Dragon Ball Super — Episode #52 — Discussion Thread!
Master and Pupil Reunited - Gohan and "Future" Trunks
師弟再会 孫悟飯と“未来”トランクス
sh*tei Saikai Son Gohan to “Mirai” Torankusu
Script: Yoshifumi f*ckushima; Director/Storyboard: Kazuya Karasawa; Animation Supervisor: Yosh*taka Yashima
Source: Kanzenshuu
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2018/01/20 - Dragon Ball Super Is Ending March 25
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Microsoft Digital (US only): Episodes 1-39 are already available for purchase on the Microsoft Store. We estimate that the next batch (40-52) will be available around 10 March. As usual for digital releases, the dubbed and subtitled versions are sold separately. We will update this information if it becomes available on other digital platforms.
Home Release: Episodes 1-13 are available for Region A (DVD or Blu-Ray) and Region B (DVD or Blu-Ray). Episodes 14-26 are available for Region A (DVD or Blu-Ray) and Region B (DVD or Blu-Ray). Episodes 27-39 will be released for Region A on 20 February 2018 (DVD or Blu-Ray) and for Region B on 6 March 2018.
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Q: Is Dragon Ball Super really ending, or is it just a hiatus?
From what we have been told, the anime is ending. There are no current plans for a new DB series and as far as we know, the series will only continue through movies and games. We should learn more about the future of the franchise at AnimeJapan which will take place the weekend of March 22-25. For now, we know that Toyotarō's manga will continue for several months at least—the Tournament of Power arc has just begun in the manga—and of course the English dub will continue until the series is finished. We have compiled a projection of dates for the remaining dub episodes on our Wiki.Q: Is the Dragon Ball Super manga "canon"?
The anime and manga are both variations on a basic plot by Toriyama. There isn't (and probably never will be) an explicitly defined Dragon Ball "canon". Without Toriyama's original draft, we may never know what is and isn't his. We do know that he permits Toyotarō to change things up, but he looks at his storyboards and occasionally draws things himself for Toyotarō to use as a reference. Toyotarō has said that Toriyama is more particular about gags than he is about anything else.Q: Why does Future Trunks have blue hair?
In the manga, Trunks and Bulma always have the same color hair, which is almost always purple, but uniform either way. In the anime, Bulma was given blue hair, but for reasons unknown, they kept Trunks's purple hair instead of changing it to blue. Lately, when doing character designs for the anime, Toriyama tends to give Trunks blue hair, matching Bulma. Toei takes these designs and changes his hair color back to purple. While drawing up Future Trunks for the current story arc, Toriyama did what he always did, only this time it wasn't changed back. In-universe, the characters act as though Future Trunks always had blue hair, and some flashbacks have been reanimated to give Trunks blue hair.Q: How did Mai get to be so young? Isn't it weird for her to have a relationship with Trunks?
In Future Trunks's timeline, the Pilaf gang made their wish for youth just before Piccolo was killed by the androids, and it is assumed that they made their wish around the same time in the main timeline. This was portrayed in a short two-page comic in the 2016 Jump Victory Carnival guidebook now available at the end of Volume 2 of the Super manga published by Viz. Even as a young adult in the original manga, Mai was always portrayed as being cartoonishly innocent. It can therefore be assumed that her feelings toward Trunks are also innocent until he reaches the age of consent.
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