Can, but so far nothing. We keep seeing this narrative about Toyo taking more control for years and it hasn't happened yet and in fact, the Dragon Room is the one who seems to be getting more control overall. And so far, the only idea we have seen that Toriyama have used is bringing Super Saiyan God back.Michsi wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 5:30 amHeroR wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 5:02 am
And Shueisha have shown that they don't care if the anime and manga are different. If they did, the manga and anime would have been more united years ago. That and on a whole, Shueisha only really seems to care about the anime given how almost nothing from the manga is used outside of small nod like skirtless Hit, Super Saiyan God Vegeta (although that only became mainstream when Broly did it), and the Gamma Flash. Other than that, none of Toyo's extend Blue forms ever got marketing, every version of Black is based on his anime counterpart, the same with Merged Zamasu, and Jiren.
So far, Toyo hasn't decided the direction of anything. He just made a few designs. And there is nothing wrong with Toyo doing his own thing, especially when Toriyama told him years ago to be more creative. The anime also did its own thing with its breather episodes and stuff like Copy Vegeta, which Toyo completely ignored.
Yes, and that can change. It all started with "oh Toyotaro is just the artist" to "oh hey, he is coming up with ideas and Toriyama is using them" to "hey, he is designing characters now ". He is been called Toriyama's successor a few times, that already puts him above the position of a mere artist that only draws what he is being told.
Allowing the anime staff the freedom to change stuff is one thing- as I have already mentioned- but an entire arc appearing in the manga and getting completely ignored by the anime is unprecedented and, considering previous experience, highly unlikely.
And yes, DB is one of Shueisha's biggest properties, so I'd never say they don't care what is being done with their titles. I go back to the FighterZ example- things point to them being very careful about this.
It isn't when it it isn't from Toriyama. Just like the manga didn't adapt any of the anime's breather episodes. This isn't the days of Dragon Ball where the manga was the main source with the anime being the adaptation.
My point about Shueisha is that they don't really care about the manga all that much since they don't really used anything from the manga. Almost everyone came from the anime.