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The Italian dub is the Italian dub of the Dragon Ball franchise aired in Italy.
Dragon Ball[]
Play World Film dub[]
The anime series was imported for the first time in Junior TV in 1989, with only 54 episodes broadcast.
Mediaset dub[]
Italia 1 logo
In 1996, when the popularity of Dragon Ball had exploded in Japan and some countries for some time, in particular Dragon Ball Z which was now about to end, and after the manga was published for the first time in Italy in 1995 by Star Comics, Mediaset (which had already aired the first dub in 1990 on their channel, Italia 7) bought the first 99 episodes and redubbed it by making various video and audio censorships, with cultural simplifications and changes in the script. For example, the names of many characters (some based in the first dub), objects and techniques were changed, sparking several criticisms in the Dragon Ball manga's mail address from fans who had seen the previous dub and/or read the manga. The Mediaset dub was dubbed by Merak Film.
This new dub was broadcast in spring 1996 again on Junior TV (which received part of its programs from Mediaset), which changed its name to JTV a few months later. The series was broadcast cyclically, always stopping at episode 99 (in the middle of the fight between Goku and Tenshinhan); the episodes 100-153 were later dubbed and broadcast in spring 1998 (with some voice changes from the 100th episode). Finally, the series was repeated on Italia 1 from June 7, 1999.
This dub was broadcast again on other Mediaset channels like Italia Teen Television, (a former satellite channel aimed for youth, from 2003), Hiro (another former youth channel, pay channel aimed to broadcast anime, from 2010), Boing (aimed for children, from January 7, 2013) and Italia 2 (aimed for male audience, from February 23, 2015).
Dragon Ball Z[]
Italian first Dragon Ball Z logo
Dragon Ball Z episodes were released for the first time on VHS by DeAgostini from 1998 to 2000. They used standard Japanese intro and outro but like in the most versions distributed by AB Groupe, some episodes before Buu Saga, had instrumental "We Gotta Power" and "We Are Angels" for unknown reason.
Television broadcast on Italia 1 with the title What's My Destiny Dragon Ball and new intro, began from April 26, 2000, to April 4, 2001. Initially it was broadcast with an episode and a half per day, then one per day except Saturday and finally every day, with two episodes on Sunday starting from July 23rd. The first 107 episodes approximately was completed on August 4, 2001. The broadcast resumed on August 21, 2000, initially with two episodes per day and, during the broadcast of the Cell arc, also on Saturdays and Sundays (sometimes with two episodes on the seventh day). With subsequent reairings, was restored the original name. The series was broadcast again on Italia Teen Television (from October 1, 2003), Hiro (from December 8, 2008), Boing (from May 23, 2013) and Italia 2 (from June 30, 2014).
The Italian dub, as well as many other dubs outside Japan, had multiple censorships in scenes and dialogues. Despite this, the Dragon Ball Z series had an adaptation that was a little more faithful to the original, with very few video censorships compared to the 1st series (this at least in the first broadcasts until 2009). Furthermore, these video censorships were only applied to free-to-air television broadcasts and are not present in satellite broadcasts and home video editions.
Dragon Ball GT[]
Dragon Ball GT was broadcast on Italia 1 from April 5, 2001, immediately after the conclusion of Dragon Ball Z (in the same time DeAgostini sold part of it on VHS). The episodes were broadcast on weekdays (from Monday to Friday). The first 47 episodes aired for two months, before suspending in summer. The broadcasting resumed from the beginning on August 20, 2001, the reruns and were broadcast with the same frequency as before, while the last seventeen episodes were broadcast twice a week (on Tuesdays and Thursdays). The series was re-broadcast by Italia Teen Television from December 1, 2003, Hiro from December 8, 2008, and Italia 2, from November 25, 2014.
This version was used later in Greece.
Dragon Ball Super[]
The Italian dub of Dragon Ball Super aired on Italia 1 and Italia 2, and as well as Boing Italy since December 23, 2016. As in previous years, Mediaset bought the rights to the series. As of September 2019, all episodes were dubbed and aired.
Movies and TV specials[]
Mediaset has translated Dragon Ball movies 1 to 4, Dragon Ball Z movies 1 to 13, Dragon Ball Z Special 1 and 2 and Dragon Ball GT TV Special.
Dynit made its own dub of Dragon Ball movies 1 to 4 and Dragon Ball Z movies 1 to 13.
The infamous Taiwanese Dragon Ball movie from 1991 called Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins was distributed in Italy from 2001 on VHS by CVC as Dragon Ball il Film. The dub was made by Passworld S.R.L.
Dragonball Evolution hit theaters on April 10, 2009.
On February 28, 2019, Dragon Ball Super: Broly was released in the Italian cinemas.
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero was released on September 29, 2022.
Trivia[]
- The Greek dub of Dragon Ball GT, movies and tv specials that were released by DeAgostini were based on the Italian dub.