Toei Animation is not remastering Dragon Ball Super so much as rebuilding it. Dragon Ball Super: Beerus premieres in Japan on Sunday, October 11, 2026, and the Super Surge trailer that dropped on September 2 shows exactly how much new material is going into what is technically a remake of a decade-old series. New cuts, redrawn animation, a restructured narrative, and a fresh set of theme songs. Here is what the project covers and why Toei is doing it this way.
What Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Actually Covers
This is an enhanced edition of the opening stretch of Dragon Ball Super, pulling together three arcs that originally ran across roughly 40 episodes in 2015 and 2016:
- The God of Destruction Beerus Saga – the anime adaptation of Battle of Gods, introducing Beerus, Whis, and Super Saiyan God
- The Golden Frieza Saga – Frieza’s resurrection and the Resurrection F material
- The Universe 6 Saga – the tournament arc that introduced Hit, Cabba, and Champa
The original run of these arcs is widely considered the roughest-looking stretch of modern Dragon Ball, with animation quality that drew criticism at the time. That is a large part of the point here.
What is new
- A large volume of newly animated and redrawn cuts rather than simple upscaling
- A reconstructed narrative that tightens pacing and, per Toei, hews closer to the original manga
- Rebuilt battle sequences using current production techniques
- New theme songs: opening “ONOGAMI” by MEGATERA ZERO and ending “Kan Peki No Peki” by VK Blanka
Where This Fits in Dragon Ball’s Bigger Plan
The project was confirmed at Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri, the franchise’s 40th anniversary event held in Japan on January 25, 2026. That framing matters – Beerus is being positioned as the start of a longer effort rather than a one-off.
Broadcast details as they stand:
- Japanese premiere: Sunday, October 11, 2026
- Network: Fuji TV and affiliates
- Time slot: 11:15 p.m. JST
- Studio: Toei Animation
- Format: Weekly television series, not a theatrical release
Toei has also signaled that more arcs are planned to follow, which would eventually bring the same treatment to the Future Trunks and Universe Survival material. Nothing past Beerus has been dated.
North American viewers get an early look before the Japanese broadcast: a world-premiere screening is scheduled for New York Comic Con, which runs October 8 to 11 at the Javits Center.
Why a Remake Instead of New Material
The obvious question is why Toei would spend this much on footage that already exists when Dragon Ball Daima and the Super manga have both moved the story forward.
The practical answer is that Dragon Ball Super’s first arcs are the weakest entry point the franchise has. Anyone starting Super today runs straight into 40 episodes of inconsistent animation before the show finds its footing. For a franchise that depends on pulling in new viewers every few years, fixing the front door is a reasonable investment.
There is also the manga-alignment angle. Toriyama and Toyotaro’s manga version of these arcs differs from the anime in several places, and a reconstructed narrative gives Toei a chance to reconcile the two into a single canonical telling.
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus starts airing October 11 on Fuji TV, with the NYCC world premiere landing a few days earlier. Whether Toei follows through on the remaining sagas will probably depend on how this first block performs, so the October ratings are worth watching if you want to know how far the project goes.
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