"Dragon Ball Daima" Crunchyroll Home Release Thread

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

So as far as I can see there's still no word on a UK Blu-ray release for Daima.

It's frustrating because the dub still isn't available on streaming here either. Seems we always have to get screwed over by rights issues.

I remember Manga UK taking forever to announce Super's home release too, which had also been late coming to streaming, and took even longer to include the dub.

I always like to support the official release, but these companies sure as hell don't make it easy.

I wonder if Crunchyroll left it too late to announce a UK release now that Dragon Ball Super is returning. That said we still have at least a year before we get into actual new material, but I still think theres a chance the retellings could be good and be able to compete with a Daima home release.

[90sDBZ]

I wonder if Crunchyroll left it too late to announce a UK release now that Dragon Ball Super is returning. That said we still have at least a year before we get into actual new material, but I still think theres a chance the retellings could be good and be able to compete with a Daima home release.

Perhaps, although I'd personally still like to see Daima get released first.

Knowing Toei, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the UK/Ireland have to wait longer for a home release of the new Super stuff than other territories. It wouldn't surprise me if Netflix and/or Crunchyroll UK only get the sub again too.

At this point I'm curious if the US Daima Blu-ray will be region locked. If not then I'd probably import it, rather than wait forever in the hopes of a UK release.

[sangofe]

I wonder if Crunchyroll left it too late to announce a UK release now that Dragon Ball Super is returning. That said we still have at least a year before we get into actual new material, but I still think theres a chance the retellings could be good and be able to compete with a Daima home release.

Perhaps, although I'd personally still like to see Daima get released first.

Knowing Toei, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the UK/Ireland have to wait longer for a home release of the new Super stuff than other territories. It wouldn't surprise me if Netflix and/or Crunchyroll UK only get the sub again too.

At this point I'm curious if the US Daima Blu-ray will be region locked. If not then I'd probably import it, rather than wait forever in the hopes of a UK release.

What's worse is that there's radio silence about an eventual french daima dub..

[The Tori-bot]

At this point I'm curious if the US Daima Blu-ray will be region locked. If not then I'd probably import it, rather than wait forever in the hopes of a UK release.

Crunchyroll's Daima Blu-ray is coded Regions A & B, so if you’re in the UK, feel free to import!

[90sDBZ]

At this point I'm curious if the US Daima Blu-ray will be region locked. If not then I'd probably import it, rather than wait forever in the hopes of a UK release.

Crunchyroll's Daima Blu-ray is coded Regions A & B, so if you’re in the UK, feel free to import!

Good to know. Thanks!

[mecha3000]

I just realized that with Super returning with the remake/remaster and the Moro arc (and beyond, I'm sure), the Super home release thread I started will be relevant again. I just wonder if it makes sense to make a new Super home release thread to differentiate the remake/remaster from OG Super or just continue on with the thread I already made. I guess, when I think about it, continuing on from the existing thread probably makes the most sense considering the Super remake/remaster will be released in arcs like "Super: Beerus" and "Super: Freeza". So, definitely not warranting of making a whole new thread for one arc each.

[LostTimeLord]

I just wonder if it makes sense to make a new Super home release thread to differentiate the remake/remaster from OG Super or just continue on with the thread I already made.

If it were me, I'd make a new thread for Dragon Ball Super (2026-) because it will presumably be a new line of releases independent to the 2015 series. In which case, the Part 1-10 sets will only be as relevant as Crunchyroll's other Dragon Ball releases.

[mecha3000]

Uh-oh. Looks like, as of this posting, Daima's physical releases are no longer listed for next week anymore. I really hope this doesn't mean they're cancelling the release. I imagine that probably won't happen since it took so much effort to work on the release and pre-orders have already been made, but still, I'm kind of worried. Honestly, I feel like there's a VERY good chance Dragon Ball Daima could end up being Crunchymation's last Dragon Ball physical release, except for special cases like new DB movies.

And if that happens, so be it. I mean, it would suck not to get Super: Beerus all the way to Super: The Galactic Patrol on home media, but if Daima (which is the last series Akira Toriyama worked on) at the very least can get released on Blu-ray, I'll survive. And with the way Crunchyroll is now (especially after being bought by Sony), they seem to be cutting costs/corners any way they can when it comes to physical media vs. streaming. They didn't even have solicitations for May this year, which speaks volumes.

Also, someone on Reddit said that the Daima home release has an English dub for the opening song? But I'm not seeing proof of that anywhere so can anyone clarify this? For right now, I'm just taking it as clueless Reddit talk. They probably just heard an English cover or something and assumed it was real.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Uh-oh. Looks like, as of this posting, Daima's physical releases are no longer listed for next week anymore. I really hope this doesn't mean they're cancelling the release. I imagine that probably won't happen since it took so much effort to work on the release and pre-orders have already been made, but still, I'm kind of worried. Honestly, I feel like there's a VERY good chance Dragon Ball Daima could end up being Crunchymation's last Dragon Ball physical release, except for special cases like new DB movies.

And if that happens, so be it. I mean, it would suck not to get Super: Beerus all the way to Super: The Galactic Patrol on home media, but if Daima (which is the last series Akira Toriyama worked on) at the very least can get released on Blu-ray, I'll survive. And with the way Crunchyroll is now (especially after being bought by Sony), they seem to be cutting costs/corners any way they can when it comes to physical media vs. streaming. They didn't even have solicitations for May this year, which speaks volumes.

Most likely Daima is getting delayed. I still think we'll see Dragon Ball home releases because this fandom loves physical media. I'd be more worried about releases still coming out but being much more expensive, like in Japan.

[The Dark Knight]

I doubt popular series like Dragon Ball and One Piece will abandon physical media; it's the newer shows that worry me.

[JulieYBM]

I will fucking laugh if the One Piece home video releases stop before the series ends. It would be so fucking funny to release a thousand episodes and then just quit, girls, omigawd

[songohan619]

Also, someone on Reddit said that the Daima home release has an English dub for the opening song? But I'm not seeing proof of that anywhere so can anyone clarify this? For right now, I'm just taking it as clueless Reddit talk. They probably just heard an English cover or something and assumed it was real.

The Crunchyroll Store mentioned the dubbed songs on their FB-page in February.

https://www.facebook.com/CrunchyrollSto ... 5CDZsszfjl

[BernardoCairo]

I doubt popular series like Dragon Ball and One Piece will abandon physical media; it's the newer shows that worry me.

Yep. They can sell physical media to collectors and hardcore fans at least. There will always be a market for that.
I wonder for how long the discs themselves and players will be manufactured, though.

[The Dark Knight]

I wonder for how long the discs themselves and players will be manufactured, though.

If DVDs are still on the market, then I doubt Blu-Rays and 4K will be going anywhere anytime soon.

[BernardoCairo]

If DVDs are still on the market, then I doubt Blu-Rays and 4K will be going anywhere anytime soon.

That's true. But they were never as successful as DVDs. I know very few people who own a Blu-ray only player. Fortunately, PlayStation consoles helped a lot to popularize it. It's an incredible format.

[LostTimeLord]

The Crunchyroll Store mentioned the dubbed songs on their FB-page in February.

Well, that's a little odd. Maybe the music labels didn't approve it in time for the broadcast, or something?

[wjbraden]

The Crunchyroll Store mentioned the dubbed songs on their FB-page in February.

Well, that's a little odd. Maybe the music labels didn't approve it in time for the broadcast, or something?

Back when Super was premiering on Adult Swim, most of the ending themes didn't start airing with their English covers until sometimes halfway through their run, opting to have them in Japanese until they were ready, approved, or what have you. So it's possible the same thing happened here, but now the process takes even longer than it did back then, which I'd believe.

Fun fact, several years ago, one of the directors of the Russian dub of One Piece said it took a very long time for Toei to approve their dubbed covers, so long that they just went ahead and ran them without approval. That's probably how a lot of dubs used to do it back in the day.

[LostTimeLord]

Back when Super was premiering on Adult Swim, most of the ending themes didn't start airing with their English covers until sometimes halfway through their run, opting to have them in Japanese until they were ready, approved, or what have you.

True, but it seems particularly silly when they had a year between the dub premiering and the end of the Toonami run.

Presumably Crunchyroll intended to use the dubbed songs on Toonami, especially given its more casual audience, and the timing was such that the most 'approachable' version of the dub has ended up being exclusive to the least accessible format.

[Lance Freeman]

Can confirm that, while my pre-order hasn't been cancelled, the standard edition of Daima has been completely delisted from Amazon Canada. Deluxe edition is still available with a projected release date of 2099. I vaguely remember something like this happening once before when one of the One Piece sets got delayed for several months because of a "production error" (they literally included the wrong labels on the discs in the box, the discs themselves were the right ones) so hopefully that's what happened.

[mecha3000]

Can confirm that, while my pre-order hasn't been cancelled, the standard edition of Daima has been completely delisted from Amazon Canada. Deluxe edition is still available with a projected release date of 2099. I vaguely remember something like this happening once before when one of the One Piece sets got delayed for several months because of a "production error" (they literally included the wrong labels on the discs in the box, the discs themselves were the right ones) so hopefully that's what happened.

Apparently, some fans said they received their Daima Blu-rays with no issues or mislabels. I think I read that on Reddit somewhere. I just hope this doesn't mean that whenever Crunchyroll releases the new delayed versions of the box sets, they're not inferior to the ones released this week. At least, the few that were released this week. Ridiculous. I mean, I get issues come up, but this type of thing never really happened with Funimation before it got swallowed up by Crunchyroll. And apparently, now it's being released on JULY 3RD!!! If that's true, WHAT THE HELL???

I know others are saying Dragon Ball physical media is fine because it's a "big series", but I have my doubts based on how this Daima situation is going. I'm fully prepared for Daima to be the last big physical release that Dragon Ball gets as Crunchyroll prioritizes its streaming service and keeps Super: Beerus (and beyond) exclusive to it. And if that happens, whatever. I'll just get the Japanese home releases from now on for my collection because from what I've heard, Japan is VERY MUCH still into physical media.

Also, cool to see it's confirmed the Daima home release will have English opening and ending songs. I just wonder if it will be the official ones already out OR dubbed in-house by Crunchyroll. I'm kind of hoping for the former because I heard the English version of the Daima ending song and it sounds amazing. It also helps that the singer sang the Japanese theme for Big Hero 6. It really brings me back to the days when English dubs had their own English themes, which was also the case for Super 1.0. I hope Super 2.0 continues that trend, but we'll see.