Chris Sabat announces Buu saga licensed by Funimation

[ABED]

Are you sure about the episode count? Did you hear it clearly?

[El Diabeetus]

I figured the Buu saga would still be about as long as about 40-50 episodes... But, 66 seems like it'll hurt pacing a bit and go against the 'almost' no-filler thing Kai has been going for.

[ABED]

Are you sure that the sound through mic didn't make it sound like 66 rather than 56?

[dbboxkaifan]

The original DBZ Majin Buu arc was 71 episodes in total so 66 episodes really isn't going to cut the filler.

I admit I liked the Majin Buu arc very much for its comedy and action, but this is still way too much and not an improvement of the original DBZ Majin Buu arc. Only 5 episodes of difference in terms of quantity.

[Saiyan Prince Vegeta]

Are you sure that the sound through mic didn't make it sound like 66 rather than 56?

I'd prefer that so much more, 66 does seem like quite a lot.

[ABED]

The Buu arc is 92 episodes. It lasts from 200-291.

[Fennekin]

66 seems like a lot for Kai, so I'm worried that not much filler will be cut out. Even still, I'm glad FUNimation has licensed this!

[dbboxkaifan]

The Buu arc is 92 episodes. It lasts from 200-291.

Great Saiyaman & World Tournament arcs are episodes from 200-219, the Majin Buu (& Babidi) arc starts from 220 to 291.

[B]

I can guarantee you FUNimation isn't making those distinctions.

[ABED]

The Buu arc is 92 episodes. It lasts from 200-291.

Great Saiyaman & World Tournament arcs are episodes from 200-219, the Majin Buu (& Babidi) arc starts from 220 to 291.

The world tournament DIRECTlY leads to Majin Buu, and the Great Saiyaman arc doesn't even really constitute an arc. It's part of the Buu arc.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

The world tournament DIRECTlY leads to Majin Buu, and the Great Saiyaman arc doesn't even really constitute an arc. It's part of the Buu arc.

Not really. The opening, eye-catchers, and ending are those from Cell arc, and even the story is placed right after the Cell Games.

[ABED]

The world tournament DIRECTlY leads to Majin Buu, and the Great Saiyaman arc doesn't even really constitute an arc. It's part of the Buu arc.

Not really. The opening, eye-catchers, and ending are those from Cell arc, and even the story is placed right after the Cell Games.

The story is not right after the Cell Games. It starts seven years later, or are you talking about the Best of the Next World Tournament 5 episode arc?

[DBZGTKOSDH]

The world tournament DIRECTlY leads to Majin Buu, and the Great Saiyaman arc doesn't even really constitute an arc. It's part of the Buu arc.

Not really. The opening, eye-catchers, and ending are those from Cell arc, and even the story is placed right after the Cell Games.

The story is NOT right after the Cell Games. It starts seven years later, or are you talking about the Best of the Next World Tournament 5 episode arc?

Awww yes... My bad. I saw world tournament, and thought you meant the Ano-yo’ichi Budōkai Arc...

[ABED]

no need to be , FUNi's breakdown of the arcs can lead to weird confusions like that. I still don't know why anyone would think the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai isn't part of the Buu arc.

[B]

If you wish to get technical about it, the manga, as dictated by Shueisha, separates them as "High School", "25th Tenkaichi Budokai", and "Majin Buu" arcs, but the anime, as dictated by Toei, can't agree if there is a "High School" arc or not. The anime according to Shueisha doesn't.

I think we all know what we mean when people say "Buu arc", though.

[ABED]

That's not getting technical so much as getting an insider view. They aren't really arcs since they don't have resolution. One leads to the other. The arc slowly unfolds, like a season of The Wire. The tournament does have some resolution but that's the B-story and the battle to stop Babidi from resurrecting Buu was already well under way.

[Duo]

I don't buy it. Besides the total lack of source for this story, they simply wouldn't be able to get away with that much material. It probably won't end up being more than forty-five episodes.

[TheBlackPaladin]

Mixed thoughts on this, mostly good. So I'll start off with the bad for the sake of ending on a positive note.

CONS
1) 66? That has the potential to drag...which inherently defeats the stated purpose of Kai. Of course, the "stated purpose" of Kai was to remove filler, but let's be honest, the real purpose of Kai was so Toei could find a way to monetize DBZ again.
2) I really hope the Ocean dub of Kai doesn't get delayed yet again because of this...

PROS
1) First and foremost, the fact that it's 66 episodes (combined with Kei's revelation that there will be new music) suggests that Toei is actually putting in some effort. I was worried that perhaps they'd be slacking a bit because it wouldn't even be airing in Japan, but the fact that they didn't just cut the Kai-Buu arc down to 3 episodes (humorous exaggeration, but you get the idea) suggests that they're not just going the "cheap as possible" route that they're often notorious for.
2) I have no objection whatsoever to a good dub being made even longer. I would also argue that the dub is of greater importance than usual, only because the Kai-Buu arc was being produced for international audiences. So really, my guess is that it'll end up on TV first, which means that, ironically, we'll see the dub before we see the subbed version.
3) Anime will be on TV again, for even longer than we anticipated. Any TV exposure that anime gets nowadays is a good thing for the industry at large.

[Ryuman]

So... Is there any actual confirmation about this? I'm not trying to accuse anyone of fabrication, I'd just like something official to look over. You'd expect a press-release, official statement, video...something.

[Duo]

So... Is there any actual confirmation about this? I'm not trying to accuse anyone of fabrication, I'd just like something official to look over. You'd expect a press-release, official statement, video...something.

There's nothing. Somebody passed a rumor on and we're getting worked up over nothing in consequence. Seems like this episode count thing just PLAGUES Kai as a series.