<P> The first preview of the series aired on June 14, 2015, following episode 164 of Dragon Ball Z Kai . The next day, the main promotional image for Dragon Ball Super was added to its official website and unveiled two new characters, who were later revealed to be named Champa and Vados, respectively . A thirty - second trailer including the new characters was uploaded to the series' official website on June 26, 2015 . On January 19, 2018, it was revealed that Super's timeslot will be replaced with GeGeGe no Kitarō starting on April 1, 2018 . According to Amazon Japan, the final Blu - ray set indicated the series' end at episode 131 . The series ended on March 25, 2018, with the conclusion of the "Universe Survival Saga". Fuji TV stated that no definite plans were made to either continue the series at a later date or discontinue it entirely . </P> <P> Dragon Ball Super received an English - language dub that premiered on the Toonami channel in Southeast Asia and India on January 21, 2017 . This dub is produced by Los Angeles based Bang Zoom! Entertainment for the Asian market . A sneak preview of the English dub's first episode aired on December 17, 2016 . Production on the Bang Zoom! dub ended after episode 27 . </P> <P> On November 4, 2016, Funimation announced the company acquired the rights to Dragon Ball Super and would be producing an English dub, with many cast members of their previous English - language releases of Dragon Ball media reprising their respective roles.As well as officially announcing the dub, it was also announced they would be simulcasting the series on their streaming platform, FunimationNow . On December 7, 2016, IGN reported that the Funimation English dub of Dragon Ball Super would air on Adult Swim Saturdays at 8 p.m. with an encore showing in their Toonami block later that night at 11: 30 p.m. starting on January 7, 2017 . This was later confirmed on Toonami's official Facebook page . The United States premiere of Dragon Ball Super obtained 1,063,000 viewers for its 8 p.m. showing on Adult Swim . </P> <P> Toonami Africa started airing Dragon Ball Super in Fall 2017 at 15: 00 CAT (Central African Time) with an edited Funimation English Dub . </P>

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