Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is set to premier on Fuji TV in Japan October 11th, but international fans won’t have long to wait.
Crunchyroll and Netflix have confirmed that the new anime series from TOEI will premier on their platforms October 11th and October 17th in France in addition to Germany and the United States respectively.
That means French and German fans will be able to watch a new episode the day it premiers in Japan and American fans can catch them just less than a week later.
A French dub of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is not known to be in production, but it could very well happen at some point as all the Dragon Ball TV series up to Daima (which again is likely to follow suit) have been dubbed in the language.
A French dub of Dragon Ball Daima and local simulcast of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will no doubt be the start of an exciting new chapter in the history of Dragon Ball in France.
“Some reports have reported that “a Dragon Ball theme park has been decided to be built in France,” but neither our company (Toei Animation Co., Ltd., Head Office: Nakano-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Katsuhiro Takagi) nor the relevant rights holders have granted any license for this project, and we are not aware of any facts.
Furthermore, all concept images and videos of the theme park used in these reports were used at the time of the joint announcement by Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya Investment Company and our company on March 22, 2024, concerning the theme park planned for construction in Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia. These images and videos have no relation whatsoever to the reported content.”
The story received international attention during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit with an announcement from the Élysée palace that France and Saudi Arabia agreed a €6 billion package of three theme parks at Cergy-Pontoise, northwest of Paris, on the old Mirapolis site. It is worth noting a memorandum of understanding was signed that day, not a building permit.
It may be because of France’s long standing love for the franchise and the fact that Dragon Ball images were used to promote the project that there was a misunderstanding.
Recent reports of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and French President Emmanuel Macron ending a news conference with the iconic Kamehameha pose may have also fuelled speculation, but as things stand the planned park may not be a Dragon Ball park necessarily.
Mangas, which first broadcast Dragon Ball GT in 1997 has aired Dragon Ball content regularly in France for many years but has not aired Dragon Ball GT in 15 years.
Mangas confirmed to a fan that it will be a complete remaster of the French dub with a video source will not be the same as what was seen on ADN or Crunchyroll.
This will be great news for fans as there were episode previews dubbed in French that are considered to be lost as no recordings have survived, but this will be another chance for fans to catch them live.
It has been said that in 2010-2011 the complete uncensored French dub of GT was aired with the next episode previews dubbed in French and the openings and endings left in Japanese.
No start date has been confirmed to our knowledge, but we will keep an eye on such information to be revealed.
Fellow French Dragon Ball dubbing actor Patrick Borg has announced on Facebook that his friend and long-time co-star Éric Legrand has passed away at the age of 66.
The above can be translated as:
“Farewell to my friend, ERIC LEGRAND You were calling me ; “ my fat turkey “
I liked it, made me laugh. I used to call you my queen ! It had you rattling like a fat turkey. For months, we have been writing each other on WhatsApp until last Monday, May 19th in the morning, you will be transferred to a palliative care service… you’ve stopped answering me 45+ years of friendship and 40 years together on; DRAGON BALL Z. Your fans will miss you… But I’ll miss you deeply! I’m. tired of losing friends. You have shown exemplary courage, you are a true Sayen Vegeta! ERIC LEGRAND, you were a real Sayen! Sunday evening, you wrote to me the following word in parentheses: (Getting transferred to Palliative Care Unit on Monday. I hope it will be very soon next.. 🖐) I will not forget you! i am unhappy, very unhappy … Farewell my friend. “
The exact date and cause of death are not known, but this is no doubt a great loss to French Dragon Ball, the future of which remains uncertain.
Ever since the release of Box 1 on November 30, 2022 Dragon Ball fans have been able to enjoy the best official release of the original series thus far, but it appears that the long hope for a Box 2 is coming to an end.
It has now been reported that numerous sources, including some from France have confirmed that AB Video will no longer be continuing their Blu-Ray releases of the original Dragon Ball.
This is unfortunate, as there had been various reports that gave fans hope that AB were not giving up on the second volume.
Nonetheless for years the question about when this would be released remained unanswered, and as expected AB Video could not confirm anything that was yet to be scheduled for a release date.
Two months later, according to one comment on Youtube a source close to AB confirmed that the conception of Box 2 posed a problem because TOEI were very nitpicky.
Now it seems that the long awaited follow-up to the much loved Dragon Ball Blu-Ray set will not be coming because AB finally got fed up of dealing with TOEI and didn’t want to use upscales.
Contrary to popular belief the Blu-Rays were not cancelled because of AB’s decision to use the broadcast audio, but simply because they wanted to go above and beyond to make this release the best it could possibly be.
A week after that comes Poland, and although we have been told privately Studio PDK creates Polish subs for the distributor Piece of Magic Entertainment, and have been requesting them to order a dub we have not been able to double source this information, so for now it’s best to take it with a grain of salt.
The final territory for this new theatrical run is Germany, which opens on March 18th with further screenings that weekend on March 22nd and 23rd and includes dub screenings.
This is great news, as many of these countries have never received Battle of Gods in theatres and will provide fans with another chance to catch the first movie of Dragon Ball’s revival era on the big screen.
As we reported previously the Dutch distributor Piece of Magic Entertainment will be screening the 14th Dragon Ball Z movie and first of the revival era Battle of Gods in select European countries.
Now it seems that the movie will be returning to screens in France where it was only shown briefly in the past.
Paris-based media firm AlloCiné have reportedBattle of Gods will be returning to French screens on March 8th and 9th 2025.
While the movie did not get a wide theatrical release in France, it was shown on at least two occasions at the Grand Rex, once with sequel Resurrection F, and again with both Resurrection F and Broly.
Dragon Ball has long been a cultural phenomenon in France, and there’s no doubt there will be much excitement for these screenings.
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