Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (Japanese dub)

This dub article is all about the Japanese dub of Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie.

Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (映画！ヨナとヴェジテールズはクジラに飲み込まれる！？) was dubbed into standard Japanese language by Tohokushinsha Film (who really dubbed the actual show in Japanese) and TV Tokyo, in partnership with TV Asahi and the revived Big Idea Studios (japanese division in Yokohama) in November 2022.

This dub was aired LIVE in the USA through VeggieTV streaming networks, made available in USA for purchase on VeggieTV for $3.99 a movie, and sold in DVD format in Japan and also available in Japan and many other countries (like South Korea, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and others) through local versions of VeggieTV.

Later in the summer of 2023, an Okinawan dub was made by a local Okinawan news network.

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 * Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (japanese transcript)
 * Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (japanese credits)
 * Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (japanese retail carriers)

Reception
The Japanese dub of Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie sold extremely well in the United States, Japan and South Korea, with positive success in Indonesia and Thailand as well. This dub sold fairly well in Brazil and Chile, though there it was not released as DVD.

American viewers greatly praised this dub of Jonah for “aiding their Japanese language studies”, and for making VeggieTales into family friendly Christian “anime” that even the most dirty anime fans could enjoy. The American release of this dub also had both Japanese and English subtitles.