Dragon Ball International

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  • 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.

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 110-112 uploaded to the DR TV app

    The Dragon Ball Super Danish dub continues with another 3 episodes.

    Today (July 10th) episodes 110-112 have been uploaded to Danmarks Radio’s DR TV app.

    With this addition the episode Goku turns Ultra Instinct has been released in Denmark for the third time, as this episode was previously available to stream on Daisuki and Crunchyroll in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

    The availability of these episodes on DR TV also marks the first time they’ve been available spoken in the Danish language rather than with subtitles.

    Expect episodes 113-115 to follow next week.

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 107-109 uploaded to the DR TV app

    Another Friday another 3 episodes of the Dragon Ball Super Danish dub.

    Today (July 3rd) episodes 107-109 were uploaded to the DR TV app.

    Next Friday (July 10th) episodes 110-112 can be expected.

    As such next week Dragon Ball fans in Denmark will be treated to the episode Goku turns Ultra Instinct in thier native language.

    Episodes 109 and 110 formed part of a 1-hour Dragon Ball Super special on Fuji TV in Japan, so from next week that entire special will be available dubbed in Danish.

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 104-106 uploaded to the DR TV app

    As of today (June 26th) episodes 104-106 of Dragon Ball Super have been added to the DR TV app in Denmark.

    With the addition of these 3 episodes the Danish dub of Dragon Ball Super has eclipsed the Danish dub of Dragon Ball Z, which Danmarks Radio (DR) also produced in the early 2000s, which had 104 episodes.

    Assuming the current rate of new episodes being uploaded to the platform remains consistent Dragon Ball Super’s Danish dub should reach episode 130 on August 21, 2026 with the final episode premiering a week after.

    Although with one episode left at that stage DR may decide to drop the last 4 episodes together rather than dropping 3 episodes in a single week.

    It is possible that the final episode of Dragon Ball Super will debut dubbed on August 28, 2026 as the last episode of DR’s season 2 was released on its own August last year following a consistent run of 3 episodes per week.

    In any case should this dub wrap up it will be the first time a Dragon Ball TV series has been fully dubbed in Danish.

    Expect episodes 107-109 to be released next Friday.

  • Dragon Ball Super to return to UK TV on GREAT! Action

    It has been announced that the UK TV channel GREAT! Action will air Dragon Ball Super.

    The 2015 TOEI TV anime will premier on the channel May 5th at 11pm.

    GREAT! Action is owned by Narrative Entertainment, who also owned Pop, the channel that had been airing Dragon Ball Super in the UK and Ireland on and off since 2019.

    Pop last aired Dragon Ball Super in the early hours of January 1st this year, although it was still available through Pop Up, which still had an EPG channel number and programme listings. 

    Dragon Ball Super will also be available to stream on GREAT! Player.

  • Dragon Ball GT returns to Israel on Junior TV

    TV schedules this week are listing Dragon Ball GT as airing on Junior TV in Israel, the same channel that aired Dragon Ball Super, and more recently Dragon Ball Kai, both of which are still on the air.

    Dragon Ball GT is airing at the following times on the channel:

    Monday
    4:47-5:12am : Episode 1
    7:35-7:58am : Episode 2
    3:58-4:22pm : Episode 2
    5:54-6:18pm : Episode 2
    9:13-9:36pm : Episode 2

    Tuesday
    7:33-7:57am : Episode 3
    4:01-4:25pm : Episode 3
    5:57-6:20pm : Episode 3
    9:16-9:39pm : Episode 3

    Wednesday
    7:31-7:55am : Episode 4
    3:54-4:18pm : Episode 4
    5:50-6:13pm : Episode 4
    9:09-9:32pm : Episode 4

    Thursday
    4:00-4:24am : Episode 4
    7:29-7:53am : Episode 5
    3:46-4:10pm : Episode 5
    5:40-6:04pm : Episode 5
    8:59-9:23pm : Episode 5

    Friday
    3:42-4:05am : Episode 4
    4:05-4:28am : Episode 5
    6:57-7:20am : Episode 1
    7:20-7:44am : Episode 2
    1:02-1:25pm : Episode 2
    1:25-1:50pm : Episode 3
    6:37-7:01pm : Episode 4
    7:01-7:24pm : Episode 5

    UPDATE : Times for the weekend are as follows:

    Saturday

    10:42-11:05am : Episode 1

    11:05-11:30am : Episode 2

    1:08-1:31pm : Episode 2

    1:31-1:56pm : Episode 3

    6:43-7:06pm : Episode 4

    7:06-7:30pm : Episode 5

    Sunday

    3:56-4:20pm : Episode 6

    9:11-9:34pm : Episode 6

  • 20 years ago today Dragon Ball Z returned to Finland for the last time

    September 18th was the day that SubTV announced the final batch of Dragon Ball Z episodes (the first three were episodes 1-57, 58-100 and 101-123) back in 2005.

    This was exciting news for fans at the time as the channel had stopped airing any episodes of the show, including reruns since Christmas eve the year before.

    With the exception of Battle of Gods earlier this year this was the last time any piece of content with the “Dragon Ball Z” branding was released in Finland, and when it comes to the TV series it was the last time to date.

    Indeed when we asked on Reddit if any fans would like to see Dragon Ball Z return to Finland one expressed doubt that there would be any excitement for such happening, while another user wished for recordings of the show on SubTV to turn up.

    While the aforementioned press release is no longer on SubTV (now MTVSub)’s website fans luckily quoted it on a local forum:

    The above can be translated as:

    “DRAGONBALL Z RETURNS TO SUB!

    The super-popular anime series Dragonball Z continues on Subtv on Sun 18.9.PRESS

    RELEASE 31.8.05

    Subtv will make the wish of anime fans come true in September! The Japanese anime series Dragonball Z continues on Subtv on Sunday 18 September at 10:00. The series is always seen on Sundays at the same time.

    Subtv has acquired 168 new episodes for the series. The episodes are spoken in English and subtitled in Finnish. Dragonball Z went on hiatus on Sub last Christmas Eve and the series now continues straight from there: it’s time for season 4 episode 124 (Unwelcome Discovery). The central role of Dragonball Z is played by Goku, who fights against the evil forces of space with his friends. What will Bulma, Vegeta, Trunks, Piccolo, Krillin and co. come up with to tame the androids while Goku is still in bad shape?”

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 55-57 uploaded to the DRTV app

    Danmarks Radio continue to deliver on their promise of more episodes of the Dragon Ball Super Danish dub, and this week episodes 55-57 have been added to the DRTV app.

    With this new batch of episodes Danmarks Radio’s “Season 2” has surpassed “Season 1” in length as the former has been ongoing for 30 episodes whereas the latter ended at episode 27.

    Next week episodes 58-60 should be uploaded to the app.

  • Dragon Ball Super episodes 46-48 uploaded to the DRTV app

    The Future Trunks arc has officially returned to Denmark, and this time with a locally produced dub as DR TV has uploaded Dragon Ball Super episodes 46-48.

    This is the seventh consecutive week that 3 new episodes have been released on the app with a further batch set to drop on May 30th.

  • English and Brazilian Portuguese dubs of Dragon Ball Daima concludes today

    According to an article published by Crunchyroll episodes 19 and 20 of their English dub are due to premier today at 1:30pm PT.

    Unlike all previous weeks where 1 new episode was released this will be the first time 2 dubbed episodes premiered on the service, and with that the English dub will wrap up.

    The English dub is available in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India.

    The cast for the English dub is as follows:

    • Goku voiced by Sean Schemmel
    • Supreme Kai voiced by Kent Williams
    • Vegeta, Yamcha and Shenron voiced by Christopher R. Sabat
    • Bulma voiced by Monica Rial
    • Krillin voiced by Sonny Strait
    • Goten and Gotenks voiced by Kara Edwards
    • Trunks and Gotenks voiced by Alexis Tipton
    • Dende voiced by Justin Cook
    • Kibito voiced by Chuck Huber
    • Majin Buu voiced by Josh Martin
    • Babidi voiced by Duncan Brannan
    • Goku (Mini) voiced by Stephanie Nadolny
    • Supreme Kai (Mini) voiced by Nia Celeste
    • Vegeta (Mini) voiced by Paul Castro Jr.
    • Bulma (Mini) voiced by Taylor Murphy
    • Piccolo (Mini) voiced by Nasim Benelkour
    • Krillin (Mini) voiced by Lara Woodhull
    • Chi Chi (Mini) voiced by Brittany Lauda
    • Master Roshi (Mini) voiced by Jordan Dash Cruz
    • Trunks (Mini) voiced by Celeste Perez
    • Dende (Mini) voiced by Emi Lo
    • Kibito (Mini) voiced by Aaron Michael
    • Mister Satan (Mini) voiced by Cory Phillips
    • Majin Buu (Mini) voiced by Dusty Feeney
    • Glorio voiced by Aaron Dismuke
    • Gomah voiced by Tom Laflin
    • Degesu voiced by Landon McDonald
    • Doctor Arinsu voiced by Morgan Lauré
    • Neva voiced by Garrett Schenck
    • Sir Warp and Small Sir Warp voiced by Kristian Eros
    • Narrator voiced by Doc Morgan

    Technical staff include:

    • ADR Director: Jonathan Rigg
    • ADR Producer: Samantha Herek
    • English Script Writer: Jarrod Greene
    • ADR Mixer: Gino Palencia
    • ADR Engineer: Jameson Outlaw

    Moreover the Brazilian Portuguese dub, which was dropped on Adult Swim on April 25th and has been released at a rate of 5 episodes per week is concluding today with episodes 16-20.

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