Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball Daima Swan Song has arrived

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  It is Toriyama's 40th anniversary and last major project with his personal touch.
• The premiere marks a new adventure where Goku, now a child, must face new enemies with the Dragon Balls.

The following contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Daima episode 1, “Conspiracy,” which is available to stream on Crunchyroll and Netflix.

Of all the fall anime coming out this year, few have been as anticipated as this one DAIMA DRAGON BALL. Mostly shrouded in mystery, the story has been largely kept under wraps, and the only thing audiences know for sure is that it involves the characters aging into children. Although that raised more questions than answers. Is the series a reboot? spin off? is it canon Is this a sequel to controversy? Dragon Ball GT?

Which British voice actors can voice the younger versions of everyone's favorite characters? Okay, so we still have to wait for the final episode (the first series only offers a subtitled version to begin with), but we now have our first episode, and many of these questions can now be safely answered (as well as set new items).

Happy 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball

One thing to note is that this series is timed for the 40th anniversary of its broadcast Dragon ball Franchise While every anniversary is a big deal, this one in particular is special because it's one of the rare anime that not only stays in families for generations, but also continues to produce new content. Many viewers watching this new show will likely have kids of their own by now, bringing the franchise to a new generation.

Akira Toriyama's swan song

The series is also notable because it is the last Dragon Ball franchise to have his personal touch. Toriyama designed the story, helped write it with producers at Toei, and designed new characters for the season. Despite his tragic passing earlier this year, it has been confirmed that he has been heavily involved and that all of his original writing work has been completed. While there may still be a manga manuscript or two around, for all intents and purposes this is the last major Dragon Ball project that will have the creator's touch, making it a pretty bittersweet situation.

The Majin are back

The first shot of DAIMA DRAGON BALL Not from our heroes (or even a new theme song), but in another world where the Majins watch the final battle between the Z Fighters and Maijin Buu. Here, we find out that Babidi went rogue and took control of Dabora, all in order to regain control of Buu in order to control the world. They watch this through old animation from the original Dragon Ball Z anime (restored so crisply that it looks like new animation) and see how everything went wrong. While the end result is shocking, it brings them new benefits.

Let's go make a wish

With Dabora out of the picture, Majin Goma is the new king of the demon realm. The problem (as he sees it) is that there are very powerful characters in the world, and if they come after him, he won't stand a chance. One of the things he noticed in the battle videos was that the ground had dragon balls. For the record, his planet also has dragon balls, but they are guarded by giant robots to prevent others from wishing. Since Earth Dragon Balls grant three wishes, this should be enough to disarm enemies and gain some extra power. Goma (along with a few others) decides it's time to go to Earth.

A new adventure begins

In most cases, the first part of DAIMA DRAGON BALL A glorified wrap-up/set-up episode. Our heroes don't even appear until the middle of the episode where they spend time celebrating Trunks' birthday. It's possible that some fans will feel cheated because there hasn't been much action yet (though Super dragon ball It's been doing a balancing act for several years, so maybe it doesn't matter much to most). However, the series setup is strong and now we know where the series is headed.

This is not a reboot or spin-off, but a direct sequel to the Majin Buu Saga. The timeline takes place after Buu's defeat but before the events of Super. This probably doesn't matter much to anyone but the hard working Dragon ball Fans, but there's a timeline explanation for you. It's also worth noting that while our main heroes won't be doing anything in the sequel, there's at least the promise that characters from the entire arc will make an appearance in the series, so that should get fans excited. While the details of how this will all be done are still unclear at this stage, DAIMA DRAGON BALL It is basic Dragon ball And it promises to be a great finale from one of the industry's greatest storytellers.