Madman's Dragon Ball Z Remastered Movie Collections 1 & 2

[Super Saiyan Swagger]

So back when Funimation's remastered DBZ movies released, us fans in Australia and New Zealand only got the remasters on DVD for some strange reason. But now, finally, Madman are going to release two Dragon Ball Z movie collections on both DVD and Blu-ray.

Collection 1 and Collection 2.

Collection 1 will contain movies 1-6, Bardock - The Father of Goku and The History of Trunks. Collection 2 will contain movies 7-13. The collections will cost $49.95 each on both Blu-ray and DVD. They will both be releasing on the 4th of October.

Super excited for this. I went and bought some of the films on Blu-ray from Amazon in the U.S. and could only watch it on my region free Blu-ray player because of the movies being in region A. These two new Blu-ray collections combined are cheaper than the already existing DVD movie collection that's selling for $120.00 on Madman's website.

I'll be updating the thread once cover artwork and any other details begin to show up. I'll also show off what the collections look like once I get my hands on them.

[MozillaVulpix]

No History of Trunks?

[Super Saiyan Swagger]

No History of Trunks?

History of Trunks is in it. Sorry, guess I should've been more specific.

[MozillaVulpix]

No History of Trunks?

History of Trunks is in it. Sorry, guess I should've been more specific.

It's just not in the listing on their site.

[Super Saiyan Swagger]

No History of Trunks?

History of Trunks is in it. Sorry, guess I should've been more specific.

It's just not in the listing on their site.

Huh, good eye because I completely missed that. I guess it's just a screw up on their website. It says "Catch 8 of the Z Fighters epic battles with this powerful collection!" when it only lists 7. I'm sure that it's in the collection.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Pretty neat been meaning to watch the old movies in Japanese and don't own them so will probably look into importing this, doesn't look like MangaUK will get round to these and these seem cheaper then importing all the FUNi BD ones.

[sintzu]

Are Madman's versions region 2 ? If they are then I might get these cause I haven't gotten the original 12 movies on Blu-Ray yet.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Are Madman's versions region 2 ? If they are then I might get these cause I haven't gotten the original 12 movies on Blu-Ray yet.

Aus Blu-ray region is B and Aus DVD region is 4.

[Robo4900]

Assuming this is the same as Funimation's existing Blu-Rays, this is nothing to get excited about. The poorly-done grain reduction and over-sharpening that already afflicts their BDs of the series are still present on the movies, so ultimately there's probably just as much detail visible on the original DVD singles of the movies(And even less if you get the DVD version). Plus, the singles were in 4:3, while these are cropped. For some, this isn't a problem for the movies, but even if you are someone who prefers them cropped, they don't use the same crop as Toei use, so it doesn't even cater to that audience.

Plus, the specials are cropped, which is objectively wrong.

[LordCrumb]

Assuming this is the same as Funimation's existing Blu-Rays, this is nothing to get excited about. The poorly-done grain reduction and over-sharpening that already afflicts their BDs of the series are still present on the movies, so ultimately there's probably just as much detail visible on the original DVD singles of the movies(And even less if you get the DVD version). Plus, the singles were in 4:3, while these are cropped. For some, this isn't a problem for the movies, but even if you are someone who prefers them cropped, they don't use the same crop as Toei use, so it doesn't even cater to that audience.

Plus, the specials are cropped, which is objectively wrong.

Actually, it is really. Any time a country gets it's 'own' release, it increases the availability of the title, especially for those who don't want to import. Regardless if the quality is not ideal.

Even though I have the US Blu-Rays, i'm certainly interested in getting these sets if the artwork is worth it.

[Akira]

Thanks for sharing this info, I'm always interested in hearing what releases others are getting. I'm glad you all are getting the movies on Blu-ray finally. When the cover artwork is finalized, perhaps you'll add it to a thread I recently started asking about info on releases from different regions? I'm trying to start a catalog of sorts for those curious about what folks are getting elsewhere in the world.

[Super Saiyan Swagger]

Thanks for sharing this info, I'm always interested in hearing what releases others are getting. I'm glad you all are getting the movies on Blu-ray finally. When the cover artwork is finalized, perhaps you'll add it to a thread I recently started asking about info on releases from different regions? I'm trying to start a catalog of sorts for those curious about what folks are getting elsewhere in the world.

Absolutely! I'll update this thread once the cover art is released and I'll add it to your thread as well.

Assuming this is the same as Funimation's existing Blu-Rays, this is nothing to get excited about. The poorly-done grain reduction and over-sharpening that already afflicts their BDs of the series are still present on the movies, so ultimately there's probably just as much detail visible on the original DVD singles of the movies(And even less if you get the DVD version). Plus, the singles were in 4:3, while these are cropped. For some, this isn't a problem for the movies, but even if you are someone who prefers them cropped, they don't use the same crop as Toei use, so it doesn't even cater to that audience.

Plus, the specials are cropped, which is objectively wrong.

I'm excited purely because of the price and that we're finally getting the movie Blu-rays released here. Judging from the Blu-ray DBZ films that I have seen so far, I think they look fine. I'm also not fussed about the specials being cropped.

[Bear]

Really hoping for Japanese title cards and credits

[LordCrumb]

Really hoping for Japanese title cards and credits

They will be ports of the US discs.

[Robo4900]

Actually, it is really. Any time a country gets it's 'own' release, it increases the availability of the title, especially for those who don't want to import. Regardless if the quality is not ideal.

Even though I have the US Blu-Rays, i'm certainly interested in getting these sets if the artwork is worth it.

Yeah, but the original DVD singles are actually better than this release.
If all you care about is the price or the box art, that's fine I guess, but remember that every time you buy a cropped, crappy-looking, overly-DNR'd release, you're supporting Funimation's attitude of continuing to pump out this crap.

Not saying you shouldn't buy it, just that you shouldn't buy it if you don't want to support this type of release, which is something a lot of Dragon Ball fans seem to have overlooked over the past few years.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

If anything, this will probably sell because of the price and the convenience of the whole thing. I don't own the Blu-rays but I don't know if I will get this (Aussie here).

[Super Saiyan Swagger]

Here's the cover art for both collections.
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The second one looks alright but I'm not a fan of that first one. That background does not go well with that Goku.

[LordCrumb]

Damn, was hoping they would do something original.

[Super Saiyan Swagger]

Damn, was hoping they would do something original.

I guess what I'm about to show is kinda original.

This isn't on Madman's website so I'm guessing this is a JB Hi-Fi exclusive?
[spoiler][/spoiler]
Both Blu-ray movie collections in one slip case of all 7 Dragon Balls. Looks neat! I will definitely be picking this one up rather than getting the collections separately.

[Gdugz]

Damn, was hoping they would do something original.

I guess what I'm about to show is kinda original.

This isn't on Madman's website so I'm guessing this is a JB Hi-Fi exclusive?
[spoiler][/spoiler]
Both Blu-ray movie collections in one slip case of all 7 Dragon Balls. Looks neat! I will definitely be picking this one up rather than getting the collections separately.

Thank god I checked this thread again, I was just about to pre order from madman but i will be going with the JB hi-fi one now. The artwork is pretty bad on both of the sets so a slip cover will be needed