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The anime is currently being released way faster than the manga according to
my sources. In most cases of anime production (correct me if I'm wrong). But
there is a mangaka (in this case toriyama-sensei) who creates content for the
story called canon and releases that content via manga. Once a manga gets
licensed and published by a major studio like Funimation or Bandai it becomes
an anime, gets toys, games, t-shirts etc. But how is it that Dragon Ball Super
is actually ahead of it's own manga?


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How does Dragon Ball Super's anime release before the manga?


The reason is that this time around, the anime series is the original work,
while the manga is the adaptation.

This is of course in contrast with the original Dragon Ball series, which were
written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama and published in Weekly Shōnen Jump,
and only latter adapted into anime.

The precedence of the anime in the case of Dragon Ball Super has been widely
reported, even though the first issue of the manga was published first (June
20, July 5 the first episode of the anime). Here are some sample sources
(limited to 2 links for new user, I'll edit later)

  * [Dragon Ball Super TV Anime Gets Manga Adaptation](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-18/dragon-ball-super-tv-anime-gets-manga-adaptation/.88276) 2015-05-18
  * [Dragon Ball Super getting companion manga](http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/05/19/dragon-ball-super-getting-companion-manga) 2015-05-19
  * [DB Super getting ahead of manga?](https://www.reddit.com/r/dbz/comments/484ea1/db_super_getting_ahead_of_manga/) 2016-04

Also, the manga series is credited to Toyotarō, both story and art (see for
example
[here](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=18511)),
with Akira Toriyama credited variously with original concept/story, or as
original creator. Wikipedia goes as far as to say "Written by Akira Toriyama /
Illustrated by Toyotarō", but that seems to be an overstatement. The cover art
of chapters 1 reads: "Manga by Toyotarō. Created by Toriyama Akira".

This means that it is unlikely that the manga has any particular input from
Toriyama, other that the one that goes to the storyboard and the animation
team.


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