Shadowlink
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Are the Kai bluerays worth it? Part 1 and 2 are on sale for $19.99 each on Amazon.
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Dragon Ball Kai Official Thread
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if you like original dragonball z with filler out the ass then yeah its better.Kagari said:
you ain't hardcore bro. I own all the original individual DVDs except the saiyaman arc which I have on VHS. :loljambo said:
I'm never gonna watch those damn things because the filler is tough to watch.
Shouta said:
Orange Bricks: Faux-widescreen with both both English Broadcast (Bruce Falcouner) and Japanese audio options.
Dragon Boxes: 4:3 with better redone tracings and Japanese audio only.
The only advantage to the Orange Bricks is if you want the broadcast audio that aired with the dub.
Shadowlink
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Getting the Kai bluerays for now would probably be the best choice for now. I'll probably get the boxes some time next year. How many episodes do each blueray include?
Shadowlink
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Sounds good. Bought! I'll get those boxes next year.Pein said:
I remember that Goku learning to drive episode. :lol
Unless you already love Z to death, its pretty obselete for new fans. Kai has significantly less filler and a much better dub. I'm sticking with the Dragon boxes basically because I want the entire show intact, but I think most people won't miss all the fat.
I do wish the boxes had the dub soundtrack on it though, then it would be perfect. Not that I'm in love it, but I feel like I'm missing something. The English track with the original score feels like a waste, because I don't think the majority of fans are really interested in that, dub fans or fans of the original. Personally, I just want it for comparison's sake.
I do wish the boxes had the dub soundtrack on it though, then it would be perfect. Not that I'm in love it, but I feel like I'm missing something. The English track with the original score feels like a waste, because I don't think the majority of fans are really interested in that, dub fans or fans of the original. Personally, I just want it for comparison's sake.
Shadowlink
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Like Kagari said, there are some fillers that are pretty good that I wouldn't mind watching again, and that is why I'll probably end up getting the DBZ boxes sometime.Calcaneus said:
Shadowlink
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Nnothing seems to be different besides some of the voices, and music. If Kai looked like the intros, then it would have been awesome.Kagari said:
Toriko will be replacing DragonBall Kai in April on FujiTV. At that point, Kai will have likely have reached the end of the Cell storyline.
Dun Dun Dun...
Dun Dun Dun...
Someone's going to say "Toei's finally doing what Toriyama didn't, and ending it at Cell!", aren't they? 
Takao said:Toriko will be replacing DragonBall Kai in April on FujiTV. At that point, Kai will have likely have reached the end of the Cell storyline.
Dun Dun Dun...
Someone's going to say "Toei's finally doing what Toriyama didn't, and ending it at Cell!", aren't they?
April? Aren't the Cell games about to start? They'll be well past the Cell storyline by then, methinks.
They should really just do Boo saga.
lucablight
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Ok I know DBZ Kai is meant to be more faithful to the original source but can someone explain to me how this is an example of that? :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v30HToswDs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v30HToswDs
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO~Takao said:Toriko will be replacing DragonBall Kai in April on FujiTV. At that point, Kai will have likely have reached the end of the Cell storyline.
Dun Dun Dun...
Someone's going to say "Toei's finally doing what Toriyama didn't, and ending it at Cell!", aren't they?
Still no news on the future of Kai, but Sean Schemmel said something interesting on Twitter, it was in response to a fan asking for more Dragon Ball:
Anyone who knows what GT is, and what Kai aims to be will be very confused in regards to that tweet. Maybe he just means a redub?
There's nothing non-cannon about that, the Ginyu Force is a parody of the tokusatsu genre (Power Rangers, Kamen Rider, those things), they also have all their names based on milk products.
Anyone who knows what GT is, and what Kai aims to be will be very confused in regards to that tweet. Maybe he just means a redub?
lucablight said:
There's nothing non-cannon about that, the Ginyu Force is a parody of the tokusatsu genre (Power Rangers, Kamen Rider, those things), they also have all their names based on milk products.
Kai version of GT= new dub (new music?) and maybe some cut scenes (unnecessary for a 64 episode show imo).
Basically, it would be really stupid, especially if it is done by FUNimation. From what I can tell, the Kai Blu Rays are selling well in Japan, so if I were Toei, finish the god damn series and sell it on Blu Ray if, for whatever reason, they lose that 9:00 timeslot.
Basically, it would be really stupid, especially if it is done by FUNimation. From what I can tell, the Kai Blu Rays are selling well in Japan, so if I were Toei, finish the god damn series and sell it on Blu Ray if, for whatever reason, they lose that 9:00 timeslot.
lucablight
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Has Toriyama ever stated his opinion on GT in any interviews? Does he consider them canon?
Takao said:Toriko will be replacing DragonBall Kai in April on FujiTV. At that point, Kai will have likely have reached the end of the Cell storyline.
Dun Dun Dun...
Someone's going to say "Toei's finally doing what Toriyama didn't, and ending it at Cell!", aren't they?
No way... That would actually be awesome. I support this move 100%. The kids don't need to see the garbage that was Buu saga anyway.
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lucablight said:
There are some comments from Toriyama about Goku turning into a kid and early GT, saying that he enjoyed the direction it went and might have done something similar.
As far as continuity goes, he hever talked about GT directly, but he did say that the movies are alternate dimensions, and GT considers the movies canon (Dragon Fist, movie villains cameo in the group shots during the Super 17 Saga)...
A gag manga featuring some DBZ characters made by Toriyama (Neko Majin Z) also had different designs for older Uub, Pan and Goten in the final chapter, rather than the ones used by GT.
So recently solicitations for a "Dragon Ball Kai Complete Song Collection" have appeared... The release date is just after Toriko begins airing on FujiTV.
More confirmation that Kai will end at 99? 99 episodes because Dragon Ball Kai's home distributor lists only 99 episodes for the series, and has the end of the Cell saga listed to go through the end of 99. They were right about the episode counts for the Saiyan, Frieza, and Artifical Human plots...
He probably sees it the same way he sees Evolution, as another person's take on Dragon Ball.
More confirmation that Kai will end at 99? 99 episodes because Dragon Ball Kai's home distributor lists only 99 episodes for the series, and has the end of the Cell saga listed to go through the end of 99. They were right about the episode counts for the Saiyan, Frieza, and Artifical Human plots...
lucablight said:
He probably sees it the same way he sees Evolution, as another person's take on Dragon Ball.
Pretty pumped for it. I can't exactly remember all the details of this fight, so this one will be really exciting to watch. I remembered most of what we have seen so far, but I'm really blank on what occurs from here until the standoff when
. Can't wait for it. Spoilered in case somebody doesn't actually know how it ends
Gohan and Cell measure their dicks and Gohan wins
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I don't mind filler when you can skip it (i.e. filler episodes), but my problem with Dragonball filler is that a lot of the filling material is Vegeta standing there with mouth agape at something the opponent just did.Kagari said:Some of the filler episodes were good
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
I'm taking the "wait for the english Blu-ray release" route to watch Kai. It really sucks. The next part doesn't come out until March while most of those episodes are streaming on Nicktoons' website.
The price I pay for unedited and better quality Dragon Ball.
The price I pay for unedited and better quality Dragon Ball.
ant1532 said:
No he didn't. He came up with the character designs, and in one of the guide books he states how he's excited to see how the story unfolds because for the first time he'd be able to sit back and watch it as a viewer, and not the creator. Later on during the Dragon Box GT release, a note he wrote actually says how interesting the concepts in the show were, and that he would have never thought of them.
You can read a transcript of that letter here.
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