"Dragon Ball Daima" Crunchyroll Home Release Thread

[mecha3000]

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So what are the chances Crunchyroll will release it anything like the Japanese release? Cuz apparently, it's coming to 4K UHD in Japan.

If true, then I think its highly likely. Super Hero got a 4K Blu-ray in Japan if I recall and then from Crunchyroll. Also, the recent solicitations didn't have Daima listed like I thought they might. Maybe this month's solicitations? Or maybe Crunchyroll wants to keep Daima exclusive to their service a little longer? I definitely think they'll release Daima physically at some point later this year. Like I first predicted, sometime between early October and late December, I think.

[tinlunlau]

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So what are the chances Crunchyroll will release it anything like the Japanese release? Cuz apparently, it's coming to 4K UHD in Japan.

If true, then I think its highly likely. Super Hero got a 4K Blu-ray in Japan if I recall and then from Crunchyroll. Also, the recent solicitations didn't have Daima listed like I thought they might. Maybe this month's solicitations? Or maybe Crunchyroll wants to keep Daima exclusive to their service a little longer? I definitely think they'll release Daima physically at some point later this year. Like I first predicted, sometime between early October and late December, I think.

The little trinkets in the deluxe edition are kinda redundant. Like stickers and acrylic sets? Not very impressive to be honest. And they're asking for over 500 bucks for this?!

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

From what Ajay has said the UHD is sharpened to death but the Blu-Ray is fine.

[Vegeta th3 4th]

From what Ajay has said the UHD is sharpened to death but the Blu-Ray is fine.

Is this a good home release, or is there an issue with it, because honestly they both look the same to me. Keep in mind my eyes don't exactly work well.

[M16U3L2015]

From what Ajay has said the UHD is sharpened to death but the Blu-Ray is fine.

Is this a good home release, or is there an issue with it, because honestly they both look the same to me. Keep in mind my eyes don't exactly work well.

Toei applied a sharpening filter that creates some problems and destroys fine details and because Daima was produced natively at 1080p, this version is only an upscale and not a true 4K master.

It's really not worth much except for the 5.1 audio track.

[LostTimeLord]

Oh, wow. They've made it look like Funimation's DBZ "remasters" from 2013. I guess they had to do something to justify the expensive UHD discs despite Daima not really benefiting from the format. An HDR grade would have justified those discs just fine, but I guess they were too cheap to bother? Let's hope that hope that the sharpened version remains exclusive to the UHD Blu-ray.

[Vegeta th3 4th]

Oh, wow. They've made it look like Funimation's DBZ "remasters" from 2013. I guess they had to do something to justify the expensive UHD discs despite Daima not really benefiting from the format. An HDR grade would have justified those discs just fine, but I guess they were too cheap to bother? Let's hope that hope that the sharpened version remains exclusive to the UHD Blu-ray.

It seems like the companies behind Dragon Ball can't leave the picture quality alone for some reason, as it every release has some problem with it. First we had the 16:9 cropping form Funimation, then the green tint mess in Kai's Buu arc, and now this.

[GhostEmperorX]

Once again the empire is trying to insert square peg into round circle when it comes to the home video releases for this franchise.
Total skill issue, they'd be better off applying UHD to their own 20th century film prints rather than misapplying it to digital paint which they would have needed to produce at UHD natively in the first place, but par for the course where dinosaur Toei is concerned.

[mecha3000]

Alright, FINALLY the Dragon Ball Daima home release has been announced for March 2026 from Crunchyroll: https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/announ ... K8s9_GPTSS

And there's a standard edition and just like Japan, we get the cool limited edition set. Perfect timing because I was about to get the Japanese set out of impatience. Doesn't look like it comes with everything Japan got though. And weirdly enough, they call it complete season instead of complete series like Toonami also did, but whatever.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Alright, FINALLY the Dragon Ball Daima home release has been announced for March 2026 from Crunchyroll: https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/announ ... K8s9_GPTSS

And there's a standard edition and just like Japan, we get the cool limited edition set. Perfect timing because I was about to get the Japanese set out of impatience. Doesn't look like it comes with everything Japan got though. And weirdly enough, they call it complete season instead of complete series like Toonami also did, but whatever.

Very nice, I like that the limited edition contains the standard edition too as I still like standards. Shame it's going to be a stripped down version of the Japanese release, I would have liked to have had the booklet at least.

[mecha3000]

Alright, FINALLY the Dragon Ball Daima home release has been announced for March 2026 from Crunchyroll: https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/announ ... K8s9_GPTSS

And there's a standard edition and just like Japan, we get the cool limited edition set. Perfect timing because I was about to get the Japanese set out of impatience. Doesn't look like it comes with everything Japan got though. And weirdly enough, they call it complete season instead of complete series like Toonami also did, but whatever.

Very nice, I like that the limited edition contains the standard edition too as I still like standards. Shame it's going to be a stripped down version of the Japanese release, I would have liked to have had the booklet at least.

Yeah, sucks that it's not going to come with everything from the Japanese version. So, I'll buy that version later on. Also, it seems like this might be the first time that Dragon Ball (at least in America) has gotten a Blu-ray only release with no DVD version. Very interesting and also shows how antiquated DVD's have become in the age of Blu-rays. Honestly, it's about damn time. DVDs overstayed their welcome in my opinion and in the age of streaming, home releases should exclusively be Blu-ray and 4K Blu-rays.

Another thing is, I've noticed that after updating this thread with info about the Daima home release, I only got one response about it. Nothing wrong with that, but it just shows either how home releases are no longer a priority for people in 2025 (almost 2026) or how lackluster and short Daima ended up being where people aren't interested in it, especially because it's readily available on streaming. It's just such a far cry from the Super home release thread I started where it was always active when new home releases were announced.

Just goes to show how much has changed since Super came out a decade ago to now with Daima. I mean, a decade ago I was speculating if Super would air on Disney XD or not. Now, I don't care at all whether Dragon Ball airs on cable anymore, especially since streaming is more popular these days. Long story short, it's interesting how things change over time. Anyway, looking forward to watching Daima again on the Blu-ray. There's something about watching Dragon Ball on home media that reminds me of when I was a kid and makes me more engaged with the episode, opening and ending songs, than when I can just stream it.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Yeah, sucks that it's not going to come with everything from the Japanese version. So, I'll buy that version later on. Also, it seems like this might be the first time that Dragon Ball (at least in America) has gotten a Blu-ray only release with no DVD version. Very interesting and also shows how antiquated DVD's have become in the age of Blu-rays. Honestly, it's about damn time. DVDs overstayed their welcome in my opinion and in the age of streaming, home releases should exclusively be Blu-ray and 4K Blu-rays.

Yeah, Super Hero had a DVD-release, but most anime releases seem to be exclusively Blu-Ray and 4K now. Crunchyroll still releases some really popular stuff like Suzume on DVD, but for most titles Blu-Ray is the bare minimum. Popular major studio titles like the new Superman, Fantastic Four : First Steps, Oppenheimer, Barbie and Wicked have also had DVD releases, but maybe they will eventually be phased out as the mass market moves to solely watching them on streaming services.

I agree that it took way too long for Blu-Ray to become the standard format for niche stuff like anime, but I guess it started to take off right when we were in the midst of a global recession so I kinda don't blame people for sticking with DVDs a bit longer. I didn't make the jump to Blu-Ray until 2015 myself.

Another thing is, I've noticed that after updating this thread with info about the Daima home release, I only got one response about it. Nothing wrong with that, but it just shows either how home releases are no longer a priority for people in 2025 (almost 2026) or how lackluster and short Daima ended up being where people aren't interested in it, especially because it's readily available on streaming. It's just such a far cry from the Super home release thread I started where it was always active when new home releases were announced.

Just goes to show how much has changed since Super came out a decade ago to now with Daima. I mean, a decade ago I was speculating if Super would air on Disney XD or not. Now, I don't care at all whether Dragon Ball airs on cable anymore, especially since streaming is more popular these days. Long story short, it's interesting how things change over time. Anyway, looking forward to watching Daima again on the Blu-ray. There's something about watching Dragon Ball on home media that reminds me of when I was a kid and makes me more engaged with the episode, opening and ending songs, than when I can just stream it.

I think part of that is also reception for Daima has been rather lukewarm, more people would be excited for Super Blu-Rays if the series was still ongoing. It also seems to me that a lot of people are more interested in having the classic stuff on better formats. The GT Blu-Ray thread is relatively active and that's for a release intended for a much smaller market than English-speaking territories (Spain).

In fact, as I mentioned in another thread home video is still growing for anime, at least in the UK, which is saying a lot considering distributors have to pay huge fees to the BBFC to have their content rated before putting it out. For reference when Manga UK first released Dragon Ball Z in 2012 it was £6 per minute, and that's on top of all the other costs like packaging, licensing, the chunk the retailers take, etc.

And yeah, I'll always support physical media, streaming services are great for trying out new stuff but nothing beats owning your favourite series and movies, being able to watch them without any buffering and the rewarding experience of putting a disc into a player to sit back and enjoy.

[Mr Baggins]

I don't think any of that has to do with Daima's popular reception, which I'd say is more divisive than lukewarm. The fact that there's less forum activity now in general (even compared to a few months ago) is probably a factor in why you're seeing fewer responses. I'm not really logging on as often, myself.

I'm obviously very excited to own this series on Blu-ray. It's about damn time, honestly.

[The Dark Knight]

I've noticed that after updating this thread with info about the Daima home release, I only got one response about it. Nothing wrong with that, but it just shows either how home releases are no longer a priority for people in 2025 (almost 2026) or how lackluster and short Daima ended up being where people aren't interested in it, especially because it's readily available on streaming.

I think it has more to do with Daima not being able to generate much interest from people, rather than a lack of interest for home releases. If the classic trilogy was announced to be getting a proper home release from Toei, the forums would be full of fans celebrating it. Between turning everyone into kids and setting it after Buu instead of Superhero, I think Toei and Toriyama killed this series' potential before it even began airing, as even the lead up to it was pretty "meh" in most places.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

I don't think any of that has to do with Daima's popular reception, which I'd say is more divisive than lukewarm. The fact that there's less forum activity now in general (even compared to a few months ago) is probably a factor in why you're seeing fewer responses. I'm not really logging on as often, myself.

I'm obviously very excited to own this series on Blu-ray. It's about damn time, honestly.

Daima hasn't been divisive, divisive implies that a production generates intense disagreement or hostility between the audience it was intended for (as we saw with Star Wars: The Last Jedi). From what I've seen Daima's popular reception has been indifferent at worst, although it has had some strong supporters most, if not all fans have been respectful of others opinions regarding it, which I've been somewhat pleasantly surprised to see.

I was honestly expecting much worse since there was a not insignificant number of fans who really hated the idea of Goku being turned into a kid in GT back in the day. This time it's the whole cast, yet there hasn't been any heated pushback? I guess a lot of fans are just over that idea of characters turning back into kids being a disappointment now and have been more "meh" about the concept and the series in general rather than strongly opposed to it.

[Mr Baggins]

Daima hasn't been divisive, divisive implies that a production generates intense disagreement or hostility between the audience it was intended for (as we saw with Star Wars: The Last Jedi). From what I've seen Daima's popular reception has been indifferent at worst, although it has had some strong supporters most, if not all fans have been respectful of others opinions regarding it, which I've been somewhat pleasantly surprised to see.

I dunno that open hostility is needed. I'm using "divisive" here to mean strongly varied reactions to the same media, not necessarily people being vitriolic with each other, although I've seen my share of that too tbh. A cursory glance at this thread shows each of the 3 sequels being favored by roughly a third of its contributors, for example. Twitter/X is even wilder and louder.

With that said, gauging overall fan reception is always tricky and not a topic I much tend to care about, personally. I knew from the beginning that Daima was going to be a polarizing Dragon Ball series. Your average DBZ fan probably wasn't enthused to see the entire cast getting rewound into children, for starters.

Separately, yeah, it is a shame the collector's edition doesn't come with that booklet. I guess it would have taken more translation work than Crunchyroll cared to invest, to be fair.

[funrush]

I don't think divisive is inaccurate because the show definitely is controversial with the GT fans. Not just online but even in person. I wear Dragon Ball shirts/hoodies and sometimes people come up to me and chat about the show, I remember someone asked me if I liked Daima and I said yes and he looked at me with this look like I betrayed him LOL, he turned out to be a diehard GT guy.

I think generally the reception has been "That was good but could have been better" which idk I felt like that was kinda the reception to Super as well since Super had fucky pacing and oftentimes bad animation. Daima had the opposite problem, awesome animation and well paced but not everyone loved the story. I really enjoyed it, I love Kuu and Duu. Ultra Vegeta One is great. I can't say I'm itching to rewatch it though, although I probably will eventually to hear how the dub sounds.

I love the coverart for the Bluray, it feels very nostalgic to me somehow. Especially with Gomah peering over the top. It's got aura and I can't put my finger on exactly why.

[The Dark Knight]

I think generally the reception has been "That was good but could have been better" which idk I felt like that was kinda the reception to Super as well since Super had fucky pacing and oftentimes bad animation. Daima had the opposite problem, awesome animation and well paced but not everyone loved the story. I really enjoyed it, I love Kuu and Duu. Ultra Vegeta One is great. I can't say I'm itching to rewatch it though, although I probably will eventually to hear how the dub sounds.

I personally think Daima got far more right than it did wrong, which is more than I can say for GT and Super. At no point did Daima ever dip below a 7/10 for me (although the way Goku got Ssj4 was pretty close), which is a far cry from Super and GT. Both provided some of the worst written and produced pieces of animation the industry has ever seen (Black Star and Resurrection F arcs come to mind). I rewatched it recently, so my advice to you is to watch it in 2 episode batches, as that went a long way in improving the pacing of the story for me.

[mecha3000]

Nice to see more traction on this thread. Also, I just realized that Daima releases on March 3 (Kanzenshuu says March 6, but pretty sure it's March 3), which is the same day the DBS volume 24 manga releases from Viz. Looks like March 3rd will be a big day for Dragon Ball in the West as far as physical releases go (an anime and manga release). Imagine a Sparking Zero or other DB game DLC also releases that day, that'd be awesome.

Either way, looking forward to that day and I'm sure whatever is announced next month at the Genkidamatsuri will only fuel my need to start collecting Dragon Ball again.