Dragon Ball Daima coming to Toonami in the US

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

It was inevitable because of the franchises long standing association with the brand in the US, and to a lesser extent other parts of the world, but it's finally confirmed.

Dragon Ball Daima is coming to Toonami June 14th at 12:30am.

[wjbraden]

Got it in right before the Kids' Choice Awards (on a network aimed at adults ).

Curious if there will be any tweaks to this airing, we all know how FuniCrunchy loves to tweak DB dubs. At the very least, I'll be expecting a localized version visually, as that's what happened with Azteca 7's recent airing in Mexico.

[TheRed259]

Trailer:
https://www.facebook.com/Toonami/videos ... 8676917883

[Hellspawn28]

Cool for people who don't have streaming, but I feel like most of the casual dub only fans probably have seen it already.

[Vegeta th3 4th]

Cool for people who don't have streaming, but I feel like most of the casual dub only fans probably have seen it already.

I'd say most fans interested in the show in general saw it dubbed. I just can't see people waiting for the dub, much less Toonami, after hearing about Ssj3 Vegeta and Ssj4 Goku. Between the marketing and how long it took to reach countries outside Japan, Toei's handling of this series has been terrible. From the great production value to all the hype moments, this show could've been the biggest thing to happen to DB had it been handled right, but instead it was basically sent out to die.

[Hellspawn28]

I'm surprised that Toonami is still airing these days. When Toonami came back in 2012, streaming was a thing, but not compared to now. Now these days, you can watch new anime like Daima easily.

[DBZ Macky]

Am I reading too much into it to think that Dragon Ball Daima is probably the show they're banking on being the most popular given the fact that there's 45 minutes between it and the next show (Bleach TYBW) instead of the usual 30 which possibly means that they'll run more ads in between the Episode's runtime?

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Am I reading too much into it to think that Dragon Ball Daima is probably the show they're banking on being the most popular given the fact that there's 45 minutes between it and the next show (Bleach TYBW) instead of the usual 30 which possibly means that they'll run more ads in between the Episode's runtime?

The first episode of Daima is 32 minutes long, so it's being given a longer than average timeslot, but yes, I would say Toonami have high expectations for it.

[mecha3000]

Well, I missed the first episode on Toonami, but considering I've already seen all 20 episodes twice between the dub and sub, I'm fine with that. Especially since the first episode is just a recap that focuses mostly on Gomah and Degesu. The funny thing is, unlike when Super aired on Toonami, Daima's dub is already available on streaming (a first for Dragon Ball, I think). When Super aired on Toonami, it was a chance to hear characters like Hit and Caulifla dubbed for the first time, but for Daima, we already know all of that.

Anyway, regardless of how I feel TV is useless in the streaming age, it's still nice to see Dragon Ball back on television in some form, even if it's not Super, this is the next best thing. I grew up briefly with the Ultimate Uncut dub on Cartoon Network and then Kai on Nicktoons, so there's always a fondness and nostalgia for that, even if the TV format is MORE THAN dated in the year 2025. To be fair, Daima did air on TV in Japan, though. And at the very least, hopefully people who were unaware of Daima or don't have streaming are now in the loop.

Also, assuming all 20 episodes air without a break (which probably won't be the case because of marathons and what not), Daima will end on October 25, which is funny considering that will be a little over a year since Daima premiered October 11 last year by exactly two weeks. But realistically, July 4th and Labor Day marathons means Daima will end on November 8. Of course, I'm just guessing (and Toonami could do double episodes at some point or for the finale). But Crunchyroll is really milking Daima for all its worth (not doing a simuldub - probably because of Toei AND now a Toonami airing). In any case, every English dubbed Dragon Ball series has aired on TV (specifically Toonami) so it's nice to see the tradition continue.

And again, even the promos kind of harken back to the GT Toonami promos a little bit. Once again, this even more makes Super and Daima the Z and GT of the modern era, in my opinion. Anyway, I'll probably skip most of these episodes since I've seen them already until Toonami gets to the last four, which were the standouts for me. And with Daima running on Toonami until October/November, maybe Crunchyroll will wait until then to home release it.

Lastly, even today, Toonami still knows how to make badass promos (Episode 2 promo is out) that often make the series they're promoting look better or cooler than it actually is.

[Saiya6Cit]

Once more I agree with V3getathe4th: Most DB fans who were interested in the show have already watched it subtitled... however having it dubbed opens the possibility of a broader audience, which is always good for the franchise and, believe it or not, it does make a difference for people when they HAVE to read and when they don't. I keep close communication at work with the hiring and training department and they struggle a lot when it comes to new hires reading the manuals...you know, younger generations of employees simply are not willing to read several pages. They want someone to talk to them and explain things to them or a button they can play, listen to, pause and rewind... I blame it on video influencers and the overuse of emojis... but hey, let's not get off topic that much, shall we?

Daima dub seems like good news to me. Let's hope for the best. Long live Dragon Ball!

[miguelnuva1]

Cool for people who don't have streaming, but I feel like most of the casual dub only fans probably have seen it already.

I'd say most fans interested in the show in general saw it dubbed. I just can't see people waiting for the dub, much less Toonami, after hearing about Ssj3 Vegeta and Ssj4 Goku. Between the marketing and how long it took to reach countries outside Japan, Toei's handling of this series has been terrible. From the great production value to all the hype moments, this show could've been the biggest thing to happen to DB had it been handled right, but instead it was basically sent out to die.

Daima would have to be rewritten to be the biggest thing to happen to Dragonball. I doubt even a Cooler movie at this point for example would reach the hype of the Broly movie unless you showed Gogeta and Broly fighting Frieza and Cooler for example.

[Vegeta th3 4th]

Daima would have to be rewritten to be the biggest thing to happen to Dragonball. I doubt even a Cooler movie at this point for example would reach the hype of the Broly movie unless you showed Gogeta and Broly fighting Frieza and Cooler for example.

Maybe I exaggerated a bit, but there's no doubt that it would've been far bigger than it was had it been marketed and released properly.

[miguelnuva1]

Daima would have to be rewritten to be the biggest thing to happen to Dragonball. I doubt even a Cooler movie at this point for example would reach the hype of the Broly movie unless you showed Gogeta and Broly fighting Frieza and Cooler for example.

Maybe I exaggerated a bit, but there's no doubt that it would've been far bigger than it was had it been marketed and released properly.

I think Chruncyrole might have been at fault with the dun. I understand they wanted to release ep 1-3 in the theater but after those three came out there was no need to wait 12 weeks then released the episodes a week at a time and then start over with episode 1.

They should dropped the first 3 episodes a week or 2 after the movie theater and then did an epiaode a week and only had been a month behind the sub.