Crunchyroll to Stream Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Anime Starting on October 11
Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it will simultaneously stream the Dragon Ball Super: Beerus television anime series in Japanese with English subtitles on October 11 in the United States, Canada, Latin America including Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
The series will begin airing on the Fuji TV channel and its affiliates on October 11 at 11:15 p.m. JST (10:15 a.m. EDT), taking over the timeslot of the One Piece anime, which aired its last episode for this year on September 27. The series will also stream on Amazon Prime Video and U-NEXT streaming services in Japan 30 minutes after its broadcast at 12:15 a.m. JST.
Netflix will also stream the series in the U.S. on October 17, and is listed to start streaming on October 14 in selected areas/countries.
The first episode will also screen in advance at the Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Special Panel at New York Comic Con on October 8.
The staff for the new anime includes:
- Composition and Direction Arrangement: Matsuto Seya
- Animation Character Design & General Animation Director: Tadayoshi Yamamuro
- Editing: Eiichi Nishimura
- Compositing Director: Yōsuke Motoki
- Music: Norihito Sumitomo
The anime will again feature Kōichi Yamadera as Beerus.
MEGATERA･ZERO performs the opening theme song "ONOGAMI," and VK Blanka performs the ending theme song "Kan Peki No Peki."
Akio Iyoku stated the work started a few years ago and is an "enhanced" edition of the Dragon Ball Super anime that features a reconstruction of the story, and includes new and redrawn cuts.
The official announcement of the anime stated:
The project features extensive new cuts, revisions to existing scenes, a complete re-rendering of all footage, newly recorded dubbing with added score and sound effects, and a full reconstruction of the story. Living up to the name ENHANCED, this edition employs the latest visual expression to deliver greater power and immersion across all scenes, especially the battle sequences. The result is an ENHANCED edition that expresses Akira Toriyama's original idea and worldbuilding more accurately, that will be broadcasted with highly satisfying quality.
The anime staff stated, "the anime Dragon Ball Super ... is set to begin anew as Dragon Ball Super: Beerus in Fall 2026."
The staff describes the story:
Several years have passed since the fierce battle against Majin Buu, and Earth has finally regained a brief moment of peace. At the same time, Beerus, the God of Destruction, awakens from his long, deep sleep. Even Kai and Supreme Kai, aware of Beerus's overwhelming power to destroy entire planets, watch his awakening with great fear… Meanwhile, Beerus hears rumors of a Saiyan who defeated Frieza—and suddenly appears before Goku.Targeted by Beerus, the strongest being in the universe, Earth is in grave danger. Thus begins an Earth-shattering cosmic battle between the God of Destruction and Goku and his allies—a conflict that will shake the entire universe.
Dragon Ball Super premiered in July 2015 and aired for 131 episodes until March 2018. Funimation and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired, and Funimation released the series on home video. Funimation debuted the English dub to its streaming service in December 2016. The English dub premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block in January 2017.
Sources: Press release, email correspondence
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