back in 1996. Whether Daima will bring over anything from that show is unclear, but it is a little bit meta, given that the entire Dragon Ball enterprise will be turning 40 years old next year when the series hits.

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[via The Verge]


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