Dragon Ball DAIMA: Release date speculation, cast, latest news
A big return for some unexpectedly small heroes.
It's only been a year since the last Dragon Ball instalment with Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, but in terms of series, we've gone a whole five years since the end of Dragon Ball Super the series, having concluded on 15th March 2018.
Since then, Dragon Ball fans have been clamouring to know more about a potential new direction for the series, and recently, all the Dragon Ball social medias have been teasing a big reveal at New York Comic Con.
Finally, on Friday 13th October 2023, a brand new Dragon Ball series, Dragon Ball DAIMA was revealed to the world and not only included the title logo but also a fantastic teaser trailer as well, and we even got a little hint at its release date.
Since then, fans have been theorizing like crazy to try and decode every little detail that the Dragon Ball team have teased out, both from what creator Akira Toriyama briefly explained at the panel as well as every single frame that the Dragon Ball DAIMA teaser trailer may be hiding.
Read on to learn everything we know about Dragon Ball DAIMA, including plot details, returning cast, and release date speculation.
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What is the Dragon Ball DAIMA release date?
At the official Dragon Ball panel at the 2023 New York Comic Con, it was officially revealed that Dragon Ball DAIMA was not only in the works, but also that we won't have to wait long for its release either.
Thankfully, Dragon Ball fans have a release window to be thinking about every day from now until autumn 2024. Until we hear more, there will no doubt be endless speculation on what specific day the release could fall on.
Who's in the Dragon Ball DAIMA cast?
The cast for Dragon Ball DAIMA is still somewhat unknown - in a rare move, the reveal of Dragon Ball DAIMA surprised even some of the cast members who were there, including Q&A moderator Monica Rial better known as Bulma's voice actress.
So, although even some of the cast aren't sure (or are keeping coy) over who will be in the show, here's who we could expect:
- Goku - Masako Nozawa (Japanese) / Sean Schemmel (English)
- Vegeta - Ryo Horikawa (Japanese) / Christopher Sabbat (English)
- Trunks - Takeshi Kusao (Japanese) / Alexis Tipton (English)
- Krillin - Mayumi Tanaka (Japanese) / Sonny Strait (English)
- Whis - Masakazu Morita (Japanese) / (Ian Sinclair)
- Piccolo - Toshio Furukawa (Japanese) / Christopher Sabbat (English)
- Frieza - Ryusei Nakao (Japanese) / Christopher Ayres (English)
What is the plot of Dragon Ball DAIMA?
While there aren't too many details about the plot for Dragon Ball DAIMA, franchise creator Akira Toriyama explained what fans can expect below from the unexpectedly pint-sized heroes: "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."
When is Dragon Ball DAIMA set?
The most recent series announced by series creator Akira Toriyama at New York Comic Con 2023, Dragon Ball DAIMA hasn't strictly said when it is set yet.
However, some comments from Toriyama and eagle-eyed fans have been able to figure out that it appears to be set sometime prior to The End of Z, AKA the Peaceful World Saga, in Dragon Ball Z.
How old is Goku in Dragon Ball DAIMA?
That's a tricky question to answer. It appears that most of the Dragon Ball characters have been 'chibi'-fied in Dragon Ball DAIMA, leading us only to speculate as to when the series actually takes place on the timeline. However, using what we know from when it might be set, and when Dragon Ball Super takes place, we can make an educated guess.
Dragon Ball Super takes place during Dragon Ball Z, sitting between that 10-year-gap between Majin Buu's defeat and the epilogue at the end of the series. We enter into Super roughly around 4 years into that jump, so in the first episode Goku, body-wise, is about 30-31 years old, but in terms of hard, chronological time, he is 38 years old when we meet him again.
If you're looking to deep-dive into just how old Goku, one of the most powerful anime characters, is to try and figure it out yourself, we've got you covered.
Dragon Ball DAIMA trailer
Alongside all of these announcements came the surprise teaser trailer, which you can view below:
The teaser excitedly hypes up all the history of Dragon Ball and then finally hits us with a fantastic montage of beautiful animation, featuring Shenron himself and a youthful looking Goku.
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