Netflix will stream Dragon Ball Super: Beerus in the United States from Saturday, October 17, 2026. The confirmation, made through Netflix’s official social accounts, gives the reworked Dragon Ball Super project its first confirmed U.S. streaming home — and it lands just six days after the series premieres in Japan.
That gap is the headline. The anime begins on Japanese television on Sunday, October 11, according to the official Dragon Ball site, and U.S. viewers get it on Netflix the following weekend. A new trailer arrived alongside the Netflix announcement.
The dates so far
- Japan premiere: Sunday, October 11, 2026
- Netflix U.S. premiere: Saturday, October 17, 2026
- New York Comic Con: an advance screening at the series’ panel on October 8 at 12 p.m., during a convention that runs October 8–11
What Netflix has not said is whether Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will be exclusive to its service in North America. Crunchyroll published and then updated its Fall 2026 lineup as recently as September 30, and Beerus is absent from it, so the picture outside Japan is still firming up.
What Dragon Ball Super: Beerus actually is
The title is not a sequel. It is a remake — officially marketed as an “ENHANCED edition” — that reworks the early arcs of the original 2015 Dragon Ball Super television anime, the stretch of story that introduced the God of Destruction Beerus. The production described the project as bringing “the powerful, immersive visuals only the ENHANCED edition can deliver,” and it was first teased at Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026.
The new “Super Surge” trailer opens on a Kamehameha and cuts between Goku and Beerus, while the accompanying key visual puts Beerus front and center alongside Goku — and, notably, Frieza, plus new foes aimed at Earth. The original work, story, and character designs are credited to Akira Toriyama, who died in March 2024.
Opening and ending themes
MEGATERA・ZERO performs the opening theme, “ONOGAMI,” and VK Blanka performs the ending theme, “Kan Peki No Peki.” Both were revealed with the Super Surge trailer, and the booking comes as VK Blanka marks a 10th anniversary.
Why it matters
Dragon Ball is one of the few anime properties whose streaming home is itself news. Crunchyroll handled Dragon Ball Daima during its 2024–2025 run, and the franchise’s English-language history is tied to Funimation, which merged into Crunchyroll in 2022. If Netflix has locked up U.S. rights to a Dragon Ball remake, that is a genuine shift in where the biggest shonen titles land. It also strengthens a Netflix anime catalog that is already carrying a large chunk of this season’s premieres — see our roundup of the Netflix October 2026 anime lineup for the rest of the month.
The practical takeaway for now is simple: mark October 11 for Japan and October 17 for Netflix in the U.S., and watch for a Crunchyroll counter-announcement either way. For more on how the franchise’s small screen is changing, see our report on One Piece’s 2026 finale and 2027 return.
Sources: ComicBook.com, citing Netflix, and the official Dragon Ball site
Featured image: Close-up of Goku in Super Saiyan Blue from Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, via ComicBook.com.
