What started as a unique sign of accomplishment slowly started to become increasingly more commonplace and even expected by the time Dragon Ball Super rolls around. The series’ trademark humor was still present, but a slant towards action and the characters growing stronger and stronger was clearly Dragon Ball Z’s angle.ĭragon Ball Z’s advent of Super Saiyans once again opened the floodgates for the series in new and unexpected ways. It’s funny to think that during the days of the original Dragon Ball series, the idea of Saiyans, hair-changing transformations, and aliens from other planets were not even on the show’s radar.Īs both Goku and the Dragon Ball series continued to mature and evolve, they saw a number of new concepts become increasingly important.
