What accounts for the revival of Dragon Ball?

[Mr. Piccolo]

What accounts for the recent revival of Dragon Ball? There has been a good deal of new output lately and I am not sure why that is the case. Is it an attempt to ride the wave of '80s/‘90s nostalgia that is becoming more apparent as that generation gets older? Is Toriyama genuinely that interested in the series again? I am not complaining, just wondering what folks here think about this matter.

[B]

Haven't we been riding a decade-old revival with the Kanzenban and video games and the show finally getting consistent home video releases on most ends of the world? Dragon Ball Kai came out as a 20 year celebration of the series, so I guess there is some truth to the nostalgia thing? But then if the yearly games hadn't been coming out and keeping the series in some sort of... talking atmosphere? That's a terrible saying. "The conversation?" Basically, it's in the public's minds at the moment, so the official companies want to capitalize on it.

[sintzu]

Unlike funimation the series didn't get 7+ releases in japan so when they finished the only release they had to do something to keep the $$$ coming in

[Makaioshin]

Toriyama does seem genuinely interested in the series again but I don't think that accounts for the "revival." Yūsuke Watanabe wrote the original script for BoG and Toriyama only had to look at it. They were going to move on with the project with or without him. I think Dragon Ball Kai was the beginning of the new revival and the advertisement for that seem to be part nostalgia and part trying to sell the show to a new audience.