Dragon Ball franchise in Africa

[SaintEvolution]

Had Dragon Ball been broadcasted in african countries? If yes, with dub or subs? Or could be broadcasted with the arabic dub(that was made in Syria)?
The manga was published?


It's just because I never heared about african dubs of Dragon Ball. Just a question that I'm curious about.

[Cure Dragon 255]

I vividly remember that it scored itself the highest rated spot for kids in Africa. I saw that on Kidscreen. I think they just air the english dub by Funi I think.

[shinmaru]

I have seen DragonBall Z broadcasted in Morocco, Dubbed in Arabic. I always look for DB merchandise when visiting a country. and I found some weird stickers In Morocco

[Hellspawn28]

I remember Kei said that African countries that have got Dragon Ball are Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, and Senegal.

[SaintEvolution]

I have seen DragonBall Z broadcasted in Morocco, Dubbed in Arabic. I always look for DB merchandise when visiting a country. and I found some weird stickers In Morocco

Well, the arabic dub was did in Syria until I know. And Syria is actually an Asian country.

I remember Kei said that African countries that have got Dragon Ball are Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, and Senegal.

And even one of them did a proper dub of the series?

[UltimateHammerBro]

I have seen DragonBall Z broadcasted in Morocco, Dubbed in Arabic. I always look for DB merchandise when visiting a country. and I found some weird stickers In Morocco

Well, the arabic dub was did in Syria until I know. And Syria is actually an Asian country.

That doesn't mean that it can't be broadcasted in other Arabic-speaking countries. I suppose it was done in Modern Standard Arabic rather than Syrian Arabic.

[SaintEvolution]

For what I see here, we had some informations, nice.

But...and about the manga? What african countries published it?

[TheRed259]

Some news regarding DB in Africa: http://www.toei-animation.com/en/node/1629

[Vijay]

Off topic, but DragonBall franchise in Malaysia was once a beast (late 90's to 2000's)

Even with Malaysian Speedy Dub (limited to only Movies) & Malay Dub (Original TV telecast) butchering almost 90's of plot/dialogues.

Felt it had slight resurgence with Kai

[Thouser]

According to Kei's site, African countries that showed Dragon Ball were: Algeria (Arabic dub), Uganda (one of the English dubs), Egypt (Arabic dub), Ivory Coast (French AB Groupe dub), Sudan (Arabic dub), Senegal (French AB Groupe dub), Tunisia (Arabic dub), Niger (French AB Group dub), Burkina Faso (French AB dub), Morocco (Arabic dub), and South Africa (one of the English dubs).

[Pocket-God]

Dragonball, Dragonball z and Dragonball GT have all come on TV in the past here in South Africa and it was all just the Funimation versions. if i remember correctly

[omaro34]

I've seen DBZ in Somalia when I went there many years ago. It was dubbed in Arabic. From what I remember it used to come on at the wee hours of the morning.

[Avery]

There's only one Arabic dub of DB; the one done by Venus Centre in Syria. It is broadcast in all Arab countries. And yeah, it's done in classical Arabic like all of the other anime/cartoons dubbed by Venus, since teaching Arabian children the correct pronunciation of classical Arabic is one of their primary goals. I don't remember whether they finished dubbing the original DB, but they only dubbed the Saiyan and Freeza arcs of Z then jumped right to Kai, which is still airing...I think.

[TenshinFan]

Dragonball, Dragonball z and Dragonball GT have all come on TV in the past here in South Africa and it was all just the Funimation versions. if i remember correctly

I know I'm reviving a thread half a year old here, but I am moving to Cape Town next year and I was very curious how to get my Dragon Ball fix there. Anyone have any intel? Is it a popular franchise or niche and hard to find? What about merchandise?