Arabic DBZ DVD "Black Brick" Boxset Review

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:37 pm

*hugs orange bricks*

DB_Fan1991 · Post by **DB_Fan1991** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:31 pm

How bad was the Arabic dub of the original Dragon Ball. Is it as bad as DBZ or worse?

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:52 am

When I went on visits to Jordan, and stayed there for a year, I used to see the Arabic dub of Pokemon, Dragon Ball, and Future Boy Conan once in a while. Future Boy Conan was really popular and had that dubbed for about 25 years now and didn't have it censored too much. If I remember correctly they had Conan and Jimsy eat frogs and pigs even though that is against Muslim beliefs.

Future Boy Conan was dubbed by another company related with Gulf Cooperation Council, and they had the best dubs in the history of Arabian dubs like Dinosaur Wars Aizenborg (FTW)

what is the controversy with Pokemon, I didn't see any complaints or disgusts while I was there

There was some stupid guy who proclaimed that Pokemon had Jewish meanings and how it destroys the minds of kids with the theory of Evolution and the card game teachs gambling and give the thought of using the animals for fights and all that trash... and that was the straw that broke the camel's back

DB_Fan1991 wrote:How bad was the Arabic dub of the original Dragon Ball. Is it as bad as DBZ or worse?

Sorta... nothing differs a lot between each other ((with the first 13 episodes...? c'mon...))

jjgp1112 wrote:*hugs orange bricks*

Thanks for reminding us about the real topic

DominatorLost · Post by **DominatorLost** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:08 am

It can be said about almost anything involving that region of the world, but you have to feel sorry for them with how cultural attitudes and values dictate media texts.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:39 am

Ok, I ripped the scene that I mentioned in an early post and uploaded it.

So, here you go: Goku vs Vegeta Arabic dub DVD rip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDi2jBKdfY

my favorate part is at 2:11 - 2:30

kei17 · Post by **kei17** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:54 am

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:Wait, so... How do they dance around that little scene? Do they edit out the Saiyan actually transforming and just show the giant ape? Or do they maybe don't show the transformation and add the voice actor commanding the giant ape as if they (the saiyan) is still on the ground? HOW!?

I uploaded a clip from the episode 31, Vegeta summons his Oozaru.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQZOgJuzMrQ&fmt=35

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:01 pm

I uploaded a clip from the episode 31, Vegeta summons his Oozaru.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQZOgJuzMrQ&fmt=35

Wow, thanks.

kei17 · Post by **kei17** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:12 am

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:
I uploaded a clip from the episode 31, Vegeta summons his Oozaru.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQZOgJuzMrQ&fmt=35
Wow, thanks.

I uploaded a clip of Gohan's Oozaru.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhYXtxnK_I'm&fmt=35

Budokai23 · Post by **Budokai23** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:45 pm

I love how they did the widescreen on this release. I wish FUNI did this but kept their brighter colors in 1080p. That would really kept the fans from complaining as much about the cropped footage. Why doesn't Toei or FUNI do this?

TheLastSaiyan · Post by **TheLastSaiyan** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:15 pm

You think the viewers would have picked up the Ape having the same armor as Vegeta, especially the damage.

Big Boss · Post by **Big Boss** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:19 pm

TheLastSaiyan wrote:You think the viewers would have picked up the Ape having the same armor as Vegeta, especially the damage.

lolz necropostin' a big no no

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:31 pm

Big Boss wrote:
TheLastSaiyan wrote:You think the viewers would have picked up the Ape having the same armor as Vegeta, especially the damage.
lolz necropostin' a big no no

Even so, this "release" is horrible. I think everyone on the planet should have Dragonbox footage on the DVD releases and nothing else.

GS7X7 · Post by **GS7X7** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:31 pm

Just out of curiosity, why didn't the Arab dub go any further than episode 52? Was the show just not popular enough or did the authorities there decided they didn't want the show to exist for some reason?

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:05 am

TheLastSaiyan wrote:You think the viewers would have picked up the Ape having the same armor as Vegeta, especially the damage.

That's where I really knew that there was something somthing wrong going on...

GS7X7 wrote:Just out of curiosity, why didn't the Arab dub go any further than episode 52? Was the show just not popular enough or did the authorities there decided they didn't want the show to exist for some reason?

Who knows... maybe the dub didn't want to do keep up with a very long series other than Conan.

And for the record, DBZ was 54 episodes

GS7X7 · Post by **GS7X7** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:48 pm

Btw, do most Arab dubs get censored?

Are there any Arabic language companies which specialize in doing uncensored dual-dvd's at all? Or does basically one company monopolize anime in the Arabic-speaking world?

Finally....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tEOy0fn ... re=related

will this ever be translated? I found this by accident while looking up arabic dubs/shows on tv, it's a Malaysian cartoon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBmfSDG-yTg

There's an intro in English, but I'm not sure if the rest ever will be. I'm really curious to see it just to see how the Muslims will portrays both the Christians and the Muslims during that time period.

Also, here's the Arabic regular intro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BFQuQu7 ... re=related

(correction, I think the language might be Malay or something else, although I'm not quite certain)

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NEVERMIND!

Just found a fansub!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQOPfNpt ... re=related

Not the best quality, but it'll do.