Your Favorite Official VHS/LD/DVD Covers

[kei17]

Though the contents of home video releases are frequently discussed, I think that their designs haven't got enough attention. I'd like to know what covers you like and why you like them. Keep in mind that this thread deals with official releases.


My favorite covers are those of the Thai DVD releases:




The orange background feels very DB-ish, and the logo design is polished. Also, it is nice that they chose well-drawn cels as the cover art.

[LordCrumb]

I'd have to go with the Ultimate Uncut Special Edition covers.. all of them are really cool looking covers.. my favorite out of them would be Volume 9:

[DragonBoxZTheMovies]

I must admit, I am fond of the screenshots Funimation used for their original "singles" run. I thought it was quite appropriate, and then there's also the whole nostalgia thing going for it (I still have memories of admiring the covers at the video shop down the road from Dad's house.).
As for my absolute favourite designs...I'll have to get back to you on that.

[Jawdrahb]

Before I begin, kudos kei17 for a thread that essentially combines two factors that form my daily existence. I've never been one to commonly associate disciplined design with Dragon Ball although it does fortunately occur now and again. I don't recall the Thai DVD releases however regarding their appearance, I completely concur. Hopefully as a result of this thread, additional rarely spread designs will come to light.

To no surprise I'm sure, I believe the packaging for Japan's 'Dragon Boxes' would currently have to be the finest examples of merging the franchises' illustrious illustrations with winning design, from composition to typefaces. Admittedly, it's a wobbly statement as I don't own any of the original sets although in my defence, to even suggest this without doing so is a testament to the strength of their visuals. Numerically, I'd lead with 'Z' followed by the original series, 'GT' and finally the 'Movies'. Even with the length and contents of the series, I admire how the background for 'Z's set was purely represented with an appropriate 'super' single colour whereas both the original series and 'GT' were given concise, suitable themes. As of recent, I'd have give the packaging for Kai (notably Japan's Blu-ray box sets) their fairly deserved props for maintaining orderly and striking design. I'd usually overlook what FUNimation had churned out over the years albeit Kai and the recent 'Movie Collection' sets are vast improvements.

Whether it's their rarity, uncommon (yet appreciated) size and originally intended artwork or simply a representation of commercial 90's Japanese graphic design, I admittedly harbour an undeniably infatuation for the theatrical Laserdiscs. Having managed to fortunately snag Movie 8 (shout-outs to Rakuten), I'm expressing from experience.

[VegettoEX]

Much love for the design of the original 1998 DBZ Movie 3 release:



(tiny version from our home video guide)

[samuraix123]

Darn you VegettoEX that's one of my favorites too I always did like the cover art for these

[dbboxkaifan]

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Odd, I thought I preferred Gohan on the covers but it turns out Goku's all of 'em for my picks.

[kei17]

Thank you for showing nice covers, but I'd like to know why you like them, so please also explain the reasons instead of just posting images.

Darn you VegettoEX that's one of my favorites too I always did like the cover art for these
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That's one of my favorites, too. Vegeta is very nicely drawn, and his expression, red shadow, black space, and planets make me think of his unhappy past and loneliness.

[JulieYBM]

Hmm...so many to choose from.

From the Pioneer run, I really like volume #8's cover and volume #17's. Volume #8 is an awesome piece of art with the Kaiou-ken powered Gokuu up against a black background. The colors simply match perfectly. For volume #17, one of the first VHS I bought of the series, the first look at a Super Saiyan was always exciting. The other art on the cover was also new to me, so I suppose that leaves some excitement for me, too. I also like the cover for movie #2, it's dark and matches the atmosphere of the movie.

I do like a few of the FUNimation singles covers as they did quite often perfectly summarize the content of the volume.

[eledoremassis02]

This one always stood out for me as well. I also love the VHS box set box art (do they count?) up until Freeza saga (the uncut one is awesome)!

For some reason I like this one too
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[Ringworm128]

The season sets and Dragonboxes, simply because I'm a fan of more subtle cover art as opposed to something more over the top (i.e the UUE covers). Also the artwork for the DBX looks nice (except for that Vegeta artwork). And I think the orange color of the season sets is perfect for Dragonball.

[atm5508]

I'll have to agree with those who like the Dragon Boxes and the Movie 3 Cover, those are certainly favorites of mine.

In addition, I have always loved the artwork for Volume 1 of the Pioneer Releases-DragonBall Z: Arrival



My favorite part of this cover is the black background with the golden image of Shenron. Combined with Goku's pre-Super Saiyan spiked hair, this cover reminds me of something you might see as the cover to an art book.

[Castor Troy]

I was always fond of this cover, even before I became a fan of the series. I remember seeing it at suncoast when it was released and thinking it was pretty cool.



This one was also pretty badass, even if the original Ocean dub never got that far.



How could you not love this one?

[kidglov3s]

I think the Pioneer covers are really great, but my favorite are the Dragon Box covers that lean a little toward expressionism:





The others, though cool, are more on-model, and less embellished/exaggerated. These almost remind me of Polish movie posters in their abstractions.