People not from English-speaking countries, was it possible to watch cartoons in English subbed?

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People not from English-speaking countries, was it possible to watch cartoons in English subbed? - Lemmy.World

For example, we know that over here in the USA, a box set of dragon ball z contains the English dub and the original Japanese track. If someone from somewhere else wanted to watch, let’s say SpongeBob on DVD, could they expect the original English track or was it commonplace to only have the local dub?

In the Netherlands, we all basically knew (very basic) English BEFORE we could READ ( the subtitles)
Cartoons for kids are usually dubbed though. I say for kids because stuff like the simpsons and rick and morty is still just subbed.
Not in the 80s