Released as a film in Japan earlier this year, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toryiama's Sand Land is releasing as a series on Disney+ next year.
Back in August, Toriyama's lesser known Sand Land series received its first anime adaptation in the form of a CG film, but so far it's only been available in Japan. Now, the official Sand Land Japanese Twitter account has shared that the series will get a worldwide release spring 2024, as an exclusive release on Disney+. According to the announcement, instead of a film it will be turned into a series, with new scenes not shown in the original film, as well as a story from Toriyama himself.
If you haven't heard of Sand Land before, it wouldn't be all that surprising, as it only ran for a few months in 2000. It's set during a time following years of natural disasters and wars, with no main supply of water to be found. It follows Beelzebub, the prince of demons, joining a group of humans that are trying to survive as they drive around in a tank. The series was meant to be short, as Toriyama just wanted to tell a story about a man and a tank, however he struggled with drawing the tank, though stuck with it; CG feels like it was probably a good choice of style for the movie.
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