Fans of Dragon Ball, rejoice: Shenron has granted your wish. No, you won’t be able to turn Super Saiyan, but at least there is a new Dragon Ball Super anime coming. Announced during the Genkidamatsuri event, a celebration of the Dragon Ball anime’s 40th anniversary, the sequel series will pick up again with Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol.
Production on Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol is underway, Akio Iyoku, Capsule Corporation Tokyo president and executive producer of the Dragon Ball series, announced during the event. No release date was announced. Given the nature of this weekend’s announcement, it doesn’t sound like Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol will be released any time soon.
While details on the Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol anime were scant, Iyoku revealed a visual for the series, featuring Goku and Vegeta.
Dragon Ball Super is the continuation of Dragon Ball Z. It began as a series of movies, Battle of the Gods and Resurrection of F, which then evolved into a full franchise, featuring an anime and a manga written and drawn by Toyotaro, with supervision from Akira Toriyama himself. The anime ended rather abruptly in 2018, while the manga continued, delivering new and exciting story arcs, until the passing of Akira Toriyama in 2024. The status of Super was unclear, especially after the release of Dragon Ball Daima, a new anime series that was set between the end of the original and the start of Dragon Ball Super.
Now, fans of one of the most popular franchises in the world can breathe a sigh of relief, as the adventures of Goku and friends will continue. Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol will adapt the story set after the Universe Survival arc of the Dragon Ball Super anime. Son Goku and Vegeta work together with members of the Galactic Patrol, the peacekeepers of the galaxy, to take on a new enemy, Planet-Eater Moro.
It’s a relief to see the franchise keep going after Toriyama’s passing. So many people in the world grew up with Dragon Ball that it has become more of a lifelong companion than a cultural phenomenon, one that will thankfully continue.