‘Dragon Ball Super’ episode 77 preview trailer, spoilers: The universe’s greatest martial arts tournament begins (Photo : Twitter/Kanzenshuu)
The massively popular series "Dragon Ball Super" is raging like a lion across the world. And now, the show is getting a new director in the form of Kōhei Hatano. "Dragon Ball Super" will be releasing the new arc titled "Universal Survival Arc" in February 2017.
According to a report by Comicbook.com, Hatano, who directed an episode in the initial days of "Dragon Ball Super," has been appointed as the director of the complete anime series.
Hatano is set to team up with lead director Morio Hatano to take the show further. Morio is the successor of Kimitoshi Chioka. Morio is handling the duties of lead director after Chioka part ways with the show before "Dragon Ball Super" episode 34.
The website has reported that the transition for Kōhei Hatano will be smooth as he has experience of directing six "Dragon Ball Super" episodes - 8, 19, 26, 28, 47 and 56.
"Dragon Ball Super" "Universal Survival Arc" Summary
"Dragon Ball Super enters its new chapter, the "Universe Survival Arc". As you can see from the main visual, it'll be a full-throttle story where Goku and the rest of the Universe 7 warriors form a team to take on a tournament between universes! Artificial Human No. 17 and Majin Boo are there too, so personally I can't contain my excitement at the thought of what kind of fights we'll see! Look forward to this new chapter that'll be sure to feature super-intense battles with nonstop appearances by the elites of each universe!" reads the statement from Fuji TV producer Shunki Hashizume (via Herms98).
"Dragon Ball Super" Episode 72 airs Sunday, Dec. 25 on Fuji TV.
