Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Hits Crunchyroll With NYCC Premiere
Crunchyroll is carrying the enhanced edition in most major regions from day one, while North American streaming platforms and timing remain unannounced and are being handled separately.
Key Facts
- Dragon Ball Super: Beerus begins streaming on Crunchyroll on October 11 as part of the fall 2026 lineup.
- Episode 1 of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus had its world premiere at New York Comic Con on October 9, three days before the Japan premiere on October 11.
- Crunchyroll carries Dragon Ball Super: Beerus in the US, Canada, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, India, Southeast Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
- The original Dragon Ball Super anime, produced by Toei Animation, ran from 2015 to 2018 across 131 episodes.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime Corner, AnimationXpress Anime.
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, an enhanced edition of the Dragon Ball Super anime, begins streaming on Crunchyroll on October 11 as part of the fall 2026 lineup. The series is available across the US, Canada, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, India, Southeast Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Episode 1 had its world premiere at New York Comic Con on October 9, three days before the Japan premiere on Sunday, October 11, in front of 3000 fans at the Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Special Panel. Japanese voice actors Masako Nozawa (Son Goku) and Koichi Yamadera (Beerus) sent a video message, and English dub voice actors Jason Douglas (Beerus) and Ian Sinclair (Whis) discussed the room. North American streaming platforms and timing will be announced separately.
The earlier Dragon Ball Super anime ran 131 episodes from 2015 to 2018, produced by Toei Animation. The new version leans on the manga's pacing rather than the original show's. In the manga, Goku and Beerus meet and finish their first fight inside two chapters. Battle of Gods spends nearly a third of its runtime reaching that moment, and the original anime took five episodes.
Episode 1 mixes material from Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, the manga, and the original anime, and drops several side plots from the first series. Vegeta and Master Roshi both get more to do in the manga, which the panel suggested could carry over. The opening theme drew praise from the room.
- Masako Nozawa (Son Goku) and Koichi Yamadera (Beerus) sent a video message; Nozawa led the hall in a group Kamehameha.
- Nozawa: "Goku and his friends just keep getting stronger, and the story Toriyama-sensei created is truly captivating."
- Yamadera: "Beerus is right there in the title, so please be sure to watch Beerus in action; how cool he is, how frightening, how strong!"
The panel also covered the convention's Dragon Ball booth, card game updates, new Dragon Ball Legends and Dokkan characters, and a Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 trailer. Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol was announced alongside this series at the Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri in January. Crunchyroll streams Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Daima.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.