Tanooki's Season 1 Goodies...

email2003 · Post by **email2003** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:05 pm

You rock Tanooki Kuribo. Thanks for your info on this set. That 24 page book is nice but the info is all wrong. Gotta love where FUNi got those images from. Never seen some of them before.

As for the audio clip, man, it does sound kinda of funky to hear that great Japanese BGM with these loud and lame English voice actors.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:12 pm

Thanks, but the audio clip was just 1 song.... I don't care about the episode previews, I want to hear it when people are fighting.

raz1337 · Post by **raz1337** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:19 pm

Yeah, the picture of Bulma in the book is from the Buu Saga, yet this is the Saiyan saga?

Also, what I saw was cool, the audio languages, english with funi music, english with jap music and jap with jap music, I can switch between on the fly, it just changes mid-show as I select it. Probably something you can only do in a DVD program like PowerDVD and not on the TV set. I'm not sure as I've actually never owned a DVD player, just DVD drives/burners.

The subtitles don't match the english dub, they're direct translations of the Japanese version. Unless I'm mistaken, and there are subtitles for the english dub, you only get the Japanese translation. Not that that's completely a bad thing, it's just something I noticed when I turned on the subtitles during the Nappa fight and unexpectedly saw Goku call Nappa a bastard.

I could get an audio clip, but I'd need a place to host it, guess I'll try YouTube.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:27 pm

Sweet audio clip! Audio-wise, the integrity of the dub version just jumped up about 12 notches.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:30 pm

Kendamu wrote:Sweet audio clip! Audio-wise, the integrity of the dub version just jumped up about 12 notches.

Integrity? I don't get what you mean.

Are you saying you think the Japanese music suits the dub more than Bruce Faucloner's?

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:33 pm

Yes. Like just about every other anime I've ever watched, Dragonball Z is, audio wise, finally up there with the rest of them in using the original soundtrack.

Brad Redfield · Post by **Brad Redfield** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:39 pm

Thanks for the pics and stuff, Tanooki! The dub with the original music makes me think of Budokai 1 for some reason...

Mayuri Furiza Kurotsuchi · Post by **Mayuri Furiza Kurotsuchi** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:41 pm

The menu's look really nice, and video is pretty good too, at least from what I can tell from the screen shots that were posted.

Eclipse · Post by **Eclipse** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:01 pm

The audio clip was really awesome, Tanooki! Thanks!!!

The booklet looked pretty cool, despite having crappy information. But on the menu screen, what's Marathon Viewing?

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:09 pm

Saiyan Combat wrote:i think the menus are fine, they suit the box arts simplicity.

if it was all sophisticaled, it wouldnt go with the simple style of the box set art.

Simple or not I just think they're ugly. *shrugs*

Those screens, though...forgive me for actually saying something positive about this set, but the resolution is pretty impressive. If you forget the fact that you're missing picture, on the up side it lacks grain, and even if the colors aren't quite the same, at least they look normal (rather than super-saturated).

I still stand my ground, but it's interesting to see some actual screens. Thoughts?

Brad Redfield · Post by **Brad Redfield** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:14 pm

Eclipse wrote:But on the menu screen, what's Marathon Viewing?

Basically "Play All". Watch all the episodes in order.

The Prince · Post by **The Prince** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:15 pm

Ya, after seeing those screens I'm actually encouraged. Those look great, and in motion it'll be easier to NOT notice the cropping. I think I'll but this now.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:24 pm

In the booklet under Tienshinhann's species it says hes a descendent of the three eyed people...

after seeing those screens I'm actually encouraged. Those look great, and in motion

Yea, honestly it looks a lot better then I thought it would. Iam not saying it looks better cropped but, it sure as hell looks good.

fps_anth · Post by **fps_anth** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:24 pm

Thanks for the pics and clip. Am I the only one who thinks that "LAST TIME ON DRAGON BALL ZEEE" sounds awkward over the Japanese recap music? I'll still watch the JPN/ENG dub once or twice, but I think I'll stick with the Japanese dub.

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:In the booklet under Tienshinhann's species it says hes a descendent of the three eyed people...

SCAN...NAO.

I have to see that! I though they fucked up the book at its worst during the timeline part.

Tenken · Post by **Tenken** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:28 pm

Audio is nice...really nice...

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:31 pm

fps_anth wrote:Thanks for the pics and clip. Am I the only one who thinks that "LAST TIME ON DRAGON BALL ZEEE" sounds awkward over the Japanese recap music? I'll still watch the JPN/ENG dub once or twice, but I think I'll stick with the Japanese dub.

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:In the booklet under Tienshinhann's species it says hes a descendent of the three eyed people...
SCAN...NAO. I have to see that! I though they fucked up the book at its worst during the timeline part.

I guess we feel that it's awkward because we're used to having the japanese narration coming from wiser sounding old man. FUNi made Dale Kelly and Kyle Hebert try to do "monster truck announcer" voices for their dub music.

It would be GREAT if Brice Armstrong would do the narrations for the dub with the japanese music. He was awesome in the original DB.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:34 pm

SCAN...NAO. I have to see that! I though they fucked up the book at its worst during the timeline part.

From my cell phone...

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:36 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:
SCAN...NAO. I have to see that! I though they fucked up the book at its worst during the timeline part.
From my cell phone...

Didn't he appear in DRAGONBALL???

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:42 pm

Didn't he appear in DRAGONBALL???

Yea, I think there just talking about the DBZ series.

fps_anth · Post by **fps_anth** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:52 pm

Buahahaha! The three eyed people!

I'm actually laughing my ass off right now. That is amazing.