Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Release Date Confirmed for October 11, 2026

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus now has an official release date. The enhanced Dragon Ball Super series will premiere in Japan on Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 11:15 p.m. JST, according to the anime’s official website. The date was announced alongside the new “Super Surge” trailer and visual on September 3.

The important distinction is that Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is not the long-awaited continuation after the Tournament of Power. It revisits the beginning of Dragon Ball Super and the conflict with Beerus in an “enhanced” edition. A separate project, Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol, is in production as the continuation of the story.

When is the Dragon Ball Super: Beerus release date?

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus premieres in Japan on October 11, 2026 at 11:15 p.m. JST. The official announcement says broadcasting and streaming begin in October, but it does not yet provide a complete country-by-country streaming schedule.

That means the Japanese premiere is confirmed, while viewers outside Japan should wait for platform-specific announcements before assuming the same-day availability, exact time or regional catalog. Crunchyroll currently streams the original Dragon Ball Super series, but the official Beerus announcement does not list a full international rollout.

What exactly is Dragon Ball Super: Beerus?

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is an enhanced retelling of the opening Dragon Ball Super storyline built around the arrival of the God of Destruction Beerus. The premise begins after Majin Buu’s defeat, when Beerus awakens and searches for the Super Saiyan God after hearing about the Saiyan who defeated Frieza.

This is familiar territory for longtime Dragon Ball viewers. The Beerus story has already appeared in the 2013 Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods film and in the opening stretch of the original Dragon Ball Super TV anime. The new production is therefore not selling itself as an unknown chapter in Goku’s life. Its appeal is the chance to revisit that material with a revised presentation.

What does the enhanced edition change?

The official Dragon Ball site describes the project as an ENHANCED edition and emphasizes its more powerful, immersive visual presentation. The latest trailer is built around new footage and gives the Goku-versus-Beerus clash a visibly refreshed treatment.

The staff credits also show that this is being presented as its own production rather than simply a rebroadcast. Akira Toriyama is credited for original work, story and character design. Matsuto Seya handles composition and direction arrangement, Tadayoshi Yamamuro is animation character designer and general animation director, and Norihito Sumitomo returns on music.

What has not been officially detailed is equally important. The announcement does not specify an episode count, exactly how much material will be restructured, or whether every scene from the earlier television version will be retained. Until those details are published, calling Beerus a frame-for-frame remake or assigning it a specific length would go beyond what Toei has confirmed.

The Super Surge trailer reveals the new opening and ending

The September trailer also confirms both theme songs. MEGATERA・ZERO performs the opening, “ONOGAMI,” while VK Blanka performs the ending, “Kan Peki No Peki.” The official description says the opening highlights the confrontation between Goku and Beerus, while the ending follows the companions through their individual battles.

The trailer matters because it provides the clearest look yet at what “enhanced” means visually. Rather than relying only on nostalgia for the original arc, the marketing is putting the revised animation and presentation at the center of the project.

Episode 1 will screen early at New York Comic Con

Fans attending New York Comic Con will get an earlier look. The first episode is scheduled for a world-premiere advance screening during the Dragon Ball Super: Beerus special panel on October 8, three days before the Japanese television premiere.

The panel is scheduled for 12:00 to 12:45 p.m. local time at the Empire Stage in New York’s Javits Center. Monica Rial, the English voice of Bulma, will host, with Beerus voice actor Jason Douglas and Whis voice actor Ian Sinclair appearing as guests.

How is Beerus different from Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol?

The two projects answer completely different questions. Dragon Ball Super: Beerus revisits an existing story from the beginning of Super. Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol is the new continuation that moves beyond the Tournament of Power and into material from the manga’s Galactic Patrol Prisoner storyline.

The Galactic Patrol anime was announced in January 2026 and is officially in production. Its announcement showed Goku and Vegeta in Galactic Patrol uniforms, but it has not been given a premiere date. Viewers looking specifically for new post-Tournament of Power story material should therefore keep the two titles separate.

What is still unconfirmed?

As of September 6, 2026, several practical details remain unannounced: the total episode count, the full international streaming schedule, regional release times, the complete voice-cast rollout for every territory, and exactly how extensively the original Super material has been re-edited or reanimated.

Those gaps are worth keeping clear because Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is unusual. It is neither a conventional new season nor a simple remaster announcement. The official language positions it as an enhanced edition of a story viewers already know, while the separate Galactic Patrol project carries the franchise’s new narrative forward.

The confirmed picture before October

The confirmed Dragon Ball Super: Beerus release date is October 11, 2026 in Japan, with the first episode screening at New York Comic Con on October 8. The Super Surge trailer confirms refreshed footage, new theme songs and the production’s enhanced visual direction.

For returning viewers, the main question is no longer whether Beerus is coming back. It is how substantially this version improves and reshapes one of Dragon Ball Super’s most important opening stories. With the premiere now just over a month away, the remaining details should become much easier to judge once Toei reveals the international rollout and episode structure.