Crunchyroll will stream the highly anticipated Dragon Ball Daima anime series on October 11, coinciding with its Japanese premiere. The subtitled version will be accessible in regions such as the United States, Canada, Latin America (including Brazil), Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
In Japan, the anime will air on Fuji TV as part of a new anime programming block on Fridays at 11:40 p.m. JST (10:40 a.m. EDT). Notably, the first episode will have an extended runtime of 10 extra minutes. Ahead of the official release, the world premiere will take place on October 6 during a special event, “Dragon Ball Daimatsuri,” at Tokyo Big Sight. The Daima event marks the 40th anniversary of the Dragon Ball franchise and will feature three screenings of the first episode at 10:00 a.m., 2:15 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. Cast members will attend the first two screenings. This event is free but requires winning a ticket lottery for entry.
Masako Nozawa is returning to voice Son Goku. The other cast members include:
- Yumiko Kobayashi as Supreme Kai (Mini)
- Kōki Uchiyama as Glorio
- Fairouz Ai as Panzy
- Showtaro Morikubo as Gomah
- Junya Enoki as Degesu
- Yōko Hikasa as Dr. Arinsu
Yoshitaka Yashima (animation director on Dragon Ball Super, Digimon franchise) and Aya Komaki (One Piece series director, episode director on Marie & Gali) are serving as series directors, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (Dragon Ball Z, Digimon franchise) is adapting the late Akira Toriyama’s character designs for animation, and Yuuko Kakihara (Digimon Adventure tri. films, 2022 Urusei Yatsura, Cells at Work!) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Franchise creator Akira Toriyama is credited for the new anime’s story and character designs.
Zedd feat. C&K. (CLIEVY and KEEN) are performing the opening theme song “Jaka Jaan.” ZEDD feat. Ai are performing the ending theme song “Nakama” (Companions), which Zedd composed specifically for the anime. Singer-songwriter Ai wrote the ending theme song’s lyrics. In the series, Goku, Vegeta, Bulma and other characters throughout the series become younger than usual. However, this is different from a similar plotline in the Dragon Ball GT anime, in which Goku reverts back into a kid after the end of the original series. Although the title “Daima” does not mean anything, the kanji could be interpreted as “Evil” in English.
The Dragon Ball Super television anime series 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. The Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero anime film opened in Japan in June 2022, and that August in the United States. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures screened the film in theaters worldwide.
