The Age of Reboots - Anime in the Era of Return
The 2010s and 2020s are proving to be an interesting era for anime and manga, especially for veteran fans of the manga, who are finding themselves, like any other seasoned members of a community, jaded by the modern expressions of their favorite media. In various contexts, the world is passed a particular «Golden Age» in popular culture, with the 1980s and 1990s proving to be some of the most mythologized among people for all kinds of reasons.
The world is simply different now, and this current era in anime happens to fall several decades after the establishment of some of the greatest works the medium has ever known, so there are several titles either being rebooted, or returning as part of acommemoration of their respective anniversaries, or simply coming back after eons of absence. Regardless of the context behind the return, some of these titles are significant to anime and manga in extremely profound ways, and their return heralds a kind of pseudo-Golden Age.
Digimon Anime Reboot Reveals First Story Details
Akira Toriyama's most famous series and one of the most influential stories of all time, Dragon Ball enjoyed the height of success attainable by a manga work in the 1980s and 1990s in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump alongside other heavy-hitters like Jojo's BIzarre Adventure, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Slam Dunk. The manga ended in 1996, but the anime enjoyed several glories past the heyday, like the TV original Dragon Ball GT, and a special OVA released in 2008.
The 2013 release, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, was a canonical new installment in the series, and the follow-up, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of F, heralded the return of the beloved franchise in anime form in 2015. The official manga began in June 2015, and it is
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