Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Episode 2 is out now. The episode, “To the Planet of the God of Destruction, King Kai,” began streaming on Crunchyroll at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT on Sunday, Oct. 18, a few hours after its Japanese broadcast on Fuji TV. It lands on Hulu the same day, on Disney+ in select regions on Oct. 21, and on Netflix on Oct. 24.
Here is the full release schedule, what happens in the episode, and why longtime fans are calling it the redemption arc the original 2015 anime never got.
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Episode 2 release time and where to watch
Crunchyroll: Sunday, Oct. 18, around 12 p.m. ET (9 a.m. PT). New episodes follow every Sunday, subtitled, shortly after the Japanese broadcast.
Hulu: Sunday, Oct. 18, though the platform has not confirmed an exact time.
Disney+ (select regions): Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Netflix: Saturday, Oct. 24. Netflix is running a week behind, on Saturdays.
English dub: not yet dated. There is no officially announced dub release at the time of writing.
The series runs for 19 episodes total, per the current schedule.
What happens in Episode 2 (light spoilers)
Per Japanese outlet Mantan Web’s episode report, the Old Kai and Kibito Kai sense the awakening of Beerus, a being of overwhelming power. Beerus travels to King Kai’s small planet chasing the “Super Saiyan God” he saw in a prophetic dream, and the episode delivers the first real Goku vs. Beerus battle, with Goku pushed all the way to Super Saiyan 3.
Why this episode has fans talking
This stretch of the story is infamous. When the original Dragon Ball Super covered Goku’s first fight with Beerus in 2015, the animation quality collapsed so badly that the episodes became a running joke and a sore point for a decade. Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, the “enhanced edition” remake produced by Toei Animation for the studio’s 70th anniversary, rebuilds the story with redrawn cuts and a reconstructed narrative based on Akira Toriyama’s original work. Early reaction from Polygon and ComicBook.com is that the remake finally delivers the fight the way it was always meant to look, with Goku trending on X in the US after the episode aired.
Analysis: the remake’s faster pacing is doing real work here. Two episodes in, Beerus is already past ground the 2015 series took much longer to cover, and Episode 2 is the first genuine test of whether “enhanced edition” means a fresh coat of paint or the definitive version. The fan verdict so far, measured in trending volume alone, points to the latter. Episode 2 was also expected to hint at whether Dragon Ball DAIMA counts as canon, per CBR, a question the fandom has argued about since DAIMA ended.
Timeline: how Dragon Ball Super got its do-over
2015: the original Dragon Ball Super anime premieres; its early Beerus battle episodes draw heavy criticism for animation quality.
2024-25: Dragon Ball DAIMA airs, Toriyama’s final direct contribution to the franchise.
