Promotional image for Dragon Ball Super shows the cast of characters including Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Gohan, and more standing in a line with a while background.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT It's hard to think of an anime franchise as ubiquitous in its influence as Dragon Ball. The series, which dates back to the 1980s, was a massive influence on many of today's mangaka when they were kids, and that impact can be felt in their work today. While Akira Toriyama may now be gone, his influence on anime will be almost unending, thanks to the power of Dragon Ball.
9 Passing the Torch Was a Dragon Ball Special While the Torch Never Fully Passed, Dragon Ball Tried It First Another storytelling trope which Dragon Ball Z helped to popularize was the idea of passing the torch. With Goku grown as an adult now, it seemed like his son Gohan was set up to take his place. Toriyama fully intended to have Gohan become the main character, but Goku's insane popularity ultimately kept that from happening entirely.
7 Dragon Ball Carefully Balances Comedy and Action The Franchise Experimented to Find the Perfect Balance While Dragon Ball Z definitely saw a shift towards being more serious than its predecessor series, it certainly didn't go so far as to abandon comedy altogether. It took some time, but Dragon Ball managed to find the perfect balance between jokes and fight scenes, careful not to allow the comedy to impact the drama of the fights, and vice versa.
5 Mixing Martial Arts and Mystic Power Martial Arts Pave the Way to Greater Abilities in Dragon Ball Martial Arts often play a big role in manga and anime series, with the practice of martial arts often acting as a gateway to far greater abilities. By mastering martial arts, one can learn to control their Ki in Dragon Ball, which enables everything from energy blasts to flight.
3 Dragon Ball Invented the Training Arc Spending Part of the Story Training Helps Victories Feel Earned One trope that Dragon Ball basically invented was the training arc, a whole story arc built around growing strong enough to meet the next challenge on the field of battle. This is usually done on a tight time limit; think of Gohan's first training arc with Piccolo, which had to be completed before the other Saiyans arrived on Earth, with a year to train until then.
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