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

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:14 pm

OMG I KNEW I should've hopped online earlier. *Just speed-read through the thread @_@*

This is wonderful news~! X3

And the kicker is it starts airing before the live action movie premieres in the U.S. by only a couple days. :3

GO TOEI!

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:19 pm

This is great! I believed Wisher the whole time.

Sprite Satan · Post by **Sprite Satan** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:25 pm

bkev wrote:This is great! I believed Wisher the whole time.

Your medal will be on its way to you soon.

This is why I'm horribly non-commital on these things. What did everyone randomly shouting "I believe this guy is telling the truth, for no real reason" or "I believe this guy is a total liar, for no real reason" achieve in the end? Facts prevail!

I'm a little excited, but not overly so. I mean, I've seen Raditz die, Goku die, Nappa break his back, Vegeta kill Kiwi, Goku turn Super Saiyan, Artifical Humans breaking Vegeta's arm, Gohan getting the torch, Gohan getting the torch taken away and Goku firing off a Genki Dama already.

Unless some of these supposedly 100-ish episodes suddenly has Yamucha or Tenshinhan push everyone aside and start giving monologues, I don't really care that much.

Super Sayian Prime · Post by **Super Sayian Prime** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:28 pm

Bussani wrote: because everyone knows kids can't read.

When did Gen and friends become Al Kahn?

Vekurotto · Post by **Vekurotto** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:41 pm

As far as this seems this is probably gonna be like a Mobile Suit Gundam movie. Except that the series itself is doable in 100 episodes. I just hope that nothing really gets rushed or stuff that was important in the original series gets cut is my only problem.

Sprite Satan · Post by **Sprite Satan** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:50 pm

Vekurotto wrote:As far as this seems this is probably gonna be like a Mobile Suit Gundam movie. Except that the series itself is doable in 100 episodes. I just hope that nothing really get's rushed or stuff that was important in the original series get's cut is my only problem.

Hmm.

It's easy enough to really trim the Saiyan and Freeza arcs down to around 50-ish episodes, or even less should it warrant it. After that, it should be easy enough to pack in the Cell arc too. It's squeezing in the Buu arc into 25 episodes or so that might take some doing.

Strongbad456 · Post by **Strongbad456** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:54 pm

This sounds extremely interesting. There are still too many episodes of Z I haven't seen though. I'll have to finish my season 2 set(I just couldn't get through it but that happens with all my anime dvds) and get the rest of the season sets when I get the chance. I need a job, badly.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:56 pm

This is great! I believed Wisher the whole time.

I gotta admit, I didn't trust him at all. I thought he was just pulling stuff out of his ass. I'am glad I was wrong, this is effin awesome news!

MagicBox · Post by **MagicBox** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:12 am

Somebody on the ToonZone forums brought up an interesting point.

What about Gregory? He can't be edited out by recutting the series; he appears in nearly every Kaio scene. Wouldn't re-animating certain things be required in situations like this?

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:16 am

MagicBox wrote:Somebody on the ToonZone forums brought up an interesting point.

What about Gregory? He can't be edited out by recutting the series; he appears in nearly every Kaio scene. Wouldn't re-animating certain things be required in situations like this?

Couldn't they just edit him out if they had to?

MajinKing · Post by **MajinKing** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:23 am

I wonder what they are going to do about tenshinhan's voice. Are they going to replace it, or just leave the voice how it was in the original series?

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:29 am

MajinKing wrote:I wonder what they are going to do about tenshinhan's voice. Are they going to replace it, or just leave the voice how it was in the original series?

I think they'd have to replace him.

If they are making the audio better, I think they would have to redo it all, as it would be too noticeable to have the old audio and new audio in the same scenes.

MajinKing · Post by **MajinKing** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:35 am

Probably right, I hope his new voice fits him. When I first heard that this was happening I literaly had to get up and walk around. I coud not stay put in one spot lol.

Super Ghost Kamikaze · Post by **Super Ghost Kamikaze** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:40 am

Kingdom Heartless wrote:
MagicBox wrote:Somebody on the ToonZone forums brought up an interesting point.

What about Gregory? He can't be edited out by recutting the series; he appears in nearly every Kaio scene. Wouldn't re-animating certain things be required in situations like this?
Couldn't they just edit him out if they had to?

Maybe they'll keep him. Cutting down to 100 episodes doesn't necessarily mean removing every bit of anime-only content. This isn't "The Daizex Edition", after all. Gregory's getting chased bit could be cut down to a minute or two, and they'd stilll have taken out a good amount of content.

DominatorLost · Post by **DominatorLost** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:02 am

...Just let it die Japan, this is going to lead to only another useless amount of DVDs.

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:04 am

DominatorLost wrote:...Just let it die Japan, this is going to lead to only another useless amount of DVDs.

I feel confident in saying that I will be devestated if this franchise ever does die.

Taku128 · Post by **Taku128** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:06 am

DominatorLost wrote:...Just let it die Japan, this is going to lead to only another useless amount of DVDs.

No, it's going to lead to Blu-Ray. They aren't remastering it in 1080p for nothing.

DBZOceanHD · Post by **DBZOceanHD** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:10 am

DominatorLost wrote:...Just let it die Japan, this is going to lead to only another useless amount of DVDs.

Not only would it be tragic if the franchise died, but this has got to be leading to legitimate Blu-Ray releases (not FUNi's). Then we can spend another couple thousand on the Blu-Ray release. Yay, money.

DominatorLost · Post by **DominatorLost** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:15 am

Maybe I've just gotten tired of it despite still being a fan, but I can't believe how milked it's been.

After reading further posts, I'm more optimistic about this now, seeing the series trimmed down would be great.

sangofe · Post by **sangofe** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:49 am

In a moment of insanity this idea struck me like lighting; what if the Blu Ray DBZ's FUNimation are preparing is actually the new Toei version?!...