Fans have been arguing about it for months. Some swore the new Dragon Ball Super: Beerus remake looked nearly identical to the 2015 original. Others insisted the upgrade was obvious. Then side-by-side comparison shots hit Reddit and YouTube — and suddenly nobody was arguing anymore.
Toei Animation is rebuilding Dragon Ball Super from the ground up, and the new trailer footage has the fandom collectively losing its mind. The remake is darker, richer, more saturated. Scenes that looked flat and rushed in 2015 now pop with detail. And one particular shot — Vegeta punching a wall — has become the single most-shared image in the entire Dragon Ball community this week.
Beerus Is Getting the Remake Treatment Dragon Ball Always Deserved
When Toei first dropped the Dragon Ball Super: Beerus trailer, the reaction was cautiously positive. The new anime is clearly a step up from the notoriously inconsistent production quality of the original 2015 run, which even hardcore fans admit had some rough patches — rushed backgrounds, flat colors, and animation that buckled under the weight of a weekly schedule.
But it wasn’t until fans started placing the original and the remake side-by-side that the scale of the upgrade became undeniable. As one Reddit user put it: “It’s honestly not even comparable, the new stuff is so crisp.”
Another viewer of a viral comparison breakdown wrote, “We can finally see it for what it was MEANT to be.”
The Beerus Color Grading Is a Masterclass
The most obvious change is Beerus himself. The remake’s color grading is dramatically darker and more saturated, giving the God of Destruction a somber, menacing weight that the original version completely lacked. Highlights pop where they used to wash out. The overall image feels cinematic instead of televisual.
YouTuber EzQuart published a 10-minute breakdown of the differences, and it’s been doing numbers across the platform. Even casual viewers who haven’t touched Dragon Ball in years are being pulled into the conversation, which is exactly the buzz a big 2026 anime return needs.
Vegeta’s Wall Punch Is Now a Meme
The most emblematic recreation has to be Vegeta punching a wall. In the 2015 original, the impact was barely visible — a few tiny cracks that were easy to miss entirely. The remake actually shows the full extent of the destruction Vegeta inflicted, and the contrast is almost laughable. That single shot has become shorthand for everything the remake is fixing.
It’s the kind of detail that only die-hard fans would notice, but it’s exactly what those fans love to argue about — and share, and remix, and turn into threads.
Release Date: October 11 on Fuji TV, October 8 at NYCC
Here’s what we know for sure now. Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will premiere on Fuji TV on October 11. But U.S. fans get a head start: the first episode will screen at New York Comic Con on October 8 during a dedicated Dragon Ball Super: Beerus panel.
According to the new “super surge” trailer, the remake will cover three arcs:
- The God of Destruction Beerus arc (Battle of Gods)
- The Resurrection ‘F’ arc
- The God of Destruction Champa arc
In practical terms, that means the first two Dragon Ball Super movies plus the first 46 episodes of the original anime. It’s a significant chunk of story, and the trailer makes clear this isn’t a lazy cash-grab remaster — it’s a genuine re-animation.
New Opening Theme, and a Detail Fans Lost Their Minds Over
The trailer also confirmed the anime’s opening and ending themes: “Onogami” by Megatera – Zero and “Kan Peki No Peki” by VK Blanka. Longtime fans will miss “Chosetsu Dynamic!”, but the new tracks bring an appropriately fresh energy to a series that’s clearly trying to modernize.
More importantly, sharp-eyed viewers spotted a crucial detail: in the scene showing Goku’s fight against Frieza, Goku uses his Super Saiyan God form before transforming into Super Saiyan Blue. That transition was missing from the Resurrection ‘F’ movie. It’s a tiny continuity fix — and Dragon Ball fans absolutely live and die for these details.
A Bigger Story: Fuji TV’s Anime Juggling Act
Here’s where it gets interesting. Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is slated for the same Fuji TV time slot currently occupied by One Piece. Since One Piece recently switched to a seasonal schedule of 26 episodes per year, the strong implication is that the two massive Shonen Jump franchises will alternate on Fuji TV — a historic shake-up for the Sunday morning anime block.
If that pans out, it’s a huge deal for both fandoms. One Piece fans get a more polished, seasonal product. Dragon Ball fans get a long-awaited modern return. And both series get to avoid the production crunch that has haunted long-running weekly anime for decades.
It’s Not Just the Anime — Xenoverse 3 Is Riding the Same Wave
Dragon Ball is having a moment across every medium. At the recent State of Play September 2026, Bandai Namco dropped a fresh Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 trailer showing off deep create-a-character options — including a brand-new Android race — and let players charge up attacks like Vegeta’s kicks, Hit’s supersonic punches, and Android 17’s energy volleys.
Xenoverse 3, set 150 years after the main series in Age 1000, is being developed by Dimps and targets a 2027 release. The trailer is classic Dragon Ball: flashy, confident, and packed with fan service. The only controversy is that the game reportedly limits how long your avatar can stay Super Saiyan — a change from previous entries.
That’s a minor quibble in an otherwise stacked window. Between the anime remake, the Xenoverse 3 return, and the franchise’s continued dominance, 2026 genuinely feels like a Dragon Ball renaissance — echoing the strong adaptations we’ve seen other Shonen get lately (check our anime coverage).
Why This Remake Matters More Than Fans Expected
Let’s be real: a remake of a series that only paused in 2018 felt premature to many people. But the deeper you look at how it was made — rushed weekly schedules, inconsistent animation, flat color work — the more a proper re-animation makes sense. This isn’t a cash-grab. It’s Toei finally giving Dragon Ball Super the production quality its global popularity always demanded.
The side-by-side comparisons are doing the marketing for free. Every thread, every reaction video, every “look how much better this is” post pulls new eyeballs in. Anime remakes have a spotty history, but when they’re done this carefully — when you can see the love in a single wall-punch recreation — they win even the skeptics over. Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is shaping up to be one of the biggest anime events of the fall season.
What Do You Think?
Are you excited for the Dragon Ball Super: Beerus remake, or do you think re-animating a 2015 series is overkill? Is the visual upgrade really night-and-day, or is it hype doing the talking? And more importantly — do you actually remember Vegeta punching that wall in the original?
Drop your takes in the comments below. The Dragon Ball fandom has been arguing about this all week, and trust us, you don’t want to be on the wrong side of the wall-punch discourse.
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