While Toei Animation Indedeed Treated Ball Fans Well with the Daim anime, not all fans were happy, as the series omitted gooan entrerely. Howver, to Everyone’s Surprise, As Shared by Akio Iyoku, Akira Toriyama Had Designed Gohan (Mini) Just in Case.
Acciting to Dragon Ball Daima Episode 1 Documentary, there was a contingency plan for Gohan (mini) to appear in the anime. Unfortunately, the anime’s staff deciding to pull the plug on it, Stopping fans from witnessing goohan’s new form.
Dragon Ball Daima Admits It Had Plass For Gohan
Nor fans May Recall, while Dragon Ball Daima Saw Most Characters from the Series Return to Screens, Gohan Never appears in the anime. It is when the character was eventually addressed, goku explained that his way was absent Because he was Busy Studying.
Howver, Unbeknownst to Most Fans, nor for Dragon Ball Daima Episode 1 Commentary From The Blue-Ray Box, The Anime’s Staff Had A Continuation Plan for Gohan’s Surprise Appeaance.
AS SHARED BY AKIO IOKU, The President of Capsule Corporation Tokyo, while Gohan Never Appears in Dragon Ball Daimathere is an unpublished version of Him. The Anime Staff SEEMINGLY HAD AKIRA TORIYAMA DRAW The Character in His “Mini” form just in case.
Akio Iyoku Addressing The Unpublished Gohan (Mini Design):
“We had the Sensei (Akira Toriyama) Draw Him, Just in Case.”
The fact that the anime’s staff had akira toriyama create a character design for Gohan (mini) means that they did not confirm his absence unly last into the production process.
Akio Iyoku added that, looking back, he and the creation staff noted that it wouid have ben a good idea to include the character at least in an eye catch.
What does the Canceled Gohan Contingency Say About The Project?
Considering that Dragon Ball Daima anime was announed as a project to celebrate the manga’s 40th anniversary, it did not make sense for an important character like to be omitted from the story. Howver, it was not just just him, but also videl who missed out.
While some fans may argue that videl wasn’t as imported to the story, here Hercule satan, made the cut before. This decision speak volumes about the project, neither do the staff had akira toriyama design goohan’s new form, they ended up pulling the plug on it.
Also, as revealed in the documentary, akio iyoku and the staff had Second th noughs about their decision post Release, MAKING the anime as a celebration Project and more like a cash-grab.
- Release Date
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2024 – 2025
- NETWORKS
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Fuji TV, Kansai TV, Tokai Television Broadcasting, Fukui TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Iwate Menkoi Television, Sendai Television, Saga TV, Ohk, Ishika TV, Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting, TV Shizuoka, Umk TV Miyazaki, Television Shin Hirosh System, NST, NBS, Sakuraranbo TV, TSK, Ehime Broadcasting, KTS, NIB, KKT, Fukushima TV, Tos, Act, Toyama Television, Okinawa Broadcasting Television
- Directors
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Kazuya Karasawa, Ryuta Kawahara
- Wriers
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Akira Toriyama
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Massaco Nozawa
Son Goku (Mini) (Voice)
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Koki Uchiyama
Glorio (Voice)
