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

[Freeza Soldier #156]

If anyone is interested, FUNimation is having a "Dragon Ball Week" sale until April 7. You can preorder Seasons 4 and 5 Blu-rays for $15.99 each.

http://www.funimation.com/sale/anime?ut ... skin4.1.14

[samuraix123]

Grrrr I just can't afford it right now. besides from the looks of the sale I'm not really missing out on much of a deal I have to try to get a PS3 controller and season 3 on Blu-ray.

[Fizzer]

As cheap and tolerable as these are, I'm holding off to see if something better follows, or at least if we get DB/GT sets or a fixed ending for the first two seasons. I imagine there'll be plenty of opportunities to grab them cheaply in the future though.

[samuraix123]

Buddy I don't see them fixing the ending on the first 2 releases. just wouldn't make sense for them to do that from a business point of view.

[qjz123]

The sites back yay!

Now back to the thread I made a couple of comparisons between the dragon boxes and the season blu rays, I downscaled the season blu ray screenshots to make the comparisons easier to see.

[ErikB]

That shot of Piccolo actually looks pretty nice. But Gohan and Krillin are...they're...blue. Like, blatantly blue. I opened one of the BD shots in a separate tab to just make sure the contrast with the Dragon Box colours wasn't playing tricks on my eyes. Nope, they're totally blue.

[Gokuden]

Looking at the cloud in the background shot of Kururin, and the disappearance of the warm grain, I've come to the conclusion that Funimation has turned these sets into oil paintings. Now there's nothing wrong with that, and it makes it a novelty to own, certainly unique pieces to add to the collection. Though, if we're looking for something true to the original, this is not the product.

As far as endings go, I don't really care, and if they offered me a japanese original dragon box type release, with restored colours, and a synchronized american audio track, I wouldn't care if the ending was butchered like this product. However, in this case, it just throws salt at an open wound.

Where's that Finnish person with the Gohan SSJ2 oil facebook barckground?
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 6796_n.jpg

[eledoremassis02]

As much as these sets don't bother me. I did get a little dizzy watching this. Those pans
http://youtu.be/kOXZb746LUI?t=1m13s
Also look at the left side, they go off frame and quicky go back in to keep Goku in frame.
http://youtu.be/kOXZb746LUI?t=2m8s

[Metalwario64]

As much as these sets don't bother me. I did get a little dizzy watching this. Those pans
http://youtu.be/kOXZb746LUI?t=1m13s

Oi... It's like watching a Youtube video where someone recorded a TV show with a camera. So shaky and unnatural.

It's things like this that make me prefer the DVDs (overall. Some Season Two material on the DVD is obviously godawful). Plus, the colors are either overly purple, or overly light blue. Outside of one episode, the "Season Three" DVD had consistent colors.

[Vegard Aune]

The sites back yay!

Now back to the thread I made a couple of comparisons between the dragon boxes and the season blu rays, I downscaled the season blu ray screenshots to make the comparisons easier to see.

...Okay what is up with that shadow behind Gohan's hair on the BluRay? I mean, normally I'd chalk stuff like that up to a simple issue with the animation, (certainly not the first time I've seen the cel casting a shadow onto the background) but... it's not there on the Dragon Box. Well I guess it is possible that it's a different frame...

[Metalwario64]

I think it's because the Season Sets are scanned in HD, whereas the Dragon Boxes were only scanned in SD, so the HD scan was able to capture those details. I could be wrong.

If that's the case, it kind of lends credence to the opinion that the series should be watched in SD, because it was a low budget TV series never "intended" for an HD scan, as it brings out flaws from the source material. Of course, it's only an opinion, and not one I necessarily subscribe to.

[xmysticgohanx]

Am I the only one that thinks the Seasons set looks way better than the Dragonbox? The Dragonbox is too grainy, I even showed a couple of my friends and they agreed. Honestly I'd much rather trade somewhat less accurate colors and a different aspect ratio for HD.

[mikezilla2]

Am I the only one that thinks the Seasons set looks way better than the Dragonbox? The Dragonbox is too grainy, I even showed a couple of my friends and they agreed. Honestly I'd much rather trade somewhat less accurate colors and a different aspect ratio for HD.

that's what the level sets were for , i wish they hadent canned those !

[qjz123]

Am I the only one that thinks the Seasons set looks way better than the Dragonbox? The Dragonbox is too grainy, I even showed a couple of my friends and they agreed. Honestly I'd much rather trade somewhat less accurate colors and a different aspect ratio for HD.

While you may be in the minority here on Kanzenshuu I'm pretty sure if you were to show the dragon box vs season blu ray comparisons to the general DBZ fan base the majority of them would agree with you which is what Funimation is counting on.

[RocktheDragon]

Am I the only one that thinks the Seasons set looks way better than the Dragonbox? The Dragonbox is too grainy, I even showed a couple of my friends and they agreed. Honestly I'd much rather trade somewhat less accurate colors and a different aspect ratio for HD.

While you may be in the minority here on Kanzenshuu I'm pretty sure if you were to show the dragon box vs season blu ray comparisons to the general DBZ fan base the majority of them would agree with you which is what Funimation is counting on.

Yup, this is very true. One of my buddies picked up Season 1 recently of the new BD release and he is loving it. He feels that DBZ has never looked better, and his brothers are enjoying just as much. So it's interesting to see the positive response from a lot of the mainstream fans.

[qjz123]

Here are some more comparisons between dragon box volume 3 and the season 3 blu ray, if anybody has the orange brick version of these screenshots or of the previous one's I've uploaded feel free to post them it would be greatly appreciated.

[JackyBoi99]

I hate how sharp these sets look. Ugh it kinda hurts my eyes just looking at them

[Hellspawn28]

10+ years later and the DBZ boxes look better then the Blu-Rays in my opinion.

[dbboxkaifan]

The screenshots for the close-ups at least looked nice but those with the backgrounds all visible are pretty bad leading people to believe this is a water paint / oil paint work. Better stick to Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Box Z and Dragon Ball Kai than this.

This works out fine for people who want to watch DBZ with improved quality over the Orange Bricks but that's what serviceable releases (Orange Bricks, Blue Bricks and Green Bricks) are for.

[KaaN10]

Hi.

Apologies if it's been answered, but is the Japanese audio quality better than the dragon box version?

And if so, is the difference minimal or significant enough to consider a purchase?

Thanks.