Sonic Team honored the inheritance of Dragon Ballon Creator Akira Toriyama with his latest video game, Racing Sonic: Crossworlds. Before the official release of the game, Sega unveiled an official article in play based on one of the many Toriyama anime mascots.
Recently, the official X (formerly Twitter) account of SEGA presented several fixed images of the new game. The company also revealed that it collaborates with 16 large companies and brands for digital stickers which can be used to customize the vehicles of the players. As the user X @SmugstickDB noted, one of these stickers represents the official mascot of Toriyama for V-Saut – the magazine that serializes the Dragon Ball Super Manga series. Many other stickers have logos for popular brands such as Hi-chew, Beyblade X, Alienware and Air Asia, among others. Notably, V-Sautis the only one based on a prominent manga publication.
Sega’s Sonic Racing: Crossworlds honors Akira Toriyama by Dragon Ball in the new Reveal design
As the title suggests, Sonic Racing Crossworlds is a very ambitious title which presents characters of many fictitious universes. Including the planned DLC, the game will include more than 50 playable characters, including Steve de MinecraftSpongebob and Patrick of SpongeBob SquarepantsPAC-Man and Ichiban Kusaga of Yakuza. While Dragon Ballon is not one of the franchises included, Sonic Team incorporates the world of anime to some extent. During the summer Game Fest 2025, Joker de Character and Hatsune Miku were officially revealed as playable characters in the Crossworlds list.
The inclusion of the sonic team of V-Saut The logo (which looks like a dragon) seems to be a loving tribute to one of the most loved creators in Japan. Akira Toriyama, who died of a subdural hemotome in March 2024, entered the manga scene with a single blow entitled Shitty island In 1978. On November 20, 1984, his favorite masterpiece of fans, Dragon Ballonmade his debut in Weekly Shonen jump review. More than four decades later, the series has become a global multimedia phenomenon. Animation toei, the same company behind One piece And Marine Moonreleased his first Dragon Ballon Serial adaptation in February 1986.
In addition to a long list of anime payments, the Dragon Ballon The franchise also has a prolific range of video game adaptations to its assets. The most recent, Dragon Ball Proubing! Zerois a continuation of the very popular Budokai Tenkaichi Series of games. After the format of previous entries, players can assume the role of more than 180 Dragon Ballon Characters and compete in various gameplay modes. In February 2025, Sparking! Zero sold more than five million copies worldwide. Since the initial outing of the game, the developer Spike Chunsoft has deployed additional DLC content that extends the list with new characters and power forms from Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and the autonomous anime series, Daima Dragon Daima.
Racing Sonic: Crossworlds will be published on September 25 for various platforms, including PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S. Dragon Ballon,, Dragon Ball Z And Dragon Ball Super are available in English from Viz Media.