Dragon Ball Z Being Re-edited and Re-dubbed for HDTV

MCDaveG · Post by **MCDaveG** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:12 pm

When we are talking about what to cut out from Z, I'm definately for That episode with orphans, Gohan's second transformation with Goku's ship nonsense and that Arlia assault..... I was reall annoyed with Vegeta's super two-finger attacks and his destroying of the planet

MCDaveG · Post by **MCDaveG** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:14 pm

ShinRogafuken wrote:
Kunzait_83 wrote:
ShinRogafuken wrote:I meant him riding the boat on the desert. Why would I want him to build a raft but then cut out the orphanage stuff because those 2 go hand-in-hand.
Him building the raft was just the first thing that sprung to mind, sorry.

Either way though, I still think there's an excessive amount of Gohan material in that list. Let the other characters get some more play too, I say. But again, I don't think there's going to be even a quarter of what you got up there, so it's all just fun/speculative/wishful thinking.
True, true. I really wished Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Krillin, Yajirobe etc. had way more screentime but even in the filler they weren't shown much. However, the Pendulum Room episode was crappy (in my opinion).

I don't know, what I really don't like about that Saiyans is, how they are looking..... I don't like that design and that wird attacks

Smooth Criminal · Post by **Smooth Criminal** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:19 pm

I actually quite enjoyed the Arlia episode... ! Of all the filler from the Saiya-jin saga, that was easily amongst the most entertaining to watch. I guess it ruins some of the 'suspense' of being introduced to Vegeta and Nappa when they arrive on earth, but I feel it works better to build up the suspense by giving us some basic background information on who they are and what they are capable of.

Of course, I totally agree about the orphanage episode being completely intolerable, as well as the second transformation episode, which actually creates a rather large plot hole! That definitely needs to be removed.

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:00 pm

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:13 pm

"Remember the Bug Planet, Vegeta?"

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:28 pm

Yeah, I'll never really think of Arlia the same way again.

Hell, while watching the subtitle-less Kai, I'm having a hard time remembering the REAL dialogue instead of Team FourStar's.

DaemonCorps · Post by **DaemonCorps** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:48 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:Hell, while watching the subtitle-less Kai, I'm having a hard time remembering the REAL dialogue instead of Team FourStar's.

So true. I was practically anticipating the cut to Oolong followed by Vegeta and Nappa when Goku starts talking back to Raditz in the second episode

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I personally think they'll pull off some kind of filler training montage when the time comes to those episodes. I mean, at the pace things have been going, I wouldn't put it past them.

Also, how do you think Toei will handle things like backstories going into the original DB series? From what I heard, the start of the second episode (missed the very start of it) had a flashback to the 23rd Budoukai stuff to better flesh out Piccolo's character. Do you think they'll do this with other characters, too? If so, I was thinking something similar to those character profiles they had (dunno if they still do) at the end of some Naruto episodes. It would kinda take away from the preview for the next episode, is the only problem I'd see with that.

Meh, I don't really care either way. I mean we all practically know the series by heart now, right?

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:27 pm

It's really starting to sink in that this is a whole new era for Dragonball fandom. Being a fairly new fan myself, this is really the defining point in a new time period in my history with Dragonball (the previous turning point was before Daizenshuu EX and post Daizenshuu EX).

These next two years will be a completely new time for me especially, since I only got to see a few episodes of the show on TV, before Cartoon Network took the show off... and those were dubbed.

*Twenty-Five Hundredth Post!*

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:59 am

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... 30-april-5

Kai episode 1 earns an average household rating of 11.3.....whatever that means. ^^;

Either way, we're #4 on the top 10 list.

Anime rankings in Japan ALWAYS cheer me up.

Getting to see Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Detective Conan all on the Top 10 reminds me that I'm not alone in my preferred series.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:32 am

Chuquita wrote:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... 30-april-5

Kai episode 1 earns an average household rating of 11.3.....whatever that means. ^^;

Either way, we're #4 on the top 10 list.

Anime rankings in Japan ALWAYS cheer me up.
Getting to see Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Detective Conan all on the Top 10 reminds me that I'm not alone in my preferred series.

I remember seeing that in some earlier posting. Thing is, after people saw the first episode and decided on whether or not they liked it, I'm wondering what Episode 2's rating were...

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:11 pm

Kendamu wrote:
Chuquita wrote:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... 30-april-5

Kai episode 1 earns an average household rating of 11.3.....whatever that means. ^^;

Either way, we're #4 on the top 10 list.

Anime rankings in Japan ALWAYS cheer me up.
Getting to see Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Detective Conan all on the Top 10 reminds me that I'm not alone in my preferred series.
I remember seeing that in some earlier posting. Thing is, after people saw the first episode and decided on whether or not they liked it, I'm wondering what Episode 2's rating were...

ANN's usually a week behind in getting ahold of the ratings, so we probably won't know episode 2's fate until next week.

Either way, I'm happy to see it in the Top 10. :3 (And so high too.)

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:15 pm

I'm sure episode two will be lower, than episode one. When Dragonball premiered, the ratings shared for the second episode dropped .5% from the first (and then 3.0% from there). When DBZ premiered, the ratings for the second episode dropped 2.1% from the first. When GT premiered, the ratings for the second episode went up .1% from the first... but started dropping quickly after the third episode (GT is just weird).

The whole "let's watch it live" hype generally sticks around just for the first episode, and after that people start to lose interest.

Onikage725 · Post by **Onikage725** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:07 pm

Kunzait_83 wrote:Anyway, I just realized something messed up... once again real life is going to get in the way of my watching episode 2 of Kai live. Right at the exact time that episode 2 airs, I'll be out with friends... seeing DB Evolution, of all things. Of all the odds. Oh the irony... *shakes head*

Haha dude, that movie was so short I think we were out before Kai finished. And well before any upload went up.

Budokai23 · Post by **Budokai23** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:32 pm

So far I'm enjoying Kai. I mean who really wouldn't want a fat free DBZ? I hope this airs on TV in the US. But first I'm praying it'll get a dub.

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:37 am

Budokai23 wrote:I mean who really wouldn't want a fat free DBZ?

Chubby-chasers?

In all seriousness though, folks, I thought Episode 2 moved rather slow compared to the first episode. But that's probably because I have a minimal understanding of Japanese and this episode was mostly exposition; I'm sure for those with a grasp of Japanese it flew by like a streaker at a football game.

Budokai23 · Post by **Budokai23** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:29 pm

The Tori-bot wrote:
Budokai23 wrote:I mean who really wouldn't want a fat free DBZ?
Chubby-chasers?

In all seriousness though, folks, I thought Episode 2 moved rather slow compared to the first episode. But that's probably because I have a minimal understanding of Japanese and this episode was mostly exposition; I'm sure for those with a grasp of Japanese it flew by like a streaker at a football game.

LOL

that's funny.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:03 am

Does anyone know all of the Channels Kai is airing on? All I know of are Fuji TV Analog and Digital, but it seems like there are more; but I might just be crazy.

ShinRogafuken · Post by **ShinRogafuken** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:09 pm

SSj_Rambo wrote:Does anyone know all of the Channels Kai is airing on? All I know of are Fuji TV Analog and Digital, but it seems like there are more; but I might just be crazy.

Yeah, somebody mentioned that it was on another channel or something (don't really remember) and I was confused about that.

saiyanprincess · Post by **saiyanprincess** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:38 pm

ShinRogafuken wrote:
SSj_Rambo wrote:Does anyone know all of the Channels Kai is airing on? All I know of are Fuji TV Analog and Digital, but it seems like there are more; but I might just be crazy.
Yeah, somebody mentioned that it was on another channel or something (don't really remember) and I was confused about that.

So has Kai been advertised madly on japanese TV and in magazines? Think back to the good old Toonami and the constant advertisement we had of Z when it was being aired. I just wondered if they had the same kind of commercials and if so can they be found anywhere online?

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:59 pm

saiyanprincess wrote:
ShinRogafuken wrote:
SSj_Rambo wrote:Does anyone know all of the Channels Kai is airing on? All I know of are Fuji TV Analog and Digital, but it seems like there are more; but I might just be crazy.
Yeah, somebody mentioned that it was on another channel or something (don't really remember) and I was confused about that.
So has Kai been advertised madly on japanese TV and in magazines? Think back to the good old Toonami and the constant advertisement we had of Z when it was being aired. I just wondered if they had the same kind of commercials and if so can they be found anywhere online?

The only video advertaisments I've seen are two that were aired on TV, one that was only displayed at a convention, a Dream 9 promo on Fuji TV and a Kamehameha bracelet commercial that mentioned Kai at the end.