FUNimation Dragon Box Z #1 (In-Hands) Discussion

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:24 am

Well I'm really excited right now. Any extras?

Post by **Herms** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:25 am

Thanks for all the info, Haseowolf!

Brad Redfield wrote:Wow...never thought I would see a JoJo reference in a domestic Dragon Ball release. :D

It's nice to see Tezuka mentioned as well.

Scarz · Post by **Scarz** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:29 am

Chuquita wrote:It feels both surreal and interesting to see real world history mixed into that timeline.

"Surreal", definitely. But I was thinking more of the lines of "pointless."

Seriously why would I need to know or (care about) the exact date Goku was revived? Is it a national holiday in Japan that I'm not fully aware of? If they needed to fill up some pages why not just add some lewd pictures of Bulma and Chichi?

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:31 am

Seriously why would I need to know or (care about) the exact date Goku was revived? Is it a national holiday in Japan that I'm not fully aware of?

No, that would just be plain silly.

The holiday is on the day he died.

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:33 am

Because Son did indeed die, and then after being revived became our Messiah! XD

Post by **Herms** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:40 am

Scarz wrote:Seriously why would I need to know or (care about) the exact date Goku was revived? Is it a national holiday in Japan that I'm not fully aware of?

The point is that it shows when major episodes of the anime originally aired, in comparision to important real world events. It's to provide some context for when the show originally came out.

If they needed to fill up some pages why not just add some lewd pictures of Bulma and Chichi?

They've already got that covered:

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:45 am

You know I've seen that picture of Bulma in the pink dress before, but only on some type of card; I've never actually seen it in the show. (Anyone know where it's from?)

And if Goku had a holiday, it would be marked by a yearly gigantic special martial arts tournament and gobs of food.

Also, schools would be closed that day and all students would have off. :3

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:03 am

Chuquita wrote:You know I've seen that picture of Bulma in the pink dress before, but only on some type of card; I've never actually seen it in the show. (Anyone know where it's from?)

Episode 59. Says so right there.

She's imagining wearing a necklace made with one of those massive pearls she tries getting before running into The Crab.
Yes, it's from THAT episode.

hunterxhunter21 · Post by **hunterxhunter21** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:11 am

Am I the only one still wondering about this?

VegettoEX wrote:Do you people honestly think you're getting your Dragon Box this afternoon?

I'll eat my shorts if anyone gets it by the weekend. I don't even think they have it in at FUNi HQ, yet...

Lol, j/k.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:12 am

Adamant wrote:
Chuquita wrote:You know I've seen that picture of Bulma in the pink dress before, but only on some type of card; I've never actually seen it in the show. (Anyone know where it's from?)
Episode 59. Says so right there.

She's imagining wearing a necklace made with one of those massive pearls she tries getting before running into The Crab.
Yes, it's from THAT episode.

OH. That episode. @_@

It kinda feels like a waste using that nice design for The Crab episode.
(Then again, at least it shows up in an episode; I have a scan of Bulma wearing a kame gi and another where she's wearing a bridal gown and she shows up in neither of those in the series.)

Thank you though! :3

Post by **Herms** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:30 am

Chuquita wrote:(Then again, at least it shows up in an episode; I have a scan of Bulma wearing a kame gi and another where she's wearing a bridal gown and she shows up in neither of those in the series.

Those are both illustrations made especially for the Bouken Special, a special Jump issue that came out during the Daimao arc.

CashmanX · Post by **CashmanX** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:05 am

New Funimation Vid showing of the Dragon box Packaging.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3hkkvHuCGY

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:59 am

Still waiting for an answer from two pages!

SHINOBI-03 wrote:It's out already!!

Now... I guess you know my usuall question whenever there's a new major release...

Region Codes!

If it's not working for Region 2 players, it should work at least on Region 4, right?

I took an old LG DVD/VHS player from under the dust, and it playes Region 2 & 4 DVDs, but not Region 1. It'll take me sometime to be able to play it on my Laptop... but hey, at least I'll be able watch it.

Now, we see that the discs overlap eachother... does it mean that the size of the box is smaller than the Japanese one?

Kuhan · Post by **Kuhan** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:07 am

DAMN YOU AMAZON!

I knew I should have preordered from RightStuf.

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:46 am

SHINOBI-03 wrote:Still waiting for an answer from two pages!

SHINOBI-03 wrote:It's out already!!

Now... I guess you know my usuall question whenever there's a new major release...

Region Codes!

If it's not working for Region 2 players, it should work at least on Region 4, right?

I took an old LG DVD/VHS player from under the dust, and it playes Region 2 & 4 DVDs, but not Region 1. It'll take me sometime to be able to play it on my Laptop... but hey, at least I'll be able watch it.

Now, we see that the discs overlap eachother... does it mean that the size of the box is smaller than the Japanese one?

Look at the discs, Region 1 and 4.

RogueA007 · Post by **RogueA007** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:52 am

Guh....guhhh....

Words are failing me, but for the first time in a LONG ARSE TIME I feel glad to be throwing my money at Funimation for an American Dragon Ball release.

At least at first glance: I'm happy, satisfied, and will jump for joy like a 10-year-old when I get this in the mail. And no more huge amounts of nitpicking for me, I'm sooooo glad about that one......

(Although yeah, I also ordered from Amazon....the 17th needs to come effin faster....@_@...)

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:53 am

The Time Traveller wrote:Look at the discs, Region 1 and 4.

Oh well, I'll try to hack my player to make it play R1.

It'll be a looooooooong time before I'll be able to get a new laptop and install all the softwares needed.

email2003 · Post by **email2003** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:57 am

Why is everyone complaining about the timeline chart in the DragonBook? It was in the Japanese DragonBook so we got it too. I thought it's neat they included all that info and translated into English.

KillerCory · Post by **KillerCory** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:02 am

email2003 wrote:Why is everyone complaining about the timeline chart in the DragonBook? It was in the Japanese DragonBook so we got it too. I thought it's neat they included all that info and translated into English.

I don't know.

People like to complain I guess.

The more things included the better!

email2003 · Post by **email2003** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:03 am

I also love they included the original air dates for each episode too!