Dragon Ball, Greek TV, amd Violence

[Cure Dragon 255]

Many events have inspired my to do this thread, the death of Greek Goku's VA, The dub of Heartcatch Precure airing on Smile TV on Greece, and something I always wanted to ask. Does Greece REALLY frown down on violence in kids tv? How much, has it required dire edits to Dragon Ball?

[TheRed259]

Smile TV in Greece doesn't edit scenes. They just put the Greek dub of DBZ on Funimation's Orange Bricks. Smile TV in Cyprus does the same for DBZ but when it comes to the original DB series (which Greece doesn't air) they use the Japanese Dragon Boxes and if there are scenes where there is no Greek audio they just show it in Japanese. For example, some scenes with Bulma from episode 2 and 3 are in Japanese without subtitles.

DBZ on Smile TV is suitable for children over 8 years of age while DBS on Nickelodeon is suitable for children over 12 years of age.

[Cure Dragon 255]

Oh. But why did Nickelodeon get Fined a lot of money when they aired Monsuno and other violent shows?

[TheRed259]

Oh. But why did Nickelodeon get Fined a lot of money when they aired Monsuno and other violent shows?

They got fined 20.000 euros for Monsuno and the TMNT episode ''It Came From the Depths''.

According to the official report here that's because they had scary violent scenes that looked like a horror movie for adults. They showed monsters, limbs from dismemberment bodies and violent scenes capable of causing fear to infants and affect negatively the development of their personality. The report says that these series were shown in a time zone for kids. As you can see, Monsuno was shown at 11:00 and 22:30 while TMNT was shown at 14:15 and 17:50. They also say that violent scenes acclimatize infants to violence.

When it comes to DBS, I haven't read anything like this with fines etc. But if I remember correctly, Nickelodeon showed episode 19 of DBS only once. That was the episode where Freeza came back to life in little pieces. It was also the only one which they said it is not suitable for anyone under the age of 15.

[Cure Dragon 255]

I'm sorry but did you mean NOT suitable for people below 15? Because that part makes no sense otherwise.

[TheRed259]

I'm sorry but did you mean NOT suitable for people below 15? Because that part makes no sense otherwise.

Yes, my mistake. Thanks for pointing it out. I have corrected it now.

Monsuno was shown at 11:00 and 22:30 while TMNT was shown at 14:15 and 17:50.

By the way, they got fined because they showed Monsuno at 11:00 and TMNT at 14:15. They didn't get a fine for the other timeslots, of course.