New Dragon Ball Anime Announced

A new Dragon Ball anime has been green-lit. The new series will be based upon the Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock spin-off manga and will tell more of the history of Son Goku’s father the legendary Saiyan known as Bardock.

The spin-off manga was serialised back in August in the V Jump magazine and ran for 3 chapters. It is unknown what the difference between this  new anime series and the previous Dragon Ball: Bardock, the Father of Goku, OVA special will be as of posting.

The new series is set to premiere in Japan at the Jump Festa event on the 17th and 18th of December, 2011. What do you think of the super saiyan news? Let us know in the shoutbox and comments section.

Luke Halliday
Luke Halliday
Senior Editor & Anime Specialist