Dragon Ball\u2019s future reportedly unclear due to \u201cextremely stressful\u201d rights dispute CrunchyrollThe Dragon Ball franchise could be in flux following the death of Akira Toriyama, as rights to the property have become tied up in a messy negotiation. Dragon Ball Daima, the latest anime show featuring Goku and his friends, arrives this October. As Akira\u2019s swansong from the iconic story he created, expectations are high. We should probably enjoy it while it lasts, because the future of the legendary Shonen appears unclear due to unresolved issues surrounding ownership, according to a new report from Weekly Tokyo Keizai. The outlet states that, per an insider at Shueisha, the Dragon Ball IP is being pulled in two different directions. Shueisha owns the rights to the original manga, but a second company called Capsule Corporation Tokyo was founded in 2023 with the explicit intention of handling Akira\u2019s works going forward. Akio Iyoku, a former editor at V Jump who led the Dragon Ball Room at Shueisha, set up Capsule Corporation Tokyo after leaving the latter. He had a close working relationship with Akira, who purportedly \u201ctrusted\u201d Akio more than anyone else at the company. But that still left Shueisha as a hurdle to any future releases, and now that Akira\u2019s gone as a negotiating partner, conversations remain ongoing. \u201cMeetings about Dragon Ball were organized very vaguely, with \u2018all relevant parties\u2019 being invited, which subtly included both Iyuko and Shueisha representatives, making the coordination extremely stressful,\u201d an unnamed insider stated. \u201cThe disputes have been ongoing and remain unresolved.\u201d In addition to Daima, we\u2019ve got the new fighting game in the franchise, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, coming October 8, 2024. It\u2019s a good year for fresh entertainment involving the Z Fighters, and it looks like we might need to relish that for the time being. We have guides on the Sparking Zero roster and who Sparking Zero should focus on to get you up to speed on the game while we wait for launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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