How long after his passing the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being belieable?

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Re: How long after his passing the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being belieable?

Post by Alruneia » Mon Jun 08, 2026 8:35 am

I guess it's a matter of how many projects come out more than how much time passes, right? It's both, sure, but they can technically have projects that Toriyama did personally work on saved up for years and years since not much is happening in terms of new DB content right now. Personally I'd be able to believe that an eventual next movie came from Toriyama, but only one, and probably nowhere near all of it. I also think Toyotaro would be able to credit Toriyama with the ideas behind one or two more Super manga arcs, but only the basic ideas. And since Xenoverse 3 is already on its way, I doubt I'd believe any more video games would have much Toriyama involvement. All of it would get less and less believable as time goes on for sure, but I think it'll take a few more years until we're there.
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Re: How long after his passing the words "Toriyama wrote/designed/contributed" stop being belieable?

Post by Cipher » Mon Jun 08, 2026 11:44 pm

For at least another film and manga arc, it's very believable/has been strongly indicated that they were already in ideation processes with Toriyama.

Beyond that, I think it gets pretty tenuous, unless they just start applying it to previously discussed and dropped concepts, mine old sketches, etc. He wasn't exactly known to plot ahead.

At this point though, I also really think Toyotaro should just be allowed to finish out the manga on his own terms, as his own series. It's a shame that it's tied up in all this other franchise stewardship stuff, although that's how he came onto/into the series as well...

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