In some of the most stunning news heard in recent memory within the Dragon Ball community, Akira Toriyama has finally unveiled the villain of the upcoming Dragon Ball Super film, and it’s fan-favorite Legendary Super Saiyan Broly. Incidentally the film’s final title is also revealed as “Dragon Ball Super: Broly” which is scheduled for a Japanese release of December 14, 2018 and a global release scheduled for the same day. Toriyama’s comments on the decision to reboot the Broly character into canon can be seen below along with the official poster for the film:

Akira Toriyama on Broly being rewritten:

“Everyone, do you know who Broly is?

He appeared only in past anime films, and is a ridiculously strong Saiyan. I am told I only drew his design; at that time I was mostly uninvolved with the anime, and so I completely forgot the details.

Even now it seems Broly is still very popular not just in Japan, but overseas as well, and because of that, the supervisors suggested, “Why don’t we make the movie about Broly this time?”

At that time I was shown the film, and I felt that it would become really interesting depending on how it’s arranged, so we started talking immediately about including [Broly] into the Dragon Ball Superseries.

In order to not disappoint Broly fans, I was conscious of Broly’s past image, while also giving him new aspects, and I think he ended up as a fascinating Broly.

Of course, the film won’t just show amazing battles — it will also show what kind of fate Goku, Vegeta, and Broly will follow when they meet; how the Frieza Army is connected; and the history of the Saiyans — the content of the film is dramatic and has a huge scale.

That greatest Saiyan, Broly, appears!
There will be lots of other content that will be included for all the fans, so please look forward to it and wait a little longer until it is complete!!”