Cantonese dub

龍珠 (Lung4 Zyu1, lit. Dragon Ball) is the Cantonese dub of the Dragon Ball Z anime airing in Hong Kong and Macau. It is the first International and also the first non-Japanese Asian country to get the anime series.
== Dragon Ball ==
The Cantonese dub of DB aired on February 21, 1988 on morning until March of 1989, it was taken off air temporarily, likely due to low ratings. At the time it was the only Japanese television program that aired in TVB Jade to aired with the undubbed original Japanese opening "Makafushigi Adventure!". The ending credits were cut probably due to time constraints.
In September of 1989, the series returned on TVB's afternoon kids block called "Flash Fax" with episodes heavily censored and were edited into 15 minutes. Instead of retaining the original Japanese opening, it was replaced by the custom Cantonese opening named "The Faraway Place" (Chinese: 飄渺的遠方). The series ended in September 6, 1990. Also, Dragon Ball anime was the one of the two first cartoons to be aired on the block.
Most notably, Lam Pou-chen, a late Hong Kong voice actor who also voices Doraemon in the same name of the 1979 anime and 2005 anime series until 2015, has also voiced Tien Shinhan in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, Son Goku in VCD dub of Dead Zone and The Tree of Might, Krillin in Dragon Ball GT, Genzo Wakabayashi in Captain Tsubasa, Garfield, Doctor Go (剛くん, Gō-kun; his full name is 剛万太郎, Gō Mantarō) in Cyborg Kuro-chan anime series, Impmon in Digimon, and several other cartoons and Japanese anime series in Hong Kong. He also voiced the "Amazing Grandpa" in the first episode of the Chinese animated series Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Happy, Happy, Bang, Bang! (喜羊羊与灰太狼之给快乐加油)
== Dragon Ball Z ==
The series name in Hong Kong and Macau is 龍珠二世 (Lung4 Zyu1 Ji6 Sai3, lit. Dragon Ball 2nd Generation)
In October 6, 1991, the Cantonese dub of DBZ were aired on Saturday at 10PM for it's premiere and reruns on 12:30AM late night on TVB Jade. Unlike Dragon Ball, Cha-La Head-Cha-La was dubbed in Cantonese. The series went first hiatus in the middle of the Frieza Saga. Dragon Ball Z was often given a hiatus between each season/saga, with a one-year hiatus after aired a year.
Cha-La Head-Cha-La was redubbed in Cantonese for the last half of the Frieza Saga till to the Cell Games Saga. TVB Jade aired the Majin Buu Saga on May 1996 on Saturday at both 10PM and 12:30AM.
Until June 21, 1997, all of the episodes were dubbed and broadcasted.
Also known as 龍珠二陪 (Lung4 Zyu1 Ji6 Pui4, lit. Dragon Ball 2nd Accompany).
TVB Pearl also aired the original Japanese dub at midnight with the Chinese and English subs. The VHS which contained the TVB Pearl airings of the subbed original Japanese episodes were (probably unofficial) released on either probably Hong Kong, Macau or mainland China.
== Dragon Ball GT ==
Dragon Ball GT was dubbed in Cantonese and aired in TVB. Two different Cantonese dubs were made. One is which aired in TVB Jade, and one is made by Aiko for home video releases. It was licensed by Animation International company for the Aiko dub or TVB for their dub.
Black Star Dragon Ball Saga and Baby Saga were aired on TVB Jade in July 15, 1998 at late night. Super 17 Saga and Shadow Dragon Saga were then aired in summer of 1999 at the same timeslot. The anime series finished airing on Hong Kong and Macau in August 30, 1999. All episodes were dubbed in Cantonese and broadcasted.
==Movies==
Dragon Ball movies had two versions: TVB Jade dub (3 movies) and TVB J2 dub (4 movies).
Dragon Ball Z movies had three versions: TVB Jade dub, TVB J2 dub and VCD dub. 
===Dragonball Evolution===
Chat lung jyu: Chyunsan jeunfa also called Qi long zhu: Quanxin jinhua hit theaters on March 12, 2009.
== Dragon Ball Z Kai ==
It is unknown if the Cantonese dub of Kai were aired in Hong Kong or not. However, like in Japan, the Cantonese dub only aired in J2 and reached the end of the Cell Games Saga at episode 98. It probably aired between May 28, 2012 and April 14, 2014.
== Dragon Ball Super ==
In January 12, 2018, the Chinese-Cantonese sub of Dragon Ball Super, named 七龍珠超, were available in Hong Kong streaming media, ViuTV.
==Voice Actors==
*Goku - Lu Su Juan (child, DB), Xie Jie Zhen (child, DB replacement), Lin Guoxiong (DBZ), Lam Pou-chuen (VCD, Dead Zone and The Tree of Might), Guan Ling Qiao (adult, DB replacement and Kai)
*Gohan - Lin Yuanchun (child), He Guoxiong (adult; teen in 9th movie), Ciao Chi-Chang (adult, remastered old movies re-dub, Kai and new movies)
*Turles - Lam Pou-chuen (VCD dub), Guan Lin Qiao (2015 remastered dub)
*Cell - Lu Kwok Kuan
*Krillin - Lam Pou-chuen (DBGT)
*Android 17 - Ngai Wai Man (DBZ, DBGT)
*Android 19 - Ngai Wai Man
==See also==
*Chinese dub
Category:Dubs
Category:Non-english dubs