Streaming service Crunchyroll had a surprise announcement today, revealing that the English dub of Dragon Ball Super, the latest full anime series in the Dragon Ball franchise, will be appearing on the service beginning March 5. While the series has been available on Crunchyroll with Japanese audio and subtitles, this is the first time that the English dub will be streaming on the service.
The announcement put out by Crunchyroll states that all episodes of the English dub will be available starting today in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, with other countries and regions soon to follow. The cast, of course, consists of many beloved voice actors reprising their roles from Dragon Ball Z, such as Sean Schemmel as Goku and Christopher Sabat as Vegeta. The series covers both serialized adaptations of films and original arcs, such as the fan-favorite Tournament of Power arc.
Fans of the dub have been in a bit of a pickle in recent times, as the series hasn’t been streaming in English since Funimation’s streaming service ended.
Dragon Ball Super is a Fitting Continuation of the Classic
Previously, Dragon Ball Super was only streaming in English on Funimation’s streaming service, but Funimation was acquired by Crunchyroll and ended its service early last month, leaving fans up in the air. Many fans expected it would only be a matter of time before the English dub of Dragon Ball Super would appear on Crunchyroll, and thankfully, they didn’t have to wait too long to see that happen.
For those unfamiliar, Dragon Ball Super picks up not long after the Buu Saga of Dragon Ball Z, but before the timeskip seen in the final episodes of the series. It sees Goku and Vegeta attain powerful new forms, such as Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue, and battle against opponents both classic and new, such as Frieza and Lord Beerus. The world of Dragon Ball expands massively with the inclusion of a multiverse, opening up new challenges from other universes, as would eventually be seen in the Tournament of Power.
While the Dragon Ball Super manga has continued running and still puts out new chapters to this day, the Dragon Ball Super anime ran from 2015 to 2018, and has continued with film installments afterward, such as Dragon Ball Super: Broly in 2018 and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, which came out in 2022. Fans have debated whether the Dragon Ball Super anime will return to adapt the manga’s chapters since 2018, but so far there has been no indication of a continuation of Super. Instead, a new series, Dragon Ball DAIMA, is set for a 2024 release.
The English dub of Dragon Ball Super goes live on Crunchyroll at 1:00 PM Pacific Time on March 5 in the aforementioned countries, and soon to follow in other areas. Hopefully, this is just the beginning of Funimation’s library appearing on Crunchyroll, with more series that have been temporarily unavailable returning soon. In the meantime, fans can enjoy Dragon Ball Super‘s English dub once again and relive the epic battles that the series has to offer.
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Dragon Ball Super
Dragon Ball Super is a sequel to the original Dragon Ball series as well as the fan-favorite Dragon Ball Z anime. Dragon Ball Super takes place ten years after Majin Buu is defeated and follows Goku and his friends on all-new adventures. Much like its predecessors, Dragon Ball Super was praised throughout its 131 episodes.
- Cast
- Sean Schemmel , Jason Douglas , Christopher Sabat
- Release Date
- July 5, 2015
- Seasons
- 1
- Franchise(s)
- Dragon Ball
- Directors
- Tatsuya Nagamine
