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Saban Entertainment (formerly Saban Productions) is best known for importing and dubbing Japanese series, both of the animated and live-action variety. In addition to that it teamed up with French production teams and Di C for several animated series. Their voice talent for Japanese dubbing was usually based in either Los Angeles or Montreal.
Most of their library is owned and controlled by Disney, except for Power Rangers and its spinoffs (VR Troopers, Beetleborgs, The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, and Masked Rider).
Note: The infamous "Saban Moon" trailer has nothing to do with Saban. That's just a Fan Nickname for the proposed series, because it was a terrible Live Action Adaptation of Sailor Moon that resembled the types of live-action series Saban imports it was produced by Toon Makers a branch of Renaissance Atlantic the production team behind Power Rangers.
Note: Saban Brands, which was set up by Haim Saban to reacquire the Power Rangers franchise(s) in 2010, is not the same as Saban Entertainment.[1]
Series imported or produced by Saban:[]
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Little Women (the World Masterpiece Theater version)
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (the World Masterpiece Theater version)
- Macron 1 (adaptation of GoShogun and Srungle)
- Mapletown
- Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
- BattleTech
- Beetleborgs
- Bumpety Boo (Hey! Bumboo)
- Bureau of Alien Detectors
- The BOTS Master (provided music; produced by "Creativite et Developpement", later absorbed by SIP)
- Diabolik
- Digimon (distributor of English dub and dubbed it for English-speaking territories from 1999-2002.)
- Dragon Ball Z (distributor of English dub produced by Funimation and dubbed by Ocean Studios)
- The Dragon Warrior cartoon.
- Eagle Riders (adaptation of second Gatchaman series)
- Fantastic Four
- Flint the Time Detective (Jikuu Tantei Genshi-kun)
- Goosebumps (Internationally distributed it outside the United States and Canada.)
- Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (L.A. voices)
- Hakushon Daimao (as Bob in a Bottle)
- Iron Man
- The Littl' Bits (originally made in 1980)
- Masked Rider (Kamen Rider Black RX, ZO, and J)
- Maya the Bee (the second, Canadian-made English dub from 1989, comprising all of the 1975 and part of the 1979 series; not to be confused with the early '80s South African dub)
- Monster Farm (not to be confused with Monster Rancher)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
- Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
- The Noozles
- Pinocchio: The Series (Kashi no Ki Mokku)
- Power Rangers in Space
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
- Power Rangers Turbo
- Power Rangers Zeo
- Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
- Power Rangers Time Force
- Prey Of The Chameleon
- Sabans Around The World In 80 Dreams
- Sabans Gullivers Travels
- Samurai Cowboy
- Samurai Pizza Cats
- The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs
- Space Strikers
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (A DIC production, but distributed by Saban outside the United States and Canada.)
- Sweet Valley High
- Teknoman (adaptation of Tekkaman Blade)
- Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic
- VR Troopers
- The Why Why Family (Edutainment Show Adaptation of French cartoon series Les Kikekoi)
- Wowser (Cubitus, aka Don Don Domel to Ron)
- X-Men
- Xyber 9: New Dawn
- Cybersix
- Dino Zaurs
- Escaflowne (edited TV broadcast version with altered music; originally distributed by Bandai Entertainment)
- Mon Colle Knights (final new series from Saban to be broadcast on Fox Kids)
- NASCAR Racers
- Transformers Robots in Disguise
- ↑ Therefore, Power Rangers Samurai is NOT a Saban Entertainment show!