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by dbboxkaifan » Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:17 pm
Release Dates wrote:Dragon Ball Z Kai: Season Four (DVD) - 525 minutes - $49.98 - 12th March 2013*
Dragon Ball Z Kai: Season Four (Blu-ray) - 535 minutes - $49.98 - 12th March 2013*
* Note: release date adjusted 1 day (Previews list them on Wednesdays.)
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Episodes of DBZ Kai Season Four - wrote:78 - Cell on the Verge of Defeat! Krillin, Destroy Android 18!
79 - The Battle Turns for the Worst... Cell Attacks Android 18!
80 - The Tables Are Turned! Witness the Power of Perfection!
81 - Vegeta's Final Push! Defeat the Invincible Cell!
82 - The Strongest Super Saiyan! Trunks' Power Unleashed!
83 - Cell Invades the Airwaves!, Announcing,"The Cell Games".
84 - Training Complete!, Goku Sizes Up the Competition!
85 - The Truce is Broken! The Defense Force Strikes Back at Cell!
86 - A New Guardian! The Return of the Dragon Balls!
87 - Mr. Satan Takes the Stage! The Curtain Rises on the Cell Games
88 - Showdown! Cell Vs. Goku!
89 - Battle at the Highest Level! Goku Goes All Out!
90 - The Opening Round Is Concluded! Goku's Moment of Decision!
91 - Get Angry, Gohan! Release Your Hidden Power!
92 - Tears For An Android! Gohan's Inner Rage Bursts Forth!
93 - Unleash the Warrior Within! Gohan Takes the Offensive!
94 - Perfection's End! A Fury, Beyond Super Saiyan!
95 - A Hero's Sacrifice! Last Chance to Save the World!
96 - Combine Your Strength! The Final Kamehame-Ha!
97 - A Bittersweet Victory! Until We Meet Again!
98 - Peace For the Future! The Spirit of Goku is Forever!
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by Pokewhiz7 » Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:39 pm
After this and the Vortexx airings, do you think there's anything left for Kai?
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by dbboxkaifan » Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:53 pm
Some people don't even know what's Dragon Ball Kai and they're fans of the famous Dragon Ball Z, so Kai will eventually die after the last FUNimation set in US.
Imo, it didn't live to its full potential, sadly.
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by Gonstead » Sun Oct 21, 2012 2:29 am
Pokewhiz7 wrote:After this and the Vortexx airings, do you think there's anything left for Kai?
A complete pack, which Madman is already providing towards AUS and NZ.
After that, it's anyone's guess.
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by dbboxkaifan » Sun Nov 11, 2012 2:07 pm
Well, FUNimation sure is taking a long time to announce DBZ Kai Season IV.
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by Gonstead » Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:50 pm
dbboxkaifan wrote:Well, FUNimation sure is taking a long time to announce DBZ Kai Season IV.
We'll probably hear an announcement for it maybe sometime later in November for December.
They have been focusing more on other Anime recently and with the reveal of the new movie coming out along with the revelation of a Kai Buu Arc, they're probably saving any further announcements for something bigger.
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by Fizzer » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:16 pm
This does seem to be taking a really long time. Maybe they knew about the Buu arc already and were holding back season 4 for a smoother release of Kai stuff rather than a huge gap between the last DVD set coming out and the Buu arc coming out? Or maybe they're waiting for the first few episodes of Buu so season 4 can be the same size as the others?
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by dbboxkaifan » Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:26 pm
Fizzer wrote:This does seem to be taking a really long time. Maybe they knew about the Buu arc already and were holding back season 4 for a smoother release of Kai stuff rather than a huge gap between the last DVD set coming out and the Buu arc coming out? Or maybe they're waiting for the first few episodes of Buu so season 4 can be the same size as the others?
They can't add more episodes to Season IV, I mean, it's already at it's set to have around the same episode per season limit in this case it's 21 episodes. It's impossible to squeeze Majin Buu to a few episodes (
Ultimate Tenkaichi cutscenes don't count).
People complained about Part IV not having the complete Friеza saga but as said, it was due to the episodes per volume limit.
FUNimation might announce all at once, maybe.
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by Fizzer » Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:08 pm
What I meant was seasons 1, 2 and 3 all have 26 episodes (I think), but season 4 has less. If it has 21 currently, then adding the first 5 episodes of the Buu arc would give it the same episode count as the other seasons. Not that I actually think they're doing that, but some consistency nut might want it to have the same episode count since it isn't the last season anymore.
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by MagicBox » Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:08 pm
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Dragon Ball Z Kai: Season 4 Collection (DVD) - 525 minutes - $49.98 - 3/12/13*
Dragon Ball Z Kai: Season 4 Collection (Blu-ray) - 535 minutes - $49.98 - 3/12/13*
* Note: release date adjusted 1 day (Previews list them on Wednesdays.)
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by Ryuman » Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:25 pm
March, eh? Better late than never.
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by Gyt Kaliba » Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:08 pm
Excellent! I was beginning to think I'd just have to get the half sets, since Wal-mart never did a combo set for those last two sets apparently (which was what I had been buying). I wonder if FUNi asked them to stop doing that because of their own full set releases.
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by penguintruth » Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:14 pm
I wish Funimation would just admit they don't know what "season" means.
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by MagicBox » Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:18 pm
D'awww, the idea of my forum post possibly contributing to the update on the main site makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
I wouldn't say that the people at FUNimation themselves don't know what "season" means. I just think they like taking advantage of the fact that your average Wal*Mart/Best Buy/whatever shopper doesn't fully know what "season" means. I agree that it's a stupid decision (it'd be just as easy to call it a "volume" set), but with all the season sets on store shelves, maybe FUNi thinks using the term will help make consumers feel more confident about buying it.
Not a marketing major or anything, but it's an idea...
And didn't FUNi themselves make the exclusive Wal*Mart packaging? I know they were only sold at Wal*Mart, but I didn't think that meant they actually acquired the rights/resources to make their own box design and all that.
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by penguintruth » Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:21 pm
I think it's probably more complicated than it needs to be.
Nothing wrong with using the term "volume". Funimation used it for the Dragon Boxes, after all.
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.
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by Gyt Kaliba » Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:28 pm
I really don't see the big deal with what it's called, personally. So long as the episodes are there in a proper manner, I don't really care if they called it 'Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Box With Gohan Going SS2 and Beating Cell, With Some Help Of Course, Box Set Super Deluxe!' or anything ridiculously inane. Maybe I'm just easy to please though.
And I think you might be onto something with the consumer angle, Magic. I could see them thinking that using the 'Season Set' angle again would work to increase sales. Though, with Kai being essentially just DBZ again, you would think that angle might actually hurt sales some...hmm...
As for FUNi actually making the Wal-mart only combo sets, I'm not sure who was responsible for those really. If it was FUNi themselves still, that'd still fit with my theory of them being dropped for these full sets, I bet.
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by dbboxkaifan » Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:29 pm
Thanks. Just what I expected them to be.
penguintruth wrote:I wish Funimation would just admit they don't know what "season" means.
Maybe it's some kind of Americanism since all series are split into various seasons and episodes.
FUNimation shouldn't really be trying to mix Japanese animation with American series' rules.
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by Codarik » Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:21 am
Well I'm glad FUNi finally announced season four. I was afraid there for a while it wasn't going to see the light of day.
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by LettuceJUMP » Fri Feb 08, 2013 3:35 pm
Righstuf sent me an email saying my Season Four Blu-ray Shipped. LOVE Rightstuf!
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by Tanooki Kuribo » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:38 am
I just got Season Four. What was the line they messed up... something about King Kai being wished back to life or something? I wanna spot check to see if it's fixed even though I'm pretty sure it won't be.
