Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV announced their upcoming programming slate at their Odaiba headquarters today, revealing the start date for the much-anticipated premiere of the Dragon Ball Daima TV anime. Mantan Web reports that the follow-up to Dragon Ball Super will premiere on October 11 in an extended 40-minute time slot.
Previously released trailer:
The head of programming at Fuji TV, Yuichi Nakajima, said that “all the episodes [of Dragon Ball Daima] are ready” for broadcast. Daima will be airing in a brand new anime-focused time slot on Fuji TV on Friday nights at 11:40 PM. Nakajima explained the change from Sunday mornings (where Dragon Ball Kai and Super aired) to Friday nights is because the new time slot will be broadcast all across Japan, while the Sunday morning slot isn’t broadcast in all regions making Daima “easily able to be watched by the target demographic.”
Dragon Ball Daima is directed by Yoshitaka Yashima and Aya Komaki at Toei Animation. Yuko Kakihara writes the series composition, with animation character designs from Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru. Dragon Ball manga creator, the late Akira Toriyama, worked on the original story and character designs. Ahead of the TV premiere, the first episode will be shown at Daimatsuri on October 6 in Japan.
Most recently, Toriyama’s series inspired the Dragon Ball Super TV anime, followed by a handful of anime films, including 2022’s Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO. All of the television anime series are available to stream on Crunchyroll, which describes the classic Dragon Ball anime as such:
Goku is a strange, bushy-tailed boy who spends his days hunting and eating—until he meets Bulma, a bossy beauty with boys on the brain. Together, they set out to find the seven magic Dragon Balls and make the wish that will change their lives forever.
Sources: Mantan Web, Oricon
