Overview
- Organizers at Japan’s Festival Genkidama unveiled a refreshed Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, a new season titled Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol adapting the Moro arc, and the game Dragon Ball: Age 1000.
- Reports describe Age 1000 as featuring new characters, with some outlets suggesting it could be Xenoverse 3, a detail presented as a leak rather than a confirmed position from the publishers.
- The announcements follow a lengthy pause tied to a dispute over lucrative rights involving Capsule Corporation Tokyo, Toei Animation, and Shueisha.
- Dragon Ball first aired on February 26, 1986 on Fuji Television and ran 153 episodes, launching a franchise later expanded by Z, GT, Z Kai, and Super.
- The property’s cultural footprint remains vast, with estimates placing franchise revenue near $30 billion and with Goku’s voice actor Masako Nozawa recognized in 2025 as a Person of Cultural Merit in Japan.