It has been announced that the original 1986 Dragon Ball anime will be returning to TV in Poland next Monday, September 2th.
Dragon Ball first came to Polish TV with RTL 7’s original run in 1999-2002 in which it aired during the ‘Cool Cartoons’ morning and afternoon programming block using a lectored version of the French dub. It also aired on TVN Siedem.
Now the Kino Polska group-owned channel GameToon has announced they will be launching an anime strand, which will feature both “Dragon Ball” and “World Trigger” and broadcast several times a day. As both series are TOEI Animation productions it is possible they were acquired in a package deal.
Fans hoping for a Polish dub as Dragon Ball Kai and Dragon Ball Super have received during their broadcasts on Polsat Games may be disappointed as it appears GameToon will be airing original Dragon Ball with only Japanese audio and Polish subtitles, although sources have said it is so viewers can appreciate the atmosphere and authenticity of the production.
GameToon have scheduled a daily anime stream Monday-Friday where the first episodes of Dragon Ball and World Trigger will be aired with additional reruns at various times throughout the day.
For example, current times are as follows:
6:20am – Repeat of the previous day’s “Dragon Ball” premiere
7:00am – “Dragon Ball” premiere
2:20pm – Repeat of the previous day’s “World Trigger” premiere
3:00pm – “World Trigger” premiere
3:45pm – Repeat of the previous day’s “Dragon Ball” premiere
4:30pm – “Dragon Ball” premiere
11:20pm – Repeat of the previous day’s “Dragon Ball” premiere
00:00am – “Dragon Ball” premiere
00:45am – Repeat of the previous day’s “World Trigger” premiere
01:30am – “World Trigger” premiere
This will mark not only the second channel to begin airing original Dragon Ball this year (as Cartoon Network India has just commenced their rerun) but also the second channel for the series to be launched on within the space of just over a week, and a first for GameToon.
As the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball’s debut in the 51st issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on November 20, 1984 approaches expect more to be announced in the near future to commemorate the work that made Akira Toriyama a globally recognized mangaka.
Perhaps more broadcasts or releases of the original Dragon Ball will be on the cards to test the waters for a kid Goku-centric show as countries around the world await the international licensing of Dragon Ball Daima. That would certainly be something to look forward to as the original Dragon Ball is often overshadowed by its successors, most notably Dragon Ball Z, but this may be the time loyal fans have long waited for.
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