Latest Dragon Ball Daima dub news has fans asking "what is Crunchyroll doing?"

Modified Dec 04, 2024 15:00 GMT

Fans unhappy with Crunchyroll's timeline for the Dragon Ball Daima English dub (Image via Toei Animation)

Dragon Ball Daima had a decent start because Toei Animation improved the animation quality substantially. Furthermore, the Dragon Ball community has been eagerly waiting for a new sequel to be released. However, there have been some issues with the show that are slowly coming to light.

The community recently went berserk after Crunchyroll announced on X that the Dragon Ball Daima English dub will only be released in January 2025. Naturally, the fanbase was quite upset and resorted to flooding the comments section, asking what Crunchyroll was doing that it was taking so long to release the English dub.

Why are Dragon Ball Daima fans upset over the latest announcement by Crunchyroll?

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Dragon Ball Daima was off to a decent start. However, there’s one thing about the Dragon Ball fans: a good chunk of the fanbase enjoys the show in English dub. As a streaming platform, Crunchyroll has provided the English dub numerous times. While the streaming platform is providing fans with the English dub, the time it takes for it to come out has annoyed fans.

As mentioned, the Dragon Ball Daima English dub will be out in January 2025. This installation of the popular title made its debut way back in October, so the streaming platform has had enough time to release the English dub. In the past, Crunchyroll has released the English dub as soon as the original version was released.

Given the high standards that Crunchyroll has set in the past, fans aren’t happy with the latest announcement. This is why the community has been quite vocal on social media platforms and other forums.

Fans react to the latest Crunchyroll announcement regarding the status of Dragon Ball Daima English dub

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The majority of netizens were unhappy with the way Crunchyroll was handling things. Dragon Ball is one of the most profitable IPs in the anime industry. Part of the reason is because the anime quite literally popularized anime and manga in the West. With that in mind, fans expected the English dub to be released a few days after the original episode, if not simultaneously.

"January seriously. You have the capacity to simuldub shows and I figured it would start airing soon after the premiere. What is Crunchyroll doing?," said one fan

"Why 3 months after the premiere tho?" said another

"Just for a quick frame of reference, by the time that Daima's dub is released, the original Japanese will already be 14 episodes deep. On a show that's speculated to be around 20-30 episodes...," said one netizen

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Netizens have reason to believe that the delay in the English dub could be Toei Animation's fault. Toei has not explicitly stated the reason for the delay; however, fans have noticed a pattern. Toei Animation's titles don't usually have "simuldub." Therefore, fans believe directing their concerns towards Toei Animation would be more fruitful.

"It definitely could be a Toei thing," said one fan.

"I think Toei doesn't like simuldubs. One Piece being simuldubbed is totally attainable at this point (and behind the scenes, probably IS, production wise), but they aren't airing yet," said another.

Conclusion

The exact reason for the delay is yet to be revealed. However, fans are upset over the time taken for the Dragon Ball Daima English dub to be released. The silver lining is that a timeline has been given, which means the streaming platform will be liable to provide the English dub on time.

Stay tuned for more anime and manga news as 2024 progresses.

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Edited by Shreya Das