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  • Odeon Cinemas to screen Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods in the UK and Ireland

    More screenings are being spotted for the upcoming re-release of Dragon Ball Z : Battle of Gods in theatres.

    Only 4 days ago Twitter/X user Christopher Galazka spotted listings for March 1st and 2nd, which is when the movie will be screening in various other European countries.

    As Odeon Cinemas also operate in Ireland we checked to see was there any screenings for the Emerald Isle. Turns out there will be, in the lesser known city of Limerick.

    While Battle of Gods received a limited re-release across the United States for its 10th anniversary in 2023 this will mark the widest release the movie has received since it was first released.

    As of the announcement of these screenings, and the previously announced Savoy Cinema screenings all four of the revival era Dragon Ball movies (Battle of Gods, Resurrection F, Broly and Super Hero) have received theatrical runs in the UK and Ireland, as previously these territories only had Battle of Gods at one film festival (Scotland Loves Anime 2014) and one convention (Nom Con 2014).

  • 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.

  • DR negotiating for further episodes of Dragon Ball Super in Denmark

    The admin of the Dragon Ball – DK Facebook group has reported Danmarks Radio (DR) is negotiating for more episodes of Dragon Ball Super.

    Dragon Ball Super was initially announced as being licensed by DR following the death of series creator Akira Toriyama.

    The first 27 episodes made their debut on the DR Ultra streaming app last October with the new Danish dub.

    DR Ultra aired a rerun of Dragon Ball Z over a decade prior when they were a linear channel, which was also shown in Danish.

    As such the premier of this dub of Dragon Ball Super marks a generational shift in how content is consumed since Dragon Ball Z initially aired in Denmark before the big streaming boom we are currently living in.

    If Dragon Ball Super completes it’s run it should be possible in theory more Dragon Ball content will be licensed for Danish dubbing in future.

  • Anibox in South Korea to air “Dragon Ball Specials”

    Current schedules for today (December 24th) and tomorrow (December 25th) suggest Anibox will be airing “Dragon Ball Specials”.

    Going by titles it appears the South Korean channel will be rerunning episodes from the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai as well as the History of Trunks TV special.

    Evidently episodes of the TV series are being broadcast in hour-long slots under the “Dragon Ball Special – The World’s Best Budokai” banner.

    The second Dragon Ball Z TV Special 絶望への反抗!! 残された超戦士・悟飯とトランクス (Defiance in the Face of Despair!! The Remaining Super-Warriors: Gohan and Trunks) is being aired under its localized title Counterattack on Despair! The Remaining Super Warriors on Christmas day.

  • Original Dragon Ball begins rerun on Anibox in South Korea

    As we reported on previously original Dragon Ball has been airing Sunday nights from 8-10pm on the Anibox channel in South Korea.

    The series has been airing on the channel since Christmas Eve last year, and now it appears that just in time for Christmas the series will start over.

    According to the current schedule the first 4 episodes will be broadcast again tonight (December 22nd in Korea).

    Additionally episodes 17-20 and 21-24 will be airing Monday from 3-5pm and Thursday from 2-4pm respectively.

    The channel is also airing Dragon Ball Super at midnight.

  • First three episodes of Dragon Ball Daima to be screened in Latin America

    Just like the North American and Oceanic audiences before them Dragon Ball fans in Latin America will soon be able to experience the new series on the big screen.

    The previously revealed Latin American dub of Dragon Ball Daima will be coming to theatres.

    According to a report Venezuelan cinema chain Cinex the first three episodes will be getting screenings.

    The trailers have featured the return of Laura Torres as Goku.

    So far the only confirmed territories are Argentina and Venezuela for January 16th and 23rd respectively, but more may follow, especially if the screenings are successful.

    In terms of streaming platforms Latin American fans can catch the latest episodes of Dragon Ball Daima on Crunchyroll and Claro Video, as well as Netflix and Max, although the latter two are a week behind.

  • Netflix Spain to stream Dragon Ball Kai

    It has been noted that Dragon Ball Kai is set to be streamed on Netflix in Spain.

    This will not be the first platform for Kai to be released on in Spain as Selecta Vision’s Anime Box began to stream the series in July.

    As a new Castilian Spanish dub began earlier this year it is likely that this will be the local language track used.

  • On this day 20 years ago Dragon Ball concluded on Toonami UK

    December 13, 2004 was the end of an era, or so many UK and Irish Dragon Ball fans thought.

    The Piccolo Junior arc had been on the air every weekday since episode 123 (titled The Search for the Magic Stick in the Blue Water dub) premiered on November 1st that year.

    I vividly remember the promo for that arc, which said “Every story has an ending” and feeling a sense of loss that after Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and now original Dragon Ball had their runs on TV the story had come full circle and was no over.

    There was no Dragon Ball Kai, Dragon Ball Super or Dragon Ball Daima, Toonami didn’t even air the movies until the summer after. The series had finally come to an end with no more episodic content to be licensed, and at the time presumably nothing else was coming.

    It was a completely different time, as today with nostalgia being such a massive business franchises like Dragon Ball seem to keep going.

    In some ways it’s nice, in other ways some would say we receive too much.

    In any case 2024 has been a great year for original Dragon Ball now that fans have preserved Blue Water episode 71, and with that the entire series with its respective Canadian dub is now out there to enjoy for anyone that wishes to relive memories of the UK broadcast.

    Of course the Blue Water dub never had a DVD so be sure to support the official release for original Dragon Ball to ensure more home media is made for years to come.

  • Warner Channel’s block Wanimé to cease airing from January 1, 2025 with their final broadcast of Dragon Ball Z

    It has been reported that from January 1, 2025 with one final airing of Dragon Ball Z episodes 197 and 198 Warner Channel’s block Wanimé will close down.

    This comes 8 months after the block was removed in Brazil, but now it appears the remainder of Latin America will follow.

    Various reasons have been cited for the clock’s closure, such as Warner Channel’s parent company WBD already having a definitive home for broadcasting anime with Adult Swim and the third party anime catalog on HBO Max not expanding much this year.

    Wanimé, which began on April 11, 2022 replaced the Toonami Powered by Crunchyroll block on the regional Cartoon Network, and has aired not just Dragon Ball Z and its films, but also Dragon Ball Kai and Dragon Ball Super.

    It is not known when the new TV anime Dragon Ball Daima will begin broadcasting in Latin America, although Adult Swim has teased it recently, so it may be coming soon.

  • Adult Swim Latin America teases Dragon Ball Daima

    Adult Swim Latin America has recently tweeted about Dragon Ball Daima.

    https://twitter.com/latamadultswim/status/1864056547791323436

    The above can be translated as “If there’s a dog, there’s a like. #AdultSwim in the house”, so while it’s not confirmation it does lend credibility to Dragon Ball Daima coming to their channel.

    Although it is not listed for January schedules it has been reported Adult Swim will be airing a programme listed under the pseudonym ” AS PREMIERE”.

    If “AS PREMIERE” is the premiere of Dragon Ball Daima , fans can expect it on Monday, January 20 at 21:09 ARG-CHI | 19:09 COL-PER.

    It should be noted it is not known whether a Latin American Spanish or Portuguese dub is in production. There were reports that Daniel Castañeda (TOEI’s licensing director for the region) said in an interview with Produ “We go into dubbing for worldwide release in October 2024″ but the original source is no longer live and we are not aware of Daniel Castañeda commenting on it since.

    As was the case when Stephanie Nadolny reprising her role as Goku in the English dub this could be another case of where there’s smoke there’s fire.

    Nonetheless Dragon Ball has always been a monstrous success in Latin America so undoubtedly the arrival of Akira Toriyama’s final work to traditional TV will be highly anticipated should this be indeed confirmed.

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