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Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will streamDragon Ball Daimawith subtitles starting October 11. The simulcast will be available to stream in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
Fuji TVpreviously announced that the series will airin a new programming block on Fridays at 11:40 PM.
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Daima’sfirst episode will air with a 10-minute longer runtime than usual. It will premiere as part of the Dragon Ball Daimatsuri event on October 6. The event will be held at Tokyo Big Sight, with cast members attending two of the three scheduled screenings.
Crunchyroll describes the series as:
Due to a conspiracy, Goku and his friends are turned small. What sort of adventure awaits Goku, Supreme Kai, and the new characters Glorio and Panzy in this unknown world, the “Demon Realm”?
Masako Nozawa will reprise her role as Goku.Other cast members includeYumiko Kobayashi (Crayon Shin-Chan’sShin-chan,Soul Eater’sBlack Star) as Supreme Kai, Koki Uchiyama (My Hero Academia’sTomura Shigaraki,Horimiya’sIzumi Miyamura) as Glorio, Fairouz Ai (Chainsaw Man’sPower,JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean’sJolyne Kuujou) as Panzy, Showtaro Morikubo (Naruto’sShikamaru,Persona 4’sYousuke Hanamura) as Gomah, Junya Enoki (Jujutsu Kaisen’sYuuji Itadori,JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind’sPannacotta Fugo)as Degesu, and Yoko Hikasa (High School DxD’sRias Gremory,K-ON!’sMio) as Dr. Arinsu.
Daima is the lastDragon Ballproject series creator Akira Toriyama worked onprior to his passing. The legendary mangaka contributed to both the story and character designs. Toriyama released a statement teasing his involvement in the project when it was first announced at NYCC 2023:
I’m currently working on a new Dragon Ball.
The title is “Dragon Ball DAIMA”.
“DAIMA” is a made-up term, which in Japanese characters would be " 大魔" or in English would be something like “Evil.”
Due to a conspiracy, Goku and his friends are turned small.
to fix things, they’ll head off to a new world!
It’s a grand adventure with intense action in an unknown and mysterious world.
Since Goku has to make up for his petite size, he uses his Nyoibo (Power Pole) to fight, something not seen in a long time.
I came up with the story and settings, as well as a lot of the designs.
I’m actually putting a lot more into this than usual!
Things will unfold that close in on the mysteries of the Dragon Ball world.
Hope you all enjoy these different-from-usual battles that are cute and powerful!!
Yoshitaka Yashima (Dragon Ball Super) and Aya Komaki (One Piece) will direct the series, with Katsuyoshi Nakatsuruadapting Toriyama’s designs. Yuuko Kakihara (Digimon Adventure tri.) is handling the scripts.
The opening theme song “Jaka Jaan” is composed by Grammy Award-winning artist Zedd with singer-songwriting duo CLIEVY and KEEN providing vocals. Yukinojo Mori, who contributed to iconicDragon Ballsongs “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA” and “Limit Break x Survivor”, is credited as the song’s lyricist. Zedd also produced the ending theme, “NAKAMA” which features lyrics written and sung by singer-songwriter AI.
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Goku, a young, powerful boy with a tail, spends his days hunting and living off the land. His life changes when he meets Bulma, a teen genius on a quest to collect seven magical Dragon Balls that summon a dragon capable of granting any wish. Together, they set off on an adventure filled with powerful martial arts battles, formidable foes, and unlikely alliances.
