Category: Europe

  • Spain to receive first ever Blu-Ray release of Dragon Ball GT

    20 years into the formats history and just in time for the 30th anniversary of the series it has just been announced that Dragon Ball GT will be receiving a Blu-Ray release.

    This upcoming release will be in Spain from distributor Selecta Vision, who have released a lot of Dragon Ball content on home video in the country, including recent Blu-Rays of not just the original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z but also Dragon Ball Kai and the movies.

    No release date is yet known but Selecta Vision distributed posters at the Manga Barcelona 2025 event announcing this release.

    These posters were leaked by a user named Vercery on forums and a fan contacted Selecta Vision to verify the information.

    Furthermore a user named Bicho_86 supplied the image below, which went unnoticed by the Spanish fanbase for a few days following the announcement.

    Suffice to say Selecta Vision did confirm the news, so soon Spanish fans can look forward to completing their classic anime trilogies on a HD format.

  • Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Hungarian dub may receive partial redubbing

    A report has suggested that Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, which recently received a Hungarian dub may be receiving, at least a partial redub.

    According to the report Piccolo’s original Hungarian voice actor Csaba Krisztián Csík may be returning to reprise his role as there was some misunderstanding about the assignment of dubbing roles, which has since been cleared by the platform (Canal+) and dubbing studio (Laborfilm).

    Piccolo was due to be played by János Megyeri, who fans said did a good job but was not what they were used to.

  • Selecta Vision confirms European Spanish dub of Dragon Ball Daima set to be released in 2026

    It was just announced at the Selecta Vision conference at Manga Barcelona (the most important fair for the medium of manga in Spain) that Dragon Ball Daima will be released in 2026 with Spanish dubbing.

    Up until now the series has only been available in Spain in Japanese with Spanish subtitles, but this means that local fans can enjoy the series in their native tongue.

    This is fantastic news, not only for Spanish fans that wanted a local dub but also those that like to own Dragon Ball on physical media as Selecta Vision releases the series on DVD and Blu-Ray with the most recent addition being their releases of Dragon Ball Kai (another show with a long-awaited European Spanish dub).

  • DR hope to finish Danish dub of Dragon Ball Super by spring 2026

    Since August of this year there has been no update on the Danish dub of Dragon Ball Super, but it looks like that is about to change.

    The dub, which began in October of last year has had 76 episodes so far, leaving Danmarks Radio (DR) with 55 episodes left to complete the entire series of Dragon Ball Super.

    Now according to a post in the Dragon Ball – DK Facebook group the company is hoping that by spring they will finish the show:

    The first 27 episodes of Dragon Ball Super were uploaded to DR Ultra in one batch, and for episodes 28-76 they were released with 3 episodes weekly. Whether DR will take either approach to the rest of the series or if they will go in a new pattern remains to be seen, but nonetheless it is exciting for Dragon Ball fans in Denmark that this dub may be seen to its conclusion.

    It is worth noting if this dub finishes Dragon Ball Super it will not only surpass the episode count of the Dragon Ball Z Danish dub (which stopped at episode 104) but it will be the first time a Dragon Ball TV anime has ever received a complete dub in the language.

  • Cast and crew announced for Hungarian dub of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

    Previously we reported that it seemed like a Hungarian dub of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero was coming to Canal+ Action on December 23rd.

    Now according to a more recent article it is not only confirmed that the latest movie in the long running Dragon Ball franchise will indeed be dubbed in Hungarian but we know the cast and crew.

    The cast is as follows:

    And technical staff for the dub are as follows:

    Or in English:

    This means Goku will have the same voice actor as another iconic animated character albeit from a North American cartoon – Spongebob Squarepants. Additionally Piccolo is being played by Raditz’ voice actor.

  • Hungarian dub of Dragon Ball Super : Super Hero may be coming

    According to a social media post from entertainment website Mentrum a Hungarian dub of Dragon Ball Super : Super Hero may be coming to the new linear channel Canal+ Action on December 23rd at 8:50pm.

    Canal+ has been available as a streaming service in Hungary and its content was previously accessible on the platform Direct One since 2021.

    Dragon Ball has most recently been available in the Hungarian language when Dragon Ball Super aired in 2018 on Viasat6, but this would mark the first time there has ever been a Hungarian dub of any of the Dragon Ball movies.

    This will also not be the first time Canal + has premiered an exclusive dub of Dragon Ball Super : Super Hero as recently they showed a Czech dub of the movie.

  • The end of Dragon Ball’s longest run on UK TV nears as Narrative Entertainment is set to shut down Pop

    Dragon Ball Super’s 6-year run on UK TV should be coming to an end soon, as it has been announced Narrative Entertainment will be shutting down their linear channels and app next month.

    Narrative Entertainment MD Paul Dunthorne commented:

    “With commercial value across the UK kids’ TV market now just 4% of what it was 10 years ago, we’ve taken the decision to close our linear Pop channel at the end of the year. We understand the importance of offering high-quality kids’ TV, and we’ve done everything that we can to maintain Pop. But free-to-air channels for this audience are simply not commercially viable without public service broadcaster-style funding.

    “We will retain our Pop presence on FAST channels in the UK on Freeview, Samsung, LG and other platforms, and internationally, as these continue to offer commercial opportunities.”

    Pop was previously owned by Sony Pictures Television before they sold their UK TV portfolio to Narrative Entertainment in 2021.

    Dragon Ball Super’s premier on Pop in 2019 marked the series debut on free TV, which became the only such free-to-air (FTA) commercial kids’ broadcaster after the closure of ITV’s CITV in 2023.

    Sister channel Pop Max (which also aired Dragon Ball Super) left Freeview and Sky in December of last year, and January this year respectively. Their content was moved to Pop and Pop Player.

    As it stands Dragon Ball Super remains on Pop from 7pm-8pm and 1:50am-2:38am every night. Whether it will be run until Pop’s last day broadcasting remains to be seen.

    As Dragon Ball Super has lasted 6 years on Pop (although the channel removed it from their schedule at times) it is the instalment of the franchise which has been on UK TV for the longest.

    Dragon Ball Z aired between 2000 and 2002 on Cartoon Network, 2002-2003 on CNX and 2003-2005 on Toonami, Dragon Ball GT ran on CNX and Toonami for the same years while original Dragon Ball only aired on Toonami and Dragon Ball Kai was shown on Kix between 2012 and 2015.

    It is likely Dragon Ball Super lasted as long as it has on Pop because of sponsorship deals with Bandai Namco and toy retailer chain Smyths.

    While the future of Dragon Ball on linear TV remains uncertain, although the series is still available on Crunchyroll, BBC iPlayer and home video releases from Manga UK and Crunchyroll.

  • Dragon Ball set to begin rerun on Çufo TV in Albania

    According to current TV listings on Thursday this week the Albanian channel Çufo is set to rerun original Dragon Ball.

    Two episodes will be aired from 1:40pm-2:30pm and 8:25pm-9:15pm. The latter may be a rerun.

    The dub broadcast will likely be the Digitalb dub from Albania and not the original Albanian dub from Kosovo as the latter is not known to have aired since the early 2000s on Kohavision.

  • Dragon Ball Daima coming to free-to-air TV in Spain?

    It has been reported that José Pablo López, director of RTVE, the national television and radio public broadcaster was asked about airing the latest anime series Dragon Ball Daima on the Clan network.

    The above comment directly translates to “We are in it”, implying interest in the product.

    Dragon Ball Daima is currently available across multiple platforms in Spain, namely AnimeBox, Crunchyroll and Netflix, but it is only available on all these services in Japanese audio with Spanish subtitles.

    A Spanish dub exists for the series, but only for the Latin American region, no European dub has been announced, although it may happen as all Dragon Ball series thus far has had a Latino dub and a Castilian dub. Even Dragon Ball Kai received a dub in Spain last year after over a decade of only a Latin American dub being in circulation.

    Dragon Ball Kai received its Castilian Spanish dub from Dasara Producciones, so they may be contracted to dub Dragon Ball Daima too.

  • Italian dub of Dragon Ball Daima possibly coming in 2026

    In an interview conducted on September 16th president of Starbright Licensing Giada Paterlini discussed the longevity of the Dragon Ball brand, and how it remains an influential brand among kids and “kidults” in Italy and abroad.

    In particular one notable revelation from the interview is the following:

    “L’interesse per questo franchise è quindi quanto mai contemporaneo e attuale ma, nel contempo, appare sospeso nel tempo, immutabile, trasferito di generazione in generazione.  Dai bambini, agli adulti, ai kidult, Dragon Ball è pronto per narrarci una nuova avventura: l’appuntamento è per il 2026 con Dragon Ball Daima e il suo pubblico affezionato…Stay tuned!”.

    Which translates to:

    “The interest in this franchise is therefore as contemporary and current as ever but, at the same time, it appears suspended in time, unchangeable, transferred from generation to generation. From children, to adults, to kidults, Dragon Ball is ready to tell us about a new adventure: the appointment is for 2026 with Dragon Ball Daima and its loyal audience … Stay tuned!”.

    The most recent instalment of the franchise to air in Italy was Dragon Ball Super, which premiered nearly 10 years ago on December 23, 2016, so this will no doubt be exciting news for fans that have been waiting for more Dragon Ball.

Category: Europe

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 125-127 uploaded to the DR TV app

    Denmark is very close to having a complete Danish Dragon Ball dub with the 3 episodes that have been added to the DR TV app. As of today (August 14th) Dragon Ball Super episodes…

  • 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

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  • 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…