The new series Dragon Ball DAIMA has begun airing on October 11th
The new series Dragon Ball DAIMA, original work, story and character design by Akira Toryiama, has premiered on October 11th and promises to bring a fresh and thrilling chapter to the franchise while celebrating the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball.
Dragon Ball DAIMA is expected to be one of the most talked-about anime releases of the year, expanding the world of Dragon Ball with innovative storytelling and high-quality animation.
Dragon Ball DAIMA is targeted not only to the generation that grew up with Goku's adventures—the Kidults—but also to the new generations of fans.
The Dragon Ball phenomenon began in 1984 when Japan’s well-known manga from Akira Toriyama premiered in Shueisha’s “Weekly Shonen Jump” – becoming a top ranked title throughout its 10 and a half years of publication. Since then, the manga’s popularity has continued to grow with an astonishing record of 260 million copies sold worldwide and counting. And with Dragon Ball’s ever-increasing popularity, it has expanded beyond manga to include TV animation, movies, games, and merchandising.
Dragon Ball’s popularity kept its momentum, and in 2013, the release of its serial movies was restarted for the first time in 17 years to much acclaim. Then in 2015, the series “Dragon Ball Super” by the author Akira Toriyama began to air. In 2022, the movie “Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO” was released, earning not only the number 1 spot at the Japanese box office in its first weekend, but also number 1 at the worldwide box office in its first week. In October 2024, on the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball’s serialization, the new series “Dragon Ball DAIMA” has finally started and is ready to make its mark in the history of Dragon Ball!
For the EMEA region, Toei Animation have established first distribution agreements with leading partners and more collaborations are on the horizon for 2025:other than on the EMEA partners for streaming Crunchyroll and Netflix in Italy the new series is also available on Anime Generation (Amazon Prime Video.