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

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There are a lot of scenes and episode that are not needed in DBS, they can easily be cut out without affecting the story. In the ToP they can greatly reduce the amount of time they show characters on the bench an example.


The Monaka episode that can get cut out without affecting anything. Bulma building her time machine in secret, that episode isn't needed at all.

The UI recut cut the ToP (tournament itself not the entire arc) from around 30 to 18 episodes and another recut brought it down to 12 episodes. The breakdown for that version:

What was cut -

Almost all of the peanut gallery / unnecessary explanations (IE He fired a kamehameha! Yeah!)
Any extended times where nothing happened (IE 5 seconds of smoke rising etc)
Looping animations within a few seconds
Unnecessary dialogue (IE I can't believe how strong he is! Yeah...he's getting even stronger!)

What I kept -

I tried to keep anything relevant to the plot.
If someone was jumping down in a prior scene you'll see them land in their next scene (continuity).
Tried to keep all the action.
Tried to keep all the best animation or even unique animation (buff Krillin in 129/130).
Kept all of the things that may have actually been worth explaining if they were explained well.

I think the misconception is that a more faithful version means 100% cutting and replacing all anime original scenes. Both of these recuts aren't doing that or not possible for a fan to do anyway and there are still hours of anime original scenes. More faithful just has to have less filler and closer to what Toriyama might've envisioned when he wrote it. The arc was supposed to be a fast paced battle royale lasting less than an hour. I think these recuts have done a good job of that while still keeping the best fights and character interactions.