English Dragon Box Release

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:48 pm

We should start calling these FuniBoxes like MagicBox does.

MagicBox · Post by **MagicBox** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:50 pm

Kendamu wrote:Not too long from now, people are gonna start having Dragon Boxes like it's no big deal to have them. Doesn't that give you a weird feeling? Pretty much all of us will have ample opportunity to watch DBZ in the best quality possible. I never really expected this day to come.

That's something I can't quite wrap my head around yet either. It just still hasn't hit me, and I don't think it will until I'm holding it in my hands. To think, back when the season sets were announced, everybody pretty much gave up all hope of ever seeing anything close to this, and now, in a just a few short months, we'll just be able to go out and buy these like it's no big deal.

After years of hearing about them, you build them up in your mind as something you're never going to get. Hell, you build them up in your mind as something you're never going to even SEE. My head starts spinning again every time I come back to this thread.

Who'd have thought that American fans would ever be able to point at their DragonBall collections and say "yeah, there's some posters, a few figures, a DAIZENSHUU BOOK, and, oh yeah, MY DRAGONBOXES."

jjgp1112 wrote:We should start calling these FuniBoxes like MagicBox does.

YES.

Say it with me now... FUNIBOXES.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:52 pm

Not to be rude, but why are guys bemoaning purchasing season sets or older dvds with this news? With the older ones, you don't have the hated widescreen, at least. Or are guys who didn't get certain sets not wanting to have mixed collections like my entirety of YYH here:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w77/ ... uyu001.jpg

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:52 pm

MagicBox wrote:Who'd have thought that American fans would ever be able to point at their DragonBall collections and say "yeah, there's some posters, a few figures, a DAIZENSHUU book, and oh yeah, MY DRAGONBOXES."

Stop it, you're giving me shivvers!

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:54 pm

MagicBox wrote:
Kendamu wrote:Not too long from now, people are gonna start having Dragon Boxes like it's no big deal to have them. Doesn't that give you a weird feeling? Pretty much all of us will have ample opportunity to watch DBZ in the best quality possible. I never really expected this day to come.
That's something I can't quite wrap my head around yet either. It just still hasn't hit me, and I don't think it will until I'm holding it in my hands. To think, back when the season sets were announced, everybody pretty much gave up all hope, and now, in a just a few short months, we'll just be able to go out and buy these like it's no big deal.

After years of hearing about them, you build it up in your mind as something you're never going to get. Hell, you build them up in your mind as something you're never going to even SEE. My head starts spinning again every time I come back to this thread.

Who'd have thought that American fans would ever be able to point at their DragonBall collections and say "yeah, there's some posters, a few figures, a DAIZENSHUU book, and oh yeah, MY DRAGONBOXES."

jjgp1112 wrote:We should start calling these FuniBoxes like MagicBox does.
YES.

Say it with me now... FUNIBOXES.

is in order.

I never thought I'd ever see Dragon Boxes on my own fucking TV set. Or play them on my own DVD player. It's glorious. Novemeber's already my favorite month of the year thanks to my birthday, but now it REALLY is.

RoarkVegeta · Post by **RoarkVegeta** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:56 pm

Yeah! I used to think, "Dammit, I'll never get this!" and now..!

Freeza Heika · Post by **Freeza Heika** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:03 pm

jjgp1112 wrote:Hmm...Funi never actually confirmed that there would be a 7th disc for extras...but I guess we'll find out more in due time.

That last set should be short about 3 episodes compared to the others. Maybe they'll put the extras that they do intend to have all in that extra space.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:18 pm

I just finished skimming the entirity of this thread to catch up on what I missed.

Though sadly, I was really hoping to find a link to pre-order the first box, there is no way I'm not snapping this up right away.

RoarkVegeta · Post by **RoarkVegeta** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:20 pm

Captain Awesome wrote:I just finished skimming the entirity of this thread to catch up on what I missed.

Though sadly, I was really hoping to find a link to pre-order the first box, there is no way I'm not snapping this up right away.

I'm waiting for Amazon...

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:24 pm

RoarkVegeta wrote:
Captain Awesome wrote:I just finished skimming the entirity of this thread to catch up on what I missed.

Though sadly, I was really hoping to find a link to pre-order the first box, there is no way I'm not snapping this up right away.
I'm waiting for Amazon...

As am I, this will make one hell of an awesome birthday present for myself, pity I'll have to wait an extra week or two for shipping.

snaku · Post by **snaku** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:24 pm

RoarkVegeta wrote:I'm waiting for Amazon...

While I would normally take a wait and see approach for the best deal, I'm probably gonna go with Right Stuf for at least the first box. I'll pay a little more for the chance that it might ship early.

Ex-Dubbie369 · Post by **Ex-Dubbie369** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:26 pm

snaku wrote:
RoarkVegeta wrote:I'm waiting for Amazon...
While I would normally take a wait and see approach for the best deal, I'm probably gonna go with Right Stuf for at least the first box. I'll pay a little more for the chance that it might ship early.

Yeah, speakin of which, what are the sites that may ship early? I want these as soon as I can get it.

FDLink · Post by **FDLink** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:35 pm

Damn. You guys are really building this up for me. I guess I never really understood just how coveted the R2 DragonBoxes were. Here I am, just excited that I can finally own the entirety of the series in un-meddled-with 4:3 with Japanese audio... but you guys are helping me to really appreciate the gravity of the situation.

Consider me officially stoked, and my DB fandom officially recharged. It's even sweeter because I was patient and didn't waste a dime on the bricks.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:53 pm

Super Sonic wrote:Not to be rude, but why are guys bemoaning purchasing season sets or older dvds with this news? With the older ones, you don't have the hated widescreen, at least. Or are guys who didn't get certain sets not wanting to have mixed collections like my entirety of YYH here:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w77/ ... uyu001.jpg

With the original DVD singles and Ultimate Uncuts, you can't get the entire series in 4:3 and by this point it's not a very fruitful hunt trying to track every single one of them down.

With the Orange Bricks, you have the widescreen and dirt and such that we always moan about.

With the R1 Dragon Boxes, you can have the whole series in a much better print then the two previous releases for not much more than the Season Sets (based on MSRP).

DragonBalllKaiHD · Post by **DragonBalllKaiHD** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:03 pm

What? I only slept for 17 hours due to excessive viewing of posts here and 10 pages already?! Oh, my goodness. This is like a dream.....

johnny139 · Post by **johnny139** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:05 pm

Wow, GREAT news. I'm pretty hyped, honestly... $80 seems steep, but from Amazon or on sale or whatever, probably down to $60 or so. A hardcover book - probably just an artbook or something, but still - is worth about $20, I'd say, so that evens out to less than a dollar per episode.

THAT is a great deal.

Of course, I'm going to wait until they announce a Dragonball box and a GT box, because if I'm investing in this I want the best part of the series, too. And GT because, I dunno, why not? Good to know they've got the movie box, though - I might buy that at release, though the movies are mostly hit-or-miss, so that's up in the air at the moment.

...unless they have a pre-order bonus for a Scouter, like in Japan. Then I'd be all over it, man.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:22 pm

Funi could do a RightStuf pre-order bonus.

Smooth Criminal · Post by **Smooth Criminal** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:30 pm

I have concerns the bitrate and image quality will suffer. If they add the 5.1 track on here, we might have problems......

DragonBalllKaiHD · Post by **DragonBalllKaiHD** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:31 pm

Sorry buddy, but the quality will not change. It's DRAGON BOX, for Kaioshin's sake! Stop whining! I hate to see the dogs here whining because of one more episode pack in per disc. Gosh, I'm so sick of them bashing on Funimation all the time! I came here to see the excited faces of the fans here but instead all I see was hating and rage!

You should be happy that Funimation will be release Dragon Box at all or else you will be suffering at the hand of Remastered Season sets! You all have have to learn to be more appreciative instead of vomiting in rage and drunk out on them. For me personally, I'm happy that they will release the perfect gift, a gift that nobody thought would be released. I don't care if they milk my money. I will buy anything as long as it's Dragon Ball because I'm a darn collector. I'm happy with my season sets and I'm even more happy that there will be American version of Dragon Box.

Now all I see here was dissing on Funimation when they try to give what fans really wanted for over a decade of suffering! I'm so sick of Funi vs Ocean, Jap vs Funi BGM (yes I just used the dreaded Jap) or Remastered vs Dragon Box! Ugh! Don't ever compare the releases. They are not all the same! It's like comparing apple and orange, polar bear and grizzly bear, white butt and black butt. I'm so tired of hearing that all the time. Can't you guys just be happy for once?

Dragon Box was supposed to be released in Japan only and were in limited-edition pre-order releases. Does that the same of here? No. We can buy Dragon Box in major retailer stores. If you don't like that ultimate gift, you might as well go back to old days of Saban releases and hold them dear.

I'm feeling much better, thanks to venting on my anger.

Smooth Criminal · Post by **Smooth Criminal** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:32 pm

DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Sorry buddy, but the quality will not change. It's DRAGON BOX, for Kaioshin's sake! Stop whining! I hate to see the dogs here whining because of one more episode pack in per disc. Gosh, I'm so sick of them bashing on Funimation all the time! I came here to see the excited faces of the fans here but instead all I see was hating and rage!

You should be happy that Funimation will be release Dragon Box at all or else you will be suffering at the hand of Remastered Season sets! You all have have to learn to be more appreciative instead of vomiting in rage and drunk out on them. For me personally, I'm happy that they will release the perfect gift, a gift that nobody thought would be released. I don't care if they milk my money. I will buy anything as long as it's Dragon Ball because I'm a darn collector. I'm happy with my season sets and I'm even more happy that there will be American version of Dragon Box.

Now all I see here was dissing on Funimation when they try to give what fans really wanted for over a decade of suffering! I'm so sick of Funi vs Ocean, Jap vs Funi BGM (yes I just used the dreaded Jap) or Remastered vs Dragon Box! Ugh! Don't ever compare the releases. They are not all the same! It's like comparing apple and orange, polar bear and grizzly bear, white butt and black butt. I'm so tired of hearing that all the time. Can't you guys just be happy for once?

Dragon Box was supposed to be released in Japan only and were in limited-edition pre-order releases. Does that the same of here? No. We can buy Dragon Box in major retailer stores. If you don't like that ultimate gift, you might as well go back to old days of Saban releases and hold them dear.

I'm feeling much better, thanks to venting on my anger.

Did you really type all of this in one minute?