Review of chapter 1 of Dragon Ball Daima with which a prosperous new era for Akira Toriyama’s series begins

Yesterday, October 11, 2024, fans around the world of Akira Toriyama They managed to gather the 7 Dragon Ballsscattered throughout all corners of the Earth, and invoked Shenron to make the big dream come true: Watch a new canonical anime chapter of Dragon Ball!

Indeed, we are talking about episode 1 of Dragon Ball Daimathe new story that was born from Akira Toriyama before he died. Sometimes one is not aware of the importance of this new project, but it is one of the most beautiful adventures that a fan of the series will experience in their life.

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And Toei Animation seems to have it very clear, at least, judging by the superb quality of the first chapter of Dragon Ball Daima. We have already been warning about it these months, having at the head of the anime names like Katsuyoshi Nakatsurupure experience, and Chikashi Kubotaone of the great recent discoveries for the series.

To give you an idea, Nakatsuru was the creator of the Super Saiyan 4and Kubota the animator of the 2D prologue of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Such a team could only give us joy in this new adventure, and that is how it ended up being on a technical level, at least, in this first installment.

Gone are the very poor animation and drawings of most of the anime of Dragon Ball Super. That series pales, as far as art is concerned, before the images it displays Dragon Ball Daima in its first 30 minutes of life. A festival of color and Toriyamese essence that wins you from the beginning of the prologue until the cliffhanger of the end.

And the best of all is the initial approach, presenting us with a demonic conspiracy that stands as a direct sequel to the Buu Sagaone of the most beloved arcs by fans. Thus, we are presented to Gomahthe new King of Demons after the death of Dabraand his companions, Degesu y Their family (kaioshin brothers Shinthere is nothing). Behold!

But what is the problem? It turns out that Gomah and company contemplate how Goku and the others have been able to defeat the powerful Buuso they could pose a threat if they invade the Demon Realm. To avoid this, they decide to gather the 7 Dragon Balls of Earth and quell this problem in a very unique way.

On the one hand, They will ask the dragon god to turn into children all those who fought against Majin Buu, as well as his friends. On the other hand, Gomah also intends to ask Shenron for the Tertian Eyean object that, if you place it on your forehead, gives you unimaginable power. Thus, they embark on a journey to Earth, in the outside world, to fulfill their wishes.

Review of chapter 1 of Dragon Ball Daima with which a prosperous new era for Akira Toriyama's series begins

To succeed in this endeavor, they have to enlist the help of a Namekian elder named Nevainhabitant of the Demon Kingdom (in fact, we will talk about this next week in Hobby Cinethere is a lot of fabric to cut). In fact, once they arrive at the palace of fromNeva uses her magic to take all the Dragon Balls and reverse her stone state.

Meanwhile, the Z Warriors are found in the Capsule Corporation celebrating 9th birthday Trunksoblivious to this whole plot. What’s more, to reduce the binge, Goku and Vegeta They start a spectacular fight, but suddenly… the sky darkens, Shenron appears and Gomah makes his first wish! Goku and his friends become children! A new story begins!

Review of chapter 1 of Dragon Ball Daima with which a prosperous new era for Akira Toriyama's series begins

¡CURIOSITIES!

1- One of the negative aspects that we find in this first chapter is the covert censorship. When you first watch the episode, you may not realize it, but once you start to analyze it carefully…

You realize they have censored the series! The screenshot of Vegeta that you have just below is the one that was broadcast in the episode, but the one you see later, with blood on his face, is the one we saw in the first trailer of Dragon Ball Daima. Maybe we will have an uncensored version for the physical format and they are keeping that ace up their sleeve?

Review of chapter 1 of Dragon Ball Daima with which a prosperous new era for Akira Toriyama's series begins
Review of chapter 1 of Dragon Ball Daima with which a prosperous new era for Akira Toriyama's series begins

2- The artistic direction, as we mentioned above, is on another level. During the prologue, we see beautiful images of Goku and his friends, but I would also highlight the symbology of lighting.

In this screenshot below we are told the moment in which Goku discovered his Saiyan past, with a ray of light that illuminates his body, a metaphor of enlightenment for his past. Furthermore, his father also stands out, Bardockwhich is represented upside down and in shadow, representing a great enigma for Goku.

Review of chapter 1 of Dragon Ball Daima with which a prosperous new era for Akira Toriyama's series begins

3- Throughout the episode we are told many curiosities that we will reveal in news format over the next few days, from what happened with Kibishin to the importance of the Namekians. So calm down, we will address all of that, but in this review we do want to highlight the existence of…

New Dragon Balls! And no, we are not talking about the spheres of Namek, nor the balls of the planet Cereal. In this new series we have been revealed to us about the existence of the 3 Dragon Balls of the Demonic Kingdom, all of them guarded by very powerful beings called Tamagami.

Review of chapter 1 of Dragon Ball Daima with which a prosperous new era for Akira Toriyama's series begins

And so we come to the end of our review! What did you think of our analysis of Dragon Ball Daima? Did you like this first episode as much as we did or did you miss something?

Look, to be honest with you, before starting to watch the episode I imagined a message like “In memory of Akira Toriyama”. It may be silly, but I think it would have been nice on Toei Animation’s part. Maybe in the final chapter of the series they get excited about it, but it’s something I needed to see on the screen (in any case I’m not going to downgrade it for this). ¡Kai, Kai!

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