The Dragon Ball anime series is a series of works by Akira Toriyama that was serialized in Weekly Shonen JUMP in 1984. As a work born in the last century, Dragon Ball has gone through 37 years.
However, the popularity of "Dragon Ball" has not been reduced by the precipitation of time, and the 37 years since its birth are still the hottest works in the anime industry, and there are still new works in the series in the 37 years of birth, which can be described as unprecedented in the history of animation.
Therefore, it is a very fortunate thing to be able to see manga serials in my lifetime, and I will see and cherish it.
However, due to the long time and unlimited combat effectiveness, the Dragon Ball series of anime is now facing 5 crises that need to be solved urgently.
The first major crisis Voice actors are seriously aging, and 85-year-old voice actors are still fighting in the front line of dubbing
In 1986, when the Dragon Ball anime was just beginning to be serialized, the voices were in their prime, and "Dragon Ball" was already a household name animation at that time.
Who knows, the popularity of "Dragon Ball" has continued until now, and the voice actors have dedicated most of their lives to the dubbing of "Dragon Ball".
Although the adolescence of the Saiyans is particularly long, the voices are after all flesh and earth, and they will eventually grow old one day. Up to now, many well-known voice actors have left us, such as Bulma's voice actor Yutsuru Hiromi, The Northern King's voice actor Hachi Naimi, and so on.
The voice actress of the protagonist Son Goku, Masako Nozawa, is 85 years old and is still dubbing a large son of Son Goku.
At 85 years old, it was originally a nurturing age, but Masako Nozawa was still busy.
Dragon Ball Heroes anime, theatrical version, game, peripheral, every scene will appear Masako Nozawa's familiar voice.
It is worth mentioning that the "Dragon Ball" series of anime is a hot-blooded anime, and the protagonist Sun Wukong often needs to yell and scream when fighting, which is a very huge test for Masako Nozawa's body.
Therefore, if the Dragon Ball anime wants to be updated for a long time, Masako Nozawa urgently needs to find a successor.
The second crisis is becoming more and more difficult to design new transformations
Transformation is the most effective way to improve combat effectiveness in the Dragon Ball anime, and the appearance of super Saiyans not only makes saiyans a god in one battle, but also opens the prelude to the era of dragon ball transformation.
Compared with the current Sun Wukong and the Opening Sun Wukong, the combat effectiveness has increased by many times. Now, Monkey King has almost become the most transformed anime character.
Up to now, Sun Wukong's Super Saiyan series has appeared in the super 1, super 2 and super 3 forms, as well as the super 4 and various derivative forms in the sequel, the super red and super blue forms have appeared in the super saishen series, and the god's skill field has appeared in the form of free polarity.
On the whole, it is becoming more and more difficult to design new forms, because there are only so many colors, and the shapes that can be accepted by fans are extremely limited.
Therefore, the free polarity has directly become a "hedging form" spanning three large chapters.
Moreover, the free polarity is also divided into several stages, such as the free polar intention, the normal free polarity, the perfect free polarity and so on.
The third major crisis The combat effectiveness in the early stage is too high, and the battle scene in the later stage is difficult to draw
In the early days of Dragon Ball, the Explosive Turtle Immortals were able to destroy the moon, and during the Frieza period, Frieza's all-out attack could destroy Namco, and Saru even released a bold statement that he could destroy the entire solar system, and in the Chapter of Gods and Gods, the energy of the fierce battle between the super god Sun Wukong and the god of destruction Beerus could destroy the entire universe.
By the time of the Granola chapter, the battle between the two cosmic firsts only destroyed a few trees, and the battle scene was a bit like a family, so it attracted the unanimous complaints of fans.
In fact, this can not all blame Toyotaro, can only say that the early combat effectiveness is too high, always can not be in the future as long as the battle scene will explode, and then the protagonist and the villain fight in the void.
The fourth crisis It is also becoming increasingly difficult to design a new BOSS
Throughout the previous plot, every time a new BOSS appears, the official will use "the strongest" to describe, all kinds of earth is the strongest, and the strongest of various universes emerge in an endless stream.
The protagonists are getting stronger and stronger, and the new enemies are already having a hard time defeating them. If the new enemy does not have a huge background, it is easy to collapse like the granola chapter.
One day, the official will design an angel-level BOSS, or a high-priest-level BOSS. After all, there is no limit to the strength of the Saiyans.
The fifth major crisis The setting of the dragon resurrecting the dead weakens the tension of the plot
Dragon Ball is an anime that revolves around seven Dragon Balls, and collecting Dragon Balls is the core gameplay.
The setting that Dragon Ball can resurrect the dead, although it can make up for regrets, it also weakens the tension of the plot to a certain extent.
The previous authors had cleverly defused this crisis by proposing restrictions, such as that the same person, the Earth Dragon could only be resurrected once. For another example, after the Great Demon King of Bik fulfilled his wish, he directly killed the dragon, completely extinguishing the last glimmer of hope of the protagonist group.
But later, with the appearance of the Namco Dragon Bolunga and the Super Dragon, the setting of resurrecting the dead became unlimited again.
As a result, the tension between the protagonists and the villains is greatly reduced.
The protagonists die casually, and there are super dragons anyway.
These are the 5 major crises facing the Dragon Ball anime at this stage. If these crises can be resolved, another 37 years will be fine.