Cover Art: Vegeta Saga II May - Aug.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:13 pm

Well, all but one cover has been released for the Vegeta Saga II DVD's.

The release dates are...

May 16th
July 11th
September 5th

So the last DVD should be out in Novermber and will probley have Vegeta transformed into a monkey on the cover.

Slickmasterfunk · Post by **Slickmasterfunk** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:26 pm

Wow, they sure are dragging these releases out. At this pace all the Ultimate uncuts won't be out, until well into 2008 or even 2009!

Post by **VegettoEX** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:45 pm

I'm still not too hot on the color schemes and designs and such, but I do have to admit they're looking significantly hotter than the first few ones. I really like that Kaio-Ken/Kamehameha Goku.

Li'l Lemmy · Post by **Li'l Lemmy** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:33 pm

slickmasterfunk wrote:Wow, they sure are dragging these releases out. At this pace all the Ultimate uncuts won't be out, until well into 2008 or even 2009!

A pair of volumes released every two months would be ideal . . . but I suppose there's still something to be said for anticipation, because I can't wait to get these! I'm the sucker who steals from his savings the morning of each release and squeezes in a trip to Wal-Mart on his way to work.

I do dig these covers, but really I'm just happy that FUNimation decided to backtrack and re-release these episodes at all. Imagine if they hadn't?

DaemonCorps · Post by **DaemonCorps** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:46 pm

Slickmasterfunk wrote:Wow, they sure are dragging these releases out. At this pace all the Ultimate uncuts won't be out, until well into 2008 or even 2009!

That's pretty funny, since they aired all of the "Ultimate Uncut" episodes up until the Captain Ginyu Saga on the 10:00 (or was it 10:30?) time slot of Cartoon Network in a month or two!

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:22 pm

Slickmasterfunk wrote:Wow, they sure are dragging these releases out. At this pace all the Ultimate uncuts won't be out, until well into 2008 or even 2009!

This is FUNimation we're talking about, the true masters of milking it.

Saiyan · Post by **Saiyan** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:36 pm

I like how they redrew the screen shots. Anyone know who did it?

masenko · Post by **masenko** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:18 pm

Castor Troy wrote:
Slickmasterfunk wrote:Wow, they sure are dragging these releases out. At this pace all the Ultimate uncuts won't be out, until well into 2008 or even 2009!
This is FUNimation we're talking about, the true masters of milking it.

There's a fine line between milking a product and prolonging releases to the point of being completely ridiculous. What is the point of separating the releases? It ain't making them cash, is it?

Domon · Post by **Domon** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:06 pm

What is the point of separating the releases? It ain't making them cash, is it?

If they're continuing to "seperate the releases", then yes, it is making them money. Otherwise, they wouldn't still be doing such a thing...

Yes, it's way too drawn out and everything, but hey...

Mike D · Post by **Mike D** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:27 pm

Domon wrote:
What is the point of separating the releases? It ain't making them cash, is it?
If they're continuing to "seperate the releases", then yes, it is making them money. Otherwise, they wouldn't still be doing such a thing...

Yes, it's way too drawn out and everything, but hey...

You're right. Think about it. People are more prone to buy things when they have to wait for it. It gives them something to look foreward to.

Chaos Saiyajin · Post by **Chaos Saiyajin** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:40 pm

Goku's Kaio-ken Kamehameha looks really nice. I've always had one question about these...Does Toei draw these images?

Ninja Poe Bear · Post by **Ninja Poe Bear** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:45 pm

The Piccolo picture reminds me of EX's review when he first reviewed the post-Saban/Pioneer DBZ DVDs. Namely his reaction when he first heard the music and changes in dubbing. Or was his reaction best seen in movie 4, when Piccolo first heard Gohan whistling?

<-(That was a joke based on that one review, EX.

)

But seriously though, I am wondering if they are trying to stretch this out for any reasons other than making money. Because at a business perspective, they could be stretching this out in hopes of getting a new licensing deal... or even looking at what they could do once they finish this part of the franchise.

Or maybe... just maybe... they are looking into getting the Dragon Box rights, and need to take their time until they get it. (I know how that can happen, but I hope they will agree to it.) All I know is that it doesn't always have to be about money. There are other reasons.

But besides that, EX is right... the Goku cover kicks butt. But I also think they chose a good image of Vegeta, too.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:12 pm

Or maybe... just maybe... they are looking into getting the Dragon Box rights, and need to take their time until they get it. (I know how that can happen, but I hope they will agree to it.)

I don't think it's anything like that. If FUNimation wants to make a Dragonball DVD set where all the episodes are in a box or two they can just go ahead and do it. For them Dragonball is a money maker and well, they would want to keep that going for as long as they can. Iam not saying them re-dubbing season 1 and 2 is just to make some money, but the time in wich they are released probley is. Also another reason for the long span of releases is that now they have a lot of other stuff to release on DVD other then Dragonball.

TheMajinRedComet · Post by **TheMajinRedComet** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:53 am

Saying the funi milks dbz is like saying that Marval milks Spiderman... They have to milk it, it is thier bread and butter.

Ninja Poe Bear · Post by **Ninja Poe Bear** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:04 am

@ Tanooki Kuribo: I understand. But what I am saying is that there could be more to this than we are being told. But yeah, they will eventually do a DVD box set of the series. And I can only assume it will be after they finish the sagas. But what I would like is for them to do something that would possibly be a radical move, and is one I can see being a winning move (if they are willing to do it). And best of all, they do not have to sacrifice what they are currently doing.

@ Tanooki Kuribo: Marvel is not really milking Spider-Man anymore. They are just making changes that the fans generally hate... and hope to correct it with the new Iron Spider suit. So I would say that FUNimation is doing what Toei is doing, which is milking the money cow with their biggest franchises.

Mystic Kami · Post by **Mystic Kami** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:59 am

My only hatred of these covers is that they look very out of place next to the later sagas. All on their own, they look marvelous.

kevin449 · Post by **kevin449** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:42 pm

WOW!

The vegeta dvd cover is off the hook. Do you have a bigger screen cap please? This covers are really "buy me" things, just knowing that they don't look that great the episodes but in my opinion these covers are more attractive than the japanese covers.

Chaos Saiyajin · Post by **Chaos Saiyajin** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:05 pm

kevin449 wrote:WOW! The vegeta dvd cover is off the hook. Do you have a bigger screen cap please? This covers are really "buy me" things, just knowing that they don't look that great the episodes but in my opinion these covers are more attractive than the japanese covers.

More attractive than the Japanese covers? BLASPHEMY!

These may be pretty good, but the Japanese DVD Covers that Toei is shelling out far surpasses 'em.

Ninja Poe Bear · Post by **Ninja Poe Bear** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:39 pm

Chaos Saiyajin wrote: More attractive than the Japanese covers? BLASPHEMY! These may be pretty good, but the Japanese DVD Covers that Toei is shelling out far surpasses 'em.

Yeah! Gotta love the originals!

Blitzen · Post by **Blitzen** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:02 pm

"in my opinion".