Dragon Ball Daima criticized for straying from essence of Dragon Ball
Kazuhiko Torishima, the first editor who helped Akira Toriyama bring Dragon Ball manga to life, commented that Dragon Ball Daima has deviated from the essence of Dragon Ball and what made the work so popular.
In a recent Japanese radio program where Torishima appeared alongside Yuji Horii, creator of Dragon Quest, the host mentioned that derivative works of Dragon Ball should not turn Goku into a child, but rather focus on the battles, as that is the essence of the manga that brought it such great popularity.
This led Torishima to criticize Dragon Ball Daima for straying from the main theme of Dragon Ball, the battles, which ultimately shows Daima making the same mistake as the original Dragon Ball, which forced Toriyama to change the tone of his work.
Torishima stated that Daima “made the characters smaller and weaker, reduced their abilities, to put them against weaker enemies with adjusted power levels. Isn’t that repeating the failure of the original Dragon Ball, which was the least popular?”
Furthermore, he argues that the success of Dragon Ball Z is related to the level of experience and talent of the people who worked on the anime, so he advocates for these works to always rely on experienced individuals.
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