Sorry, I don’t really know how to phrase my question. 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? ETA: Of course I’m referring to the time period before streaming, and I mean any type of popular cartoon.
On dvd yes, they all had the original language plus the dubbed one. Anything out of dvd no. Even when dvb-t came out (digital broadcasting) very few programmes had the original track. Now it’s a bit more common, but not the general rule.