Approved by Akira Toriyama, revealed at New York Comic Con was Dragon Ball Daima, a new series that centers around the aftermath of Goku and all of the main characters on Universe 7’s Earth being turned into kids/de-aged by a demonic force.
God I wish someone would rein in Toriyama’s bad ideas like they did when the manga was still running.
Edit: Link to the trailer: https://youtu.be/CYcrmsdZuyw?si=VwyoWFNcN4BFiKj8
All that most people want right now are for the two manga-exclusive arcs to be animated.
Ah.
Well, I watched it from the actual beginning (DB, then DBZ), and honestly, I preferred the original. I kind of liked it when it was just a monkey kid doing chop-sockey, but then it turned into Wizard Wars. Which was still fun, but damn that power creep!
Personally, I liked a good combo of both. Which is why I hate Kai. For every "padding" filler they removed, they also removed the entire filler episodes and stories. Which is where Z managed to sneak in its goofy and humorous bits, as well as giving other characters at least some screentime while Toriyama just forgot them.
DBZ is honestly a great example of how sometimes the original author isn't perfect and the soulless corporation understands his own series better than himself. Which is also why like half of the Original Movies are better than the series proper.
To the point where people outright ignore the canonization of Bardock Toriyama made in Minus, and just keep him as he was in the TV Movie even if its not "canon."