Would Dragon Ball be successful in English-speaking countries if the old English dubs weren't Americanized?

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Re: Would Dragon Ball be successful in English-speaking countries if the old English dubs weren't Americanized?

Post by Scsigs » Wed Jun 24, 2026 10:41 pm

Dragon Ball Ireland wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2026 4:22 am
Scsigs wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2026 11:58 pm 2. FUNi & Ocean-produced DB dub episodes 1-13.
Ocean had nothing to do with BLT, that dub just uses the same cast associated with Ocean Studios but all the actors are freelancers. It was recorded at Dick & Rodgers Studio with post production done by Josanne B Lovick Productions but Ocean Studios first came on the scene when Funimation teamed up with Saban and began working on Dragon Ball Z.
Scsigs wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2026 11:58 pm 15. FUNi & Sentai Filmworks-produced dubs of Super.
Sentai didn't dub Dragon Ball Super, your thinking of Bang Zoom Entertainment.
Scsigs wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2026 11:58 pm Didn't mention the Speedy dub, but that was produced for Malaysia & was worse than the Big Green dub.
Theres also the Animax dub of original Dragon Ball that was recorded in Hong Kong and broadcast in Southeast Asia in 2006. Sadly all 153 episodes are lost to time though.

Also forgot to mention the Creative Corp Products dub of episodes 1-122/132 of original Dragon Ball and the first 49 episodes of Dragon Ball Z. That was recorded and aired exclusively in the Philippines during the 90s.
The first 3, I got partially wrong. The last 2, I had no idea existed at all.
Only dubs that matter are DB, Kai, & Super. Nothing else.
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Re: Would Dragon Ball be successful in English-speaking countries if the old English dubs weren't Americanized?

Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Thu Jun 25, 2026 8:37 am

Scsigs wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2026 10:41 pm
Dragon Ball Ireland wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2026 4:22 am
Scsigs wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2026 11:58 pm 2. FUNi & Ocean-produced DB dub episodes 1-13.
Ocean had nothing to do with BLT, that dub just uses the same cast associated with Ocean Studios but all the actors are freelancers. It was recorded at Dick & Rodgers Studio with post production done by Josanne B Lovick Productions but Ocean Studios first came on the scene when Funimation teamed up with Saban and began working on Dragon Ball Z.
Scsigs wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2026 11:58 pm 15. FUNi & Sentai Filmworks-produced dubs of Super.
Sentai didn't dub Dragon Ball Super, your thinking of Bang Zoom Entertainment.
Scsigs wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2026 11:58 pm Didn't mention the Speedy dub, but that was produced for Malaysia & was worse than the Big Green dub.
Theres also the Animax dub of original Dragon Ball that was recorded in Hong Kong and broadcast in Southeast Asia in 2006. Sadly all 153 episodes are lost to time though.

Also forgot to mention the Creative Corp Products dub of episodes 1-122/132 of original Dragon Ball and the first 49 episodes of Dragon Ball Z. That was recorded and aired exclusively in the Philippines during the 90s.
The first 3, I got partially wrong. The last 2, I had no idea existed at all.
I made a thread detailing everything we know about the Animax dub. But yeah, there are 3 full dubs of original Dragon Ball, that one is by far the rarest though, as no recordings have surfaced other than a brief clip of Russell Wait's General Blue.

The Creative Corp Products dub aired on RPN9 in the Philippines, it was the second dub of original Dragon Ball (after Harmony Gold) and the first English dub of Dragon Ball Z. Very little of it is out there, but theres more than the Animax dub at least. For original Dragon Ball I heard one or two brief lines from promos, with Dragon Ball Z there are a couple of episodes out there if you know where to look.

Oh, and there is also the Speedy dub of all the original Dragon Ball and 13 Dragon Ball Z movies in addition to the first 12 episodes of Dragon Ball Z that was released in Malaysia.

Think that's it for English dubs of Dragon Ball, unless the Frontier Enterprises dub exists. That is the dub of movie 1 that was allegedly shown on flights between Japan and the US in 1987. Only Richard Nieskens has claimed to have been cast in this dub, although he refers to it as "Dragon Ball Z" so it may be mandela.
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