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

[qjz123]

supersaiyan3 what is your overall opinion of these blu rays?

[Baggie_Saiyan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BgezU ... ata_player
Found some footage on YouTube

[Puto]

http://i.imgur.com/p3UfBVS.png

My god, that's terrible. Not the font, the font's fine, but the actual 'remastering'; the stars on the Dragon Balls barely look like stars anymore!

[PhoenixEX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BgezU ... ata_player
Found some footage on YouTube

Wow FUNi sure made the anime look modern. I feel like i'm the only one that actually likes how it turned out, I guess it's probably because i'm not so nitpicky. You guys can sit here and complain all you want but FUNi does what they want, you can either take it or leave it. The end. You don't like it? get a different release or save your pretty pennies for another release of your desire.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BgezU ... ata_player
Found some footage on YouTube

Wow FUNi sure made the anime look modern. I feel like i'm the only one that actually likes how it turned out, I guess it's probably because i'm not so nitpicky. You guys can sit here and complain all you want but FUNi does what they want, you can either take it or leave it. The end. You don't like it? get a different release or save your pretty pennies for another release of your desire.

No, Sir you are not alone with that opinion! I also love how they turned out!

[Kojiro Sasaki]

Wow FUNi sure made the anime look modern. I feel like i'm the only one that actually likes how it turned out, I guess it's probably because i'm not so nitpicky. You guys can sit here and complain all you want but FUNi does what they want, you can either take it or leave it. The end. You don't like it? get a different release or save your pretty pennies for another release of your desire.

After all what was written here, you are saying that people are nitpicky? You can just buy it and enjoy it instead of complaining on people who are complaining.

I'm happy with people who are complaining on this crappy release. Thanks to this discussion, I've learned things that I wouldn't find anywhere else.

From the other point of view, I also think that complaining only for complaining does not have much sense. I cannot speak for the others, but this is (was) not the point of my "activity"

[Ajay]

1) What episode is it in?

3) http://min.us/m1LFsZYunDoQG

Thanks so much for doing that, that's exactly what I was looking for!

I'm not 100% what the episode number is but the shot is:

[coola]

That 4-panel shot is at the end of episode 34, as for this release, I'm sorry, but, how many DBZ releases we have to buy, until we finally get DBox od DB/Movies/GT?

[Black_Anime_Fan]

You guys can sit here and complain all you want but FUNi does what they want, you can either take it or leave it. The end. You don't like it? get a different release or save your pretty pennies for another release of your desire.

I smell an angry internet user.

[JEFFMAN219]

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[b_boult]

Bloody hell, these look terrible.

[Valentine]

Ill have to wait until I can get hold of some episodes to view on my 47 inch properly. It doesnt look terrible in motion but I bet the detail loss will be very large when I can see it properly.

[dbboxkaifan]

My god, that's terrible. Not the font, the font's fine, but the actual 'remastering'; the stars on the Dragon Balls barely look like stars anymore!

To be honest I didn't even notice the Dragon Balls were so awfully looking but maybe that's because I was more focused on the title screen and subs. Most people watching it won't even notice these kind of insignificant details for their enjoyment.

I smell an angry internet user.

He's not angry just tired of all this bitching that you guys are constantly having as if there aren't more versions of DBZ to fill that spot.

[samuraix123]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BgezU ... ata_player
Found some footage on YouTube

Thanks for the link! I really like the Blu-ray Menu. I like the Level sets Menu more though but! I will get the first one and if I like it enough I'll give the orange bricks to my brother. I'm still waiting to hear if any animation is getting deleted when stuff is shaking on screen.

[Black_Anime_Fan]

To be honest I didn't even notice the Dragon Balls were so awfully looking but maybe that's because I was more focused on the title screen and subs. Most people watching it won't even notice these kind of insignificant details for their enjoyment.

The title cards and backgrounds look like a painted drawing, honestly can't understand how nobody would notice that even a little bit, unless they just don't care.

He's not angry just tired of all this bitching that you guys are constantly having as if there aren't more versions of DBZ to fill that spot.

What? Besides the Orange Bricks this is the only release to get this kind of flack, and since those have been around and talked about years, and that this new release is the "future" as they put it, looks like you're just going to have to deal with all of this "bitching", or whatever you wanna call it.

[B]

He's not angry just tired of all this bitching that you guys are constantly having as if there aren't more versions of DBZ to fill that spot.

Oh my God! Please tell me what other versions of DBZ I can buy in North America!

[Nanotchi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BgezU ... ata_player
Found some footage on YouTube

Ugh, seriously, the hell is up with that generic rock music that replaces Cha La? I'm really sick of that. I mean, if you're gonna have to make the English track some generic music, might as well make it the american soundtrack since it fits it better. (Though, they keep the ending theme probably, don't they? Puzzling..)

[TheAldella]

Hey! C'mon, some of us here grew up with that crummy rock music! xD Anyway, I do see where they're a step-up from the old Seasons, but I also see where they're a step-down from the Dragonboxes and levels. The OBs were a bad release in comparison. The Dragonboxes and levels were Good releases. That makes these the middle-ground, yeah? These are a fine/tolerable/decent release. That, and ever since they started including Jap music, it hasn't been excluded again, unlike with the Dboxes, so we're actually kinda lucky, guys xD

[MagicBox]

Is the "English with Japanese Music" track still the default audio option, like it was on the DVD season sets?

Yup, that's still the default.

Well, at least there's one positive to come from this release.

Another positive, I think, is how the boxes connect to form a bigger picture. That's pretty cool, even if the picture itself (with its off-model characters) isn't exactly ideal.

Aside from that... I'm drawing a blank. From what we've heard, the only bonus feature seems to just be a tease asking people to buy the upcoming sets. And the picture is... yeah. I don't really think it's accurate to say that these are "better" or "worse" than the DVD sets. I think that's going to vary depending on what aspect of the picture quality you're talking about. There aren't any missing lines like on the DVDs, but at least the DVDs looked like the series was shot on film. It's hard to tell from the video posted above, but are the menus really doing that deceptive 4:3-to-16:9 thing from the trailer? They're still trying to justify the cropping even after you've already bought the product?

[dbboxkaifan]

What? Besides the Orange Bricks this is the only release to get this kind of flack, and since those have been around and talked about years, and that this new release is the "future" as they put it, looks like you're just going to have to deal with all of this "bitching", or whatever you wanna call it.

- DBZ Singles
- DBZ Orange Bricks
- DBZ Dragonboxes
- DBZ Rock the Dragon Edition
- DBZ Levels (Cancelled)

But out of all these the only one that's the best and complete is the US Dragonbox so if you're really soo desperate then just fork out $$$ for it or get the two original Japanese Dragonboxes Z and then add subs to it.

Oh my God! Please tell me what other versions of DBZ I can buy in North America!

Read above.

Besides, if you guys knew Spanish, French or Japanese you wouldn't be stuck to waiting for another complete 4x3 AR release like the US Dragonbox with English subs.

One of the things that should be mandatory in US would be Spanish for everyone in schools but for some reason they're not doing it, I suppose 'cause of all the anti-Spanish and "so hablo ingles".