A video commemorating the 40th anniversary of the "Dragon Ball" anime series, based on the popular manga by the late Akira Toriyama, was unveiled on January 25th at the "Dragon Ball Genkida Matsuri" event, which is being held at Makuhari Messe (Mihama Ward, Chiba City) to commemorate the 40th anniversary of "Dragon Ball."
The video was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Naoki Miyahara, known as the chief animation director for Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. The music was composed by Hans Zimmer, who has worked on numerous film scores, including Pirates of the Caribbean.
At the event, it was also announced that a new anime series, "Dragon Ball Super: Galaxy Patrol," will be produced.
The original Dragon Ball manga was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha) from 1984 to 1995, and the TV anime adaptation began in 1986. The total number of copies of the comics published worldwide exceeds 260 million.
In recent years, the Dragon Ball Super series, originally conceived by Toriyama, aired from 2015 to 2018, followed by the animated feature films Dragon Ball Super: Broly in 2018 and Dragon Ball Super: Super Heroes in 2022, both of which were hits, and the series has continued to be loved around the world for over 40 years. The all-new TV anime series Dragon Ball DAIMA, which aired from October 2024 to February 2025, also attracted a lot of attention.
