<P> The Dragon Ball Super anime is being adapted into a companion manga illustrated by artist Toyotarou, who was previously responsible for the official Resurrection' F' manga adaptation . Toyotarou explained that he receives the major plot points from Toriyama, before drawing the storyboard and filling in the details in between himself . He sends the storyboard to Toriyama for review . It began serialization in the August 2015 issue of V Jump, which was released on June 20, 2015 . Shueisha began collecting the chapters into tankōbon volumes with the first published on April 4, 2016 . Viz Media began posting free English translations of the manga chapters to their website on June 24, 2016 . A print release of the first volume followed in spring 2017 . </P> <P> The anime episodes are being released on Japanese Blu - ray and DVD sets that contain twelve episodes each . The first set was released on December 2, 2015 . The second set was released on March 2, 2016 . The third set was released on July 2, 2016 . The fourth set was released on October 4, 2016 . </P> <P> Bandai has announced that a line of Dragon Ball Super toys will be available in the United States in summer 2017 . Bandai has also announced the updated Dragon Ball Super Card Game that starts with one starter deck, one special pack containing 4 booster packs and a promotional Vegeta card and a booster box with 24 packs . It will be released on July 28, 2017 . A line of six Dragon Ball Super Happy Meal toys were made available at Japanese McDonald's restaurants in May 2017 . </P> <P> Dragon Ball Super received largely positive reviews from fans and critics, being praised for the direction, performances, action sequences, animations and musical score alike . First impressions of the series' debut episode were mostly positive with the quality of animation being praised the most . Richard Eisenbeis of Kotaku praised the series' title sequence and said "My middle - school self is so happy right now, you guys ." Jamieson Cox of The Verge also praised the title sequence and said that "Dragon Ball Super's intro will have you begging for its North American release". Cox was also surprised that, considering how popular the franchise is, the series did not launch internationally at the same time . He called it "a move that wouldn't be unprecedented" giving Sailor Moon Crystal as an example . Lucas Siegel of Comicbook.com praised the debut episode for its "laid back plotline" and animation style and said that the debut was "very much put out as a "slice of life" episode ". Siegel also noted that the premiere episode was more of a "where are they now" introduction to the series that will eventually help build anticipation for "where will they be ." </P>

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