As noted by @AnimeAjay on Twitter, many of the staff members who later went on to work on Toei Animation’s Dragon Ball Super, also worked on the collaboration between Toei and Disney Japan, Avengers: ...

In one name, we can find our answer for why the animation went up a tick in terms of quality and that’s Naotoshi Shida. The Dragon Ball director has put together several of the high octane battles ...