#dragon ball superhero

[kornart3]

AWAKENING THE BEAST

[dummydurzz]

Definitely can’t show the lower half but here’s a quick 🍊 Piccolo drawing I did!

[tenshindon]

Hello! I'm new here but can I please have another picture of my bois Gamma 1 and Gamma 2? Thank you!! ❤️💙

the fellas:))

[thebirdy74]

repost because I fixed something with the captions hvdjshfj

[twoidiotswatchcartoons]

Piccolo and the Kids

[steelajeeg]

Chef Vegeta

- from Dragon Ball WCF

  ~ Prince Vegeta ~

- by Banpresto

Quick Shots

Can I offer you an egg in this trying time?

Soon after the premier of Dragon Ball Super, Banpresto released a line of WCF toys dedicated to Vegeta's many faces and pratfalls. From Vegeta with a pacifier stuck in his mouth, to Vegeta with an octopus wrapped around his face.

This figure is based on the scene where Vegeta tries to cook takoyaki for Beerus (in a bid to save the world from destruction, of course)

This isn't the first time Vegeta has put his cooking skills to the test.

On one of the (Japanese only) soundtrack CDs, Vegeta hosts a very competitive cooking segment - preparing okonomiyaki and singing.

It's a beloved bit from the extended Dragon Ball universe - especially if you grew up watching the show as it aired in Japan. Not only is it a reference to that classic gag, it's also a great toy. Well sculpted and excellent paint, as we've come to expect from Banpresto.

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[bpmorepjo]

IM SO IN LOVE WITH GOHAN. Forever my crush since 6th grade 😭

[djalexwonderart2]

“So, I’m fighting you now?”

[jeddyartdump]

Went back & finished a doodle I started months ago.

[electronicdelusionstarlight]

So, watched Dragon Ball Superhero, and you can tell whoever write it wanted it to be chock full of references and call backs for Fans.

A couple things.

1) As people already mentioned, Piccolo's house really does look like Nail's Traditional Namekian House on Namek, while also creating small Kami Observatories while meditating.

2) The movie is a combination of the Cell Saga, the Bio Broly movie and the Garlick Jr Movie (not the filler arc mind you the original movie... Tho you can see one major reference to the filler arc too).

3) Piccolo really is the best father figure in this show ESPECIALLY given how angry he gets over Gohan possibly becoming another Goku to his own kid preferring other interests over raising her (interests being his work rather than training as is for Goku of course).

4) Anyway, the movie is, as mentioned, half Bio Broly half Garlick Jr. The Resurgent Red Ribbon Army hires Doctor Gero grand son to build the proverbial Android Army to face off against the "secret evil organisation" Capsule Corp and it's Traitor Androids and Alien Conquerors, and start their operation by targeting the weakest links in the organisation according to their research, them being Piccolo and later Gohan.

5) First, the Elephant in the room. Yes, Doctor Gero fucked, we knew that already, Android 16 was based on his dead son Goku killed when he wiped out the Red Ribbon Army as a kid, his anger and rage against him was literally based on that (hence him putting the earth destruction bomb within the robot copy of his son of course, dude was still really twisted). Doctor Hedo, his grandson however, is actually not the son of the dead RR soldier Gero son, but ANOTHER son who left the kid orphaned at a young age when both him and his wife died in an accident.

6) Side note, yes, his grandmother is Android 21. Yes, Doctor Gero fucked Android 21 from FighterZ the fighting game, she's confirmed as canon in the Super timeline now.

7) Perhaps due to being orphaned at a young age, Hedo seems obsessed with Superheroes, hence why the two Androids he does create, Gamma 1 and 2, are both based on a Superhero motif. Before anyone asks, NO, there was NO GREAT SAYAMAN In this movie, which is a TRAVESTY and the GREATEST INSULT IN THE HISTORY OF ANIME. What a missed opportunity.

8) By the way, VIDEL FINALLY GOT A JOB! She's a martial arts and self defense instructor, which fits her Dragon Ball Z characterization quite well. Unfortunately, we don't see anything from any of it, because the writers are still dragon ball writers is a miracle she has a job at all right now.

9) Goku and Vegeta literally spend the entire movie locked up in Beerus planet fighting each other for no reason, like, completely removed from the narrative which was honestly GREAT we got fucking tired of them cheapening all movies they are in. Finally other characters have time to shine. Broly is also there being a Fanboy. His girlfriend and his other friend are hired to become Beerus maid and cook respectively as a result. Yes the god of destruction has a crush on Broly's girlfriend.

10) Anyway, classic Garlick JR movie plot, Pan gets kidnapped and Gohan has to save her, Piccolo already infiltrated the organisation to stop them from within, usual shit.

11) Dr Hedo is also working on the Cell Max project, but isn't so sure about it since he's incredibly unstable and isn't planning to activate the thing any time soon. Cell Max, basically Giant Semi Perfect Cell, gets activated during the climax of the movie.

12) The movie finally remembers a lot of Namekian lore for Piccolo to finally get him on par with the other characters in terms of strength. He gets his "Potential Activated" like Guru did on Namek to Krilin and Gohan, he grows to giant size like Slug does and like he did at the Martial Arts Tournament, and he gains a new transformation, Orange Piccolo, which is very similar to the power buff he gets during the Garlick Jr filler arc as his old Earth Demon Powers reawaken (here is implied it's Kami's original powers before the split activating tho since it's from Shenlong as a buff).

13) Gohan also finally gets his time to shine by activating back his Zen powers at the sight of his daughter being in danger, and he does fight against Gamma 1 pretty evenly, both Gammas implied to be on par with Goku and Vegeta btw.

14) Cell Max is activated by the RR leader, which is Red's son (Red being the original leader of the RR), and we do have a pretty big raid battle against him (I'd argue this is a reference to the Hirudegarn movie since Gotenks is also there, tho they fail the fusion). Krilin has a moment of glory during it by using Solar Flare on Cell, a classic move of his, to blind him for a combined surprise attack from anyone.

15) Side note, one of Gero's data collecting bugs shows up again, it's created by Hedo tho as a spy bee.

16) Anyway, Gamma 2 sacrifices himself to weaken Cell Max to save his brother and their creator, which btw is a really nice inversion of original Gero and his creations. I would have loved a scene exploring 18 (who is also there with Krilin btw, she shows up for the raid boss scene) trauma at seeing 1) Cell Again and 2) the grandson of the man who made her what she is and the way he genuinely seems to care for his creations unlike Gero. We don't get any of that because we have to be dumb action packed anime mind you but a bitch can dream.

17) Anyway, climax of the movie is Orange Piccolo becoming giant and holding Cell Max still so that Gohan can kill it in one attack, and yes, it is LITERALLY the Raditz Piccolo Goku fight down to the very end.

18) Piccolo gets his arms destroyed and is seemingly killed in front of Gohan which is what triggers yet another trasformation turning him into GOHAN BLANCO.

GOHAN BLANCO REAL.

19) Gohan Blanco is stronger than Cell Max in his depowered, damaged state, which is admitted by Gohan and Piccolo to be, at full power, stronger than both Goku and Vegeta, and manages to beat the shit out of him with one punch, before Piccolo, who has regenerated, can come back and wrap him up in his limbs to, again, do the Raditz fight on Cell Max.

20) GOHAN BLANCO FIRES A SPECIAL BEAN CANNON TO DESTROY CELL MAX WHILE PICCOLO HOLDS HIM DOWN. NO SHIT.

21) Cell is defeated but his body starts bloating up like original Semi Perfect Cell before his explosion, only for everyone to run away from him before he can blow anyone up. A bit anticlimactic mind you for a reference but still.

22) Gamma 2 is the only good guy casualty in the movie, and his body disappears. No one mentions bringing him back with the Dragon Balls btw which is BULLSHIT especially given how much his brother and "father" were devastated by his death and heroic sacrifice. You could argue since they mention how both Gamma 1 and 2 were created from scratch rather than from adapting a human that they are Androids like 16, 13, 14 and 15 were "Androids," so they have no soul to bring back so to speak (case in point, Hedo pretty much teaching them all they know of the world, among them the concept of Heroism) especially given the only other androids we see from Hedo are using corpses he stole from the local morgue as a base, not living being like 18 and 17 (Reference to Android Number 8?)

23) In a post credit scene we find out Vegeta win his fight against Goku, finally managing to beat him in a fair fight, much to his delight, causing Broly to cry at the sheer manliness of the scene or some shit. His girlfriend just thinks they were being stupid. This is probably a subtle dig at previous Dragon Ball media being just a fight fest in the eternal dick measuring contest between Vegeta and Goku, with Broly being there as the audience, whose character was originally the perfect example of everything wrong with Dragon Ball before Super gave him a better Backstory and a Girlfriend and also some emotional depth (IE Absurd power levels and generic mega battles between more and more powerful Sayan forms).

24) All in all, a surprisingly good movie honestly, I'm just glad we gave Gohan and Piccolo time to shine.

[arcaneraine]

hi i'm just here to say that DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPERHERO WAS REALLY GOOD.

YES, it is worth the money.

YES, they do treat Gohan's and Piccolo's characters with respect.

YES, the action scenes are Action Scenes but are still chock full of character moments.

there's more i could compliment, but i really don't want to spoil it for people. this movie really felt like it was written with the critiques and compliments of the fans in mind -- and with the DB franchise, that's not always something we can say.

[queer-clown-stuff]

i drew this after i watched the dragon ball movie and then never posted it for some reason🥴💅

[arqinnovations]

Boss is here.

[mamimi-07]

Pan-Paneko drip!

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[farceargon]

The animation in Dragon Ball Superhero is fucking stunning and emulates the anime style perfectly, reminiscent of how Into the Spiderverse emulates the comic style. It also makes everything feel considerably more expressive because the creators were easily able to have fabric and hair move in response to actions (eg. Whis’ funky dress sway, Piccolo’s antenna emoting which I will also NEVER get over, Cell Max’s tail swaying) The haters are just salty it’s not the traditional 2D but this movie’s animation slaps and this is coming from someone who’s quite a bit critical about animation.

[steelajeeg]

SSGSS Son Goku and Vegeta

- from Dragon Ball Super

  WCF Volume 3

- by Banpresto

Another Friday, another gallery.

And we've got some real heavy hitters today.

I heap a ton of praise on Banpresto's WCF line. But they really are stellar. Wonderfully sculpted, cover a wide range of characters and variations, beautifully painted, and very affordable. They're such an easy (and addictive) line to collect.

SSGSS Goku and Vegeta - or; Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan - or also; Super Saiyan Blue. By any name, they're just as great.

Based on their appearance from Resurrection F and the Universe 6 Tournament of Dragon Ball Super - severely underused characters designs. Some of the best new designs to come out of Super.

Great poses that work well together, and incredible paint. I love the pearlescent effect on their hair.

These are in the running for two of the best figures of these designs, hands down.

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