Fans have long talked about how the relationship between Dragon Ball’s odd pairing of Gohan and Piccolo is often more nurturing and parental than the relationship between Gohan and his own father, Goku. Dragon Ball Super Hero, soon to be released in US theaters, strays from a usual Dragon Ball story by centering the two characters and attempts to address this perspective.
Speaking with IGN, members of the main cast of Dragon Ball have weighed in on this debate themselves. Kyle Hebert, who plays Gohan, began by saying, “It's definitely true that Piccolo is pretty much [Gohan’s] real dad through thick and thin. Not that Goku doesn't love Gohan, he obviously very much does, but he's busy off saving the universe.”
The voice of Piccolo - as well as Vegeta - Christopher Sabat, continued saying: “I hate to get too deep into psychology here but if you think about it, Goku, he didn't have a family, he didn't have a father figure, and in many ways he didn't have an example of who a father was going to be. So it's kind of hard for him to understand what his role as a father is even supposed to be.
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