There is a remarkable absence of news about the continuation of Dragon ball Super manga. This is a situation that generates discomfort in all fans of the franchise De Toriyama, because the climax of this story is approaching. Although Dragon ball may never die, since this would cause very notable consequences in the industry, including in Japan.

However, although no new news has been shared about the return of the manga of Dragon ball Super, the truth is that Toyotaro, the artist in charge of the work, had an appearance at the Japan Expo 2025 in Paris, where he took the opportunity to talk about multiple themesalso revealing which is his favorite character.

Toyotaro is proud to have created Black Freezer, but this is not his favorite character

Toyotaro is proud to have created Black Freezer

The Japan Expo 2025 It was a great event in which many artists participated and interesting ads were madeas the new anime of the author of Fullmetal Alchemist, for example, or the animated Junji Ito project, for example. But it wasn’t all.

Dragon ball He was also present, by Torishimathe former editor of the work and who shared hard criticism towards attack on the Titans, and also Toyotaro, the artist of Dragon ball Super. The latter talked about several things.

Toyorao not only confirmed that he was working on an original manga, a One-Shot, which may be launched in the V-Jump in a few months. And you can see a preliminary version on the official website of the publisher. The artist acknowledged that Torishima made strong comments towards his workbut in order to improve the result.

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Toyotaro also answered questions about Dragon ball, as expected, highlighting the fact that he confirmed that he felt very proud to have created Black Freezer, because this was the definitive transformation of this iconic villain, being extremely powerful and being able to overcome all Z warriors in a simple way and in any of its forms.

It was the appearance of Black Freezer which notoriously increased fans’ expectations on the continuationbecause everything will converge in a brutal confrontation. However, Toyotaro’s favorite character is none other than Granolah.

For Volume 16 of Dragon ball Super, Toyotaro revealed that he made many changes to Granolah before Toriyama accepted him, finally. This character is extremely important, since he is the protagonist of the Granolah arch the survivor, Being the last individual of the cerelian race alive. He wanted to kill Frieza to take revenge and the HEOTERS family manipulated him.

Granolah is Toyotaro’s favorite character

All Granolah’s participation was impressive. And this survived the Mascre of the Saiyan Army under Freezeer’s orders, but was saved by Bardock. However, his resentment ended up making it vulnerable and was manipulated by the heeters, taking advantage of his intentions and using him to face Goku and Vegeta.

In the end, the boy was able to know the truth and understand what happened, which allowed him to change a little mental level. In fact, he ended up allying with Goku and Vegeta to face gas, an extraordinarily powerful villain.

However, although these three characters worked together, they were not able to overcome gas. AND It was then that Black Freezer appeared to show his new powerdestroying it in the blink of an eye, surprising the Saiyan and the readers.

Toyotaro has a lot of work ahead, because he is not only working on his own original manga, but also has the difficult task of continuing with this wonderful work that we all love and that has accompanied us for generations. AND There is a lot of expectation about it. Hopefully, soon, news about a possible return will be shared.

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Dragon ball is a franchise that has given all kinds of moments To his community of followers over four decades either in the manga or anime, although that does not mean that Toriyama at the time would leave certain characters aside, which in the end had a justification for not continuing to leave. Now, when it comes to the most iconic, on the side of the villains nobody doubts that Freezer, Cell and Boo They are at the top.

In that sense, waiting to know when the manga and anime of Dragon ball Super will return, there are many who share content of Old franchise battleswhich led many to the edge of the seat because of how exciting they were. And while all have had their more and less, One of the most iconic is Cell against Goku that ended with the latter withdrawing because he thought he could not win.

Dragon ball Z had a spectacular battle between Goku and Cell

While this ended up being true because It was Gohan who ended with Cellmany still keep in their memory the encounter between Cell and the protagonist, which has given rise to even montages or improvements. In the latter case, it can be seen that in Reddit they have shared A brief look of what would have been the battle between Goku and Cell In 4K, this being something spectacular to see and that also makes clear the enormous quality that Dragon ball already had in his time with Z:

Cell vs Goku Clash, 4k Gif Upscale
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It should be noted that there are many who ask that Dragon ball Z return with An anime remakewhich has always been questioned quite a lot because, on the one hand, Kai already exists, while on the other side The quality of the original is so good that is still seen well today. We will have to wait in any case for the anime to return with the new Dragon ball Super stories that have not yet been adapted.

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It cannot be ignored that attacking the Titans has become one of the most transcendental and important franchises of recent times, overcoming any type of barrier, even reaching people who do not usually see anime. However, It is important to note that there are people who do not share or do not agree with success and status achieved by the work of Hajime Isayama.

A good example of this, and one of Dragon ball‘s central figures, is Kazuhiko Torishima. This man is one of the oldest editors in the franchise and accompanied Toriyama for a long time. Torishima had the opportunity to share her opinion about attack on the Titanshighlighting some errors that have caused a controversy and debate.

Torishima, editor of Dragon ball, criticizes several aspects on the development of attack on the Titans

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The former Dragon ball editor pointed a problem with the history of attack on the Titans

To have context, it is important Understand that this happened during the Japan Expo 2025 event that was held in Paris some time ago. This was the perfect opportunity to advertise new projects, such as the anime of Fullmetal Alchemist’s creator, for example, or the unpublished series of Junji Ito.

Dragon ball He was also present at the event, being Kazuhiko Torishima one of the representatives. The former Dragon ball editor took the opportunity to talk and comment on different topics, including Hajime Isayama’s work.

And, at one point, Torishima was asked about his opinion of the work. However, No one expected what it would sharebecause he highlighted some problems and bad decisions that were made in the development of history and that, for him, affected his success.

In general, Torishima declared that the work failed when trying to become too complex, leaving aside entertainment and enjoyment. This happened because it was questioned On a comment that had previously related that nothing could be learned from Goku’s story.

However, Torishima remained firm in his opinion. And he had declared that in Naruto and Dragon ball, fans can experience the trip and the world through the characters. It is not just an focus on history, but rather to take the reader on a journey through these characters.

But, as we have mentioned, Torishima remained firm and declared that he kept thinking the same, because he and Toriyama did not work in Dragon ball with the intention of teaching the public. Besides, He showed that he considered that the sleeves that were made to share messages were destined to fail And he used the Titans as proof.

Attack on Titans is, for some, of the best anime of all time. But Torishima doesn’t think so. And this declares that Eren’s story was very interesting at the beginning, but He failed to captivate the attention of all spectators and readers When the anime ended because it did not turn out to be as fun as others. The editor points out that the characters are not enough to achieve the success of a work.

It is important to make it clear that Torishima did not intend to make meaningless criticism to Isayama’s work, since we can understand her way of thinking when she understands her philosophy regarding the creation of sleeves. And is that The old editor said that one of Dragon ball‘s inspirations were animated series like Tom and Jerry They were characterized by having simple plots.

For Torishima, the truly important thing is to create a series or work that is enjoyable and entertaining by all, without trying to make mistakes such as pretending to be too sophisticated or complex. Although it is also true that, Although it has not been its main objectiveDragon ball has left important lessons.

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