I would guess the split up episodic Tree of Might was a one off thing which was done during the season two syndi broadcast, and they just aired the movie version more often. All of the times i remember seeing it on TV that was the one always run so apparently the film in this format was very rarely re aired after the piecemealed airings between the other proper episodes in late 1997, and it's pretty much the only thing from that initial roughly two year run with the Ocean cast that is still not accounted for presently. It seems this version has more or less fallen into the depths of obscurity, seeing as no recordings have surfaced as of yet when compared to the more known edited movie version.Metalwario64 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 12:09 amIf I recall correctly, they only played it like that once, and I think it was at the end of the Namek arc like the original syndication.SuperSaiyaManZ94 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 8:53 pmThe few times i saw it on Toonami as a kid it was always the movie version they played.Metalwario64 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 8:30 pm The Tree of Might three parter was aired on Toonami once though. I distinctly remember it.
It was definitely Toonami, because I didn't watch the series until it was on Toonami (maybe even the first or second run, since I remember Moltar). I was a bit confused, but every time they aired it as a movie, it was the combined version, which they did way more frequently.
All of the times i recall seeing it along with Dead Zone and World's Strongest was after TOM had become the host, as in the original short Sonny Strait (pre Steve Blum) voiced version.
