‘Dragon Ball Super’ at New York Comic Con: What to Expect?

After about 18 years, a new "Dragon Ball" TV series is back on the small screen. And it's making the Comic Con rounds, too.

"At the upcoming New York Comic Con, Funimation will be hosting a panel discussing all the new Dragon Ball anime as of late, including Dragon Ball Super," Forbes said. "Hosting the panel will be Sean Schemmel and Christopher R. Sabat, the English voices of both Goku and Vegeta respectively."

"In addition Justin Rojas of Funimation will also be present," the news source added.

The panel will be on October 8^th, Thursday, at 11:15 in the morning. It will reportedly "look at the history of the television series, its current theatrical success, and the highly anticipated follow-up series, Dragon Ball Super," Anime News Network said.

This appearance may be some consolation to fans in the Western hemisphere unable to check out the new series as "Dragon Ball Super" is currently aired only on Japanese television. There still is no news of a Western release yet. That considered, could the Comic Con panels be Funimation's way of testing the viability and demand for a DBZ TV series in North America?

Considering the success of "Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection no 'F'" in North America, raking in $8.4 million by August 20^th according to Deadline, it's possible that the show may be a hit among Western audiences as well.

About the NY Comic Con panel, it's also been rumored that the event might include an English-dubbed preview of "Dragon Ball Super" and may indicate a slot on the Cartoon Network Toonami, as relayed by KpopStarz.

There also are rumors that the sequel to "Dragon Ball Xenoverse" may be announced during the panel, although this unveiling is largely expected at the Tokyo Game Show happening later this month.

The TV series began where "Dragon Ball Z" left off - post-Majin Buu fight. Later episodes reveal similarities in the plot to that of the recently released film "Fukkatsu no 'F'".

Reviews of the series were initially positive. However, later episodes earned unfavorable observations from reviewers, with Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft singling out the quality of the images.

"The images look stiff, rough, and incredibly awkward. Polished, they are not," he said. "Fan drawn images probably look better!"

"Crap images are not uncommon in anime, but this is perhaps a tad disappointing because Dragon Ball Super is a big, new show. The bar is a bit higher, I guess. (It's supposed to be super, right?!)," he added.

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