Leading Japanese animation house Toei Animation has announced that a new “Dragon Ball Super” movie is coming in 2022.
The new film is the second based on the 2015 debuting sequel manga and anime to the original “Dragon Ball” franchise. The first film based on the new era, “Dragon Ball Super Broly,” pulled in $120 million worldwide in late 2018/2019.
Based on a comic by Toriyama Akira that debuted in the “Weekly Shonen Jump” magazine in 1984 and has sold 260 million paperback copies worldwide, the “Dragon Ball” franchise has long been a money spinner for Toei, with TV anime, films, games and merchandise in the mix.
In a statement, creator Toriyama Akira says he is “heavily leading the story and dialogue production for another amazing film… We’ll be charting through some unexplored territory in terms of the visual aesthetics to give the audience an amazing ride.”
Source: Toei Animation
