"Buyers Guide" for DBKai with Yamamoto score?

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"Buyers Guide" for DBKai with Yamamoto score?

Post by jpranevich » Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:22 pm

Hey guys,

I know that there are complexities around reprints and such. Is there a convenient "buyers guide" that I can look at to help me pick and choose Kai Blu-ray releases that have the Kenji Yamamoto score? I am trying to watch the show the way it was originally presented on TV (in Japan) as much as possible. I'd also settle for a streaming version if there is one that has the original score but I expect those have all been updated by now.

I am months away from starting my watch of Kai (for the first time!), but I fear that the longer I wait the harder it will be to get the original score.

Thanks!

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Re: "Buyers Guide" for DBKai with Yamamoto score?

Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:14 pm

Your best bet is to search out Funi's part 1, 2, 3 and 4, although I should emphasize its a bet because there have been later prints with Kikuchi. Another option is importing MangaUK's season 1 and 2 (2 has Yamamoto halfway through), which-god-only-knows-how-they-got-the-yamamoto-score.

And home video is your only option as far as I'm aware Kai is not available on any streaming services, Google Play or iTunes, if it was, very good chance they would use the Kikuchi score.
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Re: "Buyers Guide" for DBKai with Yamamoto score?

Post by linkdude20002001 » Sat Aug 04, 2018 6:26 pm

jpranevich wrote:Hey guys,

I know that there are complexities around reprints and such. Is there a convenient "buyers guide" that I can look at to help me pick and choose Kai Blu-ray releases that have the Kenji Yamamoto score? I am trying to watch the show the way it was originally presented on TV (in Japan) as much as possible. I'd also settle for a streaming version if there is one that has the original score but I expect those have all been updated by now.

I am months away from starting my watch of Kai (for the first time!), but I fear that the longer I wait the harder it will be to get the original score.

Thanks!
If you want to watch it in Japanese, you'll probably need fansubs for episode 53 onward. If you want to watch it in English, then you'll need to be careful when buying those first four "parts" from Funimation's release. I recal that they forgot to update the "Composed by Kenji Yamamoto" on the back for a while (or some-thing like that), so it might say Yamamoto on the back, but actually be Kikuchi.
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Re: "Buyers Guide" for DBKai with Yamamoto score?

Post by jpranevich » Sun Aug 05, 2018 3:17 pm

So, I want to watch it with the Yamamoto score because I have some desire to see things as they were originally seen.

But really, how "bad" is the replacement score? Is it like the same BGM for the entire season or does even the replacement score evolve over time? I guess what I am trying to say is: how much am I missing by not having the original?

Certainly getting fansubs doesn't seem like a worthwhile pursuit so I'll have to steel myself up for whatever I can find...

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Post by coola » Sun Aug 05, 2018 5:36 pm

jpranevich wrote:So, I want to watch it with the Yamamoto score because I have some desire to see things as they were originally seen.

But really, how "bad" is the replacement score? Is it like the same BGM for the entire season or does even the replacement score evolve over time? I guess what I am trying to say is: how much am I missing by not having the original?

Certainly getting fansubs doesn't seem like a worthwhile pursuit so I'll have to steel myself up for whatever I can find...
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Re: "Buyers Guide" for DBKai with Yamamoto score?

Post by linkdude20002001 » Sun Aug 05, 2018 8:30 pm

jpranevich wrote:So, I want to watch it with the Yamamoto score because I have some desire to see things as they were originally seen.

But really, how "bad" is the replacement score? Is it like the same BGM for the entire season or does even the replacement score evolve over time? I guess what I am trying to say is: how much am I missing by not having the original?

Certainly getting fansubs doesn't seem like a worthwhile pursuit so I'll have to steel myself up for whatever I can find...
It's just that some of those later episodes only ever aired on TV with Yamamoto. Even the Japanese home release doesn't go till the end of the series with Yamamoto. Oh, and there's also a fan project in the Fan-Created Works section of the forum where I think you can get the later episodes of of the English dub with Yamamoto. I think you just splice with with your own personal copy of the episodes which would have the Kikuchi score.
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