Dragon Ball returns after 40 years: new season of Super and new video game

Forty years after the debut,“Dragon Ball”back into the breach. Thefranchisetoday celebrates the anniversary of the first airing of the animated version and does so with news that ifanhave been waiting for a long time: thesagashe’s ready to really come back, with onenew season di “Dragon Ball Super” e un video gameafter the period of uncertainty following the death of its creator in 2024,Akira Toriyama.

After almost two years of silence, the machine starts moving again with a package ofadsdesigned to rekindle enthusiasm and also involve peoplenew generations. Tra le noveltystands out a reworked version of“Dragon Ball Super: Beerus”the arc that opened “Super.” But above all, one arrivesnew seasonafter eight years:“Dragon Ball Super: Galactic Patrol”which will bring the arc ofMoro del mangaa phase in which Toriyama had given more creative space to his studentToyotaro.

The new video game Dragon Ball: age 1000

The previews were presented at the “Festival Genkidama”, a maxi-event organized in the eastern area of ​​Tokyo, where the new game was also revealed“Dragon Ball: Age 1000”. The title, according to what transpires, will include a character created by himToriyamabefore his disappearance and could connect to the line“Xenoverse”with rumors that speak of a project close to a“Xenoverse 3”.

The question of rights and the future of the saga

Behind the return in style there is also an issue that has held sway in recent monthsbrandin a sort of limbo: the match of therightsdisputed betweenCapsule Corporation Tokyo(the company created to manage Toriyama’s works),Toei Animation(who takes care of the animated adaptations) eShueisha(the historical publisher of the manga). Recent announcements suggest that an agreement, at least operational, has been reached to allow thesagato move forward.

The enormous cultural weight and legacy of Dragon Ball

Il cultural weightof “Dragon Ball” remains huge, well beyond nostalgia. He also mentioned itJapanin October 2025, whenMasako Nozawa– the voice of GodSon Goku, Son Gohan e Son Goten– was named “Person of Cultural Merit”, the first voice actress to receive this recognition, which also includes a lifetime pension. Nozawa, now 89 years old, has voiced Goku since the anime’s debut in 1986 and has said several times that he has kept Toriyama’s request: “Please take care of Goku” as a personal commitment.

The original anime and the evolution of the universe

L’original animebroadcast between1986 e il 1989told the adventures ofSon Gokua child with a monkey’s tail who travels across the world in search of sectsDragon Ballscapable of granting wishes. Inspired by the Chinese classic“Journey to the West”the story then built a universe of its own: come onsaiyanto transformations, from rivalries to great battles, to becoming one of theglobal symbolsof Japanese animation. Today, forty years after that first appointment,“Dragon Ball”try to start from here: memory and novelty, together, to remain at the center of the scene.