Dragon Ball’s Tremendous Hero Film Was Made to Give Piccolo a W

Again in 2022, Toei put out Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, a reasonably good film that featured a brand new artwork type and put Piccolo and Gohan (aka, his son) within the forefront. When you got here away from the film loving both character, notably the previous, that seems to have been the purpose all alongside.

Throughout a latest radio present celebrating Dragon Ball’s fortieth anniversary, longtime govt producer Akio Iyoku spoke on the sequence’ previous and present initiatives. In line with translated notes by Twitter consumer peraperayume (thanks, CBR), Iyoku wished Piccolo to be on par with Goku and Vegeta, each of whom had leveled up considerably all through Dragon Ball Tremendous’s run and the Broly film. By that time, Piccolo hadn’t, one thing many followers of the character observed. Iyoku was one such fan, and sought to deal with that probem.

As he tells it, he sought out creator Akira Toriyama’s recommendation on do proper by the Namekian. In the end, their talks sparked the thought for Toriyama to put in writing Tremendous Hero. That film places Goku and Vegeta apart so Piccolo and Gohan can take middle stage and tackle a newly revived Pink Ribbon Military. Ultimately, the duo unlock new types to make use of, with Piccolo’s being a reasonably cool new Orange mode thought of by Toriyama as his first correct improve.

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Yesterday on January 1st, Akio Iyoku talked on the “All Evening Nippon – Dragon Ball fortieth Anniversary Particular” radio present for about 20 minutes about varied DB issues, together with Daima and what could also be coming👀
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— Andy 案太郎 🇩🇪 (@peraperayume) January 2, 2025

Whereas Piccolo’s within the present Dragon Ball Daima anime, his Orange type hasn’t popped up in that but, ditto final yr’s combating sport Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. (It was, nonetheless, added into Xenoverse 2 as DLC.) It sounds just like the film did its job and made folks need extra Piccolo. Now, it’s only a matter of how Toei balances that demand with that of different fan-favorite characters—even moreso since Toriyama’s passing early final yr.

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