Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Opens in Japanese. Its English Dub Cast Was on Stage in New York, and No Dub Has a Date

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus started airing in Japan on October 11, and three English dub voice actors got to introduce it to 3,000 people in New York three days earlier. The streams that went live this weekend are in Japanese. No dub, English or Latin American Spanish, has a date.

On Thursday, October 8, the opening day of New York Comic Con, a hall at the Javits Center filled for the world premiere screening of episode one. Before the lights went down, the English cast of Dragon Ball Super took the stage: Jason Douglas, the English voice of Beerus, and Ian Sinclair, the English voice of Whis. Monica Rial, the English voice of Bulma, hosted.

Toei Animation’s press release on the official Dragon Ball site says the crowd was 3,000. It also says Rial opened the panel by walking the audience through the Dragon Ball booth on the show floor, with a Beerus and Goku key visual, standing statues of Beerus and Whis, and playable stations for the Fusion World card game and Xenoverse 3. “Today is day one of New York Comic Con, and I’m so happy to kick off the convention and share the world premiere of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus with so many fans,” Rial said.

Image: Toei Animation, ©BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION

Why two English actors say they are here

Neither Douglas nor Sinclair talked about the schedule. They talked about why they do the job. “The reason I became an actor in the first place is that I fell in love with great writing, interesting characters, and exciting action. Dragon Ball as a series has it all,” Douglas said.

Sinclair went for the fan answer. According to the official report of the panel, he said: “If you were to tell me I could only be in one show ever, and that it was Dragon Ball, I’d be more than happy. I love this series so much, and it’s incredible to be a part of it and be in a room with so many people that love the same thing as much as I do.”

That is a small thing and a real one: two actors who spend their working days in a booth, saying thank you to a hall that turned up to hear them.

Image: Toei Animation, ©BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION

Two Japanese voices, by video

The Japanese leads did not fly in. Masako Nozawa, the voice of Son Goku, and Kōichi Yamadera, the voice of Beerus, sent a joint video message. “Goku and his friends just keep getting stronger, and the story Toriyama-sensei created is truly captivating. I would be delighted if people all over the world enjoyed it,” Nozawa said.

Yamadera kept it short and a little theatrical. “Beerus is right there in the title, so please be sure to watch Beerus in action: how cool he is, how frightening, how strong!” he said. Nozawa, who turns 90 later this month, then appeared once more on screen and led the whole hall in a Kamehameha.

The two Japanese statements are quoted from the official English release, so they are Toei’s own English wording of what the actors said.

What “enhanced” means for the booth

Beerus is not a simple rerun. Anime News Network reports that Toei calls it an “ENHANCED” edition of the 2015 series, with new and redrawn cuts and a rebuilt story. The official announcement, as Anime News Network quotes it, lists “newly recorded dubbing with added score and sound effects.” Yamadera returns as Beerus.

For working voice actors that line is the one to notice. A remake that re-records its performances is a remake that needs its actors again. FayerWayer says Toei confirmed new voice recordings for the Japanese cast. None of the sources I read says whether an English dub of Beerus has been recorded.

The first Dragon Ball Super has history here. According to Anime News Network, Funimation put the English dub on its streaming service in December 2016, about a year and a half after the Japanese premiere, and it reached Adult Swim’s Toonami block in January 2017.

Subtitles first, dubs later

Crunchyroll streams the series the same day as Japan, in Japanese with English subtitles, in the United States, Canada, Latin America including Brazil, Europe, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Hulu has it in the United States too, and Netflix follows. The calendar above has the dates.

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The panel report itself ends with a line that has already aged. “North American streaming platforms and timing will be announced separately,” it says. Hulu announced its United States stream the next day, according to Anime News Network.

Latin America is where the missing dub hurts most. FayerWayer calls the Latin American Spanish dub “one of the points of greatest uncertainty among the fan community.” It reports that the series launches only in the original language with subtitles, and that “for now, the production company has not specified an official release date for the version with Latin dubbing.” It adds that nobody has confirmed whether Mario Castañeda, the Latin American voice of Goku, or René García, the Latin American voice of Vegeta, will take part. The panel guest list had no Latin American Spanish voices on it.

What to watch next

Three things will tell you where the dubs stand. First, whether Toei or Crunchyroll names an English dub release window. Second, whether the Latin American Spanish voices fans already know are asked back, and when. Third, whether Netflix adds dubbed audio tracks to its weekly episodes after the Japanese-only start.

Image: Toei Animation, ©BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION

Until then, the voices that audiences hear are Nozawa’s and Yamadera’s, and the English cast has told 3,000 people how much they want to be heard too.

Sources: Dragon Ball Official Site, Toei Animation press release on the New York Comic Con panel, October 8, 2026; Anime News Network, “Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Also Streams on Hulu in U.S. on October 11,” October 10, 2026; FayerWayer, “Dragon Ball Super: Beerus confirma su fecha de estreno en Netflix, Crunchyroll y revelan detalles de su doblaje latino,” October 2026 (quotations translated by Voice Over Herald). Images: Toei Animation, ©BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION.

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