Once again the anime surprises us with an epic collaboration, and now, Toonami just announced that they will be streaming the legendary crossover special that saw One Piece’s Straw Hat Pirates meet the franchise’s Z-Fighters. dragonball in a special that never made it to North America.
That’s right, this special titled Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Special Collaborationwill be part of Cartoon Network’s programming block and revealed that it plans to air this on US airwaves for the first time.
This special episode actually came as an episode of A playfeaturing warriors from both major Shonen franchises and the lesser known Torikogathering on the battlefield in a special tournament that would reward the winner with a special type of meat.
Taking into account that its protagonists Goku y Luffy They’re two big gluttons, so it’s no surprise that both fighters are ready to battle it out for this award. The special not only features Goku and Luffy going head-to-head, but also sees encounters like Zoro and Vegeta going head-to-head, as well as roles for characters like Usopp, Gohan, Piccolo, Gotenks, Franky, and Sanji to name a few. some.
Toei-Animationwho is responsible for this crossover, shared the good news, and it will air on Cartoon Network’s Toonami next Saturday, March 4, making it the first time the crossover is coming to America and gripping fans of both anime.
As of now, it has not been confirmed whether or not there will be any future crossovers between the two Shonen casts, we’ve seen the Z-Fighters and the Straw Hats share the stage multiple times in the past at through different projects, but hopefully not, he has no plans to do one more until Eiichiro Oda completes the final arc of One Piece.
It would be interesting to see Luffy’s Gear Fifth take on Goku’s Ultra Instinct, which could definitely be one of Shonen’s most epic battles, of course, if it ever happens, or maybe it’ll stick around for always in our imagination. .