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[Dresden]

I've never understood the appeal of buying DBZ episodes. I could understand buying the manga, since Toriyama is an excellent artist, but the anime was usually under-budgeted shit with bad animation and eye-burningly bright technicolors.

 

[polyh3dron]

Nice... No news about a blu-ray release though I take it...

Fuck it though, it was only done in 16mm, I'll buy this. It'll be the first time I've bought any home video DBZ stuff.

 

[Snaku]

I've never understood the appeal of buying DBZ episodes. I could understand buying the manga, since Toriyama is an excellent artist, but the anime was usually under-budgeted shit with bad animation and eye-burningly bright technicolors.

You must be referring to Funimation's version prior to the Dragon Box. They messed with the colors big time, often over-saturating them to the extreme.

 

[Snaku]

http://www.daizex.com/general/feature/

DaizenshuuEX's massively detailed write up on the history of Dragon Ball releases in North America, with detailed break downs of each release leading up to the Dragon Box announcement. It's a very long, but very informative read.

 

[rainking187]

This would be great if there was a blu ray version. Enough with the fucking DVD releases already, Funimation.

 

[isamu]

To say that this announcement came out of nowhere is an understatement. I am literally....literally SHOCKED at this news. This news is so big it broke daizenshuu ex's site(go check)! :lol:

I wasn't going to ever touch those bastardized cropped versions of the show anyway, since I had already spent a small fortune a couple years ago on the earlier various releases. But this news makes that boycott all the much sweeter!

My jaw has seriously dropped at this news. Who knew Funimation would finally listen to their fans and make this decision? It's incredible. Those of you who know me know I'm a huge DBZ fan and that I came *this* close to spending thousands of dollars importing the original Dragon Box from Japan. And now I can finally sleep good at night knowing I will finally get this magnificent set in English!

Way to go Funi. You guys really blew my mind with this one!

 

[Tokubetsu]

This would be great if there was a blu ray version. Enough with the fucking DVD releases already, Funimation.

This is the type of thinking I'm sure led to the fucking remastered bullshit. 4:3 remastered dvds are fine now hush.

 

[Snaku]

Amazon has the first Dragon Box up for pre-order for $55.99. I think I'll wait for Rightstuf's pre-order to go up though, as they tend to ship up to a month early.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KPINF2/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

This is the type of thinking I'm sure led to the fucking remastered bullshit. 4:3 remastered dvds are fine now hush.

There's no downside to having things in a format where it can use better codecs at higher bitrates. Conflating that with some wish for an altered version or changed aspect ratio is bogus.

 

[Bad_Boy]

should of made it blu-ray. :x

 

[Snaku]

http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/Xn=yvQC4vPPWZLVbz4/browse/item/84587/4/0/0

Right Stuf has their pre-order up, and if you use coupon code: dragonball, you can get it for $47.99 with Free Economy shipping. I opted for UPS 2nd Day Air, which came out to be $58.99, only $3 more than what Amazon has it listed for.

 

[cartman414]

Not really bad, just kinda seems like a waste of time for me. Would have been a different story if they just re-animated it, but the moments where they try to add in some spots of new animation just seem so jarring to me.

I just figured I might as well just buy the original.

The irony is that DBZ itself epitomizes the phrase "waste of time".

 

[Takao]

people still care about dbz?

DragonBall is still one of the most popular anime franchises worldwide. We wouldn't be getting games, toys, movies, tissue holders, etc. if it wasn't.

 

[Barry Lightning]

whats this dvd shit? next-level, son.

 

[Snaku]

Holy crap, Amazon has the second Dragon Box available in their Lightning Deals for $22.49. :O

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27

Buy this you fuckers.

 

[I leik Halo]

This set wont have the bruce faulconer music will it?