Watching Dragon Ball Z in Japanese

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Watching Dragon Ball Z in Japanese

Post by JEFFMAN219 » Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:11 pm

Hey guys I'm thinking of re watching the original Dragon Ball Z all the way through in Japanese on funimations site and my question is should I do it or not?

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Post by Avenged » Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:13 pm

Not on their website as I'm sure it's not uncut.
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Re: Watching dragon ball z in Japanese

Post by eledoremassis02 » Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:14 pm

Is it run through Hulu? I didnt know you could watch it on FUNimations site?!

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Post by theoriginalbilis » Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:26 pm

JEFFMAN219 wrote:Hey guys I'm thinking of re watching the original Dragon Ball Z all the way through in Japanese on funimations site and my question is should I do it or not?
Of course, it's recommended. Opinions of the English version vary from person to person, but the Japanese version is the original and is a different beast altogether from the FUNimation dub. You can watch Japanese DBZ with subtitles rather easily and legally through Hulu, FUNimation's website, or even with the Dragon Box video on the website Daisuki.

http://www.hulu.com/dragon-ball-z
http://www.funimation.com/shows/dragon- ... deos/anime
https://www.daisuki.net/movies/seriesdetail/m
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Post by TheGmGoken » Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:52 pm

Speaking of which. Does any LEGAL website stream JPN Audio for DragonBALL.

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Post by theoriginalbilis » Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:56 pm

TheGmGoken wrote:Speaking of which. Does any LEGAL website stream JPN Audio for DragonBALL.
*sigh*

http://www.hulu.com/dragon-ball

In fact, they have all 153 episodes of DragonBall subbed, whereas the dubbed version only has 43 episodes up for whatever reason...
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Re: Watching dragon ball z in Japanese

Post by eledoremassis02 » Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:01 pm

theoriginalbilis wrote:
TheGmGoken wrote:Speaking of which. Does any LEGAL website stream JPN Audio for DragonBALL.
*sigh*

http://www.hulu.com/dragon-ball

In fact, they have all 153 episodes of DragonBall subbed, whereas the dubbed version only has 43 episodes up for whatever reason...
They also have the Japanese title cards as a plus :D

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Re: Watching dragon ball z in Japanese

Post by JEFFMAN219 » Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:04 pm

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JEFFMAN219 wrote:Hey guys I'm thinking of re watching the original Dragon Ball Z all the way through in Japanese on funimations site and my question is should I do it or not?
Of course, it's recommended. Opinions of the English version vary from person to person, but the Japanese version is the original and is a different beast altogether from the FUNimation dub. You can watch Japanese DBZ with subtitles rather easily and legally through Hulu, FUNimation's website, or even with the Dragon Box video on the website Daisuki.

http://www.hulu.com/dragon-ball-z
http://www.funimation.com/shows/dragon- ... deos/anime
https://www.daisuki.net/movies/seriesdetail/m
I like the original dub but ever since I've been watching Kais dub I can't take the old dub serious anymore lool
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Post by JEFFMAN219 » Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:05 pm

I can't use hulu because I live in Canada.
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Re: Watching dragon ball z in Japanese

Post by dbboxkaifan » Sat Feb 08, 2014 2:49 pm

JEFFMAN219 wrote:I can't hulu because I live in Canada.
I live in UK and by using Hotspot Shield Free I can watch videos from US which is nice for times when they're restricted to US IPs only.

Link: http://www.hotspotshield.com/

Just be aware that it comes with advertisement but it's blockable anyway (by using Adblock Plus).
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Post by RocktheDragon » Sat Feb 08, 2014 3:06 pm

JEFFMAN219 wrote:Hey guys I'm thinking of re watching the original Dragon Ball Z all the way through in Japanese on funimations site and my question is should I do it or not?
Of course you should do it asap! It's an experience like no other and it will make you think about DBZ in ways you haven't before. As long as you have the time to go through all 291 episodes then by all means please proceed and have fun!
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Re: Watching dragon ball z in Japanese

Post by sangofe » Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:06 pm

The only thing that sucks in the Japanese releases is the sound quality :/

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Post by TheGmGoken » Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:11 pm

sangofe wrote:The only thing that sucks in the Japanese releases is the sound quality :/
I never notice it. Really? Guess I don't play attention to sound that much. Is it that bad? When I watched all the fights of the Tenkaichi Budokai yesterday I didn't get bad sound for the JPN audio.

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Post by tinlunlau » Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:30 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote:
JEFFMAN219 wrote:I can't hulu because I live in Canada.
I live in UK and by using Hotspot Shield Free I can watch videos from US which is nice for times when they're restricted to US IPs only.

Link: http://www.hotspotshield.com/

Just be aware that it comes with advertisement but it's blockable anyway (by using Adblock Plus).
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Post by Duo » Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:46 pm

The Japanese version is the best. I hope you find a way to watch the show that way!

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Post by theawesomepossum777 » Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:35 pm

Is Daisuki available outside of the U.S.? If so, you can use that website for watching DBZ in Japanese.

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:45 pm

sangofe wrote:The only thing that sucks in the Japanese releases is the sound quality :/
The audio quality is muffled but it's not entirely bad as there's shows and films much less fortunate than DB/DBZ.

No clue why they didn't include stereo audio on the Dragon Box GT.
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Post by TheWhiz » Sun Feb 09, 2014 5:12 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote:
JEFFMAN219 wrote:I can't hulu because I live in Canada.
I live in UK and by using Hotspot Shield Free I can watch videos from US which is nice for times when they're restricted to US IPs only.

Link: http://www.hotspotshield.com/

Just be aware that it comes with advertisement but it's blockable anyway (by using Adblock Plus).
Good old Hotspot Sheild :D

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Re: Watching dragon ball z in Japanese

Post by RocktheDragon » Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:19 pm

TheGmGoken wrote:
sangofe wrote:The only thing that sucks in the Japanese releases is the sound quality :/
I never notice it. Really? Guess I don't play attention to sound that much. Is it that bad? When I watched all the fights of the Tenkaichi Budokai yesterday I didn't get bad sound for the JPN audio.
Yup it's something I don't pay much attention to either. The audio for the Japanese soundtrack, though one can definitely tell it is of a prior era, still isn't bad enough to pull me out of the experience of the anime. Also if anyone has had the chance to pick up the new BD the Japanese audio has never sounded any better!
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Re: Watching dragon ball z in Japanese

Post by JEFFMAN219 » Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:45 pm

What do you guys think of Dragon Ball Z Kai in Japanese?

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