Plot
Main article: List of Dragon Ball Super episodes
With Majin Boo defeated, peace returns to Earth. Son Goku has settled down and now works as a radish farmer to support his family. His family and friends live peaceful lives.[4] However, a new threat appears in the form of Beerus, The God of Destruction (破壊神ビルス Hakaishin Birusu) who is considered to be the most terrifying being in the entire universe. Beerus is eager to fight the legendary warrior whom he had seen in a prophecy, known as the Super Saiyan God (超 サイヤ人ゴッド Sūpā Saiya-jin Goddo).[5]
The series retells the events from the last two Dragon Ball Z films, Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F', before proceeding to tell original stories about the exploration of other universes and the reemergence of Future Trunks and a new threat to his Earth known as Goku Black (ゴクウブラック Gokū Burakku).[6]
Production
In addition to his role as series creator, Akira Toriyama is also credited for the "original story and character design concepts" of the new anime directed by Kimitoshi Chioka. Toei Animation producer Atsushi Kido previously worked on Dragon Ball Z for a brief time during the Freeza arc, while Fuji TV producer Osamu Nozaki said he has been a fan of the series since childhood. Morio Hatano, series director of Saint Seiya Omega(Episodes #1-51), joined Chioka as series director with Episode #47. Hatano previously directed Episodes #6 and #14.
Masako Nozawa reprises her roles as Son Goku, Son Gohan, and Son Goten. Most of the original cast reprise their roles as well. However, Jōji Yanami's roles as Kaiō-sama and the narrator were indefinitely taken over by Naoki Tatsuta with episode 12, so that Yanami could take medical leave. Kōichi Yamadera and Masakazu Morita also return as Beerus and Whis, respectively.
The first preview of the series aired on June 14, 2015, following episode 157 of Dragon Ball Kai. The next day, the main promotional image for Dragon Ball Super was added to its official website and unveiled two new characters, who were later revealed to be named Shanpa (シャンパ) and Vados (ヴァドス), respectively. A thirty-second trailer including the new characters was uploaded to the series' official website on June 26, 2015.
Dragon Ball Super will receive an English-language dub that will premiere on the Toonami channel in Southeast Asia and India in 2016.
Related media
The Dragon Ball Super anime is being adapted into a companion manga illustrated by artist Toyotarō, who was previously responsible for the official Resurrection 'F' manga adaptation. It began serialization in the August 2015 issue of V Jump, which was released on June 20, 2015.Shueisha began collecting the chapters into tankōbon volumes with the first published on April 4, 2016. Viz Media began posting free English translations of the manga chapters to their website on June 24, 2016,with plans for a print release in spring 2017.
The anime episodes are being released in Japanese DVD and Blu-ray sets that contain twelve episodes each. The first set was released on December 2, 2015 and the second set on March 2, 2016.
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