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Akira Toriyama with his pet cat, Koge (1987)

The Hindi language dub is one of the Indian language dubs, along with Tamil and Telugu. This dub was done by Cartoon Network India at the Sound & Vision Studios. The episodes are a sole property of Cartoon Network India which have not been released on any platforms other than television.

Starting Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, certain Hindi dubs became available for streaming on Crunchyroll.

Dragon Ball[]

The original Dragon Ball was not dubbed fully. There is no official statement, but many people have spotted commercials and some dubbed episodes of Dragon Ball during 2009-2010. Clips also exist on the internet with kid Goku voiced by Vaibhav Thakkar, who was best known at the time for voicing Phineas Flynn in Phineas & Ferb's Hindi dub. The authenticity of these clips remains a mystery.

Dragon Ball Z[]

The Hindi dub of Dragon Ball Z is a redub of all original Funimation episodes and movies consisting of the same scripts and names.

Dragon Ball Z was the first Dragon Ball series to be aired on Indian Television. It debuted on Cartoon Network India during 2001 and was broadcast several times for the next several years.Being based on all the source material from Funimation, it follows the naming schemes established in the English dub and episodes 1 to 53 were notable for using Shuki Levy's music from the Ocean/Saban dub, making it the first non-North American dub to not use Shunsuke Kikuchi's original soundtrack. From episode 54, the dub began using Kikuchi's music (with added Background Music used to fill silent moments), as Levy's score was originally stopped being used after episode 53 in the English dub. In spite of being based on Funimation dub, the Hindi dub never uses Bruce Faulconer's score. As well as using its music, the dub also used the edited footage and scripts from the Ocean/Saban dub. The Hindi dub used the original Ocean dub script translated into Hindi, till episode 53. The scripts from episode 54 onwards were slightly revised versions of Funimation's scripts for those episodes with Funimation's footage. The footage was slightly edited to avoid nudity and to hide scenes unsuitable to children. The Hindi dub of Dragon Ball Z has a total number of 276 episodes with six seasons. (Same as the Rock the Dragon Edition of Funimation.)

Dragon Ball Z films[]

Dragon Ball Z films received Hindi dubs after the complete airing of the TV series around 2011. and began telecast exclusively on Cartoon Network India. The films are inconsistent about their source footage, and they all follow the Funimation dub's script. These films were telecasted multiple times for the next few years and later in 2023 concurrently with Z Kai's Hindi dub.

Dragon Ball Super[]

Years after being telecast in its English dub on Cartoon Network India, Dragon Ball Super was dubbed in Hindi and the dub's telecast began from May 23, 2022. The dub was promoted through voice cast interviews uploaded on Cartoon Network India's official YouTube channel. Like Dragon Ball Z, Super was dubbed in Hindi over the English dubs.

The Hindi dub initially used the Bang Zoom! dub as a basis and hence featured Japanese songs and on-screen text, but switched to the Funimation version starting Universe 6 Saga. The writing of the script changed along with the source, with Hinglish sentences being excessively used instead of standard Hindi sentences. Many words and even full sentences from the Funimation English dub were kept untranslated. This change received criticism from fans, but was never corrected.

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero[]

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero was dubbed in Hindi and released in Indian theatres on August 26, 2022. It was the first Hindi dubbed theatrical release in the franchise. This is also the first Hindi dub to not involve Cartoon Network India, but Sony Pictures India instead.

This dub very likely uses the original Japanese version as a basis instead of the English dub, as attack names are in Japanese instead of English, and Japanese honorifics are translated properly to Hindi.

The Hindi dub of the movie became available for streaming on Crunchyroll starting July 12, 2023.

Dragon Ball Z Kai[]

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Dragon Ball Z Kai was dubbed in Hindi and the dub's telecast began from April 16, 2023 on Cartoon Network India. Norihiro Nayashida recorded a special message for Indian fans to celebrate the telecast.

As with the English dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai produced by Funimation, the Hindi dub fixes many errors made in the Hindi dub of Dragon Ball Z. Most notably, a male voice actor is used for Frieza and he is referred to using masculine words.

While the Hindi dub uses the English dub versions of the opening and closing themes, insert songs such as Sanjou!! Ginyu Tokusentai!! were used from the Japanese version.

Other[]

A dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai was produced much earlier, which also featured Hindi covers of Dragon Soul and Yeah! Break! Care! Break!. The network on which this dub and when it first aired are both unknown but is speculated to have aired on a local channel in either India or Pakistan. Only a few clips survive from the dub on YouTube.

Dragon Ball Daima[]

Dragon Ball Daima was dubbed in Hindi and the dub's simulcast began from November 9, 2024 on Crunchyroll.

This dub very likely uses the original Japanese version as a basis instead of the English dub, as attack names are in Japanese instead of English, and Japanese honorifics are translated properly to Hindi.

Other Dragon Ball media[]

Dragon Ball GT is listed as a Hindi dubbed anime in the Dubbing Works list of Sound & Vision India in Wikipedia. However, the show was never telecasted in the Indian Television. (This was probably due to lesser popularity of the show in other regions.)

Dragonball Evolution, the infamous Hollywood adaptation, received a Hindi dub at Sound & Vision India.

Trivia[]

  • This was one of the few dubs to use an actual child actor for Gohan.
  • The Hindi-language version of Saban Entertainment's "Rock the Dragon" adds a lot of lyrics to the song, which otherwise does not contain many lyrics, other than "Rock the Dragon, Dragon Ball Z".
  • The Hindi dub of Dragon Ball Z has lesser number of episodes as compared to the original Japanese version, since it is a dub of the original American broadcast (Now called the Rock the Dragon Edition by Funimation.)
  • Many people also report the existence of original Dragon Ball's Hindi dub, but there was never a full broadcast of Dragon Ball in Indian Television.
  • Since, based on the original Ocean/Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z, the translation errors of Funimation were not corrected and were kept as it is.
  • The voice of Frieza in Ocean dub, performed by Pauline Newstone and in Funimation dub, performed by Linda Young, who are females, in spite of Frieza being a male, caused much confusion regarding the gender of Frieza among fans. The makers of Hindi dub also got confused and used a female actress. Above that, Frieza is often referred to by female pronouns in the Hindi dub, mostly during Frieza Saga. But in the later appearances of Frieza, in Majin Buu Saga, he is referred to as a male.
  • The Hindi dub of Dragon Ball Z shows the initial Ocean Group's ending throughout the series. This ending feature child Gohan on Goku's shoulders and the credits show all the Ocean cast and not the Hindi cast. The music is also same. At the end, it also features a "FUNimation Productions" logo.
  • Dragon Ball Z never saw a complete, continuous run in India. Either the first half was broadcast or the second. It was not until 2016, that Season 6 of Hindi dubbed Dragon Ball Z was fully broadcasted.
  • Dragon Ball GT was never broadcasted in India in any language. (This was probably due to lesser popularity of Dragon Ball GT in other regions.) But, in 2017, the TV Special of Dragon Ball GT, A Hero's Legacy was broadcasted in Toonami India and Cartoon Network, India in Funimation dub (English).
  • The Bang Zoom! dub (English) of Dragon Ball Super was broadcasted on Toonami (India) and Cartoon Network (India), in 2017 and 2018.
  • Dragon Ball Z Kai was broadcasted on Toonami (India) in 2016 and 2017.
  • Dragonball Evolution was released in India on August 7, 2009.

Known Cast[]

Dragon Ball Z

Note: The season division mentioned in this list is from the Orange Bricks DVD set.

Dragon Ball Z Kai
  • Goku - Ankur Javeri
    • Kid Goku (flashbacks) - Koustuv Ghosh
  • Gohan - Koustuv Ghosh
    • Adult Gohan - Sanchit Wartak

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Dragonball Evolution
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