Dragon Ball: Yo! Kinda? That's where the "how much involvement from Toriyama?" ITALICS! This special is following the animation in the remade Dr. Slump anime series featuring Kid Goku and the Red Ribbon Army … Son Goku and his friends return, is available to watch right now!!!!! Son GokÅ« and His Friends Return!! But if you're going to disregard the JSAT special for Gregory, we have to disregard the manga itself for all its contradictions and inconsistencies. but 'Yo Son Goku and his friends return' might as well have never happened. He wears a navy blue jumpsuit under his Battle Armor and he wears white boots, gloves, and a teal scouter. Nicholas' love for telling stories is inspired by his love for film noir, westerns, superhero movies, classic films, foreign cinema, and wuxia. (ドラゴンボール オッス！帰ってきた孫悟空と仲間たち！！) is the second Dragon Ball Z OVA, and features the first Dragon Ball animation in nearly a decade. I don't want to start thinking in absolutes but with the arrival of Dragoball Super arriving so quickly, it would be hard to imagine that anything that happened in RoF could be in it mainly from a time line perspective of the artists and story board writers. Nobody, not Toei Animation, not Shueisha, not even Toriyama himself has ever went out and said what parts of the franchise are part of the the main story and what parts are what-if nonsense. | Dragon Ball Canon Wiki | Fandom ... Start a Wiki; Search Sign In Don't have an account? The Broly movie, on the other hand, is canon, and is proof that Tarble does exist somewhere in the Dragon Ball universe. The people that make up and decide what is canon is the fans. This includes all filler. A-Canon/Anime canon: Dragon Ball TV series, Dragon Ball Z TV series, and the … Tarble is a fairly short Saiyan with a slim build. is a 35-minute Japanese animated short film based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball series, shown on the Jump Super Anime Tour from September 21 to November 23, 2008. Dragon Ball: Yo! A lot of non-canon stuff exists within the franchise, but some of it is good … Aka (アカ) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball franchise. Nicholas Raymond is a staff features writer for Screen Rant. His favorite film is Casablanca, and his favorite director is Alfred Hitchcock. Kaette Kita Son Gokū to Nakama-tachi!!) (Japanese: ドラゴンボール オッス!帰ってきた孫悟空と仲間たち! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! A one-stop shop for all things video games. between the Majin Buu fight and the beginning of DBS, because it's funny and fits well as a tone transition. - In Dragon Ball only the manga, TV special "Yo! Dragon Ball: Yo! is a 35-minute Japanese animated short film based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball series, shown on the Jump Super Anime Tour from September 21 to November 23, 2008. Son Goku and His Friends Return! Son Goku and His Friends Return! Gure's background is almost devoid of any information. Son Goku and His Friends Return, Battle of Gods, Resurrection: F, Dragon Ball Super, and statements made by Toriyama in interviews and the like. Statements made by Toei can also be looked at on this level, as their position is producer of the anime, and as such falls in A-Canon. Son Goku and his Friends Return! " He makes his debut (and ultimately, his only appearance) in the 2008 film Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! And because most of the movies don't fit into the canon continuity, more than half of the movie franchise isn't canon either. Click the button below to start this article in quick view. Gohan transforming in BOG was likely an animation error IMO. is the second Dragon Ball Z OVA and features the first Dragon Ball animations in nearly a decade. Still Has His Saiyan Tail. We're talking things like Gohan's age being changed from the original WSJ serialization to subsequent reprints, the 2004 kanzenban ending overwriting the original ending, the addition of Jaco the Galactic Patrolman (including "Dragon Ball Minus")... all of these things "overwrite" existing "truths" about the series that can't be reconciled with a blanket "This is the canon!" Son Goku and His Friends Return!! James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote: When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman. Dragon Ball Super's Battle of Gods Saga used the same story and most of the same scenes, but left Tarble out of it, which indicated that the character didn't exist in this timeline. Sorta? 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