Featuring new transformations and characters galore Despite being a fan-favorite, Dragon Ball’s Piccolo has always taken a backseat to the franchise’s Saiyan characters. Though instrumental in Dragon Ball Z bouts versus invading Saiyans and against Frieza on Namek, he didn’t get a 1v1 fight after the Cell Saga, taking on more of a mentor role in the next arc. He ends up dying and going to Hell in Dragon Ball GT (which isn’t surprising — there’s a reason fans deride GT as standing for “Goku Time.”) And he goes out like a chump in Dragon Ball Super’s Tournament of Power. I forgive all of that after Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, the 2022 3D CG film (a first for the franchise) that gave Piccolo his flowers. Unlike pretty much every Dragon Ball story ever, Super Hero mostly sidelines the series’ two main Saiyans, Goku and Vegeta, in favor of focusing on Piccolo as both a fighter and mentor. Super Hero brings back the Red Ribbon Army from the early days of the franchise, the group that Goku decimated when he was just a kid. They’ve created new androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, who are meant to defeat Capsule Corp. and the Z Warriors. In Red Ribbon’s eyes, Bulma and Capsule are being aided
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Featuring new transformations and characters galore Despite being a fan-favorite, Dragon Ball’s Piccolo has always taken a backseat to the franchise’s Saiyan characters. Though instrumental in Dragon Ball Z bouts versus invading Saiyans…
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Featuring new transformations and characters galore Despite being a fan-favorite, Dragon Ball’s Piccolo has always taken a backseat to the franchise’s Saiyan characters. Though instrumental in Dragon Ball Z bouts versus…
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Featuring new transformations and characters galore Despite being a fan-favorite, Dragon Ball’s Piccolo has always taken a backseat to the franchise’s Saiyan characters. Though instrumental in Dragon Ball Z bouts versus invading Saiyans…
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