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. Should you got here away from the film loving both character, significantly the previous, that seems to have been the aim all alongside.

Throughout a current radio present celebrating Dragon Ball’s fortieth anniversary, longtime govt producer Akio Iyoku spoke on the sequence’ previous and present initiatives. In accordance with translated notes by Twitter person 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 handle that probem.

As he tells it, he sought out creator Akira Toriyama’s recommendation on the way to do proper by the Namekian. Finally, their talks sparked the concept for Toriyama to write down 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 varieties to make use of, with Piccolo’s being a reasonably cool new Orange mode thought-about by Toriyama as his first correct improve.

Blissful New 12 months!🐉
Yesterday on January 1st, Akio Iyoku talked on the “All Evening Nippon – Dragon Ball fortieth Anniversary Particular” radio present for about 20 minutes about numerous DB issues, together with Daima and what could also be coming👀
Translated some bits🔽

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— Andy 案太郎 🇩🇪 (@peraperayume) January 2, 2025

Whereas Piccolo’s within the present Dragon Ball Daima anime, his Orange kind 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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