The official website of the new Dragon Ball DAIMA has revealed the 12 Japanese voice cast members for the "Mini" versions of the shonen anime's characters. The anime officially premiered on Crunchyroll and Netlfix earlier this month, with the English dub coming soon. Now, the production team shared an image featuring the photos of the 12 cast members listed below:
Mai Nakahara as Mini Bulma
Yūdai Mino as Mini Vegeta
Tomohiro Yamaguchi as Mini Piccolo
Aki Kanada as Mini Krillin
Ai Kakuma as Mini Chi-Chi
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Mini Kame-Sennin (Master Roshi)
From left to right in bottom row:
Tsubasa Yonaga as Mini Trunks
Erina Gotō as Mini Dende
Kimiko Saitō as Mini Mr. Popo
Yūsuke Handa as Mini Kibito
Tōru Sakurai as Mini Mr. Satan (Hercule)
Shiho Amuro as Mini Majin Buu
The official website also shared a look at the character designs for the Mini versions of the 12 Dragon Ball DAIMA characters:
It was also revealed that Stephanie Nadolny will be reprising her role as young Goku for Dragon Ball DAIMA's original English dub version. She voiced young Goku for Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT, and also voiced young Gohan in Funimation's Dragon Ball Z English dub. Monica Rial plays Bulma while Aaron Dismuke voices the new character named Glorio.
Fathom Events and Toei Animation are scheduled to screen the world premiere of the first three episodes of Dragon Ball DAIMA's English dub version in select U.S. theaters on November 10 to 12.
The official website also shared the creditless versions of Dragon Ball DAIMA's opening and closing sequences:
Toei Animation produced the animation for Dragon Ball DAIMA, with Yoshitaka Yashima (Dragon Ball Super animation director) and Aya Komaki (One Piece series director) as series directors. Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (Dragon Ball Z, Digimon franchise) is in charge of the late Akira Toriyama's character designs for animation, while Yuuko Kakihara (Digimon Adventure tri. movies, Cells at Work!, 2022 Urusei Yatsura) wrote and supervised DAIMA's scripts. Akio Iyoku, founder of Capsule Corporation Tokyo, executive-produced the anime, and franchise creator Akira Toriyama is credited for DAIMA's story and character designs.
Where to Watch Dragon Ball DAIMA
Dragon Ball DAIMA officially premiered on October 11 on Fuji TV in Japan, and Crunchyroll started streaming the series on October 11, the same day it premiered in Japan. The streamer will simulcast the new episodes with English (and other languages) subtitles as they're released weekly in North America, South America, India, Southeast Asia, and New Zealand
The anime is also streaming on Netlfix, which debuted in Asian regions on October 14, and then globally on October 18. Only one episode so far is released in those regions, and the first episode will be released on Netflix in South Korea on October 27, 2024.
What is Dragon Ball DAIMA about?
Dragon Ball DAIMA follows the new adventures of Goku and his friends as he, Vegeta, and other characters become younger. They were suddenly shrunk due to a conspiracy, and they find out that the reason might lie in a world known as the "Demon Realm. A mysterious young Majin named Glorio shows up before them. "DAIMA" is a made-up word and its kanji could be interpreted to mean "Evil" in English.
You can watch the official trailer for Dragon Ball DAIMA below:
Toei Animation shared an official synopsis for Dragon Ball DAIMA
Dragon Ball Daima is a new anime in which Akira Toriyama has been directly involved with the production of its brand-new story, including the plot and character designs. Also, it is being released for the 40th anniversary of the original Dragon Ball series, taking the fans' expectations to a whole new level.
For more information about Dragon Ball DAIMA, check out the official website of the anime.
