Last year marked the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball, and looking ahead, there are big plans to continue the franchise across anime and video games. The Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri event showcased several of these projects over the weekend, and one of the exciting reveals was a brand-new video game codenamed Age 1,000.
In case you missed it, here’s a closer look at how the future of Dragon Ball is shaping up.
Dragon Ball; Age 1,000
An official title will be announced at a later date, but a teaser trailer hinted that the next Dragon Ball adventure will take place centuries after the prime timelines of Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super. The game’s platforms have not yet been divulged.
Age 1,000 started development several years ago, and late Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama helped design new characters for the project. Toriyama also contributed to the game’s worldbuilding, and the trailer briefly featured a mysterious warrior with grey hair and Saiyan heritage who transforms into a Super Saiyan by the end of the video. More details on Age 1,000 will be revealed during the Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026 on April 18-19.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero! is getting more DLC
The already massive roster of Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero! is set to grow further, as more playable characters are on the way. Out later this year, players can step into the boots of Super Android 17, Legendary Super Saiyan Bardick, and Demon King Piccolo, and the upcoming DLC will also include new super attacks for Goku and Vegeta, new stages, even more costumes to accessorize your favorite characters with, and new modes to try out. Hironobu Kageyama–who has produced several hit Dragon Ball Z tunes–has also composed a new theme tune just for the DLC. Free DLC for the game is also being released on January 26.
Hans Zimmer has also made a Dragon Ball theme
And it slaps. Called “Infinite Future,” it debuted during the Dragon Ball celebrations over the weekend and was created for the Dragon Ball 40th Anniversary Special Video, which showcased a highlight reel of the manga’s greatest moments.
The next Dragon Ball anime heads to the stars
A new Dragon Ball Super anime series is in development, and it’ll be adapting several arcs from the Dragon Ball Super manga by Toyotarou. Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol adapts the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Arc that introduced a new villain, Moro, and it’ll debut in 2027.
The God of Destruction is getting an anime overhaul
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus was an odd–but welcome–announcement. Back in 2013, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods was released in theaters and introduced Beerus, the God of Destruction, to the Dragon Ball mythos. The storyline was later retold as the first arc of Dragon Ball Super, but it was heavily criticized at the time for its subpar animation. Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is a remake of that storyline scheduled to arrive in Q3 2026, and it aims to be more faithful to Toriyama’s original manga. Described as an “enhanced” edition of the story, it’ll feature brand-new animations, editing, narrative changes, and “immersive” battle scenes.
The other big change is that it’ll portray Beerus in a more serious light, rather than the goofball, food-obsessed deity with a short temper that appeared in the anime series.
