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I grew up watching Dragon Ball Z after school. Goku vs. Frieza was the first time I stayed up past midnight on a school night.
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus premieres in Japan on October 11, 2026. My son and I started with the original Dragon Ball when he was 9, then moved to Z, Super, and Daima. He is 11 now. The question most parents will have is the obvious one: is this a new story, or the one we already watched?
It is the one we already watched, rebuilt from the ground up. Here is what that means for your family: what the remake covers, where it fits in the watch order, how it rates for age, where to stream it, and which manga to hand a kid who wants more.
Is Dragon Ball Super: Beerus New? The Short Answer
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is a remake of the first three story arcs of Dragon Ball Super (2015), re-animated and recut, and we rate it 10+. That is the same 10+ we give the whole Dragon Ball franchise in our Anime Finder, which is where all our ratings live. Common Sense Media puts Dragon Ball Super at 10+ as well.
It premieres on Fuji TV in Japan on October 11, 2026. In the US it streams on Crunchyroll and Hulu from October 11, 2026, the same day as Japan. Netflix adds new episodes weekly starting October 17, 2026. Crunchyroll carries it in Canada, the UK and Europe from October 11 too.
If your kid already watched Super, they know this story. If they haven’t, the remake becomes the easier way in, since it covers the same ground in far fewer episodes. If the show sends your kid looking for the books, start them at the very beginning. The 3-in-1 editions make the original Dragon Ball cheap to test, and our Dragon Ball manga reading order shows where every volume sits, Super included.
What Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Covers, and What Changed
Toei Animation calls it an “enhanced edition.” It was made for the studio’s 70th anniversary and Dragon Ball’s 40th, and it takes three arcs from the original Super anime:
- The Beerus arc. Beerus, the God of Destruction, wakes from a long nap, goes hunting for a “Super Saiyan God,” and threatens to destroy Earth if he doesn’t get a good fight. This is the same story as the 2013 movie Battle of Gods.
- The Resurrection of Frieza arc. Frieza is brought back to life, trains for the first time ever, and attacks Earth with an army. The 2015 movie Resurrection ‘F’ told this one first.
- The Universe 6 arc. Beerus’s brother Champa sets up a tournament between their two universes, and each side fields five fighters.
The original anime needed 46 episodes for those three arcs. The remake is reportedly around 19. As of early October 2026, Toei hasn’t confirmed that number, so treat it as a leak until the official episode list is out.
Toei’s announcement lists what changed: new cuts, revisions to existing scenes, every frame re-rendered, new voice recording with added score and sound effects, and what it calls a full reconstruction of the story. The stated goal is bigger, clearer fights and a version closer to Akira Toriyama’s manga. Masako Nozawa is back as Goku and Koichi Yamadera as Beerus in the Japanese cast.
For a lot of longtime fans, that is the whole point. Super’s early TV episodes were known for uneven animation, and this is Toei going back to fix its own opening act.
One caveat, and it matters for the age section below. I haven’t seen the remake. Toei scheduled the world premiere of episode 1 for New York Comic Con on October 8, three days before Japan. Everything I say about content comes from the 2015 episodes and the two movies it rebuilds, and a “full reconstruction” could move some scenes around.
Where It Fits in the Dragon Ball Watch Order
Beerus picks up after the Majin Buu fight that ends Dragon Ball Z, and after Daima. This is the order we use, and it matches our Dragon Ball Daima guide:
- Dragon Ball (153 episodes)
- Dragon Ball Z (291 episodes, or Dragon Ball Z Kai for a shorter cut)
- Dragon Ball Daima (20 episodes)
- Dragon Ball Super: Beerus (the remake, in place of Super’s first 46 episodes)
- Dragon Ball Super from episode 47 (the Future Trunks arc onward, through episode 131)
- The movies Dragon Ball Super: Broly and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
You can skip Dragon Ball GT.
A kid doesn’t need all of that before starting Beerus. The bare minimum is the Buu Saga at the end of Z, because Super treats the cast, the Super Saiyan forms and Frieza’s history as things you already know. A 10-year-old who jumps in cold will still follow the fights. They’ll just miss why Frieza coming back is such a big deal.
If you would rather fill in Z on paper than sit through 291 episodes, the Dragon Ball Z box set covers that whole stretch in 26 volumes. It runs through the Buu fight, which is where Beerus picks up. The last few chapters jump years ahead, past everything in Super.
The one wrinkle is episode 47. Toei hasn’t said whether the remake continues past the Universe 6 arc, so for now a kid who finishes Beerus and wants more goes back to the 2015 series for the rest of Super. Expect the animation to take a step down when they do.
Where to Watch Dragon Ball Super: Beerus
| Where | Service | Starts |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Fuji TV, Sundays at 11:15 p.m. | October 11, 2026 |
| US | Crunchyroll and Hulu, then Netflix weekly | October 11, 2026 (Netflix October 17) |
| Canada, UK and Europe | Crunchyroll (subtitled simulcast) | October 11, 2026 |
| Other select countries | Netflix | October 14, 2026 |
Netflix announced the US date itself, on its own social account. As of early October 2026, it hasn’t announced an English dub at launch, so plan on subtitles unless that changes. The NYCC panel on October 8 features the English voices of Beerus and Whis, so that is where dub news is most likely to land. For a 10-year-old who reads slowly, the dub matters more than the date. The Crunchyroll stream is subtitled too.
The original 2015 Dragon Ball Super, all 131 episodes, streams in the US on Crunchyroll with an English dub. That is where a kid goes after the remake runs out.
Age Notes: Is Dragon Ball Super OK for Kids?
We rate Dragon Ball 10+ as a franchise, and these three arcs sit at the gentle end of it. The Finder’s warnings are cartoon violence and some crude humor in the original Dragon Ball. Both hold up here, with less of the crude humor than the early series had.
What is in these arcs
- Beerus arc: long stretches of comedy. A cat-like god crashes Bulma’s birthday party, loses his temper over food, and decides Earth’s fate with a game of rock-paper-scissors. He does strike Bulma when she gets in his way. The big fight is two gods trading blows across space.
- Frieza arc: the heaviest of the three. Frieza’s army overwhelms the heroes, Piccolo is killed protecting Gohan, and Frieza blows up the Earth before Whis rewinds time to undo it. That moment can land hard on a younger kid, even with the reset.
- Universe 6 arc: a tournament with a referee and rules. The toughest opponent, Hit, is an assassin, but the fights stay in the ring and the tone stays light.
How it compares to Dragon Ball Z
Z goes darker than this. The Frieza and Cell sagas have more on-screen death and a nastier set of villains. Super’s opening arcs keep the stakes cosmic and the mood closer to the jokey original Dragon Ball. Death in Dragon Ball rarely sticks, which takes some sting out of it for kids.
My son started the original series at 9, a year under our own rating, and he was well into the franchise by the time he got to Super. If your kid already handled Z, these arcs won’t be a step up. If Beerus is their first Dragon Ball, 10 is about right, and the Frieza arc is the one to sit in on.
For the bigger picture, our shonen anime for kids guide rates Dragon Ball next to Naruto, Demon Slayer and the rest of the genre, from 10+ all the way to the shows we skip.
The Manga for the Kid Who Wants More
Dragon Ball Super started as a manga in 2015, with story by Akira Toriyama and art by Toyotarou. Viz publishes it in English. It runs alongside the anime and tells the same general story, though the details split early and often.
Volume 1, Warriors from Universe 6, covers the Beerus arc and then jumps straight into the Universe 6 tournament. It skips the Frieza resurrection story, so a kid reading along with the remake will notice a gap there.
If your kid has never read any Dragon Ball, I’d start earlier. The original manga is funnier than most parents remember, and it is where Goku is a little kid, which suits a 10-year-old reader. Our Dragon Ball manga reading order has every volume from Dragon Ball through Super in order, plus which box sets are worth buying and which aren’t.
What’s Next
The full book path, from Goku’s first adventure to the newest Super volume, is in our Dragon Ball manga reading order.
For Daima’s episode guide and the rest of the timeline, read the Dragon Ball Daima guide.
If your kid is ready for more shonen once Beerus wraps, Shonen Anime for Kids sorts the whole genre by age.
For a quick answer on any other show, the Anime Finder filters every series we have rated by age and intensity. Everything anime and manga on the site lives on the anime and manga hub.
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I’m George. I read to my kids for 10+ years before they started reading on their own. My wife’s a therapist who helped pick books that actually matter for development. Everything on this site got tested on our family first.
FAQ
It is a remake. Toei Animation rebuilt the first three arcs of the 2015 Dragon Ball Super anime (Beerus, the Resurrection of Frieza, and Universe 6) with re-rendered footage, new and revised scenes, and new voice recording. The story is the one Super told in its first 46 episodes, cut down to a reported 19 or so.
On Crunchyroll and Hulu from October 11, 2026, the same day as Japan. Netflix adds new episodes weekly starting October 17, 2026. As of early October 2026, Netflix had not announced an English dub at launch. In the UK and Europe, Crunchyroll streams it subtitled from October 11, 2026.
We rate it 10+, the same as the rest of the Dragon Ball franchise in our Anime Finder, and Common Sense Media also says 10+. The violence is cartoon fighting with cosmic stakes. The heaviest stretch is the Frieza arc, where Earth is destroyed before time is rewound.
It helps, but it is not required. The minimum is the Buu Saga at the end of Dragon Ball Z, because Super assumes you know the cast and Frieza’s history. The full order is Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Daima, then Super.
It tells the same story. Battle of Gods was a 2013 movie about Beerus hunting for a Super Saiyan God, and the Super anime retold it at greater length in 2015. The remake rebuilds that TV version, then continues into the Resurrection of Frieza and Universe 6 arcs.
Volume 1, Warriors from Universe 6, published in English by Viz. It covers the Beerus arc and the start of the Universe 6 tournament, and skips the Frieza resurrection story. A kid who has never read any Dragon Ball will get more out of starting with the original series.