During today’s “Dragon Ball Special Panel” at New York Comic Con, various announcements were shared, including that of a brand new animated series: Dragon Ball Daima.

Moderator Monica Rial (English voice of Bulma) introduced fellow guest Ian Sinclair (English voice of Whis) to review ongoing events and updates for the video games Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 and Dragon Ball: The Breakers. The Dragon Ball Super Card Game series was also given a spotlight.

Following these updates, franchise executive producer Akio Iyoku was introduced. With Iyoku on stage, further game updates were shared, including that of the fourth Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour, which will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center next January. The Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero 4K UHD was given a quick nod, with its release in North America coming this November. The theatrical run of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods‘ extended edition from Toei and Fathom was likewise given a brief nod, coming next week in theaters across the United States.

Iyoku then transitioned to the subject of Sand Land, explaining its origin as an Akira Toriyama manga series from 2000, and that more info will be coming about the movie’s international release, but that the forthcoming game from Bandai Namco will release worldwide simultaneously.

Finally, the panel wrapped up with the debut trailer for Dragon Ball Daima, an all-new series slated for release in fall 2024 (though no more specific of a timeframe or release/broadcast platform was given):

Akira Toriyama is credited with the original work (the standard 原作 gensaku credit), story, and character designs, and was stated by Iyoku to be “deeply involved beyond his usual capacity.” In the trailer, all of the main characters are turned into child-sized versions of themselves. Iyoku noted that “Daima” is a name from Toriyama himself, and that there was a long process of different ideas before finalizing it — in fact, the title was only just decided upon a few days ago; a filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office from October 6th included the title “DRAGON BALL DAIMA” along with (a black and white version of) its logo:

Iyoku shared a written message from Akira Toriyama (transcribed below as was presented on-screen live at the panel):

Hello. I’m Akira Toriyama.

I’m currently working on a new Dragon Ball. The Title is “Dragon Ball DAIMA”.

“DAIMA” is a made-up term, which in Japanese characters would be “大魔” or in English would be something like “Evil.”

Due to a conspiracy, Goku and his friends are turned small. In order to fix things, they’ll head off to a new world! It’s a grand adventure with intense action in an unknown and mysterious world.

Since Goku has to make up for his petite size, he uses his Nyoibo (Power Pole) to fight, something not seen in a long time.

I came up with the story and settings, as well as a lot of the designs. I’m actually putting a lot more into this than usual!

Things will unfold that close in on the mysteries of the Dragon Ball world. Hope you enjoy these different-from-usual battles that are cute and powerful!!

— AKIRA TORIYAMA

The title’s characters of 大 and 魔 should be familiar to many Dragon Ball fans, with 大 (dai) regularly used for things like the Great Demon King Piccolo (ピッコロ大魔王) or Great King Enma (閻魔大王), while the 魔 (ma) is the same from 魔人 (majin).

The panel closed with a video message from Masako Nozawa encouraging a group Kamehameha.