Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

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Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

Post by Ripper 30 » Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:21 pm

One thing I noticed in Kai TFC is that it may have 2 different versions, specially the Gohan Transformation against Kibito and the Version which FUNimation used to dub over was this one as the last Kai Dub Episode on Adult Swim but there is another JPN Version of This Transformation of Kai TFC so does anyone know what is going on and why this Version has different Music
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Re: Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

Post by Jinzoningen MULE » Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:27 pm

The Boo Arc of Kai does have two versions, yes.The Japanese version is different from the International release in that it has more episodes cut, different cropping, and has a sharpening filter applied.
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Re: Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

Post by VegettoEX » Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:38 pm

Correct: the "original" Japanese broadcast is in fact an edited-down version of what they originally produced as the base for the international market. You may wish to read our two major articles about it (one / two) for more detail.
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Re: Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

Post by rs_chaosmaster » Thu Apr 20, 2017 1:38 pm

IMO the international version is drastically better than the Japan cut at least for this particular scene.

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Re: Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

Post by Ripper 30 » Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:11 am

VegettoEX wrote:Correct: the "original" Japanese broadcast is in fact an edited-down version of what they originally produced as the base for the international market. You may wish to read our two major articles about it (one / two) for more detail.
Yes I knew about International Version having more Episodes than Japanese Cut but I never knew that even the Japanese Version has 2 Different cuts of this transformation
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Re: Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

Post by Danfun64 » Fri Apr 21, 2017 2:46 pm

Huh? That doesn't make any sense.

There's the International Cut (which is available in Japanese on foreign DVDs and Blu-Rays) and the Japanese TV cut (which is what came out on Japanese DVD and Blu-Ray). There isn't a third cut in Japanese.
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Re: Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

Post by sintzu » Fri Apr 21, 2017 3:43 pm

Danfun64 wrote:There isn't a third cut in Japanese.
I think he means 3 cuts in general. Japanese Japan cut, Japanese international cut & dubbed international cut.
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Re: Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

Post by Danfun64 » Fri Apr 21, 2017 3:50 pm

And that's what I'm saying doesn't make sense to me.

There's the Japanese TV Cut, and the International Cut (which happens to be available in Japanese). Under that logic Funimation's dub of Kai 1.0, which is unedited, is a "cut".
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Re: Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

Post by Jinzoningen MULE » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:42 pm

Can we accept that a dub is not the same thing as another cut? Yeah? Aight, I think the problem is solved, there are two cuts of the show, and all foreign dubs branch from the international cut.

Glad that could be sorted out.
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Re: Does Dragon Ball Kai The Final Chapters have 2 Versions in Japanese?

Post by Danfun64 » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:36 pm

Thank you Jinzoningen MULE, that was pretty much what I was trying to say.
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