Dragon Ball Z "Seasons" On Blu-ray: News & Discussion

[penguintruth]

Why? How does it possibly affect the actual show? So what if FUNimation labels them as "seasons" especially when you're not even going to be getting them? They're definitely not the Level sets nor the Dragon Boxes and it's really a non-issue compared to what is really worth complaining about. Is it really worth getting butthurt over something so minor when all you really want to do is watch the damned series?

Because people often use "season" as a reference point, and if everybody is in disagreement over what constitutes a season (much like the whole "saga"/"arc" debacle), it makes discussing the show confusing.

[Taku128]

poor baby

[Gaffer Tape]

There's no need to be rude about that. While it may be a relatively minor point, it's certainly a legitimate point of criticism.

[penguintruth]

poor baby

Seems to me that the people who need strict "season" delineations that match their crappy American sitcoms and police procedurals are the childish ones. Especially when the delineations aren't even drawn right.

[Taku128]

poor baby

Seems to me that the people who need strict "season" delineations that match their crappy American sitcoms and police procedurals are the childish ones. Especially when the delineations aren't even drawn right.

Nobody "needs" anything, owning a season of a show is just a lot more appealing than owning "Volume One" or whatever. It's all marketing, because at the end of the day products have to make profit, and if something as small as labeling the releases as seasons helps FUNimation sell more I'm not holding it against them.

[Gaffer Tape]

I have to say, that if we as people are as easily led as you claim, that we are willing to succumb to such illusions so knowingly and so easily for the sake of a tiny amount standardized comfort, then we deserve to have FUNimation and every other company lie to us and screw us over. After all, they only do it because we so lap it up.

[KingofWisdom]

Well, if marketing a box set as a "Season" rather than a "Volume" has any increase on sales (which may or may not be the case), then wouldn't those buyers need that designation?

[Hellspawn28]

Why does Funimation continue to insist that there are nine seasons of the show? There weren't even nine seasons of the dub on North American television!

STOP USING THE TERM "SEASONS", FUNIMATION.

Why? How does it possibly affect the actual show? So what if FUNimation labels them as "seasons" especially when you're not even going to be getting them?

Dragon Ball never had real seasons to begin with. It was annoying back in the day when Funimation would make up sagas just for the stake of selling more VHS and DVD boxes. Remember stuff like the Vegeta Saga, Captain Ginyu saga, Trunks saga, Imperfect Cell Saga, Perfect Cell saga, Great Saiyaman Saga, World Tournament Saga, Babidi saga, and Fusion Saga. None of these sagas really exist and I remember telling people that there's no such thing as the Trunks saga. It's just Saiyan Saga, Namek, Cell and Buu saga.

[dbboxkaifan]

The fact alone that they used the term "Season" for this collection makes me believe it's not aimed at the hardcore/fans so that's another hint that it's not going to be that amazing set people are hyping it to be.

Not to mention it's cropped (16:9 widescreen) instead of the original aspect ratio.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

hmmm, shall I get the level sets or wait for this release? The level sets will cost me double but I 100% know they will work in the UK as for this release it seem uncertain plus I prefer 16:9 to 4:3 so i'm leaning toward this release but if it don't work in the UK I'm done for lol plus the level sets might go up too.
Oh, what do I do?

[Gyt Kaliba]

Dragon Ball never had real seasons to begin with. It was annoying back in the day when Funimation would make up sagas just for the stake of selling more VHS and DVD boxes.

I can understand how it'd be annoying, yes, but you do realize that's kinda their right as a licensor, and the point of a company, right? To make money? Thankfully nowadays they have shifted to a more condensed offering style, giving us more episodes for less money and taking up less shelf space.

[Ajay]

hmmm, shall I get the level sets or wait for this release? The level sets will cost me double but I 100% know they will work in the UK as for this release it seem uncertain plus I prefer 16:9 to 4:3 so i'm leaning toward this release but if it don't work in the UK I'm done for lol plus the level sets might go up too.
Oh, what do I do?

Well the question is more 'do I buy the cancelled sets with only 2 releases...or do I buy the potentially full release despite being 16:9?'.

[eledoremassis02]

hmmm, shall I get the level sets or wait for this release? The level sets will cost me double but I 100% know they will work in the UK as for this release it seem uncertain plus I prefer 16:9 to 4:3 so i'm leaning toward this release but if it don't work in the UK I'm done for lol plus the level sets might go up too.
Oh, what do I do?

Well the question is more 'do I buy the cancelled sets with only 2 releases...or do I buy the potentially full release despite being 16:9?'.

could get both

Waiting for some screen shots.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

hmmm, shall I get the level sets or wait for this release? The level sets will cost me double but I 100% know they will work in the UK as for this release it seem uncertain plus I prefer 16:9 to 4:3 so i'm leaning toward this release but if it don't work in the UK I'm done for lol plus the level sets might go up too.
Oh, what do I do?

Well the question is more 'do I buy the cancelled sets with only 2 releases...or do I buy the potentially full release despite being 16:9?'.

could get both

Waiting for some screen shots.

would if I could afford it lol
yea , guess I'll wait for some footage too

[eledoremassis02]

would if I could afford it lol
yea , guess I'll wait for some footage too

I think season 1 will have more episodes than level 1.1 and 1.2 so I would get Season one if you had to choose (in case you wanted to buy season 2)

My dbz set is like Frankenstein lol

Original edited dub (for english 1-53)
Level 1.1, 1.2 and season 1-2 for Japanese/english w broadcast background music
Singles of Ginyu-Freeza for Japanese/english w broadcast background music + Dragon box 3 for better japanese.
Season 4-5 for Japanese and english
Cell Games: Ulitmatum
then Dragon Box 5-7 lol

[Baggie_Saiyan]

would if I could afford it lol
yea , guess I'll wait for some footage too

I think season 1 will have more episodes than level 1.1 and 1.2 so I would get Season one if you had to choose (in case you wanted to buy season 2)

My dbz set is like Frankenstein lol

Original edited dub (for english 1-53)
Level 1.1, 1.2 and season 1-2 for Japanese/english w broadcast background music
Singles of Ginyu-Freeza for Japanese/english w broadcast background music + Dragon box 3 for better japanese.
Season 4-5 for Japanese and english
Cell Games: Ulitmatum
then Dragon Box 5-7 lol

yea, would pre-order now but not sure if its gonna be playable in UK
fair play bro,
All I have is DBZ season 3+9 and DBZK Season 2(wanba get all of them too)

[eledoremassis02]

England should be the same Region code as the U.S? My sister imports BBC blu rays and they play no problem.

I hear ya. I want the Japanese Kai DVD's cause there 6x3

[PhoenixEX]

I held out on buying the Dragon Boxes on a slim chance that the series would see a Bluray release someday. Once the Level sets were announced, I was extatic. Their presentation was amazing aswell. You can probably imagine my dissappointment once FUNi announced their cancellation. Now these 16:9 bricks in HD are releasing...should have just bought the Dragon Boxes when they were affordable. I'll probably end up getting these "Season" sets considering I can't afford some of those high priced Dragon Boxes.

[Ajay]

England should be the same Region code as the U.S? My sister imports BBC blu rays and they play no problem.

I hear ya. I want the Japanese Kai DVD's cause there 6x3

England is region 2 and America is region 1. That refers to DVDs though, Blu-Rays use letters and can often be region-free but it depends on the release. The Kai blu-rays released in the US are region free but I can't speak for the 16:9 Japanese DVDs.

[OutlawTorn]

Why? How does it possibly affect the actual show? So what if FUNimation labels them as "seasons" especially when you're not even going to be getting them? They're definitely not the Level sets nor the Dragon Boxes and it's really a non-issue compared to what is really worth complaining about. Is it really worth getting butthurt over something so minor when all you really want to do is watch the damned series?

Because people often use "season" as a reference point, and if everybody is in disagreement over what constitutes a season (much like the whole "saga"/"arc" debacle), it makes discussing the show confusing.

That's a fair point and I can certainly see how it could become taxing with different descriptions for the same content. I do agree, however, that it's ludicrous for the sets to be labeled "season x" when they don't even match how the show was broken up to begin with.

It reminds me, somewhat, of when people refer to different editions of books when having a discussion, citing the page and edition they are referencing (page x of the hardcover vs. page y of the paperback, for example).

Dragon Ball never had real seasons to begin with.

Just because the original didn't define things by season does not mean a North American edition cannot do so. The thing is, the people who would refer to the "seasons" would more than likely be dub fans so why should people who have no interest in the dub care? Dub fans referring to sections of the series by "season" is no less valid than fans of the original referring to those sections by "sagas."

Besides, what makes up a season isn't always identical when it comes to the staff working on a show and what is ultimately released as a season. Take the original Transformers cartoon, for example, the seasons are broken down as such:

Season 1 - Episodes 1 - 16
Season 2 - Episodes 17 - 65
Season 2 - Episodes 66 - 95
Season 4 - Episodes 96 - 98

As far as the writers were concerned, seasons one and two were a single season but they were produced and aired as distinct seasons.

The original Thundercats cartoon aired as four seasons, but seasons two through four (along with the TV movie) were released on DVD as "Season 2."

More recently, the DVD release of the third season of "Bones" contained the first four episodes of the fourth season, which were then omitted from the fourth season DVD set, yet included on the Blu-ray version.

I still maintain that complaining about the use of "season" is incredibly anal when there are issues (such as the cropping) which actually affect the viewing experience.