Oh My Gosh! A brand new Dragonball anime special has been released these days! It's called "Episode Of Bardock" and is a "what-if" sequel to the original special "Bardock - Father Of Son Goku" from 1990. It portrays the story of Son Goku's father, Bardock, who is accidently shot to the past through Frieza's giant energy blast and meets his ancestor, Chilled. To save the planet, Bardock turns into a Super Saiyan and makes history as Chilled is the first creature ever to encounter a Super Saiyajin. Watch the 20 minutes-long episode below!
This special is a part of the SSSS project ("Saikyo Super Saiyan Secret") that has been launched by Bandai, in conjunction with V-Jump and Saikyo-Jump in November 2011. This project has been conceived "In order to make further steps in the development of the Dragonball franchise".
The first of two titles has already been released on the PS3 game "Raging Blast 2" worldwide and is called "Plan To Eradicate The Super Saiyans". It is a remake of the first Dragonball OVA from 1993 (which actually had the same title) and tells the story of Dr. Raichi, the only survivor of the Tufles, a race completely destroyed by the Saiyans. He now plans to take revenge and kill them all. Watch this two part special below:
Another Ova has been released in 2008 under the title "Dragonball: Yo! Son Goku and his friends return!" which has actually nothing to do with the SSSS project but resembles the only new animated Dragonball story in nearly a decade. It takes place two years after the DBZ Kid Buu Saga (and therefore entirely discounts the Dragonball GT series) and introduces Tarble, Vegeta's younger brother, who's come to earth because he needs help from the Z Warriors to destroy freezer's former army members, Abo & Kado. (This special features a new and more modern opening sequence of "Cha-La-Head-Cha-La"! Watch it below.)
Rumor has it that a new anime series will launch in 2012, three years after Dragonball Kai ended (the restored version of Dragonball Z, which actually consists of 98 episodes and discounts the Buu saga completely, as it wasn't included in the manga storyline). We'll wait and see what happens.
Who needs another Dragonball anime series? If it will be a lot KAI-ish, i'd go for it (almost no filler episodes and great action). Additionally, I'd rather want more episodes like the Bardock special mentioned above. It was kinda suspenseful and really epic to see this happen, as I always wanted Bardock to turn into a Super-Saiyan ^_^. Maybe they could leave old enemies like frieza alone and create new creatures (and please, no ancestors/ family members anymore! I had enough - king cold, cooler and chilled are way too similar and the ideas are not very creative either. It needs a new bunch of enemies AND heroes, otherwise a new series would be kinda boring.)
Discuss!To finish this short blog post, both
"Episode Of Bardock" and "
Yo! Son Goku And His Friends Return!" are anime adaptions of the released mangas from V-Jump.
You can actually
read the manga of "Episode Of Bardock" here and
download the manga of "Yo! Son Goku And His Friends Return!" here.
