Dragonball Season 1 Discussion

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:09 pm

The Time Traveller wrote:
SHINOBI-03 wrote:If this is "real" for real... I want four things:

1- 4:3 presentation
2- Alternate Video Angles
3- Re-dubbed Uncut version of Movie 1
4- Ocean's opening as an extra
Why no proper Opening and Ending animations? They messed it up for the old releases and just had opening 1 and ending 2.

With new Dragonball film masters we may very well get what you're looking for.

Number 4 is highly unlikely for many reasons.

the_abberration · Post by **the_abberration** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:20 pm

Uhh..I'm not so sure about this. I recall reading this topic back in January. I hope I'm wrong and Time Traveller's "ESP was working". Also Innagadadavida called the picture on the front too.

If this has already been addressed, I apologize. I'll sort back through this topic again to see if I missed it.

B · Post by B » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:51 pm

the_abberration wrote:Uhh..I'm not so sure about this. I recall reading this topic back in January. I hope I'm wrong and Time Traveller's "ESP was working". Also Innagadadavida called the picture on the front too.

If this has already been addressed, I apologize. I'll sort back through this topic again to see if I missed it.

It's not very hard to predict Goku was gonna be on the cover.

the_abberration · Post by **the_abberration** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:29 am

B wrote:It's not very hard to predict Goku was gonna be on the cover.

True. But considering Goku is the obvious choice for anything DB related, something like the dragon or the dragonballs would have been just as applicable. Understandable, it's Goku the first time we see him, but it could have been saved for Season 2. Maybe they went with Goku so as not to be ripping the box in the other post (assuming it's a fake).

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:15 am

the_abberration wrote:
B wrote:It's not very hard to predict Goku was gonna be on the cover.
True. But considering Goku is the obvious choice for anything DB related, something like the dragon or the dragonballs would have been just as applicable. Understandable, it's Goku the first time we see him, but it could have been saved for Season 2. Maybe they went with Goku so as not to be ripping the box in the other post (assuming it's a fake).

Uh... What? If Season Six hadn't told you anything, FUNimation likes to put Goku anywhere they can, even if it doesn't make sense. Here is the logical place to put him, so of course they would choose to do so.

MagicBox · Post by **MagicBox** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:47 am

For what it's worth, the image of Goku they used actually looks good, and since good non-Toei DragonBall artwork is very, very rare, I'm guessing it's legit. Besides, I've never seen this image of Goku anywhere before, so I doubt it was just something any ol' random Joe could find on the internet and copy/paste it into Photoshop.

Not that anything I said qualifies as proof or anything; just my two cents. I'm sticking with the "real until proven fake" mentality.

Denial is fun.

the_abberration · Post by **the_abberration** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:23 am

Metalwario64 wrote:Uh... What? If Season Six hadn't told you anything, FUNimation likes to put Goku anywhere they can, even if it doesn't make sense. Here is the logical place to put him, so of course they would choose to do so.

Never said it wasn't logical. But since there is a possiblity that this could be a fake, if they went with the dragon (which would also be logical) one could say that it was ripped off from the other post if it is a fake.

Putting Goku on the cover of the box while logical, (if legit) is also very convincing (if fake). Especially if someone found that image shown in the other post somewhere. If they used the exact picture, it would be a tell (if it is fake) Considering the license issue with the first 13 episodes all these years, I'm wary of this as I feel something would have been "leaked" by now.

If it's legit fine. If not, what more obvious way to keep the lie going than doing everything to make it look legit, without any other support to back it up.

C'mon

And Wal-mart gets this first? Not Rightstuf. Not Amazon. Not any of the usual sites. Not sure how reliable they are, but did ANN pick this up? Funi's not saying officially even though it's on Wal-mart's site. And with DBE coming out in July, wouldn't they at least try to release this to coincide with that date? I really hope I'm wrong, but it really doesn't make any sense to keep quiet since the cat's out. At least they would have had Wal-mart take it down until they made it official wouldn't they?

Post by **Herms** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:30 am

MagicBox wrote: Besides, I've never seen this image of Goku anywhere before, so I doubt it was just something any ol' random Joe could find on the internet and copy/paste it into Photoshop.

It kind of looks like part of the artwork for DragonBall DS/Origins, but I could be wrong.

Super Ghost Kamikaze · Post by **Super Ghost Kamikaze** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:33 am

Herms wrote:
MagicBox wrote: Besides, I've never seen this image of Goku anywhere before, so I doubt it was just something any ol' random Joe could find on the internet and copy/paste it into Photoshop.
It kind of looks like part of the artwork for DragonBall DS/Origins, but I could be wrong.

I don't see the resemblance.

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:51 pm

the_abberration wrote:

I just realized: On the boxart that Wal-Mart has, the "Dragon Ball" logo still has the Japanese kana on the title.

Now, the Dragon Ball Z/GT season sets don't have the Japanese kana with the title. However, the Dragon Ball movie box that FUNi has released uses the Japanese kana:

Dunno if this is significant or a good clue, but maybe it can help someone fill in the blanks to this mystery.

RoarkVegeta · Post by **RoarkVegeta** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:10 pm

Holy. Crap. I'm totally psyched now. Widescreen or not, YAY.

SonGokuGT · Post by **SonGokuGT** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:22 pm

Me and a couple other guys have been posting about DB Season One on FUNi's Facebook and here's what we got...

I am glad to know that you guys are fans of the Dragon Ball franchise. No announcement has been made regarding plans to digitally remaster and restore the Dragon Ball series. I am sure we will make an announcement when the decision is made.

I do know we'll have some big FUNimation news at Anime Expo, so be sure to stay connected.

Foreshadowing? I would say so... It pisses me off how FUNi just can't tell the truth about stuff like this.

B · Post by B » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:42 pm

SonGokuGT wrote:Me and a couple other guys have been posting about DB Season One on FUNi's Facebook and here's what we got...

I am glad to know that you guys are fans of the Dragon Ball franchise. No announcement has been made regarding plans to digitally remaster and restore the Dragon Ball series. I am sure we will make an announcement when the decision is made.

I do know we'll have some big FUNimation news at Anime Expo, so be sure to stay connected.
Foreshadowing? I would say so... It pisses me off how FUNi just can't tell the truth about stuff like this.

HA HA!

Haseowolf, on Page 11 of THIS thread wrote:Here's my exchange with Rojas from FUNimation:

Randy Thompson
to feedback
show details Jun 11 (5 days ago)

So in the event of this news of an actual season set release of the original Dragon Ball series, I, as a fan, want you to know that these sets should be just like the GT Season sets as opposed to the Z season sets (In Fullscreen 4:3 and not the Widescreen 16:9) so that they may be represented in the fashion they were meant for.

Please hear the fans outcry for this to happen to make this the most successful release.

Randy Thompson
Minnesota
Age 21
Reply
--------------------------------------
Feedback Manager
to me
show details 10:54 AM (10 hours ago)

Hello Randy,

Thank you for your email and interest in FUNimation. I am glad to know that you are a fan of the Dragon Ball franchise. No announcement has been made regarding plans to digitally remaster and restore the Dragon Ball series. I haven’t heard anything on this, but I am sure we will make an announcement when the decision is made.

Stay connected with FUNimation by checking out blog.funimation.com and leaving us a comment.

Rojas

Feedback Manager

FUNimation Entertainment

Man, this is just /rich./ Sadly, it's too big to sig.

Haseowolf · Post by **Haseowolf** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:03 pm

B wrote:
SonGokuGT wrote:Me and a couple other guys have been posting about DB Season One on FUNi's Facebook and here's what we got...

I am glad to know that you guys are fans of the Dragon Ball franchise. No announcement has been made regarding plans to digitally remaster and restore the Dragon Ball series. I am sure we will make an announcement when the decision is made.

I do know we'll have some big FUNimation news at Anime Expo, so be sure to stay connected.
Foreshadowing? I would say so... It pisses me off how FUNi just can't tell the truth about stuff like this.
HA HA!

Haseowolf, on Page 11 of THIS thread wrote:Here's my exchange with Rojas from FUNimation:

Randy Thompson
to feedback
show details Jun 11 (5 days ago)

So in the event of this news of an actual season set release of the original Dragon Ball series, I, as a fan, want you to know that these sets should be just like the GT Season sets as opposed to the Z season sets (In Fullscreen 4:3 and not the Widescreen 16:9) so that they may be represented in the fashion they were meant for.

Please hear the fans outcry for this to happen to make this the most successful release.

Randy Thompson
Minnesota
Age 21
Reply
--------------------------------------
Feedback Manager
to me
show details 10:54 AM (10 hours ago)

Hello Randy,

Thank you for your email and interest in FUNimation. I am glad to know that you are a fan of the Dragon Ball franchise. No announcement has been made regarding plans to digitally remaster and restore the Dragon Ball series. I haven’t heard anything on this, but I am sure we will make an announcement when the decision is made.

Stay connected with FUNimation by checking out blog.funimation.com and leaving us a comment.

Rojas

Feedback Manager

FUNimation Entertainment

Man, this is just /rich./ Sadly, it's too big to sig.

Tell me about it. They have all of their stuff set up for these automatic responses. Its nice to know something will be going on at Anime Expo so...awesome!!!

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:06 pm

Have you ever been a feed back manager for FUNimation? I'm sure the prewritten response is a lot easier to do than type something new up for every single email.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:53 pm

SonGokuGT wrote:Me and a couple other guys have been posting about DB Season One on FUNi's Facebook and here's what we got...

I am glad to know that you guys are fans of the Dragon Ball franchise. No announcement has been made regarding plans to digitally remaster and restore the Dragon Ball series. I am sure we will make an announcement when the decision is made.

I do know we'll have some big FUNimation news at Anime Expo, so be sure to stay connected.
Foreshadowing? I would say so... It pisses me off how FUNi just can't tell the truth about stuff like this.

That's probably where they are going to announce it.

Super Ghost Kamikaze · Post by **Super Ghost Kamikaze** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:49 pm

I'm just surprised the form letter didn't start off with "I am glad to know you are a fan of the Dragon Ball Z franchise".

Tweaker · Post by **Tweaker** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:17 pm

Pay attention to the wording--no announcements have been made regarding plans to remaster the Dragon Ball series.

See, the best part about this--they're not lying at all! There have, in fact, been no announcements about plans to remaster the Dragon Ball series; however, this doesn't mean it's not happening or that there aren't plans--just that no announcements have been made.

I see through your half-assed PR, FUNimation!

Innagadadavida · Post by **Innagadadavida** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:43 am

Tweaker wrote:I see through your half-assed PR, FUNimation!

NO! Stop it! Don't ruin a perfectly good chance to shit all over FUNimation.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:05 am

Raki wrote:
SonGokuGT wrote:Me and a couple other guys have been posting about DB Season One on FUNi's Facebook and here's what we got...

I am glad to know that you guys are fans of the Dragon Ball franchise. No announcement has been made regarding plans to digitally remaster and restore the Dragon Ball series. I am sure we will make an announcement when the decision is made.

I do know we'll have some big FUNimation news at Anime Expo, so be sure to stay connected.
Foreshadowing? I would say so... It pisses me off how FUNi just can't tell the truth about stuff like this.
That's probably where they are going to announce it.

It kind of reads like a filled out Mad Lib, and I find that hilarious.

I am glad to know that you guys are fans of the Insert Series Title franchise. No announcement has been made regarding plans to Insert the Topic in Question. I am sure we will make an announcement when Insert Indeterminable Amount of Time.

I do know we'll have some big FUNimation news at Anime Expo, so be sure to stay connected.

It's just vague enough to work. X3

I mean, "big FUNimation news" could mean anything. It may not even relate to Dragon Ball at all.

I'm not knocking it one way or the other, I just found their response entertaining.