Toonami to Debut New Dragon Ball Series in Asia

HONG KONG: The latest installment of the long-running Dragon Ball franchise is set for a pan-regional launch in Asia on the Turner kids’ brand Toonami in mid-2016.

The 52×30-minute series will be titled Dragon Ball Super. Its exclusive first-run premiere has been slated for Toonami in Southeast Asia and India, where it will also have its English-language world premiere. The show is the first Dragon Ball TV series to be produced in nearly two decades.

Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama will oversee the series, which is produced by Toei Animation in collaboration with Fuji Television.

“This announcement is huge for fan boys and girls in Asia,” said Mark Eyers, the chief content officer for Turner’s kids’ networks in the Asia Pacific. “Dragon Ball is undoubtedly the original and world’s biggest anime export, and is a cornerstone of our programming on Toonami. Since the channel launched in 2012, Toonami has been airing episodes of Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Z Kai, and to premiere Dragon Ball Super demonstrates the channel’s continued commitment to securing must-have and must-see content, first on Toonami.”