Series Information
| Original Run: | 11 October 2024 – 28 February 2025 (21 weeks; spent 1 week on break) |
| Rating Shares: | N/A |
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| Main Staff: |
Series Director — Aya Komaki & Yoshitaka Yashima Series Organization — Yūko Kakihara Story & Character Designs — Akira Toriyama Animation Character Design — Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru Art Design — Maya Kasai & Takashi Kurahashi Music — Kōsuke Yamashita |
On 12 October 2023 at New York Comic Con, Toei Animation officially announced that production was underway on an all-new TV series for the Dragon Ball franchise — Dragon Ball Daima — which was slated for a Fall 2024 debut. The series’ story and characters were in development by original manga author Akira Toriyama. Yoshitaka Yashima and Aya Komaki were brought on-board to direct, while veteran animator Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru was set to return as character designer. A teaser trailer was released alongside the announcement at the convention’s “Dragon Ball Special Panel” moderated by Monica Rial (English voice of Bulma).
In addition to the teaser trailer, franchise executive producer Akio Iyoku shared a written message from Akira Toriyama:
Hello. I’m Akira Toriyama.
I’m currently working on a new Dragon Ball. The Title is “Dragon Ball DAIMA”.
“DAIMA” is a made-up term, which in Japanese characters would be “大魔” or in English would be something like “Evil.”
Due to a conspiracy, Goku and his friends are turned small. In order to fix things, they’ll head off to a new world! It’s a grand adventure with intense action in an unknown and mysterious world.
Since Goku has to make up for his petite size, he uses his Nyoibo (Power Pole) to fight, something not seen in a long time.
I came up with the story and settings, as well as a lot of the designs. I’m actually putting a lot more into this than usual!
Things will unfold that close in on the mysteries of the Dragon Ball world. Hope you enjoy these different-from-usual battles that are cute and powerful!!
— AKIRA TORIYAMA
It was announced on 11 March 2024, shortly after Akira Toriyama’s passing, that the TV series would be broadcast across Japan on Fuji TV. The announcement first came via a special appearance by Masako Nozawa (Son Goku) and executive producer Akio Iyoku at the “Fuji TV Anime Lineup Announcement 2024” virtual event held at 9:30am that morning, with it then later being shared online by the official Dragon Ball Twitter account. A few months later the series’ main visual was revealed, along with a new trailer, new character reveals, and an announcement of an October 2024 release timeframe.
The series eventually received a concrete premiere date of 11 October 2024 just a month prior to its debut, and it was simultaneously announced the series would indeed be returning to Fuji TV. However, unlike the preceding Dragon Ball Kai and Dragon Ball Super series (which both aired early Sunday mornings), Dragon Ball Daima would fill the 11:40pm slot on Friday nights. Following this, a steady trickle of various new character and voice actor reveals, musical theme announcements, and updated key visuals were released in a build-up to the series’ premiere.
This page will updated as more information about the series becomes available and its broadcast continues; alternatively, you can always find the latest information tagged in our main news archive.
Episode List
Click the episode’s title to view its respective individual page, which will include screen shots from the original episode, an episode summary, next episode information, complete opening and ending credits, and more.
Inbō
Conspiracy
Chief Animation Supervisor: Chikashi Kubota · Animation Supervisor: Takeo Ide
Storyboard: Yoshitaka Yashima · Director: Aya Komaki
Gurorio
Glorio
Chief Animation Supervisor: Yūya Takahashi · Animation Supervisor: Naoko Yamaoka
Storyboard: Yoshitaka Yashima · Director: Kazuya Karasawa
Daima
Daima
Chief Animation Supervisor: Miyako Tsuji · Animation Supervisor: Kozue Komatsu
Storyboard: Yoshitaka Yashima · Director: Takao Kiriyama
Oshaberi
Chatty
Chief Animation Supervisor: Naohiro Shintani · Animation Supervisor: Yūichi Hamano
Storyboard: Yoshitaka Yashima · Director: Kan Murakami
Panji
Panzy
Chief Animation Supervisor: Yūya Takahashi · Animation Supervisor: Naoki Murakami & Kōji Watanabe · Storyboard: Yoshitaka Yashima · Director: Yūichi Tsuzuki
Inazuma
Lightning
Animation Supervisor: Takumi Yamamoto · Director: Gaku Yano
Kubiwa
Collar
Animation Supervisor: Naoko Yamaoka · Director: Ryōta Kawahara
Tamagami
Tamagami
Animation Supervisor: Kozue Komatsu · Director: Kazuya Karasawa
Touzoku
Thieves
Chief Animation Supervisor: Yūya Takahashi · Animation Supervisor: Shun Sawai & Hiroyuki Honda
Director: Takao Kiriyama
Unabara
Ocean
Chief Animation Supervisor: Naohiro Shintani · Animation Supervisor: Kaori Saitō
Storyboard: Yoshitaka Yashima · Director: Kan Murakami
Densetsu
Legend
Chief Animation Supervisor: Takeo Ide · Animation Supervisor: Kōji Watanabe & Hiromi Ishigami
Storyboard: Yoshitaka Yashima · Director: Yūichi Tsuzuki
Sokojikara
True Strength
Chief Animation Supervisor: Yūya Takahashi & Emiko Miyamoto
Animation Supervisor: Yūichi Hamano · Director: Kazuya Karasawa
New Year’s Special Programming
Sapuraizu
Surprise
Animation Supervisor: Shuntarō Mura & Kōji Watanabe · Director: Aya Komaki
Tabū
Taboo
Animation Supervisor: Takumi Yamamoto · Director: Gaku Yano
Sādo Ai
Third Eye
Animation Supervisor: Mikio Fujiwara · Director: Takao Kiriyama
Degesu
Degesu
Animation Supervisor: Tadayoshi Yamamuro & Shun Sawai · Director: Ryōta Kawahara
Gomā
Gomah
Animation Supervisor: Kōji Watanabe & Shuntarō Mura · Director: Kazuya Karasawa
Mezame
Awakening
Animation Supervisor: Kaori Saitō & Mikio Fujiwara · Storyboard: Aya Komaki · Director: Kan Murakami
Uragiri
Betrayal
Chief Animation Supervisor: Tadayoshi Yamamuro & Yūya Takahashi
Animation Supervisor: Yūichi Hamano · Director: Kazuya Karasawa
Zenkai
Maximum
Animation Supervisor: Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Yūya Takahashi, Chikashi Kubota, Takumi Yamamoto, Shuntarō Mura, Kōji Watanabe, & Shun Sawai