Category: Germany

  • 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.

  • Dragon Ball Daima German dub coming late summer as RTL Consumer Products adds brand to its portfolio

    It has been a long wait for European dubs of Dragon Ball Daima to be announced, but it looks like a few productions are finally in sight.

    Recently a European Spanish dub was announced, as well as an Italian dub, and now a German dub is on the way.

    RTL Consumer Products will now be taking over the marketing of Dragon Ball in Germany by adding the brand to its portfolio.

    The company will rely on a comprehensive 360-degree strategy encompassing all important contact points – from TV and streaming to digital offerings and retail promotion.

    The timeshift channel TOGGO Plus will be airing the German dub of Dragon Ball Daima later in the summer and RTL+ will follow suit in September.

    Beate Mitschke and Ryuji Kochi, the Vice President of Franchise and Product Development at RTL Consumer Products and President of TOEI Animation Europe respectively both commented on the news about Dragon Ball Daima coming to Germany in the native language:

    Mitschke said:

    “Mit DRAGON BALL holen wir uns nicht nur eine der ikonischsten Anime-Marken überhaupt ins Portfolio, sondern unterstreichen zugleich unseren Anspruch, relevante Popkulturthemen ganzheitlich zu denken. Die enorme Strahlkraft der Marke ermöglicht es uns, sie zielgruppenübergreifend an allen Touchpoints zu inszenieren und so nachhaltige Impulse für den Lizenzmarkt zu setzen“

    In English this can be read as:

    “With DRAGON BALL, we are not only bringing one of the most iconic anime brands ever into our portfolio, but at the same time underlining our claim to think holistically about relevant pop culture topics. The brand’s enormous appeal enables us to stage it across target groups at all touchpoints and thus set sustainable impulses for the licensing market”

    And Kochi stated:

    “DRAGON BALL blickt auf eine weltweite Erfolgsgeschichte zurück. Mit regelmäßig neuen Serien und einer stetig wachsenden Beliebtheit in Europa entwickelt sich die Marke kontinuierlich weiter. Wir freuen uns sehr, heute eine neue Partnerschaft mit RTL, einem der führenden deutschen TV-Sender und Lizenzagenturen, einzugehen. Wir haben große Erwartungen an DRAGON BALL in Deutschland und sind überzeugt, dass RTL Consumer Products die Marke in der Region mit einem vielfältigen und erfolgreichen Angebot hervorragend weiterentwickeln wird“

    Which can be translated as:

    “DRAGON BALL looks back on a worldwide success story. With regular new series and steadily growing popularity in Europe, the brand is continuously evolving. We are very pleased to enter into a new partnership with RTL, one of Germany’s leading TV broadcasters and licensing agencies, today. We have great expectations of DRAGON BALL in Germany and are convinced that RTL Consumer Products will continue to develop the brand in the region with a diverse and successful offering”

    It has been said that the German dub of Dragon Ball Daima will have a complete recast since its being dubbed in Münich. The original Dragon Ball series was recorded in Cologne, and everything since Dragon Ball Z was dubbed in Berlin.

    There is no news yet on the exact date for the premier of the Dragon Ball Daima German dub, nor any of the specific products that will hit the market, but that should all be expected relatively soon.

  • German dub of Dragon Ball Daima coming

    So far European territories have been quiet regarding international dubs of Dragon Ball Daima, aside from the recent Albanian dub, although it’s looking like that is slowly about to change.

    My friend Tian has spotted a post in a German forum that says Daima is currently being dubbed.

    Tian has provided the above information to the Kanzenshuu forums in English as follows:

    This will not be Daima’s debut in Germany, as French streaming service ADN made the series available subbed, but this will be the first time German fans can enjoy the series in their own language.

    No TV broadcast has been announced, but it is possible Daima will air on RTLII, which began airing the original series in 1999 and began rerunning it two years ago. ProSiebenn MAXX is another contender as they reran Dragon Ball Super within the last few weeks.

    In any case watch this space for further updates regarding Dragon Ball in Germany.

  • More European territories announced for Piece of Magic Entertainment’s theatrical run of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

    The previously announced screening of Dragon Ball Z movie 14 Battle of Gods has now expanded to various European countries.

    Fans on the Kanzenshuu forums such as TheRed259 and sangofe have noted screenings taking place in territories both east and north of the continent.

    The first countries to be getting this limited screening of the 2013 movie by TOEI Animation are Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Slovakia on March 1, 2015.

    One UK listing has also been spotted for both March 1st and 2nd, 2025.

    France will be getting the movie a week after most of these countries on March 8th.

    A week after that comes Poland, and although we have been told privately Studio PDK creates Polish subs for the distributor Piece of Magic Entertainment, and have been requesting them to order a dub we have not been able to double source this information, so for now it’s best to take it with a grain of salt.

    The final territory for this new theatrical run is Germany, which opens on March 18th with further screenings that weekend on March 22nd and 23rd and includes dub screenings.

    This is great news, as many of these countries have never received Battle of Gods in theatres and will provide fans with another chance to catch the first movie of Dragon Ball’s revival era on the big screen.

  • Dragon Ball Daima is coming to Germany on ADN

    Dragon Ball fans around the world do not have much longer to wait for the new series, indeed many will have the fortune of seeing it the exact same date as Japan thanks to Crunchyroll’s near global simulcast.

    Strangely though, while Crunchyroll streams Dragon Ball in a number of European territories that was the one continent not included in this simulcast.

    Nonetheless it does seem slowly but surely announcements are being made for Europe.

    Earlier this week it was revealed that Dragon Ball Daima will be receiving a simulcast in France on the streaming service ADN.

    Now ADN has announced they will be streaming Akira Toriyama’s final work in Germany.

    This is great news for German fans, who had to wait 6 years and 2 years for Dragon Ball Kai and Dragon Ball Super to be licensed out to them. That means this will be the quickest they have ever received a new Dragon Ball anime series.

    Coincidentally RTL II began rerunning original Dragon Ball between March and August of last year, but it was removed a month after the rerun concluded. It was a great chance for new fans to become accustomed to kid Goku.

    Should there be any updates on other European territories we will of course report on them.

Category: Germany