The fact that I’d say that, when I’m not big on the flashy action-stuff, means there’s no doubt about it! Even my very first editor Torishima, who rarely ever praises me, said, “This is good!”Ībsolutely no doubt about it! …Although it won’t be any good if I say that too loudly and people end up disappointed by it, but at the very least, I’m confident that the contents are something that the fans will be able to thoroughly enjoy! Right now, I’m drawing the design illustrations for the new character and such. With regards to the contents, they told me, “Keep it a secret!” like they’re all high-and-mighty, so I can’t touch on it yet, but it should be super-duper interesting! This time will of course be a continuation of the previous Battle of Gods, but I’ve deliberately increased the amount of action scenes by a good deal.
Well, the truth is that I wasn’t planning on going that far, since it’s pretty exhausting at my age, but I got a little carried away. Just the fact that I don’t have to draw anything means I can obsess completely over the smallest bits of dialogue. Brian Drummond (Dragon Ball Z) as mall employee, real Santa, waiter, cop.
, I thought up the new story for the next Dragon Ball theatrical movie as though it were a continuation of the manga when it was in serialization. The elf attendant, vouching for ralphie and reggie, hires them as new reindeer. UPDATE: Thanks to our buddy kei17 transcribing the Japanese text for us, we are able to now provide a complete English translation of Toriyama’s comments:
As soon as we are able to obtain a copy of the magazine ourselves, we will be sure to provide a translation of Toriyama’s new comment. The movie is slated to open during Japan’s “Golden Week”, most likely sometime in early May 2015.ĭragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, the franchise’s most recent film and the first produced in 17 years, premiered on 30 March 2013 and was first announced 14 July 2012 in the 33rd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, in which Toriyama also relayed his comments.
Toriyama provides a comment discussing his involvement - and the fact that it will indeed be a brand new story to the series - but teases the events of the story are still a secret. The movie is currently still in development, with original author Akira Toriyama once again providing the original concept, writing the script, and drawing character designs. The September issue of V-Jump officially hits Japanese store shelves this Saturday ( 19 July 2014) and, as originally reported by Anime News Network, will contain a “scoop” unveiling a new Dragon Ball Z movie.