Update 06/14/22: Crunchyroll and Toei Animation have announced when Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero will arrive in western theaters, including August 19 in the US and UK, and August 18 in Australia. We've also learned who will play the major characters in the English-language dub.
The movie will play in 2,300 US theaters, as well as selected IMAX locations. Ticket pre-sales begin on July 22. Per Crunchyroll, the English voice cast includes:
- Son Gohan - Kyle Hebert
- Son Goku - Sean Schemmel
- Son Goten - Robert McCollum
- Piccolo - Christopher R. Sabat
- Bulma - Monica Rial
- Vegeta - Christopher R. Sabat
- Krillin - Sonny Strait
- Trunks - Eric Vale
- Videl - Kara Edwards
- Pan - Jeannie Tirado
- Dr. Hedo - Zach Aguilar
- Gamma 1 - Aleks Le
- Gamma 2 - Zeno Robinson
- Magenta - Charles Martinet
- Carmine - Jason Marnocha
And here's when you'll be able to watch the movie in a theater in your area:
- August 18 in Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay
- August 19 in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Zambia, Vietnam
- August 26 in India, Indonesia
- August 30 in Malaysia, Brunei
- August 31 in the Philippines
- September 1 in Singapore
- September 8 in Taiwan
- September 15 in South Korea
- September 29 in Thailand, Hong Kong, Macao
- Additional global release dates for the film will be announced soon.
Crunchyroll and Toei Animation have announced that Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, the newest film in the hugely popular anime franchise, will hit theaters globally this summer.
Following the record-breaking success of Dragon Ball: Super Broly, the blockbuster anime franchise is heading back to the big screen. In Japan, the movie will be released on June 11.
Starting in August, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero will then be rolled out in theaters in North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Africa, the Middle East, and the rest of Asia.
Super Hero is set to become the first truly globally-distributed theatrical release for Crunchyroll, and it is the second film under the Dragon Ball Super brand following the release of Broly in 2018. Both films serve as a continuation of Dragon Ball Super, which has both a manga and anime series, though the latter stopped producing new episodes in 2018.
"For more than 30 years, the Dragon Ball franchise has delighted fans around the globe who have followed the world's greatest warriors who defend Earth from forces of evil," said Rahul Purini, President of Crunchyroll. "We're thrilled to partner with Toei Animation to bring fans the latest chapter of Dragon Ball Super to the legion of super fans eager to continue the adventure and to grow the anime audiences who are discovering it for the first time."
Timeline-wise, the new flick takes place around the end of Dragon Ball Z in Age 784, with fan-favorite characters such as Goku, Bulma, Piccolo, Vegeta, Broly, and a kindergarten age Pan all returning for the next adventure alongside Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, two new android characters that call themselves "Super Heroes" but quickly turn on Piccolo and Gohan.
The Japanese voice cast features Masako Nozawa (Gohan, Goku and Goten), Toshio Furukawa (Piccolo), Yūko Minaguchi (Pan), Ryō Horikawa (Vegeta), Mayumi Tanaka (Krillin), Aya Hisakawa (Bulma), Takeshi Kusao (Trunks), Miki Itō (Android 18), Bin Shimada (Broly), Kōichi Yamadera (Beerus), Masakazu Morita (Whis), Hiroshi Kamiya (Gamma 1), Mamoru Miyano (Gamma 2), Miyu Irino (Dr. Hedo), Volcano Ota (Magenta), and Ryota Takeuchi (Carmine).
The latest action-packed entry in the sprawling anime series was originally announced at SDCC 2021, where a teaser with a new animation style was revealed alongside an official title. Original creator Akira Toriyama was also confirmed to be returning to write and provide more character designs for the 21st Dragon Ball movie, under the direction of Tetsuro Kodama.
Super Hero made it onto IGN's list of new anime to watch out for this year alongside the likes of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, a 10-episode series set in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe, Spriggan, an anime based on the classic manga by Hiroshi Takashige, and Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2, which is now available to stream on Crunchyroll and Funimation.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
