I picked this up a while ago.
This DVD set features all the Movies and Specials to the Dragon Ball franchise (minus the GT special and newer ones). Sounds good right? Well, probably not as good as you think.
Disk one contains 13 movies in random order (the box's order is not even correct) pressed on a duel layer DVD.
After a warning scroll you are then taken too a menu option, where the music sounds familiar but I can't place it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6pcUUH ... e=youtu.be
You can also choose between Japanese, Chinese, or English (with replacement score audio) or Chinese and English subtitles.
Doesn't sound too bad. However, the Chinese audio does not work half the time and the English subtitles are actually dubtitles
Now, once you have your preference you can choose your movie:
If you don't know Chinese, you're going to have to guess because, as stated before, the back package listing is wrong
Now, the main menu is a little reminiscent or the Dragon Box so there might be small chance that is set is a Dragon Box bootleg! Well, not exactly. In fact, most of the movies on this set are taken directly from FUNimations single DVDs and compressed to fit on one disk. Here are some screen shots (oh and Dead Zone is the 2nd english dub)
Now, as you may have noticed, not all the movies have been represented. That is because the remainder of the movies on Disc One and on Disc Two are sourced from the Dragon Box! Now, while that may seem tempting, keep the quality in mind. They also do not feature the English or Chinese dub.
Here is a real shot from Dragon Box the Movies
And here is the same shot on this bootleg set
Not bad, but not great and you're really missing the great quality of the Dragon Box Movies
Here are some other shots of Bootleg Dragon Box movies
While the set might be passable do remember that you might do better getting the real (less compressed singles) and avoiding these for Dragon Box substitutes because the movie packs from FUNi are much more worth it.
Do share your bootlegs!
