Dragon Ball Z Kai Volume 1 Discussion

[KaiserNeko]

Those shots are in-between cells. Most modern and even a lot of older anime use these to help the fluidity of certain shots. It can be seen even in higher budget animation. You aren't meant to see it frame-by-frame; when in motion, it looks terrific.

Now please, for the love of God...

Stop. It.

[Hujio]

Why do you keep doing this?

Because he wants to let everyone know that he can take screencaps of everything.

Yeah, shitty screen shots. That always helps the cause...

PS: My sentiments are more along the lines of what KaiserNeko said, but he already said it for me.

[Khalid Shahin]

The animation is the least of the intros problems; I hate the art style of their hair, but that's it.

[zeldarocks]

I was wondering, what's the extent of the uncensoring present in the Dvds and Blu-rays? Is it uncensored in relation to the Nicktoons Broadcast, or uncensored in relation to the Japanese Broadcast's censoring?

[MarcFBR]

I was wondering, what's the extent of the uncensoring present in the Dvds and Blu-rays? Is it uncensored in relation to the Nicktoons Broadcast, or uncensored in relation to the Japanese Broadcast's censoring?

They are equivalent to what you would buy on disk in Japan, as is true of all Funimation releases.

[Gaffer Tape]

Except for the English credits and title cards...

[CashmanX]

Except for the English credits and title cards...

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[Puto]

For what it's worth, the English credits include all the people involved on the Japanese side, too. And the opening credits are directly translated from the JP ones, with no dub info at all.

[Kendamu]

Those shots are in-between cells. Most modern and even a lot of older anime use these to help the fluidity of certain shots. It can be seen even in higher budget animation. You aren't meant to see it frame-by-frame; when in motion, it looks terrific.

Now please, for the love of God...

Stop. It.

This is why there needs to be a "Like" button on posts similar to Facebook. If I just wanna say "I agree" without making a full post about it, I can simply "Like" the post and be on my way.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

Except for the English credits and title cards...

Well, that's good for people who actually don't know Japanese and want to read the title cards and credits.

[Blue]

This. Seriously, the Kai score is really generic, almost as generic as the UUC score.

I actually like Menza's and Kenji Yamamoto's music.

[Gaffer Tape]

Except for the English credits and title cards...

Well, that's good for people who actually don't know Japanese and want to read the title cards and credits.

Except that I'm fairly sure that the original credits don't say "Produced by FUNimation Entertainment" or list Goku as being voiced by Sean Schemmel, things that have no business being in the show when I'm watching in Japanese.

Besides, I thought you knew Japanese anyway.

[Mewzard]

Except for the English credits and title cards...

Well, that's good for people who actually don't know Japanese and want to read the title cards and credits.

Except that I'm fairly sure that the original credits don't say "Produced by FUNimation Entertainment" or list Goku as being voiced by Sean Schemmel, things that have no business being in the show when I'm watching in Japanese.

Besides, I thought you knew Japanese anyway.

Just like the Japanese voices don't belong when I'm watching English? Who cares? They credit both groups, so it doesn't matter. It means less than nothing. Would you prefer quality visuals/audio, or a lowered quality to fit alternate angels? Or to pay more for an extra disc to get both?

[bkev]

If the titles are correct, I don't care if they're only in English. It's shows like Yu Yu Hakusho or the other DragonBall's where I need alternate angles, haha.

[Gaffer Tape]

Would you prefer... a lowered quality to fit alternate angels? Or to pay more for an extra disc to get both?

Yes. And yes, actually. Well, really, I'd prefer they do it how they did on the Dragon Boxes: original credits and title cards followed by an exclusive dub-only credits roll at the end of each disc.

I admit it's a tiny bit of reversioning, but it's reversioning nonetheless, and it's a step down from the past ten years of FUNimation releases. Maybe it's nitpicky to you, but to me it's not. I just want to watch the show properly, and that includes its own text and logo, not FUNimation's text and logo. And I agree with what Corey said earlier: with Blu-ray, it should really not be a problem to provide both.

[Mewzard]

The reason they did it in that fashion was for the fans of the original, to give the original, good quality video from the boxes. And it's not really the first step down, lots of Funi releases, since the conception of the season sets, have had only one video track. I haven't seen Alternate Angles since I last watched one of my old Detective Conan singles. Getting a certain number of episodes per disc takes up space. And how much of a difference is there between the original credits and these? Aside from translations, and crediting the Funi cast, it seems the same. I'd prefer to never see another alternate angle again as long as I never have to go through that "3 episodes for $20" shit they used to do.

[Budogenkai]

I don't mind having English title cards, as long as they are an exact translation of the original title cards.

The new music score is fine, and the new dubbing with the new music score will sound like a fresh new experience.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

This. Seriously, the Kai score is really generic, almost as generic as the UUC score.

I actually like Menza's and Kenji Yamamoto's music.

I love Menza's and Yamamoto's music. I just found his music in Kai generic.

BTW, Nathan Johnson did the music for the UUC releases.

Besides, I thought you knew Japanese anyway.

Well, that's good for people who actually don't know Japanese and want to read the title cards and credits.

I said "for people", I wasn't actually referring to myself.

[Gaffer Tape]

Did you see that? That thing? That little yellow face thing that was smiling and had one of its eyes closed in a sorta... hmm, winking position? Yeah. It's called a joke.

But, yeah, to come straight to the point, I'm not at all fluent in Japanese. The best I can do is make out the characters' names in the cast credits at the end of every episode of my Dragon Box (which I admit I love to do). So even though I'm one of those non-Japanese-speaking people who's supposed to prefer these glorious FUNimation-made credits... I'd still rather have the original I-can-barely-read-these credits. Why? Because that's just what the show looks like, and when I watch the show, I'd prefer to watch it (to fling around a sometimes ironic marketing term) "the way it was meant to be seen." Funny that.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

Did you see that? That thing? That little yellow face thing that was smiling and had one of its eyes closed in a sorta... hmm, winking position? Yeah. It's called a joke. .

Yeah I know. But still, it's kinda hard to tell.

But, yeah, to come straight to the point, I'm not at all fluent in Japanese. The best I can do is make out the characters' names in the cast credits at the end of every episode of my Dragon Box (which I admit I love to do). So even though I'm one of those non-Japanese-speaking people who's supposed to prefer these glorious FUNimation-made credits... I'd still rather have the original I-can-barely-read-these credits. Why? Because that's just what the show looks like, and when I watch the show, I'd prefer to watch it (to fling around a sometimes ironic marketing term) "the way it was meant to be seen." Funny that.

I'll admit that I have some trouble actually reading the Japanese voice actors' names, so the translated credits help me in that sense.