{"id":501087,"date":"2026-02-26T21:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dragon-ball-celebrates-40-years-since-its-first-broadcast-resurrecting-after-the-death-of-akira-toriyama\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:31:22","slug":"dragon-ball-celebrates-40-years-since-its-first-broadcast-resurrecting-after-the-death-of-akira-toriyama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/dragon-ball-celebrates-40-years-since-its-first-broadcast-resurrecting-after-the-death-of-akira-toriyama\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dragon Ball\u2019 celebrates 40 years since its first broadcast, resurrecting after the death of Akira Toriyama"},"content":{"rendered":"Tokyo.- <\/strong>‘Dragon Ball’ celebrates this Thursday the 40th anniversary of the first broadcast of its adaptation to animation <\/a> with renewed expectations for its return, thanks to a new season of ‘Super’ and a new game, after remaining in limbo its continuity following the death in 2024 of its author, Akira Toriyama.\n\nAfter almost two years of silence following the master’s death, a month before the anniversary, the return to life of the franchise’s machinery was announced.\n\n\n

‘Dragon Ball Super: Beerus’<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nAmong the new features is an improved reinvention of ‘Dragon Ball Super: Beerus’, the start of the series ‘Dragon Ball Super’. Also added is a new season after eight years, ‘Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol’, which adapts the Moro arc of the manga in which Toriyama gave more creative freedom to his disciple, Toyotaro.\n\n\n
We recommend reading:New animated series for adults will arrive from the creator of Bluey<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nAnnounced with jubilation during the so-called ‘Genkidama Festival’, a macro-event held east of the Japanese capital, to the announcements must be added the new game ‘Dragon Ball: Age 1000’, which will feature a singular character created by the cartoonist before his sudden passing due to a stroke, and from which it has been leaked that it would be the ‘Xenoverse 3’.\n\n\n

The battle for rights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe indefinite ‘hiatus’ into which ‘Dragon Ball’ had sunk is due to the battle for its lucrative rights between Capsule Corporation Tokyo, the company created to manage Toriyama’s works, including ‘Dragon Ball’; the production company Toei Animation, responsible for the animated adaptations; and the publisher Shueisha, owner of the magazines where its mangas have been published.\n\nThe recent announcements suggest that, while there is still a way to go, the companies have reached some kind of agreement to continue profiting from a brand that has shaped several generations and seeks to regain its appeal with the younger ones.\n\nIt is impossible to overestimate the impact that Toriyama has had on the global audience of Japanese pop culture. Especially with ‘Dragon Ball’, the greatest reference of his personal style, which has influenced numerous artists over the years.\n\nThe animated adaptation of the work is one of the most influential in the industry, as evidenced by the recognition in October 2025 of voice actress Masako Nozawa, the voice of Son Goku, Son Gohan, and Son Goten, as a Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese Government.\n\nNozawa, 89 years old, who has embodied other prominent characters in ‘anime’ culture such as Doraemon, Kitaro in ‘GeGeGe no Kitaro’, Priscilla in ‘Calimero’, Willy in ‘Maya the Bee’ or Doctor Kureha in ‘One Piece’, is the first voice actress to receive this recognition, which includes a lifetime pension.\n\n\n
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The original anime of \u2018Dragon Ball\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe original anime of ‘Dragon Ball’ aired between 1986 and 1989, and tells the adventures of Son Goku, a peculiar boy with a monkey tail who transforms into a huge primate when he looks at the full moon and who travels the planet Earth in search of the seven dragon balls, magical spheres that grant wishes.\n\nThe adventure is inspired by the Chinese novel ‘Journey to the West’, but it created its own imagery that developed in a multitude of subsequent series around the figure of the ‘saiyans’, an extraterrestrial race of warriors whose motivation is to become stronger and who, for one reason or another, end up defending the planet.<\/em>\n\n\n
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