The preview images for Dragon Ball Daima episode 1 were revealed on Wednesday ahead of its October 11 premiere. Toei Animation is handling the animation production for Dragon Ball Daima while Crunchyroll will be streaming the anime with English subtitles. Netflix will also release the series starting on October 18. Check out the preview images below:
Episode 1 synopsis via official English site:
A giant castle in a mysterious world. Two suspicious Majin watch a monitor. Their names are Gomah and Degesu! The monitor displays Goku and the others having a fierce battle against Majin Buu. Gomah and Degesu head to Earth to execute a certain conspiracy.
The opening theme song “Jaka Jaan” is performed by Zedd featuring Yukinojo Mori and C&K. Production for Dragon Ball Daima was already confirmed to be complete at the beginning of September. Watch the trailer for the series ahead of its premiere:
Dragon Ball Daima Staff and Cast
Both the original story and character designs for the Dragon Ball Daima anime were series creator Akira Toriyama’s last works before passing away earlier this year. Aya Komaki (One Piece episodes 892-961) is working as the series director for Dragon Ball Daima while Yoshitaka Yashima (Dragon Ball Super) is credited as the director. Zedd is composing the music.
Yuuko Kakihara is handling the series composition and script, whose works include the recent Urusei Yatsura remake and the upcoming anime series Blue Box airing this fall season. Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru is in charge of the animation character designs. Previous works of his as a character designer include Dragon Ball GT, Digimon Adventure, and Dr. Slump. (Staff and cast will be updated week to week).
Masako Nozawa will be reprising her original role as Goku for the series. The rest of the currently announced cast for Dragon Ball Daima are:
- Panzy – Fairouz Ai (Power from Chainsaw Man)
- Degesu – Junya Enoki (Itadori from Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Glorio – Kouki Uchiyama (Mereum – Hunter x Hunter 2011)
- Gomah – Shoutaro Morikubo (Shikamaru – Naruto)
- Dr. Arinsu – Youko Hikasa (Rias – High School DxD)
- Supreme Kai (Mini) – Yumiko Kobayashi (Black☆Star – Soul Eater)
Dragon Ball Daima will officially premiere on Friday, October 11, 2024.
Source: Official Website, Official X
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