The God of Destruction is about to speak three more languages. Crunchyroll and Toei Animation have confirmed that the English, Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus begin streaming this month, and the announcement arrived with a dub trailer built around the voices longtime fans needed to hear.
Crunchyroll announced that it will exclusively stream the English, Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs starting November 12 at 8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET, with new dubbed episodes premiering weekly. The rollout covers the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America, and the official announcement lists newly recorded dubbing with added score and sound effects for the enhanced edition.
The trailer makes the casting pitch immediately. It opens on Jason Douglas' Beerus a few seconds in, and saves the big closing speech for Sean Schemmel's Goku — the two performances that defined this storyline for English-speaking fans a decade ago.
The Confirmed Dub Casts of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus So Far
Four roles are confirmed for each language at this stage, and every one of them is a returning voice from the original Dragon Ball Super dubs. The initial English cast is:
Sean Schemmel as Son Goku
Christopher R. Sabat as Vegeta
Jason Douglas as Beerus
Ian Sinclair as Whis
The initial Latin American Spanish cast brings back that dub's own generation-defining lineup:
Mario Castañeda as Son Goku
René García as Vegeta
José Luis Orozco as Beerus
Arturo Castañeda as Whis
The initial Brazilian Portuguese cast completes the set, with Wendel Bezerra — who also directs the Brazilian dub — back as Goku:
Wendel Bezerra as Son Goku
Alfredo Rollo as Vegeta
Marcelo Pissardini as Beerus
Felipe Grinan as Whis
The dubs also start at a deliberate disadvantage: by launch day, the subtitled release will already be five episodes in, so dubbed episodes begin in catch-up mode. The weekly schedule means that gap closes only if Crunchyroll later doubles up, which it has not announced.
What is Dragon Ball Super: Beerus about?
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is an enhanced edition of Dragon Ball Super, the 2015–2018 series that ran for 131 episodes, rebuilt around Beerus, the God of Destruction, and his first encounter with Goku. Produced by Toei Animation from Akira Toriyama's original story and character designs, the new edition reconstructs the story with new and redrawn cuts and new visual effects, as part of both the Dragon Ball franchise's 40th anniversary and Toei's 70th. The franchise blends action, adventure and martial arts, and the Beerus edition returns to the moment a bored god's search for the Super Saiyan God first put Earth on the cosmic map.
Crunchyroll describes the series as follows:
Several years have passed since the fierce battle against Majin Buu, and Earth has finally regained a brief moment of peace. At the same time, Beerus, the God of Destruction, awakens from his long, deep sleep. Even Kai and Supreme Kai, aware of Beerus’ overwhelming power to destroy entire planets, watch his awakening with great fear… Meanwhile, Beerus hears rumors of a Saiyan who defeated Frieza, and suddenly appears before Goku. Targeted by Beerus, the strongest being in the universe, Earth is in grave danger. Thus begins an earth-shattering cosmic battle between the God of Destruction and Goku and his allies, a conflict that will shake the entire universe.
The subtitled edition is streaming now on Crunchyroll, which premiered it on October 11 alongside the Japanese broadcast on Fuji TV, with Hulu carrying it in the United States and Netflix streaming it in select regions. The English, Spanish and Portuguese dubs join it exclusively on Crunchyroll starting November 12.
Sources: Crunchyroll and Toei Animation
