How often were the TV Specials re-run?

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How often were the TV Specials re-run?

Post by DragonBoxZTheMovies » Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:44 pm

Was it just the one time during the series' initial run, or were they sometimes aired randomly like the movies were?

I can't imagine them being aired every time they went through the series, because the preview for the Trunks Special contained a preview of DBZ Movie 8 which would've quickly become dated.
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Re: How often were the TV Specials re-run?

Post by SupremeSSJ » Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:28 pm

yes they had re-runs,usually they aired during the summer. I can say they were not aired as often as the movies. When I was growing up I only seen both specials about twice and they was on cartoon network.
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Re: How often were the TV Specials re-run?

Post by DragonBoxZTheMovies » Tue Dec 17, 2013 12:06 am

SupremeSSJ wrote:yes they had re-runs,usually they aired during the summer. I can say they were not aired as often as the movies. When I was growing up I only seen both specials about twice and they was on cartoon network.
Thanks, but I'm referring to the Japanese side of things. :wink:
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Re: How often were the TV Specials re-run?

Post by Daimo-Rukiri » Tue Dec 17, 2013 12:11 am

DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:
SupremeSSJ wrote:yes they had re-runs,usually they aired during the summer. I can say they were not aired as often as the movies. When I was growing up I only seen both specials about twice and they was on cartoon network.
Thanks, but I'm referring to the Japanese side of things. :wink:
Kei17 maybe able to answer this better, I have seen the TV Specials which were aired after the original broadcast but the date escapes me when they aired and I only saw them once while DBZ was still broadcasting but the channel certainly wasn't FujiTV.
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Re: How often were the TV Specials re-run?

Post by VegettoEX » Tue Dec 17, 2013 9:29 am

There were different next-episode-previews created to take into consideration if it was actually the TV special being aired, a half-and-half with an episode and also promoting a movie, and then a full preview for just the next actual episode.

The Dragon Boxes have just the next-episode-previews that are entirely for the actual next episode, right?
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Post by Adamant » Tue Dec 17, 2013 9:38 am

VegettoEX wrote: The Dragon Boxes have just the next-episode-previews that are entirely for the actual next episode, right?
Yes, but they also lack any kind of preview for the Trunks TV special whatsoever.
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Re: How often were the TV Specials re-run?

Post by Storm » Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:08 am

I'm curious how many times the completed series has rerun from beginning to end in Japan.
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Re: How often were the TV Specials re-run?

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:09 am

VegettoEX wrote:The Dragon Boxes have just the next-episode-previews that are entirely for the actual next episode, right?
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Re: How often were the TV Specials re-run?

Post by kei17 » Tue Dec 17, 2013 12:18 pm

From what I know, TV special 1 has aired on Fuji only once, but TV special 2 was rebroadcast on March 30 in 1995.

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On the other hand, some satellite channels still air them occasionally. Animax aired the Bardock special in 2011 and the Trunks special in 2012, and Toei channel aired both this year.

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Re: How often were the TV Specials re-run?

Post by Gyt Kaliba » Tue Dec 17, 2013 2:24 pm

Not to go off topic, but...
kei17 wrote:On the other hand, some satellite channels still air them occasionally. Animax aired the Bardock special in 2011 and the Trunks special in 2012, and Toei channel aired both this year.
Toei has their own channel? That's kind of neat. Do they only show stuff that their company has made, or is this a completely different Toei and the naming is a coincidence?
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