Summary
- Fans anxiously await DBS Season 2, but a recent Toei post raises concerns over the series’ return.
- Disagreement over franchise rights between Shueisha and Iyoku adds uncertainty to DBS’ future.
- Toei is unable to work on Super content until the legal battle is resolved.
Dragon Ball Super fans have been waiting to hear any official announcement regarding the anime’s return with Season 2. However, it has been seven years since we’ve heard anything about DBS. Toei Animation went on to release movies like Super Hero and Broly to keep the fandom entertained, but fans are now growing desperate for the series to make a full-fledged return with a continuation.
After Daima’s successful run, the community has been hopeful that someday, they might hear something about DBS making a return. However, a recent social media post from Toei Animation has left fans worried about the anime series’ future.
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Toei Celebrates Seven-Year Anniversary Of Dragon Ball Super Final Episode
The Celebratory Post Talks About The Series’ “Last Episode”
Toei Animation released the final episode of Dragon Ball Super back on March 25th, 2018 — it has been exactly seven years since the final aired on our screens. So, the animation studio went on to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the seven-year anniversary with fans. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with celebrating the anniversary of an incredible final episode, but somehow, the X post from Toei has fans concerned, as they think that the anime series, specifically Dragon Ball Super, might never return with a new season.
Apparently, the X post from Toei reads, “On this day in 2018, we said farewell to Goku and his friends on the last episode of Dragon Ball Super! Like and repost to celebrate.” Everything was fine for the community until they read the “last episode of Dragon Ball Super.” The post didn’t say the “last episode of Dragon Ball Super Season 1;” instead, the text reads like they are talking about the entire series. Dragon Ball fans wonder if, by writing those words, Toei has bid farewell to Dragon Ball Super for good.
Of course, Toei Animation is motivated to keep the Dragon Ball animation alive with original projects (Daima is the latest example). On top of that, the studio might very well release more standalone movies featuring untold series like Broly. However, it’s hard to say when or if the studio will animate the further story arcs of Dragon Ball Super.
The Future Of Dragon Ball Super Anime Series Is Uncertain
Things Won’t Get Better Until The Disagreement Over The Franchise’s Rights Is Settled
It’s understandable that fans wish to see Dragon Ball Super back on their screens alongside all the original content like Daima — they want to experience what’s canon to the manga series. That being said, there’s an ongoing disagreement between Shueisha and Iyoku over the rights to Dragon Ball manga. And unfortunately, the future of Dragon Ball Super will remain uncertain until the dispute between the two parties is settled.
For the unacquainted, Akio Iyoku, former editor-in-chief at Shueisha and friend of Toriyama, left Shueisha after some disagreement with the company in 2023. He started his own venture, Capsule Corporation Tokyo, and received Toriyama’s blessing to oversee Dragon Ball projects. As expected, this didn’t land well with Shueisha, as the company thinks they still hold the rights to the Dragon Ball IP. Unfortunately, things got even worse after Toriyama’s passing, and it’s still unclear who will get the rights to oversee upcoming Dragon Ball projects.
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Toei holds the rights to the Dragon Ball animation projects, but they can’t adapt the events from Super until Shueisha gives them a green light. Things can go two ways moving forward. Firstly, Toei gets the approval to only work on the original Dragon Ball series after Daima under Akio Iyoku, but in this case, these stories will not be canon to Super. The second possibility is for Toei to get the authorization to work on the Super content, after all. However, that can only happen once the legal battle between Shueisha and Iyoku is settled.
- Release Date
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2015 – 2017
- Showrunner
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Tatsuya Nagamine
- Directors
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Tatsuya Nagamine
- Writers
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Tatsuya Nagamine, Akira Toriyama
