The Dragon Ball series has been one of the longest-running series on television. For most of us, it carries a feeling of nostalgia and immediately reminds us of the good old days when our screen time was restricted and this show, a luxury. The Dragon Ball series revolves around Goku, the protagonist, and his adventures. Its latest release, Dragon Ball Super, takes you into time, ten years after Goku has defeated Majin Buu and is granted with powers of God. He learns their use under the guidance of the gods ruling his universe. The Dragon Ball series is based on a Japanese Manga by the same name and has had 131 episodes released till now. Its fans are eagerly waiting for the release of the 132nd episode.
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Show Details:
| TV Series: | Dragon Ball Super |
| Genre: | Adventure
Fantasy Martial arts |
| Created by: | Kimitoshi Chioka
Morio Hatano Kōhei Hatano Tatsuya Nagamine Ryōta Nakamura |
| Written by: | Akira Toriyama
Yoshifumi Fukushima King Ryu Yoshitaka Toshio Makoto Koyama Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Running time: | July 5, 2015 – March 25, 2018 |
| Producers | Atsushi Kido
Osamu Nozaki Naoko Sagawa Tomosuke Teramoto Satoru Takami Shunki Hashizume Hiroyuki Sakurada |
| Composer: | Norihito Sumitomo |
| Original language: | Japanese |
More About the show:
The Manga in which the show is based has been written by Akira Toriyama, illustrated by Toyotarou, and published by Shueisha. Its English publisher is Viz Media and it is featured in the V jump magazine. The Manga has 15 volumes and was released on June 20, 2015.
The Dragon Ball Super series has been written by Akira Toriyama, Yoshifumi Fukushima, King Ryu, Yoshitaka Toshio, Makoto Koyama, and Atsuhiro Tomioka. It belongs to the genre of adventure, fantasy, and martial arts and the series has been created by Kimitoshi Chioka, Morio Hatano, Kōhei Hatano, Tatsuya Nagamine, and Ryōta Nakamura. It premiered on July 5, 2015, and ran till March 25, 2018. The series has been produced by Atsushi Kido, Osamu Nozaki, Naoko Sagawa, Tomosuke Teramoto, Satoru Takami, Shunki Hashizume, and Hiroyuki Sakurada.
Dragon Ball Super was licensed by Madman Entertainment, Funimation, Bang Zoom! Entertainment and Manga Entertainment across several countries and streamed on channels like FNS (Fuji TV), ABC Me, Cartoon Network (God of Destruction Beerus Arc Only), Toonami, Pop, Adult Swim (Toonami), and Cartoon Network. It has had 131 episodes released till now. Fans of the show are eagerly waiting for the 132nd episode.
Plot:
The strongest fighter in the world, son Goku has been living his life in peace after defeating Majin Buu. Six months have passed after the incident and Goku has been working as a farmer to fulfill the needs of his family meanwhile all of his comrades including Vegeta, Krillin, Piccolo, Android 17 and 18 have been spending their days in peace as well until the God of Destruction – Lord Beerus makes an appearance after decades of sleep with his acquaintance – Whis. Beerus challenges Goku to a battle as the Super Saiyan God while threatening him about destroying the whole planet if he loses/refuses, Goku also unlocks his new form – The Super Saiyan God Mode during the battle but still comes up short against the god of destruction.
Beerus seems to be impressed by Goku’s efforts and mercifully spares the planet. The story continues as Vegeta and Goku both go training with Beerus’ acquaintance Whis leaving the Earth in the hands of Gohan and others. During that time the long-time rival of Goku and his comrades – Frieza is resurrected with the help of Dragon Balls. A stronger Frieza once again plans to destroy Earth and seek revenge from Goku and Vegeta. The series features an iconic battle between Super Saiyan God Blue Goku and Golden Frieza.
Frieza tastes defeat one more time in the battle. The series also features a Tournament of Power between most primary universes where Goku unlocks and even masters the Ultra Instinct mode while fighting Jiren. The tournament includes several mind-blowing battles between the warriors of the universes as that is what the series is known for.
Characters:
The protagonist character Son Goku / Kakarot was voiced by Sean Schemmel. The character of Vegeta was voiced by Christopher Sabat. The character of Son Gohan was voiced by Kyle Hebert and the character of Future Trunks was voiced by Eric Vale. The character of Goten Son was voiced by Kara Edwards and the character of Trunks was voiced by Alexis Tipton.
The character of Krillin was voiced by Sonny Strait and the character of Piccolo was voiced by Christopher Sabat. The character of Beerus was voiced by Jason Douglas and the character of Whis was voiced by Ian Sinclair. The character of Frieza was voiced by Christopher Ayres and the character of Champa was voiced by Jason Liebrecht.
The character of Vados was voiced by Caitlin Glass and the character of Goku Black was voiced by Sean Schemmel. The character of Zamasu was voiced by James Marsters and the character of Future Zamasu was voiced by James Marsters. The character of Chi-Chi voiced by Cynthia Cranz and the character of Bulma was voiced by Monica Rial.
Will the 132nd episode be released?
The future of the Dragon Ball Super series is yet to be decided as the thing in question is the re-adaptation of the Movie Dragon Ball Super: Broly in the series. If there is an adaptation of the movie in the series then the first few episodes will be featuring the plot of the movie and after that, they will begin the highly anticipated Moro arc which features Moro as the Villian who is said to be stronger than even Jiren himself. The moro arc in the manga seemed to impress the Dragon Ball fanbase quite a lot.
The fans who have read the manga are already no strangers to the greatness of the arc and the enthusiasm of the manga readers has also boosted up the hopes for anime fans. The possibility of adaptation of the plot of Dragon Ball Super from the makers is something to look forward to as well. Dragon Ball Super has been a delight for many anime lovers across the globe. The new chapters of the Dragon Ball Manga have made the wait tougher than ever and yet worth all of it.
