Akira Toriyama’s coming back for a new Dragon Ball series

Finally the looney tunes kids will meet their match. Their battle will be legendary.

@Hydrogen I still don’t know how to feel about Dragon Ball Daima. The animation looks beautiful, but I’m not big on the GT-esque setup of everyone getting turned into children. Maybe I’ll warm up to it over time, but I worry that this is gonna be a Persona Q deal where it’s a prequel that can’t have any impact on the series out of fear of overwriting the continuity, especially since this was specifically made for the 40th anniversary of the series.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama has shifted to providing general narrative guidance and character designs for many of the franchise’s projects in recent years.

But for Dragon Ball Daima — a new animated series from Toei — the legendary mangaka will be hands-on in a big way.

Today at this year’s New York Comic Con, Toei Animation announced that it is well into production on Dragon Ball Daima, a new series that will see a number of classic Dragon Ball Z characters like Goku, Vegeta, and Bulma transformed into children similar to the way Goku became a child in Dragon Ball GT.

During a panel about the new show, executive producer Akio Iyoku described Toriyama as being “deeply involved beyond his usual capacity” in its production process and teased that he “has planned entirely new episodes for the storyline.”

While Toei hasn’t shared many details about Daima, it did release a new trailer that makes it seem like the show might take a bit of a meta route with a villain aware of Goku’s lengthy history across different Dragon Ball anime and manga.

Plot details or not, the animation featured in the trailer is gorgeous, and Toriyama’s involvement is a sign that Dragon Ball Daima’s story might pack a bit more of a punch than GT’s did when it premieres sometime next fall.

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This was unexpected but I'll take more adventures with Goku!

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@Hydrogen any word on whether this takes place in the same world as DB/Z/S?

I'm guessing the chibi style means its a separate universe but it could also be seen as merely an aesthetic that doesn't reflect the actual appearance of the characters, or maybe like when Goku was a kid in GT.

I'm hoping that this isn't going to be a replacement for super, the super manga's been excellent and so have the last two movies. I really want Super to continue, it's not time for it to end yet.