Shonen Jump Definitively Kills Any Hope For Dragon Ball Super's 2027 Return

Published Sep 30, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Umair is a contributor for the ScreenRant anime section. He has always been enthusiastic about pop culture. Whether it's anime, movies, TV shows, manga, manhwa, video games, or pop music, he is always tuned in. From the classic Dragon Ball to the underrated Dororo, he has a broad knowledge of the most. When he's not writing, you may find him editing on his favorite anime, movie, or pop star on his Instagram. It has been more than eight months since Toei Animation shocked Dragon Ball fans by announcing Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol. Revealed at the Dragon Ball 40th Anniversary Genkidamatsuri in January, the new anime will adapt the Galactic Patrol Prisoner arc, bringing Goku and Vegeta face-to-face with Planet-Eater Moro. After years of waiting for the anime to continue past the Tournament of Power, this was finally the announcement fans had been waiting for. Then came the awkward part: silence. Toei hasn't yet revealed a release window or shared any details about Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol since that announcement, and now Jump Festa 2027 has brought another pretty important omission. The event's Super Stage lineup has no Dragon Ball panel, while One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, and Demon Slayer all have a presence across the event. Even Goku is missing from the promotional visual, something that feels especially strange for a character who has been a fixture of Jump Festa's key visuals for years. It genuinely feels like the end of an era for Dragon Ball at Jump Festa. With the biggest Jump event of the year coming up and Dragon Ball completely missing from it, a 2027 premiere is looking much harder to see. For an anime that fans have been waiting on since the Moro Arc first ended in the manga, that's a pretty painful update. Missing Out On Jump Festa 2027 All But Kills A Next-Year Premiere For Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol What makes Dragon Ball's absence from Jump Festa 2027 even stranger is looking at the current situation with Chainsaw Man. Both properties are essentially sitting in the exact same boat: they officially announced their anime continuations earlier this year, and neither studio has dropped a confirmed release window since. Yet, Chainsaw Man effortlessly secured a highly coveted spot on the Jump Festa 2027 Super Stage, practically guaranteeing that MAPPA is preparing to drop major updates for the upcoming International Assassins storyline. That glaring contrast leaves Dragon Ball in a uniquely terrible position. With Goku completely scrubbed from the December 19-20 event's key visual and the franchise completely shut out of the stage panel lineup, the odds of The Galactic Patrol actually premiering in 2027 are practically zero. In the modern anime industry, if a massive tentpole series does not secure a Jump Festa stage to build hype for the upcoming year, a release within that twelve-month window is almost always off the table. However, there are still a few lifelines for the Dragon Ball fandom. The franchise is big enough for Toei Animation to completely bypass the Shueisha-run event and make a major announcement somewhere else. A standalone broadcast could easily reveal the first trailer for the Moro arc, just like other major franchises like One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen have used their own events for big reveals. Toei could simply keep everything secret and pull out a completely unannounced surprise when nobody expects it. A surprise Moro trailer dropping out of nowhere would certainly fit the franchise's habit of making fans lose their minds. A Polished Return To The Early Super Era Keeps The Hype Alive For Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol Right now, only the highest-ranking executives at Toei Animation and Capsule Corporation Tokyo know exactly where The Galactic Patrol stands. The Moro arc could still somehow land in 2027, or Toei could have a completely unannounced trailer waiting to crash Jump Festa 2027 and send the entire fandom into chaos. Until the studio actually says something, nobody outside the production can know for sure. What is clear, though, is that the Dragon Ball anime isn't sitting still. Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is only weeks away, giving Toei a chance to revisit some of the roughest parts of the original series with a much more polished presentation. The enhanced version brings new cuts, revised scenes, re-rendered footage, fresh dubbing, and a tighter version of the story. So even with The Galactic Patrol's release date still locked away, the franchise has plenty happening on television before Goku eventually clashes with Moro. Release Date 2015 - 2018 Network Fuji TV 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 Cast Masakazu Morita Whis (voice) Masako Nozawa Son Goku/Goku Black/Son Gohan/Son Goten (voices) Dragon Ball Super is an anime series set after Majin Buu's defeat. It follows Son Goku, now a radish farmer, as peace prevails until Beerus, the God of Destruction, appears. Seeking to challenge a legendary warrior, the series revisits events from two Dragon Ball Z films before exploring alternate universes. Writers Ryu King, Hiroshi Yamaguchi Franchise(s) Dragon Ball Main Genre Anime Seasons 1 Number of Episodes 131 Creator Akira Toriyama Streaming Service(s) Hulu, Crunchyroll Studio Toei Animation Based On Manga MyAnimeList Score 7.46