Dragon Ball Super Hero Movie was made to give Piccolo a W

In 2022, Toei came out Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, a pretty good movie that showcases a new art style Piccolo and Gohan (aka, his my son) is in the foreground. If you came away from the movie loving both characters, especially the first one, that always seems to be the goal.

During a recent radio show Dragon Ball Celebrating its 40th anniversary, longtime executive producer Akio Iyoku talked about the series’ past and current projects. According to the Twitter user’s translated notes perperayume (thanks, CBR), Iyoku wanted Piccolo to be on par with Goku and Vegeta, both of whom had leveled up significantly throughout. Dragon Ball Super escape and Broly movie. Piccolo hadn’t done that before, something that caught the attention of many fans of the character. Iyoku was such a fan and tried to solve this problem.

As he says, he sought out creator Akira Toriyama’s advice on how to do the right thing on the Namekian side. Eventually, their talks led to the idea of ​​Toriyama writing Super Hero. This movie puts Goku and Vegeta aside so that Piccolo and Gohan take center stage and take on the newly revived Red Ribbon Army. Finally, the duo unlocks new forms to use, Piccolo being pretty new Orange mode considered by Toriyama as his first proper upgrade.

Happy New Year!🐉
Yesterday, January 1st, Akio Iyoku spent about 20 minutes on the radio show “All Night Nippon – Dragon Ball 40th Anniversary Special” talking about various DB things, including Daima and what’s to come👀
I translated some bits🔽

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

While Piccolo currents Dragon Ball Always anime, his Orange form has yet to appear in last year’s fighting game Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. (O was however, it is added Xenoverse 2 Like DLC.) It looks like the movie did its job and made people want more Piccolo. Now, it’s a matter of how Toei balances that demand with the demand of other fan-favorite characters, even since Go to Toriyama early last year.

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