<P> Dragon Ball Super is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation that began airing on July 5, 2015 on Fuji TV . It is the first Dragon Ball television series featuring a new storyline in 18 years . Storywise, the series retells the events of the last two Dragon Ball Z films, Battle of Gods and Resurrection' F', which themselves follow the events of Dragon Ball Z . Afterward, the series proceeds to tell an original story about the exploration of other universes, the reemergence of Future Trunks, and a new threat to his Earth known as Goku Black, along with a Supreme Kai from Universe 10 named Zamasu . Later on, the Z Fighters participate in a universal tournament held by Zeno - sama to decide the fate of multiple universes . If they lose in the universal tournament, then their entire universe will be erased . </P> <P> Thirteen pieces of theme music are used: two opening themes and eleven ending themes . For the first 76 episodes, the opening theme is "Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!" (超絶 ☆ ダイナミック!, Chōzetsu Dainamikku, "Excellent Dynamic!") performed by Kazuya Yoshii of The Yellow Monkey . The lyrics were penned by Yukinojo Mori who has written numerous songs for the Dragon Ball series . Beginning with episode 77, the second opening theme is "Limit - Break x Survivor" (限界 突破 × サバイバー, Genkai Toppa x Sabaibā) by Kiyoshi Hikawa . Mori wrote the lyrics for the rock number "Genkai Toppa x Survivor" and Takafumi Iwasaki composed the music . For the first 12 episodes, the ending theme is "Hello Hello Hello" (ハロー ハロー ハロー, Harō Harō Harō) by Japanese rock band Good Morning America . The second ending theme song for episodes 13 to 25 is "Starring Star" (スターリング スター, Sutāringu Sutā) by Key Talk . The third ending theme song for episodes 26 to 36 is "Usubeni" (薄 紅, "Light Pink") by Lacco Tower . The fourth ending theme song for episodes 37 to 49 is "Forever Dreaming" (フォーエバー ドリーミング, Fōebā Dorīmingu) by Czecho No Republic . The fifth ending theme song for episodes 50 to 59 is "Yokayoka Dance" (よかよか ダンス, Yokayoka Dansu, "It's Fine Dance") by idol group Batten Showjo Tai . The sixth ending theme for episodes 60 to 72 is "Chao Han Music" (炒飯 MUSIC, Chāhan Myūjikku) by Arukara . The seventh ending theme from episodes 73 to 83 is "Aku no Tenshi to Seigi no Akuma" (悪 の 天使 と 正義 の 悪魔, An Evil Angel and the Righteous Devil) by THE COLLECTORS . The eighth ending theme from episodes 84 to 96 is "Boogie Back" by Miyu Innoue . The ninth ending theme from episodes 97 to 108 is "Haruka" by Lacco Tower . The tenth ending theme from episodes 109 to 121 is "By A 70cm Square Window" by RottenGraffty . From episodes 122 onwards, the eleventh ending theme is "Lagrima" by OnePixcel . </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 10, 2016 . </P> <P> Dragon Ball Super received an English - language dub that premiered on the Toonami channel in Southeast Asia in January 2017 . The series has been aired in Israel on Nickelodeon and in Portugal on SIC . Toei Animation Europe announced that Dragon Ball Super would be broadcast in France, Italy, Spain, and English - speaking Africa in Fall 2016 . An official English sub of the series would be simulcasted legally on Crunchyroll, Daisuki.net, and Anime Lab beginning October 22, 2016 . Funimation announced the company acquired the rights to the series and will be producing an English dub . As well as officially announcing the dub, it was also announced they will be simulcasting the series on their streaming platform, FunimationNow . Funimation's English dub of Dragon Ball Super began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami block starting on January 7, 2017 . </P>

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