Just on the heels of a leak confirming a new Dragon Ball Super movie's existenꦏce, Toei Animation has officially revealed its plans f𒆙or a new movie coming in 2022.
Dragon Ball Super: Broly launched back in 2018, and details on Toei Animation's next projects for the series have been slim. However, just last week, Toei Animation's European branch posted the news early before its official reveal, but quickly took the 🐷announcement do🥀wn.
In today's reveal, Dragon Ball series creator Akira Toriyama shared his own special message with fans. Notably, he mentioned the inclusion of an "unexpected character" and "ch﷽arting through some unexplored territory in terms of the visual aestheti⛄cs".
As for more details, there aren't many. Toei Animation has ☂only confirmed the movie's theatrical release in Japan for next year, and Toriyama's lips are sealed for now after confirmin❀g his official involvement with the project.
The announcement comes just on the eve of thꦅe celebratory Goku Day, an unofficial holiday turned official and now recognized by Toei. While we haven't seen official movie news in years, Dragon Ball's gaming titlဣes continue to receive a string of updates.
Recently, Dragon Ball Z Kakarot added its final DLC pack, showing off🅰 Future Gohan. And at the beginning of the year, Dragon Ball Super's Toppo j𒅌oined Xenoverse 2 as a DLC charℱacter via a free update. Prior to both of those, Dragon Ball FighterZ added one of GT's biggest baddies, Super Ba𝐆by 2.