Dragon Ball 40th Anniversary Event: Everything Announced

2025 marks 40 years since Akira Toriyama’s ground-breaking Dragon Ball manga archetypal deed shelves successful Japan. The Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri was held successful Japan implicit the play to observe the planetary manga, anime and video crippled phenomenon. Taking up the immense Makuhari Messe lawsuit abstraction adjacent Tokyo, the lawsuit featured everything from exclusive merch, unrecorded crippled contests, and specially-curated exhibits of archetypal artwork. The main signifier was packed with breathtaking announcements astir wherever the bid is headed aft the decease of bid creator Akira Toriyama, including 2 caller anime TV series, a caller crippled and a “massive” caller DLC for Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero.

Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol Anime

The lawsuit kicked disconnected with a little speech betwixt Son Goku’s Japanese VA Masako Nozawa and Dragon Ball bid enforcement shaper Akio Iyoku, followed by the premiere of a peculiar video marking the 40th day of Dragon Ball. Featuring euphony specially composed by Hans Zimmer, the movie celebrates the improvement of Dragon Ball implicit the years, from Toriyama’s archetypal manga drawings done to its assorted anime adaptations. The extremity of the video revealed a marque caller anime series, Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol, prompting excited clapping from the audience.

Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol volition accommodate the Moro oregon Galactic Patrol Prisoner Arc (Chapters 42 to 67) of the Dragon Ball Super manga. It follows connected from the Universe Survival Arc of the Dragon Ball Super anime, which aired betwixt 2015 to 2018. Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol is presently successful production, and fans volition person to hold until 2027 to spot Son Goku and Vegeta conflict it retired against Moro.

A cardinal ocular for the caller Dragon Ball Super anime was revealed.

Age 1000 Game Project

Next, Iyoku was joined connected signifier by Dragon Ball Games shaper Masayuki Hirano, who revealed a flashy trailer for a marque caller crippled project, Age 1000. However, the game’s authoritative rubric volition beryllium announced later.

The Age 1000 task is bully quality for fans who thought they would ne'er spot immoderate caller creations from Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama aft his decease successful 2024. Apparently, Bandai Namco started processing Age 1000 astir 7 years ago, and Toriyama himself enactment a batch of enactment into the game’s worldbuilding and marque caller characters. The trailer shows a mysterious grey-haired young antheral decked retired successful Capsule Corp gear, with Hirano revealing that “I asked Toriyama sensei to make this quality particularly for the game.” Although the caller quality seems similar a caller Super Saiyan, Hirano was tight-lipped astir who helium is. However, fans volition person to hold for Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026 (to beryllium held connected April 18-19 successful LA) for further details.

The project’s sanction calls to caput Dragon Ball Online, which took spot successful the property 1000- truthful it seems the caller crippled volition besides beryllium exploring this clip period. “We person spent a agelong clip cautiously crafting this project.” Iyoku explained. “I deliberation this crippled volition let america to acquisition a marque caller portion of the Dragon Ball world.” Age 1000 is slated for a 2027 release.

— Dragon Ball Games (@dragonballgames) January 25, 2026

Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO to get “massive” caller DLC

Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero shaper Jun Furutani revealed that the warring crippled volition beryllium getting a “massive” caller DLC this summer. The trailer for the DLC teased adjacent much playable characters (including Super Android 17 and Demon King Piccolo), caller costumes, caller ace attacks for Vegeta and Goku, arsenic good arsenic caller stages and modes.

The upcoming DLC volition besides person its ain taxable song, Zero, sung by bid seasoned Hironobu Kageyama- who is known for his galore Dragon Ball Z taxable songs. Kageyama performed the caller song, saying helium was honored to lend to Dragon Ball again aft 18 years. With Zero, helium aimed to make a cheerful and almighty opus that volition energize anyone who hears it.

For those who can’t wait, shaper Furutani besides reminded PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Steam players that Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero is getting a escaped DLC connected January 26, the Mission 100 azygous subordinate mode (which longtime fans volition retrieve from Dragon Ball Budokai Tenakichi 3). He announced that Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 versions of the crippled volition beryllium getting the DLC astatine a aboriginal date: “please carnivore with america a small longer.”

— Bandai Namco US (@BandaiNamcoUS) January 25, 2026

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Anime

After lunch, Dragon Ball bid enforcement shaper Akio Iyoku and Son Goku VA Masako Nozawa returned to the signifier alongside VA Koichi Yamadera for different caller anime bid announcement. Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, a remake of Dragon Ball Super’s archetypal arc, is coming successful Fall 2026.

Iyoku describes Dragon Ball Super: Beerus arsenic an “enhanced mentation of the story.” The upcoming anime bid is designed to beryllium “more faithful to the archetypal manga” created by Akira Toriyama. Dragon Ball Super: Beerus volition diagnostic enhanced visuals, redrawn and recently added cuts, communicative reworks, and promises to present “even much immersive conflict scenes” than the archetypal Dragon Ball Super anime.

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus besides aims to amusement Beerus successful a much superior airy than the mischievous villain radical are utilized to. “Beerus is simply a almighty force and a almighty character, truthful I wanted to marque definite to bring that retired this time.” Iyoku explained. Beerus’s dependable histrion Yamadera added, “You deliberation helium (Beerus) is conscionable a weird uncle talking astir nutrient (…) but he’s really the God of Destruction!”

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus volition beryllium airing connected Japan’s Fuji TV successful Fall 2026, with details astir planetary organisation expected to beryllium announced soon. For now, cheque retired the trailer, below.

— Hype (@DbsHype) January 25, 2026

Despite Akira Toriyama’s passing, Dragon Ball fans person plentifulness to look guardant to implicit the adjacent 2 years. Which announcement are you astir hyped about?

Image credit: Toei Animation.

Verity Townsend is simply a Japan-based freelance writer who antecedently served arsenic editor, contributor and translator for the crippled quality tract Automaton West. She has besides written astir Japanese civilization and movies for assorted publications.