Dragon Ball Z "Seasons" On Blu-ray: News & Discussion

[Gaffer Tape]

Well, on the bright side, nearly all of the comments I've seen on that video are from people who are fed up with this, either because they know the quality is terrible or simply because they're sick of seeing DBZ being re-re-re-re-re-released so frequently. Hopefully this won't sell, and FUNi'll have to spend some time wiping the egg off of their faces.

[Storm]

For some reason, the funniest part to me was the sliding of the Blu-Ray next to the Orange Bricks.

[batistabus]

Sorry if this has been asked a bunch recently, but I haven't been on the forums in a while. Is the podcast with FUNimation about these sets still in the works?

[VegettoEX]

Sorry if this has been asked a bunch recently, but I haven't been on the forums in a while. Is the podcast with FUNimation about these sets still in the works?

There was no podcast interview offered. We sent along text questions to be answered, and answers continue to be promised.

[ultimateemail5000]

I like when it says Share, it's like it's telling bootleggers to file share the blu rays to save some people money.

[dbboxkaifan]

Well, on the bright side, nearly all of the comments I've seen on that video are from people who are fed up with this, either because they know the quality is terrible or simply because they're sick of seeing DBZ being re-re-re-re-re-released so frequently. Hopefully this won't sell, and FUNi'll have to spend some time wiping the egg off of their faces.

That would be unfair to the customers who have pre-ordered it just to find out their purchase would end up incomplete. Let this collection come to its ninth volume and then focus on "Dragon Ball Z: Volume One (2014) - The Hardcore Edition (Blu-ray)".

Oh and, Amazon.com has fixed the colouring from the cover of Season 1 that they had on display.



The Level sets also had these little cubes to show how many volumes have been released so far, guess FUNimation's keeping this from now on.

[Ajay]

For international users: http://youtu.be/MNPsZ2_zvpk

Thanks.

Goddamn, what a depressing trailer.

'Upgrade'

Nah, go fuck yourselves.

Oh well, at least it made it blindingly obvious who this release was marketed to (as if it wasn't already).

[Kuwabara]

What a stupid commercial, I love when the Blu-ray is slipped in with FUNi's other piss poor release! The guy spilling milk all over the case? Genius, pure genius.

[BlazingFiddlesticks]

Oh well, at least it made it blindingly obvious who this release was marketed to (as if it wasn't already).

"Toonami dudebros" don't go to conventions or collect figures, though.

[Storm]

I don't think those handful of shots are enough to counterbalance... well, everything else in the video.

[sangofe]

What a stupid commercial, I love when the Blu-ray is slipped in with FUNi's other piss poor release! The guy spilling milk all over the case? Genius, pure genius.

Indeed, this was a really bad and strange trailer. I guess they're trying to say that this release is for anyone, all ages...

[samuraix123]

That's a real trailer? Not a big fan of it. I'm sure a-lot will disagree with me...But that was the worst Dragonball Trailer that I have ever seen. I'm sure there may have been worse but nothing about that trailer gets me pumped to buy it?

[DragonBoxZTheMovies]

Well...that's an interesting way of doing things. Hate to admit it, but I kinda like it.

We should so make a Kanzenshuu parody of this commercial, though. Like when Mike, Jeff, and Meri did one on the podcast for the 'Orange Bricks'. I can just imagine a scene where someones walks up to their shelf and rips down all of the singles and Season Sets, and places a Dragon Box in the centre.

[Black_Anime_Fan]

Dear jeebus, @ 0:50

[Metalwario64]

simply because they're sick of seeing DBZ being re-re-re-re-re-released so frequently.

Yeah, I think if it's anyone, it's going to be these people who pull through for us. I'm also hoping the people who bought the season sets because it was a cartoon from their childhood also don't feel the need to "upgrade".

Also, for the record, I'm not "outraged" or "infuriated" over this release (though I obviously don't like it). I just would rather not see it succeed so that it doesn't send the wrong message to FUNimation or anime distributors in general, indicating it's okay to DNR and crop old 4x3 anime.

[ssgOverlord]

Meanwhile over at Viz...

A little bit of me can't help but to think there's a small dig at these sets, or is "uncropped episodes" really that special of a feature nowadays?

[UltimateHammerBro]

Well...that's an interesting way of doing things. Hate to admit it, but I kinda like it.

We should so make a Kanzenshuu parody of this commercial, though. Like when Mike, Jeff, and Meri did one on the podcast for the 'Orange Bricks'. I can just imagine a scene where someones walks up to their shelf and rips down all of the singles and Season Sets, and places a Dragon Box in the centre.

I personally hate it, but I LOVE your idea. Could it be a Japanese Dragon Box?

[dbboxkaifan]

Meanwhile over at Viz...

A little bit of me can't help but to think there's a small dig at these sets, or is "uncropped episodes" really that special of a feature nowadays?

The same could be said about offline on games being a feature now.

It's two completely different series but still seems like Viz took a shot at FUNimation with the "uncropped episodes" like Sony did to Microsoft with "will play used games".

That's pretty nice of Viz, it's what FUNimation should be doing for us.

[Gyt Kaliba]

A little bit of me can't help but to think there's a small dig at these sets, or is "uncropped episodes" really that special of a feature nowadays?

I thought the same thing, heh. They are competing companies after all, it would make sense if it was a kind of tongue-in-cheek poke at the DBZ Season Sets.

On that note too, I am beyond excited for the Ranma re-release.

[VegettoEX]

For what it's worth, besides both companies being part of the same industry and there being an expectation that everyone knows what and how everyone else is doing anyway, Charlene Ingram recently moved from marketing at FUNimation to marketing at Viz. There's a clear transfer of knowledge and playful rivalry going on.