Venus Centre

Syrian dubbing studio

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Venus CentreCompany type| Dubbing studio

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Industry| Arts
Animation
Founded| 1991; 34 years ago (1991)[1]
Founder| Mannaa Hijazi[1]
Fayez Al-Sabbagh
Maher Al-Hajj Weiss
Headquarters| Free Zone, Damascus, Syria

Area served

| MENA region

Key people

| Muhammad Al-Qazza (CEO)
Parent| Global New Age Media

Venus Centre (Arabic: مركز الزُّهرة) is a Syrian dubbing studio. Venus Centre specializes in dubbing animation and children's programs to the Arabic language, especially Japanese anime. The company is based in Damascus.

## History

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Venus Centre was founded in 1991.

## Series

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* The Pink Panther (Young Future)
* Dragon Booster (Eastern Vision S.A.)
* Little Bear (Eastern Vision S.A.)
* The Bots Master
* Foofur (Young Future Entertainment)
* Anatole (Eastern Vision S.A.)
* Casper and the Angels (Young Future)
* The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (Young Future Entertainment)
* Casper's Scare School (Young Future Entertainment)
* The Scooby-Doo Show (Young Future Entertainment)
* Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights (Young Future Entertainment)
* What's New, Scooby-Doo? (first dub) (Young Future Entertainment)
* Tiny Toon Adventures
* Baby Looney Tunes
* The Road Runner Show (Young Future Entertainment)
* Taz-Mania (Young Future Entertainment)
* ALF: The Animated Series
* Franklin (Eastern Vision S.A.)
* The All-New Popeye Hour (Season 1: Tele-Pictures Promoters International Season 2: Eastern Vision S.A.)
* Popeye & Son (Eastern Vision S.A.)
* Rupert (Eastern Vision S.A.)
* The Flintstones (Young Future Entertainment)
* The Jetsons
* Bruno the Kid (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Fabulous Funnies (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Police Academy (Young Future Entertainment)
* Hurricanes (Young Future Entertainment)
* Camp Candy (Young Future Entertainment)
* Make Way for Noddy (Young Future Entertainment)
* The Mask (Young Future)
* Batman: The Animated Series (first dub) (Young Future Entertainment)
* Krypto the Superdog (Cartoon Star)
* Street Sharks (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys (Young Future Entertainment)
* Stone Protectors (Young Future Entertainment)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) (Tele Pictures Promotera International) (replacing Fimali Productions Sarl)
* ¡Mucha Lucha! (first dub)
* Animaniacs (Young Future Entertainment)
* Pinky and the Brain (Young Future Entertainment)
* Street Fighter (Young Future)
* Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* ProStars (Young Future Entertainment)
* Super Mario World (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)[2]
* Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (Young Future Entertainment)
* The Wacky World of Tex Avery (Cartoon Star)
* The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Birdz (Eastern Vision S.A.)
* Pound Puppies (Young Future)
* Ultraforce (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Sheep in the Big City (Young Future Entertainment)
* The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (Eastern Vision S.A.)
* All-New Dennis the Menace (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Double Dragon (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Rescue Heroes (Eastern Vision S.A.)
* Bump in the Night (Young Futute Entertainment)
* Exosquad (Young Future Entertainment)
* Dumb and Dumber
* Beast Wars: Transformers
* Beast Machines: Transformers
* What-a-Mess (Cartoon Star) (DiC Version only)
* Action Man
* Tom & Jerry Kids (Young Future)
* Woody Woodpecker (Young Future)
* Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (Cartoon Star)
* Fifi and the Flowertots (first dub) (Cartoon Star)
* Dexter's Laboratory (Young Future Entertainment)
* Adventures from the Book of Virtues (Cartoon Star)
* Peanuts (Young Future)
* Madeline
* Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (Young Future Entertainment)
* SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (Young Future)
* Cabbage Patch Kids
* Sealab 2021 (Young Future Entertainment)
* Super Duper Sumos (Cartoon Star)
* Codename: Kids Next Door (Young Future)
* Iron Kid (Cartoon Star)
* The Toy Warrior (Cartoon Star)
* Watership Down (Al Sayyar Art Prod.)
* Wolverine and the X-Men
* The Magic School Bus (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Phantom 2040 (Tele-Pictures Promoters International)
* Ben 10 (Young Future)
* Strawberry Shortcake (Cartoon Star)
* Inspector Gadget's Field Trip (Young Future Entertainment)

## See also

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* Spacetoon
* Animation International

## References

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1. ^ a b Sayfo, Omar (2021). Arab Animation: Images of Identity. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 151–152\. ISBN 9781474479493.
2. ^ "عشاق مركز الزهرة و سبيس تون - Timeline". Facebook. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2016-09-02.

* مركز الزهرة للإنتاج الفني Zarfin

## External links

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* Venus Centre at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Notes

* ^ KM Production dubs anime but from the English dub.