Dragon Ball Super: Beerus has reached Goku's battle with Beerus. Toei Animation released Episode 5, "The God of Destruction and Son Goku," over the weekend, and the new episode puts Goku's Super Saiyan God form up against Beerus. Check out the official post down below:
Toei's synopsis for the episode reads, "With everyone's help, Goku transforms into a 'Super Saiyan God'! With Earth's fate on the line, the fierce battle between Goku with his unknown god powers and the God of Destruction Beerus begins!"
Episode 5 premiered on November 8 and is simulcasting on Crunchyroll and Hulu. Netflix adds the episode on November 14.
How Goku Got Here
The remake has moved quickly through the arc. In Episode 3, "The God of Destruction Heads to Earth," Beerus left his first face-off with Goku and went looking for other Saiyans. He found Goku's friends gathered on Earth for Bulma's birthday, and Toei's synopsis teased that "the terror of the God of Destruction resurfaces" in Vegeta's mind when he sees Beerus.
Episode 4, "The God of Saiyans," aired on November 1. Toei's synopsis says Beerus decides to destroy Earth "over a trivial matter," and Goku suggests asking Shenron about the Super Saiyan God that Beerus has been searching for. The episode closed by asking whether it is possible to create a warrior "considered a mythical god." Episode 5 answers that question with Goku's transformation.
Episode 5 condenses Episodes 10 through 13 of the 2015 Dragon Ball Super anime into a single episode. It was directed by Ayaka Noro, with storyboards from Matsuto Seya, Tadayoshi Yamamuro and Takao Kiriyama, and aired in Japan on Fuji TV on November 8. Joji Yanami returns as King Kai in the Japanese cast.
English Dub Arrives Thursday
The English dub of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is exclusive to Crunchyroll and starts on Thursday, November 12, at 9 a.m. MST. The returning dub cast includes Sean Schemmel as Goku, Christopher Sabat as Vegeta, Jason Douglas as Beerus and Ian Sinclair as Whis.
The dub releases weekly from Episode 1, so Episode 5 in English is listed for December 10. Crunchyroll's dub trailer can be seen here:
In Japanese, Masako Nozawa voices Goku, Koichi Yamadera voices Beerus and Masakazu Morita voices Whis.
A Rebuilt Battle Of Gods Arc
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus premiered on October 11 as a new version of the opening arc of the 2015 Dragon Ball Super anime, which adapted the Battle of Gods story. Toei calls it an "ENHANCED edition" with newly added and redrawn cuts and a reconstructed story.
Toei first announced the project on January 25 at the Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri event at Makuhari Messe, held for the franchise's 40th anniversary, with Nozawa, Yamadera and Dragon Ball executive producer Akio Iyoku on stage. Toei said the remake features extensive new cuts, revisions to existing scenes, a complete re-rendering of all footage, newly recorded voice work with added score and sound effects, and a full reconstruction of the story, with the goal of reproducing Akira Toriyama's original work more faithfully.
The same event announced Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol, a new anime that continues the story after the Universe Survival Arc from the 2015 to 2018 series. That story appears in the Dragon Ball Super manga as the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Arc.
Matsuto Seya handles series composition and direction, while Tadayoshi Yamamuro is the animation character designer and general animation director. Norihito Sumitomo composed the music. The opening theme is "ONOGAMI" by MEGATERA・ZERO, and the ending theme is "Kan Peki No Peki" by VK Blanka.
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