Much like TheRed259's brilliant thread on Greece and Cyprus I will organize by series/movies and years.
DRAGON BALL Z
DRAGON BALL2000-2003: Dragon Ball Z's debut on the Australian Cartoon Network was sometime in early 2000. On national TV Dragon Ball Z premiered January 31, 2000 on Network Ten's Cheez TV block and aired every weekday morning. In New Zealand Dragon Ball Z premiered on TV3 April 17, 2000 and was shown Monday-Friday. The show was heavily edited on TV3 likely because of the Power Rangers controversy. TV3 denied any part in the extra edits, although reportedly Dragon Ball Z needed a "G" rating to air. TV3 also featured exclusive Dale Kelly eyecatches with Faulconer Productions music from the Freeza arc from that point in the series up to the Cell arc. Like the US the first 53 episodes were looped until season 3 premiered although on TV3 this only lasted a few months. The Saiyan arc was rerun every year up to 2004. It has been said that TV3 replaced Dragon Ball Z with an American news report the day of 9/11. In 2002 the Sticky TV block launched which Dragon Ball Z was a part of. The same year the Saiyan and Freeza arcs were rerun twice and once in 2003. During the Boo arc 16 episodes were skipped from the episode of Vegeta's atonement. On Cartoon Network Dragon Ball Z aired for several years in a stop-and-go fashion, airing the Saiyan arc, then starting over from the beginning and continuing onto the Freeza arc before being rerun again from the beginning until the Cell arc, and again until it concluded with the Boo arc in 2004. The show had 5 seasons on Network Ten. Seasons 1 and 2 aired in early and late 2000 respectively, Season 3 (which was 77 episodes) followed between February 12, 2001 and May 29, 2001, Season 4 followed that between February 12, 2002 and April 11, 2002 and finally Season 5, which started on April 22, 2003 and ended on August 11, 2003. Season 3 was rerun between October 26, 2001 and February 11, 2002, followed by the first 40 episodes between May 6, 2002 and July 11, 2002 and episodes 41-53 between July 15, 2002 and August 1, 2002. Season 2 (49 episodes long) was rerun again between August 2, 2002 and October 10, 2002, followed up by episodes 104-179 from October 14, 2002 to January 27, 2003 and the final rerun of older episodes for season 4 (43 episodes) began on January 28, 2003 and ended on March 27, 2003. Season 5 was split into two parts with 22 and 16 episodes, the former batch aired between April 22, 2003 and June 26, 2003 and the latter was from July 15, 2003 to August 11, 2003. This entire season was rerun between August 12, 2003 and October 10, 2003. Home releases were handled by Madman Entertainment up until 2023 and were mostly regional variants of the corresponding Funimation releases. An example of amendments made to the US releases is the Saiyan conflict and Namek saga box sets, which contain all the recaps and NEPs, including those omitted on the US releases, and original title cards for the first 4 episodes. Conversely, Madman's original releases of these arcs didn't include the eyecatches that Funimation later released on the Rock the Dragon edition. Madman's DVDs are also noticeably numbered with the Saiyan and Namek arcs being labelled as "volumes- 1.1-1.17", Ginyu, Freeza, and Garlic Junior "volumes 2.1-2.15", Trunks, Z Warriors Prepare (DVD version of the Burger King tape, two eps plus recap), Androids, remainder of Cell arc "volumes 3.1-3.24", Great Saiyaman, World Tournament, Babidi, the first two volumes of Majin Boo "volumes 4.1-4.14", and the rest of the Boo arc till the very end "volumes 5.1-5.17". The first VHS releases of the series from Madman included everything from the Freeza to Fat Boo arcs. The Saiyan Conflict and Namek Saga box sets were both released on November 27, 2002, these were only available as box sets and the singles weren't sold separately. The Ginyu volumes included a recap and NEP not available on the US releases. The series was dub-only on both VHS and DVD until the release of the 'World Tournament' volumes starting from episode 210 (uncut numbering) until the end of the series, by this point these releases were identical to the US releases with all recaps and one NEP per volume, as well as Japanese audio and title cards. Madman's DVDs also contained missing footage although they continued selling them for over a year after aware of these issues. From December 22, 2003 Toonami held a "Z-Spree" marathon, which was a 30-hour marathon of the Great Saiyaman, World Tournament, Babidi and Majin Boo arcs.
2004-2006: Dragon Ball Z returned to TV3 between February 4th and May 27th 2004* and possibly aired the entire Boo arc with the exception of the skipped episodes. TV3 confirmed in 2006 they no longer had the rights to Dragon Ball Z. Madman put out bilingual releases with the 'Ultimate Uncut' DVDs which covered episodes 1-21 with the last volume being released on March 14, 2006.
2007-2010: At the beginning of 2007, Madman announced their equivalent of the orange bricks, which was due for release four months after Funimation released their first season set. The 9 seasons were released between July 18, 2007 and August 18, 2009.
On TV the original 276-episode Funimation dub (which included the Saban dub for episodes 1-53) was rerun as late as 2008 on Cartoon Network. Dragon Ball Z was taken off the air when Kai premiered. Cheez TV's successor Toasted TV (also a block on Network Ten) briefly aired the show in 2010 on Saturday mornings.
2011-2015: The latest Dragon Ball Z aired on Australian TV was on Cartoon Network around February 2011. Madman Entertainment released the two Dragon Ball Z Level Blu-Rays on January 11, 2012 and February 15, 2012. Dragon Ball Z Season Blu-Rays followed between April 16, 2014 and February 18, 2015.
2016-2019: Madman released a Complete Collection for Dragon Ball Z, which was a boxset containing the season Blu-Rays on November 2, 2016.
2020-2026: Madman released the Dragon Ball Z 30th anniversary collection on September 16, 2020, steelbooks between January 13, 2021 and May 5, 2021 as well as one final boxset with their own branding on November 8, 2023. Further Complete Series Collection Blu-Rays for Dragon Ball Z with the Crunchyroll branding were released on July 17, 2024 and January 8, 2025.
DRAGON BALL GT2001-2002: Dragon Ball first aired on the Australian Cartoon Network as part of the Foxtel Cable TV package in 2001 or 2002 on Saturday nights until the episode before the King Piccolo arc and then looped back to the first episode.
2003-2007: New episodes of Dragon Ball may have premiered on Cartoon Network Australia in June 2003. When it comes to home releases, Dragon Ball, unlike Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT didn't have any VHS releases in Australia and was only available on DVD. The first "Saga of Goku" DVD released on March 10, 2004 followed by two collections for the entire series on October 11, 2006 and March 14, 2007.
DRAGON BALL KAI2003-2005: Dragon Ball GT premiered on Network Ten's Cheez TV block, the first 16 episodes were skipped and replaced with 'A Grand Problem'. Dragon Ball GT aired in two batches on Cheez TV between between March 15, 2004 and April 30, 2004 (28 episodes) and May 3, 2004 and June 7, 2004 (20 episodes). In New Zealand Dragon Ball GT made its debut on TV3 around July 5, 2004. Dragon Ball GT also aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami block.
Madman Entertainment released Dragon Ball GT on both VHS and DVD around 2003 and with the last volume releasing on August 18, 2004. Dragon Ball GT was noticeably less common than Dragon Ball Z as it was typically found at comic book specialty stores and not mainstream stores.
2006-2020: Dragon Ball GT seasons 1 and 2 were released from Madman Entertainment in Australia on April 1, 2009 and June 30, 2009.
2020-2026: A new DVD Complete Series set for Dragon Ball GT was released on April 5, 2023, marking the first time a Crunchyroll-branded release of the series was available in Australia.
DRAGON BALL SUPER2010-2012: Dragon Ball Kai was supposed to begin airing on Cartoon Network May 16, 2011, but this was delayed, perhaps because of the Yamamoto scandal and the necessity of creating an edited version with the Kikuchi score. Dragon Ball Kai finally premiered on the channel November 1, 2011. The airings were nearly uncut (including full OP and ED, although the former erroneously credits Yamamoto), blocky title cards and dialogue heard in Madman's home releases (such as damns, hells and killing) except for "bastard", although there were some cuts to Raditz' tailwhip on Kuririn, the shortened assault on Freeza in the beginning, Roshi's attempt to touch Bulma, although the farmer in episode 1's cigarette is kept. Goku blocking Trunks's sword was cut and instead you see Trunks withdrawing his sword, despite Freeza cut up being kept. Some episodes around the end of the Freeza fight retained the Yamamoto score. Next episode previews were played after the credits. Episode 98 premiered on July 8, 2012. Episode 97 as skipped due to a Spiderman movie airing on Cartoon Network on the day it was set to premiere. On DVD and Blu-Ray Dragon Ball Kai was only released in Parts locally, and originally Parts 1-3 had the Yamamoto score, but later reprintings contained the Kikuchi replacement score. These were released between August 18, 2010 and August 1, 2012.
2013-2016: On November 23, 2013 Madman, who had released all 98 episodes of Kai by that point stated on Facebook that more episodes were coming in 2014 but that they were waiting for dubbing to be completed.
2017-2026: Madman Entertainment released The Final Chapters in three Parts on June 7, 2017, August 16, 2017 and September 6, 2017. A Complete Series set followed on June 6 2018.
DRAGON BALL DAIMA2016-2021: The first time Dragon Ball Super was legally available in Australia was through Crunchyroll's simulcast, which began with episode 63 on October 22, 2016. Madman Entertainment released Dragon Ball Super DVD and Blu-Ray Parts between September 6, 2017 and March 4, 2020. Three collections were released on December 5, 2018, October 9, 2019 and October 7, 2020. On national TV Dragon Ball Super began airing on ABCMe in Australia on November 3, 2018 and TVNZ 2 in New Zealand on January 19, 2019. Madman released two "Complete Series" collections for Dragon Ball Super, a standard edition on November 18, 2020, and a deluxe box set, much like the Manga UK edition was released on October 6, 2021.
2022-2023: New episodes of Dragon Ball Super began airing on ABCMe July 2, 2022. Crunchyroll released a Complete Series steelbook collection for Dragon Ball Super on December 7th that year.
2024-2026: Crunchyroll released another standard Dragon Ball Super Complete Series collection Blu-Ray on December 4, 2024.
DRAGON BALL MOVIES2024-2026: Dragon Ball Daima became available to stream on Crunchyroll on October 11, 2024 coinciding with the Japanese TV premier. The English dub got a theatrical release from Sugoi Co (founded by former CEO and co-founder of Madman Entertainment Tim Anderson) on November 14th the same year.
* These dates for Dragon Ball Z are based on TV listings that an Australian librarian checked for me.2001-2003: Madman Entertainment released the Z movies on VHS and DVD beginning late 2001. The earliest known is Dragon Ball Z movie 4, which was released on December 5, 2001.
2004-2006: First 6 Dragon Ball Z movies and 2 TV specials aired on Cartoon Network. The TV specials and Z movies 1-4 were broadcast in April 2003. The premier dates were as follows:A movie marathon with a rerun of all 6 features took place on April 27, 2003. A Dragon Ball Z movie week, which featured a rerun of all 6 features as well as the premier of the two Cooler movies took place in January 2004 with dates as follows:
- Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks - April 21st
- Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku - April 22nd
- Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone - April 23rd
- Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest - April 24th
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might - April 25th
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug - April 26th
A rerun of all the all the features except for Return of Cooler took place on a block called Turbo Toonami in January 22 and 23, 2005.
- Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks - January 10th
- Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku - January 11th
- Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone - January 12th
- Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest - January 13th
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might - January 14th
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug - January 15th
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge - January 16th
- Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler - January 18th
Madman Entertainment finished releasing the Dragon Ball Z movies on DVD with movie 13 on October 11, 2006.
2007-2009: Dragon Ball movie collection (which included movies 2-4) hit stores on April 1, 2009. Madman began releasing the double features on September 10, 2008.
2010-2011: A box set containing the first 13 Dragon Ball Z movies and 2 TV specials was released on November 3, 2010.
2012-2016: Battle of Gods was screened at a Japanese film festival in Australia on October 20, 2013. The general release followed on August 30th the next year. The next movie Resurrection 'F' opened on August 5, 2015 and had a two week run. Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' were released on home video November 26, 2014 and November 18, 2015 respectively. The Super Saiyan Double Pack, which included both movies was released on March 2, 2016.
2017-2019: Two remastered movie collections were released on October 4, 2017 (the first included Z movies 1-6 and the specials and the second had Z movies 7-13). A Blu-Ray collection of the Dragon Ball Z movies (which included Z movies 1-4, 7, 9 and a Best of Goku DVD) known as the Kamehameha Movie Collection was released on June 6, 2018. Madman announced screenings for Broly on October 11, 2018. Broly movie collection was released on December 5, 2018. Dragon Ball Super Broly was screened on January 24, 2019 and released on DVD and Blu-Ray June 19th the same year.
2020-2026: Super Hero screenings were announced by Crunchyroll on May 11, 2022 and the movie was shown in theatres on August 18, 2022. Crunchyroll released Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero on DVD and Blu-Ray April 19, 2023 and 4K Ultra HD on December 20th the same year.
