It's a tournament arc episode

>It's a tournament arc episode

Is there actually any tournament arcs in Western animation?

I don't think anything exists beyond a two parter

>MC gets to the finals
>Second place

>It's a Disney buys out the franchise episode

Ninja Turtles' Battle Nexus pops to mind.

I wish. Even if a western show was to do one, they would pack it all into one episode, rushing everything. Plus they don't have the ball for the hero to lose the tournament. Goku lost his first two tounreys as a kid, won one as a teenager, and lost the tourney of the ball of two universes.

Technically you could say he lost the Cell games and forfeited the one in the Buu saga.

>Goku
>Savior of the universe
>Loser of tournaments
>Eater of food

Donald should be Krillin.

He didn't lose the multiverse tournament. It was team-based, and his team won.

Pro bending tournament?

Does Roulette's Meta-Brawl count?

iirc it was an elimination tournament, winner stays in until they get defeated

For Dragon Ball do you guys recommend starting with the manga or the anime? Or are they just basically the same thing?

>He didn't lose the multiverse tournament. It was team-based, and his team won.
You mean Hit forfeit

Negima's tournament arc was pretty top-tier.

Too bad we'll never see it animated.

Outside of filler the anime is basically the same thing. No big deviations.

If you're planning on reading/watching all of it, manga is the way to go. Much better pacing due to the anime extending scenes and consistent art quality while many episodes change art directors so art varies from episode to episode.

From what I hear, the best way is to watch dragonball and then dbz, and then once you get later down in dbz its worth revisiting the manga.

If you like filler, watch the original Dragon Bal/Dragon Ball Z anime

If you don't like filler, read the manga and/or watch Dragon Ball Kai

technically a sports season but follows the same general rules