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First Dragon Ball Super Visual, Character Designs Unveiled


Will Goku’s journey ever end? Will this endless wave of opponents ever relent? Find out next time, in Dragon Ball Super!

Joking aside, Toei officially opened the official Dragon Ball Super website. And, with it came a the first key visual for the series.

Dragon Ball Super Key Visual 001 - 20150524

The image shows a number of familiar faces, including Goku, Vegeta,Trunks, and Gohan. Also present are villains Majin Buu, Beerus, and Whis. said, though, a new pair of villains who share a number of traits with Whis and Beerus are also present. At the moment, their identities are unknown.

In addition to the key visual, the site showcases a new set of character design visuals, and a confirmation of several cast members for the series.

The current cast breakdown is as follows:

  • Goku: Masako Nozawa
  • Gohan: Masako Nozawa
  • Goten: Masako Nozawa
  • Vegeta: Ryo Horikawa
  • Bulma: Hiromi Tsuru
  • Trunks: Takeshi Kusao
  • Krillin: Mayumi Tanaka
  • Master Roshi: Masaharu Satou
  • Piccolo: Toshio Furukawa
  • Chi-Chi: Naoko Watanabe
  • Videl: Yuko Minaguchi
  • Mr. Satan: Unshou Ishizuka
  • Majin Buu: Kôzô Shioya
  • Beerus: Kouichi Yamadera
  • Whis: Masakazu Morita
  • Narrator: Jouji Yanami

Over the weekend, the first teaser for the series aired at the end of a scheduled Dragon Ball Z Kai broadcast.

Dragon Ball Super will begin airing in Japan on July 5.

Source: Dragon Ball Super Twitter Account

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