Nickelodeon announced that they will run the Dragon Bal Z Kai anime on their Nicktoons network. The series will begin airing in May, along with Voltron Panthera Force.

FUNimation currently holds the North American rights to Dragon Ball Z Kai. The company will ship the first part of the series to retailers on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 18. Most of the original English cast from Dragon Ball Z were re-hired to dub the new series.

In the past, Nickelodeon aired a number of anime titles, including The Mysterious Cities of Gold and Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar.