Toyo Keizai: Dragon Ball Rights Are Unresolved After Akira Toriyama's Death

Toyo Keizai Online, the website tied to the finance magazine Weekly Toyo Keizai, reported on July 8 about the rights to Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball franchise following his death.

According to Toyo Keizai, the rights are currently up in the air since Toriyama’s death, and publisher Shueisha, former editor Akio Iyoku, and Bandai Namco were all in discussions over the future of Dragon Ball.

According to Toyo Keizai, Shueisha became concerned it would lose the manga rights for the Dragon Ball series as Toriyama was unhappy with Iyoku’s 2022 removal from the Dragon Ball team.