The history behind the Greek Dub of DragonBall

[TheRed259]

Broadcasts
DB 1995-1998 (Ant1)
DBZ 1998-2003 (Ant1)
DBGT (DVD release in 2008)
Movies and TV Specials (DVD release in 2010)

Notes:
[1] DragonBall Gt & The Movies were never broadcasted (Only Home Releases).

Releases
VHS: DBZ (first 100 episodes).
DVD: DB, DBZ, DBGT, Movies, TV Specials, DB Evolution.

Notes:
[1] DeAgostini Hellas released a scene from DB Episode 33, the whole DB Episode 77 and DBZ Episode 197 with a new dub.
[2] In the DVD Collection the Next Episode Previews (Cell Saga) were deleted.
[3] DB, DBGT & The Movies were also dubtitled.

The dub was based on:
The Japanese, Latino, French & Italian Dub.

Voice filters (demonic voices):
The voice filters were basically used for the evil characters of the series (King Piccolo, Piccolo, Nappa, Vegeta, Freeza, Garlic Jr, Androids, Cell, Majin Buu). Voice filters were used for the alien characters as well (Namekians, King Piccolo’s minions, Freeza’s minions, Ginyu Force etc).

Some Name Changes
Ζαχαρένιο Σύννεφο --> Candy Cloud (Japanese version) --> It’s Flying Nimbus
Χελωνονζίνι --> The Genious Turtle --> It’s Master Roshi
Kami Sama (Latino & Japanese version) --> It’s Kami (Previously they called him ''Grand Teacher'' & ''God of the Earth'')
Kiki --> It’s ChiChi in some episodes.
Buu Buu (French Dub) --> It’s Majin Buu
Poseidon, Neptune (French Dub) --> It’s Shin
Dabla (French Dub) --> It’s Dabura
Sogotrunks (inspired from the French Dub) --> It’s Gotenks
Vegetagoku (inspired from the French Dub) --> Vegito

Greek Goku
[DBZ 001-065]: Performed by Manos Venieris.
[DBZ 066-087]: Performed by various guest voice actors.
[DBZ 088-291]: Performed by Themis Psihogios.
[DBZ 188-189 & DBGT & Movies]: Performed by Stelios Kalathas.

As you can see above, when Manos Venieris (DBZ 001-065) left the series there was a disorder for who is gonna play Goku now. Themis Psihogios who played Goku for the most part of the series (DBZ 088-291) is considered to be the most suitable voice for Goku. However, Goku as kid was performed only by 2 voice actresses, one for DB and one for DBGT & Movies.

So the 3 main Greek voice actors of Goku were: Manos Venieris (1-65), Themis Psihogios (88-291) and Stelios Kalathas (DBGT & Movies).

Greek Vegeta
In the Greek dub of DragonBall Z, Vegeta was voiced by Yiannis Papaioannou. Although he did a great job as Vegeta, there were always arguments among the fans regarding those robotic/demonic effects on his voice. Also, in the Greek dub DBGT & The Movies, Vegeta was voiced by Dimitris Mylonas.

Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00joR3vs4PQ

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Nice job! I always wanted to know more about the Greek dub, all I knew was what I had watched as a kid.

And I finally learned the year it started! It begun the same year I was born! No wonder I've been watching it for as long as I remember myself.

Do you happen to have information about the Greek dub of Dr. Slump & Arale-chan?

[TheRed259]

There are almost 60 episodes of Dr.Slump with the Greek Dub (Ant1) but they are too rare and can't be found anywhere online.
I don't think that someone would record the episodes since they were broadcasted at 4:30 a.m. As for the dub itself, it's pretty much like Dragonball.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

There are almost 60 episodes of Dr.Slump with the Greek Dub (Ant1) but they are too rare and can't be found anywhere online.
I don't think that someone would record the episodes since they were broadcasted at 4:30 a.m. As for the dub itself, it's pretty much like Dragonball.

Which year(s) did it air?

[TheRed259]

Which year(s) did it air?

1996-1997.

[sangofe]

Hey, Vegeta without filter was actually quite good when he talked, even though the power up scream was less but, but why the echo? And I liked the longest lasting Goku in DBZ. Do you have clips of the Dragonball Evolution dub?

[TheRed259]

DragonBall Evolution is not dubbed in Greek. It came out with Greek subs.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Which year(s) did it air?

1996-1997.

Thanks a lot for the info!

[UltimateHammerBro]

Such an interesting post. Great work!
I read it this morning on my phone while on the bus

[RocktheDragon]

Thank you so very much for providing all of that information! Always fantastic to know more and to know anything about dubs from around the world. Bravo!

[TheBlackPaladin]

I'm always interested in learning about other dubs, so thank you for this info!

[UltimateHammerBro]

I instantly associate Vegeta in Greek with the robotic voice filter, but the video in which they forget to add it makes his voice awesome.

[TheRed259]

@UltimateHammerBro Being used to the robotic voice, I can’t really say that I like the normal one. However, I liked Vegeta without these voice filters when he talked to Cui on planet Freeza, when he prevented Krillin from helping Gohan and when he fought Freeza in his Final Form.

[sangofe]

How can I buy the original Dragonball dubbed in Greek?

[Zetto]

Most of these information were given to Greek fans from the voice actors themselves in a YouTube feature called "The Legend of Dragonball", which is like a documentary for all the aspects of the Dragonball universe in Greece.

[TheRed259]

Thanks Zetto, I will add the video to the 1st post. I wish we could have an interview from Vegeta's original VA as well.

[songohan619]

Great info, really interesting read!

[Zetto]

I wish we could have an interview from Vegeta's original VA as well.

Last time I discussed it with Themis Psichogios (really impossible name to spell in English, try reading it with IPA [psixo'ʝos]), Goku's greek VA, Vegeta's VA is not living in Greece anymore, and his very common name made it very difficult to find him.

[Periskir]

I remember that in 2001 episodes of early Namek saga were shown and again in 2002 regular DBZ run stopped and Frieza saga was shown until the episode 127 of the Android saga i think. DBZ ended in 2003 in Greece.

[emperior]

no offense but this sucks IMO... robotic voices for evils is a plain stupid choice

You guys should watch DBZ Italian dub, and if someone could make a thread like this for the Italian dub that would be cool.
I really think our dub was one of the bests, and Hercule was called Mr Satan. Unfortunately almost EVERY original DB character name was changed for no reason. Oolong became Oscar, Yamcha became Yamco, Krillin became Crili, Piccolo became Junior, Raditz became Radish, Tenshinan became Tensing, Yajirobe became Jirobai and some few others...
Also some DBZ character like Dabura becoming Dabura, Vegito becoming Vegekou (which makes sense though) mainly characters whose name would sound "strange" in an italian accent.