On October 6th, the event "Dragon Ball Daimatsuri" commemorating the 40th anniversary of the popular manga "Dragon Ball" by the late Akira Toriyama was held at Tokyo Big Sight (Koto-ku, Tokyo), where the world premiere of the completely new anime series "Dragon Ball DAIMA" was held. At the world's first screening of "Dragon Ball DAIMA", voice actress Masako Nozawa, who has played the main character Son Goku for about 38 years since the TV anime "Dragon Ball" began in 1986, said, "I'm looking forward to seeing what happens. I feel the same as everyone else. I'm happy and excited!"
In the new work, Goku (mini) and Kaiōshin (mini), who have become small due to a "conspiracy", go on an adventure in the Great Demon Realm with new characters Glorio and Panji. Executive producer Akio Ino said about the new work, "The original manga doesn't come first. I think there will be a lot of surprises. There are a lot of things prepared, so I hope you will watch it. I hope you will think that everything you expect is included."
Producer Ino said, "There are still many things to think about and I want to continue working hard with Nozawa-san on the future development of the Dragon Ball series."
The world premiere was attended by Yumiko Kobayashi, who plays Kaiōshin (mini), Kouki Uchiyama, who plays Glorio, Fairouz Ai, who plays Panji, the singer-songwriter unit C&K, who will be performing the opening theme "Jaka☆Ja~n Zedd feat. C&K," and AI, who will be performing the ending theme "NAKAMA."
"Dragon Ball DAIMA" is an anime commemorating the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball. The story, character design, and settings were handled by Toriyama, the original author who passed away in March this year due to acute subdural hematoma. This is the first new anime series in about six years since Dragon Ball Super, which ended its broadcast in March 2018. It will be broadcast from October 11th in Fuji TV's new anime slot at 11:40 pm every Friday.
"Dragon Ball" is a popular work that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) from 1984 to 1995, with a total of approximately 260 million copies of the comics in print. The TV anime series was broadcast from February 1986 to April 1989, "Dragon Ball" from April 1989 to January 1996, and "Dragon Ball GT" from February 1996 to November 1997. "Dragon Ball Super," a completely new original story created by Toriyama, aired from July 2015 to March 2018.
