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Super Dragon Ball Heroesスーパードラゴンボール ヒーローズSūpā Doragon Bōru Hīrōzu | |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Martial Arts, Science Fantasy, Comedy |
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| Anime series: Super Dragon Ball Heroes | |
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Yūki Kadota (#1–19) |
| Original run |
July 1, 2018 — August 8, 2024 |
| No. of episodes |
56 |
| Manga chapters adapted |
1-15 (Dark Demon Realm Mission!) |
Super Dragon Ball Heroes ( スーパードラゴンボールヒーローズ Sūpā Doragon Bōru Hīrōzu) is a promotional non-televised anime web series for the Dragon Ball Heroes video game that began on July 1, 2018.
Multiple manga series are being published alongside the anime authored by Yoshitaka Nagayama.
Release[]
Reveal
The anime was pre-screened for the first time in AEON LakeTown on July 1, 2018. It was streamed live on the official website on the same date. Unlike previous series, it does not air on broadcast television and airs on a sporadic schedule. However, in summer of 2020, it was revealed that the anime will have a monthly upload schedule, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Each part of the series is as follows:
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Universe Mission (スーパードラゴンボール ヒーローズユニバースミッション Sūpā Doragon Bōru Hīrōzu Yunibāsu Misshon)
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Big Bang Mission (スーパードラゴンボールヒーローズビッグバンミッション Sūpā Doragon Bōru Hīrōzu Biggu Ban Misshon)
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultra God Mission (スーパードラゴンボールヒーローズウルトラゴッドミッション Sūpā Doragon Bōru Hīrōzu Urutora Goddo Misshon)
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Meteor Mission (スーパードラゴンボールヒーローズメテオミッション Sūpā Doragon Bōru Hīrōzu Meteo Misshon)
Overview[]
For the Dragon Ball Super characters, the events take between the movies Dragon Ball Super: Broly and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. For the "Xeno" characters the events occur after the Dark King Mechikabura Saga.
Story[]
- Note
- Summary came from Wikipedia
Following the Tournament of Power, a mysterious figure named Fu kidnaps Future Trunks. Fu lures Goku and Vegeta to the Prison Planet, an experimental area which Fu created and has filled with strong warriors from different planets and eras in order to force them into a game where they must collect the seven Special Dragon Balls if they wish to escape.
However the Prison Planet was only the beginning of Fu's experiments. Based on the experimental data collected at the Prison Planet, Fu finally begins his real experiment! What is Fu's real goal, and what is his real power? Goku and companions from "Dark Demon Realm Mission" and "Universe Mission" appear! An experiment involving the whole universe and space-time!
After Fu's defeat, warriors and fighters from all over the space-time gather to participate in the Super Space-Time Tournament planned by Aeos, the former Supreme Kai of Time. Goku and his allies face very powerful opponents. The tournament is later interrupted with the appearance of Demigra and his cohorts.
After the tournament concludes, Goku and his allies deal with Majin Ozotto, a being who aims to absorb every creature and planet in the universe to gain their power.
Sagas[]
- Universe Mission
Big Bang Mission
- Prison Planet Saga (Episodes 1-6)
- Universal Conflict Saga (Episode 7-19)
- Dark Demon Realm Mission
- Dark King Mechikabura Saga (Episode 20)
- Big Bang Mission
- Universe Creation Saga (Episode 21-28, 30-32)
- New Space-Time War Saga (Episode 33-40)
- Ultra God Mission
- Supreme Kai of Time Saga (Episode 41-50)
- Meteor Mission
- Demon Invader Saga (Episode 51-56)
- Specials
- Special Episode (Episode 29)
Cast[]
| Character Name | Japanese voice actor |
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| Goku/Xeno Goku | Masako Nozawa |
| Vegeta/Xeno Vegeta | Ryō Horikawa |
| Vegito/Xeno Vegito | Ryō Horikawa Masako Nozawa |
| Gogeta/Xeno Gogeta | Ryo Horikawa Masako Nozawa |
| Future Trunks/Xeno Trunks | Takeshi Kusao |
| Piccolo | Toshio Furukawa |
| Android 17 | Shigeru Nakahara |
| Future Mai | Eiko Yamada |
| Cooler | Ryūsei Nakao |
| Whis | Masakazu Morita |
| Shin | Shinichiro Ohta |
| Chronoa | Kanae Itō |
| Hit | Kazuhiro Yamaji |
| Cabba | Daisuke Kishio |
| Caulifla | Yuka Komatsu |
| Kale | Yukana |
| Fuwa | Yasunori Masutani |
| Jiren | Eiji Hanawa |
| Top | Kenji Nomura |
| Grand Minister | Masaya Takatsuka |
| Fu | Kappei Yamaguchi |
| Cumber | Rikiya Koyama |
| Hearts | Takehito Koyasu |
| Fused Zamasu | Shin-ichiro Miki |
| Oren | Yuuta Kasuya |
| Kamin | Minami Tsuda |
| Kamioren | Minami Tsuda Yuuta Kasuya |
| Lagss | Shino Shimoji |
| Mechikabura | Youji Ueda |
| Towa | Masako Katsuki |
| Mira | Hiroki Takahashi |
Staff[]
- Episode Director: Ryō Nanba, Yui Komatsu (4 episodes), Maya Asakura, Kana Shinohara, Kyōsuke Yamazaki, Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Kazuya Karasawa, Takao Kiriyama (7 episodes), Takao Iwai (3 episodes), Masanori Satō (6 episodes)
- Planning: Fumiaki Iwakura, Reina Fukuoka, Mari Kakuwa, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Akio Itō (eps 12-onwards)
- Production Manager: Katsunori Kobayashi (eps 1–13), Ken Suetake (eps 13–onwards)
- Producer: Wataru Higuchi
- Story: Yūki Kadota
- Character Design: Tadayoshi Yamamuro
- Art Director: Ken Tokushige
- Music: Yūya Mori
Reception[]
The anime has garnished mixed reviews, with some fans saying that despite some of its good moments, the quality of the anime has ranged from decent to soulless to trying to find an identity for itself. Even though it's only aired for promotional purposes, a lot of fans (mainly those overseas) wished that it would have stuck with a better premise to begin with.
Trivia[]
- The anime didn't follow a release schedule until around mid to late-2020 when it announced that it will follow a monthly schedule, despite concerns surrounding the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
- On November 15th, 2020, the Saiyan Avatars, Beat and Note, alongside the new God of Destruction Avatars made their anime debut, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Dragon Ball Heroes series. The special episode sees Beat tapping into Ultra Instinct Sign.
- The episode, "Push Forward to the Battlefield! Dragon Ball Heroes", was met with critical praise, with some commenting on how it should have been the main focus of the promotional anime from the start, let alone, be its own anime series.
Gallery[]
 SDBH anime logo poster  Super Dragon Ball Heroes Key Visual   Trunks key visual  Goku vs. Xeno Goku key visual  Key Visual for the Universal Conflict Saga  Key Visual for Big Bang Mission  Hearts and Mechikabura  Future Trunks imprisoned  Future Mai  Fu, the mysterious man  Goku powers up  Xeno Goku  Xeno Goku heading towards the others  Super Saiyan 4 Xeno Goku  Close up shot  Special Dragon Ball  Cooler  Cunber removes his restraints .jpg "GolCooler Heroes 0 (5).jpg (87 KB)") Golden Cooler close up .jpg "GolCooler Heroes 0 (3a).jpg (290 KB)") Cooler .jpg "GolCooler Heroes 0 (3b).jpg (121 KB)") Cooler preparing to transform                 |
See Also[]
- List of Super Dragon Ball Heroes episodes
- Dragon Ball Heroes
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission!
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Universe Mission!!
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Big Bang Mission!!!
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultra God Mission!!!!
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Meteor Mission!