Son Goku and His Friends Return, Battle of Gods, Resurrection: F, Dragon Ball Super, and statements made by Toriyama in interviews and the like. A 35-minute Dragon Ball animated short film that premiered at the Jump Super Anime Tour in September 2008. Son Goku and His Friends Return is a rather lighthearted reunion special that focuses more on the heart of Dragon Ball instead of action. | Dragon Ball Canon Wiki | Fandom ... Start a Wiki; Search Sign In Don't have an account? Directed by Yoshihiro Ueda. However, Videl remembers the truth of those events, and seems to be embarrassed about her father for being a fraud. I suggest your own advice; stop obsessing and enjoy the parts of the sub, if any, you actually like. Kaette Kita Son GokÅ« to Nakama-tachi!!) Son Goku and His Friends Return!! Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! is a 35-minute Japanese animated short film based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball series, shown on the Jump Super Anime Tour from September 21 to November 23, 2008. Son Goku and His Friends Return!! The 2008 Jump Super Anime Tour Special is based on an idea/concept by Toriyama, but it wasn't written by him; that job fell to Takao Koyama, just like the old DBZ movies. Tarble is a fairly short Saiyan with a slim build. Son Goku and His Friends Return, Battle of Gods, Resurrection: F, Dragon Ball Super, and statements made by Toriyama in interviews and the like. Canon is only established in retrospect, and even then not always fixed. It was written by Akira Toriyama and as you mentioned Tarble was mentioned in BoG. There's no consensus. I pretty much love it all, even most of GT, to some extent. Piggybacking off of VegEx's post to state my own take on things as a long-time DBZ fan. is a 35-minute Japanese animated short film based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball series, shown on the Jump Super Anime Tour from September 21 to November 23, 2008. All that is known for sure is at some point she meets Tarble and they get married. I personally think that canon should be seen as a rough guideline of the story, in which most things make (mostly) sense, because it's a work of fiction, which means that it will always have inconsistencies in some way. It depends on what you want to accept. Kanji ドラゴンボール オッス!帰ってきた孫悟空と仲間たち! Rōmaji Doragon Bōru Ossu! Bardock the Father of Goku is canon I'm pretty sure any ways so it happens Before the start of Dragon ball and … That's why it was such a big deal when Dragon Ball Super: Broly introduced canon versions of Broly and Gogeta, an incredibly popular Goku-Vegeta vision that appeared in Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn. This includes all filler. Why is canonicity even a debate? He was referenced in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, but because of Dragon Ball Super, this brief mention doesn't actually mean anything. Dragon Ball: Yo! Insert required prior discussion: "Define 'canon' in this context.". Tarble appeared in the 2008 short film, Dragon Ball: Yo! released on September 21, 2008. !, Doragon Bōru Ossu! Not much. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, A subreddit for all things Dragon Ball! Son Goku and His Friends Return! My headcanon is: All DB/Z anime (including filler), movies 1, 5, 9, & 13, the two TV specials (DB Minus retcons a few things but it doesn't ruin it for me) but that's just me and what I prefer. If something in the higher level of canon contradicts the previous level then that, to me, is what takes precedence. I look at GT as a spinoff of DBZ that exists in its own parallel dimension/universe, something that can't be retconned because it simply doesn't exist in the same universe as BoG/RoF/Super. Referencing Vegeta's brother in BoG would seem to be a nod to Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! And that's ignoring even more stuff like "TRUNKS THE STORY" versus the TV special (the latter of which people generally go with because they like it more, but is liking something more enough to change its canonicity?). Vegeta's brother Tarble was originally introduced during the Dragon Ball Z special Yo! He also transformed when fighting Beerus in the original making of the movie but then they noticed their error and fixed it, they likely just didn't catch their error they made later on during Goku ascension to SSG. Main article: Dragon Ball: Yo! Vegeta's brother Tarble was originally introduced during the Dragon Ball Z special Yo! Does it have to be solely created by Akira Toriyama from the start, or does it just take a declaration of canonicity for it to be considered so? On his head, he has one horn and two large and pointy blue ears. statement. Wiki Activity; Random page; Videos; Images; in: Films. If yes to the former, then is there a scale on how much involvement it takes?