FUNimation Entertainment was very happy to announce on Friday that it has entered into a multi-year contract with Toei Animation to license Dragon Ball Super in the United States and Canada. The license safeguards its property in streaming, digital download, home video distribution, broadcast opportunities, and merchandising. Production will begin on an English dub, and Funimationwill announce broadcast and casting details later.
The FUNimationNow streaming service has added new episodes 1-10 and 47-64 with English subtitles, and will simulcast the series beginning with episode 65 on Friday, November 5 at 9:30 p.m. EDT. Episodes 11-46 will be aired when subtitling has been finish.
License To Air "Dragon Ball Super" Provides Easy Access To English Dubs
Crunchyroll,Daisuki, andAnimeLab began simulcasting the series in different regions on October 22 by posting the Future Trunks arc (episodes 47-63), and have been adding old episodes at the rate of 10 old episodes per week. The episodes streaming on FunimationNow are the same that are presently available onCrunchyroll,Daisuki, andAnimeLab.
Dragon Ball Super debuts in Japan in July 2015 onFuji TV and other Japan channels.Toonami Asia had announced last year that it would air the "English-language world premiere" of Dragon Ball Super in Southeast Asia and India in mid-2016, but Toonami Asia's official Twitter account reported that it has no new information as of August. Toei Animation announced last month that the anime will begin airing in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa between fall and winter.
