Dragon Ball Daima

Story

A year after the defeat of a demon king called Majin Buu (voice of Josh Martin), another demon, named Gomah (voice of Tom Lafiin), becomes leader of the Demon Realm.

Gomah discovers that Earth’s dragon balls are largely unprotected and that he’ll be granted 3 wishes, so he travels to Earth to seek revenge. Using his first wish, Gomah transforms everyone who fought against Majin Buu into babies or children, believing that they’ll be easily overpowered. But Gomah is then prevented from using his additional wishes.

When a demon called Glorio (voice of Aaron Dismuke) arrives, he enlists the help of Goku (adult voice of Sean Schemmel and child voice of Stephanie Nadolny), a superhuman with warrior strength. Together they travel back to the Demon Realm to defeat King Gomah before he can do any more harm.

Themes

War; revenge; good versus evil; segregation; power; magic

Violence

Dragon Ball Daima has some violence. For example:

Characters attack one another in flashback scenes.
Images of battles are briefly displayed.
Characters punch and hit each other.
One character is pushed away before exploding.
Two characters blast each other with missiles and light rays. Both shout that the other should die.
A character is blown up in an atomic blast.
Two characters punch each other, knee each other in the chest, and shoot at each other.
A man is karate-chopped in the side and knocked down.
A character flies into a tree and gets a bloody nose.
There are repeated images of an epic battle between 2 characters.
Goku kicks, cracks and damages a pillar.
Goku nearly dies as he almost falls into a giant chasm called the Sea of Darkness.
Characters are shot at with arrows.
One character threatens another by flashing his gun.
A character punches and attacks others by knocking them to the ground.
A creepy lizard demon attacks Goku with an axe.
Characters are punched in the nose and kicked in the face.

Sexual references

There are no sexual references in Dragon Ball Daima.

Alcohol, drugs and other substances

Dragon Ball Daima shows some use of substances. For example:

Wine bottles and champagne glasses are shown and used at a birthday party.
Wine is being served and it spills as trays crash to the floor. This happens while characters are transformed.

Nudity and sexual activity

Dragon Ball Daima has some nudity and sexual activity. For example, a character is shown walking slowly towards King Gomah. The camera focuses briefly on her large, voluptuous breasts, which are clearly defined in a tight, revealing top.

Product placement

There’s no product placement in Dragon Ball Daima.

Coarse language

Dragon Ball Daima has some mild coarse language, name-calling and insults, including ‘crafty scoundrel’, ‘stupid’, ‘heck’, ‘kick butt’, ‘Damn it!’, ‘brat’, ‘snivelling little coward’ and ‘old coot’.

Ideas to discuss with your children

Dragon Ball Daima is the first 3 episodes of the 2024 season of the Dragon Ball anime TV series, dubbed into English. It’s based on the original work of Akira Toriyama, who died in March 2024, and includes opening remarks from Masako Nozawa, the Japanese voice of Goku.

Dragon Ball Daima is best suited to audiences aged over 8 years. We recommend parental guidance for children aged 8-9 years.

The main messages from Dragon Ball Daima are to persevere through difficulties and to do your best no matter what comes your way.

Values in Dragon Ball Daima that you could reinforce with your children include teamwork, helpfulness, courage and ingenuity.

Dragon Ball Daima could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the real-life consequences of things like:

using violence to solve conflict
seeking revenge against someone else
segregating people based on physical characteristics.