Japanese rights holders of the Dragon Ball character have denied approving the construction of a Dragon Ball-themed park in the Paris region. Toei Animation, a key rights holder, stated in a Japanese-language statement that no company or entity holding rights to the Dragon Ball property has given permission for the project. The company also said it is not aware of any plans to build such a park in France, emphasizing that the visual materials shown in recent reports were from a different project in Saudi Arabia. The idea for the Paris theme park reportedly came from a conversation between French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in December 2024. During their meeting in Riyadh, the two leaders expressed a shared interest in manga, particularly Dragon Ball Z. The project, which is expected to cost six billion euros, would be built in Cergy-Pontoise, a city 35 kilometers northwest of Paris. Local officials, including Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region, said they had been working on the project for 18 months. The Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC), a firm owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, said it had been in talks with major international brands that hold Dragon Ball rights. However, several Japanese companies, including Bandai Namco Entertainment and Shueisha—the publisher of the Dragon Ball manga—have not confirmed their involvement in the French project. Bandai Namco declined to comment, while Shueisha stated it had no connection to the Paris theme park. Toei Animation clarified that the images and videos used in media reports about the French park were originally released by QIC in March 2024 to promote a different Dragon Ball-themed park planned for Qiddiya City in Saudi Arabia. The company reiterated that the French project has no connection to the Saudi one. At the time of the initial announcement, Macron said the Paris park would create 22,000 direct jobs, though the project’s future remains uncertain without the approval of key rights holders.