Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has finally wrapped up its Dragon Ball DAIMA DLC adaptation with the release of Adventure Through the Demon Realm Part 2. Surprisingly, DBZ: Kakarot also included an all new ending for Dragon Ball DAIMA. The Dragon Ball DAIMA anime ends with Goku and the gang stopping by a Demon Realm shop where they find multiple Evil Third Eyes casually up for sale. The reveal that there are more Tertian Oculus in the world, along with the fact the Dragon Team never actually left the Demon Realm, has had fans believing there would be a sequel series since Dragon Ball DAIMA Episode 20.
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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot adds more fuel to the fire with an extra post-credits scene taking place immediately after the Evil Third Eye plot twist. With Dragon Ball's 2026 comeback set to be announced at Dragon Ball Genkidama Matsuri on January 25, 2026, it's possible Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot just spoiled Dragon Ball DAIMA's official return with either a second season or a movie. Dragon Ball DAIMA's new ending is short, but what the DLC sets up makes a surprising amount of sense heading into a hypothetical sequel.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Sets Up Dragon Ball DAIMA 2 With a New Post-Credits Scene
Following the end of Dragon Ball DAIMA's final scene, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot immediately transitions into a new post-credits sequence where Goku reflects on how much fun it was being a kid again, and that "it would have been nice to stay a kid a little longer." Goku stresses he doesn't want to be a kid forever, "but just for a little bit sometimes." Listening in on his conversation, the Demon Realm shopkeeper sets Goku up with some Mini Bugs – Medi Bugs which can temporarily turn whoever consumes them into a child for a fixed amount of time.
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While this could very well be a scene Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot added in so that players could still control Mini Goku via gameplay, it's important to remember that Akira Toriyama personally wrote all of Dragon Ball DAIMA himself and even contributed new lore to Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot while he was still alive. It's just as likely Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is either adapting a cut scene from Dragon Ball DAIMA Episode 20 that never made it into an anime, or working off of Akira Toriyama's notes for the series.
Considering Dragon Ball DAIMA's brand is tied so specifically to the mini versions of each character – to the point of being part of the anime's marketing – it stands to reason Dragon Ball DAIMA Season 2 or a Dragon Ball DAIMA Movie would want to feature the child versions of the Z-Fighters instead of their adult counterparts. This would certainly be disappointing considering all the effort Goku and Vegeta put into getting their bodies back to normal, but it makes too much sense to ignore.
A Dragon Ball DAIMA Sequel Makes More Sense Than A Dragon Ball Super Remake
The two big rumors heading into Dragon Ball Genkidama Matsuri are that Dragon Ball will either return with a Dragon Ball DAIMA sequel or an official Dragon Ball Super remake adapting Toyotarou's manga. When it comes down to it, the former simply makes more sense. While a recent Toei DMCA on X highly suggests a Dragon Ball Super remake actually is in production, the very idea of remaking DBS from scratch so close to its original release stretches believability.
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Stranger things have happened with Dragon Ball, of course, but this means fans would have to sit through multiple seasons of story they've already seen before so much as getting to Moro. There's also the matter of Dragon Ball DAIMA being the newest, freshest anime in the franchise. Dragon Ball is a series that always likes to focus on the newest material. DAIMA also has the distinction of being personally written by Akira Toriyama, even down to the dialogue, whereas Dragon Ball Super was simply working off of Toriyma's outlines.
- Release Date
- 2024 - 2025
- Network
- Fuji TV, Kansai TV, Tokai Television Broadcasting, Fukui TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Iwate Menkoi Television, Sendai Television, SAGA TV, TNC, OHK, Ishikawa TV, Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting, TV Shizuoka, UMK TV Miyazaki, Television Shin Hiroshima System, NST, NBS, Sakuranbo TV, TSK, Ehime Broadcasting, KTS, NIB, KKT, Fukushima TV, TOS, AKT, Toyama Television, Okinawa Television Broadcasting
- Directors
- Kazuya Karasawa, Ryuta Kawahara
- Writers
- Akira Toriyama
- Franchise(s)
- Dragon Ball
Cast
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Masako NozawaSon Goku (mini) (voice) -
Koki UchiyamaGlorio (voice)
