Dragon Ball

Dragon Ball
Original Title	ドラゴンボール (Doragon Bōru)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	Intersound, Inc.
Dubbing Studio 2	Dick & Roger's Sound Studio
Dubbing Studio 4	FUNimation Studios
Dubbing Studio 5	Blue Water Studios
Dubbing Studio 6	¿Omni Productions?
Voice Director 1	Dave Mallow
Voice Director 2	Michael Donovan Doug Parker
Voice Director 4	Justin Cook Christopher Sabat
Voice Director 5	Cam Desmond
Translation & Adaptation	Terry Klassen Ian James Corlett (BLT dub) Clyde Mandelin Steven J. Simmons Christopher Neel Barry Watson Sean Michael Teague (Funimation dub) Paul Coldrick Geoffrey Way (Blue Water dub)
ADR Production	BLT Productions (BLT Dub) Creative Products Corporation (Philippine English Dub) FUNimation Productions (Funimation Dub) Ocean Group (Blue Water Dub)
Recorded	1989 1995 ¿1996? 2001 2003 ¿2006?
Dub Country 1	United States
Dub Country 2	Canada
Dub Country 3	The Philippines
Dub Country 4	Hong Kong
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	153
Year	1986-1989
Chronology
Successor	Dragon Ball Z

Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール Doragon Bōru) is the first anime adaptation of Akira Toriyama's manga series of the same name. Produced by Toei Animation, the anime series premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on February 26, 1986, and ran until April 12, 1989.

Dubbing History

The Dragon Ball anime franchise is known for the multiplicity of its dubs, but the original series itself has the most dubs, with 6 different dubs, of which three were done to completion, and two of the six involved the same studio.

Dragon Ball Harmony Gold Dub REAL Intro and Credits

Opening and Ending Credits to Harmony Gold's dub

Harmony Gold

Dragon Ball was first licensed and dubbed by Harmony Gold USA in the late 1980's, after Carl Macek departed from the company, and would be one of their last attempts at marketing anime in the United States.

The dub was unique in that, unlike later adaptations, most of the characters were renamed. For instance Goku became "Zero", Bulma became "Lena", Oolong became "Mao-Mao" (in reference to his Chinese soldier attire) and Yamcha became "Zedaki" among others. Some of their romanizations however would remain a constant in all other dubs, such as Kame-Sennin being referred to as "Master Roshi". In comparison to the BLT dub and the broadcast version of the FUNimation dub, it was a little less censored and more faithful to the original.

The Harmony Gold dub was recorded in Los Angeles, California at Intersound Recording Studios. The Harmony Gold dub covered at least the first 5 episodes, along with Movies one and three merged into one double feature. The dub aired on various test markets through the United States, though as no TV station would pick the series up, it appears that Harmony Gold did not produce any episodes beyond the fifth.

Harmony Gold had scripted up to 60 episodes of their adaptation, which would be utilized for an early Spanish dub titled Zero y el Dragon Magico (Zero & the Magic Dragon) that used their naming convention and episode edits. Both this title and The Magical World of Gigi were two Harmony Gold licenses that Carl Macek had passed on acquiring for his Streamline Pictures company, leaving their rights to eventually lapse..

FUNimation/BLT Productions

The 1995 dub's logo

In 1995, the newly-founded FUNimation Productions acquired the license for the distribution of Dragon Ball in the United States. They partnered with Seagull Entertainment and contracted BLT Productions to create an English version for the anime in Vancouver, Canada. The dub was recorded at Dick & Roger's Sound Studio in Vancouver. This dub is often incorrectly referred to as the "Ocean Dub", in reference to Ocean Productions, the studio that first dubbed Dragon Ball Z, as most of the cast of the BLT dub would reprise their roles for that dub.

The dub was edited significantly for mature content, though not as heavily as Z would be under Saban (for instance, Grandpa Gohan's death isn't sidestepped or written away like it would have been under Saban). The dub featured a new music score composed by Peter Berring. The first thirteen episodes of the series along with the first movie were completed, and the series was shown in first-run-syndication. The network ratings for Dragon Ball were very poor due to Seagull Entertainment being unable to get the show a good time slot, so Funimation cancelled work on Dragon Ball and opted to focus on the more action-oriented Dragon Ball Z instead in hope of better ratings. They concluded that Dragon Ball was "not a good fit for the US market."

Trimark Pictures purchased the home video distribution rights for these dubbed episodes and would later be acquired by Lionsgate; which would cause troubles for the home video release of Funimation's later in-house dub of Episodes 1-13, being delayed until Lionsgate's license expired in 2009.

Creative Products Corporation

In 1996, Creative Products Corporation produced an English dub of Dragon Ball. It aired on RPN 9 (now CNN Philippines) in the Philippines. The dub ran for 122 episodes. Starting with the 123rd episode, the dub switched to Taglish (a mix of English and Tagalog, one of the native languages of the Philippines)

FUNimation

With the success of Dragon Ball Z in the States and on Cartoon Network's Toonami block, Funimation announced in March 2001 that they would return to Dragon Ball with a new English version produced in-house with their Texas-based voice cast. This re-dub of the complete original series aired on Toonami from August 20, 2001 to December 1, 2003.

Their new dub featured slightly less editing for broadcast than their BLT dub, and they notably left the original background music intact, which was met with delight from fans. Even with that said, much editing had to be done to the series in order for it to air on TV. Most of the edits were digital cosmetic changes, which were done to remove nudity and blood, and dialogue edits. Sometimes, some scenes were deleted altogether, either to save time or cut out strong violence or obscenity. Unlike the BLT dub however, these edits were only done for broadcast and they would later appear completely uncut on DVD releases.

Blue Water

In Canada and Europe, an alternative dubbed version was produced by AB Groupe, dubbed at Blue Water Studios in Calgary, Alberta. The Blue Water dub of DB was similar to their previous dub of Dragon Ball GT in that it was edited for content and used many of Funimation's character names. However unlike GT, Funimation's English script for the original Dragon Ball was in fact reused, albeit heavily reworked. The dub also made use of AB Groupe's opening title sequence for the French dub of the series (but with an English singer) and a translation of the lyrics (though the UK broadcast featured a completely different opening). This dub was broadcast in Canada and the UK after the Blue Water dub of GT completed its run. Although the Canadian English language dubs for Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT were aired subtitled in The Netherlands, the Dutch channels refused to air the Canadian English dub to Dragon Ball.

Animax

The last known dub produced of the series was done by Animax Asia and aired in English-speaking Asian territories. Not much is known about the dub other than that it was dubbed in Hong Kong, like most Animax dubs. This dub is highly rare, and no clips of it are available online. Its existence only became known outside of Asia via Animax voice actor resumes.

Cast

Incomplete (Harmony Gold/BLT)

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
			Harmony Gold	Ep(s).	BLT Dub	Ep(s).
	Goku	Masako Nozawa	Barbara Goodson	1-5	Saffron Henderson	1-13
	Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Wendee Lee	1-5	Lalainia Lindbjerg	1-13
	Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Kerrigan Mahan	5	Ted Cole	5-13
	Puar	Naoko Watanabe	Cheryl Chase	5	Kathy Morse	5-13
	Master Roshi	Kōhei Miyauchi	Clifton Wells	3	Michael Donovan	3
					Ian James Corlett	8-9
	Turtle	Daisuke Gōri	Daniel Woren	2-3	Doug Parker	4-9
	Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Dave Mallow (Pig)	4-5	Alec Willows (Pig)	4-13
		Tesshō Genda (Ogre)	Barry Stigler (Transformed)	4	Doug Parker (Ogre, Bull)	4
			Daniel Woren (Handsome Gentleman)		Ian James Corlett (Handsome Gentleman)
	Pilaf	Shigeru Chiba	Michael McConnohie	1-3	Don Brown	1-3, 6, 7, 10-13
	Mai	Eiko Yamada	Melodee Spevack	1-3	Teryl Rothery	1-3, 6, 7, 10-13
	Shu	Tesshō Genda	Dave Mallow	1-3	Doug Parker	1-3, 6, 7, 10-13
	Ox-King	Daisuke Gōri	N/A		Dave Ward	7-8
	Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō			Andrea Libman	7-8
	Grandpa Gohan	Osamu Saka			Michael Donovan	1
	Shenron	Kenji Utsumi			Doug Parker	12
	Narration	Jōji Yanami	Michael McConnohie	1-5	Jim Conrad	1-13

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
			Harmony Gold	BLT Dub	Ep.
	Pterodactyl	Hiroshi Ōtake	Richard Epcar	Doug Parker	1
	Bear Thief	Masaharu Satō	Mike Reynolds	Michael Donovan	3
	Pocawatha	Chieko Honda	Edie Mirman	Kathy Morse	4
	Sherman Priest	Tesshō Genda	Dave Mallow	Ian James Corlett
			Steve Kramer (voice double)
	Grandma Paozu	Reiko Suzuki	¿Jamie Johnston?	Kathy Morse
	Master Carrot	Hiroshi Ōtake	N/A	Ian James Corlett	9
	Rabbit Mob	Issei Futamata		Doug Parker
		Masaharu Satō		Dave Ward

Additional Voices

Harmony Gold Dub Robert Axelrod Catherine Battistone Cheryl Chase Richard Epcar Melora Harte Steve Kramer Wendee Lee Melanie MacQueen Kerrigan Mahan Dave Mallow Michael McConnohie Edie Mirman Wanda Nowicki Mike Reynolds Clifton Wells Daniel Woren

BLT Dub Ian James Corlett Michael Donovan Saffron Henderson Lalainia Lindbjerg Kathy Morse Doug Parker Teryl Rothery

Complete (FUNimation/Blue Water)

Image	Character	Seiyū	Ep(s).	Dub Actor
				FUNimation	Ep(s).	Blue Water	Ep(s).
	Goku	Masako Nozawa	1-153	Stephanie Nadolny (child)	1-132	Zoe Slusar (child)	1-132
				Sean Schemmel (teen)	133-153	Jeffrey Watson (teen)	133-153
	Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	1-148	Tiffany Vollmer	1-148	Leda Davies	1-148
	Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	5-148	Christopher Sabat	5-148	Victor Atelevich	5-148
	Puar	Naoko Watanabe	5-153	Monika Antonelli	5-153	Chris Simms	5-153
	Master Roshi / Jackie Chun	Kōhei Miyauchi	3-151	Mike McFarland	3-151	Dean Galloway	3-151
		Jōji Yanami	137
		Kōhei Miyauchi (young, flashbacks)	68 & 129			N/A
	Turtle	Daisuke Gōri	2-127	Christopher Sabat	2-127	Dave Pettitt	2-127
	Krillin	Mayumi Tanaka	14-148	Laurie Steele (child)	14-132	Mike Thiessen	14-148
				Sonny Strait (teen)	133-148
	Tien Shinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki	82-148	John Burgmeier	82-148	Brendan Hunter	82-148
	Chiaotzu	Hiroko Emori	82-148	Monika Antonelli	82-148	Sean Broadhurst	82-148
	Korin	Ichirō Nagai	61-126	Christopher Sabat	61-126	Roger Rhodes	61-126
	Grandpa Gohan	Osamu Saka	77, 81, 152-153		77, 81, 152-153	Jonathan Love	77, 81, 152-153
	Yajirobe	Mayumi Tanaka	104-125, 133-148	Mike McFarland	104-125, 133-148	Lucas Gilbertson	104-125, 133-148
	Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	4-148	Brad Jackson	4-148	Corby Proctor	4-148
		Tesshō Genda (Ogre)	4
	Bora	Banjō Ginga	58-118	Dameon Clarke	58-118	Lucas Gilbertson	58-118
	Upa	Mitsuko Horie	58-118	Susan Huber	58-118	Brett Bauer	58-118
	Pilaf	Shigeru Chiba	1-32, 55-112, 150-151	Chuck Huber	1-32, 55-112, 150-151	Dean Galloway	1-32, 55-112, 150-151
	Mai	Eiko Yamada	1-32, 76-78, 102-112, 150-151	Julie Franklin	1-32, 76-78, 102-112, 150-151	Debbie Munro	1-32, 76-78, 102-112, 150-151
	Shu	Tesshō Genda	1-32, 77-78, 102-112, 150-151	Chris Cason	1-32, 77-78, 102-112, 150-151	Jonathan Love	1-32, 77-78, 102-112, 150-151
	Kami	Takeshi Aono	125-148	Christopher Sabat	125-148	Michael Shepherd	125-148
	Mr. Popo	Toku Nishio	124-132		124-132	Dave Pettitt	124-132
	Ox-King	Daisuke Gōri	7-32, 118-153	Kyle Hebert	7-32, 118-153	Dave Pettitt	7-32, 118-153
	Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	7-153	Laura Bailey (child)	7-132	Katie Rowan (child)	7-132
				Cynthia Cranz (teen)	133-153	Carol-Anne Day (teen)	133-153
	Launch	Mami Koyama	15-149	Meredith McCoy	15-149	Onalea Gilbertson	15-149
	Dr. Brief	Jōji Yanami	44-119	Chris Forbis	44-119	Corby Proctor	44-119
	Mrs. Brief	Mariko Mukai	44-119	Cynthia Cranz	44-119	Jennifer Bain	44-119
	Master Mutaito	Kenji Utsumi	102, 129	Phil Parsons	102, 129	Roger Rhodes	102, 129
	King Furry	Jōji Yanami	113-145	Kyle Hebert	113-145	Steve Olson	113-145
Red Ribbon Army
	Commander Red	Kenji Utsumi	33-67	Josh Martin	33-67	Noah Umholtz	33-67
	Staff Officer Black	Masaharu Satō	34-98	Christopher Sabat	34-98	Jonathan Love	34-98
	General Blue	Toshio Furukawa	46-59	Sonny Strait	46-59	Roger Rhodes	46-59
	General White	Tesshō Genda	34-41	Kyle Hebert	34-41	Ryan Luhning	34-41
	Colonel Silver	Banjō Ginga	30-34	Christopher Sabat	30-34	Ben Jeffery	30-34
	Colonel Violet	Kazuko Sugiyama	65-67	Kasey Buckley	65-67	Jennifer Bain	65-67
	Major Metallitron	Shin Aomori	34	Chris Rager	34	Lucas Gilbertson	34
	Ninja Murasaki	Takeshi Aono	36-42	Duncan Brannan	36-42	Zane Sampson	36-42
	Captain Dark	Kōzō Shioya	48	Chris Forbis	48-49	Corby Proctor	48-49
		Daisuke Gōri	49
	Captain Yellow		58	Andrew Chandler	58	Ben Jeffery	58
	Mercenary Tao	Chikao Ōtsuka	58-65, 90, 136	Kent Williams	58-65, 90, 136	Doug McKeag	58-65, 90, 136
Martial Arts Tournament
	World Tournament Announcer	Kenji Utsumi	20-28, 84-102, 112-148	Eric Vale	20-28, 84-102, 112-148	Tommy James	20-28, 84-102, 112-148
	Nam	Kaneto Shiozawa	21-29, 86, 126	Jerry Jewell	21-29, 86, 126	Adam Hunter	21-29, 86, 126
	Ranfan	Yōko Kawanami	21-23	Laura Bailey	21-23	Onalea Gilbertson	21-23
	Bacterian	Yasuo Tanaka	20-21, 104, 126	Chris Rager	20-21, 104, 126	Noah Umholtz	20-21, 104, 126
	Giran	Banjō Ginga	21-23, 29, 106, 126	Andrew Chandler	21-23, 29, 106, 126	Jonathan Love	22-23, 29, 106, 126
	Man-Wolf	Masato Hirano	87-89, 126	Mark Orvik	87-89, 126	Adam Hunter	87-89, 126
	Pamput	Katsuji Mori	87, 92		87, 92	Scott Roberts	87, 92
	King Chappa	Hidekatsu Shibata	85-86, 134	Sonny Strait	85-86, 134	Roger Rhodes	85-86, 134
Jingle Village
	Suno	Naoko Watanabe	35-43, 113-123	Susan Huber	35-43, 113-123	¿?	35-43, 113-123
	Eighter / Android 8	Shōzō Iizuka	34-43, 113-123	Mike McFarland	34-43, 113-123	Jeremiah Yurk	34-43, 113-123
	Suno's Father	Masaharu Satō	38-43, 113	Kent Williams	38-43, 113	Ryan Luhning	38-43, 113
	Suno's Mother	Reiko Suzuki	35-43, 113	Julie Mayfield	35-43, 113	Jennifer Bain	38-43, 113
	Jingle Village Chief	Ryūji Saikachi	38-43	John Burgmeier	38-43	Michael Shepherd	38-43
Fortuneteller Baba's Palace
	Fortuneteller Baba	Junpei Takiguchi	69-83, 121-123, 149-153	Linda Young	69-83, 121-123, 149-153	Corby Proctor	69-83, 121-123, 149-153
	Ghost Usher	Ryōichi Tanaka	69-74	Kimberly Grant	69-74	Ryan Luhning	69-74
	Fangs the Vampire	Kōji Totani	70-71	Carlos Moreno	70-71		70-71
	See-Through the Invisible Man	Hiroshi Ōtake	70-71	Chuck Huber	70-71	Clark Robertson	70-71
	Bandages the Mummy	Shōzō Iizuka	72-73	Sonny Strait	72-73	Gerald Matthews	72-73
	Spike the Devil Man	Michihiro Ikemizu	73-74	Justin Cook	73-74	Randall Wiebe	73-74
Evil Family
	King Piccolo	Takeshi Aono	102-123	Christopher Sabat	102-123	Michael Shepherd	102-123
	Tamborine	Ryūsei Nakao	103-109	Dameon Clarke	103-109	Tony Binns	103-109
	Piano	Masato Hirano	109-120	Sonny Strait	109-120	Corby Proctor	109-120
	Cymbal	Daisuke Gōri	104-015	Brad Jackson	104-105	Dean Galloway	104-105
	Drum		118-119	Bob Carter	118-119	Dave Pettitt	118-119
	Piccolo (Junior)	Hiromi Tsuru (child)	123-126	Christopher Sabat	133-148	Elinor Holt (child)	123-126
		Toshio Furukawa	133-148			Ethan Cole	133-148
Penguin Village
	Arale Norimaki	Mami Koyama	55-57	Linda Young	55-57	Leda Davies	55-57
	Turbo Norimaki	Yūko Mita	56-57	Kent Williams	56-57	Jordan Henkelman	56-57
	Senbei Norimaki	Kenji Utsumi	55-57	Brice Armstrong	55-57	Adam Hunter	55-57
	Midori Norimaki	Mariko Mukai	56-57	Susan Huber	56-57	Jennifer Holder	56-57
	Akane Kimidori	Kazuko Sugiyama	55-57	Laura Bailey	55-57	Carol-Anne Day	55-57
	Tsukutsun Tsun	Shigeru Chiba	55-57	Justin Cook	55-57	Dan Gascon	55-57
	Obotchaman	Mitsuko Horie	55-56	Christopher Bevins	55-56	Sean Broadhurst	55-56
	Taro Soramame	Toshio Furukawa	56-57	Justin Pate	56-57	Ethan Cole	56-57
	Pagos	Masaharu Satō	56-57	Eric Vale	56-57	Tommy James	56-57
	Gara	Isamu Tanonaka	56-57	Kyle Hebert	56-57	¿?	56-57
Other Characters
	Hasky	Toshiko Fujita	44-45	Laura Bailey	44-45	Angie Beers	44-45
	Master Shen	Ichirō Nagai	87-99, 136	Chuck Huber	87-99, 136	Clark Robertson	87-99, 136
	Darkness	Hidekatsu Shibata	115-116	Jeremy Inman	115-116	Ryan Luhning	115-116
	Mint	Naoko Watanabe	131-132	Amber Cotton	131-132	Angie Beers	131-132
	Paul	Masato Hirano	131-132	Kyle Hebert	131-132	Jonathan Love	131-132
	Annin	Keiko Yokozawa	152-153	Mae Moreno	152-153	Meredith Taylor-Parry	152-153
	Shenron	Kenji Utsumi	12, 78, 111-113, 126	Christopher Sabat	12, 78, 111-113, 126	Dave Pettitt	12, 78, 111-113, 126
	Narration	Jōji Yanami	1-153	Brice Armstrong	1-153	Steve Olson	1-153

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
			FUNimation	Blue Water	Ep.
	Pterodactyl	Hiroshi Ōtake	Brad Jackson	Dave Pettitt	1
	Bear Thief	Masaharu Satō	Dameon Clarke	Steve Olson	3
	Pocawatha	Chieko Honda	Kara Edwards	Caitlynne Medrek	4
	Sherman Priest	Tesshō Genda	John Burgmeier	Byron Close
			Christopher Sabat (one loop)
	Grandma Paozu	Reiko Suzuki	Stephanie Nadolny	Mariette Sluyter
	Store Owner	Michitaka Kobayashi	Kyle Hebert	Victor Atelevich	9
	Master Carrot	Hiroshi Ōtake	Duncan Brannan	Byron Close
	Rabbit Mob	Issei Futamata	Kyle Hebert	Adam Hunter
		Masaharu Satō	Brice Armstrong	Ryan Luhning
	Mermaid	Sumi Shimamoto	Laurie Steele	Onalea Gilbertson	14
		N/A	Laura Bailey	N/A	114
	Tall Man	Banjō Ginga	Dameon Clarke	Jonathan Love	15
	Shorty	Shigeru Chiba	Eric Vale	Corby Proctor
	Desert Cops	Kōji Totani	Barry Watson	Jonathan Love
		Ryōichi Tanaka	Justin Cook	Dave Pettitt
	Goat Man	Tesshō Genda	Chris Cason	Roger Rhodes	17
	Mountain Monk	Daisuke Gōri	Brad Jackson	Corby Proctor
	Wolf	Naoki Tatsuta	Eric Vale	Adam Hunter	20
	Dirty Boy	Kyōko Tongū	Meredith McCoy	Jeffrey Watson	30
	Antique Seller	Kōji Totani	Roger Jones	Zane Sampson
	Kon	Takeshi Aono	Duncan Brannan		38
	Aka
	Cha
	Nao
	Dr. Flappe	Jōji Yanami	Eric Vale	Adam Hunter	42
	Street Fighter	Kōji Totani	Bill Townsley	Corby Proctor	43
	Blonde Woman	Yumi Tōma	Stephanie Nadolny	Angie Beers
	Octopapa	Tesshō Genda	Justin Cook	Michelle Armeneau	52
	Sun	Toshio Furukawa	Steve Sanders	¿?	55
	Mr. Pig	Masaharu Satō	Sean Michael Teague	Steve Olson
	Peasuke Soramame	Naomi Jinbo	Geno Petralli	Angie Beers
	Kinoko Sarada	Kazuko Sugiyama	Amanda Menix	¿?
	Sourman	Tesshō Genda	Steve Sanders	Clark Robertson	56
			Kyle Hebert		57
	King Nikochan	Hiroshi Ōtake	Justin Cook
	King Nikochan's Servant	Shigeru Chiba	Josh Martin	Dan Gascon
	Chief Gyaosu	Kōji Totani	Mike McFarland	Steve Olson
	Charmy Yamada	Ryō Horikawa	Sonny Strait	Scott Roberts
	Polly Buckets	Toshiko Fujita	Laurie Steele	Jennifer Holder
	Tailor	Ryōichi Tanaka	Mike McFarland	Dan Gascon	60, 62
	Tailor Ford	Kōji Totani		Dean Galloway	69
	Challengers	Ikuya Sawaki	Christopher Bevins	Clark Robertson	72
		Daisuke Gōri	Carlos Moreno	Jonathan Love
		Kōzō Shioya	Chuck Huber	Steve Olson
	Boy	Yumi Tōma	Christopher Bevins	¿?	79
	Tiger Bandit	Tesshō Genda	Dameon Clarke	Jonathan Love
	Chao	Yuriko Yamamoto	Jessica Dismuke	Maizun Jayoussi
	Chao's Father	Kōji Totani	Lane Pianta	Corby Proctor
	Village Elder	Masaharu Satō	Chris Cason	Michael Shepherd
	Plague	Takeshi Aono	Mike McFarland	Adam Hunter
	Terror	Yasuo Tanaka	Sonny Strait	Brendan Hunter
	Master Chin	Shinji Ogawa	Justin Cook	Ryan Luhning	80
	Shoken Chin	Katsue Miwa	Laura Bailey	Sean Broadhurst
	Rising Dragon	Takeshi Watabe	Kyle Hebert	¿?
	Sky Dragon	Kaneto Shiozawa	Jerry Jewell	Ben Jeffery
	Princesa Misa	Mayumi Shō	Jessica Dismuke	Chris Simms	81
	King Kress	Osamu Saka	Chuck Huber	Ethan Cole
	Shula	Toshio Furukawa	John Burgmeier	Ryan Luhning
	Melee	Masako Katsuki	Cynthia Cranz	Allyson June Smith
	Gola	Daisuke Gōri	Mike McFarland	Steve Olson
	Village Chiefs	Mahito Tsujimura	Chris Rager		82
		Reiko Suzuki	Laurie Steele	Onalea Gilbertson
	Tanmen	Tomiko Suzuki	Meredith McCoy	Caitlynne Medrek
	Konkichi	Noriko Tsukase	Chris Cason	Leah Dubbin-Steckel	83
	Antoine the Great	Daisuke Gōri	Bill Kirkley	Gerald Matthews	85
	Vodka	Kōzō Shioya	Kyle Hebert	Tony Binns	92
	Pirate		Dameon Clarke	Roger Rhodes	107
	Tai	Mayumi Shō	Laura Bailey	Suzette Mattar	124
	Tai's Father	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Justin Cook	¿?
	Tai's Mother	Mami Koyama	Julie Mayfield	¿?
	Chuu-Lee	Tomiko Suzuki	Karissa Vacker	Carol-Anne Day	127
	Chuu-Lee's Mother	Akiko Tsuboi	Laura Bailey	Onalea Gilbertson
	Mousse	Jōji Yanami	John Burgmeier	Adam Hunter	128
	Eclair	Noriko Uemura	Karissa Vacker	Mariette Sluyter
	Cocoa		Daniel Katsük	Scott Hendrickson
	Pudding	Naoko Watanabe	Meredith McCoy	Chris Simms
	Cupcake / Crepe	Hiromi Tsuru	Kara Edwards	Leda Davies
	Jam / Biscuit	Tōru Furuya	Kimberly Grant	Mariette Sluyter
	Cookie	Yuriko Yamamoto	Parisa Fakhri	Carol-Anne Day
	Donut	Tomiko Suzuki	Meredith McCoy	Elinor Holt
	Jelly	Mayumi Tanaka	Amber Cotton	Mariette Sluyter
	Creampuff / Bavar	Masaaki Ōkura	Phillip Wilburn	Brendan Hunter
	Crepe / Berry	Hiromi Tsuru	Justin Cook	Sean Broadhurst
	Korinto	Osamu Saka	James T. Fields	Byron Close
	Yaochun	Daisuke Gōri	Bob Carter	Corby Proctor
	Master Shen (young)	Takeshi Aono	Chuck Huber	Jonathan Love	129
	Fanfan	Yuriko Yamamoto	Laura Bailey	Maizun Jayoussi
	Jasmine	Masaharu Satō	Brad Jackson	Corby Proctor	149
	Ooonan	Ginzō Matsuo
	Old Scientist	Jōji Yanami	Robert McCollum	Gerald Matthews	150
	Grandma Octagon	Keiko Yamamoto	Julie Mayfield	Roger Rhodes	151

Additional Voices

FUNimation Dub Hannah Alcorn Monika Antonelli Brice Armstrong Laura Bailey Christopher Bevins Ed Blaylock Kasey Buckley John Burgmeier Chris Cantrell Bob Carter Chris Cason Andrew Chandler Dameon Clarke Chad Cline Robert Colin Justin Cook Amber Cotton Cynthia Cranz Aaron Davidson Richie DeMeglio Jessica Dismuke Kara Edwards Parisa Fakhri James T. Fields Chris Forbis Julie Franklin Daphne Gere Kimberly Grant Aaron Hatch Kyle Hebert Chuck Huber Susan Huber Jeremy Inman Brad Jackson Jeremy Jimenez Stacie Jolley Evan Jones Nicole Jones Daniel Katsük Bill Kirkley

Karen Lockwood James Long Patrick Long Jeremy Loris Josh Martin Julie Mayfield Meredith McCoy Mike McFarland Amanda Menix Carlos Moreno Stephanie Nadolny David Neff R.C. Ormond Mark Orvik Lane Pianta Matt Piersall Derrick Poitevint Wendy Powell Chris Rager Shane Ray Andrew Rye Christopher Sabat Scott Sager Petra Sandate Steve Sanders Sean Schemmel Laurie Steele Sonny Strait Brian Thomas Bill Townsley Karissa Vacker Eric Vale Tiffany Vollmer Barry Watson Brandon White Sean Whitley Phillip Wilburn Kent Williams Troy Williams Linda Young

Blue Water Dub Victor Atelevich Jennifer Bain Brett Bauer Tony Binns Sean Broadhurst Ethan Cole Leda Davies Carol-Anne Day Dean Galloway Dan Gascon Lucas Gilbertson Onalea Gilbertson Jennifer Holder Elinor Holt Adam Hunter Brendan Hunter Tommy James Ben Jeffery Jonathan Love Ryan Luhning Suzette Mattar Gerald Matthews Doug McKeag Caitlynne Medrek Debbie Munro Steve Olson Dave Pettitt Corby Proctor Roger Rhodes Scott Roberts Clark Robertson Katie Rowan Zane Sampson Mike Shepherd Chris Simms Zoe Slusar Mariette Sluyter Mike Thiessen Noah Umholtz Jeffrey Watson Jeremiah Yurk Linda Zbryski

Animax Dub

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	Goku	Masako Nozawa	Andrea Kwan (child)
			David Bridges (teen)
	Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Claudia Thompson
	Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Darren Pleavin (1st voice)
			Scott Evans (2nd voice)
	Puar	Naoko Watanabe	David Bridges
	Master Roshi	Kōhei Miyauchi
	Tien Shinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki
	Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	Andrea Kwan
	General Blue	Toshio Furukawa	Russell Wait

Music

BLT

• "Main Title (Gotta Find That Dragon Ball!)"

Lyrics by: Brian Griffith

Music by: Peter Bjerring

Vocals: Dave Steele

Funimation

HD Dragon Ball English Intro with lyrics - Mystical Adventure!

English Opening (FUNimation)

• Opening: "Makafushigi Adventure!" ("The Mystical Adventure!")

Produced by: Carl Finch

Vocals: Jimi Tunnell

I'll Give You Romance Dragon Ball English Ending Theme Outro

English Ending (FUNimation)

• Ending: "Romantic Ageru Yo" ("I'll Give You Romance")

Produced by: Carl Finch

Vocals: Daphne Gere

Blue Water

• "Main Title"

Vocals by: Adam Hunter

Notes

• Whereas Harmony Gold's opening theme uses an actual instrumental of the Japanese theme, the FUNimation dub of the opening and end theme are a stereo re-composition rather than the originals.
• Most of the Harmony Gold cast all go under pseudonyms, indicating that the dub was a non-union production.
• In the Harmony Gold dub, Oculi/Pilaf is voiced by Michael McConnohie in the series instead of Dave Mallow from Mystical Adventure, who still voices Shu in the former.
• For the BLT dub, in episode 3, Michael Donovan, having already voiced Master Roshi in Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies, reprised his role. He was replaced in episodes 7-8 by Ian James Corlett, the latter continuing as Roshi into Dragon Ball Z.
• Maggie Blue O'Hara was replaced as Bulma by Lalainia Lindbjerg in the BLT dub when the former was let go after voicing the character in Curse of the Blood Rubies.
• Prior to FUNimation's complete dub, they held online polls with audio clips for fans to choose who they'd like to hear as the voice actors. For instance, for Emperor Pilaf, fans were given the choice between Chris Cason, Dameon Clarke, Mike McFarland (previously Pilaf's actor in the third Dragon Ball movie) and the eventual choice, Chuck Huber. Ceyli Delgadillo was also given the opportunity to reprise Goku from the movies Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle and Mystical Adventure, but lost out to Stephanie Nadolny.
• The FUNimation dub has Brice Armstrong voicing the narrator instead of Kyle Hebert from Dragon Ball Z or Christopher Sabat who had narrated the movies Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle and Mystical Adventure. This was intentional on FUNimation's part as to give both series, as well as the succeeding Dragon Ball GT, their own distinct feel.
• In FUNimation's complete dub, Laura Bailey voices young Chi-Chi in place of Monika Antonelli who had previously played her in a flashback during the Buu arc of Dragon Ball Z. Antonelli does double for Bailey when Chi-Chi is struggling to stay on the Flying Nimbus in episode 7.
• Kyle Hebert voices the Ox King in the FUNimation dub instead of Christopher Sabat who originally voiced him in the Buu arc of Dragon Ball Z. Similarly, Linda Young portrays Fortuneteller Baba instead of Laurie Steele, Duncan Brannan, or Wendy Powell from Z.
• Christopher Sabat permanently takes over the role of Korin from Mark Britten in the complete FUNimation dub, the latter having voiced him for most of Dragon Ball Z and the movie Mystical Adventure. Sabat had previously filled in as Korin during Z episode 217.
• Susan Huber replaces Kara Edwards as Upa from Mystical Adventure in the FUNimation dub because the latter had moved to North Carolina at the time. Edwards would still voice guest roles such as Pochawatha and Cupcake.
• The entire Pilaf Gang is recast in the FUNimation dub from Mystical Adventure with Pilaf himself going from Mike McFarland to Chuck Huber. Shu went from Brian Thomas to Chris Cason while Mai changes from Cynthia Cranz to Julie Franklin.
• Josh Martin and Christopher Sabat provide the voices for Commander Red and Staff Officer Black in the complete FUNimation dub, replacing Mike Wiebe and Phillip Wilburn who voiced the characters in a flashback during the Androids Saga of Dragon Ball Z.
• Steve Sanders voices Sourman in episode 56 for the FUNimation dub, but his cameo in episode 57 was performed by Kyle Hebert, most likely due to an oversight.
• Nejishiki's voice, in the FUNimation dub, is done by Eric Vale in episode 55 but changes to Christopher Bevins for episode 56.
• Sarah's mother is voiced near the beginning of episode 3 by Kara Edwards but her lines towards the end are done by Julie Franklin in the FUNimation dub. Sherman Priest also has a line doubled by Christopher Sabat in place of John Burgmeier, most likely due to the production team mistaking him for a separate character, as his hair is colored white in that shot.
• The mermaid that Goku brings to Master Roshi is voiced in the FUNimation dub by Laurie Steele in episode 14, but her one utterance in a flashback during episode 114 is performed by Laura Bailey.
• In the FUNimation dub, Sonny Strait filled in for James T. Fields as the old tournament monk who opens the World Martial Arts Tournament in episode 139.
• Two fangirls of Tien's are voiced by Jessica Dismuke and Kasey Buckley in episode 89 of the complete FUNimation dub, but their brief return in episode 97 has them replaced by Laura Bailey and Meredith McCoy respectively.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
1995	Syndication	United States
2001-2003	Cartoon Network (Toonami)

Video Releases

Note that no dub without FUNimation's involvement have been released on home video.

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Dub	Region	Country
Vidmark Entertainment	1996-1998		Episodes 1-13	BLT	NTSC	United States
			6 Volumes
Trimark Pictures	2000		Episodes 1-13		1 NTSC
			2 Volumes
FUNimation Entertainment	2001-2002		Episodes 14-86	FUNimation	NTSC
			22 Volumes
	2003-2004		Episodes 14-153		1 NTSC
			9 Volumes
	2009-2010		The Complete Series
			5 Volumes

External Links

• Funimation Dragon Ball website
• Dragon Ball at the Internet Movie Database
• Dragon Ball (anime) at the Anime News Network