They haven't streamed it (HBO Max and Hulu did) and unlike Z and even GT there hasn't been a single re-release in North America since the Season sets 10 years ago. Kai The Final Chapters also only got Parts releases, as if Funimation wanted to just get it out of the way and move on to Super.
Does anyone think Kai could get a re-release in the future, be streamed in English-speaking territories or could Crunchyroll forget to renew their license to it, making it available to another distributor (maybe one that can release the Ocean dub... just a thought)?
Has Funimation/Crunchyroll forgotten about Kai?
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Has Funimation/Crunchyroll forgotten about Kai?
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Re: Has Funimation/Crunchyroll forgotten about Kai?
They would of had to license Kai out to Hulu in order for it to be streaming there in the first place, so I think that's a clear indicator that they haven't forgotten about it. I doubt Crunchyroll is just going to "forget" to renew the license.
I think Kai is just low priority because even when Funimation was aggressively marketing is as "Z but better" Dragon Ball Z was still outselling Kai in the home video market.
I think Kai is just low priority because even when Funimation was aggressively marketing is as "Z but better" Dragon Ball Z was still outselling Kai in the home video market.