What do you like/dislike about the Season box sets?

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:57 am

Hero 004 wrote:I've once again flip-flopped on these things. It's nice that DBZ is avaible consistantly for a cheap price, but I just can't get over that they only had three Vegeta Saga II volumes left and they stopped it. If they had finished Vegeta Saga II, Funimation would have the whole series out in the same format.

All of Namek was still not available. o_o

Chaozu · Post by **Chaozu** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:54 pm

theoriginalbilis wrote: Dislikes:[/b][/u]
1) The remastering: What I mean is, the blurring & over-brightening of the footage that makes animation lines disappear & Gohan's face look ghost-white. The widescreen is the least of my worries compared to this; I would've been perfectly happy w/ FUNi's older 4:3 masters (from the original DVD releases.)

This is my biggest gripe about this set. The "remastering" is a joke and is the cheapest looking attempt at video restoration I've ever seen. The widescreen cropping is a nitpick in comparison.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:12 pm

I bought the first 2 sets for the single reason that i don't own DBZ on dvd. I know they aren't perfect,but they are affordable. And if Funimation ever gets the rights to use the Dragonbox footage,i'll buy that too.

mysteriousdbzgt · Post by **mysteriousdbzgt** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:07 pm

Raki wrote:I bought the first 2 sets for the single reason that i don't own DBZ on dvd. I know they aren't perfect,but they are affordable. And if Funimation ever gets the rights to use the Dragonbox footage,i'll buy that too.

Just like me. I don't own the rest of the Namek Saga, so buying these cheap is a good thing.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:33 pm

mysteriousdbzgt wrote:
Raki wrote:I bought the first 2 sets for the single reason that i don't own DBZ on dvd. I know they aren't perfect,but they are affordable. And if Funimation ever gets the rights to use the Dragonbox footage,i'll buy that too.
Just like me. I don't own the rest of the Namek Saga, so buying these cheap is a good thing.

At least somebody agrees.

Bomber Greek · Post by **Bomber Greek** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:13 pm

I mostly like the extremely cheap price when compared to the amount of episodes. The other DVDs were about $20 for only 3-4 episodes. These are $30 for over 30 episodes, making it less than a dollar an episode. Other than that, they aren't that great.

Vekurotto · Post by **Vekurotto** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:31 pm

Aren't other people disappointed with the dub as much as I am? I mean it's more bearable than before, and it has the original music, but it still sucks. I'm referring mostly to Season's 1&2, since everything after is more or less the same.

The only reason why I'm upset is because Funimation is a better dubbing company than they were in 1999-2003 and they've proven that they can make good anime dubs. But the DBZ re-dub is on the same caliber as a mid-budget, 90's dub, still. For a re-dub made in late 2006-early 2007, I expect way better.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:36 pm

Vekurotto wrote:Aren't other people disappointed with the dub as much as I am? I mean it's more bearable than before, and it has the original music, but it still sucks. I'm referring mostly to Season's 1&2, since everything after is more or less the same.

The only reason why I'm upset is because Funimation is a better dubbing company than they were in 1999-2003 and they've proven that they can make good anime dubs. But the DBZ re-dub is on the same caliber as a mid-budget, 90's dub, still. For a re-dub made in late 2006-early 2007, I expect way better.

FUNimation still views DBZ the same way they viewed DBZ in 1996. I wouldn't expect their present-day dub to be any better than it was back then, and it shows.

That said, it should be obvious I'm not exactly watching the new dub

. I'm finding it *incredibly* interesting that FUNimation's hitting a point where they're even pissing off their own hardcore dub fans. Like I've mentioned before, they don't know whether to market this as "nostalgia" or "new-hotness", and they're doing a great job in alienating and further splitting their own fandom factions.

And at the same time, selling a buttload of sets. Go figure.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:09 pm

VegettoEX wrote:And at the same time, selling a buttload of sets. Go figure.

"It's spaghetti covered in shit sauce, but it's such a big plate for cheap!"

-Corey

Hironobu Timex · Post by **Hironobu Timex** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:19 pm

I'm just so excited to finally see this show in its entirety both new English dubbed and more so Japanese subtitled.

The Dragon Box will probably never be available in America, and unless you have the patience and dedication to hunt down a bunch of those out of print 4:3 DVDs, then these sets really are the most reasonable means of collecting the series.

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:56 am

Sn4tcH · Post by **Sn4tcH** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:04 pm

Well, personally, I used to be a purist, and something like these sets would have been blasphemy even a couple years ago. But seeing as I kind of left DBZ behind, and am suddenly coming back to it (thanks in part by these sets) I don't really have anything negative to say.

I not an audiophile or videophile, so a little cropping and and some video problems don't bother me in the least. Most of the time, it's something I won't notice unless I am looking for it.

My small issues with it are:

-I wish there were 5.1 mixes for both the English dub and Japanese original, instead of just the main track.

-Having to switch to the Japanese audio for Head Cha-La is a pain.

-Other minor sound problems that I have heard about, like missing music or voice actors not re-dubbing scenes that could have really used it? (Freezas Countdown or Dump Kamehameha, anyone?)

But I mean otherwise I can't complain at all. Maybe I don't take it as seriously as others on the board. Maybe I should feel a little jipped since other countries have gotten better transfers on the audio and video. But I mean for $20-$30, it's not bad at ALL.

And for all the huffing and puffing and bluster that I have heard in the last 11 years (I watched Dragonball when it first aired in the US.) not a whole lot is lost in translation. Heck the English dub has gotten worlds better over the years. And in the end it's what it is, it's Dragonball, and bad dubs or whatever, the point was never lost on me. I love Dragonball in any form.

and uh... first post.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:50 am

I'm going to be very simple about it since this has been done a lot of times.

I like the fact that it's affordable to the point that if you look in the right places you could sell it back to FYE for more than you bought it for and use the profit to get a cheeseburger and a Coke. I also like that it's uncensored and that there are a lot of different dialouge/soundtrack combinations. I also like that the Japanese dialouge can't be played with the American soundtrack as it should be illegal in most countries.

I hate the fact that FUNi felt it would be okay to butcher the visuals then lie to us just to make it that affordable instead of just getting ahold of something resembling the DragonBox master (even if it's a generation or two down the line from the original master) and charging us a bit more money for them.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:36 am

MajinVejitaXV wrote: "It's spaghetti covered in shit sauce, but it's such a big plate for cheap!"

-Corey

No, it's spaghetti with part of the noodles cut off.

Kanzenshuu

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