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Toyo Keizai Online, a website related to financial magazines oriental economic weeklyreported on July 8 that the rights Akira Toriyamaof dragon ball franchise after his death. according to Oriental EconomySince Akira Toriyama’s death, the copyright is currently pending with the publisher Shueishaformer editor Akio IkuhisaBandai Namco Everyone is discussing the future dragon ball.
Yiyu became “Dragon Ball Room“The management team is located in Shueisha In 2016, he served as the editor-in-chief of the publishing house. vertical jump Magazine. He has worked closely with Akira Toriyama since taking charge of the company. dragon ball franchise and helped complete multiple projects. However, Iyoku was later transferred to a new and different department in 2022.
oriental economic materials From Shueisha reported from Shueisha and other parties involved due to Iyoku’s failure to seek management approval before approving the project, such as sandy land Movie. Sources indicate that animation studios and TV stations sometimes have personality conflicts with Iyu. Oriental Economy It was also reported that collaborations such as the Metaverse and artificial intelligence technology, which top managers have high hopes for, are progressing slowly.
After transferring in 2022, Iyoku and Shueisha A year later, he established Capsule Co., Ltd. Tokyo with several subordinates and named it after the organization. dragon ball Universe, May 2023.
according to Oriental Economy, Shueisha Worried about losing comic copyrights dragon ball series, as Toriyama is unhappy with Iyoku’s removal in 2022 dragon ball team. Oriental Economy added Shueisha President Marue Horiuchi personally visited Toriyama’s home in Aichi Prefecture in an attempt to secure his rights, but was unsuccessful.
Bandai Namco Many successful games have been produced on this basis franchise,include Dragon Ball Z Dokan smartphone game and want to make it clear who retains the rights to the IP. The company arranged a meeting Shueisha and Iyoku (speaking on behalf of Toriyama).
this dragon ball The creator subsequently died on March 1, and in his absence the disagreements continued and the situation remained unresolved.
The article pointed out that industry executives hope to reach an agreement with Akira Toriyama’s estate management agency.
The latest anime in franchise, dragon ball malaysiawill premiere Friday night on a new late-night anime show in Japan Fuji TVstarting October 11th.
Source: Toyo Keizai (Morita Soichiro) via SupaChronicles’ X/Twitter account
