FUNimation Dragon Box Z #1 (In-Hands) Discussion

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:02 am

ok... I'm sorry, I was wrong...

b_boult · Post by **b_boult** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:10 am

So, in terms of the Radditz picture comparison there appears to be a slight (albeit negligable) drop in video quality in Funimation's release, which isn't a big deal. I'd really appreciate it if someone could actually make a lossless 30 second video clip of one of the episodes. I've ordered the set myself but as I live in the UK I'll probably have to wait until Chrismas day before it arrives.

BrollysKin · Post by **BrollysKin** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:49 am

The pictures aren't encoded properly. Someone is going to put up better ones later.

Sanjiscool · Post by **Sanjiscool** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:04 am

Just curious, and I don't think anyone's posted about it yet, but does the dub track have Head Cha La as the opening?

Hao_Kaiser · Post by **Hao_Kaiser** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:08 am

Sanjiscool wrote:Just curious, and I don't think anyone's posted about it yet. Does the dub track have Head Cha La as the opening?

Yes, this was answered a while back. "Head Cha-La" is the opening for the dub. It's the original Japanese recording, however.

Sanjiscool · Post by **Sanjiscool** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:18 am

Is that the same from the Orange Bricks? I remember after Season 3, the audio quality was terrible.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:20 am

So, I noticed that some money magically disappeared from my checking account today. It seems to be a much larger amount than I originally anticipated. It might be my RightStuf DBox order from last night going through. I dunno yet. Hopefully I can find out later today.

KillerCory · Post by **KillerCory** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:26 am

Anyone want anything specifc for audio from both the season set and the dragonbox?

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:29 am

Post by **Herms** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:40 am

Kunzait_83 wrote:Correct info... correct fucking info... from a FUNi DBZ product. Perhaps the world really IS going to end in 2012.

I'm guessing the world actually ended sometime earlier this year, and what we're seeing now is the beginning of a strange new world.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:16 am

Is the sound quality for the Japanese version MUCH better then the orange bricks? That is to say is it majorly noticeable right off the bat?

Freeza Heika · Post by **Freeza Heika** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:29 am

KillerCory wrote:Anyone want anything specifc for audio from both the season set and the dragonbox?

I'd like to hear the Galic-ho/Kamehameha battle. I want to hear the epicness.

hunterxhunter21 · Post by **hunterxhunter21** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:41 am

Well, since a lot has been asked and answered in the past. Here are some questions and answers. Hope it helps everyone and that I got everything right.

Audio
Type: Audio
Codec: a52
Language: Japanese
Channels: Mono
Sample rate: 48000 Hz
Bitrate: 96 kb/s
Q:4:3 or 16:9?
A:4:3
Q:Episode per a disc?
A:42 episode on 6 disc, 7 episode a disc.
Q:So what did FUNi do for the Episode Previews on the Dub track? Did Kyle Hebert do some narrating? Or did they just switch it over to Japanese and not Dub it?
A:When I tried, it just skipped them all together.
Q:Anything special under the disc in the cases?
A:Under the discs is just the ruby-red holographic coloring with the disc number written in gold. No fancy/awesome arts.
Q:Is there any indication in the set, like in the Funimation catalog that comes with every DVD, about when the next one is going to be released?
A:Nothing in the catalog, no new trailers for the next Dragon Box or Dragon ball Season 3.
Q:Does the English track have the Japnese cha-la theme?
A:Yes!
Q:Region Codes?
A:1 and 4.
Q:What is in the Dragon book?
A:Goku's Early Days(recap of Dragon Ball), Profile of Goku Family(Son Goku, Son Gohan, Piccolo and Kuririn Profiles), Ultimate Character Relationship Chart, Dragon Box Z Vol. 1 Perfect Guide, Design Works Collection, History of Dragon Ball Z and Fashion Check.
Q:What is the size of the Dragon Box?
A:About the size of the season sets.

Q:Insert songs on the dub?
A:I only checked episode 20 and the insert song used there was removed and replaced with silence.
Q:Dub credits:
A:At the very end of the discs.
Q:Is the audio in the Dragon Box better than the Remastered Set Japanese option?
A:Yes.
Q:Run time?
A:1050 minutes.
Q:Audio Samples?
A:Dragon Box Season Set
Q:Unboxing?
A:Here

russ869 · Post by **russ869** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:49 am

Hujio wrote:
SonGokuGT wrote:They had Special Features discs. I'm only going off the Z boxes, but I assume the others would follow the same uniform format...
For the DragonBall Dragon Box, they were on the last disc along with the last three episodes. On the Movies Dragon Box they were included on all the discs, corresponding to their specific movie. The Z and GT Dragon Boxes were the only ones to have completely separate discs for the special features alone.

So were these extras stripped from the single disc versions? Or are the Dragonbox singles the exact same disc authoring as the boxset?

email2003 · Post by **email2003** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:50 am

I'm surprised we didn't get the written intro from Akira Toriyama in the DragonBook.

email2003 · Post by **email2003** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:53 am

russ869 wrote:
Hujio wrote:
SonGokuGT wrote:They had Special Features discs. I'm only going off the Z boxes, but I assume the others would follow the same uniform format...
For the DragonBall Dragon Box, they were on the last disc along with the last three episodes. On the Movies Dragon Box they were included on all the discs, corresponding to their specific movie. The Z and GT Dragon Boxes were the only ones to have completely separate discs for the special features alone.
So were these extras stripped from the single disc versions? Or are the Dragonbox singles the exact same disc authoring as the boxset?

Go here: http://www.kanzentai.com/dvd.php?id=dbox_z1

This will explain everything.

Haseowolf · Post by **Haseowolf** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:56 am

I would like to address something about the next episode previews on the dub. Due to the way the DVD branching goes, if you just hit play (Japanese w/ subtitles) and hit the audio button on your DVD remote and turn off the subtitles as well, you will see that it plays the opening, part a, part b, and credits in English w/ Japanese score. After that, it goes to the next episode previews in Japanese.

Just gotta play around with it a bit. But really, you should just be watching it in Japanese. A lot less work

KillerCory · Post by **KillerCory** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:58 am

Freeza Heika wrote:
KillerCory wrote:Anyone want anything specifc for audio from both the season set and the dragonbox?
I'd like to hear the Galic-ho/Kamehameha battle. I want to hear the epicness.

I'll have these posted soon.

email2003 · Post by **email2003** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:00 pm

Haseowolf wrote: But really, you should just be watching it in Japanese. A lot less work

True that.

KillerCory · Post by **KillerCory** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:19 pm

Here are some audio samples from the Kamehameha/Galic-ho battle.

Only took from ending of it or else would have been pretty big.

Season Set

http://www.2shared.com/file/8977235/483 ... Galic.html

DBOX

http://www.2shared.com/file/8977184/de8 ... Galic.html

I did not change any settings on my computer or increase the volume.

Is it possible that anyone could grab this sound from the original DBOX?

The sound clip starts right after we see everyone in the Turtle Hermits house freak out when everything starts to explode.