The TV Anime Series Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be broadcast on Fuji TV in the fall of 2026

[Hugo Boss]

I don't know why people are taking this in bad faith. The Moro arc adaptation is more than a year out, and as a seasonal production aiming for high quality (if Daima set a precedent), it wasn't coming any faster.

Recutting Super 2015 makes use of the gap in time while building hype without committing resources on the scale of a new production, and also gives audiences a way to prep themselves for new content given the original TV run will have ended nearly a decade ago by the time it hits. It also solves the problem of the original series just being very uninviting.

Agreed. I planned to rewatch Super with my wife as per request, considering she only watched the (Super) movies and Daima. If anything, this more streamlined version will be much easier for her to understand and more visually appealing.

[mecha3000]

I think something else people complaining about this remaster/remake are forgetting is that Battle of Gods came out 13 years ago and Super came out 11 years ago now. That is not at all recent. And unlike pretty much everyone on this forum, the average anime viewer who may not be a mega DB fan probably checked out of the series back in 2018. I mean, maybe they watched the Super movies. Maybe, they watched Daima. Key word: maybe.

So, "Super Kai" is actually needed, in my opinion. Because even though I keep hearing from people like Geekdom or similar fans who say "THIS THE FOURTH TIME WE'RE GETTING BEERUS, MAN" - That doesn't mean anything to the casual viewer. If anything, they probably need a refresher of Super's events again since it's been so long and we all know no one's clamoring to rewatch OG Super's first two arcs ever again. I remember the crew at TFS themselves saying they couldn't watch those arcs because of how bad the animation was. So, you really expect a casual to rewatch those arcs???

And the whole "FOURTH TIME WE'RE GETTING BEERUS, MAN" argument is so weird to me. Because, no, that's not true. At least, not in animated form. The manga is a different medium. By that logic, reading the Saiyan arc in the manga and then getting it in the Z anime would be "THE SECOND TIME WE'RE GETTING THIS, MAN". And no, that's not how that works. If I'm being fair, yeah, I'll admit as far as animation goes, this remake is the third time we're getting Beerus (Battle of Gods movie, OG Super, and now Super Kai). But again, I kind of think it's needed at this point. 2013 and 2015 weren't yesterday, y'know.

[BootyCheeksJohnson]

Toriyama was the one who wanted the two Z films retold in the first place. So, presumably, some of the changes in those retellings came from Toriyama. And, of course, we know that they kinda botched those retellings. When they're talking about this being closer to Toriyama's original vision or whatever, they don't mean that it's closer to his original original vision (that is the film), they mean that it's closer to his original vision for the retellings, which were meant to be properly updated versions of the story.

Think of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods like the Weekly Shonen Jump serialization of the original manga, and Dragon Ball Super: Beerus like the Tankobon release of the original manga. 2015's Dragon Ball Super was like a botched attempt at that Tankobon release, so they're doing it over. It is in that sense that Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is "closer to Toriyama's vision".

That's my read on it at least.

Do you have a link to any statements by Toriyama or some staff member from Toei/Shueishia speaking on his behalf? I've heard of Toriyama being dissatisfied with the quality of Super's early episodes (like we all were), but I've never seen anything about him wanting the movies remade.
I know that Resurrection F got a tie-in manga adaptation when it launched, but I figured that was just Shueishia trying to build hype around the movie by dumping it in V Jump.

[TechExpert2021]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is Dragon Ball Super: Beerus a remake, a remaster, or a reboot? I tend to lean myself towards either a remake or a reboot, but I'm confused about which one since none of the trailers mention "remake", making me assume this is a reboot. And I don't see Dragon Ball Super: Beerus as a remaster since I usually see remasters as digitizations of old TV shows and movies sourced from their original analog film or video tapes (enhanced versions for digitally produced TV shows and movies) with the video footage and audio remaining the same as they originally were.

[The Dark Knight]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is Dragon Ball Super: Beerus a remake, a remaster, or a reboot? I tend to lean myself towards either a remake or a reboot, but I'm confused about which one since none of the trailers mention "remake", making me assume this is a reboot. And I don't see Dragon Ball Super: Beerus as a remaster since I usually see remasters as digitizations of old TV shows and movies sourced from their original analog film or video tapes (enhanced versions for digitally produced TV shows and movies) with the video footage and audio remaining the same as they originally were.

https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_3976.html

Here's all the information you need to know. Very long story short: It's a glorified remaster, one in which they went back to the original assets and improved them where improvements where needed.

[Cipher]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is Dragon Ball Super: Beerus a remake, a remaster, or a reboot? I tend to lean myself towards either a remake or a reboot, but I'm confused about which one since none of the trailers mention "remake", making me assume this is a reboot. And I don't see Dragon Ball Super: Beerus as a remaster since I usually see remasters as digitizations of old TV shows and movies sourced from their original analog film or video tapes (enhanced versions for digitally produced TV shows and movies) with the video footage and audio remaining the same as they originally were.

Think Kai on steroids.

Original footage as a base, heavy visual adjustment, streamlined pacing, some substantial new cuts/animation to increase visual presentation and (unconfirmed rumors of) some entirely new/adjusted sequences.

Basically a very heavy recut.

[JulieYBM]

The Gundam compilation films are another good example. They reuse shots from the TV series but also include newly redone shots from scratch either for story purposes or because the original looked terrible.

The 2015 series already had light re-takes on animation, so this is just that to a greater degree.

[OmegaRockman]

In light of the news of Kozo Shioya-san's passing, I hope they don't change so much about the story that they'll need to record too many new lines for Boo. That way they can use his original recordings like they did for everyone in the Fishman Island recut. Honestly, the same goes for Tsuru-san's Bulma lines (and I'm pretty sure that was her original performance in the trailer, so maybe that's a good sign). I'm sorry if this comes off as "but what about my anime" after someone died when I don't mean it in that way. I just think that preserving the original performances of the people we've lost wherever possible, especially since this recut is in all likelihood is going to become the "definitive" version of the Super anime, is one important way the staff can honor these actors' legacies.

[JulieYBM]

In light of the news of Kozo Shioya-san's passing, I hope they don't change so much about the story that they'll need to record too many new lines for Boo. That way they can use his original recordings like they did for everyone in the Fishman Island recut. Honestly, the same goes for Tsuru-san's Bulma lines (and I'm pretty sure that was her original performance in the trailer, so maybe that's a good sign). I'm sorry if this comes off as "but what about my anime" after someone died when I don't mean it in that way. I just think that preserving the original performances of the people we've lost wherever possible, especially since this recut is in all likelihood is going to become the "definitive" version of the Super anime, is one important way the staff can honor these actors' legacies.

Given that they went through the effort of building the rest of the 2015 series around in such a way that they could just reuse Tsuru Hiromi's alternate takes for Blooma's appearances after she passed away, I imagine they will do that for Majin Buu. This feels especially true given how much Toriyama kept trying to avoid writing roles for him in the story lol.

[LoganForkHands73]

I wonder how far they're going to take this. If the rumours about each remastered arc only being six episodes are true, that won't be so bad, but I think fans will quickly lose patience with another Golden Freeza arc. The original Beerus arc still has some goodwill, since it's based on a solid enough foundation — our first glimpse into a larger realm of (lazy, petty, incompetent) gods.

The Golden Freeza arc doesn't have that luxury. It barely functioned as a film and fared even worse as a television production, and let's be honest, people are never going to like that fucking ending no matter how many ways they spin it.

Not only that, we're in a post-Black Freeza world and we've been waiting almost four years to see where that goes. Who cares about his previous "ultimate form" now? I have a sinking feeling that Toei, like Toyotaro, are gonna cut their losses and skip it this time around. People might stick around for Beerus, but Golden Freeza runs the risk of actively causing people to tune out, thus ruining the momentum for the Galactic Patrol arc. Maybe it will get one or two episodes to recap what happened so that new viewers have context for Freeza's sudden gains. If you cut out unpopular filler like Tagoma-Ginyu, Gotenks' de-fusion and Piccolo's pointless death, you can conceivably fit the whole plot into that small window.

Further down the line, we have the Future Trunks and Universe Survival arcs. People already love these arcs well enough, so on the one hand, remaking them would definitely bring viewers, but aside from condensing down some padding (which the latter arc could probably benefit from), there's not much to improve upon on a visual level. Arcs covering the events of Broly and Super Hero could be more interesting.

[JulieYBM]

I wonder how far they're going to take this. If the rumours about each remastered arc only being six episodes are true, that won't be so bad, but I think fans will quickly lose patience with another Golden Freeza arc. The original Beerus arc still has some goodwill, since it's based on a solid enough foundation — our first glimpse into a larger realm of (lazy, petty, incompetent) gods.

The Golden Freeza arc doesn't have that luxury. It barely functioned as a film and fared even worse as a television production, and let's be honest, people are never going to like that fucking ending no matter how many ways they spin it.

Not only that, we're in a post-Black Freeza world and we've been waiting almost four years to see where that goes. Who cares about his previous "ultimate form" now? I have a sinking feeling that Toei, like Toyotaro, are gonna cut their losses and skip it this time around. People might stick around for Beerus, but Golden Freeza runs the risk of actively causing people to tune out, thus ruining the momentum for the Galactic Patrol arc. Maybe it will get one or two episodes to recap what happened so that new viewers have context for Freeza's sudden gains. If you cut out unpopular filler like Tagoma-Ginyu, Gotenks' de-fusion and Piccolo's pointless death, you can conceivably fit the whole plot into that small window.

Further down the line, we have the Future Trunks and Universe Survival arcs. People already love these arcs well enough, so on the one hand, remaking them would definitely bring viewers, but aside from condensing down some padding (which the latter arc could probably benefit from), there's not much to improve upon on a visual level. Arcs covering the events of Broly and Super Hero could be more interesting.

Ajay says that there are more substantial changes as the series goes on, so if someone who actually knows how to direct and has good animators on hand can oversee the Golden Freeza arc's enhanced version, we might just be in store for a version of that story that doesn't suck lol.

We don't know what format the post-Golden Freeza stuff is going to take yet, though. I doubt the production staff know, either.

[Caulifor]

I'm 99% sure it won't happen, but I just wish they'd animate Jaco the Galactic Patrolman at this point. Preferably before the Golden Freeza redo. I feel like introducing Jaco as a character before that arc should be one of their priorities. I'd even settle for a super quick recap from Bulma to the gang, honestly. Just... SOMETHING, you know? Take this opportunity to turn this into THE definitive modern Dragon Ball story.

[Vegard Aune]

I doubt the recut can really make Resurrection F good, but despite that, it still absolutely should be there. It is still the debut of Super Saiyan Blue, and of Whis's time rewind powers (Though, I think the only time after RF that thing was even used was one anime-original beat in the Future Trunks arc where Whis undid Zamasu killing Gowasu? Which might not be there anymore if they're adjusting things to be more true to Toriyama's notes, as the mystery aspect seems to have been largely Toei?), and it does end up being a stepping stone in Freeza's arc later. Toyotaro had to either use flashbacks or text boxes on multiple occasions to bring in necessary context that he had previously skipped.

...If it's only going to be six episodes though, at least it'll be brief? And if we're lucky maybe we'll at least get some interesting action this time around? Episode 24 is obviously getting a drastic overhaul, like, there's no way it isn't.

[LoganForkHands73]

Ajay says that there are more substantial changes as the series goes on, so if someone who actually knows how to direct and has good animators on hand can oversee the Golden Freeza arc's enhanced version, we might just be in store for a version of that story that doesn't suck lol.

We don't know what format the post-Golden Freeza stuff is going to take yet, though. I doubt the production staff know, either.

Many fans simply refuse to forgive the fact that Vegeta did not get to kill Freeza at the end, and that compromises the entire plot for them. I'm personally not bothered at this point, but Toei have a chance to do something extremely rogue and people-pleasing by simply changing the ending: Freeza still destroys Earth, but Vegeta miraculously gets out of the blast zone just in time for Whis to save everyone, rewind time, and allow Vegeta to finish what he started. Yeah, it would fly in the face of Toriyama's wishes, which is usually a big no-no, but this is may be one rare occasion where fans' need for gratification might win out. I'm sure there are plenty of creatives in Toei that aren't particularly fond of the ending, either.

The potential for minor or significant tweaks to these arcs is what's piquing my interest. Can't lie, the prospect of Goku using Super Saiyan 4 and Vegeta using Super Saiyan 3 Ultra Vegeta 1 against Beerus is appealing, but who knows if they're willing to go that far.

I doubt the recut can really make Resurrection F good, but despite that, it still absolutely should be there. It is still the debut of Super Saiyan Blue, and of Whis's time rewind powers (Though, I think the only time after RF that thing was even used was one anime-original beat in the Future Trunks arc where Whis undid Zamasu killing Gowasu? Which might not be there anymore if they're adjusting things to be more true to Toriyama's notes, as the mystery aspect seems to have been largely Toei?), and it does end up being a stepping stone in Freeza's arc later. Toyotaro had to either use flashbacks or text boxes on multiple occasions to bring in necessary context that he had previously skipped.

...If it's only going to be six episodes though, at least it'll be brief? And if we're lucky maybe we'll at least get some interesting action this time around? Episode 24 is obviously getting a drastic overhaul, like, there's no way it isn't.

There's an argument to be made that if they can't make this fundamentally broken story work, then genuinely, why bother? Why just continue making shit for the sake of completionism if everyone knows it's gonna be shit?

There are essentially four major beats that continue to be relevant after this arc:

1. Freeza's underlings use the Dragon Balls to restore him to life and he immediately went to Earth to get revenge on the Saiyans with a powerful new transformation; with his second death, the remains of his once-mighty empire crumble into the sea.
2. Goku and Vegeta trained with Beerus and Whis to reach Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan.
3. Jaco and the Galactic Patrol are a thing (though as Caulifor suggested, an adaptation of Jaco's debut manga beforehand would be a far better way of reintroducing the character).
4. Whis can rewind time.

All of this can be covered, or at least established, in the span of one or two condensed recap episodes.

[IntangibleFancy]

Not only that, we're in a post-Black Freeza world and we've been waiting almost four years to see where that goes. Who cares about his previous "ultimate form" now? I have a sinking feeling that Toei, like Toyotaro, are gonna cut their losses and skip it this time around. People might stick around for Beerus, but Golden Freeza runs the risk of actively causing people to tune out, thus ruining the momentum for the Galactic Patrol arc. Maybe it will get one or two episodes to recap what happened so that new viewers have context for Freeza's sudden gains. If you cut out unpopular filler like Tagoma-Ginyu, Gotenks' de-fusion and Piccolo's pointless death, you can conceivably fit the whole plot into that small window.

I was hoping the same thing. Battle of Gods was a solid movie, and the only real problem it had in the anime (besides being a needless rehash) was its animation and art direction. ROF's anime adaption was even worse than BOG's, but its problems run way deeper than just bad animation. I don't see them skipping it, but I wish they would.

Ajay says that there are more substantial changes as the series goes on, so if someone who actually knows how to direct and has good animators on hand can oversee the Golden Freeza arc's enhanced version, we might just be in store for a version of that story that doesn't suck lol.

Wait really? I thought all he said was that there'd be light manga elements like Goku's image training. That's good news.

On a related note, I'm curious to see what they plan to do in terms of manga references after RoF is done. I saw some theories on twitter about them nixing Goku absorbing God, and they added the SSG smoke from the manga instead of what they did in the anime and movie, but I think that's it for BOG right? From U6/U7 onwards the differences get wider and wider.

[JulieYBM]

Many fans simply refuse to forgive the fact that Vegeta did not get to kill Freeza at the end, and that compromises the entire plot for them. I'm personally not bothered at this point, but I think the animators have a chance to do something extremely rogue and people-pleasing by simply changing the ending: Freeza still destroys Earth, but Vegeta miraculously gets out of the blast zone just in time for Whis to save everyone, rewind time, and allow Vegeta to finish what he started. Yeah, it would fly in the face of Toriyama's wishes, which is usually a big no-no, but this is may be one rare occasion where fans' need for gratification might win out. I'm sure there are plenty of creatives in Toei that aren't particularly fond of the ending, either.

The potential for minor or significant tweaks to these arcs is what's piquing my interest. Can't lie, the prospect of Goku using Super Saiyan 4 and Vegeta using Super Saiyan 3 Ultra Vegeta 1 against Beerus is appealing, but who knows if they're willing to go that far.

Vegeta killing Freeza at the end of the Golden Freeza arc really only works if there is a character arc for Vegeta in that story arc, which as-is, there is not really such a thing. The Golden Freeza arc is a Gokuu story first-and-foremost, so unless there was an idea for a Vegeta arc that got dropped somewhere, we're kind of fucked lol. The choral track used in the movie for Gokuu's big, last Kamehame-Ha is also so fucking hilarious, which I'm not even sure was intentional or not.

Wait really? I thought all he said was that there'd be light manga elements like Goku's image training. That's good news.

On a related note, I'm curious to see what they plan to do in terms of manga references after RoF is done. I saw some theories on twitter about them nixing Goku absorbing God, and they added the SSG smoke from the manga instead of what they did in the anime and movie, but I think that's it for BOG right? From U6/U7 onwards the differences get wider and wider.

That's my understanding, at least. I have a whole list of changes I would make to the story but nobody's coming to some nobody lady out in the hellscape that is the United States to get her opinion lol

I'm curious as to what changes will be made to pretty much every arc of this project.

[Cipher]

If they're doing whole new cuts, it's honestly not unthinkable that they just go ham on one or two episodes to redo chunks of the battle for "F"—both for better visuals and to align with the manga's lack of God absorption if taking that route (SSG Goku vs. Freeza?).

I don't know that they would, but it doesn't seem impossible.

Could lend some spectacle/interest to an otherwise unappealing arc.

We'll probably have a better indication when we see how radical changes to the first arc are or aren't.

Even an entire episode or two essentially redone per arc is a smaller production commitment than an entire remake; a year of lead-in combined with the reuse of base footage might put things like that in scope. And with action, it's the kind of thing where even a new five to ten minutes could radically change the presentation/mid-fight plot points.

I've seen other people suggest that the adaptation of Kale ringing out half the ToP in the manga could also be used to streamline that arc, and indeed, that's something you could work in with a single flashy, though relatively brief, new sequence, for big pacing/episode-count payoff. We might see some smart, targeted placement of entirely new cuts like that for big enough results.

[JulieYBM]

At worst, Kale ringing out a handful of characters could be done with still frames or harmony cels. Heck, there could just be a music montage of shots reused from the 2025 series. They can literally do whatever they want.

[mecha3000]

So, this applies to both the remake and new arcs, but are the episode titles going to be similar to OG Super or Daima's? Basically, will episode 1 of the remake be called "Prelude to Battle! The Coming of Beerus!" or just "Beerus"?

[DBZ Macky]

So, this applies to both the remake and new arcs, but are the episode titles going to be similar to OG Super or Daima's? Basically, will episode 1 of the remake be called "Prelude to Battle! The Coming of Beerus!" or just "Beerus"?

The Daima titles were a special case with each of them containing one of 20 dakuten from what I understand. I think the episode titles for NuDBS are going to be new ones but still along the lines of "An expected disappointment? Piccolo forgets he can regenerate and dies again for no fucking reason saving Gohan!"

I've seen other people suggest that the adaptation of Kale ringing out half the ToP in the manga could also be used to streamline that arc, and indeed, that's something you could work in with a single flashy, though relatively brief, new sequence, for big pacing/episode-count payoff. We might see some smart, targeted placement of entirely new cuts like that for big enough results.

I wouldn't mind even if they extended the fights for some of the side characters because just ringing them out like that was a waste of good designs (well some of them were good at least). I personally feel they should just make a DBZ abridged brainrot youtube shorts-esque retelling of the RoF arc in a single episode maybe with some gameplay footage of Subway Surfers or something on the side of the screen and expand on the Goku Black and Universe Survival arcs instead.