Wow, the Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri event was incredible! We finally got confirmation that the Dragon Ball Super remake is actually happening, which is amazing news! But that wasn’t all – they also announced Dragon Ball Super 2! From what I understand, once the remake covers the events up to Broly, The Galactic Patrol movie will adapt the Moro Arc from the manga – that arc is a personal favorite of mine, so I’m super excited! It was a little strange though, because they didn’t say anything about when the Dragon Ball Super manga might return. I was really hoping for an update on that!
The Dragon Ball Super manga has been paused since the conclusion of the Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero remake, except for one chapter created from notes by the late Akira Toriyama. When we last saw the story, Gohan Beast was the strongest fighter, and Black Frieza was still at large. With the Dragon Ball Super anime set to continue and follow the manga’s storyline, fans hoped for an update on the manga’s return at the recent Genkidamatsuri event, but no new information was revealed.
Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol Anime Credits Akira Toriyama, Not Toyotarou, For The Story & Character Design
The credits for Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol acknowledge Akira Toriyama as the creator of the original concept, story, and characters. While it’s common for Dragon Ball Super to credit Toriyama with the story, the artwork is usually credited to Toyotarou. Toyotarou has previously stated that he largely developed the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga himself, including designing most of the new characters.
The way Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol gives full story and design credit to Akira Toriyama feels unfair to Toyotarou, who played a key role in continuing Dragon Ball Super after the Tournament of Power arc finished in 2018. Considering that Toriyama’s former editor, Kazuhiko Torishima, has often criticized Toyotarou’s work, and given Torishima’s past influence on the Dragon Ball franchise, it’s possible Toei Animation is intentionally distancing itself from Toyotarou. Regardless, the complete lack of credit for Toyotarou on the new Dragon Ball Super anime suggests his position with the franchise may be weakening.
News on the Dragon Ball Super Manga Was Completely Ignored At Genkidamatsuri
As a huge Dragon Ball fan, I was really hoping for an update on the manga at Genkidamatsuri, but it was barely mentioned! They only brought it up when talking about how Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol manga would be using material from it. Sadly, there was absolutely no news about when the main Dragon Ball Super manga might come back after chapters 103 and 104. It hasn’t been cancelled, thankfully, but this long silence is pretty worrying, and honestly, it doesn’t feel like a good sign for Toyotarou and the future of the series.
From 2015 to 2018, the Dragon Ball Super anime and manga were created at the same time, but the anime moved ahead of the manga in terms of story progression. If Akira Toriyama left detailed plans for the Black Frieza Saga and future storylines before his death, the anime could potentially finish the manga’s story without needing the manga artist, Toyotarou, to create any new content. While Toyotarou was chosen by Toriyama as his successor, comments from Torishima suggest that some people involved with Dragon Ball aren’t confident Toyotarou can continue the series successfully without Toriyama’s direct involvement.
Toyotarou Has Never Written a Dragon Ball Super Chapter Without Akira Toriyama’s Help
Even with Chapter 104 of Dragon Ball Super – the first chapter released after Akira Toriyama’s passing – Toyotarou always collaborated with Toriyama on the manga. Although Toyotarou says he wrote the Moro Saga story himself, he consistently checked in with Toriyama for guidance and feedback. Toriyama often refined the artwork and redrew panels to ensure the characters looked right, and he sometimes revised the dialogue as well.
Chapter 104 of Dragon Ball Super was built on ideas Akira Toriyama originally created for Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, but these ideas didn’t end up in the movie or the manga adaptation. Interestingly, Chapter 103 also included a significant change requested by Toriyama – the final panel of Piccolo waving to the audience was drawn by Toriyama himself to give the Super Hero saga a more heartfelt conclusion. While Toyotarou is a very talented artist, Toriyama has consistently provided input and assistance. This collaboration may be why Toei, Shueisha, and Capsule Corporation Tokyo are heavily emphasizing Akira Toriyama’s name in the promotion of Dragon Ball Super 2, potentially distancing themselves from Toyotarou.
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2026-01-25 23:05