Funimationn Now app and Dragonball movies

[samuraix123]

Hey guys! I downloaded funimation's app on ps4 and I was wondering if the dragonball movies were better quality than the dvds they released? If so I may watch em later.

[TheGreatness25]

The story goes that the movies (or at least a portion of them) use Dragon Box footage. I cannot confirm or deny this, but I guess it would be super obvious upon viewing. I do know that for the later part of Z, they have the Dragon Box footage as well (though you have to select to watch the Japanese version or else you're subjected to the season Blu-ray footage).

[jpranevich]

Are the movies back in the app? They were removed a couple of months ago for "licensing reasons".

[samuraix123]

Are the movies back in the app? They were removed a couple of months ago for "licensing reasons".

I just checked and the original dragonball movies are on there. You gotta be a subscriber to watch them though.

[jpranevich]

At least in my region, only the four "OG" Dragon Ball films are on there. I just confirmed that DBZ movies are still unavailable.

[Robo4900]

The story goes that the movies (or at least a portion of them) use Dragon Box footage. I cannot confirm or deny this, but I guess it would be super obvious upon viewing. I do know that for the later part of Z, they have the Dragon Box footage as well (though you have to select to watch the Japanese version or else you're subjected to the season Blu-ray footage).

Incorrect.
It is true that the Z series uses Dragon Box footage for "Season 9" if you watch in Japanese, but that doesn't apply to the movies.

Hey guys! I downloaded funimation's app on ps4 and I was wondering if the dragonball movies were better quality than the dvds they released? If so I may watch em later.

The OG DB movies use a HD master Funimation created several years ago. Unfortunately, movie 2's transfer was serverely borked, so you're better off with the original DVD single from 2005, but the other three are astounding. It's a very nice 4:3 transfer that's in HD. It's a real beauty.

The Z movies use Funi's HD masters, I believe, and... Actually, those are pretty good masters. Colours are more saturated than they should be, and the grain reduction is a bit too strong, but the detail level is very high, the visuals are very clear and sharp, and because these movies were produced to be seen in widescreen anyway(Well... In Z movies 1 and 2's case, it's more a case of they were framed to work in both, but 3 onwards was intended primarily for widescreen), it's all good.
And as an added bonus, unlike the Blu-Rays of these movies, if you're watching in Japanese, the Japanese title cards and such are used.

So, the FuniNow masters of the movies are A-OK, and aside from DB movie 2, better than the DVDs(Unless the DVD of movie 2 you mean is the newer one, which likely came in a boxset that includes Funi's 2009 redub of movie 1. In that case, the DVD is the same master as the FuniNow one, but downscaled to DVD resolution).