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Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Keeps Deceased Cast Recordings
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, streaming on Crunchyroll, reuses archival dialogue from deceased original cast members instead of re-recording it. Episode three kept Hiromi Tsuru's Bulma and Kozo Shioya's Majin Buu from the 2015 sessions.
Reporting from 2 sources: Animehunch, OtakuKart Anime.
Why it matters
A remaster built around existing session tapes rather than new performances turns the 2015 recordings into the production's primary asset, and the only principal recast is Yamcha, voiced by Ryota Suzuki.
Key Facts
- Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is streaming on Crunchyroll.
- Episode three kept Hiromi Tsuru's 2015 Bulma recordings; Aya Hisakawa was not brought in to re-record the dialogue.
- Kozo Shioya's Majin Buu takes were preserved, and no successor has been appointed since his death on Jan. 20, 2026.
- Unsho Ishizuka's Mr. Satan voice was retained for episode one, released on Oct. 11, 2026.
- Ryota Suzuki is the only principal character recast, recording Yamcha's lines fresh.
Earlier episodes retained Unsho Ishizuka as Mr. Satan and Joji Yanami as narrator and King Kai. Koichi Yamadera, who voices Beerus, said the cast was not called in for new lines.
The production did not bring back Aya Hisakawa, who succeeded Tsuru as Bulma in February 2018, to re-record the episode three dialogue. Toei Animation kept Tsuru's 2015 takes instead. Shioya's Majin Buu lines were preserved the same way, and no successor has been appointed for the role since his death on Jan. 20, 2026.
Koichi Yamadera, the voice of Beerus, said in an interview that the actors were not called in to record new lines, and that the team built the remastered version around the original session recordings. Ryota Suzuki is the only principal character recast, recording Yamcha's lines fresh.
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