Super Dragon Ball Heroes (2018– ) User Reviews

A Fanservice-Fueled Adventure with Limited Substance

[lipnusis · 6/10 · 13 June 2023]

Super Dragon Ball Heroes, an anime web series based on the popular Dragon Ball franchise, offers an action-packed, fan-pleasing experience filled with epic battles and familiar characters. While it successfully taps into nostalgia and delivers visually impressive moments, the series falls short in terms of storytelling and character development, preventing it from reaching its full potential.

One of the major strengths of Super Dragon Ball Heroes lies in its ability to cater to die-hard Dragon Ball fans. The series embraces the concept of multiverse and time travel, bringing together beloved characters from different timelines and universes. This crossover appeal allows fans to indulge in exciting battles and witness unexpected team-ups, creating moments of pure fan-service that can be highly entertaining.

Additionally, the animation quality is commendable. The battles are visually stunning, filled with explosive energy blasts, flashy transformations, and intense choreography. The attention to detail in character designs and the nostalgic callbacks to iconic moments from the Dragon Ball franchise add to the overall enjoyment.

However, the series suffers from a lack of substantial storytelling. The plot is often convoluted and relies heavily on time-travel tropes and deus ex machina resolutions. The narrative feels disjointed, and the stakes are frequently undermined by the constant introduction of new, powerful characters and abilities. The absence of meaningful character arcs and narrative coherence can leave viewers feeling unsatisfied.

Character development is another area that Super Dragon Ball Heroes struggles with. While fans may already have an attachment to the established Dragon Ball characters, the series fails to provide significant growth or exploration of their personalities. The focus tends to be on showcasing powerful transformations and extravagant battles rather than delving into the motivations and emotional journeys of the characters.

Moreover, the series suffers from pacing issues. The episodes are short and often feel rushed, leaving little room for proper buildup and character interaction. As a result, important moments and plot developments can feel abrupt or lack the necessary impact. This brevity also limits the depth of the storylines, preventing them from reaching their full potential.

Additionally, Super Dragon Ball Heroes relies heavily on fan familiarity with the franchise. Newcomers may find it difficult to fully appreciate the series, as it assumes prior knowledge of the Dragon Ball universe and its extensive lore. This lack of accessibility can be a barrier for viewers who are not well-versed in the franchise's history.

In conclusion, Super Dragon Ball Heroes offers a visually impressive and nostalgia-driven experience that will delight dedicated Dragon Ball fans. The fan-service, epic battles, and high-quality animation are the series' standout features. However, the limited storytelling, underdeveloped characters, pacing issues, and reliance on prior knowledge hinder its overall quality. Despite its flaws, the series can still provide an enjoyable ride for fans seeking more Dragon Ball content, as long as they temper their expectations and embrace the series' emphasis on spectacle over substance.

Its not supposed to be a stand-alone series

[narcissisticfish · 7/10 · 17 November 2018]

The main point of the episodes is to get you hyped up to play the Dragon Ball Heroes arcade/card game that are popular in Japan. To that end the DB-H episodes are fights between varying heroes with little in the way of dialogue or explanation. Also since they have to fill a 15 minute slot and there are several weeks between videos, the fights often start and end rather quickly. Its not a frieza-saga yelling for 5 episodes to power up match.

Know what you're talking about before reviewing

[jhmerkel · 6/10 · 16 November 2020]

First and foremost understanding what Super Dragonball Heroes is goes a long way to understanding why it has a fairly shallow and short story and run time. It's a promo anime for the game, not an actual series. Think of it as a fever dream of all things dragonball, nothing really makes sense but it looks cool, you're certain there are a lot if things out of place, and you're likely just waiting for Beerus to wake up and find out you've been in his head the whole time as the punchline to the series.

It's not amazing, but given that it's basically glorified advertising for a game I wouldn't expect a whole lot in the way of deep development. Great if you're just wanting to watch something flashy while on break at work, not so much if you're expecting it to be a sequel to DBS.

a lot of hope

[fear20 · 9/10 · 2 February 2019]

Episodes are too short but the concept concept is amazing the throw everything in together. Lots of enemies verse lots of Heroes is great but wish you would turn into a bigger series like super and z

This is just a "promotional anime"

[c-86907-64599 · 19 September 2019]

This anime has a really dull story with uninteresting characters, but like the title says, this anime is only meant to be an advertisement for the Super Dragon Ball Heroes arcade game.

Loved it !! Awesome series

[lavishsingh · 9/10 · 1 January 2021]

It's the series which build hype for the upcoming super arc anime so i loved it The story is also good but only the time of this Anime is short . Super fans should really watch this series.

What's the meaning of this

[Sh31kh_H0kv5 · 6/10 · 9 August 2023]

I know it's promotion and all but sometimes that kind of thing is annoying, and further more a dedicated short fan of the franchise I know about this one as the strongest anime characters are in the dragon ball verse that being Goku and Beerus but seeing the other contenders is about to blow out, I can't say I enjoyed the anime the dialogue was based solely on violence and throwing punches that counts as being strong no tactical maneuvers like other comparison that makes you want to keep going in the first place the bad thing with dragon ball is the none stop violence and fight scenes that just keeps coming until the end and actually there's really no end to it but for the rest of us glued to the Saiyan's way of life there's nothing wrong with that, you'll get that protector vibe from the strongest fighter in the franchise that's none other than Goku himself that's enough reason to feel the connection of why he needs to keep dying his hair just like Freida said in the fifteenth movie.

Fun to watch

[mirasadsl · 9/10 · 23 September 2022]

This is not canon ( official part of the franchise ), it was made and releasead to promote a video game and episodes are a lot shorter so obviously it was never meant for it to be a great sequel to Super. It is like a Dragon Ball anime with reductions. All of key elements are there just in reduced quantity. Animation is pretty decent considering the purpose of this anime, so is the story and the plot. Still the best part of this anime are fight scenes, they are in the main focus of the anime which is the reason why most people chose to watch it. Should you choose to watch it , just enjoy the action do not overthink.

At the time of watching it I loved it

[VeronikaWolfQueen · 6/10 · 21 February 2024]

Subsequent visits not so much, but than I had a moment there where I'll admit I lost interest in everything but Zamasu for like a few months, so bad time to rewatch it back than I'd say.

Anyways isn't this where the whole Hearts X Zamasu fics came from? I love those, so it was totally worth it for those fanfics haha.

We got a really hot new look for Zamasu, the heroes one is my 3rd favourite actually, corrupted 2nd and regular Zamasu is first, 4th is Fused and than Black dead last.

I'll admit right now rewatching it after falling in love with Zamasu I noticed some things or like 1 thing ahaha, he and Black felt like two complete strangers, it didn't feel like the original B and Z from the anime or even the manga, I gotta say I was really disappointed in that. I'm not sure what went wrong but yeah disaster on those two fronts.

I'll put it as a 6 because hot af Zamasu, fanfics! And because I used to like it and used to enjoy it.

Utterly bonkers (and only getting crazier), but it's only a promo so don't get your knickers in a twist

[DJPilkington · 5/10 · 28 March 2019]

As "Dragon Ball Super" temporarily ended with the Tournament of Power arc in March, fans were elated when news came of a new anime to hold them over until the main show returned. As pure filler fluff and glorified advertisement for the currently Japan-exclusive arcade game of the same title, "Super Dragon Ball Heroes" does its job but ends up being kind of a detriment to the rest of the franchise as it basically spoils us.

Whereas the main Dragon Ball anime shows have time to flesh characters and conflicts out, SDBH's episodes are very condensed but somehow never seem to really cover very much. Episodes are overstuffed with characters, transformations and explosive energy blasting to promote events that happen in the game, but it all rarely serves any purpose beyond that; it's just fan-pleasing guff riddled with plot holes and inconsistencies. Luckily, the manga expands and fills in gaps. Remember that fetch quest for the Special Dragon Balls that Fu mentions in the first episode? The manga covers that and more, featuring more zany stuff like Hatchiyack fighting Majin Ozotto over a Ball.

Watch in teeth-pulling awe as Vegito in Super Saiyan Blue (the most powerful one) boosted with Kaio-ken can't beat the bland Evil Saiyan Cumber's base form. The most funnily egregious example of a useless character, though, is Cooler, who joins the heroes' side with Future Trunks (who is similarly useless here), suddenly gains a snazzy new -- and 100% original -- transformation, throws a single punch, and spends every episode after standing on the sidelines doing sweet F-A. Combined with cameos from the various Super Saiyan forms, fusions, Ultra Instinct and so on, SDBH starts to feel like stuffing yourself on your nan's delicious cake until you feel sick. This is what I'd call high-cholesterol Dragon Ball.

The animation and art style, overseen by Yamamuro, are bland, flat and unimpactful but at least consistent. The action often feels far slower than it should be. The fights are almost all boringly choreographed and samey with this lazy formula: punch-punch-punch, energy blasts, character flies out of dust, Kamehameha beam-struggle. Yawn.

The show, as of this review, has covered two separate story arcs: the Prison Planet Saga and the Universe Conflict Saga. This recent arc has actually been a big improvement over its predecessor so far as it has a more interesting (but still insane) story, higher stakes and better animation. It's actually starting to explore concepts that I would like to see implemented into the canon story of "Dragon Ball Super" (Goku training under the Grand Priest? Sign me up, lol). Let's hope this keeps up.

best

[parasgola · 10/10 · 23 February 2020]

Best anime in my chidhood iam watch in 5 years old

Love it

[fear20 · 9/10 · 21 October 2019]

I really hope this kinda dragonball keeps going. I wish the episodes were longer but its amazing

The best idea ever

[bouzlafanour · 10/10 · 6 July 2020]

I thought that dragon ball heroes would be annoying like dragon ball GT but it's very nice and cool;besides,it is maybe more exciting than DBS because of the big crossover.

Fantastic series even if bonkers

[swordofyosho · 10/10 · 22 June 2022]

A lot of fun. Unfortunately series seems dead. Which is a shame considering we just got Yamucha back after 20 years and started a new tournament. Will it be back?

Very Dissapointing

[TheBlackFlash · 5/10 · 22 November 2018]

Episodes of 15 min where the things are too fast. There are many fails in this, the plot is very undeveloped and it has bad animation. I am a truly Dragon Ball fan, but this show is bad.

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[jacobyafa · 10/10 · 27 September 2022]

The main point of the episodes is to get you hyped up to play the Dragon Ball Heroes arcade/card game that are popular in Japan. To that end the DB-H episodes are fights between varying heroes with little in the way of dialogue or explanation. Also since they have to fill a 15 minute slot and there are several weeks between videos, the fights often start and end rather quickly. Its not a frieza-saga yelling for 5 episodes to power up match. The main point of the episodes is to get you hyped up to play the Dragon Ball Heroes arcade/card game that are popular in Japan. To that end the DB-H episodes are fights between varying heroes with little in the way of dialogue or explanation. Also since they have to fill a 15 minute slot and there are several weeks between videos, the fights often start and end rather quickly. Its not a frieza-saga yelling for 5 episodes to power up match.

Total trash

[avinashswami-26888 · 1/10 · 27 August 2020]

This series is total disappointment....no power scaling of charcters and many characters have lost their value.Nor the story is pleasing. Super and Z were much better. Please don't make such garbage....if there were 0 rating I would have given that....hoping for some better series from db franchise.

Mocking real franchise

[leptilic · 1/10 · 6 March 2019]

Just to be clear, next to fact that there is no story line, no plot, no logic etc, creators need 1-2 month to make 4 minute episode with 4 minute replays+whats next. Sorry but in World of anime that is disgrace...

Progression is the key to success; not regression.

[nimajoon62 · 4/10 · 17 October 2019]

Not worth the extreme wait period per episode, they really need to hit back to high gear and get back to their high point, which would be Dragon Ball Super, a true work of art, dialogue, and jaw dropping combat with the art to back it up, I see a very negative transmission from what was to what currently would be dragon Ball Heroes... Coming from a true fan, and knowing how difficult and time consuming each clip is.. With that said knowing it's possible since you guys killed it dragon Ball super, which was a 134 episode trilogy. So I know u guys got have more then the passion & capability, tO go way harder in every aspect from the story line to the the little details that truly male a difference. I'd greatly appreciate it... I know u guys got the talent and practice to not degrees, but progress dramatically after the next transition. Either way the one major issue is the length of time. That's gotta be the first priority, coming from a fan who's like most other true fans who actually watch, at this rate and decent work, slowly revenues and all the fans thx to heroes and classics will drift away and eventually the studio will shut it down and be remember for what was DBZ super, don't let it happen, you guys did it before, what's stopping u guys from going even harder? Hope this review gets to you guys, and nothing but love N honestly, with a grip of Constructive criticism, from a fan from the state of California, I spoke with many other fans that also believe in you guys, you gave us the super trilogy, can we can get another?

Worst in dragon ball history

[sumitroysci · 1/10 · 2 November 2018]

An episode of 15 min and it's on air at who knows what time frame, as a dragon ball fan I mean truly disappointed, the music and the animation are really way worst, after dragon ball super this drop in quality wasn't expected

Episode are too short

[burhanmb · 4/10 · 13 March 2019]

But awsome.they should consider for incring time duration.

Abyssmal...

[Ryo_Wufei · 2/10 · 14 January 2024]

Pick most of the strongest living heroes in the DB/DBS universe, resurrect a few more or less iconic enemies, add some random dudes with a very shady and lazy design. Then mix all that with static animation of poor drawings (except the Goku vs Heart fight which is actually not bad) and you have it. A fan service animation product aimed at those that do not have a minimum standard in terms of Dragon Ball movies.

There is no story at all, just a succession of nonsense situations and dumb decisions. Everything is just a stupid accumulation of opportunities for characters to throw fists at each other and include more dubious techniques and transformations.

Avoid, you'll feel dirty after watching this...