VHS and Laser Disc Guide

DNA · Post by **DNA** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:26 pm

Since no one ever did this, I'm curious. Which footage was released in VHS in Japan? And in Laser Disc? What extras did the releases contain? Does anyone know?

Mayuri Furiza Kurotsuchi · Post by **Mayuri Furiza Kurotsuchi** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:11 pm

As far as I know, only the movies and maybe the TV specials.

Hao_Kaiser · Post by **Hao_Kaiser** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:43 pm

I'm pretty sure that all of the DBZ movies got VHS and Laserdisc releases in Japan (as far as the four Dragon Ball movies, though, I've never actually heard one way or the other).

Beyond that, The Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans(the OVA/Playdia footage) also got a release across two VHS tapes.

The television series (and by extension, the TV specials) didn't get a Japanese home release until the DragonBoxes in 2003, though.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:50 am

I've been somewhat working on a guide for this for a while, so here's what I remember (sorry, no pics):

VHS:

-All 17 theatrical Dragonball films
-Super Butouden Walkthrough
-Super Butouden 2 Walkthrough
-Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku ~Chikyuu Hen~
-Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku ~Uchuu Hen~
-DragonBall Z: Atsumare! Gokû Wârudo (really a video game, but the cartrige is a VHS)

LaserDisc:

-All 13 theatrical Dragonball Z films
-The Dragonball 10th Anniversary Film (Movie 4)

Bonus Features:

-All I know is that the movie 3 LaserDisc came with a never-before-or-since-seen Cha-La Head-Cha-La Karaoke video. I assume the others came with bonus features but I don't know yet (but I do have movies 1 and 10 being shipped to me as we speak, so I should know pretty soon).