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by Gonstead » Fri Jan 18, 2013 3:35 am
Majin Steve wrote:What all is there left for them to release/re-release?
Dragon Ball Dragon Box
Dragon Ball Movies Dragon Box
Dragon Ball Movies Blu-Ray
Dragon Ball Blu-Ray
Dragon Ball Z Blu-Ray
Dragon Ball Z Movies Dragon Box
Dragon Ball GT Dragon Box
Dragon Ball GT Blu-Ray
There's plenty left for them to re-release.
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by Daimakku » Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:45 am
Gonstead wrote:Majin Steve wrote:What all is there left for them to release/re-release?
Dragon Ball Dragon Box
Dragon Ball Movies Dragon Box
Dragon Ball Movies Blu-Ray
Dragon Ball Blu-Ray
Dragon Ball Z Blu-Ray
Dragon Ball Z Movies Dragon Box
Dragon Ball GT Dragon Box
Dragon Ball GT Blu-Ray
There's plenty left for them to re-release.
Yep, all of this.
I'm still waiting on the Dragonball Dragonboxes.. and Movies Dragonbox..
I got all DBZ Dragonboxes and it's
really messing with my OCD not having Dragonball and all 16 movies with the same quality.
BD releases of everything is cool and all, but I'm collecting Dragonboxes, and FUNimation is blue balling me.
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by Majin Steve » Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:17 am
I get the idea Funimation would probably want to comission a Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT Kai.
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by Ringworm128 » Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:35 am
I'm still hoping for a Funimation release of Dragonbox The Movies.
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by eledoremassis02 » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:07 am
Daimakku wrote:
Yep, all of this.
I'm still waiting on the Dragonball Dragonboxes.. and Movies Dragonbox..
I got all DBZ Dragonboxes and it's really messing with my OCD not having Dragonball and all 16 movies with the same quality.
BD releases of everything is cool and all, but I'm collecting Dragonboxes, and FUNimation is blue balling me.
Atleast you got all of Z. We couldn't even get all of the Saiyan saga on blu ray lol
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by mattymoron » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:44 am
I just hope that whenever they release DBox: The Movies, we get the specials in 4:3 and the movies in 16:9. Also, the original PTETS, which was included with the Japanese Z DBox, so I'm sure Funi at least acquired the rights to it with the rest of the footage.
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by dbboxkaifan » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:49 am
Concentrate more on shelling out the Dragon Boxes than Blu-ray releases that could be extremely poor quality, at least with the Dragon Boxes it's certain to have consistent quality on all.
What FUNimation did for DBZ Levels Mini Collection might not happen again, or at least in that much.
Anyway, it's 2013 so what's the big announcement FUNimation was supposed to have?
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- Kai 2.0 on Blu-ray
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by Big Momma » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:41 pm
It'd be neat to get DragonBox masters on Blu-Ray.
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by Ryuman » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:43 pm
Big Momma wrote:It'd be neat to get DragonBox masters on Blu-Ray.
Toei would have to start all over again with the whole process, though.
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by mattymoron » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:55 pm
Big Momma wrote:It'd be neat to get DragonBox masters on Blu-Ray.
I actually asked about what this would mean once upon a time, and really, it wouldn't be any different than watching the DVDs as they're already upscaled by Blu-Ray players anyway. The DBox was mastered in 480p, so there just isn't any extra visual information that you'd be getting by putting them on blu-ray.
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by Rukura » Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:09 pm
As long as they get to releasing all of the Dragon Boxes on DVD, I don't mind them taking it slowly. Seriously, though, get on that, Funimation.
Majin Steve wrote:I get the idea Funimation would probably want to comission a Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT Kai.
Take a step back and think about that second one.
(and why it is impossible to make)
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by DBZGTKOSDH » Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:40 pm
Rukura wrote:Majin Steve wrote:I get the idea Funimation would probably want to comission a Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT Kai.
Take a step back and think about that second one.
(and why it is impossible to make)
I can see FUNi cutting the "Lost Episodes", "re-mastering" GT ala DBZ Season Sets , complete re-dub with Japanese score, new English OP & ED songs, and... Dragon Ball GT Kai, exclusively on Blu-ray!
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by penguintruth » Fri Jan 18, 2013 6:10 pm
Honestly, I hope there's an option of getting the Dragon Box versions of the movies as singles, because I'm not paying fifty, sixty dollars for four good movies, a couple of decent ones, and 7 terrible ones. Dragon Box quality is not going to make Broly disappear.
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by Rukura » Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:56 pm
DBZGTKOSDH wrote:Rukura wrote:Majin Steve wrote:I get the idea Funimation would probably want to comission a Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT Kai.
Take a step back and think about that second one.
(and why it is impossible to make)
I can see FUNi cutting the "Lost Episodes", "re-mastering" GT ala DBZ Season Sets , complete re-dub with Japanese score, new English OP & ED songs, and... Dragon Ball GT Kai, exclusively on Blu-ray!
The whole point of Kai was to make it the manga cut of the anime adaptation. No GT manga, no GT Kai. As far as remastering GT, they already did that (kinda.)
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by Daimakku » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:03 pm
DBZGTKOSDH wrote:Rukura wrote:Majin Steve wrote:I get the idea Funimation would probably want to comission a Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT Kai.
Take a step back and think about that second one.
(and why it is impossible to make)
I can see FUNi cutting the "Lost Episodes", "re-mastering" GT ala DBZ Season Sets , complete re-dub with Japanese score, new English OP & ED songs, and... Dragon Ball GT Kai, exclusively on Blu-ray!
If there was a GT Kai, it would have zero episodes.
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by Majin Steve » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:09 pm
I meant remastering the frames and putting into bluray.
adding the Z to Kai seemed very 'oh we can't say Dragon Ball Kai cus then what will we call Dragon Ball Kai when this sells well?'
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by Daimakku » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:12 pm
Majin Steve wrote:I meant remastering the frames and putting into bluray.
adding the Z to Kai seemed very 'oh we can't say Dragon Ball Kai cus then what will we call Dragon Ball Kai when this sells well?'
I believe it was Toei's idea to put the Z in DBZ Kai for international releases. I guess to make it less confusing. That doesn't mean there will be a DB Kai, though I wouldn't mind that. DB doesnt have a lot of filler though.
GT is 100% filler. If you only keep the action parts though, it would only be like 25 episodes long.
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by CaBrPi » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:13 pm
penguintruth wrote:Honestly, I hope there's an option of getting the Dragon Box versions of the movies as singles, because I'm not paying fifty, sixty dollars for four good movies, a couple of decent ones, and 7 terrible ones. Dragon Box quality is not going to make Broly disappear.
Out of curiosity, which ones are the good ones and which ones are the decent ones?
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by penguintruth » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:30 pm
Well, I like more than I said, but I don't like some of them enough to add to my collection.
The only ones I really want to add to my collection are Movie 1, Movie 9, Movie 12, and a couple of others (maybe the Coola movies). The rest are okay at best, horrific at worst.
I certainly don't want to spend any money on Movie 4 or any of the Broly movies (8,10,11).
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.
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by CaBrPi » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:45 pm
Ah, I see. Movie 1 has always been one of my personal favorites. Such a shame the Garlic Jr. arc was so nonsensical.
I've never actually seen Movie 9, though. Is it really that good?
