Episode #0535! Mike and Ajay discuss the “Dragon Ball Super: Beerus” and “Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol” anime announcements from the Genkidamatsuri event held this month, while Mike and Ken then chat live with the Kanzenshuu Patreon community about video game updates, including the “Sparking! ZERO” and “AGE 1000” announcements.
In conjunction with Dragon Ball‘s ongoing 40th anniversary celebration, a special “Genkidamatsuri” (ゲンキダマツリ) event — a portmanteau and play on Goku’s Genki-Dama attack and the Japanese word for “festival” — was held 25 January 2026 at the Makuhari Messe convention center outside of Tokyo, Japan. The event featured several “stages” with a series of special guests and major announcements:
40th Anniversary Special Video
After the introduction of Masako Nozawa and Akio Iyoku, a “40th Anniversary Special Video” was played which adapted various manga panels, Weekly Shōnen Jump cover illustrations, and other artwork from Akira Toriyama’s run of the original Dragon Ball manga, starting with the “Dragon Ball Minus” chapter from Jaco the Galactic Patrolman. The video concluded with a few slides of character designs from Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, and Dragon Ball Daima before concluding with the announcement of the new Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol animation.
The video was directed by veteran animator and illustrator Naoki Miyahara, with CG Direction by Kai Makino and 2D Animation Direction by Chikashi Kubota. Additionally, the video featured all-new, original music titled “Infinite Future” composed by Hans Zimmer and arranged by Thom Lukas — “Infinite Future” was later released for digital purchase and streaming following the event.
Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol
In conjunction with the 40th Anniversary Special Video, it was announced that the all-new Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol animated series story arc is set for production. The new animation will adapt the “Galactic Patrol Prisoner” arc from the Dragon Ball Super manga by Toyotarō, which originally ran in Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine from 2018 to 2021, directly continuing the Dragon Ball Super story after the Tournament of Power and the Dragon Ball Super: Broly theatrical film.
While a key visual showcasing Goku and Vegeta with the Galactic Patrol insignia was showcased, no further confirmations — that of a release timeframe, character designer, episode count, etc. — were revealed.
New Video Game Project “AGE 1000”
As Bandai Namco producer Masayuki Hirano was welcomed on stage, an all-new video game project tentatively titled “AGE 1000” was revealed through a new trailer:
The trailer features a new character designed by Akira Toriyama, sporting a familiar color scheme and the letters “GS” on their back. The character squares off against digital combatants in a training simulation before being confronted by another character entering the screen. As the trailer continues, the new character is seen transforming into a Super Saiyan.
It was noted that “AGE 1000” has been in the works for “6 to 7 years” counting all the pre-production and planning time through now, with heavy involvement from Akira Toriyama prior to his passing. The game is currently scheduled for release some time in 2027, with more updates to be unveiled at Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026 this April.
“AGE 1000” likely refers to the calendar year 1000 (using the “Age” system as seen in the original series itself) — a notable year, in that Age 1000 is when the main story of the now-defunct MMORPG Dragon Ball Online took place.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO producer Jun Furutani was welcomed on stage to provide an overview and update on the status of the game, originally released back in October 2024, including the first “Season Pass” of content which included characters from Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and Dragon Ball Daima. After this recap, a teaser video for forthcoming downloadable content — including characters, stages, modes, and more — was shared:
Notable playable characters given a spotlight included Super Saiyan Bardock (from Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock), Great Demon King Piccolo (from the original series), and Super #17 (from Dragon Ball GT). Among the new stages, costumes, and mode teasers, additional teases of content included: Goku and Vegeta’s team-up blast from Dragon Ball Super: Broly; Gohan in his outfit from Dragon Ball Z movie #9; the Turtle Hermit against Grandpa Gohan; Champa against Beerus; young Goku against Tao Pai-pai; Kuririn against Zangya; and Goku against Paikuhan.
A new theme song for the DLC was also announced entitled “Zero” and features the return of franchise stalwart Hironobu Kageyama, who last appeared in a mainline Dragon Ball video game back in 2010 for Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2‘s “Battle of Omega”.
A roadmap for future content was later shared, which included: the rollout for existing DLC coming to the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 editions of the game; winter and spring releases, respectively, for forthcoming free updates; and a summer timeline for new DLC rollout.
The new “Mission 100” single-player mode has since been released, featuring special conditions both for the player and their opponents — this mode is similar to what previously existed in Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! METEOR (released as “Budokai Tenkaichi 3” internationally) for the PlayStation 2 and Wii.
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus
Voice actor Koichi Yamadera (Beerus) was welcomed on stage for the final announcement of the day: Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, an enhanced cut of the first story arc from the original 2015 version of the Dragon Ball Super television series, will broadcast on Fuji TV this fall.
The trailer showcased enhanced visuals edited from the original version of the show, as well as entirely new shots:
Kōzō Shioya, best known as the voice of Majin Boo in the Dragon Ball franchise, has passed away at age 71 as reported by his agency, Aoni Production:
With regards to Kozo Shioya (71), a voice talent affiliated with our agency:
Mr. Shioya has passed away on January 20th, 2026 due to a cerebral hemorrhage. We hereby convey this sad news, having nothing but the utmost gratitude for the kindness Mr. Shioya bestowed upon us during his lifetime. As per the wishes of his bereaved family, his funeral ceremonies were conducted in the presence of only his closest relatives. As such, we ask you for your understanding for the late report.
Shioya debuted in the Dragon Ball franchise as a cowboy in episode 28 of the original Dragon Ball series in 1986, followed by several more one-off, background roles. In addition to playing Bardock’s teammate Totapo in the first Dragon Ball Z television special, one of Shioya’s larger roles came as Gurd, the time-pausing member of the Ginyu-Special Squad. Shioya’s biggest Dragon Ball role came as Majin Boo in 1994, which he continued with throughout all subsequent sequels and video games.
In an interview printed within the 2004 anime guidebook Dragon Ball: Tenka’ichi Densetsu, Shioya noted that he was told “we’d like you to do this role next,” which wound up being Majin Boo, so “instead of an audition, it was more like I was given the role as an extension of my regular work.”
Shioya commented over the years that he enjoyed performing alongside Daisuke Gōri, the original voice actor for Mr. Satan. Following Gōri’s passing a few years earlier, Shioya mentioned in a 2014 interview that he was curious who would play Mr. Satan for the final arc of Dragon Ball Kai, and that he was happy to learn that Unshō Ishizuka landed the role. Ishizuka himself later passed in 2018.
Toshio Furukawa (Piccolo’s voice actor) shared a post on Twitter:
Majin Boo… has… Back in my younger days, he was this striking big brother that would always walk alongside me to the Anime Studio. After recording lines for Dragon Ball, we would always go for a drink together, so to hear that Kōzō Shioya-san, the one everyone called our “big brother,” has passed away… he was even Yoku-chan‘s actual big brother… this is just too soon, big brother…
My deepest condolences.
Ryō Horikawa (Vegeta’s voice actor) shared a post on Twitter:
I just cannot suppress my bewilderment at the news of Mr. Kōzō Shioya’s passing. He was someone that I knew ever since I began work as a voice actor. He frequently went drinking with everyone after recording sessions. I have nothing but fun memories of him.
I pray with all my heart that he may rest in peace. 🙏
Shigeru Chiba (Pilaf’s voice actor) shared a post on Twitter:
Kōzō Shioya-san…
Big brother…
My agency informed me that big brother has passed away.
I’m just utterly shocked.
Everyone loved big Brother Kozo, he was always smiling and told everyone to call him “big brother”…
It’s just too soon!
I can’t even bring myself to pray that he may rest in peace…
I just want to see his smile again…
🙏
Voice actor Kozo Shioya-san has passed away at age 71.
There are many people that can comment on his activities as a voice actor, but I will reminisce on his life from a different point of view.
Back when we were working closely while he performed his role as Majin Boo, a request came from Ken’ichi Ogata-san and the folks at the Suguroku theatre troupe to write a script for a stage play.
When I heard that Shioya-san would be guest-starring, I immediately thought of a Dragon Ball parody called “Majin no Booemon” with a yakuza boss in the main role.
In the end, it ended up becoming a wandering gambler play in the style of Hana no Kyodai-gasa, a play that had Noppo [Takami] give it his all to perform, and he was a huge admirer of Shin Hasegawa-sensei, the highest authority when it comes to wandering gambler plays.
The now deceased Shioya-san, as expected, played “Majin no Booemon,” a role created with him in mind, amazingly hilariously. He was even better at freely switching his acting style between seriousness and lightness than I expected, the audience was really having a laugh, and my career as a scriptwriter even got a big boost because of it.
Sadly, my memories have dulled over time, and I can’t quite remember when that play was on stage, but I did remember the opening scene just now. Ken’ichi Ogata-san and Wasabi Mizuta-san appear in the main road, as a horse and a horse driver. Having discovered her talent, Ogata-san was looking after Mizuta-san.
That’s right, I just remembered. Right after that, Mizuta-san took over the role of Doraemon from Nobuyo Oyama-san. And since she took on the role in April of 2005, that means the play was on stage around 2004… that was 21 years ago, so Shioya-san was around 50 at that time.
I pray with all my heart that he may rest in peace.
Roughly every month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball (or related…!) character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his January 2026 entry, Toyotarō has drawn Commander Red:
COMMANDER RED
(Red Ribon)
It seems that Commander Red’s full name is “Red Ribon,” pronounced Rhy-Bon. But since people often mispronounced it as “Red Ribbon,” he decided to call his military force the “Red Ribbon Army.” This was something that Toriyama-sensei told me during the serialization of the Super Hero arc in the manga.
Episode #0534! Mike, Ken, and Randy return once again to “Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot” to review its eighth paid downloadable content pack, this time covering the second part of the “Dragon Ball Daima” series! After coming in so high from the first half, we wonder what the heck happened this time around, and what some of the underlying issues could have been either from the source material or the game development itself.
Bandai Namco has announced that the 2020 video game Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has now sold 10 million copies:
As part of the same trailer, following up on the previously-known “Q1 2026” timeframe, Bandai Namco has announced that the second half of the two-part Dragon Ball Daima DLC expansion for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will hit 15 January 2026 — the release date applies to all major territories, including North America and Japan.
Developed by CyberConnect2 for Bandai Namco, the action role-playing game released16 January 2020 in Japan and 17 January 2020 internationally on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam). A Nintendo Switch edition came later in September 2021.
Two complete season passes worth of content — with six individual packs in total — have come out since the game’s release. In the first season pass, the Battle of Gods and Resurrection ‘F’ DLC entries were much shorter with a focus on boss fights and level increases, while the third entry — that of Trunks’ future timeline — told a comprehensive, multi-part story. The second season pass includes entries for the original 1990 Bardock television special, the 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai, and the 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai.
This third season pass — “Daima: Adventure Through the Demon Realm” — consists of “Part 1” (originally released back in July 2025, and roughly covering the first eight episodes of the respective series), and now this “Part 2” wrapping up the series’ content.
Reviews of the base game, Trunks DLC, Bardock DLC, 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai DLC, 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai DLC, and first Daima DLC can be found on episodes #0481, #0490, #0497, #0505, #0509, and #0527, respectively, of our podcast.
Dragon Ball Daima — whose broadcast concluded back in February 2025 with 20 total episodes — was first revealed at New York Comic Con in October 2023 by way of a trailer and comment from original franchise creator Akira Toriyama. The “Daima” in the series’ title is a made-up term, though the individual kanji that make up its spelling would be 大魔; in Toriyama’s own words, …”in English would be something like ‘Evil.'” The series debuted 11 October 2024on Fuji TV in Japan (with multiple worldwide streaming options), and features an original story by series creator Akira Toriyama, character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, script/composition by Yūko Kakihara, and series co-direction by Yoshitaka Yashima and Aya Komaki.
Episode #0533! Mike chats with JP from The Space Above Us for another round of space talk! In Dragon Ball Z episode 50 filler, we see Goku do some repairs on his spaceship and need to correct course due to Dr. Brief’s coordinates tracking — is any of this realistic? Questions from the community dive deeper into the spaceship from Dragon Ball GT, destroying planets, and more… and we also take a look at an article from the Dragon Ball Official site about humans potentially surviving on Namek!
Roughly every month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball (or related…!) character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his December 2025 entry, Toyotarō has drawn the Fortuneteller Crone:
Fortuneteller Crone
She apparently started fortunetelling around 180 years before her younger brother, the Turtle Hermit, was born, meaning they’re more than 180 years apart in age… truly mysterious. Maybe I shouldn’t think that hard about it…
MSRP $69.98 — a standard edition on Blu-ray with the 20 episodes spanning four discs, including textless opening and ending themes as extras
MSRP $94.98 — a “Limited Edition” version with the same content plus “7 silver foil art cards”, “Goku x Vegeta x Piccolo sticker,” and a “silver foil rigid box with exclusive art by the character designer” (Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru)
Goku and company are living peaceful lives until they suddenly turn small due to a conspiracy! When they discover that the reason for this may lie in a world known as the Demon Realm, a mysterious young Majin named Glorio appears before them.
The American release from Crunchyroll will hit nearly a full year after the series ended its broadcast last February, and about eight months after its home video release in Japan back in July.
In addition to the Crunchyroll Store, both the the standard edition and limited edition are available for pre-order on Amazon.
Dragon Ball Daima was first revealed at New York Comic Con in October 2023 by way of a trailer and comment from original franchise creator Akira Toriyama. The “Daima” in the series’ title is a made-up term, though the individual kanji that make up its spelling would be 大魔; in Toriyama’s own words, …”in English would be something like ‘Evil.'” The series — which ran for 20 total episodes — debuted 11 October 2024on Fuji TV in Japan (with multiple worldwide streaming options), and features an original story by series creator Akira Toriyama, character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, script/composition by Yūko Kakihara, and series co-direction by Yoshitaka Yashima and Aya Komaki.
Episode #0532! Mike chats with Von about Manga Barcelona 2025, held earlier this month in Spain, where the guest list included Takashi Matsuyama (Akira Toriyama’s second assistant, and legend in his own right). Tune in for some of the best stories and tidbits to come out of the event… including what may be an unknown production tidbit?!
