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Dragon Ball Was Supposed To End With The Cell Saga But Akira Toriyama Was Pressured To Continue, Editors Reveal (animehunch.com)

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Akira Toriyama originally intended to conclude Dragon Ball with the Cell saga, but strong editorial pressure forced him to extend the series, according to a recent interview with three former Dragon Ball editors: Kazuhiko Torishima, Yu Kondo, and Fuyuto Takeda.

This was revealed during a recent episode of KosoKoso podcast on Feb 22, 2025.

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[–] TommySoda 3 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Yeah that makes sense. At least with the anime, that's usually the point where I stop watching. Not because it's bad but because I get exhausted with the formula and wanna watch something else.

I'm actually rewatching Dragonball Z right now but it's basically just background noise. The rewatchability has never been great in my opinion. And since the show drags on so much, you don't really miss much when not paying attention.

[–] Ffkhrocks 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Dragonball Z Abridged Highly, highly recommend this to give you both a comedic take and also carry you through the story in an abridged fashion.

I've never been able to look at Nappa the same again... Or Mr Popo

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

+1 it's so funny, be aware it's definitely 2000s humor so it can be real edgy :P but I like edgy humor

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