Dragon Ball Season Sets finally... in 2010...

SSJ Helldog · Post by **SSJ Helldog** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:35 pm

The Time Traveller wrote:Got a fast enough reply...
Funimation wrote:At this time, Lionsgate is the current licensor of the first 13 episodes of the Dragon Ball series. Currently, Dragon Ball Z: Season 6 has been released. Dragon Ball Z: Season 7 is scheduled to release November 11th. In addition, Dragon Ball GT re-mastered is scheduled to release December 9th. Please stayed tuned to www.funimation.com for the latest news and updates.
I showed knowledge of all of this in the e-mail I sent, why the fuck even reply?

It's called a "form letter." They see "first 13 episodes of the Dragon Ball" and they automatically send this one. Hell, they might even have a filter that sends it without the need for the e-mail to ever see human eyes.

Levlik · Post by **Levlik** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:49 pm

The Time Traveller wrote:Got a fast enough reply...
Funimation wrote:At this time, Lionsgate is the current licensor of the first 13 episodes of the Dragon Ball series. Currently, Dragon Ball Z: Season 6 has been released. Dragon Ball Z: Season 7 is scheduled to release November 11th. In addition, Dragon Ball GT re-mastered is scheduled to release December 9th. Please stayed tuned to www.funimation.com for the latest news and updates.
I showed knowledge of all of this in the e-mail I sent, why the fuck even reply?

Wait--so is the first GT set December 9th or November 11th? I thought it was December 9th until I got Z Season 6 and saw GT's date as November 11th in the release schedule that came with the set.

This whole ordeal is confusing.

Victator Supreme · Post by **Victator Supreme** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:25 pm

disturbed001 wrote:
Captain Awesome wrote:You can get nice region free dvd players for $25 bucks, mine lets me run mpeg4/divx/just about anything off a usb flash drive, it even lets me change the video mode between PAL/NTSC/PAL60.

And it doesn't even have a brand.
wait, you can plug in a USB drive with video files on it, and it will play them? WHAT?!?!?! Dude you HAVE to give me a link to a DVD player like this.

The beauty being that it cost more to make a dvd player region specific. So the el cheapo ones don't bother.

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:29 am

Levlik wrote:
The Time Traveller wrote:Got a fast enough reply...
Funimation wrote:At this time, Lionsgate is the current licensor of the first 13 episodes of the Dragon Ball series. Currently, Dragon Ball Z: Season 6 has been released. Dragon Ball Z: Season 7 is scheduled to release November 11th. In addition, Dragon Ball GT re-mastered is scheduled to release December 9th. Please stayed tuned to www.funimation.com for the latest news and updates.
I showed knowledge of all of this in the e-mail I sent, why the fuck even reply?
Wait--so is the first GT set December 9th or November 11th? I thought it was December 9th until I got Z Season 6 and saw GT's date as November 11th in the release schedule that came with the set.

This whole ordeal is confusing.

Adverts on their site say Dragon Ball Z season 6 is out tomorrow (19th).

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:59 am

Actually it's been out since the 16th. Oh and get this. You know what else was released? The SPANISH version of volume 10 of the Ultimate Uncut. Seriously... The thought that goes through my mind is... what the hell?

When you think about it, what's 2010? That's a year and a few months away. I guess they figure DBZ fans can wait that long. I just find it funny that I started watching the series when I was...hm. I want to say 7 or 8 and now I'm going to be 22 when they are still releasing it. Truth be told, I don't want to be that 22 year old guy rushing into the store looking for Dragon Ball.

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:52 am

No rush!
Order on Amazon! I sit on my fat ass and order crap I don't need from Amazon, when I have money of course.

ect5150 · Post by **ect5150** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:54 am

Captain Awesome wrote:
Gozar wrote:I don't have any caps or anything...But I heard that the Madman DB sets were crap poor quality encoding wise. I remember I saw a cap once and the blurriness made Season Set #1 look like the greatest release ever.
Sorry, but I gotta call shenanigans here, the Madman DB sets are identical to the US releases (apart from being PAL format obviously) they look just fine, though the Tenshinhan saga is guilty of having too many episodes on a disc (but atleast it's dual layer).

As for the "bluriness" you mentioned, there really is only one episode with sub par image quality (during the fight with Jackie Chun), and that seems to have something to do with the masters FUNimation was given.

Anyway, I encourage everyone to pick these up, they're one of the few releases put out by FUNimation that isn't a complete fuck up, but if you want to pay more for less footage, less detail and probably less episodes (lets face it Lion's gate are assholes) then I guess it's better to wait for the inevitable season set releases.

I bought the set last summer from Madman. Since I own the DBox, I primarily got it for subtitles, but here is a screen from episode 3 of the release:

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:03 am

ect5150 wrote:I bought the set last summer from Madman. Since I own the DBox, I primarily got it for subtitles, but here is a screen from episode 3 of the release:

*Snip*

How does the quality of this release compare to the Dragonbox quality?

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:30 am

Obviously the Dragon Box footage, which has been remastered in its own way would look better than raw unfiltered grainy images of a show that was done in the 80s.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:50 am

TheGreatness25 wrote:Obviously the Dragon Box footage, which has been remastered in its own way would look better than raw unfiltered grainy images of a show that was done in the 80s.

I know that the Dragonbox looks much, much better, I just wanted to see exactly how much better.

And one more thing, the footage having it's grain is (in most cases) a good thing, since it contains detail. There are a lot of members here who are big sticklers about the importance of grain...and the season sets really back them up

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:15 am

Hopefully we'll be seeing something like this sooner or later.

My attempts at making fake remastered shots:

I was considering getting Dragon Box singles, but I figured I may as well just get my favourite episodes and major story lines for now. Like get volume 1 , Tenkaichi Budoukai episodes Uranai Baba's budoukai and the last few volumes. Maybe fill in the spaces later on.

DragoonClawNZ · Post by **DragoonClawNZ** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:42 am

Those look awesome. good job! Well I tried doing one myself by taking one from the Dragonbox release and doing the same treatment on Photoshop. Then I fiddled around with the colours so it would match Season Six and this is what came out, I must say I'm very impressed.

Dragonbox:

My attempt:

Levlik · Post by **Levlik** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:54 am

If Funi ever happens to get the rights to the Saga of Goku back, I'm really hoping they don't remaster it. If the flashbacks to Dragonball in the Z sets are any indication, the remastering looks AWFUL on the series (At least moreso than Z). Granted, these flashbacks are part of the Z episode so it's technically a newer master with that, so I can only imagine the actual master they have for Dragonball, which is probably older than any of their Z masters, looking even worse when remastered.

Kid Trunks · Post by **Kid Trunks** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:44 pm

Levlik wrote:If Funi ever happens to get the rights to the Saga of Goku back, I'm really hoping they don't remaster it. If the flashbacks to Dragonball in the Z sets are any indication, the remastering looks AWFUL on the series (At least moreso than Z). Granted, these flashbacks are part of the Z episode so it's technically a newer master with that, so I can only imagine the actual master they have for Dragonball, which is probably older than any of their Z masters, looking even worse when remastered.

Yeah. From the looks of things, Dragonball wouldn't survive a "re-mastering" process.

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:01 pm

If the GT sets are any indication, it's likely FUNi won't be giving anything without Z in the title a widescreen cropping.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:08 pm

Tsukento wrote:If the GT sets are any indication, it's likely FUNi won't be giving anything without Z in the title a widescreen cropping.

Yeah, probably not. If GT's not widescreened, DB likely wouldn't be either. Even if it was, there'd probably be a bit less cropped off than in those example pics.

As for the remastering process... I don't know, we'll have to wait and see GT to really tell if the different shows are getting any different treatment. If FUNi realizes DB is older and in even worse condition, I think they'd be likely to treat it a little more carefully.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:30 pm

I also decided to "remaster" these:

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:38 pm

I've always imagined the season sets for original DB could be done like this, sorry for use of dub titles:

DragonBall - Season 1 (29 episodes):
"Secret of the Dragon Ball"
"The Emperor's Quest"
"The Nimbus Cloud of Roshi"
"Oolong the Terrible"
"Yamcha the Desert Bandit"
"Keep an Eye on the Dragon Balls"
"The Ox-King on Fire Mountain"
"The Kamehameha Wave"
"Boss Rabbit's Magic Touch"
"The Dragon Balls Are Stolen"
"The Penalty is Pinball"
"A Wish to the Eternal Dragon"
"The Legend of Goku"
"Goku's Rival"
"Look Out for Launch"
"Find That Stone!"
"Milk Delivery"
"The Turtle Hermit Way"
"The Tournament Begins"
"Elimination Round"
"Smells Like Trouble"
"Yamcha vs. Jackie Chun"
"Monster Beast Giran"
"Krillin's Frantic Attack!"
"Danger from Above"
"The Grand Finale"
"Number One Under the Moon"
"The Final Blow"
"The Roaming Lake"

DragonBall - Season 2 (39 episodes):
"Pilaf and the Mystery Force"
"Wedding Plans?"
"The Flying Fortress: Vanished!"
"The Legend of a Dragon"
"Cruel General Red"
"Cold Reception"
"Major Metallitron"
"The Ninja Murasaki is Coming!"
"Five Murasakis"
"Mysterious Android No.8"
"Horrifying Buyon"
"The Fall of Muscle Tower"
"The Secret of Dr. Flappe"
"A Trip to the City"
"Master Thief, Haski"
"Danger in the Air"
"Bulma's Bad Day"
"Kame House: Found!"
"Deep Blue Sea"
"Roshi's Surprise"
"The Trap is Sprung"
"Beware of the Robot"
"The Pirate Treasure"
"Blue, Black and Blue"
"Escape From Pirate Cave"
"Penguin Village"
"Strange Visitor"
"Arale vs. Blue"
"The Land of Korin"
"The Notorious Mercenary"
"Tao Attacks!"
"Korin Tower"
"Sacred Water"
"The Return of Goku"
"The Last of Mercenary Tao"
"Confront the Red Ribbon Army"
"A Real Bind"
"The End of Commander Red"
"The Last Dragon Ball"

DragonBall - Season 3 (32 episodes):
"Who Is Fortuneteller Baba?"
"We Are The Five Warriors"
"Deadly Battle"
"Goku's Turn"
"Devilmite Beam"
"The Mysterious Fifth Man"
"The Strong Ones"
"The True Colors of the Masked Man"
"Pilaf's Tactics"
"The Eternal Dragon Rises"
"Terror And Plague"
"Goku vs. Sky Dragon"
"Goku Goes To Demon Land"
"The Rampage of InoShikaCho"
"Which Way To Papaya Island?"
"Rivals and Arrivals"
"Preliminary Peril"
"Then There Were Eight"
"Yamcha vs. Tien"
"Yamcha's Big Break"
"Full-Moon Vengeance"
"The Dodon Wave"
"Counting Controversy!"
"Goku Enters The Ring"
"Tien Shinhan vs. Jacky Chun"
"Stepping Down"
"Goku vs. Krillin"
"A Tail's Tale"
"Final Match: Goku vs. Tien Shinhan"
"Victory's Edge"
"Tien's Insurrection"
"The Spirit Cannon"

DragonBall - Season 4 (26 episodes):
"The Fallen"
"Enter King Piccolo"
"Tambourine Attacks!"
"Mark of the Demon"
"Here comes Yajirobe"
"Terrible Tambourine"
"Tien's Atonement"
"Goku's Revenge"
"Goku vs. King Piccolo"
"Piccolo Closes In"
"Roshi's Gambit"
"King Piccolo's Wish"
"Siege on Chow Castle"
"Conquest and Power"
"Awaken Darkness"
"A Taste of Destiny"
"The Ultimate Sacrifice"
"Prelude to Vengeance"
"Battle Cry"
"Goku Strikes Back"
"The Biggest Crisis"
"Final Showdown"
"Lost and Found"
"Temple Above the Clouds"
"Earth's Guardian Emerges"
"Eternal Dragon Resurrected"

DragonBall - Season 5 (27 episodes):
"Quicker Than Lightning"
"Secret of the Woods"
"The Time Room"
"Goku's Doll?"
"Walking Their own Ways"
"Hotter Than Lava"
"Changes"
"Preliminary Peril"
"Battle of Eight"
"Tien Shinhan vs Mercenary Tao"
"Anonymous Proposal"
"The Mysterious Hero"
"Rematch"
"Goku Gains Speed"
"The Four Faces of Tien"
"Kami vs. Piccolo"
"Battle for the Future"
"Super Kamehameha"
"Junior No More"
"Goku's Trap"
"Goku Hangs On"
"The Victor"
"Dress in Flames"
"The Fire-Eater"
"Outrageous Octagon"
"Mystery of the Dark World"
"The End, The Beginning"

Now FUNi just needs to settle the rights with Lion's Gate, not crop & blurrify the series, and bring on the dang gold.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:54 pm

They could just get the Dragonball DBox masters from Toei as a sign of goodwill.

Vekurotto · Post by **Vekurotto** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:15 pm

I wish Funi would stop "sagaing" Dragon Ball releases.

And I don't think that the film that Funi has could survive a "remastering" process either.

I just want them to re-release the damn episodes.