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).
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.
According to Google the above post can be translated as:
“💥 Dragon Ball: The Pilaf Saga is NOW available on AnimeBox!
The complete saga is now available in VOSE, Spanish, Catalan, Galician and Euskera, and very soon also in Valencian! Start this great adventure at #AnimeBox!”
The above comment Anime Box posted yesterday, as translated by Google can be read as:
🟠 “Dragon Ball Z Kai Update: The Cell Saga starts tomorrow 13/09, and will do it with Spanish, Catalan, Galician and Euskera dubbing!
From Monday 16th all episodes published up to the date of #DBZKai will also feature Euskera and Galician dubbing, which were missing to be included.”
This will likely mean all 98 episodes of Dragon Ball Kai (excluding The Final Chapters, which can technically be counted as a separate show) are now available to view for Spanish audiences.
Crunchyroll have announced on October 11th they will be streaming Daima in Japanese with English, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. Territories announced so far include North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, but expect more to be rolled out very soon.
Indeed several European license holders of the past like Manga UK and KAZÉ have been absorbed into Crunchyroll, and Crunchyroll streams the entire series to the British Isles as well as France. The company is now a force to be reckoned with in the anime industry, monopolizing like none have done before. It would certainly make sense for Crunchyroll to expand the simulcast wider, as they will certainly have the license for many European countries, without a doubt Britain and Ireland being one such case.
No word on the production of any dubs to serve the territories receiving Daima’s simulcast, but it is very likely companies like Crunchyroll have began working on them, so expect to hear news on them within the next year, if not the next few months or weeks.
Netflix Japan has announced the recent Dragon Ball Super movies Broly and Super Hero will be dropping on September 15th and assured viewers more movies were coming.
The TV anime have not been brought to any other territories as far as we’re aware, but at one point it seemed as if they would be coming to the Netherlands as the first 3 seasons of Dragon Ball Z were rated by the native classification system Kijkwijzer (the local equivalent to the UK’s BBFC), along with the aforementioned Resurrection F and Battle of Gods soon after. That said, to this date no Dutch fans have reported on any Dragon Ball content being available to stream in their country.
Kanzenshuu veteran and Twitter regular Baggie S has informed followers about a new Goku figure from Banpresto where the character sports the blu gi from Dragon Ball Z episodes 289-291 (equivalent to Dragon Ball Kai episodes 166-167).
A leaked image from a Banpresto email also uses the Nyio-Bo (also known as the Power Pole) as a selling point. “Vuelve con su baculo” translates to “He returns with his staff”.
As various sites are listing pre-orders for Daima design kid Goku figurines from Bandai with the Nyoi-Bo it is interesting that the staff is being used as a selling point. It is a refreshing change from the over reliance on transformations that has become a staple of Dragon Ball in the era of Super and the movies since Battle of Gods.
The confidence in an accessory more commonly associated with pre-Raditz storylines in addition to recent broadcasts of original Dragon Ball, rather than Z or Kai is promising and a welcome direction for the franchise on its 40th anniversary as this is arguably a series less celebrated than its successors.
The end of Z Goku figurine is likely to be an event exclusive and is expected to become available in Latin America from March 2025.
This makes Spain the fourth European territory to begin streaming all three series this year after Crunchyroll began to release them gradually in the UK, Ireland and France just a few months prior.
Dragon Ball has been airing on Comedy Central in Spain since at least 2022 and the channel continues to air the series. Tonight there will be a double bill of Dragon Ball Z from 7:05pm to 7:50pm followed by four episodes of original Dragon Ball from 7:50pm to 9:50pm.
The entire series pre-Super coming to Anime Box means Spanish fans will have the freedom to watch on all their devices.
There is no news on whether the series will be streaming with the just Iberian Spanish dub and Japanese with subtitles, but according to Anime Boxes homepage some content is available in Catalan, Galician and Basque it is possible these language options may also be streamed.
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.
Dragon Ball Daima will air as part of Fuji TV’s new programming block dedicated to anime. The name of the block has not been confirmed, but as various sources have said its a new block, it is unlikely Daima will feature as part of Fuji TV’s existing blocks Noitamina and +Ultra. Although the former broadcasts Friday nights from 0:45am to 1:45am, and the latter had a partnership with Crunchyroll to stream content in over 200 territories worldwide after their TV premier, so either would be a suitable candidate for Dragon Ball Daima.
With regard to how long Dragon Ball Daima can be expected to last, TOEI Animation’s localisation director Daniel Castañeda that the series will have roughly 20 episodes. There is no news about when Daima will be licensed internationally, but it likely won’t be long as Dragon Ball remains an incredibly strong brand and franchise globally.
On its first day premiering in India, a number of cuts and edits have been noticed by fans who caught Bardock: The Father of Gokuon 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.
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