Despite its posthumous release following this year's passing of legendary manga artist Akira Toriyama, Sand Land is still one of the many games to receive praise from the creator for how it faithfully adapts his body of work. Sand Land is the game adaptation of one of Toriyama's lesser-known works from later in his career and follows the same general story as the manga. Along with a new animated series on Hulu/Disney Plus and plans for a feature-length animated film based on the IP, Sand Land is a critical component of a multimedia push to bring the property to a wider audience, and its faithfulness to the show is one of its greatest assets.