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.
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.
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).
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.
According to an article from a Spanish Dragon Ball reporter native fans are still awaiting a local dub for the most recent TV anime Dragon Ball Daima.
While fans have been receiving episodes on Anime Box and Crunchyroll every Friday, but Dragon Ball Daima, in their country remains shown in Japanese with Spanish subtitles.
Accordingly, Dasara Producciones with Mercedes Hoyos directing have delighted fans with their dubs of Dragon Ball Super, and more recently Dragon Ball Kai, even pleasing Latin American fans that have traditionally been more critical of the Iberian Spanish dubs.
In January of this year the Latin American Spanish dub was showcased by distributor Corazón Films in Mexican theatres for the press and guests, but in Europe there has been no news.
Fans that reached out were asked would they like Dasara Producciones to dub Dragon Ball Super and why, which received positive responses, as Antonio Sánchez-Migallón Jiménez cites:
English translations of these tweets will follow in due time.
Selecta Vision, the Spanish distributor of Dragon Ball on home video and their streaming service Anime Box have partnered up with FR Tech Gaming to give fans the chance to win some great prizes.
In a recent post the company unveiled a complete collection of the classic anime trilogy Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT on DVD as well as a silicone case for the PlayStation 5: by FR Tech Gaming.
Selecta Vision’s streaming platform Anime Box has, in the last few months began releasing Dragon Ball Kai and the original Dragon Ball for customers wanting to watch either series on demand.
The classic TOEI anime trilogy was announced all at once, but now there is a release date for Dragon Ball Z on the platform – November 8th.
“Dragon Ball Z arrives on November 8th at AnimeBox! 🐉
Every Friday, a new saga of the series of your life, Rewatch the most epic battles in the best quality! 💥 From 11/8 you can enjoy the adventure in its original version and with Spanish, Catalan, Galician and Basque dubbing, and later also in Valencian 🎙️
The first of 7 volumes, which contains episodes 1-17 will contain 3 discs in a digipack, art cards, and an episode guide.
Exclusive gifts will also be available for all who pre-order, which appear to be Dragon Ball-themed accessories:
The description, on Selecta Vision’s website, as translated by Google states the following:
Dragon Ball Z Kai is here in a collector’s edition in 7 packs perfect to add to your collection!
THE DEFINITIVE EDITION OF DRAGON BALL Z
– More faithful to Akira Toriyama’s original manga
– No filler chapters
– Remastered in HD
– Improved image with new backgrounds, coloring…
– Scenes corrected with new animation
– New sounds and effects.
– New soundtrack
– Translation more faithful to the original Japanese
– New dubbing with current actors
– Adapted to new screens
Don’t miss out on any Box! Subscribe to comfortably receive each box at home before its launch, without additional costs or procedures. Get the full collection at a special price.
In addition, during your subscription you will receive four exclusive gifts along with box 1, 3, 5 and 7:
– A keychain with a Corp Capsule
-A Radar cushion with sound!
– Acrylic figurines to decorate your collection
– Container box with an exclusive design to be able to store and protect all the boxes.
Each Box includes:
– The episodes of the series in Japanese, Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician with Spanish subtitles translated from the original script in Japanese
– An episode guide
– 10 collectible visual cards
All in a digipack with a sleek design that will fit in perfectly with the rest of your collection!
The date of the subscription indicates the release date of the first box, the following deliveries will be received a few days before its release date. The final dates will be announced both on our social networks and on the website.
Remember that the subscription with exclusive gifts is limited and will not be replenished after stocks run out. In the event that the stock of any of the gifts is exhausted, it will be replaced by one of equal or greater value.
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