Dragon Ball International

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  • Dragon Ball Daima to officially become the first Dragon Ball TV anime released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray

    As the final episode of Dragon Ball Daima premiered in Japan yesterday, there was also an announcement for the series first home release worldwide.

    While Japanese Dragon Ball fans have been used to the recent TV series like Kai and Super being released in glorious HD the new Dragon Ball Daima anime is receiving even greater treatment with the series becoming the second piece of content in the franchise and the first TV anime to be released on the current premium format 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray.

    The above can be translated as:

    Release Date

    Wednesday, July 2, 2025

    price

    52,800 yen (tax included)

    privilege

    < Specifications>
    • ・ Blu-ray disc set of 4 discs (all 20 episodes of the main story + video bonus included)
    • ・ Newly drawn SPECIAL BOX
    • ・ Newly drawn three-sided back case
    < inclusion privilege>
    • ・ 4K UHD Blu-ray disc 3-disc set (all 20 episodes of the main story)
      * 4K SDR up-controller specification
    • ・Deluxe edition booklet
    • ・Daimakai Sugoroku
    • ・Stickers
    • ・ Set of 7 types of die-cut pin badges
    < Video Bonus>
    • ・Non-credit OPED
    • ・Trailer

    * Product specifications are subject to change.

    There is no news as of yet for international home releases, but expect them for territories like North America, Oceania, the UK, France, Germany and other countries which have received a lot of Dragon Ball home releases throughout the past few decades.

  • Animax Japan to begin airing Dragon Ball Daima tomorrow

    According to the official site for anime specialty channel Animax’s Japanese feed Dragon Ball Daima is set to premier on the channel, nearly 3 weeks after its national debut on Fuji TV.

    The first episode airs tomorrow at 7pm with reruns on Friday at 3pm and 6:30pm.

    Each subsequent new episode will then premier on Thursdays and repeat on Fridays, in both cases at the same timeslots every week until December 27th.

    As such the current release date for new episodes on Animax is as follows:

    Episode 1 – October 31st (7pm) and November 1st (3pm and 6:30pm)

    Episode 2 – November 7th (7pm) and 8th (3pm and 6:30pm)

    Episode 3 – November 14th (7pm) and 15th (3pm and 6:30pm)

    Episode 4 – November 21st (7pm) and 22nd (3pm and 6:30pm)

    Episode 5 – November 28th (7pm) and 29th (3pm and 6:30pm)

    Episode 6 – December 5th (7pm) and 6th (3pm and 6:30pm)

    Episode 7 – December 12th (7pm) and 13th (3pm and 6:30pm)

    Episode 8 – December 19th (7pm) and 20th (3pm and 6:30pm)

    Episode 9 – December 26th (7pm) and 27th (3pm and 6:30pm)

    Animax has a long history with Dragon Ball ever since the original series premiered on the channel across Southeast Asia in 2006 with an exclusive English dub. The Japanese version of the channel has previously aired Dragon Ball Z and its two TV specials.

    Animax no longer broadcasts in English.

  • Dragon Ball receives a near full Japanese recast for Daima

    https://twitter.com/DB_official_jp/status/1847294579135185011

    The official Dragon Ball website and Twitter/X has revealed the Japanese cast for the child versions of Goku and friends, as seen in Dragon Ball Daima.

    Notably every character has been recast, except Goku who is still being voiced by Masako Nozawa.

    The new cast is as follows:

    Mai Nakahara – Bulma

    Yudai Mino – Vegeta

    Tomohiro Yamaguchi – Piccolo

    Aki Kaneda – Kuririn/Krillin

    Ai Kakuma – Chi-Chi

    Kanemitsu Nobuaki – Kame-sennin/Master Roshi

    Taonaga Tsubasa – Trunks

    Goto Erina – Dende

    Kimiko Saito – Mr. Popo

    Yusuke Handa – Kibito

    Toru Sakurail – Mr. Satan

    Shiho Amuro – Majin Boo

    Dragon Ball Daima premiered in Japan on October 11th and airs Fridays at 11:40pm on Fuji TV.

Tag: Japan