Back in 2022 , Toei put outDragon Ball Super : Super Hero , a pretty serious movie that featured a new fine art style and putPiccolo and Gohan(aka , hisson ) in the forefront . If you came aside from the movie loving either persona , particularly the former , that appears to have been the goal all along .
During a recent wireless show celebratingDragon Ball’s40th day of remembrance , longtime administrator manufacturer Akio Iyoku spoke on the serial ’ past tense and current projects . fit in to translated notes by Twitter userperaperayume(thanks , CBR ) , Iyoku wanted Piccolo to be on par with Goku and Vegeta , both of whom had leveled up significantly throughoutDragon Ball Super’srun and theBrolymovie . By that period , Piccolo hadn’t , something many devotee of the persona noticed . Iyoku was one such devotee , and sought to address that probem .
As he tells it , he try out creator Akira Toriyama ’s advice on how to do right by the Namekian . Ultimately , their talks sparked the idea for Toriyama to writeSuper Hero . That movie put Goku and Vegeta apart so Piccolo and Gohan can take center stage and take on a fresh revived Red Ribbon Army . Eventually , the duo unlock new cast to use , with Piccolo ’s being a reasonably coolheaded newOrange modeconsidered byToriyamaas his first proper raise .
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Happy New Year! 🐉 Yesterday on January 1st , Akio Iyoku verbalise at the " All Night Nippon – Dragon Ball 40th Anniversary Special " radio show for about 20 bit about various DB thing , let in Daima and what may be coming 👀 translate some bit 🔽
Source : https://t.co / X40t6ECrURpic.twitter.com / I12WCPxl2W
— Andy 案太郎 🇩 🇪 ( @peraperayume)January 2 , 2025
While Piccolo ’s in the currentDragon Ball Daimaanime , his Orange shape has n’t popped up in that yet , ditto mark last year ’s fighting gameDragon Ball : Sparking Zero . ( Itwas , however , tot up intoXenoverse 2as DLC . ) It sounds like the movie did its job and made people require more Piccolo . Now , it ’s just a matter of how Toei balances that demand with that of other devotee - favorite characters — even moreso sinceToriyama ’s passingearly last year .
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