Fans have reacted with shock and admiration to the visual upgrades featured in the upcoming remake of "Dragon Ball Super," noting significant differences when compared to the original 2015 series. While initial trailers offered a glimpse of the improvements, detailed side-by-side comparisons shared on platforms like Reddit and YouTube have illuminated the extent of the enhancements.
The most striking changes are evident in the color grading and saturation. The remake presents a darker, more saturated palette, lending a more somber tone to characters like Beerus and making smaller visual highlights stand out more prominently. In contrast, the original animation now appears comparatively flatter.
Beyond color adjustments, the remake also addresses details that were either absent or poorly rendered in the original. Some scenes have been completely redrawn to fill in missing information or correct animation flaws. One particularly emblematic example highlighted by fans involves a scene where Vegeta punches a wall; the remake vividly displays the extent of the damage, a detail that was barely perceptible in the original.
These substantial visual improvements have generated excitement among the fanbase. "It's honestly not even comparable, the new stuff is so crisp," one fan commented on Reddit, while another viewer of a detailed comparison video stated, "We can finally see it for what it was MEANT to be."
The "Dragon Ball Super" remake is set to cover the events of the first two "Dragon Ball Super" movies and the initial 46 episodes of the anime. It is scheduled to premiere on Fuji TV on October 11, with U.S. audiences getting an early screening at New York Comic-Con on October 8.