Beerus
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| Beerus | |
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| ビルス (Birusu) | |
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Anime  Manga Beerus (Manga) | |
| English Name(s) |
Beerus (FUNimation Dub, Toei Simulcast, Viz) Beers (FUNimation Sub) |
| Name Pun | Beer |
| Manga Debut | Dragon Ball Super Chapter 1 |
| Anime Debut | Dragon Ball Super Episode 1 |
| Appears in |
Battle of Gods Resurrection 'F' |
| Created by | Akira Toriyama[1] |
| Japanese VA | Kōichi Yamadera |
| Funimation VA | Jason Douglas |
| Personal Data | |
| Pronouns | Boku (僕) |
| Universe | Universe 7 |
| Title | God of Destruction |
| Relationship Data | |
| Relatives | Champa (brother) |
Beerus is a fictional character in the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super and its companion manga series written by Toyotarō. Beerus makes his debut in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, which premiered on on 30 March 2013 in Japan, as the God of Destruction of Universe 7.
Biography
Beerus is a cat-like being of unknown origin who has lived for hundreds of millions of years.[2] He currently serves as the God of Destruction of Universe 7 and is attended by an Angel named Whis who serves as his guide. Beerus's twin brother Champa holds the same position in Universe 6 and is attended by Whis's sister Vados.[3][4] Beerus is life-bound to Shin, the Kaiōshin of Universe 7. If one dies, so does the other.[5]
In the time when the Elder Kaiōshin served as Kaiōshin of Universe Seven, fifteen generations of Kaiōshin previous, Beerus visited the Kaiōshin Realm for their millennial coordination meeting. They quarreled over a trivial matter and Beerus sealed the Elder Kaiōshin inside the Z Sword.[6][7] In a similarly ancient time, Beerus remembers visiting Earth. He told Whis that the dinosaurs had been rude to him, so he wiped them out.[7][8][9]
Many years later, Beerus visited North Kaiō's Planet, which was about one-hundred times larger than it is today. Accounts differ, but Beerus lost either a game of hide-and-seek[8] or a car-racing video game.[10] In either case, he became angry and destroyed Kaiō's planet, forcing Kaiō to rebuild his world from a fragment of the rubble.
Beerus slept for thirty-nine years before the events of Dragon Ball Super. Some time before he slept, he traveled to Planet Vegeta and was feasted by King Vegeta, with young Vegeta watching from a short distance as Beerus humiliated his father.[8] Beerus was angry because he had ordered King Vegeta to find him the most comfortable pillow in the universe, but the king kept the best pillow for himself, giving Beerus the second-best.[11] Beerus held a grudge against King Vegeta, and he asked Freeza to destroy Planet Vegeta and the Saiyans on his behalf while he slept.[7][8][9][12] Around this time, the Oracle Fish told Beerus that he would meet his arch-rival, a person called Super Saiyan God,[7] on a certain day. Beerus therefore arranged to wake up on that day, cutting short his normal sleep cycle. While he slept, he dreamed about the Super Saiyan God.[8][13]
Name
Beerus's name was originally adapted from the Japanese transliteration of the German pronunciation of Virus (ビールス/Biirusu). In the original script for Battle of Gods, Yūsuke Watanabe had imagined Beerus as the God of Destruction responsible for infecting the Saiyans with evil.[14][15] When Akira Toriyama revised the script, he thought that the pun was on the German word Bier (also ビールス), so he named Beerus's attendant Whis after "whiskey".[16] This accident served to establish the theme of Gods of Destruction and Angels being named after alcoholic beverages.[17]
The Japanese Battle of Gods program guide uses the romanization "Beers",[18] which is the spelling used by FUNimation's translator Steve Simmons in their subtitles, but the FUNimation dub spelling, "Beerus", serves to capture both the intended Watanabe pun and the accidental Toriyama pun, whether or not that was their intention.
Q: Did you pick the romanization Beerus, or was that the work of Steve Simmons? Just curious.
A: There were many discussions. I fought for Beerus because it sounds like the Japanese and classier than Beers—also searchable.
— Christopher Sabat, 23 December 2013[19]
Production
Yamamuro made a lizard.
Notable Skills
Good at destroying things.
Performance
Beerus is voiced by Kōichi Yamadera, who briefly played Tenshinhan in Dragon Ball Z.
Notable Appearances
External Links
Kanzenshuu: What is the name of the God of Destruction? (It’s “Beerus”!)
References
- ↑ 「明鳥山先生 神級インタビュー」"Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods" Animation Comic. Japan: Shueisha, 04 October 2013. (pp. 350-355)
"Akira Toriyama-sensei Godly Interview" (08 December 2013). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 2 September 2018. - ↑ "The Battle on Kaiō's Planet! Goku vs God of Destruction Beerus". Dragon Ball Super. Episode 5. Japan: Fuji TV, 09 August 2015.
In Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Beerus says only that he has lived "a long time". - ↑ Toriyama, Akira; Toyotarō. Dragon Ball Super Chapter 5: "Beerus and Champa". V-Jump, December 2015. Japan: Shueisha, 21 October 2015. (pp. 12-13)
- ↑ "The 6th Universe's God of Destruction — His Name's Champa". Dragon Ball Super. Episode 28. Japan: Fuji TV, 24 January 2016.
- ↑ "Hey, I Wanna Meet Son Goku — A Summons from the Omni-King!". Dragon Ball Super. Episode 55. Japan: Fuji TV, 21 August 2016.
- ↑ 「12（トゥエルブウ）のナゾ」. Saikyō Jump, June 2014. Japan: Shueisha, 02 May 2014. (p. 10)
"Twel-Boo Mysteries" (02 May 2014). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 09 October 2018. - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Where Does the Dream Continue?! The Search for Super Saiyan God!". Dragon Ball Super. Episode 3. Japan: Fuji TV, 19 July 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. Japan: 30 March 2013.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Toriyama, Akira; Toyotarō. Dragon Ball Super Chapter 2: "Goku's Defeat". V-Jump, September 2015. Japan: Shueisha, 18 July 2015. (p. 2)
- ↑ "「サイヤ人編」のギモンにお答え！！龍珠（ドラゴンボール）問答七 " Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Full Color: Saiyan Arc Volume 3. Japan: Shueisha, 04 February 2013. ISBN 978-4-08-870709-9. (pp. 244-245)
"Answering questions about the “Saiyan arc”!! Dragon Ball Q&A 7" (23 February 2013). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 09 October 2018. - ↑ "Don't Anger the God of Destruction! The Heart Pounding Birthday Party". Dragon Ball Super. Episode 6. Japan: Fuji TV, 16 August 2015.
- ↑ In Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Beerus does not say outright that he ordered Freeza to destroy Planet Vegeta, but he does imply that he expected Freeza to do it on his behalf while he slept, noting that the Saiyans were "nothing but trouble", especially King Vegeta. In Dragon Ball Super Episode 3, these details are consistent, and it was explicitly stated to be an order. In Dragon Ball Super Chapter 2, the order is explicit, but Beerus's grievances against the Saiyans are not enumerated. In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', Whis reminds Beerus that he "approved" Freeza's actions or intentions.
- ↑ The Oracle Fish is forced, upon threat of reduced rations, to remember the name "Super Saiyan God" in Dragon Ball Super Episode 3. In Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Beerus tells Oracle Fish that it had predicted an arch-rival would appear in thirty-nine years. At first, Oracle Fish did not remember this, but after some prompting, it affirmed what Beerus remembered. In Dragon Ball Super Chapter 2, Oracle Fish merely confirms the contents of Beerus's dream, saying "You're right about the Super Saiyan God!" Nothing is said about a prophecy having been given before Beerus slept.
- ↑ 「FLOW、野沢雅子、渡辺雄介」DVD & Blu-Ray Vision, April 2013. Japan: Hinode, 19 March 2013. (pp. 79-81)
"FLOW, Masako Nozawa, Yūsuke Watanabe" (01 April 2013). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 22 September 2018. - ↑ 「豪華キャスト＆スタッフがかたる！17年振り劇場版最新作の魅力」 GetNavi, May 2013. Japan: Gakken, 23 March 2013. (booklet pp. 4-5)
"The Top-Notch Cast and Staff Talk!" (27 March 2013). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 22 September 2018. - ↑ 「新作映画「原作者の意地」 鳥山明さん独占インタビュー」 (30 March 2013). Asahi Shimbun Digital. Retrieved: 09 December 2013.
"'The Creator Shows Some Spine' with the New Movie―Akira Toriyama-san Exclusive Interview" (20 May 2013). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 22 September 2018. - ↑ "Universe Survival Arc: Character Names & Puns". Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 01 September 2018.
- ↑ 「キャラクター」("Characters"). Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Attendee Book. Japan: 30 March 2013. (p. 14)
- ↑ @VoiceOfVegeta (23 December 2013). Twitter. Retrieved: 22 September 2018.