English Dragon Box Release

KillerCory · Post by **KillerCory** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:24 pm

Hope they release them the same way they did the season sets...

February

May

September

November

...

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:30 pm

KillerCory wrote:Hope they release them the same way they did the season sets...

February

May

September

November

...

Closer than that I hope, there's not a whole lot of work to do for these...

Freeza Heika · Post by **Freeza Heika** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:33 pm

The Time Traveller wrote:
KillerCory wrote:Hope they release them the same way they did the season sets...

February

May

September

November

...
Closer than that I hope, there's not a whole lot of work to do for these...

In an ideal world it would be:

11/10/09
11/12/09
11/14/09
11/16/09
11/18/09
11/20/09
11/22/09

and give me just enough time in between to watch them.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:00 pm

Freeza Heika wrote:
In an ideal world it would be:

11/10/09
11/12/09
11/14/09
11/16/09
11/18/09
11/20/09
11/22/09

and give me just enough time in between to watch them.

Hahahaha! At least give me a couple weeks between releases so I can get paid!

Freeza Heika · Post by **Freeza Heika** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:07 pm

Kendamu wrote:
Freeza Heika wrote:
In an ideal world it would be:

11/10/09
11/12/09
11/14/09
11/16/09
11/18/09
11/20/09
11/22/09

and give me just enough time in between to watch them.
Hahahaha! At least give me a couple weeks between releases so I can get paid!

I don't have time to wait! I have no patience. I just need to sell everything I own. All that I really need to keep is a tv, a dvd player, a generator, and a few gallons of gas.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:08 pm

A release every two months would be ideal IMO.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:12 pm

Freeza Heika wrote:
Kendamu wrote:
Freeza Heika wrote:
In an ideal world it would be:

11/10/09
11/12/09
11/14/09
11/16/09
11/18/09
11/20/09
11/22/09

and give me just enough time in between to watch them.
Hahahaha! At least give me a couple weeks between releases so I can get paid!
I don't have time to wait! I have no patience. I just need to sell everything I own. All that I really need to keep is a tv, a dvd player, a generator, and a few gallons of gas.

You're more dedicated than me. I'm only selling some DVDs for about $100.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:14 pm

Li'l Lemmy wrote:
Raki wrote:
Kaiser Gogeta wrote:FUNi will most likely release the specials with the Movie Box, I think.
I would hope not.
And what's wrong with that? So long as the Dragon Box versions get released in some form, that's what would seem to be important, not in what box set they appear. The specials are, in a sense, movies; I see no reason that they should look so out of place on the Movies Box.

~Da Lemmy

They would work better around the episodes in which they aired on TV. The TV Specials are more canon than the movies will ever be so it should be with the episodes.

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:56 pm

Onikage725 wrote:Actually, there may be something of a precedent for that now.

I own the Tekkaman Blade sets. They are Japanese audio only. Dub fans can purchase the Teknoman sets, often sold right next to the Tekkaman Blade sets. You have your choice of Voltron or Go-Lion. The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada all have a release (though I think Macross did get a new dub), but if you prefer the Macross, Robotech Masters, and New Generation sagas of Robotech, those are still out there as well. I believe the same can mostly be said for Sailor Moon. Granted, in these cases the dubs were so heavily altered that simply switching the audio track wouldn't cut it. Still, FUNi may see a market out there for fans wanting a stand-alone sub-only release.

Macross did indeed get a new dub from ADV (that's fucking spectacular). Mospeada and Southern Cross though are both sub-only. Sailor Moon's first two arcs were also sub-only on their uncut release. Then there's also Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors, which has duel sided DVDs that has the uncut sub on one side, and the edited dub on the other.

But yeah, sub-only releases of anime that were once heavily, heavily altered and treated poorly for years are indeed nothing new at all. I could easily see the Dragon Boxes as representing FUNi's version of the above mentioned situations, but for DBZ.

Eclipse · Post by **Eclipse** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:15 pm

This is good news. Very surprising. And I'll have money to purchase these!!
and here's a thread from a few years back that I thought you'd all like to see

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:26 pm

Okay, here's the FINALLY FINAL DEFINITIVE Dragon Box pic:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9339/u ... oxvol1.png

Again, all I did was just turn the saturation up and use a Gaussian blur.

DragonBalllKaiHD · Post by **DragonBalllKaiHD** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:40 pm

Out of curiousity, why does everyone not like English BGM?

Big Boss · Post by **Big Boss** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:42 pm

DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Out of curiousity, why does everyone not like English BGM?

Because they don't like music created with a synthesizer.

Freeza Heika · Post by **Freeza Heika** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:46 pm

Big Boss wrote:
DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Out of curiousity, why does everyone not like English BGM?
Because they don't like music created with a synthesizer.

Hey! Don't bring synthesizers into this. They are the essence cheesy retro movie soundtracks and I will not have you belittling them!

nwoo_2002 · Post by **nwoo_2002** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:50 pm

Well perfection is in the eye of the beholder, so with that said, I would like the English BGM included. However, as I am sure firearms were being loaded as I stated that...only if it didn't compromise on quality.

Big Boss · Post by **Big Boss** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:50 pm

Freeza Heika wrote:
Big Boss wrote:
DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Out of curiousity, why does everyone not like English BGM?
Because they don't like music created with a synthesizer.
Hey! Don't bring synthesizers into this. They are the essence cheesy retro movie soundtracks and I will not have you belittling them!

I never said I didn't like them. I do like them, when used correctly, e.g, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson Williams style soundtracks. Of course I love video game music, too.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:54 pm

DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Out of curiousity, why does everyone not like English BGM?

Because it's badly-produced, and its tone and style isn't appropriate for the what the series should be.

It's also completely unnecessary. Practically EVERY other DBZ dub on the planet uses the original BGM. It was made for the series, so it should be used by default. Period.

snaku · Post by **snaku** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:54 pm

DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Out of curiousity, why does everyone not like English BGM?

A few of the themes are nice, but the arrangement in the episodes is horrid and never ending. But I find FUNi's VAs to be more offensive to the ear to be honest. They're the main reason why I don't watch the English dub.

I wish they had kept the Ocean group.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:55 pm

Big Boss wrote:
DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Out of curiousity, why does everyone not like English BGM?
Because they don't like music created with a synthesizer.

Pretty much. Most of the people who say that they hate it just say that they hate synth music. Either that, or it's cheaply produced. I don't see how that really affects the quality, though. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) was one of the mostly cheaply produced albums ever, yet it's also considered one of the greatest albums of all time.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:03 pm

jjgp1112 wrote:
Big Boss wrote:
DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Out of curiousity, why does everyone not like English BGM?
Because they don't like music created with a synthesizer.
Pretty much. Most of the people who say that they hate it just say that they hate synth music. Either that, or it's cheaply produced. I don't see how that really affects the quality, though. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) was one of the mostly cheaply produced albums ever, yet it's also considered one of the greatest albums of all time.

Here's the thing: When watching the Saban episodes, I didn't really notice the music all that much. Then, when watching the first three movies on TV (that had the Japanese music), I was suddenly in love with the music! After that, I was basically like, "Why can't the TV show have that awesome music?" After that, Season 3 came around and the music took a turn in a completely different direction. A direction that I wasn't a fan of for Dragonball Z.

Now, I don't hate synth music. I don't necessarily hate the US Broadcast BGM as music in general. I just don't like it when used for DBZ and I definitely hate the fact that the music I instantly fell in love with wasn't on the US Broadcast of the TV show.