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

[dbboxkaifan]

Yeah the US DBZ Season Blu-rays are Region A & B compatible so there's no reason to wait for an Australian/UK release of it plus these are cheaper and have slipcovers.

[qjz123]

Here's the season 4 trailer, the colors don't look all blown out and overly bright like the previous trailers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNlKwBkAj0

[JEFFMAN219]

Lool oh man what's with these 14 second trailers that funimation keeps putting out for the blu rays?

[dbboxkaifan]

Lool oh man what's with these 14 second trailers that funimation keeps putting out for the blu rays?

True that.

These "trailers" are becoming rather annoying because they hardly show anything of the product they're revealing.

[Gotham22]

I bet this question has been asked before, but to anyone who has these blu-ray sets so far. Do you think these sets are better than the orange bricks?

[Freeza Soldier #156]

Lool oh man what's with these 14 second trailers that funimation keeps putting out for the blu rays?

True that.

These "trailers" are becoming rather annoying because they hardly show anything of the product they're revealing.

I think these trailers are perfect. They really instill a sense of nostalgia with their old school Toonami intro vibe. Let's be honest, that really is the group they are targeting with these releases and their marketing is apparently succeeding quite well.

[samuraix123]

I bet this question has been asked before, but to anyone who has these blu-ray sets so far. Do you think these sets are better than the orange bricks?

In my opinion yes they are. they are cropped just like the orange bricks except the intro is cropped...better? than the orange bricks haha and they fixed the overly zoomed in ending. but over all I do think they're better. at-least with this release lines of animation isn't getting deleted like in the OB's.

[RocktheDragon]

I bet this question has been asked before, but to anyone who has these blu-ray sets so far. Do you think these sets are better than the orange bricks?

Yes they are indeed much better than the orange brick set. The English audio has never sounded better, and the same goes for the Japanese audio as well.

The cropping has been handled better as well, and is a noticeable difference from the orange brick cropping.

[MasterVampire]

Yeah the US DBZ Season Blu-rays are Region A & B compatible so there's no reason to wait for an Australian/UK release of it plus these are cheaper and have slipcovers.

I'm looking at Dragon Ball Z: Season 1 [Blu-ray] (2013)
http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Ball-Blu-r ... B00F9IB1M4

And it says Region: Region A/1

Which is:

Region A/1: North America, Central America, South America, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia

Not Australia

[Ajay]

Yes, but what official sites say aren't always indicative of what they actually are.

If you look at Blu-ray.com's review, you'll see they tested Regions A &B and confirmed it works on both http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dragon-Ba ... ray/85277/

[dbboxkaifan]

Exactly check it out at Blu-ray.com and who really uses Amazon.com for technical details? Amazon.com is always flawed for this type of thing and another reason I look it up elsewhere.

UK residents have bought this too because it's Region B compatible Blu-ray, such as Baggie_Saiyan.

[Valerius Dover]

So, I'm wondering something. I heard there are interviews an retrospectives on this. (I'm sure this has probably been mentioned in this long discussion before). Could someone who owns the sets elaborate on this? Like which interview is on which one? I'm just curious.

[qjz123]

So, I'm wondering something. I heard there are interviews an retrospectives on this. (I'm sure this has probably been mentioned in this long discussion before). Could someone who owns the sets elaborate on this? Like which interview is on which one? I'm just curious.

I uploaded them
Extra's for season 2
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with Christopher R. Sabat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZkL8sYoDnU
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with Sean Schemmel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5V12GvAvh0
Justin Cook Shares His Headshot Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbfKo-VR7NM
Extra's for season 3
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with Gen Fukunaga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InFQqoa-tUs
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with John Burgmeier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E10HK74K6SQ
Slideshow retrospective: Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IHQ2qADvco

[Valerius Dover]

So, I'm wondering something. I heard there are interviews an retrospectives on this. (I'm sure this has probably been mentioned in this long discussion before). Could someone who owns the sets elaborate on this? Like which interview is on which one? I'm just curious.

I uploaded them
Extra's for season 2
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with Christopher R. Sabat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZkL8sYoDnU
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with Sean Schemmel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5V12GvAvh0
Justin Cook Shares His Headshot Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbfKo-VR7NM
Extra's for season 3
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with Gen Fukunaga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InFQqoa-tUs
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with John Burgmeier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E10HK74K6SQ
Slideshow retrospective: Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IHQ2qADvco

Wow! Thanks, this is really cool! This should be interesting to see! (I don't have Blu-Ray). Did Season 1 have any at all?

[qjz123]

So, I'm wondering something. I heard there are interviews an retrospectives on this. (I'm sure this has probably been mentioned in this long discussion before). Could someone who owns the sets elaborate on this? Like which interview is on which one? I'm just curious.

I uploaded them
Extra's for season 2
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with Christopher R. Sabat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZkL8sYoDnU
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with Sean Schemmel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5V12GvAvh0
Justin Cook Shares His Headshot Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbfKo-VR7NM
Extra's for season 3
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with Gen Fukunaga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InFQqoa-tUs
Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interview with John Burgmeier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E10HK74K6SQ
Slideshow retrospective: Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IHQ2qADvco

Wow! Thanks, this is really cool! This should be interesting to see! (I don't have Blu-Ray). Did Season 1 have any at all?

Season 1 just had a preview of the extra's here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcXPptANxxk.

[dbboxkaifan]

Season 1 just had a preview of the extra's here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcXPptANxxk.

No one from FUNimation noticed how bright and saturated the video was?! They're a professional company so things like this shouldn't be happening.

[qjz123]

Season 1 just had a preview of the extra's here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcXPptANxxk.

No one from FUNimation noticed how bright and saturated the video was?! They're a professional company so things like this shouldn't be happening.

Of course the video engineers noticed but it's not like they have any say in the matter and if they're giving fans what they like then there really isn't much else to say now is there. I mean how would you expect a conversation like that to go one of the video engineers says that " this is wrong we shouldn't be doing this to the show we should restore it properly" and lets pretend for a minute that whoever was in charge would actually hear him/her out. The person in charge would reply with "would it make me more money if we restored it properly?" and they would arrive at the conclusion that no it would not make more money because the only things the people care about is having a cheap release that matches what they think a Blu ray should look like (16:9 shiny and grain free.

[MagicBox]

So, I'm wondering something. I heard there are interviews an retrospectives on this. (I'm sure this has probably been mentioned in this long discussion before). Could someone who owns the sets elaborate on this? Like which interview is on which one? I'm just curious.

In addition to what qjz123 posted, the very first post of this thread is constantly updated and lists the bonus features for current (and future) sets.

[Valerius Dover]

So, I'm wondering something. I heard there are interviews an retrospectives on this. (I'm sure this has probably been mentioned in this long discussion before). Could someone who owns the sets elaborate on this? Like which interview is on which one? I'm just curious.

In addition to what qjz123 posted, the very first post of this thread is constantly updated and lists the bonus features for current (and future) sets.

Oh, silly me for not checking that. These interviews are really cool, but I just wish they weren't constantly interrupted by these fans who "can only watch it in English, DBZ was my childhood yadayada".
Yes, one of them actually said that...

[samuraix123]

So, I'm wondering something. I heard there are interviews an retrospectives on this. (I'm sure this has probably been mentioned in this long discussion before). Could someone who owns the sets elaborate on this? Like which interview is on which one? I'm just curious.

In addition to what qjz123 posted, the very first post of this thread is constantly updated and lists the bonus features for current (and future) sets.

Oh, silly me for not checking that. These interviews are really cool, but I just wish they weren't constantly interrupted by these fans who "can only watch it in English, DBZ was my childhood yadayada".
Yes, one of them actually said that...

Nothing wrong with that? Dragon Ball is apart of mine as well. probably 2/5 of mine haha you can't blame these people because they grew up watching the series on Toonami or VHS by Funimation. out of 5 friends of mine off the top of my head are dub fans. I'm the only oddball out of us that likes the Japanese version as well. lol