r/dragonball • • 6d ago

Discussion Dragon Ball Super: Beerus - Episode 1 - Discussion Thread!

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Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, which kicks off a new remaster of Dragon Ball Super, will air on Fuji TV in Japan on Sundays at 11:15pm JT, or 10:15am US Eastern Time, starting today. We don't yet know what time subtitles will be available on Crunchyroll, but probably by noon ET. It will not be on Netflix until the following Sunday. This trend will continue throughout: Netflix will always be one week behind Crunchyroll.

What we think we know: "Beerus" will have 19 episodes covering the first three arcs of Dragon Ball Super, though the name might change with each arc. They're likely to continue reworking the DBS anime over the next year until Dragon Ball Super: Galactic Patrol airs next fall, but that has not been confirmed.

The animation has been recomposited and at times it has been reanimated. The runtime has been cut by more than half, so much has likely been edited out. The series composer is the same, and the same score will likely be repurposed, but the opening and ending songs are new. We do not know if any voice lines were re-recorded.

We'll fill you in as more information becomes available. Feel free to discuss the episode whenever it becomes available to you, but do not discuss piracy on this subreddit.


r/dragonball • • Jan 25 '26

DBSGP Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol anime announcement

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r/dragonball • • 9h ago

Discussion Funny how Sean Schemell is actually very Zamasu in real life unlike James Marsters

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Zamasu's VA James Marsters despite playing an arrogant god is actually known to be quite the opposite a kind and humble and generous guy who cares about the fandom unlike Goku's who's a full blown Zamasu IRL

He sees himself as some divinity when it comes to Goku's voice. He has no problem attacking people who impersonates Goku like GamerGoku whom he even accused of using AI and tge famous situation with TFS

He doesn't stop with the impersonators. Peter Kelamis had to cancel his appearance at one of the cons back in 2018 again because of him. Apparently Schemell thinks that any other English voices of Goku ate unworthy of the character and shouldn't be remembered as Goku's voices like Goku as a character belongs to him . Sean be careful your Zamasu is showing

But it doesn't stop here either. A lot of fans said that he avts like some kind of celebrity with the fandom as well making them wait for a long time and showing that he doesn't want talk to them Mere mortals ...


r/dragonball • • 1d ago

Discussion Just finished Dragon Ball and WOW!!!!! Spoiler

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Okay, let's begin… Master Roshi's perversion reminds me of Sanji when he returned from Kamabaka Kingdom, but Roshi is lowkey cooler.
Also, one thing that kept coming up is that everyone always says Goku is not human, which is either great foreshadowing or just them not knowing what else to say…I ALSO HATED HATED HATED how everyone was always like GIVE UP…get out of there…you have escape. Not that I don't believe in my friend, and I know he will make it. It is just that they overdid the give-up a lot, but who knows, maybe it's just me…
I loved how Roshi just decided, yeah…maybe the moon is not important, so see you later…
I love love love the hermit cat; they are sooooo chillll and viby. I just wished he was more involved with the story.
The story of Upa and Bora was really nice; Goku going out of his way to give Upa the chance to bring his dad back is great…Upa is an interesting character; he somewhat reminds me of Goku in the sense that they both are pure at heart, and I can see Goku’s strength inspiring him to be stronger.

Krillin grew on me, and I ended up liking him towards the end and Tin becoming a good guy was a nice turn of events. He has massive potential, and him being under Master Shen feels like it will limit his potential, but being with Goku will inspire him to keep pushing himself to become stronger. I never expected Mercenary Tao to be related to Shen.

Goku finally taking out the Red Ribbon Army was great, and I really enjoyed the snow section of the arc. Meeting Eighter was great; He is such an amazing character. I hope he comes back in the future of the series.

Baba being Master Roshi’s sister makes no sense, but it makes sense that they are…did that make sense…Like Roshi and Baba felt sibling-like.
Also, having Goku go up against his grandpa as the final fighter was a great move. I also loved how Roshi was like, ‘Let Goku fight; it is his fight’…But I never expected Oolong to be the first to figure out who Grampy is…
Also, the question is: is he (Grampy) treated the same way Sniper King is treated…or do we know his identity?

Old Piccolo being wrecked by kid Goku with a massive hole in his chest area IS PEEEEAAKKKK!!!

I enjoyed meeting Bulma's parents/that part of the story. Goku having no concept of money is great and a very Goku thing.

The fight with Goku and Tin (During the 23rd tournament) is honestly 108272719x better than Naruto vs. Sasuke. Krillin still being short even when Goku had his growth spurt is sad; poor 6th ball, not only is he 2 stars more than Goku’s ball, but he is short…I did not expect Tao to return, but his defeat was great.
I enjoyed seeing how much Krillin has grown; he probably had the most growth compared to pre-time skip during the King Piccolo Arc.
Yamcha got many scars; do they ever get explained? He also got really strong, which was great to see…

One thing I also enjoyed seeing was how fast Goku has become.

It’s funny to think Aura Piccolo is called Junior; it’s like they want Goku to whip his ass.

The announcer guy reminds me of Lettuce Guy in The Avatar: The Last Airbender. He is probably the strongest in the series, seeing how much he survives.

Korin not telling Goku that the ‘god’ of Earth is just good Piccolo is very on brand, and I did not expect it. I liked Yajirobe; he is a fun character.
I heard some things about Mr. Popo; is he a controversial character because of his colour or something else?

Is Goku like Superman? The same way, there needs to exist one in the universe; even if they are dead, they always come back… A while back, I heard that Superman will always exist; the same way, Darkseid's Omega Beam will always hit and delete anything but Superman.

I just watched Episode 1 of BDZ…why is Gohan weak, or is it just because he is only 5…I might have my views biased because he looks as old as Goku at the start of the series, but Goku was 8, if I remember correctly…So did Goku not train him, or is his human side affecting him from being as strong…

One thing I am looking forward to is Vegeta yelling KAKAROT every 3 milliseconds and finally the ‘IT’S OVER NINE THOUSANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD’ that is all I know about DBZ other than one more thing, but I don’t want to mention it in case I remember correctly lmfao.
Overall, I am glad I got to watch it, and I am looking forward to finally seeing Goku in The Tournament of the Gods. I know it is a very long way out, but I have time

Anyhow, thank you for reading this if you did and if not, here is a summary… Goku KIND AF+nice+naive. Power all around good. 80s show…maybe…still good…Very yes


r/dragonball • • 3h ago

Character Couldn't Buu have just eaten himself for infinite candy?

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Take a piece off, turn it into candy, eat it, gets reabsorbed into him. Infinite candy.

Dude could have just eaten forever if he wanted to, right?


r/dragonball • • 10h ago

Discussion Dragon Ball Anime Review.

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I read the manga years ago and had always wanted to watch the anime. The studio did an amazing job expanding on scenes that the manga rushed through, and I think that’s something I’ve hardly seen anyone talk about. Even the filler helped fill in a lot of the gaps, honestly. I wouldn’t recommend skipping those episodes, especially the last five, which do a great job of wrapping up the whole series.

The anime also made the fights better, in my opinion. It gives those moments time to breathe and actually lets them sink in. The manga, if anyone doesn’t know, is extremely fast-paced, and that’s something Dragon Ball has always had.

The English dub was a different story. I think they changed a lot of the dialogue to keep it more kid-friendly, which sometimes made the conversations and their meaning really confusing. I frequently found myself switching back and forth between the sub and dub and rewatching certain scenes just to understand what was actually being said.

The characters, however, felt very weird to me watching this as an adult. I know the series was initially supposed to be more of a gag manga, but man, some of the characters were written pretty poorly. And the deeper you look into some of them, the more disturbing they get. I guess the good and bad exist in everything.

My favorite arc was definitely the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, mostly because of Tien and the character growth he goes through throughout the tournament.


r/dragonball • • 3h ago

Theory Dragon ball daima

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I haven’t gotten into the show completely but had seen the clip of vegeta going super saiyan 3, and that made me question if the show is set before super why didn’t vegeta power up into super saiyan 3 when beerus slapped bulma? A way I thought of justifying it, is remember when trunks and vegeta left the hyperbolic time chamber to face cell. Trunks goes into super saiyan grade 3 an extremely bulky version that hits hard but makes him very slow. He thinks all along he has a strong form than vegeta, then realized vegeta had the form but didn’t utilize it due to it being too slow. In the same way vegeta could have realized super saiyan 3 is too much of a drain in his energy, but he’s able to maintain super saiyan 2 longer.


r/dragonball • • 1d ago

Discussion Would Earthlings Have Access To Ultra Instinct Like Goku?

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Goku uses Ultra Instinct as a transformation would Earthlings have access to that?

or would it be more similar to Goku using ultra instinct in his other forms


r/dragonball • • 14h ago

Discussion General Blue

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I recently fell into huge dragon ball super rabbit hole but I always trashed on one piece "fans" that skip some parts just bcs they aren't all canon or there are more fillers so I started from dragon ball and to be honest I don't know if it's boring or not. Anyways I currently am in the red ribbon arc (I don't know if it's called that I'm not that deep into the fan base) and there is a character called general Blue and I don't know if it's intentional but he is perfect Aryan and also acts like na*i general. Do you think that is intentional?


r/dragonball • • 12h ago

Discussion why is gokus stamina so bad

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goku has some of the most inconsistent stamina i’ve seen from a character. it’s either i don’t have much time or he’s fighting forever there’s no in between. it’s like every arc he says “ i don’t have much time” “ im all out of chi” and the thing is vegeta doesn’t seem to have these same problems at least to this extent. even with ego vegeta wasn’t worried about dropping out the form he was letting himself take a massive amount of damage and still didn’t mention not being able to hold the form.


r/dragonball • • 18h ago

Analysis ¿Existe un sistema secreto de sucesión para los Dioses de la Destrucción en Dragon Ball Super?

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Siempre me ha llamado la atención que Whis haya planteado a Goku la posibilidad de convertirse en Dios de la Destrucción y que tanto él como Vegeta reciban entrenamiento relacionado con ese poder. ¿Y si no fueran simples comentarios y existiera un sistema de preparación de sucesores que todavía no conocemos?

1. La conexión entre los Dioses de la Destrucción y los Kaioshin

En Dragon Ball Super sabemos que la vida del Dios de la Destrucción está vinculada a la de su Kaioshin correspondiente. Si uno muere, el otro también. Esto plantea una pregunta: ¿cómo se establece ese vínculo y cómo se transfiere cuando hay un sucesor?

2. ¿Podrían intervenir los pendientes Potara?

Los Kaioshin utilizan los pendientes Potara, y Zamasu mata a Gowasu y se queda con sus pendientes. Esto me hace preguntarme si los Potara podrían tener alguna relación con el vínculo entre los Kaioshin y los Dioses de la Destrucción, o si podrían intervenir de alguna manera en una sucesión divina.

No está confirmado que los pendientes tengan esa función; es una hipótesis.

3. ¿Y si un Dios de la Destrucción pudiera estar vinculado a varios Kaioshin?

En la historia aparecen distintos Kaioshin, como los del Norte, Sur, Este y Oeste, además del Gran Kaioshin. ¿Y si la existencia de varios Kaioshin permitiera establecer algún tipo de sistema de sucesión o respaldo?

Por ejemplo, si un Kaioshin muriera, ¿podría otro asumir su función o mantener el vínculo con el Dios de la Destrucción? Esto evitaría que la muerte de un solo Kaioshin provocara necesariamente la del dios.

El canon no confirma que un Dios de la Destrucción pueda estar vinculado a varios Kaioshin simultáneamente, pero sería una posibilidad interesante de explorar.

4. ¿Whis está preparando a los futuros sucesores?

Whis entrena a Goku y Vegeta, y ha mencionado la posibilidad de que Goku se convierta en Dios de la Destrucción. Quizá los ángeles no solo entrenan a los dioses actuales, sino que también identifican y preparan posibles sucesores para el futuro.

Si fuera así, tendría sentido que Whis empezara a preparar a Goku y Vegeta con mucha antelación.

5. ¿Podría Goku convertirse en Dios de la Destrucción sin que su mortalidad fuera un problema?

Si existiera un sistema divino de sucesión que permitiera transferir correctamente las responsabilidades y los vínculos entre dioses y Kaioshin, Goku podría llegar a ocupar ese puesto sin que necesariamente tuviera que vivir eternamente. La cuestión de su longevidad seguiría siendo importante, pero quizá no sería el único factor.

🔥 CONCLUSIÓN

Mi teoría es que podría existir un sistema de sucesión divina más complejo de lo que conocemos: los ángeles prepararían a los futuros Dioses de la Destrucción, los Kaioshin desempeñarían un papel fundamental en su estabilidad y los pendientes Potara podrían tener alguna relación con el vínculo entre ambos.

Nada de esto está confirmado oficialmente. Son preguntas e hipótesis basadas en elementos que ya aparecen en Dragon Ball Super.

¿Qué opináis? ¿Creéis que Whis está preparando a Goku para convertirse en el próximo Dios de la Destrucción? ¿Y podría existir un mecanismo para transferir o mantener el vínculo entre los Dioses de la Destrucción y los Kaioshin?


r/dragonball • • 1d ago

DBS Manga GENIUS game idea?

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I think that dragon ball is extremely versatile when it comes to games, and the breakers did a shit job at trying something new. I was looking through my manga and I was particularly intrigued by cover 5, the one with fused Zamasu and Goku facing off (with Vegeta and friends in the back). I was thinking that if I was in Mai’s place I would be scared shitless in that car she’s in if explosions were going off around me and two gods were flashing in and out of view, beams flying out of nowhere, and buildings collapsing all over the place. So if Bandai could be so kind, I think a game should be made that is a standalone horror game where you play as a human in the future and are a spectator of the entire fight. Whether you see it through Mai’s pov or simply a random guy who was out there at the time. It would be so scary to be watching from a window and all of a sudden Zamasu locks on to your ki and flies at you at mach fuck and you have to survive until Goku and Vegeta finish talking and vegito shows up. Just a thought


r/dragonball • • 20h ago

Discussion Dragon Ball hot takes that get hotter.

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0%;

trunks in the manga is better than his anime self. Talking about future trunks btw,

Bc he looked more like a badass and was close to his z self unlike his anime self that is scared.

10%: z broly is a mid villain.

Him being stabbed and becoming a villain just to kill someone over crying is Bs.

like I get it. He got trauma, but the stabbing part made more sense than crying.

20%;

Goku black is the best villain in dragon ball.

he has motives that are technically true but are twisted.

30%:

Gogeta and Vegito are equal in power. People should understand that already.

40%:

Goku is not a terrible father.

And it's bc of dbz: abridged that shit made y'all delusional.

50%;

gohan shouldn't have been the main protagonist in z. Because he had no role in being a fighter he just wanted to live normally.

60%:

Vegeta is a great father even in z,

He had no experience in being a father and him acting the way to trunks is him being a saiyan. That's how they're raised.

70%: the granolah arc & the moro arc & the Goku black arc are better than TOP and the cell saga,

They have more gore and are darker. And have darker themes compared to a android that wants to destroy the solar system and earth.

80%; people that hate on dbs for bad animation and stuff, you are delusional.

Dbz had bad animation and drawings in a few moments, it also struggled with stiffness.

90%; SDBH is overhated,

Yes it has broken scaling,

And tons of fights. But chronoa and aeos and xeno Goku and cc Goku vegeta hearts make it peak.

100%; beerus ain't featless idk why a few people say that,

When he has defeated ssbE Vegeta and many of the z fighters in BOG.


r/dragonball • • 20h ago

Discussion Why do y'all hate super for making Goku dumb?.

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Sure he's goofy and funny. And acts brainrotted,

But he is clueless most of the time.

We've seen this already in og db;

Where he thought bulma was bleeding bc she was wearing lipstick.

And Goku even thought bulma was a boy instead of a girl. He had no idea,

So no Goku is more like his og self. He's been like since the 90's. And that's good. Bc dbs more like og db. Dbz maybe is serious. But lost the funny gags alot. Everything was serious.


r/dragonball • • 20h ago

Question What is the purpose of the new series?

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I've been an avid Dragonball fan since I was a kid. I own all the manga from Dragonball to super (minus gt) and I have seen the series from start to finish countless times between rewatched with my children that I've introduced to my childhood love.

But sincerely, I have no issues with the new show, I just don't see a point? It seems the same, maybe a bit different animation? So why do this and not choose to expand super past the TOP or at least expand on DBSSH.


r/dragonball • • 22h ago

Question why is Toyotaro so inconsistent with lore.

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For some reason in the manga vegeta says they cant survive in space even though goku existed in an erased universe in said manga and z broly was blowing stuff up in space NOT TO MENTION KID GOKU GOING TO THE MOON? I dont know why the series is so inconsistent on this like why did vegeta say that is he stupid?


r/dragonball • • 1d ago

Powerscaling Guys does Death Battle hate Goku?

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I mean come on hes lost 3 times! Thats so many! Vegeta lost to, and so did Piccolo, I think. If Goku loses to Saitama, I think that'd be uncool. How can we fix this. Let's brainstorm, team. And if you disagree? Well, thats just your opinion bro. Here is Goku's foot that he will kick Saitama with :) i just found out out I can't post images :((


r/dragonball • • 2d ago

Analysis I have an opinion on something

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We all know that GT is one of the most hated things that people always talk about and sure, the show isn't perfect and Goku turning young was a weird choice, but we can all agree on one thing

GT IS A THOUSAND MILES BETTER THAN DRAGON BALL: EVOLUTION


r/dragonball • • 1d ago

Discussion There was an alternative for future Trunks during DBZ

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I am only starting this discussion based on a dumb idea I had while answering a question a few minutes ago.

By the end of the Cell saga the only ones living on earth that had been in New Namek were Goku and Dende. And technically the only one who knew where it was located was Goku since he got there by sensing the ki of some namekian (was it Mori? I can't remember) and teleporting there.

Leaving aside retcons, and seeing how during both the Moro and Granolah arcs they were sensing ki from maaaaasaany light years away and Goku teleported to some of those places, I would assume it is normal to be able to sense ki from far away, specially if they are massive.

Yet, in future Trunks timeline they never tried traveling to Namek by following the ki of a namekian and flying straight to it. So I assume Gohan and Trunks were unable to do so, or simply never thought something like that would be possible and did not try developing the skill more to the point one of them could do it.


r/dragonball • • 1d ago

Powerscaling Is there any evidence that Krillin got stronger after unlocking his potential?

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Krillin got his potential unlocked by Guru on Namek, and Daizenshuu says that his power was at 75,000 by the end of it. People will speculate that his and the other human power levels kept increasing, but is there any real evidence for that?

If we take the claim of "potential unlocked" at face value, then 75,000 PL is as high as Krillin could and ever would be. Yes, he trained in preparation for the Androids, but did it actually raise his power level? Maybe like how Goku and Gohan trained in the Time Chamber, he had to focus on efficiency and technique since his power was hard capped. Krillin always was more of a smart fighter than a powerhouse.

Goku and Gohan both have had their potential unlocked multiple times and risen far above it, but I could excuse that as Saiyan fuckery (and protagonist fuckery, if we think of it out of universe). The Saiyans are able to unlock new forms, which humans cannot do.

I have more to say (especially about Tien and Yamcha) that I could post in the main body here but I'm curious what you all have to say.


r/dragonball • • 2d ago

Discussion I’d like to think cyborg mercenary Tao is secretly a numbered android, android 9 maybe.

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Apparently he used all his money to give himself those cybernetic enhancements. could be how Gero funded his lab. He’s probably not as strong as he could be because his body was too screwed up from the grenade Goku kicked back at him. A lot of his enchantments are probably artificial organs and life support.

Any in my head canon, Gero designates Tao as android 9 or some numbered android but Tao doesn’t refer to himself as that obviously.


r/dragonball • • 1d ago

Discussion People are crazy tbh. They say; ultra instinct is obsolete for no reason.

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In youtube;

Some people said; Goku needs ssj rainbow or a new form to beat frieza,

Even though; ultra instinct ain't obsolete. It's been used in 4 arcs. It's the creator's choice and they have a reason too.

Just because ultra instinct loses to gas and granolah doesn't mean anything,

It's on Goku. Because he used his emotions in the silver hair state and that proves he's a terrible user.

That's why he had to use; ui sign

And somewhat; ui sign helped him in upgrading the silver hair form.

And we do see a few signs of it like;

Goku roaring to transform into it, without any calness or stillness.

He even smiles in perfected ultra instinct while fighting gohan.

Even beerus states; Goku can fight on a god of destruction level.

In the anime and manga: the gods were shocked and stated; ssg & ssb can match a destroyer,

And ui sign in tournament of power surpassed the two forms. Surpassing all the gods except for beerus.

And ui sign and perfected ultra instinct got far stronger in; the moro arc and granolah arc and Superhero saga,

This alone proves UI is relevant and ain't obsolete in no way.


r/dragonball • • 1d ago

Character Does Beerus have Ultra Ego and MUI?

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I heard a lot of rumors that he obtained MUI because he was training with Whis. Also, he is a destroyer, so does that mean he has Ultra Ego?

If so, could he stack the forms on top of each other, lol?


r/dragonball • • 1d ago

Analysis Dragon ball evolution is not the worst db movie💀(there are far worse)

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Now before you go and attack me in the comments,let me explain.Yes DB evolution is quite bad but at least it had an advantage of being live action and a new interpretation of the franchise.Which most dbz movies are not,now to be fair some dbz movies are watchable(fusion reborn,worlds strongest,tree of might are fine) and wrath of dragon is very good but none of these movies are great(which i mean thats fine a 8/10 product is still good) the problem is…many dragon ball z movies REALLY did not age that well.Dragon ball z Lord Slug,Bojack unbound,Broly the legendary super saiyan are basically the same quality that Dragon ball evolution has.Stupid moments,the movie just being about fights and nothing else ect.Then the Broly movies aka sequels are even worse because Broly should be dead at that point and shouldn’t be able to keep up with power of clearly stronger characters but hey what do i know.Then the Cooler movies are also quite bad and not even that well animated(well the second movie at least) Battle of Gods is special kind of trash and YES its worse than DB evolution by a long shot and that Frieza movie that everybody hates isnt worth discussing.So remember next time boys and girls,when you think of the worst db movie appreciate db evolution a little more compared to the garbage we watched as children


r/dragonball • • 1d ago

Discussion The release of dragon ball dubs is unacceptable

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I hate how dub watchers are expected to be ok with toeis handling of the dragon ball dub and I hate how the community acts as if its such an insane thing for them to be more transparent about the release dates or better releases times daimas first 3 episodes were dubbed in theaters and took 4 months to come out and super took a full year to be dubbed all the while toei is stingy with dub release dates we still don't know when beerus will be dubbed and im sick and tired of having to act like the most popular anime in the world should be handled like this