The battle between Super Saiyan God Goku and Beerus is back on screen with new animation. Toei Animation's Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, the re-rendered remake of the 2015 Dragon Ball Super anime, released Episode 5, "The God of Destruction and Son Goku," on November 8, and it covers ground that took the original series 4 episodes. Check out the official post down below:
Episode 5 condenses Episodes 10 through 13 of the original Dragon Ball Super into a single half hour. Ayaka Noro directed the episode, Matsuto Seya, Tadayoshi Yamamuro and Takao Kiriyama handled storyboards, and Yamamuro and Takeo Ide supervised the animation. Takashi Tokushige is the art director.
Toei's synopsis 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!"
What Toei Changed In The Remake
Toei calls Dragon Ball Super: Beerus the "ENHANCED edition" of the original anime. According to the studio, the project 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. Toei says the goal is a more faithful and detailed reproduction of Akira Toriyama's original work, especially in the battle scenes.
The remake was announced on January 25 at the Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri event at Makuhari Messe, part of the franchise's 40th anniversary. Toei said the project had been underway for a few years before the announcement. The same event revealed Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol, an all-new anime that continues the story after the original series' Universe Survival Arc. Toei's Super Surge trailer shows the new animation:
The Team Behind The New Animation
Seya is in charge of series composition and direction. Yamamuro is the animation character designer and general animation director, and he is credited as animation supervisor on every episode so far. Eiichi Nishimura handles editing, Yosuke Motoki leads compositing and Norihito Sumitomo composed the music.
Each episode has its own director. Maya Asakura directed Episode 1, "God of Destruction," which drew from Episodes 1 and 2 of the original anime and opens with Beerus waking from his long sleep while Goku lives in peace years after the battle with Majin Buu. Ryota Nakamura directed Episode 2, "The God of Destruction Heads to the Planet of the Kai," built from material in Episodes 3 through 5.
Kokoro Kondo directed Episode 3, "The God of Destruction Heads to Earth," which pulled from Episodes 4 through 8, and Kota Tamakuma directed Episode 4, "The God of Saiyans," which drew from Episodes 8 and 9. With Episode 5 taking in Episodes 10 through 13, the remake has reached Goku's fight with Beerus in 5 episodes, a stretch that took the 2015 series 13.
The opening theme is "ONOGAMI" by MEGATERA・ZERO, and its animation can be seen here:
The ending theme is "Kan Peki No Peki" by VK Blanka.
Where To Watch
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus premiered on October 11 and streams on Crunchyroll and Hulu, with Netflix adding Episode 5 on November 14. The English dub, featuring Sean Schemmel as Goku, Christopher Sabat as Vegeta, Jason Douglas as Beerus and Ian Sinclair as Whis, starts exclusively on Crunchyroll on Thursday, November 12, at 9 a.m. MST.
Masako Nozawa, Koichi Yamadera and Masakazu Morita lead the Japanese cast as Goku, Beerus and Whis.
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