With Dragon Ball Genkidama Matsuri set to celebrate Dragon Ball' s 40th anniversary this weekend, fans are only days away from discovering if the rumored Dragon Ball Super remake will actually be a reality. The Dragon Ball Super anime has been off the air since 2018, and the Dragon Ball Super manga has been on hiatus (save for one bonus chapter) ever since Akira Toriyama passed away on March 1, 2024. Dragon Ball's return has been a long time coming, and the official voice of Goku has added more fuel to the fire about a possible remake.
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In a recent live stream, Dragon Ball's English voice actor for Goku, Sean Schemmel, officially commented on the Dragon Ball Super remake while speaking with fans. While nothing is confirmed, Schemmel's commentary heavily suggests a remake actually is happening. Schemmel said, "I don't know why they're doing a remake, I don't know the logic of it – you know, if they're going to use the voices we already did or re-record. Either way, I'm fine with whatever they want to do."
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Based on Sean Schemmel's wording, if a Dragon Ball Super remake really is in production, Funimation has not reached out to dub actors yet. The fact he's unsure whether a remake would use their original voice work on the series or have them re-record their lines says as much. To be fair, this isn't necessarily evidence against a DBS remake. Dragon Ball dubs always air and record later than their Japanese counterparts. Most recently, Dragon Ball DAIMA's English dub didn't drop until months after the series' Japanese subbed premiere.
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Toei Animation also tends to be very tight-lipped with their reveals. Just a few months ago, Toei DMCA struck an X user who posted an allegedly leaked rough draft of a Dragon Ball Super remake scene depicting the God Ritual from Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. Most fans simply thought this was holdover art from the movie or the original Dragon Ball Super anime, but the fact Toei went out of their way to take the image down lends credence to the idea a Dragon Ball Super remake is on its way in 2026.
A Dragon Ball Super Remake Means the Moro Saga Won't Come Out For Another Few Years
One thing is certain: Dragon Ball Super is bound to return in 2026. Unfortunately, if the series does return with a remake like Sean Schemmel and fans believe, this does mean the Dragon Ball Super manga's original content won't be adapted anytime soon. Naturally, a remake will likely lift from Toyotarou's manga in order to incorporate new material that never made it into the anime – like Goku using his Hakai against Zamasu, Trunks being a Kai apprentice, and Roshi helping Goku unlock Ultra Instinct. Unfortunately, five whole sagas need to be remade before a potential remake so much as touches on the manga exclusive story arcs.
The Moro Saga is the seventh arc in Dragon Ball Super, meaning the DBS remake needs to cover Battle of Gods, Resurrection F, the Tournament of Destroyers, the Goku Black Saga, the Tournament of Power, and the Broly movie. The good news is that the manga versions of these arcs are much shorter than their anime counterparts, so if the DBS Remake follows Toyotarou's lead, it won't take another 131 episodes to get to Moro. That said, it'll likely take longer than a year to adapt everything. At its earliest, a Dragon Ball Super remake won't be able to cover the Moro Saga until 2027 – and that's assuming the new anime releases in the first half of 2026. It's entirely possible Moro and Granolah don't get adapted until 2028 depending on when the DBS remake comes out.
Sean Schemmel has expressed his desire to voice the Moro Saga for years now. The Moro and Granolah Sagas feature some of the best fights, storytelling, and character development in Dragon Ball Super, and are proof that Toyotarou has what it takes to complete Dragon Ball Super himself now that he doesn't have Akira Toriyama to help him. Sadly, there's no telling when these arcs will get animated, especially since a DBS remake will have to start everything over from the very beginning.
- Release Date
- 2015 - 2018
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Showrunner
- Tatsuya Nagamine
Cast
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Masakazu MoritaWhis (voice) -
Masako NozawaSon Goku/Goku Black/Son Gohan/Son Goten (voices)
WHERE TO WATCH
- Directors
- Ryota Nakamura, Masanori Sato, Kenichi Takeshita, Takao Iwai, Hideki Hiroshima, Masato Mitsuka, Kazuya Karasawa, Ayumu Ono, Takahiro Imamura, Tatsuya Nagamine, Kôjiro Kawasaki, Kouji Ogawa
- Writers
- Ryu King, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
- Franchise(s)
- Dragon Ball
