YTV Airings

[TechExpert2021]

Taking inspiration from Tian's and Dragon Ball Ireland's respective threads of the Nickelodeon/Nicktoons and the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim airings of the Dragon Ball anime series, I decided to do one for the channel Canadians grew up with: YTV.

Here are all the YTV airings of Dragon Ball anime content I've found:

Dragon Ball: Premiered on March 23, 1996 with the FUNimation/BLT dub (which only covered the first 13 episodes) on the channel's Brain Wash block. It re-premiered on September 1, 2003 on the channel's Sneaky Phreaky Peeky block but with the Blue Water dub. YTV aired the Blue Water dub of DB weekdays at 8:30 PM, followed by weekday repeats at 3:30 PM. Following the end of the dub's broadcast run on YTV on March 9, 2005, it would rerun until 2006.
Dragon Ball Z: Premiered on August 19, 1997 with the Saban/FUNimation/Ocean dub (which only covered the first 67 episodes, which were edited down to 53). The series was dropped in February 1998 due to the series airing at early morning timeslots, particularly around 2:00 AM; therefore, the 1997-1998 YTV airings of DBZ were likely a test run. The series returned on YTV on September 6, 1999, with episodes airing on weekday afternoons on the channel's The Zone block. The FUNimation in-house dub (began at episode 54/68) premiered on February 28, 2000 at 5:30 PM on the same block. In contrast to the Cartoon Network airings, the YTV airings of the FUNimation in-house dub had alternate sound effects (the same sound effects used in the Saban/FUNimation/Ocean and Westwood/Ocean dubs), as well as different placements of the Faulconer Productions BGM tracks, alternate dialogue lines, and additional scene cuts. YTV airings of the FUNimation in-house dub would feature a new opening theme composed by Tom Keenlyside and David Iris, which would also be used in post-2000 YTV airings of the Saban dub and the entirety of the Westwood dub. YTV switched to airing the Westwood dub on September 3, 2001, starting at episode 168 (edited numbering), for the remainder of the series (even in reruns). DBZ concluded its broadcast run on YTV on May 7, 2003; reruns aired until 2005. The last time DBZ was on YTV was August 16, 2008, the day of YTV's 20th Anniversary.
Dragon Ball GT: Premiered on October 10, 2003 with the Blue Water dub, with new episodes every Friday at 8:30 PM with breaks. The series concluded its broadcast run on June 24, 2005; reruns aired until September 2, 2006.
Movies & TV Specials: Every Monday from April 8, 2002 to May 13, 2002, YTV aired a series of special presentations of DBZ, which are the first four DBZ movies and the two TV specials. They would rerun on August 2, 2002 from 8:00 PM to 2:30 AM, as part of YTV's 7-hour Dragon Ball Z Mania marathon.

• Dead Zone: Premiered on April 8, 2002, at 8:00 PM, with the edited-for-TV-broadcast version of the Pioneer/FUNimation/Ocean dub.
• The World's Strongest: Premiered on April 15, 2002, at 8:00 PM, with the edited-for-TV-broadcast version of the Pioneer/FUNimation/Ocean dub.
• Tree of Might: Premiered on April 22, 2002, at 8:00 PM, with the three-episode version of the Saban/FUNimation/Ocean dub.
• Bardock: The Father of Goku: Premiered on April 29, 2002, at 8:00 PM, marking its English-language broadcast premiere. It would premiere on Cartoon Network in the United States on September 5, 2003. Unlike the YTV airings of the FUNimation in-house dub of DBZ, the YTV airings of Bardock: The Father of Goku and The History of Trunks don't have alternate sound effects. However, all the licensed songs intact were left intact in those airings, unlike the Cartoon Network airings (which had all the licensed songs replaced with Faulconer Productions BGM tracks).
• The History of Trunks: Premiered on May 6, 2002, at 8:00 PM, marking its English-language broadcast premiere. It would premiere on Cartoon Network in the United States on September 12, 2003.
• Lord Slug: Premiered on May 13, 2002, at 8:00 PM, marking its English-language broadcast premiere. It would premiere on Cartoon Network in the United States on April 24, 2004. It's the only DBZ movie dubbed by FUNimation in-house to air in Canada; the rest of the DBZ movies never aired.

Any corrections and additions to this are appreciated! If you recall any YTV airings of the DB franchise or if you think there's something wrong, please let me know.

I'd like to give thanks to:

• Tian and Dragon Ball Ireland for the inspiration for this thread.
• Robo4900 for information regarding the edits in the YTV airings of DBZ.
• Arian for additional information regarding the YTV airings.

Changelog & Additional Thanks

Spoiler:

8/28/2025: Edited the YTV premiere date of DBZ (thanks Dragon Ball Ireland).

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

The earliest date for Dragon Ball Z on YTV I'm aware of is August 19, 1997, the YTV Schedule Archives also list this date. As you say it aired at 2am, so this was likely just a test run.

Also worth noting at the time YTV were part owners of Teletoon, but they later became sister channels.