Netflix will stream Dragon Ball Super: Beerus weekly in the US from October 17

American viewers now know where to find the remade God of Destruction arc. Netflix confirmed on October 1 that Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will arrive on its US service on October 17, with new episodes following weekly. Some other countries get it earlier, from October 14.

The timing trails Japan by six days. Fuji TV and its network stations debut the series on October 11, in a late-night 11:15 p.m. slot, and Amazon Prime Video and U-NEXT carry it in Japan half an hour after broadcast. What's on Netflix notes the October 11 date also starts the Crunchyroll simulcast, and that Netflix used the same delayed weekly pattern for Dragon Ball Daima and One Piece. Before any of that, New York Comic Con will host an advance screening of the first episode on October 8.

A remake, not a new story

Beerus revisits the beginning of Dragon Ball Super, which itself started in 2015 by adapting the films Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F'. Toei Animation is rebuilding that material with redrawn and newly added cuts and a restructured narrative that aims to sit closer to the manga. The run continues past the Beerus saga into the Resurrection 'F' and Universe 6 arcs.

The plot picks up a few years after the defeat of Majin Buu. Beerus wakes from a long sleep after dreaming of a Super Saiyan God, and with his attendant Whis he tracks the surviving Saiyans to Earth, where he threatens to destroy the planet unless Goku and Vegeta give him the fight he wants. Beerus first reached the screen in the 2013 film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods.

Akira Toriyama, who created Dragon Ball in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1984, is credited for the original work, story and character designs. Tadayoshi Yamamuro handles animation character design and serves as general animation director, Matsuto Seya oversees composition and direction, and Norihito Sumitomo provides the music.