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  • Original Dragon Ball set to premier in Poland on GameToon

    It has been announced that the original 1986 Dragon Ball anime will be returning to TV in Poland next Monday, September 2th.

    Dragon Ball first came to Polish TV with RTL 7’s original run in 1999-2002 in which it aired during the ‘Cool Cartoons’ morning and afternoon programming block using a lectored version of the French dub. It also aired on TVN Siedem.

    Now the Kino Polska group-owned channel GameToon has announced they will be launching an anime strand, which will feature both “Dragon Ball” and “World Trigger” and broadcast several times a day. As both series are TOEI Animation productions it is possible they were acquired in a package deal.

    Fans hoping for a Polish dub as Dragon Ball Kai and Dragon Ball Super have received during their broadcasts on Polsat Games may be disappointed as it appears GameToon will be airing original Dragon Ball with only Japanese audio and Polish subtitles, although sources have said it is so viewers can appreciate the atmosphere and authenticity of the production.

    GameToon have scheduled a daily anime stream Monday-Friday where the first episodes of Dragon Ball and World Trigger will be aired with additional reruns at various times throughout the day.

    For example, current times are as follows:

    6:20am – Repeat of the previous day’s “Dragon Ball” premiere

    7:00am – “Dragon Ball” premiere

    2:20pm – Repeat of the previous day’s “World Trigger” premiere

    3:00pm – “World Trigger” premiere

    3:45pm – Repeat of the previous day’s “Dragon Ball” premiere

    4:30pm – “Dragon Ball” premiere

    11:20pm – Repeat of the previous day’s “Dragon Ball” premiere

    00:00am – “Dragon Ball” premiere

    00:45am – Repeat of the previous day’s “World Trigger” premiere

    01:30am – “World Trigger” premiere

    This will mark not only the second channel to begin airing original Dragon Ball this year (as Cartoon Network India has just commenced their rerun) but also the second channel for the series to be launched on within the space of just over a week, and a first for GameToon.

    As the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball’s debut in the 51st issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on November 20, 1984 approaches expect more to be announced in the near future to commemorate the work that made Akira Toriyama a globally recognized mangaka.

    Perhaps more broadcasts or releases of the original Dragon Ball will be on the cards to test the waters for a kid Goku-centric show as countries around the world await the international licensing of Dragon Ball Daima. That would certainly be something to look forward to as the original Dragon Ball is often overshadowed by its successors, most notably Dragon Ball Z, but this may be the time loyal fans have long waited for.

  • 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.

  • New promos may hint at Bardock the Father of Goku and original Dragon Ball premiering together on Cartoon Network India

    Two new promos have aired on Cartoon Network India, one for original Dragon Ball, another for Bardock: The Father of Goku.

    As we reported previously, current TV schedules seem to indicate Dragon Ball Super will air in original Dragon Ball’s place this Sunday at 2pm on the channel, although equally its possible these listings are just using Dragon Ball Super as a placeholder.

    Nonetheless, while rumours have suggested original Dragon Ball performed poorly when it first aired in India back in 2009 Cartoon Network has been demonstrating confidence in its promos. In the aforementioned promo we see the series being advertised as “a legendary story”:

    In the promo fans are also treated to various shots from the early arcs:

    Of course the marketing train doesn’t stop with original Dragon Ball, it keeps going for the Bardock special:

    What is even more interesting about the Bardock promo is not the hype terminology Cartoon Network uses, but the fact it showcases some shots from the Piccolo Diamao and 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai arcs, it is as if the channel wishes for viewers to stay tuned for September 1st when they will be able to witness both the TV special and the original Dragon Ball series return to India on the same day.

    Indeed the promo goes on to point to either the Bardock special by itself or the Bardock special and original Dragon Ball as being the beginning of something:

    It may be because of the subject matter of the special, Goku is sent to Earth as his father fights against the forces of Freeza’s empire. Original Dragon Ball takes viewers to where Goku’s story begins on Earth. As such premiering both on the same day seems like a clever business move, but this remains to be seen.

    Nonetheless, as mentioned the promo offers brief glimpses into where Goku’s journey takes him in original Dragon Ball:

    The special is being marketed as a “blockbuster”, which may suggest Cartoon Network has had major success with the movies (Dragon Ball Z movies 5-9, 12 and 13) it aired in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada last year.

    Original Dragon Ball and Bardock: The Father of Goku will receive the same treatment, which should allow both to reach audiences far and wide in India.

    So will original Dragon Ball grace Indian audiences within the next two days or will it be another week? Only time will tell, but for sure, exciting times are ahead for all Dragon Ball fans in India.

  • POP UK responds to fan enquiry about airing Dragon Ball Kai

    The former Sony Pictures Television broadcaster, which is now owned by Narrative Entertainment has responded to a fan enquiry about them airing Dragon Ball Kai.

    POP previously aired Dragon Ball Super, which premiered in the UK and Ireland in July 2019, has been in reruns since and only in the last few months been removed from POP’s schedule, although many promotional videos can still be found on their website suggesting they have not lost the rights yet.

    Dragon Ball Kai previously aired in the UK and Ireland on the now defunct channel Kix (owned by another one of POP’s previous owners CSC Media), but despite a lot of rumours at the time the channel ended up airing the Funimation dub, allegedly because TOEI gave them no other option. This may have been because Manga UK’s season DVDs of Dragon Ball Z, which contained the Funimation dub were being released at the time as a means of avoiding marketing confusion, or Funimation might have pulled some strings, but unfortunately clarity was never given on this.

    It is worth noting both WOW Unlimited and Toon-A-Vision negotiated with TOEI to acquire the rights to Ocean Productions’ English dub of Dragon Ball Kai, and the company’s long standing producer Diana Gage has previously said fans should make their voices heard if they wish for this dub to see the light of day.

    It would inevitably be a great opportunity for POP if they were to air Dragon Ball Kai with an English dub that is not widely available or seen, and has a built-in fanbase with actors like Brian Drummond and Scott McNeil, but until then the best that can be hoped for is enough fans reach out to them advising they seek out the Ocean dub.

  • Original Dragon Ball’s return to Cartoon Network India seems to be postponed

    The previously announced return of original Dragon Ball to Cartoon Network India appears to have been postponed based on two sources.

    In its place Dragon Ball Super appears to be airing from 2pm-3:45pm following another airing of Dragon Ball Z movie 7 Super Android 13 at 1pm. The movie was previously shown on May 7th last year, and Dragon Ball Super has been airing at the same timeslot since June of this year.

    If episode descriptions are anything to go by it seems Cartoon Network India will be rerunning the series from episode 1, as this listing from TVWish suggests the Battle of Gods arc is being aired, although this arc began its most recent rerun at the beginning of July.

    This may be a placeholder, as this has happened before. Alternatively, as another fan I’ve spoke to suggested it is possible Cartoon Network India plans to air original Dragon Ball after the Bardock special, which debuts on September 1st and follow it up with a rerun of Kai.

    In any case watch this space for further updates on India and the original series return after almost 15 years.

  • Anibox (South Korea) – August 2024

    25 August 2024 (Sunday)

    • 00:00 [Theatrical Version]Legend of the Divine Dragon
    • 01:00 [Theatrical Version]Sleeping Princess, Demon God
    • 02:00 There are too many defeated heroines!
    • 02:30 Lava Inn New York
    • 02:45 Lava Inn New York
    • 03:00 Dino Powers
    • 03:15 Dino Powers
    • 03:30 Dino Powers
    • 03:45 Dino Powers
    • 04:00 Dino Powers
    • 04:15 Dino Powers
    • 04:30 Dino Powers
    • 04:45 Dino Powers
    • 05:00 Dino Powers
    • 05:15 Dino Powers
    • 05:30 Dino Powers
    • 05:45 Dino Powers
    • 06:00 Catch! Teenieping
    • 06:10 Catch! Teenieping
    • 06:20 Catch! Teenieping
    • 06:30 Catch! Teenieping
    • 06:40 Catch! Teenieping
    • 06:50 Catch! Teenieping
    • 07:00 Olympos Guardian
    • 07:30 Olympos Guardian
    • 08:00 Strange Candy Shop All Heaven Season 2
    • 08:10 Strange Candy Shop All Heaven Season 2
    • 08:20 Strange Candy Shop All Heaven Season 2
    • 08:30 Strange Candy Shop All Heaven Season 2
    • 08:40 Strange Candy Shop All Heaven Season 2
    • 08:50 Strange Candy Shop All Heaven Season 2
    • 09:00 Kamen Rider Gears
    • 09:30 Kamen Rider Gears
    • 10:00 Can’t stop Canggu No. 25 Attack!! Alien Lump
    • 12:00 Strange confectionery shop
    • 12:10 Strange confectionery shop
    • 12:20 Strange confectionery shop
    • 12:30 Strange confectionery shop
    • 12:40 Strange confectionery shop
    • 12:50 Strange confectionery shop
    • 13:00 Geekble
    • 13:30 Geekble
    • 14:00 Horror Tales Club Special – Creepy City Horror Tales
    • 14:30 Horror Tales Club Special – Creepy City Horror Tales
    • 15:00 Detective Conan 5
    • 15:30 Detective Conan 5
    • 16:00 Detective Conan 5
    • 16:30 Detective Conan 5
    • 17:00 Slam Dunk
    • 17:30 Slam Dunk
    • 18:00 Slam Dunk
    • 18:30 Slam Dunk
    • 19:00 Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest
    • 19:30 Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest
    • 20:00 Dragon Ball Episode 103
    • 20:30 Dragon Ball Episode 104
    • 21:00 Dragon Ball
    • 21:30 Dragon Ball
    • 22:00 [Theatrical Version-Subtitles]Theatrical Version-Subtitled Gintama: The New Translation of the Red Cherry

  • Startimes Kungfu (South Africa) – August 2024

    August 19, 2024 (Monday)

    00:00 The Gold Convoyers

    01:00 Legend of Lu Zhen

    01:50 Legend of Lu Zhen

    02:40 Legend of Lu Zhen

    03:30 Legend of Lu Zhen

    04:20 For the General

    05:10 For the General

    06:00 For the General

    07:00 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    07:50 The Longest Promise

    08:37 Chinese Paladin

    09:03 The Disciples Of Shaolin Temple

    10:40 Heroes Among Heroes

    12:20 Story of Kunning Palace

    13:10 The Legend of Chusen

    14:00 Goodbye, My Princess

    14:50 Goodbye, My Princess

    15:40 Goodbye, My Princess

    16:30 Dragon Ball Super episode 59

    17:00 Dragon Ball Super episode 60

    17:30 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    18:00 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    18:30 Story of Kunning Palace

    19:20 The Legend of Chusen

    20:10 Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact

    21:00 Sword and Fairy 6

    22:00 Ultimate Fight

    August 20, 2024 (Tuesday)

    00:00 The Gold Convoyers

    01:00 Legend of Lu Zhen

    01:50 Legend of Lu Zhen

    02:40 Legend of Lu Zhen

    03:30 Legend of Lu Zhen

    04:20 For the General

    05:10 For the General

    06:00 For the General

    07:00 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    07:50 The Longest Promise

    08:37 Chinese Paladin

    09:00 Monster Hunt

    10:40 Statin Steel

    12:20 Story of Kunning Palace

    13:10 The Legend of Chusen

    14:00 Goodbye, My Princess

    14:50 Goodbye, My Princess

    15:40 Goodbye, My Princess

    16:30 Dragon Ball Super episode 61

    17:00 Dragon Ball Super episode 62

    17:30 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    18:00 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    18:30 Story of Kunning Palace

    19:20 The Legend of Chusen

    20:10 Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact

    21:00 Sword and Fairy 6

    22:00 Master Wong. vs Master Wong

    August 21, 2024 (Wednesday)

    00:00 The Gold Convoyers

    01:00 Legend of Lu Zhen

    01:50 Legend of Lu Zhen

    02:40 Legend of Lu Zhen

    03:30 Legend of Lu Zhen

    04:20 For the General

    05:10 The Magic Blade

    06:00 The Magic Blade

    07:00 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    07:50 The Longest Promise

    08:37 Chinese Paladin

    09:03 Shadow

    10:40 True Legend

    12:20 Story of Kunning Palace

    13:10 The Legend of Chusen

    14:00 Goodbye, My Princess

    14:50 Goodbye, My Princess

    15:40 Goodbye, My Princess

    16:30 Dragon Ball Super episode 63

    17:00 Dragon Ball Super episode 64

    17:30 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    18:00 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    18:30 The Legend of Shen

    19:20 The Legend of Chusen

    20:10 Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact

    21:00 Sword and Fairy 6

    22:00 To The Fore

    August 22, 2024 (Friday)

    00:00 The Gold Convoyers

    01:00 Legend of Lu Zhen

    01:50 Legend of Lu Zhen

    02:40 Legend of Lu Zhen

    03:30 Legend of Lu Zhen

    04:20 The Magic Blade

    05:10 The Magic Blade

    06:00 The Magic Blade

    07:00 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    07:50 The Legend of An Le

    08:37 Chinese Paladin

    09:03 High Voltage

    10:40 Soul Snatcher

    12:20 The Legend of Shen

    13:10 The Legend of Chusen

    14:00 Goodbye, My Princess

    14:50 Goodbye, My Princess

    15:40 The Legends of the Monkey King

    16:30 Dragon Ball Super episode 65

    17:00 Dragon Ball Super episode 66

    17:30 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    18:00 Boys and Grils Go Go Go

    18:30 The Legend of Shen

    19:20 The Legend of Chusen

    20:10 Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact

    21:00 Sword and Fairy 6

    22:00 Zhu Gui and the Gangster Tavern

    All schedules are sourced from Star Times TV guide at the time each respective schedule was live. Credit goes to sangofe for informing me of when this channel began airing Dragon Ball Super.

  • Bardock: The Father of Goku to debut in India on September 1st

    As we previously reported Bardock: The Father of Goku, the Takao Koyama and Katsuyuki Sumisawa-penned TV special is set to air for the first time ever in India on the native Cartoon Network, which has had massive success with the Dragon Ball over the past two years with Super, Kai and various movies.

    The special, which has commonly been mistaken for a movie, possibly because it had the same runtime as any of the 17 original movies is in fact a TV special, and during its first ever release on October 17, 1990 it aired on Fuji Television, like the rest of the series between Dragon Ball Z episodes 63 and 64, so it is in fact every bit as much a part of the TV anime as the 291-episode series that aired during the same timeslot.

    Now Cartoon Network India, which is set to air the first Dragon Ball Z TV special, and for the first time in nearly 15 years broadcast the original Dragon Ball series has announced a premier date.

    September 1, 2024, the special will air on Cartoon Network with five dubs in different languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada at 1pm. This will be a week after original Dragon Ball returns to Cartoon Network.

    Similarly when Dragon Ball Kai premiered last year with episodes 1-7 on its debut date, Dragon Ball Z movie 5 followed a week later before episodes 8-14 of Kai, so presumably the Bardock special will follow a similar pattern.

    There may be more or less episodes of original Dragon Ball premiering the week before, although the Bardock special is airing later than Dragon Ball Z movie 5 did so Cartoon Network India may be taking their time with dubbing it more so than they did with Kai, which all 167 episodes of were aired between April 16th and November 12th last year.

    When I find an upcoming Sunday schedule for Cartoon Network India I will be sure to update this.

    In any case it is great that Indian audiences finally have a way of legally watching and supporting the much loved TV special, and hopefully History of Trunks will follow, and more of TOEI’s Dragon Ball catalogue if ratings are good.

  • Piccolo Daimaō arc begins on Anibox in South Korea

    As we speak Dragon Ball episode 103, the second episode of the Piccolo Daimaō arc has just aired in South Korea on the Daewon Media-owned channel AniBox.

    The original Dragon Ball anime began airing on AniBox on Christmas eve last year, marking the first time in 16 years the series was shown on the channel.

    Currently AniBox air Dragon Ball on Sundays starting with 1 rerun of the last week’s newest episode at 8pm followed by 3 new episodes from 8:30pm-10pm.

    Champ TV previously dubbed all of original Dragon Ball but as Daewon Broadcasting acquired Champ Vision from Tcast in March of last year the channel was absorbed into the broadcasting giant and integrated into another Daewon channel AniOne.

    This broadcast features a new Korean dub as it is very common for shows to be redubbed, reportedly due to broadcasting rights and dubbing often being cheaper than the cost of licensing other channel’s dubs.

    Credit goes to the knowledgeable Korean dub expert wjbraden for confirming when this dub began.

  • Original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT airing on the same day on Le Tele and other current Paraguayan broadcasts as of August 2024

    As reported on the Kanzenshuu forums both original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT recently aired during the same day on the free Paraguayan channel La Tele.

    It is not known when original Dragon Ball’s current run on La Tele began, but based on the pace at which it was being shown it is speculated to have been July 10, 2023 where it aired Mondays to Fridays at the 9am timeslot. The channel hasn’t listed either Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball GT on its website, but a fan noticed the former while channel surfing yesterday:

    Thanks to Cure Dragon 255 for the live screencaps

    For anyone interested in catching Dragon Ball GT keep an eye on La Tele, as was the case with original Dragon Ball it could appear unexpectedly.

    The original series was previously airing on fellow Grupo Vierci channel Telefuturo since September 18, 2021, on this channel it aired Saturdays at 1:30pm and Sundays at 2pm with the Cloverway masters other channels like Tooncast, ETC and RPC used.

    Original Dragon Ball concluded on La Tele the last week of October 2023 and on the 25th of that month the TOEI-exclusive sequel to Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT took its timeslot. It is assumed Dragon Ball Z didn’t take its predecessor’s place because it was airing on Telefuturo (where it currently airs with a triple bill Saturdays from 6:30pm-8pm and Sundays at 7pm and 7:25pm), which was a sister channel.

    Dragon Ball GT has been airing with “remastered” video tracks that are of a lower resolution than the original betacam tapes with title cards, which have been distributed by TOEI (who took over Cloverway’s operations in the mid-2000s when they set up operations in Latin America) since 2016 with audio sourced from fan recordings.

    Dragon Ball Z also currently airs on the Warner Channel on the same day with 8 episodes between 11:01am and 14:41pm on Sundays and double bills various times on weekdays, including tomorrow at 7:45pm and 8:15pm, Tuesday at 7:58am and 8:25am as well as 8:08pm and 8:37pm, Wednesday with three double bills 6:28am-7:21am, 8:12pm-9:08pm and 5:08am-6:10am, Thursday at 8:38pm-9:36pm and 5:29am, finally rounding up with a single timeslot Friday at 6am.

    Dragon Ball has long had a dedicated fanbase in Latin America, many Paraguayan and Argentinian fans in particular were introduced to the series through the now defunct Pramer-owned channel Magic Kids.

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