Jiraiyathesannin
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Dragonball z has had an... interesting canon. It has the disadvantage of a several decade gap in the middle, effecively splitting it into 2 "canons". Each with their own tree of canoninity (which has been demonstrated in a couple of threads by me and the late Derek1st).
However the new canon is very hard to nail down so i'm looking for input
The only elements in the new canon are: Yo! Son goku and his friend return. Its an ova, and it doesn't conflict with the main story and reflects parts of the story that were known to happen, so it gets the same treatment as say the future of trunks special.
Dragonball z battle of gods and resurrection f were suppose to be "canon" as in official entries to the dragonball universe. However... where does that leave dragonball super? And more importantly... after we decide which one is more canon, which is more canon, the manga of dragonball super, or the anime?
traditionally, anime reflects scenes in the manga, however these ones dont really line up traditionally.
Moreover, akira toriyama merely supervised the anime, he's CREDITED with working on the manga, although he didn't illistrate it himself.
So do we treat dragonball super like the dbz anime and call it almost completely canon with some variations and the manga is 100%? Or the other way around? And does that put resurrection f in a place like "dragonball" movie that gave a shorter better animated version of the beinning of the show?
Thoughts?
However the new canon is very hard to nail down so i'm looking for input
The only elements in the new canon are: Yo! Son goku and his friend return. Its an ova, and it doesn't conflict with the main story and reflects parts of the story that were known to happen, so it gets the same treatment as say the future of trunks special.
Dragonball z battle of gods and resurrection f were suppose to be "canon" as in official entries to the dragonball universe. However... where does that leave dragonball super? And more importantly... after we decide which one is more canon, which is more canon, the manga of dragonball super, or the anime?
traditionally, anime reflects scenes in the manga, however these ones dont really line up traditionally.
Moreover, akira toriyama merely supervised the anime, he's CREDITED with working on the manga, although he didn't illistrate it himself.
So do we treat dragonball super like the dbz anime and call it almost completely canon with some variations and the manga is 100%? Or the other way around? And does that put resurrection f in a place like "dragonball" movie that gave a shorter better animated version of the beinning of the show?
Thoughts?
