Mnementh said:
Sorry, I'm german. In germany Dragonball was aired first 1999, thirteen years after japanese release: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball_(Anime) Maybe you get it wrong because you're young (you're profile says you are ten years younger than me), but I can assure you that most Anime weren't available here in germany until around 2000. I remember that Akira was nearly the first serious Anime-production that got an release in europe. Three years later. It was because it was shown on the Berlinale. But still it was a unicorn back then, Anime was pretty unusual to be shown in germany and I assume in most of europe. That changed very slowly. You may have seen a dubbed Dragonball in TV at a young age - but at that time the series was already more than ten years old. In all that time in the 80s the fansub-scene already existed by exchanging video-tapes - no internet needed. |
Never said you weren't German. Your argument was that Dragon Ball didn't air in the West until 2000, which is false. Maybe that's the case in America. It clearly became popular because of the dubbed versions. Same with Sailor Moon. I know that in France DragonBall GT had ended when in Greece/Cyrpus we were still watching Dragon Ball (not even Z). You can believe whatever you want. Had it not been for the dubbed versions, Dragon Ball would have remained niche. Other anime are a different case.
