Anime movies’ main villains are often forgettable. They may be hyped up for the movie they’re in through heavy advertising. However, they’re quickly forgotten after the movie is out of theaters. Even hardcore fans of a given anime might not bother to remember their names because they aren’t canon to the manga. This has changed over time with the introduction of canon and semi-canon villains, but even they aren’t guaranteed to stay in the fandom’s collective consciousness.This is what makes Dragon Ball Z movie villains so exceptional. It’s been decades since their movies came out, but fans still remember and celebrate them. The Dragon Ball franchise has responded in kind by promoting these villains and giving them more to do. One of them even made their way into the canon story because of how popular he was. This phenomenon among anime movie villains is something other series have struggled to replicate, even for similarly popular anime like One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. Doing what DBZ did might not even be possible anymore with how the landscape of anime movies has changed. Their series of movie villains, good or bad, mark a unique and unrepeatable moment in anime history.However, nothing these characters do impacts the main story. Their tenuous in-story existence means nobody has to remember or acknowledge anything about them after their release, not even the writers. This was the precedent for anime-original content that many series based on manga followed, including Dragon Ball. In fairness, how movie content connects to the rest of the franchise has changed recently. More series are treating their movie characters as canon. Acknowledgment of movie events is still here and there. Even Dragon Ball has treated all its movies as canon material since Battle of Gods, though the presentation by the anime and manga changed slightly.
Anime movies’ main villains are often forgettable. They may be hyped up for the movie they’re in through heavy advertising. However, they’re quickly forgotten after the movie is out of theaters. Even hardcore fans of a given anime might not bother to remember their names because they aren’t canon to the manga. This has changed over time with the introduction of canon and semi-canon villains, but even they aren’t guaranteed to stay in the fandom’s collective consciousness.
This is what makes Dragon Ball Z movie villains so exceptional. It’s been decades since their movies came out, but fans still remember and celebrate them. The Dragon Ball franchise has responded in kind by promoting these villains and giving them more to do. One of them even made their way into the canon story because of how popular he was. This phenomenon among anime movie villains is something other series have struggled to replicate, even for similarly popular anime like One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. Doing what DBZ did might not even be possible anymore with how the landscape of anime movies has changed. Their series of movie villains, good or bad, mark a unique and unrepeatable moment in anime history.
However, nothing these characters do impacts the main story. Their tenuous in-story existence means nobody has to remember or acknowledge anything about them after their release, not even the writers. This was the precedent for anime-original content that many series based on manga followed, including Dragon Ball. In fairness, how movie content connects to the rest of the franchise has changed recently. More series are treating their movie characters as canon. Acknowledgment of movie events is still here and there. Even Dragon Ball has treated all its movies as canon material since Battle of Gods, though the presentation by the anime and manga changed slightly.
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