Anyone has old recordings of the French dub of OG DB?

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Anyone has old recordings of the French dub of OG DB?

Post by Brilliant_Gear_258 » Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:39 am

I was browsing through the internet to see if there's any French dub content of the OG series after watching the Blue Water dub on the Internet Archive. BTW, is there anyone who has these old French episodes from old broadcasts like TF1 or any other channel (with the OP and EDs uncut)? If anyone has them, it would be a good time to watch some episodes in French.

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Re: Anyone has old recordings of the French dub of OG DB?

Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:31 pm

Dragon Ball is massive in France, to the extent its well known even among people who wouldn't watch it or anime in general so I'd have to imagine there are some recordings out there.

Allegedly every time the series was rerun in France there were additional edits to SOFI's dub. I've heard reports very early TF1 broadcasts were nearly entirely uncut but take that with a grain of salt as its anecdotal, but hopefully there are fans out there very familiar with the French dub who can confirm.

I know the Blue Water dub of Dragon Ball is based off the French dub, and it has some cuts, but it was recorded nearly 15 years after the series premiered in France so it was likely based off one of the later edits.
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