Dragon Ball Z Being Re-edited and Re-dubbed for HDTV

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:29 am

Sprite Satan wrote:This is why I'm horribly non-commital on these things. What did everyone randomly shouting "I believe this guy is telling the truth, for no real reason" or "I believe this guy is a total liar, for no real reason" achieve in the end?

Er... There were reasons to believe the guy.

snaku · Post by **snaku** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:10 am

DominatorLost wrote:...Just let it die Japan, this is going to lead to only another useless amount of DVDs.

Wrong, this will lead to a completely awesome Blu-ray release which I will happily import and play on my PS3 since America and Japan are in the same BD region.

Stridex · Post by **Stridex** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:15 am

MajinKing wrote:I wonder what they are going to do about tenshinhan's voice. Are they going to replace it, or just leave the voice how it was in the original series?

They could always whip out the original pitch hitter... Kōichi Yamadera.

That would be one helluva great stand-in.

fps_anth · Post by **fps_anth** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:38 am

Oh my fucking God I can't believe this is happening.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

I really don't know how to express myself right now. Very exciting. Someone should set up a live stream just for the DaizEX community so we can let out our fanboy glee together!

MajinKing · Post by **MajinKing** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:40 pm

Lol, hope funi does not get their hands on this.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:53 pm

MajinKing wrote:Lol, hope funi does not get their hands on this.

Well, if they'd give it a better, more accurate redub... I wouldn't mind.

B · Post by B » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:55 pm

Accuracy won't matter with Chris Sabat's smokey Vegeta all over the place.

MajinKing · Post by **MajinKing** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:02 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:
MajinKing wrote:Lol, hope funi does not get their hands on this.
Well, if they'd give it a better, more accurate redub... I wouldn't mind.

Imagine they decide to crop that too.

Super Ghost Kamikaze · Post by **Super Ghost Kamikaze** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:05 pm

MajinKing wrote:
SSj Kaboom wrote:
MajinKing wrote:Lol, hope funi does not get their hands on this.
Well, if they'd give it a better, more accurate redub... I wouldn't mind.
Imagine they decide to crop that too.

Um...how exactly?

...It's going to be in 16x9...

What, crop it back down to 4:3?

O.o?

Well, they've done stranger things!

But seriously:

Of course I hope Funi gets their hands on it, so we can get Daimao subs. And while I don't care about the REST of the dub, I hope they keep the original music in this version.

Why?

So the menus don't make my ears bleed.

mrkaizoku · Post by **mrkaizoku** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:12 pm

I've been bed ridden with pneumonia for the last week and really haven't had a chance to use the internet. What an awesome bit of news to get! My big problem with the Anime is how terribly paced it was, and if this somehow fixes that well, I'll be about the happiest guy around. I'm trying not to get too excited just yet because I'm not sure how they're going to edit it down. If the popular idea is correct and they are removing all the filler scenes then I'm just out of words. I might be able to watch and enjoy the series entirely now!

And about the Wasted Wisher thing:

He proved his credibility by uploading the character design sheets from the new special. After that I trusted his word.

This news is very intriguing. I'm trying to hold out super excitement until we know a little more. Must stay away from 2chan.

MajinKing · Post by **MajinKing** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:13 pm

Well, if they do get their hands on this I will buy it. Merely to see how much they have improved. If they are a decent dub or not now.

Super Ghost Kamikaze · Post by **Super Ghost Kamikaze** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:29 pm

MajinKing wrote:Well, if they do get their hands on this I will buy it. Merely to see how much they have improved. If they are a decent dub or not now.

Honestly? I'm guessing the best we'll get is their usual dub, but with the original music. At the very least the voices are going to stay the same, so we'll still get the pig-snort Kaio.

But it's not like Funi is picking up a brand-new series that nobody has heard of. They're very likely going to give this the same treatment as regular Dragon Ball, to have consistency for their usual DB DVD buyers.

SSJ Helldog · Post by **SSJ Helldog** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:48 pm

mrkaizoku wrote:If the popular idea is correct and they are removing all the filler scenes then I'm just out of words. I might be able to watch and enjoy the series entirely now!

DBZ, now with 60% less staring and grunting! Finally a version my friends who haven't seen DBZ might consider watching.

sangofe · Post by **sangofe** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:42 pm

SSJ Helldog wrote:
mrkaizoku wrote:If the popular idea is correct and they are removing all the filler scenes then I'm just out of words. I might be able to watch and enjoy the series entirely now!
DBZ, now with 60% less staring and grunting! Finally a version my friends who haven't seen DBZ might consider watching.

Leave my Japanese screams

Mayuri Furiza Kurotsuchi · Post by **Mayuri Furiza Kurotsuchi** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:51 pm

This has to be one of the biggest days in Dragonball history. Now all we have to do is find a way to get uncompressed transport streams of this release so we can all enjoy it the way is really was meant to be seen.

sangofe · Post by **sangofe** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:55 pm

Mayuri Furiza Kurotsuchi wrote:This has to be one of the biggest days in Dragonball history. Now all we have to do is find a way to get uncompressed transport streams of this release so we can all enjoy it the way is really was meant to be seen.

Or hope Toei has some commercial sense and release Blu Rays relatively quickly.

Sprite Satan · Post by **Sprite Satan** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:39 pm

Olivier Hague wrote:
Sprite Satan wrote:This is why I'm horribly non-commital on these things. What did everyone randomly shouting "I believe this guy is telling the truth, for no real reason" or "I believe this guy is a total liar, for no real reason" achieve in the end?
Er... There were reasons to believe the guy.

Yes, yes I know.

What I am saying is that most people didn't even mention this and instead we got the usual mix of default internet sceptics and optimists.

I know a few posters said "Hey, this guy was good for info before." But that was a small miniority compared to the 'pick a camp and stick with it' crowd.

Majin Boo · Post by **Majin Boo** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:51 pm

Stridex wrote:
MajinKing wrote:I wonder what they are going to do about tenshinhan's voice. Are they going to replace it, or just leave the voice how it was in the original series?
They could always whip out the original pitch hitter... Kōichi Yamadera.

That would be one helluva great stand-in.

They do already have replacement VAs for characters like Tenshinhan and Kame Sennin in the new games and such.

Eclipse · Post by **Eclipse** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:09 am

I can't believe people are complaining about the damn fillers. The show's nowhere near Naruto-levels when it comes to filler. (*Reaction when reading the first few pages*)

But this sounds absolutely phenomenal. This will be cool to see

B · Post by B » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:21 am

Eclipse wrote:I can't believe people are complaining about the damn fillers. The show's nowhere near Naruto-levels when it comes to filler. (*Reaction when reading the first few pages*)

Naruto's filler is actually entertaining and funny. DBZ takes its worst qualities, and slams it into a story arc.

Also, to completely tear apart your argument, Toei Animation =/= StudioPierrot. Different companies. Maybe do some research outside of "OH HEY FIGHTING ANIMU IN JUMP WITH ORANGE CLOTHES AND BLONDE HAIR."