[WIP] DB Kai Z-Cut | A Kai Recut with SOM's DBZ 4:3 CC Footage, Z's Openings, Endings, JPN/US Soundtrack & Dubs, & More!

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Re: [WIP] DB Kai Z-Cut | A Kai Recut with SOM's DBZ 4:3 CC Footage, Z's Openings, Endings, JPN/US Soundtrack & Dubs, & M

Post by ATOMICexe » Fri May 15, 2026 4:39 am

DbJetGeta wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 1:17 am Hey! Will there ever be a 4:3 version for the TFC episodes? It would be the same process as the episodes you did with the SOM footage right?
That's right! The Buu Saga is almost ready and looks gorgeous! Not too far away from being uploaded. Stay tuned :)

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Post by DbJetGeta » Fri May 15, 2026 1:17 pm

Oh wow! I can't wait. Truly. This is genuinely the best way to experience dbz in english

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Re: [WIP] DB Kai Z-Cut | A Kai Recut with SOM's DBZ 4:3 CC Footage, Z's Openings, Endings, JPN/US Soundtrack & Dubs, & M

Post by ATOMICexe » Tue May 19, 2026 12:19 am

Hey Everyone!

Today I can announce that the Kai Z-Cut has now reached the Cell Saga! (Except for EP39 & EP95, still on the way)

If you go over to the Archive.org page, you'll find episodes 56 to 98 (except EP95) are now available in their final version, with all of the new changes including the Colour Corrected Z footage from Seed of Might, Z's Opening, Title Card, Eyecatches and Ending, and audio tracks for English + Kikuchi, English + Faulconer and Japanese + English Subtitles.

Not to mention, EP98 contains a custom next episode preview made for EP99 so you can seamlessly watch straight into the Buu Saga when it's up! The preview is included in all 3 audio tracks (the Japanese version uses the original Z NEP for EP200)

As mentioned at the top, Episode 39 & 95 are still on the way. Hopefully I can incorporate them into the project before the Buu Saga goes up but for now though, you can watch the Version 1 of EP39 & EP95 that are already up.

As for the Buu Saga, it's almost done! Just need a few more things to touch up but it won't be long until the complete Z-Cut is available.

As always thank you to everyone checking out the project and supporting/sharing, I always love recieving feedback from anyone who's willing to give it and I love making this project so much!

Happy watching! :)

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Post by Metalwario64 » Tue May 19, 2026 3:28 pm

Dunno if this also is a Dragon Box Kai issue, but the frame in 94 RIGHT after the eyecatch of the scenery panning is the Kai footage and the next frame it cuts to the proper Dragon Box SoM footage.
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Post by ATOMICexe » Tue May 19, 2026 8:52 pm

Metalwario64 wrote: Tue May 19, 2026 3:28 pm Dunno if this also is a Dragon Box Kai issue, but the frame in 94 RIGHT after the eyecatch of the scenery panning is the Kai footage and the next frame it cuts to the proper Dragon Box SoM footage.
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That's a semi-frequent issue I found when editing the episodes and footage from DBOX Kai. I hopefully caught most of them when I exported my episodes but some will have slipped through the cracks. I'll fix that up soon and re-upload within the week. Please catch as many errors as you can and I'll fix them all up haha :)
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Post by Stridster » Tue May 19, 2026 10:37 pm

ATOMICexe wrote: Tue May 19, 2026 8:52 pm
Metalwario64 wrote: Tue May 19, 2026 3:28 pm Dunno if this also is a Dragon Box Kai issue, but the frame in 94 RIGHT after the eyecatch of the scenery panning is the Kai footage and the next frame it cuts to the proper Dragon Box SoM footage.
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That's a semi-frequent issue I found when editing the episodes and footage from DBOX Kai. I hopefully caught most of them when I exported my episodes but some will have slipped through the cracks. I'll fix that up soon and re-upload within the week. Please catch as many errors as you can and I'll fix them all up haha :)
In episode 98 I found one unfinished shot at 15:47 where cell is talking.

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Post by ATOMICexe » Wed May 20, 2026 1:32 am

Have fixed up all of those episodes and will upload the fixed episodes soon. Thank goodness the fix-up touches don't take as long as exporting full episodes haha :)
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Post by Metalwario64 » Wed May 20, 2026 10:27 am

GOD I hate being so nitpicky, but I promise it's because I love this project lol. But some of these title cards reach the very edge and while that's good on modern digital displays, knowing it is outside the "Safe area" for overscan and just... well the fact that the text literally touches the edges has no breathing room and is a bit... well imperfect. Not saying go back and adjust them all right away, it's a minor thing but just a suggestion if you ever do have the time to glance through and maybe shrink a few of the ones that might fall in this same camp?
And you might have caught it but right after the title card, the kai footage slips in for one frame in 96 as well lol:
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Post by ATOMICexe » Wed May 20, 2026 10:37 am

Metalwario64 wrote: Wed May 20, 2026 10:27 am Image GOD I hate being so nitpicky, but I promise it's because I love this project lol. But some of these title cards reach the very edge and while that's good on modern digital displays, knowing it is outside the "Safe area" for overscan and just... well the fact that the text literally touches the edges has no breathing room and is a bit... well imperfect. Not saying go back and adjust them all right away, it's a minor thing but just a suggestion if you ever do have the time to glance through and maybe shrink a few of the ones that might fall in this same camp?
No please nitpick away! If it'e easier, I'm happy for you to send anything you find via DM just so the forum post doesn't have too many comments anout the errors haha

And good pick up, those are things I try to spot. Especially in TFC as they went widescreen, there's longer episode titles which meant I shrunk those particular episodes title card text so I'll go through and fix anything like that that gets found along the way :)
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Post by Metalwario64 » Wed May 20, 2026 10:44 am

K I'll take to dms then so as not to clog up the thread. In the meantime I just went ahead and put the images in spoilers to cut down on the visual bloat lol.
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Post by dbz152 » Wed May 20, 2026 1:49 pm

wow what an awesome project! i do wish Diccolo's combo rescore was included as well, that'd make this the ideal rewatch for me personally. great job this is amazing! :D

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Post by ATOMICexe » Wed May 20, 2026 7:17 pm

dbz152 wrote: Wed May 20, 2026 1:49 pm wow what an awesome project! i do wish Diccolo's combo rescore was included as well, that'd make this the ideal rewatch for me personally. great job this is amazing! :D
Thanks! And I see where you're coming from. My mentality for the project was to keep it as close to Z elements as I could which meant minimising the kai elements including the soundtrack, the only use of it being in the Japanese audio track as there's no alternative at the moment. In the meantime, my recommendation for watching the combo rescore would be the Dragon Box Kai episodes. While they dont feature my changes like OP, ED, Eyecatches etc., they do have multiple audio tracks and the Seed of Might footage :)
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Post by Metalwario64 » Wed May 20, 2026 7:33 pm

Honestly I still would love to give applying the Kikuchi rescores to the Japanese version but I never could get perfect results with Ultimate Vocal Remover, yet I heard the Kienzan guys used that for their Z Recut so maybe I just didn't use the right settings. If I could do that we really would have all the Z style audio tracks we'd need even if Kai's voice acting situation's not as good as it was in Z.
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Post by ATOMICexe » Wed May 20, 2026 7:50 pm

Metalwario64 wrote: Wed May 20, 2026 7:33 pm Honestly I still would love to give applying the Kikuchi rescores to the Japanese version but I never could get perfect results with Ultimate Vocal Remover, yet I heard the Kienzan guys used that for their Z Recut so maybe I just didn't use the right settings. If I could do that we really would have all the Z style audio tracks we'd need even if Kai's voice acting situation's not as good as it was in Z.
When the day comes that we have a true high quality Kai Japanese Audio with a Kikuchi Rescore for all 167 episodes, that would be when I release a V2 of this project. There's a few more things I would like to do for the project like:
  • Any necessary audio leveling
  • Create a 2nd video track for title cards with Japanese text
  • Adding English dubtitles
  • Explore potential extra audio tracks
The key thing is I want the project when it's finished in it's current form to feel complete but have room to grow which once the small errors are ironed out and every episode is available, I think it will be :)
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