Listing for "Ocean Dub"-specific DBZ: "Rock the Dragon" Set

[MuffinButton]

Skipping this too. I have little interest for the 53 episodes. I was hoping to get this set for the improved DVD transfer of the uncut movies 1-3. Hopefully they'll release the uncuts in a pack or individuals later on.

[pappy]

As someone who owns those pioneer DVD's of the films (and found them to be easy to find and inexpensive, picked 'em up just this year actually), this makes the release even more enticing for me; plus, I find it makes more sense for what this release is -- the original broadcast, not the original broadcast except for those uncut home releases we put out. So, I think this was the right call to make considering where this release is coming from... Although including both, especially for movie three, would have been pretty nifty as well.

[Attitudefan]

WHAAAAAAT??!?! Aw man, the movies are what I wanted and now they are edited too! I bet the FUNi actors a just jealous that the uncut version with the Canadian cast is better than theirs.

[Fennekin]

FUNimation should of just released both the edited and uncut versions. That would please everyone.

[kei17]

If it's the TV version, how come I heard Kikuchi music in the trailer for a clip of Tree of Might?

The trailer has clips from the edited Shuki Levy version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQapgFOS1Io

[El Diabeetus]

If it's the TV version, how come I heard Kikuchi music in the trailer for a clip of Tree of Might?

The trailer has clips from the edited Shuki Levy version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQapgFOS1Io

That makes sense then, sounded so compressed it almost sounded like Kikuchi music. When the trailer first came out it sounded vaguely like Kikuchi music.

[samuraix123]

Edited movie 3 confirmed by FUNimation at AX according to people on twitter. In fact, all 3 of the movies are the edited versions.

Annnnnnnnnnd I'm not geting this.

Agreed!
I was actually going to get this when the price lowered a bit but if the first 3 movies are edited and there's no big difference in the quality of the episodes or movies, I think I'll just stick with my uncut movies and 53 episodes box set. I may ''MAY'' get this release later down the road if it's still available. but I wonder why Funimation couldn't get the uncut versions? weird....

[ABED]

Why are so many people complaining about the movies being editted? Why are you buying an expensive set for 3 movies that you can find cheaper as singles? I don't get it.

[kei17]

Why are so many people complaining about the movies being edited? Why are you buying an expensive set for 3 movies that you can find cheaper as singles? I don't get it.

I was just going to say the same thing. If you put a high value on uncut movies, why bother to pay dozens of extra dollars for this release? It's obviously too much only for getting a slightly better compressed source. It's focused on releasing exactly what used to air on Toonami for the sake of nostalgia, so including the edited version is very natural and makes total sense. Also, including a version that has never got any home video releases can add value to the release.

[MuffinButton]

Why are so many people complaining about the movies being editted? Why are you buying an expensive set for 3 movies that you can find cheaper as singles? I don't get it.

Because DVD transfers have progressed a long way when they were put to DVD in the late 90s. And anyone can sell the episodes on eBay later and recoup some cost.

[ABED]

The originals aren't great but they work well enough. I don't see why anyone besides people with a lot of spare cash and technophiles would go through the hastle of selling their stuff on ebay just to get the same product because it looks a little better. This isn't the difference between dvd and blu ray.

[BluezaBladeNZ]

Well I'm glad that it's been confirmed that the TV version of Movie 3 will be on there, so that's sealed my deal. I already have the first three films uncut via Madman volumes so I'm not too bothered by it.

[NitroEX]

Does Pioneer still own the uncut movies or something? I'm not really bothered if they are cut but it seems insanely retarded to put the edited movies in over the uncut ones if FUNi still have them. The Tree of Might TV edition I can understand but there's no excuse for the rest.

[Kendamu]

The originals aren't great but they work well enough. I don't see why anyone besides people with a lot of spare cash and technophiles would go through the hastle of selling their stuff on ebay just to get the same product because it looks a little better. This isn't the difference between dvd and blu ray.

I don't know about you, but I can definitely tell the difference between an early-era DVD and a DVD that's come out in the past few years when it comes to encoding quality. The originals work, but this was just an opportunity for me to get a better encode from an official release.

[Gyt Kaliba]

I bet the FUNi actors a just jealous that the uncut version with the Canadian cast is better than theirs.

Yes, because that's totally how an anime licensing company works, is by listening to it's 'highly paid' actors. That and I highly doubt any of FUNi's casting pool cares about one version of the show over another, other than maybe some respect for those that came before them that - a lot of them, anyway - they replaced.

[pappy]

Insanely retarded? No excuse? I'm sorry but I think you and a few others are severely missing the point of this release. This isn't about presenting what some feel is the most accurate dub of DBZ in the states. This set is a means to relive the broadcast of the show here in the US, a fun opportunity to look back at those edits and see how Dragon Ball existed in its official American handling of the franchise on the mass communicational devise that is television.

[ABED]

I don't know about you, but I can definitely tell the difference between an early-era DVD and a DVD that's come out in the past few years when it comes to encoding quality. The originals work, but this was just an opportunity for me to get a better encode from an official release.

For a significantly higher price tag.

[Kendamu]

I don't know about you, but I can definitely tell the difference between an early-era DVD and a DVD that's come out in the past few years when it comes to encoding quality. The originals work, but this was just an opportunity for me to get a better encode from an official release.

For a significantly higher price tag.

Yep. I completely admitted that when I said I wasn't going to buy this release anymore. Outside this forum, I've said it a bunch more times.

[penguintruth]

Funimation: Getting you to pay more for less for DB since 1994!

[ABED]

What I meant was assuming those three movies were uncut, it's significantly cheaper to buy the singles. The encode might be better now (how do we know unless we've seen it) but not so much that it's worth the extra money.

Funimation: Getting you to pay more for less for DB since 1994!

That's just plain untrue.