Dragon Ball Kai (2009) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

Years after defeating the Red Ribbon Army, Goku has settled into a domestic life with Chi-Chi and their son, Gohan. A gathering on Turtle Island is shattered by the arrival of Raditz, a powerful alien who reveals Goku's origins and abducts Gohan. Faced with an enemy possessing strength previously unknown, Goku is compelled to seek aid from his former rival, Piccolo, in a desperate attempt to rescue his son.

The duo's reliance on the legendary Dragon Balls draws the attention of Raditz’s people, the Saiyans, who seek to exploit the artifacts for their own gain. This sets in motion a galaxy-spanning conflict, testing the limits of Goku and his allies. The series blends action with moments of humor and familial warmth as characters confront escalating threats and grapple with their destinies within a vibrant, otherworldly setting.

Streaming Platforms:

Crunchyroll

Characters:

Kuririn (Main) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Mayumi, Strait, Sonny, Lucindo, Fábio, Garza, Eduardo, Yun, Seong Hye, Gärtner, Daniel, Nevers, Monique, Vaknin, Raz, Neira, Ángeles
Piccolo (Main) - Voice Actors: Sabat, Christopher, Furukawa, Toshio, Dutkiewicz, Idzi, Kim, Il, Ariotti, Philippe, Spieß, Felix, Santos, Vagner, McNeil, Scott, Ríos, Luis Fernando
Son, Gokuu (Main) - Voice Actors: Nozawa, Masako, Schemmel, Sean, Bezerra, Wendel, Kim, Yeong Seon, Matus, Edson, Strobl, Amadeus, Borg, Patrick, Clinkenbeard, Colleen, Lecordier, Brigitte, Cox, Richard Ian, Domínguez, Pablo, Cremades, Ana
Son, Gohan (Main) - Voice Actors: Clinkenbeard, Colleen, Nozawa, Masako, Lecordier, Brigitte, Noya, Fátima, Altamirano, Karina, Fitzner, Sebastian, Büschken, Olivia, Henderson, Saffron, Cremades, Ana
Vegeta (Main) - Voice Actors: Sabat, Christopher, Horikawa, Ryo, Legrand, Eric, Gutiérrez Coto, Andrés, Monteiro, Dado, Kim, Seung jun, Hoffmann, Florian, Kumode, Robson, Lecordier, Brigitte, Drummond, Brian, Prieto, Paco
Appule (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hebert, Kyle, Yoshimizu, Takahiro, Lévy, Gilbert
Bardock (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Strait, Sonny, Nozawa, Masako, Kim, Yeong Seon, Lima, Wellington, Borg, Patrick, Rojas, Octavio, Domínguez, Pablo
Bubbles (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sabat, Christopher, Fujimoto, Takahiro, Olguín, Javier, Bretonnière, Marc
Bulma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rial, Monica, Tsuru, Hiromi, Gaidarji, Tânia, Garcel, Rocío, Monsarrat, Céline, Katt, Carmen, Comitre, Gracia, De la Gala, Nonia
Bulma's Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cranz, Cynthia, Kawanami, Yoko, Lemes, Cecília, Giraudon, Marie, Ringer, Angela, Villanueva Vargas, Ángela, Hoyos, Mercedes
Burter (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mignogna, Vic, Onosaka, Masaya, Marconatto, Márcio, Lévy, Gilbert, Vilchis, José Gilberto
Cell (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wakamoto, Norio, Clarke, Dameon, Kramer, Julien, Schlosser, Raul, Gossler, Stefan, Reyes, Salvador
Cell Games Announcer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Swasey, John, Nishiwaki, Tamotsu, Lima, Wellington, Legrand, Eric
Cell Jr. (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujimoto, Takahiro, Cook, Justin
Chaozu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Palencia, Brina, Acevedo, Patricia, Emori, Hiroko, Monsarrat, Céline, Blankenburg, Julia, Luiz, Ítalo, Supervía, Tatiana
Chi-Chi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Naoko, Cranz, Cynthia, Acevedo, Patricia, Marinho, Raquel, Yun, Seong Hye, Fauveau, Jennifer, Weiß, Jennifer
Cranberry (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyazaki, Hiromu, Grelle, Jessie James
Cui (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takemoto, Eiji, Townsley, Bill, Schlosser, Raul, Tomé, Jorge
Dende (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirano, Aya, Daayán, Irwin, Whitehead, Maxey, Giraudon, Marie, Noya, Gabriel, Zeiger, Christian, Paredes, Numa
Dodoria (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Swasey, John, Baroli, Gilberto, Peter, Eric, Hori, Yukitoshi, Shim, Gyu-hyeok, Navarro, Manuel
Dr. Briefs (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Stoddard, Mark, Yanami, Jouji, Bretonnière, Marc, Carvalho, Eudes, Staudinger, Stefan, Vélez, Humberto
Dr. Gero (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Williams, Kent, Yada, Kouji, Kramer, Julien, Guerra, José Carlos, Coria, Guillermo, Shim, Gyu-hyeok, Alonso, Xavier Martín
Enma Dai-Ou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Gouri, Daisuke, Rager, Chris, Scheunemann, Reinhard, Guerra, José Carlos, Bretonnière, Marc
Farmer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Swasey, John, Sonobe, Keiichi, Marconatto, Márcio
Freeza (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ayres, Christopher, Young, Linda, Nakao, Ryusei, Tockar, Lee, Ariotti, Philippe, Schmuckert, Thomas, Ricardo, Hamilton, Fernández, Dafnis, Corpa, Ángel
Future Trunks (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Vale, Eric, Kusao, Takeshi, Teles, Ricardo, Lesser, Mark, Orozco, Luis Fernando, Clinkenbeard, Colleen, Kluckert, Sebastian, Rico, Bernabé
Ginyu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Konishi, Katsuyuki, Elliott, R. Bruce, Karsen, Emmanuel, Abreu, Marco Antônio, Rojas, Octavio, Tomé, Jorge
Gregory (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Burgmeier, John, Numata, Yusuke, Pan, Michael, Bock, Fernanda, Nouel, Antoine
Guldo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ayres, Greg, Takato, Yasuhiro, Roberto, Ivo, Lévy, Gilbert, Mendoza, Ricardo, Garrido, Salvi
Gyumao (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hebert, Kyle, Gouri, Daisuke, Ootomo, Ryuuzaburou, Bretonnière, Marc, Spitzer, Jan, Castro, Mauro, Belda, Francesc
Jeice (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kishio, Daisuke, Liebrecht, Jason, du Pac, Benoît, Hamann, Gerrit, Teles, Ricardo, Arenas, José, Shim, Gyu-hyeok, Garrido, Salvi
Jinzouningen 16-gou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Midorikawa, Hikaru, Inman, Jeremy, Bretonnière, Marc, Moeseritz, Tim, Marconatto, Márcio, Guerrero, Marco
Jinzouningen 17-gou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Huber, Chuck, Nakahara, Shigeru, Bourdon, Thierry, Eom, Sang Hyeon, De la Fuente, Rolando, Stollberg, Dirk, Júnior, Figueira, Howard, Cole, Flores, David
Jinzouningen 18-gou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Itou, Miki, Clinkenbeard, Colleen, Yun, Mi Na, Prado, Eleonora, Robles, Jocelyn, Lecordier, Brigitte, Abad, Gema
Jinzouningen 19-gou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Haberkorn, Todd, Hori, Yukitoshi, Roberto, Ivo, Nouel, Antoine, Mendiola, Roberto, Navarro, Manuel
Kami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Aono, Takeshi, Sabat, Christopher, Shimada, Bin, Doering, Rainer, Ruhl, Michel, Arias, César
Karin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sabat, Christopher, Nagai, Ichiro, Monsarrat, Céline, Moura, Fábio, Mercado, Arturo, Tomé, Jorge
Karoni (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Burgmeier, John, Tanaka, Kazunari, Marques, Guilherme, Nouel, Antoine, Ortiz, Gabriel, Garrido, Salvi
King Cold (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Douglas, Jason, Ootomo, Ryuuzaburou, Gonçalves, Renan, Bretonnière, Marc, Solórzano, Humberto
Koku-Ou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanami, Jouji, Hebert, Kyle, Nouel, Antoine
Mr. Popo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cason, Chris, Kawazu, Yasuhiko, Bauer, Michael, Guarnieri, José Otávio, Legrand, Eric, Palafox, Jorge
Mr. Satan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishizuka, Unshou, Rager, Chris, Costha, Faduli, Bouraly, Frédéric, Gutmann, Elmar, Miranda, Bardo, Tomé, Jorge
Muten-Roushi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McFarland, Mike, Satou, Masaharu, Roig, Jorge, Santoro, Gileno, Lévy, Gilbert, Kästner, Thomas, Schulz, Karl, Peña, Mariano
Muuri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Ryouichi, Yandell, Barry, Bretonnière, Marc, Cruz, Walter, Marconatto, Márcio, Campos, Ramon
Nail (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kusunoki, Taiten, Schemmel, Sean, Pissardini, Marcelo, Bretonnière, Marc, Kirschgens, Frank, Mendiola, Roberto, Flores, David
Nappa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Inada, Tetsu, Parsons, Phil, Lopes, Guilherme, Peter, Eric, Paradies, Gerald
Narrator (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanami, Jouji, Morgan, Doc, Hemmo, Roland, Rocha Júnior, Gilberto, Ruhl, Michel, Lavat, José, Tomé, Jorge
North Kaio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanami, Jouji, Schemmel, Sean, Lévy, Gilbert, Villalonga, Fábio, Márcio, Renato, Evers, Rüdiger, Fonseca, Eduardo, García, Leonardo, Hernández, Julio
Oolong (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tatsuta, Naoki, Massey, Bryan, Santos, Angélica, O, In Seong, Ariotti, Philippe, Völger, Bernhard, Lezama, Ernesto
Orlen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Numata, Yusuke, Patton, Chris
Piiza (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishihara, Kumiko, Giraudon, Marie, Young, Linda, Regina, Márcia, Haseney, Tina, Hernández, Henar
Pirozhki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lima, Diego, Egawa, Hisao, Hebert, Kyle, Wittorf, Marco
Porunga (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sabat, Christopher, Gouri, Daisuke, Ootomo, Ryuuzaburou, Gonçalves, Renan, Moya, Rubén, Tomé, Jorge
Pu'ar (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Palencia, Brina, Watanabe, Naoko, Almeida, Rita, Plaas-Link, Amelie, Vallejo, Karen
Raditz (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cook, Justin, Chiba, Shigeru, Lima, Wellington, Nouel, Antoine, Forsberg, Nick, Solórzano, Humberto
... and 13 more characters

Staff:

Cook, Justin (Producer, Theme Song Performance)
Jouno, Masato (Producer)
Kimura, Kyoutarou (Producer)
Sabat, Christopher (Producer, ADR Director)
Nagasaki, Yukio (Sound Director)
Hashimoto, Mitsuo (Episode Director)
Burgmeier, John (Script)
Inoue, Toshiki (Script)
Koyama, Takao (Script)
McDonald, Joel (Script)
Sumisawa, Katsuyuki (Script)
Tatum, J. Michael (Script)
Terui, Keiji (Script)
AKB48 (Theme Song Performance)
Akimoto, Yasushi (Theme Song Lyrics)
Ayres, Greg (Theme Song Performance)
Glass, Caitlin (Theme Song Performance)
Heras, Mario (Theme Song Performance)
Jewell, Jerry (Theme Song Performance)
Mignogna, Vic (Theme Song Performance)
Palencia, Brina (Theme Song Performance)
Rossi, Rodrigo (Theme Song Performance)
Schemmel, Sean (Theme Song Performance)
Tanimoto, Takayoshi (Theme Song Performance)
ikutaMachine (Theme Song Arrangement)
Acevedo, Patricia (ADR Director)
Arai, Hidenori (Sound Effects)
Baroli, Luciana (ADR Director)
Daayán, Irwin (ADR Director)
Demon Kakka (Inserted Song Performance)
Doty, Terri (ADR Director)
Fukunaga, Gen (Executive Producer)
Gomes, Márcia (ADR Director)
Horikawa, Ryo (Inserted Song Performance)
Hoyos, Mercedes (ADR Director)
Kikuchi, Shunsuke (Music)
Kusao, Takeshi (Inserted Song Performance)
Morishita, Kouzou (Planning)
Nouel, Antoine (ADR Director)
Ohtsuki, Kenji (Inserted Song Performance)
Shida, Naotoshi (Key Animation)
Toriyama, Akira (Original Creator)
Yamamoto, Kenji (Music)
Zanni, Marc (ADR Director)

News:

'Dragon Ball Kai' to Air on Toonami Beginning Fall 2014 (05/24/2014)
New 'Dragon Ball Kai' TV Anime Announced to Air April 6 (02/17/2014)
Toei Animation Admits Plagiarisms in BGMs of Dragon Ball Kai (03/10/2011)
4Kids Comes Back To Japanese Anime [Update Apr 26] (03/22/2010)
FUNimation to License Dragon Ball Kai (Confirmed) (02/02/2010)
Dragon Ball Z To Be Re-aired In HD (02/06/2009)

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Related Anime/Manga:

Dragon Ball (anime - Prequel)
Dragon Ball Kai: Mirai ni Heiwa wo! Goku no Tamashii yo Eien ni (anime - Sequel)
Dragon Ball (manga - Adaptation)
Dragon Ball Z (anime - Alternative Version)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Shounen
Themes: Martial Arts
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: Toei Animation
Producers: Fuji TV
Licensors: Funimation
Rating: 7.77 / 10
Rank: #1154
Popularity: #607
Users Listed: 419,339
Users Scored: 257,859
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 11/11/2024
Aired: April 5, 2009 – March 27, 2011 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 97
Broadcast: Sunday at 09:00 (JST)

Dragon Ball Kai