Crunchyroll has confirmed it will house the entire Dragon Ball saga on its platform, with the original series streaming in the UK for the first time.
The adventures of a young Goku setting out to find the powerful Dragon Balls will stream in the UK from February 9, with all 153 episodes of the anime's first-ever Dragon Ball series available in both subtitled and dubbed versions.
The release of the original show will be followed by the sequels in March: Dragon Ball Z (291 episodes) from March 1, Dragon Ball GT (64 episodes) from March 15, and Dragon Ball Z Kai (167 episodes) from March 29.
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Meanwhile, Dragon Ball Super, which aired from 2015 to 2018 and consisted of 131 episodes, is already available with subtitles in the UK.
Created by Akira Toriyama in 1984, the Dragon Ball manga series was adapted into two series, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, which were broadcast together in Japan between 1986 and 1996, and followed by 21 animated films, three specials and four more series, with an upcoming one in development.
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Titled Dragon Ball: Daima, the new anime was first announced at New York Comic Con last October and is set to premiere this autumn, making forty years of Dragon Ball.
While details of the plot are being kept under wraps, it seems that the series will follow a "never-before-told" story in the franchise, with Toriyama involved "beyond his usual capacity".
Dragon Ball will be available to stream on Crunchyroll in the UK on February 9, with Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Z Kai starting streaming on March 1, 15 and 29 respectively on the same platform. Dragon Ball: Daima is set to be released in fall 2024.
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