A couple observations:
The power pole is back.
I didn't see one SSJ. I wonder if turning them into kids is a way to nerf the characters and send them on more whimsical adventures.
Leaked trailer. Unfortunately CHUdS are talking through the whole thing but even on mute you get a good look at it.
EDIT: Story by AT so this is canon cope and seethe. Looks like all the characters get the chibi treatment not just Goku and Shin. I say fuck it, this franchise needs a change up...
It also keeps Gohan as having continued to train. Its hard to tell when Goku is so much the focus of every arc, but Gohan isn't looked at as a joke or having gotten weaker. He just gets surpassed by Goku and Vegeta, but still commands respect when he decides to fight.
With the benefit of hindsight, I prefer Pan not being a Super Saiyan. For a very long time it was the popular opinion that she should have attained it, but with the way SSJ is thrown around now and how easily its obtained, there's a cheapness to it. Her just being flat out strong make her unique...
I think in theory this is pretty close but Videl has never really showed anything in battle I'd find impressive. Durability maybe? She takes an ass beating almost as well as Vegeta but I'd have to give it to Chi Chi off of body of work.
I don't know if I've brought this up before but the guy who did the music for Fusion Reborn is a Texas State Senator.
https://twitter.com/NathanForTexas
Slightly off topic but does anybody remember that weird period when DBZ first came to America and FUNI didn't know how to market it yet so all the toys like Broly and Freeza came with guns and rocket launchers?
I think I do but I was unaware if you actually got it or not. Last I remember you were waiting for it to arrive but that's the last we actually discussed.
I think BP are what drew a large audience to the series in the first place, speaking distinctly about Western viewers here. Teenage boys loved the idea of scouters and battle powers. When DBZ was only airing a few episodes here in the states in like 1997 I was online reading battle powers about...