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After ''AB Groupe'' completed his alternate English dubs for Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT, they decide to produce there own English dub for the various movies and TV specials. However, YTV, the channel that broadcast the AB Groupe Dub of the franchise opted not to broadcast them. This meant  that AB Groupe wasn't obligated to make the dubs with The Ocean Group or Blue Water. They took a much cheaper route and they produce the dubs in France with English and British voice actors living in the country.
After AB Groupe completed their alternate English dubs of ''Dragon Ball'', ''Dragon Ball Z'' and ''Dragon Ball GT'', the company began production on their own English versions of the various movies and TV specials in the franchise for the European television market. Unlike the TV series, which were produced by Ocean Productions and its sister studio Blue Water in Canada, these were dubbed in France with English speaking voice actors living in the country.


These dubs are infamous among the Dragon Ball fandom due to they're bad performance, awkward scripts, bad translations and strange pronunciation of character names. (For example, Krillin is named "Klirin" and the Saiyans are called "Space Warriors".)
The end product became infamous among the ''Dragon Ball'' fandom due to poor performances, awkwardly written scripts, bad translations and strange pronunciation of character names. For example, Krillin is named "Klirin" and the Saiyans are called "Space Warriors". The dub has colloquially been referred to as the "Big Green dub" due to it changing the name of Piccolo to "Big Green."


Since these dubs we're made mostly for TV broadcast, not all of them had been released on Home Video. Three of the movies we're released in the UK but future releases we're canceled due to poor sales. Most of the DBZ stuff was released on DVD in the Netherlands by Bridge Entertainment. However, there still some movies that haven't been released on home video, and some of them don't have Big Green dubs confirmed, but are suspected to exist.
As these dubs were primarily produced for TV broadcast, only a select handful were put out on home video. ''Dragon Ball Z'' movies 2-4 were released in the United Kingdom, but followup film releases were canceled due to poor sales. The first nine ''Dragon Ball Z'' movies, plus the two ''Z'' TV specials, were released on DVD in the Netherlands by Bridge Entertainment.  
 
The first three ''Dragon Ball'' movies, as well as the ''GT'' TV special, were dubbed by the company and aired on television in the U.K. but have no known home video release. Online clips are limited to promos from the TV run. It's suspected, but not confirmed, that AB Groupe had produced English dubs for the (then) remaining four ''Dragon Ball Z'' features.


==Fully found dubs==
==Fully found dubs==
DBZ Movies 1 - 9 (Ripped from Bridge netherland DVD releases. Movies 2, 3 and 4 we're also released in the UK.)
*''Dragon Ball Z'' Movies 1 through 9 - Ripped from DVD release.
*''Dragon Ball Z'' TV Specials  - Ripped from Bridge Netherlands DVD releases.


DBZ TV Specials 1 - 2 (Ripped from Bridge netherland DVD releases)
==Partially found==
*''Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenron'' - A small portion recorded from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie is unavailable.


==Exsistence proved, but not publicly available==
*''Dragon Ball: Sleeping Beauty in Devil Castle'' - A small portion recorded from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie is unavailable.
DB Movie 1: The Legend of Shenron (An small portion recorded from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie it's unavailable)


DB Movie 2Sleeping Beauty in Devil Castle (An small portion recorded from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie it's unavailable)
*''Dragon Ball: The Great Mystical Adventure'' - A promo from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie is unavailable.<ref>[http://raredubsdbz.blogspot.ca/2015/11/dragon-ball-great-mystical-adventure.html Rare Dragon Ball Z Dubs: Dragon Ball: Great Mystical Adventure Harmony Gold Dub] Retrieved August 30, 2017.</ref>


DB Movie 3: The Great Mystical Adventure (Small promo from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie it's unavailable)
*''Dragon Ball GT: Four-Star Dragonball is the Proof of Courage'' - A promo from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie is unavailable.


DB GT TV Special: Four-Star Dragonball is the Proof of Courage. (Small promo from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie it's unavailable)
==Existence unconfirmed==
*''Dragon Ball Z'' Movies 10 through 13 (''Broly - Second Coming'', ''Bio-Broly'',  ''Fusion Reborn'' and ''Wrath of the Dragon'')


==Existence unconfirmed==
==Surfaced content==
DBZ Movies 10-13 (Broly - Second Coming, Bio-Broly,  Fusion Reborn and Wrath of the Dragon)
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<div style="width:320px; display:inline-block; margin-right:25px; margin-bottom:0px;">{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqnoIiTqbSU|320x240|center|Dragon Ball Big Green Movie 1 Rare Toonami UK Promo|frame}}</div>
 
<div style="width:320px; display:inline-block; margin-right:25px; margin-bottom:0px;">{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3tvSyzHuQ|320x240|center|Meet Big Green Goku|frame}}</div>
 
<div style="width:320px; display:inline-block; margin-right:25px; margin-bottom:0px;">{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSzap7v3So|320x240|center|Dragon Ball Big Green Movie 2 Trailer|frame}}​</div>
 
<div style="width:320px; display:inline-block; margin-right:25px; margin-bottom:0px;">{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TUo5qmckdQ|320x240|center|Dragon Ball: Sleeping beauty in devil castle|frame}}​</div>
 
<div style="width:320px; display:inline-block; margin-right:25px; margin-bottom:0px;">{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-9IpbbYTfs|320x240|center|Toonami UK Destination Friday Dragon Ball GT movie (Four-star Dragonball is the proof of courage)|frame}}​</div>
 
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==References==
*[http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/AB_Groupe_dub AB Groupe dub - Dragon Ball Wikia]
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Revision as of 02:57, 31 August 2017

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DVD cover of the "Lord Slug" movie released in the UK.

Status: Partially Found

After AB Groupe completed their alternate English dubs of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT, the company began production on their own English versions of the various movies and TV specials in the franchise for the European television market. Unlike the TV series, which were produced by Ocean Productions and its sister studio Blue Water in Canada, these were dubbed in France with English speaking voice actors living in the country.

The end product became infamous among the Dragon Ball fandom due to poor performances, awkwardly written scripts, bad translations and strange pronunciation of character names. For example, Krillin is named "Klirin" and the Saiyans are called "Space Warriors". The dub has colloquially been referred to as the "Big Green dub" due to it changing the name of Piccolo to "Big Green."

As these dubs were primarily produced for TV broadcast, only a select handful were put out on home video. Dragon Ball Z movies 2-4 were released in the United Kingdom, but followup film releases were canceled due to poor sales. The first nine Dragon Ball Z movies, plus the two Z TV specials, were released on DVD in the Netherlands by Bridge Entertainment.

The first three Dragon Ball movies, as well as the GT TV special, were dubbed by the company and aired on television in the U.K. but have no known home video release. Online clips are limited to promos from the TV run. It's suspected, but not confirmed, that AB Groupe had produced English dubs for the (then) remaining four Dragon Ball Z features.

Fully found dubs

  • Dragon Ball Z Movies 1 through 9 - Ripped from DVD release.
  • Dragon Ball Z TV Specials - Ripped from Bridge Netherlands DVD releases.

Partially found

  • Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenron - A small portion recorded from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie is unavailable.
  • Dragon Ball: Sleeping Beauty in Devil Castle - A small portion recorded from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie is unavailable.
  • Dragon Ball: The Great Mystical Adventure - A promo from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie is unavailable.[1]
  • Dragon Ball GT: Four-Star Dragonball is the Proof of Courage - A promo from Toonami UK has been uploaded to YouTube, but the full movie is unavailable.

Existence unconfirmed

  • Dragon Ball Z Movies 10 through 13 (Broly - Second Coming, Bio-Broly, Fusion Reborn and Wrath of the Dragon)

Surfaced content

Dragon Ball Big Green Movie 1 Rare Toonami UK Promo

Meet Big Green Goku

Dragon Ball Big Green Movie 2 Trailer

Dragon Ball: Sleeping beauty in devil castle

Toonami UK Destination Friday Dragon Ball GT movie (Four-star Dragonball is the proof of courage)

References