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  • Dragon Ball Red Ribbon Army arc set to air on Cartoon Network India

    Following on from the conclusion of the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai arc last Sunday, Cartoon Network India is set to begin airing the Red Ribbon Army arc.

    As was the case with the previous arc the channel is marketing it as a “new season” in its latest promo.

    Showcasing some punches and kicks from Goku, and one scene where a wall smashes Cartoon Network is highlighting the escalating action in this story arc.

    According to this promo the new arc is set to begin tomorrow at 2pm, although current schedules suggest a 1:30pm start time.

    As such it is possible from 1:30-2pm episode 28, which aired last Sunday will be rerun followed by episode 29.

    Similarly episode 13 premiered with the new Indian dubs on September 8th and was rerun on September 15th followed by episodes 14-18.

    So we can probably expect episodes 28-33 to air tomorrow with the new Hindi dubs, and first known dubs of original Dragon Ball in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

    There may be less episodes next week with Battle of Gods set to premier for the first time in India, but original Dragon Ball is evidently doing well as weekday timeslots have been added, likely for reruns, which inspires a lot of confidence in its continued success.

  • Dragon Ball’s 21st Tenkaichi Budokai arc concludes on Cartoon Network India

    Earlier this month Cartoon Network promoted the first tournament story arc (the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai) with terms such as “New Challenges”, “New Adventures” and “New Battles”.

    Today the first major action-packed story arc wrapped up with the broadcast of episode 28.

    Dragon Ball airs every Sunday from 1:30-3:45pm, and from this Tuesday it will receive a new weekday timeslot from 9-10pm.

    The episodes recently aired have been labelled as “Season 2”, likely to emphasize being a part of the second major story arc. Whether this will be a continued trend for the coming arcs remains to be seen.

    In any case viewers should expect to see the Red Ribbon Army arc premier next Sunday, and the week after that Battle of Gods will make its long awaited Indian debut.

    Every Dragon Ball series, TV special and movie aired on Cartoon Network India will receive five regional dubs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

    The Hiroki Takahashi insert song Mezase Tenkaichi was removed in all of these dubs.

    Exciting times for India Dragon Ball fans are ahead.

  • Cartoon Network India adds weekday timeslots for Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Super

    Cartoon Network India has announced on their social media that they will begin airing original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Super at 9pm and 10pm timeslots respectively Mondays-Fridays.

    The shows will begin airing from these timeslots on October 1st, as announced on Instagram.

    The channel is currently airing original Dragon Ball from 1:30pm-3:45pm every Sunday, and tomorrow the Red Ribbon Army arc will begin.

    Dragon Ball Super has aired in its entirety on Cartoon Network India a few times since its debut in 2017, but this new timeslot should give fans who missed it a chance to catch up.

  • Sanchit Wartak confirmed as the voice of future Gohan in the Hindi dub of Dragon Ball Z: History of Trunks

    Following the long awaited premier of History of Trunks on Cartoon Network India last Sunday the voice actor for future Gohan in the Hindi dub has been revealed.

    As reported by two sources on Instagram Sanchit Wartak, who played the character in both the Hindi dub of Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, the movies Broly – Second Coming, Fusion Reborn, Wrath of the Dragon, and Super Hero will be reprising his role.

    Cartoon Network India is currently airing original Dragon Ball from 1:30pm to 3:45pm every Sunday with a Dragon Ball Z movie or TV special airing every couple of weeks just before it.

    This week there is no movie or TV special, but instead the channel will air 6 episodes of Dragon Ball. Online imagery uses Dragon Ball Super art, but likely only because this is what fans are used to, as the TV guides appropriately list “Dragon Ball” for the aforementioned timeslots.

  • Dragon Ball Z : Battle of Gods finally coming to India on Cartoon Network

    Toons Anime India has just shared a promo from Cartoon Network India, which confirms that in less than a month, the first Dragon Ball movie of the revival era – Battle of Gods (or The Battle of Gods as it will seemingly be referred to natively) will be coming.

    The last Dragon Ball movie to premier on the channel was Wrath of the Dragon, which premiered on September 3rd last year and was rerun two weeks later.

    The channel has however broadcast additional features (albeit not movies) with the recent airings of Bardock : The Father of Goku and History of Trunks.

    As was the case with the TV specials Battle of Gods will be marketed as a “blockbuster” to generate hype.

    The channel is currently airing original Dragon Ball at 2pm on Sundays. Episodes 13-18 aired yesterday and episodes 19-24 are set to air this week just after the premier of History of Trunks.

    As is now standard with all Dragon Ball content aired on Cartoon Network India, Battle of Gods will receive five dubs in different languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

    Uttam Pal Singh, the head of the kids cluster in South Asia for Warner Brothers Discovery (the owner of Cartoon Network India) said he wishes for the channel to be the place for the movies of the season, so it is possible after Battle of Gods the channel will dub the other revival era movies Resurrection ‘F’, Broly and Super Hero.

    In any case watch this space for further updates on all things Dragon Ball in India and elsewhere.

  • More cast members for the original Dragon Ball Hindi redub revealed

    The Anime Geek Official previously revealed a number of castings for Cartoon Network India’s new Hindi dub for original Dragon Ball.

    The cast members known thus far were as follows:

    Shruti Sinha as kid Goku.

    Mani N Puhan as Bulma.

    Pawan Kalra as the narrator.

    Sanchit Wartak as Emperor Pilaf.

    Sahil Kulkarni as Yamcha.

    Kajal Jha as Chi-Chi.

    Now there have been two new revelations about castings, namely for Kuririn (also known as Krillin in the English dubs) and Lunch (also known as Launch).

    Vidit Kumar is Kuririn.

    Heena Malik is Lunch.

    At the time of writing this article episodes 1-20 of Dragon Ball have aired on Cartoon Network India with episodes 21-25 set to debut this Sunday after the premier of the TV special History of Trunks.

    The cast members for the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada dubs are not known, as far as I’m aware but I will keep an eye out for information on these.

  • History of Trunks to debut in India on September 22nd

    Cartoon Network India has announced that on September 22nd History of Trunks will be broadcast at 1pm, marking the TV special’s first time airing in India.

    The channel previously aired Bardock : The Father of Goku at the same timeslo, as well as various movies, starting with Cooler’s Revenge the day Kai premiered last year.

    Currently original Dragon Ball is airing on Sundays, originally from 2pm but now starting at 1:30pm, episodes 13-18 debut this week and episodes 19-24 should be premiering on the day History of Trunks debuts.

    Despite the dark subject matter of History of Trunks Cartoon Network is promoting it with an uplifting messages about Gohan and Trunks being tasked with saving mankind from the artificial humans.

    It’s possible, perhaps even likely History of Trunks will receive an edited airing, as Bardock: The Father of Goku was broadcast with edits.

    As expected History of Trunks will get five dubs in regional languages Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, as was the case for Super, Kai, Dragon Ball Z movies 5-9, 12-13, Bardock : The Father of Goku and original Dragon Ball as of now.

    The special’s debut will also mean all three TV specials that TOEI license out internationally have aired on Cartoon Network India, as the Dragon Ball GT special was broadcast at the end of 2017, although it has been said this was an airing of Funimation’s dub.

    At any rate, this is great news for Indian fans that would like a convenient, legal means of watching History of Trunks and the future looks bright for Dragon Ball content on the regional Cartoon Network.

  • Cartoon Network India continues to promote original Dragon Ball

    As of today a new promo has been uploaded to Cartoon Network India’s YouTube account, promising much for viewers to look forward to as the channel continues their long awaited rebroadcast of original Dragon Ball with new dubs.

    The channel initially marketed the 1986 Dragon Ball anime as “the adventure that started it all”, and going by this promo it appears in addition to challenges they also lean in to the adventurous aspect, and of course as the show is a martial arts series battles is thrown in as a selling point.

    The promo showcases scenes from several fights (namely Goku vs Giran, Yamcha vs Jackie Chun and Goku vs Namu) in the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai arc, which should be broadcast very soon.

    Cartoon Network began airing Dragon Ball with 5 episodes, but the number has fluctuated and with the timeslot moving from 2pm to 1:30pm there is a possibility of up to 6 episodes being aired every week. Episodes 1-5 aired August 25th and episodes 6-9 were broadcast on September 1st, so 10-13 can be expected this Sunday.

    It is worth noting while then original marketing for Dragon Ball has been misleading labelling it as a “new show” at a certain point Cartoon Network India may in actuality be airing new episodes for the first time as it is unclear how many episodes were broadcast back in 2010, although it has been said only 49 episodes were dubbed.

    Last Sunday Bardock: The Father of Goku premiered before original Dragon Ball, although this week there is no TV special or movie scheduled at the earlier 1pm timeslot.

    Should there be any changes to the exiting schedule or anything, which has not been aired in India yet or rerun it will be of course covered here.

    For now, may Indian fans continue to enjoy the journey of original Dragon Ball.

  • Cartoon Network India crops nudity in Bardock: The Father of Goku

    On its first day premiering in India, a number of cuts and edits have been noticed by fans who caught Bardock: The Father of Goku on its 1pm broadcast today (on September 1st) on the native Cartoon Network.

    The scenes in particular, which cover up any cases of nudity are simply cropped out of the picture instead of applying simple pant edits.

    The source I spoke to provided these screenshots to confirm these crops did take place. I n any case it is very likely that original Dragon Ball.

  • Original Dragon Ball returns to India

    Last time we reported on the status of original Dragon Ball on Cartoon Network India there seemed to be hints it would be returning to the channel alongside the debut of Bardock: The Father of Goku.

    If current schedules are to be believed however the channel has stuck the landing of the previously announced August 25th date.

    Cartoon Network is available to Indian audiences through satellite provider Dish TV (channel 176) and content distribution platform TATA Play (channel 667).

    And if these listings weren’t enough, TV Wish’s general episode summary can only point to the original Dragon Ball series.

    This is wonderful news, as it’s been a long time since original Dragon Ball was shown on the channel, and today Cartoon Network dubs more Dragon Ball content than ever and in more languages than in the past with the addition of Malayalam and Kannada dubs. Kai, Super as well as various movies have

    Only a Hindi dub of original Dragon Ball was known to exist before the announcement the show was returning, which means in addition to the redub the Tamil and Telugu dubs are probably new audios as well.

    Super Android 13 preceded the airing of original Dragon Ball at 1pm, Bardock: The Father of Goku will follow this day next week at the same timeslot, and original Dragon Ball has been announced to air on Cartoon Network India at 2pm every Sunday with multiple episodes, so expect more movies and specials as well.

    In promos Cartoon Network continues to pull all the punches describing this “legendary story” as being “of a boy who became” the “mightiest warrior Goku”. Its this kind of promise other broadcasters should have considered given original Dragon Ball to allow it to perform to the best of its ability.

    Stay tuned for further updates on “the adventure that started it all” as Cartoon Network markets the original series as. The 2009/2010 broadcast didn’t cover the whole series, so it would be truly amazing for Indian audiences to finally receive the entire series.

    As Kai and Super were dubbed in full within less than a year this could very much become a reality for original Dragon Ball, and who knows what else that will follow. GT? Daima of course should come eventually, but there’s so much content that Indian Dragon Ball fans would be spoiled for choice if their local Cartoon Network continues dubbing in five languages as it has been doing for the last two years.

Tag: Cartoon Network India