Dragon Ball Z

Super Saiyan God is coming to DBZ: Kakarot

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Besides Doom: Eternal and Animal Crossing: New Horizon, I hope everyone is having fun with their video games. If you still play Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, be prepared for new content coming in the spring. Game company Bandai Namco released a tweet announcing that Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will be receiving DLC content for the upcoming update. This DLC will give players the ability to play as Super Saiyan GOd Goku and Vegeta. Characters Beerus and Whis will be added to the game along with new moves and music. This update will be coming this spring.

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My Dragon Ball game experience from 2002-2019

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If you know me, you know that I love watching anime and I also like spend time with video games. As an anime fan, I grew up to the anime Dragon Ball Z and as a kid, I did both by playing the games, collecting the toys and watching the anime. Dragon Ball is an iconic anime/manga series that revolutionized many Shonen Jump titles and it helped gave birth to other titles like Naruto, One Piece, Bleach and My Hero Academia. Most of us grew up watching classic anime like Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, YuYu Hakusho on Toonami after school and that’s why you still see adults who are still showing support for these titles. Back in the day and even still today, Dragon Ball is one of the series that is still making video games. From the Budokai series to the Xenoverse and now to the upcoming Kakarot game, Dragon Ball  is still alive and kicking on consoles and PC. Doesn’t matter how many times Naruto releases the Ultimate Ninja Storm and Clash of Ninja games or other companies tries to new titles like My Hero Academia and Attack on Titan, Dragon Ball is one of the popular series that knows how to sell in the video game world. In a video I watched from a YouTuber named DevilArtmis, he goes over a quick review on all the Dragon Ball games he played up to 2019.

I may have not played every Dragon Ball game but I do want to share the games I played from 2002 during the era when the Game Boy Advance and GameCube was the highlight of gaming. I am going to briefly discuss these titles by systems.

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I wish for more characters! – Top DB characters I want to see in DBFZ

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If you been playing Dragon Ball FighterZ, you probably are aware of the character roster in the game. Bandai Namco recently released two season passes with DLC characters. As 2019 is ending, Season Pass 2 will be releasing the final DLC in the package and it’s Broly from the anime film Dragon Ball Super: Broly. So far, there is no news for a season pass 3 for this game, but than likely, fans are going to request more characters. This game may not have an expansive roster like Xenoverse 2, but this game has some notable characters with incredible combos and fun, destructive powers. Thanks to Bandai Namco teaming up with Arc System Works, fans can fully relieve and reenact moments from the anime, movies and manga. Next year, Bandai Namco will be releasing Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot and more than likely, they’ll still be releasing DLC in Dragon Ball games like Xenoverse 2. If there is a possibility of another season pass, it would be nice to see more characters from the series. In this list, I am going to be listing my top characters I want to see in Dragon Ball FighterZ. I am going to pick three characters from all Dragon Ball anime (Dragon Ball classic, DBZ, DBGT and Super).

1. Dragon Ball

  • Kid Goku

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  • Demon King Piccolo

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  • Mercenary Tao

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I wanted to mention the original, classic Dragon Ball since I feel like this anime doesn’t get a lot anymore compared to DBZ and DBS. I wanted to pick Kid Goku since I did like playing as him from his GT version. Instead of him relying on his Super Saiyan 4 form and Spirit Bomb, I think it would be cool to see Goku use his Power Pole and Nimbus cloud to fight. With characters like Tao and King Piccolo, it would be cool to see the game re-create epic dramatic finishes for Goku. I would think that King Piccolo would fight like a combination of regular Piccolo and Nappa. King Piccolo in the series can summon minions like Tambourine and Drum and it would cool to see him use these characters in combat like Nappa or Ginyu. For Tao, I think he would play as Tien but he would use sneaky attacks and counters on the opponent and annoy them.

2. Dragon Ball Z

  • Dabura

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  • Super Buu

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  • Raditz

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It’s weird for me to say this, but I think adding Raditz would be interesting. We have Saiyan Saga Vegeta, Bardock and Nappa in the game and both are fun. It would be nice to add Raditz with the Saiyans and see his interactions with the characters; if Yamcha can join the game, Raditz deserves a chance. I would like to see a Dramatic Finish with Raditz in two possible outcomes like Yamcha: one where he gets killed by Piccolo and Goku like the series and the other where he escapes and kills both of them like the Xenoverse games. I pick Super Buu because the game didn’t add him but they did include Majin Buu and Kid Buu. If Super Buu was in this game, it would be cool to see the player use different special attacks based on the characters he absorbed such as Gohan’s Kamehame Ha and Gotenks Kamikaze ghost attacks along with his genocide blast. Dabura would be another character that deserves the spotlight. I would think if Dabura was in this game, he would use his spit to stun his opponents or just magically appear in front of the opponent and blast them.

3. Dragon Ball GT

  • Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta

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  • Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta

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  • Omega Shenron

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Who would thought Dragon Ball GT would join this game. If GT Goku could join, why not Vegeta. Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta would be an awesome addition to the roster. Fans could use Vegeta’s Final Shine attack and make comments about his SS4 form. Just like the fusion characters, Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta is a must have. Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta would probably play as SSB Gogeta but with different move sets such as the 100x Big Bang Kamehame Ha or a defensive aura (like Ultimate Gohan) and push the enemy back. Omega Shenron would be another powerhouse character that would be a great challenge for players. With the powers of the Dragon Balls, Shenron will be unleash some devastating attacks combos to put pressure on the opponent.

4. Dragon Ball Super

  • Kefla

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  • Ultra Instinct Goku

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  • Super Saiyan Blue Evolved Vegeta

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We have fusion characters like Gotenks, Vegito and Gogeta but we don’t have Kefla. If you have Xenoverse 2, Kefla could be downloaded and played. It would be awesome to play as this powerful Saiyan woman and unleash killer ki attacks. If Ultra Instinct Goku was in this game, I would like to see a dramatic finish where Goku defeats her with a KameHame Ha. In the manga, Gohan fights her and the these two are equally matched. UI Goku would be fun character to play as since he is much stronger and faster than his Super Saiyan Blue form. I would imagine him being like Frieza or Super Broly where you can manually transform into Mastered/Autonomous Ultra Instinct Goku; if the player reaches level 3 or higher, the player can transform Frieza into Golden Frieza. Similar to his regular Blue Form, SSB Evolved Vegeta would be another great addition. Originally, I was going to ask for Majin Vegeta in my DBZ category, but then I remembered SSB Evolved Vegeta has the similar ultimate which is the Final Explosion which was used against Majin Buu in the Buu Saga. SSB Evolved Vegeta would be faster and stronger than the standard Blue Form but with his ultimate attack, he would suffer damage.

5. Bonus

  • Master Roshi

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I couldn’t decide to put Roshi in either the Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Super category, so I gave him his own special spot. Master Roshi is really tough old man that can handle his own. I would love to be able to transform into his max power form and use his KameHame Ha attack. His ultimate attack would be the Evil Containment Wave. His play style would probably be a mix of normal Goku and Krillin with incredible Kii attacks.

This is my wishlist for more characters in Dragon Ball FighterZ. Who do you want to see in the game? Comment down below on your most wanted characters.

TGS 2019: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot pre-order trailer reveal!

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2020 is going to be an exciting year for anime gamers. Revealed in Tokyo Game Show, Bandai Namco has revealed a new trailer for the upcoming Dragon Ball game, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. This trailer shows that players will be able to experience Dragon Ball Z from the Saiyan Saga to newly announced Buu Saga. What makes this announcement even greater is that that game finally has a release date and people can also pre-order for exclusive contents. The game is set to be released on January 17th, 2020 for PS4, X1 and PC.

People who pre-order the game will get a bonus sub-quest where players can work together with friends, an early access training mission with Akira Toriyama’s original character Bonyu and a cooking item.

However, if players pay for the collector’s edition, they will get the following above and some physical gifts. They will be awarded with a steelbook case, an artbook and a diorama figure set.

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Dragon Ball Z Kakarot: Playable Trunks and all new original character reveal!

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With all this news about Dragon Ball Z Kakarot, players are excited to play as either Goku and Gohan experience the trill of Dragon Ball Z in their eyes in this action RPG game. To add more to the excitement, Bandai Namco announced that players will also be able to experience the Cell Saga as the future warrior Trunks.

Also, it looks like we’re getting an original new character for this game created by Dragon Ball creator himself Akira Toriyama. This new character is named Bonyu. The only details we know about her is that she was a former member of the Ginyu Force and she’s going to be a character where you can interact with her for side missions.

Dragon Ball Z Kakarot is coming out in early 2020!

Gohan trailer in Dragon Ball Z Kakarot

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Dragon Ball fans, get ready for 2020! If you didn’t know, Bandai Namco is releasing a new Dragon Ball Z game where the game is focused on both action-adventure and RPG elements. The game is called Dragon Ball Z Kakarot. The game will allow players to see through the adventures of Goku and relieve epic fight moments in the Dragon Ball Z story. In this recent trailer, players will be able to go beyond to the Cell Saga. Also, players will also be able to play through the eyes of Goku’s son Gohan. This game is expected to come out for 2020 for PS4, X1 and PC. This game will be done by Unreal Engine and will be worked by CyberConnect2 (same team who did the Naruto Storm series and Asura’s Wrath).

New Dragon Ball Project game official title and release date revealed!

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If you love Dragon Ball FighterZ and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, I hope you prepared yourself for more Dragon Ball games. Revealed in Microsoft’s Xbox conference at E3, Bandai Namco announced that the project anime game Dragon Ball Game: Project has an official name and release date. The game is called Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The game will be coming out on 2020 for PS4, X1 and PC. It’s going to be an action-RPG game where players play as Goku and go through adventures in Dragon Ball Z. The game is being worked on by the developed CyberConnect2, the same team who worked on the Naruto Ninja Storm games.

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Post-Birthday Gift 2019

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Watch out Allison, you are not the only one who can give me a Pop figure as a gift. Even though it was passed my birthday, my friend Ezra got me a gift two weeks ago. He knows I collect these Pops and got me a character from a series I really love. I got Frieza (Final Form). This is the 31st figure of my collection. Thank you Ezra and God bless you brother. This is the third Dragon Ball character I have in my collection and they are from different series. I have Kid Goku from the classic Dragon Ball, Frieza from Dragon Ball Z and I have Super Saiyan Trunks from Dragon Ball Super.

31. Frieza (Final Form) from Dragon Ball Z.

#DBZ30th Discussion: Who Deserved the biggest L in the Android Saga

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Here is another Dragon Ball Z post I wanted to write about in honor of the 30th anniversary of Dragon Ball Z. Ever watched an anime and whenever a character does something stupid, you can’t help but do a facepalm and ask yourself “why did you do this?” If you thought Goku was dumb for endangering his universe in order to fight warriors in Dragon Ball Super, you might have forgotten that this is not the first time. When thinking about Dragon Ball Z, whenever I think of dumb moments, I think of the the Android/Cell Saga. Reason being is because a while back watching the abridged series of DBZ and I watched Dragon Ball Z Kai, I noticed as well as from the fans that some of heroes made a lot of dumb mistakes. There four characters I can think of that did the dumbest acts in this saga. In a way it worked out well, but you can’t help but get frustrated. By the time you finish reading this article, comment down below on who deserves the biggest L out of the four.

1. Krillin – Failing to destroy Android 18 and allowing her to get absorbed

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Remember the kiss 18 gave to Krillin after she and 17 woke up and beat up Vegeta? Well, what happens when you got a hold of a incredibly small and dangerous button and pressing it means not only you save the world from an absorbing android, but then you say goodbye to the one that gave you a kiss? In this scenario, Cell has absorbed Android 17 and he became Semi-Perfect Cell. He’s not perfect, but he is powerful. In hopes of stopping Cell from becoming perfect, Bulma creates a device that will instantly kill 18 and foiling Cell’s quest on being perfect. Krillin was willing to press the button but he couldn’t do it on the last minute because he had feelings for 18. In result of this, Cell was able to absorb her and become Perfect Cell.

On the plus side of this, thanks to Krillin’s actions, he and 18 ended up getting married and bearing a child. It’s not a total loss.

2. Vegeta – Vegeta allows Cell to be perfect and gets himself almost killed

What hurts more? Losing to someone or losing to someone and having your pride and ego crushed? Vegeta learned (hopefully) that you should not let your pride be the priority in regards to saving the world. After losing to Android 18, Vegeta gets mad that not even his Super Saiyan form was enough to make him strong. Thanks to Goku, he trains with Trunks in the Hypobolic Time Chamber to increase his Super Saiyan powers. Vegeta comes out powerful than before and decides to test his strength against the cocky Semi-Perfect Cell. After realizing Cell is weak, Vegeta can’t help but feel embarrassed. However, Vegeta gets more than he can chew when he hears that Cell promise him that if he can find Android 18 and absorb her, he will be much stronger than before and give Vegeta a challenge. Vegeta allows him to find her and this causes Trunks to intervene. Trunks tries to tell him that it’s a dumb move and this will lead to Earth’s demise, but according to Vegeta, a perfect fight is more than saving the world. Cell gets the Perfect Form he wanted and then tortures Vegeta in a brutal beating; not even Vegeta’s new move Final Flash was enough to stop him. Vegeta then realizes that all of his efforts in being the strongest Saiyan was pointless.

In the positive note, we get to see Cell in Perfect Form and Cell is a really popular villain the Dragon Ball community.

3 Goku – Giving Cell a Senzu Bean and beating up his son Gohan

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Even when the world is in danger, Goku can see this an exciting opportunity to test his might. Cell created the Cell Games in which in 10 days, fighters from all over the world can compete in order to save the Earth. Goku and his friends trained in these days in hopes of getting stronger. When Goku decides to go first, Goku gives Cell a time of his life and they fight each other. Surprisingly, Goku willingly gives up and lets Cell win. He brings out his son Gohan to take his place and tells Cell that Gohan is actually stronger and will give him a better fight. Unfortunately, Gohan hesitantly agrees to join in the ring, but he refuses to fight back and unleash the untapped potential. Goku puts Gohan in a risk and Piccolo tells Goku that Gohan doesn’t love fighting as much as his father. Goku was willing to endanger his son’s life and to give Cell a challenge.

4. Gohan – Gohan punishes Cell and doesn’t kill him when he has the chance

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Just because someone doesn’t like fighting, doesn’t mean they are weak. Android 16 talks to Gohan and tells him that fighting is not a sin and not everything will get resolve through words. After Cell kills 16, Gohan gets enraged and transform into Super Saiyan 2. Gohan uses new powers to kill all the Cell Jr’s. that were hurting his friends and he beats up Cell. Gohan beats him so hard, that Cell vomits out Android 18 and he reverts to his Semi-Perfect form. Goku tells Gohan to finish Cell off and end his life, but Gohan decides to refuse his father’s wishes and wants to torture Cell. In desperation, Cell compresses all of his energy and becomes a living bomb. Cell plans to kill himself and the world. Seeing that Gohan should have listened to his dad, he falls to the ground angry. Goku decides to save the Earth by sacrificing his life. He uses Instant Transmission and warps to King Kai’s Planet and this causes Cell to explode and kill Goku and King Kai. If Gohan would have listened to Goku, Goku would still be alive.

So what do you guys think? Who deserves to be first place on getting the biggest L?

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Happy 30th Anniversary Dragon Ball Z – My top 5 characters I wish to see canon in Dragon Ball

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Remember the news that Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama was involve with making the movie Dragon Ball Super: Broly? Because of his involvement, fans rejoiced and saw that after all these years, the antagonist Broly was going to be canon and be part of the Dragon Ball universe. Not only him, but we also get see characters like Bardock, Gogeta and even Goku’s mother Gine as canon; Gine first made her appearance in the manga Jaco: The Galactic Patrolman manga in a special chapter called Dragon Ball Minus. This is could be good or bad news since this means that Toriyama retconned the story. Meaning, we don’t see Bardock’s old friends from the movie Bardock: The Father of Goku or we don’t see his Super Saiyan transformation Episode of Bardock. Regardless of the changes, fans was still happy to see these characters canon and part of the main story. Just like I mentioned before with Bardock, this also means that Toriyama changed Broly. In the DBZ movies, Toriyama did designed Broly but he wasn’t part of the past movies and Broly was just another noncanon villain in the DBZ movies like Cooler or Lord Slug. Broly made more appearances in three movies due to popularity and seeing him come back as canon, he is involved with the main story. Now here is the main topic of this post: What if Toriyama said today that he wanted to do another Dragon Ball movie and bring back and character that was originally noncanon? What if Dragon Ball Super comes back and he wants to reintroduce a character he designed and be in the Dragon Ball Super? I have five characters in my mind that I would love to see return. These characters are from the past DBZ movies and filler arcs of Z. This is also a tribute to the 30 years of the Dragon Ball Z anime! Happy Anniversary Dragon Ball Z and thank you for the characters and story!

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5. Pikkon (Dragon Ball Z)

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Remember that epic fight with Goku and Hit in Dragon Ball Super where Goku used Kaioken and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan together? Before that happened, Dragon Ball veterans saw something similar in the classic Dragon Ball Z anime. In Dragon Ball Z, this anime did have filler that was not part of the original manga. Taking place after the events of the Cell Games, Goku is dead and rather than training with King Kai, he decides to part in tournament where all the Kais come together and pit their strongest warriors and see who is the strongest, in thus this leads to the Other World Tournament episodes.  In this filler, Goku and Pikkon are faced against each other and both are equally matched. Despite Pikkon being stronger than Frieza and even Cell, Goku has an ace up his sleeve. He transform into Super Saiyan and mixed his attacks with Kaioken for a boost.

What I am trying to say is that even though Pikkon is not noncanon, I did like him and I really like the friendship with him and Goku. I am also impressed how strong he is. It was mentioned in Bio Broly that when Broly died, King Kai wanted Goku and Pikkon stop Broly rampaging in the Other World. If Pikkon ever comes back, I would love to see him Super where Goku could team up with Goku and fight with dead warriors for training.

4. Tapion (Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragons)

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He didn’t show up in the filler episodes but he appeared in the noncanon Z movies. Tapion is a new character introduced in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon,. He is a mysterious hero who is on a quest to prevent the powerful monster Hirudegarn from destroying the world. I pick him because I like friendship between Kid Trunks and him. In the movie, Trunks becomes interested in him and sees that looks like a very cool hero and Tapion soon begins to like him since he reminds him of his younger brother who helped prevented the rampaging monster from rampage years ago. In the end of the movie, the monster slain and as Tapion returns him home, he gives powerful sword to Trunks. In the credits, we see Trunks wielding a sword and slaying Frieza after the events in Namek. I would love to see Toriyama bring back Trunks again and go over the details on how did he get the sword. I could possible see him referred or at least explained in a movie focusing only on Trunks.

3. Bojack (Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound)

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Remember this muscled green giant? Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound introduced Bojack and his minions and we got see how scary they are. It is mentioned by King Kai that all four Kais sealed Bojack and his servants because they were evil and they had too power to be stopped in the galaxy; however, after King Kai died from Cell because of Goku, the seal is broken Bojack and his crew escapes and decides to have fun by attacking Earth. With Goku out of the picture, it’s up to Gohan and the Z-Warriors to stop him. If Bojack ever comes back, I would love to see him in the sequel/Dragon Ball Super anime. In the manga, DBS is still going and Goku and Vegeta are faced against a powerful energy stealing foe called Moro and the only one who can match against him is Majin Buu. What if while Goku and Vegeta are away, what if there is new threat and Gohan is Earth’s last resort. It was mentioned a while back that Toriyama planned to have Gohan to be the main protagonist in Dragon Ball Z when it first started, but then he became a side character since fans loved Goku more than Gohan. I would love to see Gohan in action and show fans that he still the same kid who once saved the world from Cell. He did come back strong in Dragon Ball Super in the last arc, but I would like to see him fight in a battle of life and death in the same way in Android Saga.

2. Slug (Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug)

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Goku can’t catch a break with evil Namekians. In Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, Goku and his friends must stop the evil Namekian Lord Slug from freezing the planet. In a similar way like Evil King Piccolo in the Dragon Ball classic anime, Goku is faced against a young Lord Slug in his prime and just like King Piccolo, he is evil to the core and will do what it takes to kill anyone stopping his goals. Goku barely made it out alive when he almost tapped into a Super Saiyan form and Gohan using his whistling skills to weaken Slug. Just like my point with Gohan and Bojack, what if the earth needed Piccolo’s protection. I could see an arc in Dragon Ball Super where Piccolo teams up with Gohan and fight against Slug. Not only Piccolo would get the spotlight, but I would love to see the teacher-student relationship with Gohan and Piccolo.

1. Cooler (Dragon Ball Z: Cooler’s Revenge)

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Just like Broly, Cooler is another movie character that gets a lot of popularity from Dragon Ball Z fans. Cooler made his appearance in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Cooler’s Revenge and then came back again as a metal version called Metal Cooler in Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler. Cooler is the older brother of Frieza and just like him, he is heartless. He comes to Earth to find the one who killed his brother and he is not doing this to avenge him, he wants to kill to honor the family and his own pride. It’s mentioned in the movie that he was already planning to kill Frieza to shut him up. Cooler will go beyond and even try to kill Goku’s friends in order to see him go mad. Cooler has gotten a lot attention even in the video games that he was added in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 in the PS2 and he came back in the Dragon Ball Heroes anime spinoff where he learned how to transform into Golden Cooler. He is also a DLC character in FighterZ along with Broly and Bardock. In Dragon Ball Super, he doesn’t show up at all and the only Frieza-like character we got was Frost in Universe 6. I would love to see story focusing on Frieza and his race. We could learn about his relationship with his brother and his father King Cold.

That’s my top 5 characters I want to see canon in Toriyama’s movies and Dragon Ball Super. What about you guys? Do you have any characters that you want to be canon? Comment down below.

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