'Dragon Ball Super' Teases Future Of Its Female Characters

When you think of Dragon Ball's biggest characters, names like Goku and Vegeta probably come to mind. The duo are the de facto leads of the series, but Akira Toriyama does have other characters bolstering them up. In fact, there are a slew of heroines fans have come to love over time, and it sounds like those girls are in for a change with Dragon Ball Super's first movie.

Recently, netizens learned a little bit more about the first Dragon Ball Super film. Akio Iyoku did a short interview on behalf of Toei Animation's new Dragon Room operation, and the creator revealed how the upcoming Dragon Ball movie got started. However, it was towards the end of his chat that Iyoku teased the future of the series' female characters.

Thanks to translators like Herms98, fans were able to learn why Iyoku had to say about Toriyama's vision for the Dragon Ball Super movie. According to those translations, it seems like the movie will give its big heroines adorable makeovers.

"[Iyoku] does say elsewhere that Bulma and the rest of the female cast this time around will be extra cute," Herms98 explained.

"Iyoku says Toriyama's story includes a lot of fan service...though in context I think he means more in the "crowd-pleasing" sense than the "sexiness" sense."

So, there you have it. If you thought girls like Bulma or Chi-Chi couldn't get any cuter, then your Dragon Ball assumptions are about to be turned into dust. With Naohiro Shintani overseeing the film's character designs, fans can expect all of Toriyama's characters to look a bit different, and those changes only mean good things for fans.

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Dragon Ball Super currently airs its English dub on Adult Swim during the Toonami programming block Saturday evenings at 9:30 p.m. It is also available to stream on Funimation and Amazon Video. The Japanese language release of the series is complete, and available to stream on Funimation, VRV, and Crunchyroll.

If you want to catch up with the English dub, the first 52 episodes of Dragon Ball Super are now available to stream on FunimationNOW, VRV, and available to purchase on Amazon Video as well. The 52 episodes span the full range of what has aired in the North America and covers the "Battle of Gods" arc, "Revival of F" arc, the "Universe 6" arc, and bringing the series right up to the current TV airings of the "Future Trunks" arc.