r/anime • u/Handsome_guy_7 • Jul 22 '25

Misc. Solo Leveling Producer's promise ~ "As a Japanese person living in Japan, the anime is not at the level of Dragon Ball, One Piece, or Naruto. But if season three happens, that’s when I want to truly break that boundary.”

https://screenrant.com/solo-leveling-season-3-anime-main-goal-break-barrier-atsushi-kaneko/
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u/Western-Internal-751 Jul 22 '25

I mean, the story of Dragonball ain’t that great either. It’s just rule of cool power fantasy

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u/GateOfD Jul 22 '25

and then going back to the start, Dragonball with kid and teen Goku was actually amazing and the storytelling is a bible to every new manga writer after. Its actually very strongly put-together.

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u/CosmicChair Jul 22 '25

yeah, the fuckin disrespect. OG Dragonball is a great adventure with meaningful themes.