"Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters" FUNimation English Dub Official Announcement and Discussion Thread

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Oh yeah. The score is horribly horribly bad. What the hell was that when Gohan transformed into Great Saiyaman after Videl left?

Edit- BLU RAY ANNOUCED!!!

[Anime Kitten]

BLU RAY ANNOUCED!!!

Source, please?
Also I know you guys are gonna hate me for this, but I liked the score...

[Baggie_Saiyan]

BLU RAY ANNOUCED!!!

Source, please?
Also I know you guys are gonna hate me for this, but I liked the score...

How about FUNi itself?.
http://shop.funimation.com/The-Final-Ch ... ne?whence=

[Anime Kitten]

How about FUNi itself?.

Ah, cool! Yikes, though. $50 for the DVD version? Also, Super is not listed yet, which is odd considering they started airing on the same day (well, in Eastern Time, which is what FUNi seems to use most often anyway).

[Baggie_Saiyan]

How about FUNi itself?.

Ah, cool! Yikes, though. $50 just for the DVD? Also, Super is not listed yet, which is odd considering they started airing on the same day (well, in Eastern Time, which is what FUNi seems to use most often anyway).

The set is 23 episodes that is why. Super hasn't dubbed that much yet I'd assume so Super will more than likely be announced for a June release next month.

[Tobi555]

It's also listed as 16:9 oh well I didn't care much for the aspect ratio anyways Is this a continuation of the season sets or the parts I can't tell, I say this because this has 23 episodes on it whereas the parts had 13 each. Edit: It also looks like there will be 3 parts for Buu Kai C:

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Wow, didn't expect the Blu-Ray to come this soon.

So does this mean there won't be "Season" sets for The Final Chapters?

With my budget I really should be holding out on this but realistically I can't see that happening.

[thaman91]

Interesting that they're calling it "Part One" but numbering the episodes as 99-121. Also interesting is that there are 23 episodes in one part! The previous Kai parts had only 10-13 episodes per part right? This actually seems more like a "Season" type of release. And their formatting seems to have a mistake in it because there should be seven small stars under "Part One", instead of just one small star.

Here's a comparison between the box arts of Kai Part 8 vs. Kai: The Final Chapters Part 1:
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[Tobi555]

Maybe they're numbering it as "Part One" to avoid confusion for Season set and part owners, since they would have either had to go with part 9 or season 5 for the name and judging by the episode count I feel like Buu Kai isn't getting another release. This feels more like a season set release more than anything XD

[thaman91]

For this Blu-ray, given its episode count & episode numbering, I would've preferred it to be called "Season 5".

The "Part One" label doesn't work here because "Part One" and "Episodes 99-121" are at odds with each other, and because there are too many episodes for it to be a "Part". Even though it doesn't really matter, I do hope they modify the name to "Season 5" because that seems to make the most sense to me.

But anyway, the site says it'll be released on April 25th. That means that 7 episodes (115-121) will be available on this set before they air on Toonami.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Wow, didn't expect the Blu-Ray to come this soon.

So does this mean there won't be "Season" sets for The Final Chapters?

With my budget I really should be holding out on this but realistically I can't see that happening.

Probably not this effectively two birds one stone with Super being a thing makes sense to get Kai out the way asap.

[DHM211]

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[ShadowDude112]

I'm not super familiar with Final Chapters. Where does this set leave off? If Goku vs Majin Vegeta is on the cover, obviously that fight happens, but does it go a bit past that? Also, I am shocked FUNi is doing 22 episodes in one part and not the usual 13.

[thaman91]

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I think this version has a green tint . The one on FUNi's site doesn't have it though.

[Freeza Soldier #156]

I'm not super familiar with Final Chapters. Where does this set leave off? If Goku vs Majin Vegeta is on the cover, obviously that fight happens, but does it go a bit past that? Also, I am shocked FUNi is doing 22 episodes in one part and not the usual 13.

I was going to ask this as well. I can't seem to find an accurate episode listing for The Final Chapters. Does anyone know what episode 121 actually is?

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

But anyway, the site says it'll be released on April 25th. That means that 7 episodes (115-121) will be available on this set before they air on Toonami.

I just realized this, but I'm delighted its the case. Who knows if we're lucky The Final Chapters Parts may be released 4 months apart and we will have the whole series out before the year end.

Wow, didn't expect the Blu-Ray to come this soon.

So does this mean there won't be "Season" sets for The Final Chapters?

With my budget I really should be holding out on this but realistically I can't see that happening.

Probably not this effectively two birds one stone with Super being a thing makes sense to get Kai out the way asap.

That's probably the best explanation for why they are not doing the whole "Parts" AND "Seasons" thing this time. It also goes to show Buu Kai would have been better off if it was released sooner and still had the hype to make people double dip or wait for the re-release, but sure we always say better late than never right?

Speaking of Super this certainly begs the question as to whether it will go the route of both "Parts" and "Seasons" or just Season-length Parts, I'm guessing both so there will be a set for the Beerus arc, Golden Freeza, most of Universe 6 etc followed by a "Season" release with the first two arcs on one set. Surely with the series being a hot property there will be a market for people who buy both.

On second thought there's no way I'm not getting this.

[Lord Beerus]

Holy shit, that was fast. Ugly cover art aside, I'll be purchasing this quite soon after its release but it seems just a bit too pricey right now.

[DBZ_Lee]

I'm delighted they're going with Seasons (I know they've called it a part) 23 episodes per set from the get go is great. My thinking is they know they've kept people waiting for over 3 years, so let's get it out, and fast.
The fact that 7 episodes will be available here before they air suggests that they want to get this out and done asap. Hopefully, they go April - August - December - done.

By the way, this week's episode was awesome. Kyle Hebert is superb as Gohan, and I can't wait for next week already.

I'm not super familiar with Final Chapters. Where does this set leave off? If Goku vs Majin Vegeta is on the cover, obviously that fight happens, but does it go a bit past that? Also, I am shocked FUNi is doing 22 episodes in one part and not the usual 13.

Episode 121 is the episode before the Goku Vs. Majin Vegeta fight. This set ends when they are about to start.

[sintzu]

I'm not super familiar with Final Chapters. Where does this set leave off? If Goku vs Majin Vegeta is on the cover, obviously that fight happens, but does it go a bit past that? Also, I am shocked FUNi is doing 22 episodes in one part and not the usual 13.

Episode 121 is the episode before the Goku Vs. Majin Vegeta fight. This set ends when they are about to start.

I think this is it.

http://www.kanzenshuu.com/episode/kai/eps-115/

They do start fighting but maybe I counted something wrong.

Hopefully, they go April - August - December - done.

That's probably how they'll do it but I wouldn't mind if we got it a bit sooner or even later.

Anything is better than waiting months apart for each set than god knows how longer for the seasons.

[DBZ_Lee]

I'm not super familiar with Final Chapters. Where does this set leave off? If Goku vs Majin Vegeta is on the cover, obviously that fight happens, but does it go a bit past that? Also, I am shocked FUNi is doing 22 episodes in one part and not the usual 13.

Episode 121 is the episode before the Goku Vs. Majin Vegeta fight. This set ends when they are about to start.

I think this is it.

http://www.kanzenshuu.com/episode/kai/eps-115/

They do start fighting but maybe I counted something wrong.

That's episode 122 in The Final Chapters. There's a 7 episode difference due to the Saiyaman trim on Fuji TV. 114 from the Japanese version is 121.

http://www.kanzenshuu.com/episode/kai/eps-114/