FUNimation DBZ TV Blu-ray Official On-Going Thread

DragonBoxZTheMovies · Post by **DragonBoxZTheMovies** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:28 am

If it's not against the rules, would anyone mind posting up the DVD to Blu-Ray featurette thing?

Post by **VegettoEX** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:43 am

Kibito_Kai wrote:I wish the Daizenshuu EX staff does a podcast about the release already...

It's coming this week. We have to watch and dissect it the same way everyone else does!

Hell, most of you all got it waaaaaay earlier than we did. We don't really get any crazy special privileges that in regard.

ect5150 · Post by **ect5150** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:57 am

Castor Troy wrote:It looks like we're getting around 18 releases according to the back of the box.

Or each of the *.1 and *.2 releases means 9 seasons. The breakdowns in that fashion are very close to the break down of the season sets. So, when they finally start releasing a whole "level" in a single box, they will be ordered close to the season sets I'm guessing.

DanielGClapp · Post by **DanielGClapp** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:24 pm

ect5150 wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:It looks like we're getting around 18 releases according to the back of the box.
Or each of the *.1 and *.2 releases means 9 seasons. The breakdowns in that fashion are very close to the break down of the season sets. So, when they finally start releasing a whole "level" in a single box, they will be ordered close to the season sets I'm guessing.

Good, I'll be waiting for that. I definitely want to own these blu-ray releases, but for know I am content with my Dragon Boxes. I can wait it out for season (whole level) releases. BTW, how's the audio with the American broadcast music? I hope it's good.

Levlik · Post by **Levlik** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:46 pm

In an unusual case for FUNi, the back of the box actually goes into pretty explicit detail of the episode counts for the entire release:

1.1: 1-17
1.2: 18-34
2.1: 35-51
2.2: 52-67
3.1: 68-83
3.2: 84-99
4.1: 100-15
4.2: 116-31
5.1: 132-147
5.2: 148-163
6.1: 164-179
6.2: 180-195
7.1: 196-211
7.2: 212-227
8.1: 228-243
8.2: 244-259
9.1: 260-275
9.2: 276-291

DinoChow · Post by **DinoChow** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:03 pm

It's funny, that's a lot of releases, eighteen in total, and if Amazon's price holds steady across all, one could reasonably assume to spend around 370 dollars on the entire series. That's somewhat steep, but that's still lower than people paid for one half of the series in Dragon Box form in the early 2000s! That's sort of mind-boggling that we will now have two high-quality releases of the series in North America that one can get at a reasonable price (assuming you got Dragon Box 2 on time!), releases all segments of the fan base should be happy with since the Blu-Ray has the American score. I'm still content with my Dragon Boxes, but I have to say, it's a very neat time to be a DBZ fan; access to the series in pristine quality has never been easier.

dragonpiece · Post by **dragonpiece** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:24 pm

VegettoEX wrote:
Kibito_Kai wrote:I wish the Daizenshuu EX staff does a podcast about the release already...
It's coming this week. We have to watch and dissect it the same way everyone else does! Hell, most of you all got it waaaaaay earlier than we did. We don't really get any crazy special privileges that in regard.

Did Vegetto just make a grammar error?!

DinoChow · Post by **DinoChow** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:34 pm

dragonpiece wrote:
VegettoEX wrote:
Kibito_Kai wrote:I wish the Daizenshuu EX staff does a podcast about the release already...
It's coming this week. We have to watch and dissect it the same way everyone else does! Hell, most of you all got it waaaaaay earlier than we did. We don't really get any crazy special privileges that in regard.
Did Vegetto just make a grammar error?!

Pokewhiz7 · Post by **Pokewhiz7** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:02 pm

dprez wrote:Meh, just a sleek release for the fans of the funi dub who want everything to be as high-tech as possible.

Why do people keep saying this? Is it wasn't for Japanese fans also, they wouldn't include the Japanese audio.

AgitoZ · Post by **AgitoZ** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:20 pm

Pokewhiz7 wrote:Why do people keep saying this?

I guess it stems from the assumption that the majority of people who buy this will watch it in English because of the dub. While it's most likely from either wanting to see something in a language they understand or laziness. Psst! It's the latter!

jpdbzrulz4sure · Post by **jpdbzrulz4sure** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:11 pm

Pokewhiz7 wrote:
dprez wrote:Meh, just a sleek release for the fans of the funi dub who want everything to be as high-tech as possible.
Why do people keep saying this? If it wasn't for Japanese fans also, they wouldn't include the Japanese audio.

Because it defaults to the dub and only uses its title cards and credits, and I for one find it quite jarring to, for example, see the words "The New Threat" displayed in the center of the screen in large print, but hear the narrator say "Mini Gokû wa obotchama! Boku Gohan desu.", which doesn't even remotely have the same meaning.

In general, I don't like the idea of merging any dub-specific element with the Japanese version in any way.

Pokewhiz7 · Post by **Pokewhiz7** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:28 pm

But they obviously know some Japanese fans will buy it, otherwise they wouldn't have included the audio.
Quite honestly, I think there should be Japanese title cards, but I don't really give a flying fuck if there aren't; as long as I have the Japanese audio and the episode content is uncut, I'm good to go.

jpdbzrulz4sure · Post by **jpdbzrulz4sure** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:33 pm

Pokewhiz7 wrote:But they obviously know some Japanese fans will buy it, otherwise they wouldn't have included the audio.

True enough. I'm just in that minority of picky fans, anyway.

Pokewhiz7 wrote:Quite honestly, I think there should be Japanese title cards, but I don't really give a flying fuck if there aren't; as long as I have the Japanese audio and the episode content is uncut, I'm good to go.

Alright then.

AgitoZ · Post by **AgitoZ** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:38 pm

Well I think this a rare exception. At least in other shows FUNi releases with English title cards the titles at least resemble the Japanese name for the episodes. It can be really bizarre seeing such a contrast between the titles.

Hao_Kaiser · Post by **Hao_Kaiser** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:48 pm

AgitoZ wrote:Well I think this a rare exception. At least in other shows FUNi releases with English title cards the titles at least resemble the Japanese name for the episodes. It can be really bizarre seeing such a contrast between the titles.

Didn't they redo the text for the title cards with this release? Or am I totally imagining seeing the screenshot I thought I saw?

It would have been neat if they would have just changed the titles altogether. I can't imagine anyone would be upset if Funimation revised their episode titles to be more accurate.

jpdbzrulz4sure · Post by **jpdbzrulz4sure** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:53 pm

Hao_Kaiser wrote:Didn't they redo the text for the title cards with this release? Or am I totally imagining seeing the screenshot I thought I saw?

They're using a different font, yes.

AgitoZ · Post by **AgitoZ** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:07 pm

Just thought I'd mention that Level 1.1 is part of one of the promotional bundles that FUNi will have available for two weeks each over at Rightstuf. It includes the 1st One Piece collection and 1st part of Fairy Tail. So you get your DBZ fix, get another good show, and a, um, another show. I guess the bag it comes with is decent too.

There are couple of others as well.

DanielGClapp · Post by **DanielGClapp** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:16 pm

AgitoZ wrote:Just thought I'd mention that Level 1.1 is part of one of the promotional bundles that FUNi will have available for two weeks each over at Rightstuf. It includes the 1st One Piece collection and 1st part of Fairy Tail. So you get your DBZ fix, get another good show, and a, um, another show. I guess the bag it comes with is decent too.

There are couple of others as well.

Seems like a good deal to me. And yeah, I've never heard of Fairy Tail either.

AgitoZ · Post by **AgitoZ** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:19 pm

DanielGClapp wrote:And yeah, I've never heard of Fairy Tail either.

I have. It's a-- sorta--um, generic? No, it's not bad per say, just nothing really sets it apart.

Kibito_Kai · Post by **Kibito_Kai** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:12 pm

VegettoEX wrote:
Kibito_Kai wrote:I wish the Daizenshuu EX staff does a podcast about the release already...
It's coming this week. We have to watch and dissect it the same way everyone else does! Hell, most of you all got it waaaaaay earlier than we did. We don't really get any crazy special privileges that in regard.

Looking forward to it, I didn't get a chance to pick it up yet... last piece of DB merch I bought was Dragon Box 7.. now I'm really on the fence about picking these up.

Kanzenshuu

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