Author: Michael Arnold

  • New Dragon Ball collaboration with Burger King coming in September

    According to a leak there will be a new collaboration between Dragon Ball and Burger King coming.

    Dragon Ball fans in the United States will remember that Dragon Ball Z had a commercial tie-in with Burger King in the year 2000 when small silver figures were sold with trading cards.

    The characters chosen for this tie-in were Piccolo, Krillin, Vegeta, Frieza, Super Saiyan Goku, Gohan and Goku with Super Saiyan Goku being the only gold figure.

  • Dragon Ball Daima German dub to be released on August 28th

    Recently it was announced that RTL Consumer Products would be taking over the marketing of the Dragon Ball brand as part of a strategic plan for the franchises continued growth in popularity throughout Europe, as envisioned by TOEI Animation.

    As part of that plan it was revealed that a German dub of the latest anime series Dragon Ball Daima would be coming to TOGGO Plus and then to RTL+, although at the time there was no release date.

    That has changed now however with the most recent update in RTL’s press release.

    New episodes of Dragon Ball Daima will be set to premier August 28th from Monday to Friday at 9:15pm.

    Following on from this the episodes will be available on RTL+ and TOGGO’s website from September 25th.

    This will mark the first European dub of Dragon Ball Daima to be released since the Albanian dub last year.

  • Michael Donovan passes away

    It has been revealed that Michael Donovan, known for his role as Roshi in Funimation’s 1995 English dub of Dragon Ball (known by fans as the “BLT dub”) passed away on March 4th this year.

    Fellow Canadian voice actor Ian James Corlett took to Instagram to pay his tributes to the late star, who was also a director at the aforementioned dub, which was recorded at Dick & Rodgers Studio.

    The news came in the summer issue of 2026 SAG-AFTRA’s quarterly magazine.

    The actor was 72 and due to turn 73 on June 12th.

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 122-124 uploaded to the DR TV app

    With today’s addition of 3 more episodes to the Dragon Ball Super Danish dub there is only 7 more to go until the dub is completed.

    The episodes uploaded were 122-124 and they have been natively titled:

    122. Hans stolthed er på spil! Vejitas kamp for at blive den stærkeste!

    123. Frigør din krop, sjæl og styrke! Son-Goku og Vejita!

    124. Det vilde, overvældende angreb! Son-Gohans sidste forsøg!

    Next week episodes 125-127 should be uploaded.

  • SABC2 Retro TV Schedules

    June 3, 2002

    5:54am CNN
    5:55am Bethesda
    6:00am Morning Live
    8:00am Pasella
    9:30am School TV
    11:30am Infomercials
    12:30pm African Connection
    1:00pm Meloding
    1:30pm Stargate SG-1
    2:30pm Buzz and Poppy
    2:42pm Liewe Heksie
    2:52pm Health
    3:00pm Takalani Sesame
    3:30pm Let’s Meet
    4:00pm Spherics
    4:30pm Dragonball Z
    5:00pm EBU
    5:30pm Family Ties
    6:00pm Stoute Boude
    6:30pm 7de Laan
    7:00pm News
    7:30pm Pacific Blue
    8:30pm The Wayne Brady Show
    9:00pm News
    9:30pm The Shadow
    10:30pm Needful Things
    0:30am CNN

    Source : Cape Times, June 3, 2002, p. 11

    5:00am Infomercials
    5:40am Bethesda
    5:45am Agri TV
    6:00am Morning Live
    8:01am Little Mermaid
    8:30am Timon and Pumbaa
    9:00am Fundani Nathi
    9:15am Your Life
    9:30am HIV
    9:45am Thabang Thabong
    10:00am Barbar King of the Elephants
    11:30am Infomercials
    12:00pm Muvhango
    12:30pm 7de Laan
    1:00pm Dr Phil
    2:00pm Days of our Lives
    2:46pm Thabang Thabong
    3:15pm Takalani Sesame
    3:45pm Bling
    4:15pm Hamtaro
    4:45pm Fudge
    5:00pm Dragonball
    5:30pm News
    6:00pm A World or 2
    6:30pm 7de Laan
    7:00pm News
    7:30pm Gilmore Girls
    8:30pm News
    9:00pm Muvhango
    9:30pm Dube
    10:00pm 50 Things To Do Before You Die
    11:00pm What It’s Like
    0:00am Infomercials
    0:30am SABC Africa

    Source : Cape Times, December 14, 2004, p. 12

    5:00am Infomercials
    5:40am Bethesda
    5:45am Agri TV
    6:00am Morning Live
    8:01am Little Mermaid
    8:30am Timon and Pumbaa
    9:00am Your News and Views
    9:15am Kids News
    9:30am Destination South Africa
    9:45am Thabang Thabong Special
    10:00am A Kid In King Arthur’s Court
    11:30am Infomercials
    12:00pm Fishy Feshuns
    12:30pm The Most Evil Men In History
    1:00pm Dr Phil
    2:00pm Days of our Lives
    2:46pm Thabang Thabong
    3:15pm Takalani Sesame
    3:45pm Hip2b2
    4:15pm Hamtaro
    4:45pm The Little Champa
    5:00pm Dragonball GT
    5:30pm News
    6:00pm Belboks
    6:30pm 7de Laan
    7:00pm News
    7:30pm Navy NCIS
    8:30pm News
    9:00pm Muvhango
    9:30pm Motswako the Mix
    10:00pm The Preachers Wife
    0:00am Infomercials
    0:30am SABC Africa

    Source : Cape Times, January 3, 2005, p. 10

  • Manolo Solo (Manuel Jesús Fernández Serrano) passes away

    Last week actor Manolo Solo (real name Manuel Jesús Fernández Serrano) passed away at the age of 62.

    The actor known for playing Beerus and #17 in the Castilian dub of Dragon Ball died on Thursday from cancer.

    Solo won a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Tarde para la ira.

    The stage name Solo came from his childhood desire to be a rock star, in addition to his work as an actor he was a singer, bassist and guitarist of the rock band Los Relicarios.

    Solo was also a theatre actor, performing in the documentary plays Ruz-Bárcenas (2013) and El Rey (2015), both of which were adapted to films.

    Within Dragon Ball, Solo is also known for playing Tao Pai Pai, Silver Horn, Mr. Popo, Gregory, Zarbon (first voice), Jheese, Oob (Dragon Ball GT episodes 32 onward), Bon Para and Nappa in Dragon Ball Super: Broly.

    Solo is the second actor that played #17 to pass away this year after Figueira Junior in the Brazilian Portuguese dub).

  • Dragon Ball GT returns to Mangas on August 24, 2026

    It was recently announced that Dragon Ball GT would begin airing again on the French channel Mangas, although at the time no premier date or timeslot was revealed, until now.

    Just the other day however Mediawan Thematics (who own AB Groupe) announced that Dragon Ball GT will air August 24, 2026 at 6:05pm.

    It has been said that a “HD remaster” will be broadcast. As Selecta Vision is releasing a Dragon Ball GT Blu-Ray in Spain in October it is possible that this will be the video source that is used.

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 119-121 uploaded to the DR TV app

    With this week’s 3 new episodes of the Dragon Ball Super Danish dub the latest Nordic dub in the series draws closer to its conclusion with less than a month left to go.

    As of today (July 31st) episodes 119-121 have just been uploaded to the DR TV app.

    The 3 episodes are natively titled:

    119. Umulig at undvige?! Det vilde overraskelsesangreb!

    120. En perfekt overlevelsesstrategi! Det tredje univers’ frygtindgydende lejemorder!

    121. Giv alt, hvad I har! Den ultimative firdobbelte fusion mod det syvende univers!

    Episodes 122-124 will likely be released next week with the dub wrapping up on August 21st or 28th.

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 116-118 uploaded to the DR TV app

    The Dragon Ball Super Danish dub draws ever closer to its conclusion with today’s (July 24th) addition.

    Just this morning Dragon Ball Super episodes 116-118 have been uploaded to the DR TV app.

    The 3 episodes are natively titled:

    116. Et nyt vendepunkt! Ultra Instinct eksploderer!

    117. Kærlighedens opgør! Cyborgerne mod det andet univers!

    118. Tragedien eskalerer! Universerne forsvinder!

    Expect episodes 119-121 to drop next week.

  • Dragon Ball Daima Italian dub coming in September

    Last summer the relevant rights for the 2024 TV anime Dragon Ball Daima was acquired by Starbright Licensing and Sabor, this strongly implied that a dub was in the works, but since then nothing has been revealed, until now.

    It has now been announced that an Italian dub of Dragon Ball Daima will be released in September.

    Starbright is a licensing agency that helps brands and companies to identify high potential licensing opportunities by anticipating market trends and consumer demands.

    Sabot, an Italian company involved in the production of Apparel and Accessories and is a benchmark for the fashion and Licensing world.

    Dragon Ball Daima is available for streaming throughout various European countries on Crunhcyroll and Netflix, as well as Anime Generation (Amazon Prime Video) in Italy, but up until now it has only been available subbed.

    Dragon Ball has had a long history in Italy since its debut on Junior TV in 1989, so the news of an Italian dub of Dragon Ball Daima will be great news for longtime fans of the franchise.

    This is not the only European dub of Dragon Ball Daima coming, as a German dub and a Spanish dub were also announced. There was also an Albanian dub.

Author: Michael Arnold

  • New Dragon Ball collaboration with Burger King coming in September

    According to a leak there will be a new collaboration between Dragon Ball and Burger King coming. Dragon Ball fans in the United States will remember that Dragon Ball Z had a commercial tie-in…

  • Dragon Ball Daima German dub to be released on August 28th

    Recently it was announced that RTL Consumer Products would be taking over the marketing of the Dragon Ball brand as part of a strategic plan for the franchises continued growth in popularity throughout Europe,…

  • Michael Donovan passes away

    It has been revealed that Michael Donovan, known for his role as Roshi in Funimation’s 1995 English dub of Dragon Ball (known by fans as the “BLT dub”) passed away on March 4th this…

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 122-124 uploaded to the DR TV app

    With today’s addition of 3 more episodes to the Dragon Ball Super Danish dub there is only 7 more to go until the dub is completed. The episodes uploaded were 122-124 and they have…

  • SABC2 Retro TV Schedules

    June 3, 2002 5:54am CNN5:55am Bethesda6:00am Morning Live8:00am Pasella9:30am School TV11:30am Infomercials12:30pm African Connection1:00pm Meloding1:30pm Stargate SG-12:30pm Buzz and Poppy2:42pm Liewe Heksie2:52pm Health3:00pm Takalani Sesame3:30pm Let’s Meet4:00pm Spherics4:30pm Dragonball Z5:00pm EBU5:30pm Family Ties6:00pm Stoute…

  • Manolo Solo (Manuel Jesús Fernández Serrano) passes away

    Last week actor Manolo Solo (real name Manuel Jesús Fernández Serrano) passed away at the age of 62. The actor known for playing Beerus and #17 in the Castilian dub of Dragon Ball died…

  • Dragon Ball GT returns to Mangas on August 24, 2026

    It was recently announced that Dragon Ball GT would begin airing again on the French channel Mangas, although at the time no premier date or timeslot was revealed, until now. Just the other day…

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 119-121 uploaded to the DR TV app

    With this week’s 3 new episodes of the Dragon Ball Super Danish dub the latest Nordic dub in the series draws closer to its conclusion with less than a month left to go. As…

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 116-118 uploaded to the DR TV app

    The Dragon Ball Super Danish dub draws ever closer to its conclusion with today’s (July 24th) addition. Just this morning Dragon Ball Super episodes 116-118 have been uploaded to the DR TV app. The…