The Dragon Ball Kai Logo

[cloud1414]

Now I dont know if has been talked about before, if it has sorry for not doing research and mods can lock it if it needs to be locked. But I've always been wondering, why did Funimation remove the kanji from the Dragon Ball Z Kai logo?

Dragon Ball Kai Logo:


Dragon Ball Z Kai Logo:


I honestly think it would of looked a lot better with the kanji in the Z Kai logo.

[SaiyamanMS]

But... Funimation didn't touch the kanji! It's still there! The katakana of the other hand... Yeah, that's gone. But the whole purpose of that was to tell Japanese kids that it was pronounced "Doragon Booru Kai". There's no real need for it in the English version.

[Cipher]

They kept the kanji.

They removed the kana.

Why? Presumably because it wasn't an integral part of the design, it already looked busy as fuck, Western audiences by and large can't read Japanese, and they had to fit an additional "Z" in there.

EDIT -- Narrowly beaten.

[SylentEcho]

it would of looked a lot better

I'm sure you mean, "would have".

I think Funi removing that is a good idea. It would look way to messy with it.

By the way, what does that orange font say? It looks familiar.

[Pokewhiz7]

By the way, what does that orange font say? It looks familiar.

Kai.

[Puto]

Also, Toei did the logo with the Z, not FUNimation. It's on other international versions such as the French dub, too.

[TheBlackPaladin]

To the best of my knowledge, it is called "Dragon Ball Z Kai" everywhere in the world except Japan. A slight exception is Brazil, in that there dub refers to the show as "Dragon Ball Kai," in ads and in the opening when the narrator pronounces the title of the show. However, since their dub is based on the Nicktoons-censored English dub, the "Z Kai" logo is still the official logo for the show.

No official reason has been given for why Toei made the change, but it was indeed Toei who made it, not FUNimation.

[AgitoZ]

No official reason has been given for why Toei made the change, but it was indeed Toei who made it, not FUNimation.

I'm sure the reasoning is: No one will get what "Kai" means. Toei probably thought it was the best way to get the point across of what the show actually is.

[TheBlackPaladin]

No official reason has been given for why Toei made the change, but it was indeed Toei who made it, not FUNimation.

I'm sure the reasoning is: No one will get what "Kai" means. Toei probably thought it was the best way to get the point across of what the show actually is.

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm sure that probably is the reason. I'm also sure that Toei probably wanted to add the "Z" in there for the sake of brand recognition. I'm just saying that no Toei official has ever come out directly stated, "This is why we changed the name of the show from 'Dragon Ball Kai' to 'Dragon Ball Z Kai.'" No official reason has been given...but I think the reasons can be pretty easily inferred, and you pointed out one of them.