Dragon Ball General Blue Saga on VHS

[why_so_saiyan]

Yes the title speaks for its self. When Funimation decided to produce dragon ball on VHS who knew they would end up stopping a little more then half way there before focusing on Dragon Ball Z. Any ways this is not about that, this is about the saga with the missing tape. General Blue saga released on only 3 tapes had one or two episodes left out and a box set left incomplete. I am here on a nationwide plea for help. I am on the hunt for the final tape to complete my set. I am looking for Dragon Ball General Blue The Pirate Cave (uncut). I even got bored enough to draw on a blank VHS to make it fit but as soon as I get this tape i will be able to do a better job. This tape is literally my holy grail because I only have one website with any records of this tape exciting so I know for a fact this tape is real. Please help me on my quest and perhaps we shall work something out. =)

Love your friendly Neighborhood Boack

[why_so_saiyan]

http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827 ... 6970/4/0/0

[dbboxkaifan]

And this might also be useful: http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... =7&t=11569

January 18, 2000 – DragonBall: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (Full-Length Feature; DB Movie 02)
November 21, 2000 – DragonBall: Mystical Adventure (Full-Length Feature; DB Movie 03)
June 5, 2001 – Tournament: Roshi's Request (014-016)
June 19, 2001 – Tournament: Turtle Hermit Training (017-019)
August 21, 2001 – Tournament: Fighters, Begin (020-022)
October 23, 2001 – Tournament: Semi-Finals (023-025)
October 23, 2001 – Tournament: Final Test (026-028)
December 26, 2001 – Red Ribbon Army: The Hunt is On (029-031)
December 26, 2001 – Red Ribbon Army: Silver (032-034)
March 5, 2002 – Red Ribbon Army: Assault on Muscle Tower (035-038)
March 5, 2002 – Red Ribbon Army: White's Last Stand (039-042)
May 14, 2002 – Red Ribbon Army: West City Chase (043-045)
May 14, 2002 – General Blue: Underwater Hunt (046-048)
May 14, 2002 – General Blue: The Pirate Cave (049-051)
Never Released – General Blue: N/A (052-054)
May 14, 2002 – General Blue: Lost in Penguin Village (055-057)
May 14, 2002 – Commander Red: Danger for Hire (058-060)
June 11, 2002 – Commander Red: Karin's Tower (061-064)
June 11, 2002 – Commander Red: The Battle is Won (065-067)
July 9, 2002 – Fortune Teller Baba: Five Warriors (068-070)
July 9, 2002 – Fortune Teller Baba: Yamcha's Fall (071-073)
August 27, 2002 – Fortune Teller Baba: Surprise Reunion (074-076)
August 27, 2002 – Fortune Teller: The Seventh Dragon Ball (077-079)
October 1, 2002 – Fortune Teller Baba: Goku's Journey (080-083)
October 1, 2002 – Tenshinhan Shinhan: Tournament Day (084-086)
April 29, 2003 – Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (Full-Length Feature; 10th Anniversary Movie)
--NOTE: Production of DragonBall VHS Tapes Canceled Indefinitely; Episodes 052-054 & 087-153 Unreleased--

So it really exists rather than just a picture on the internet (FUNimation's shown artwork for their future products which ended up being cancelled *cough* Level Blu-rays).

[why_so_saiyan]

And this might also be useful: http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... =7&t=11569

May 14, 2002 – General Blue: Underwater Hunt (046-048)
May 14, 2002 – General Blue: The Pirate Cave (049-051)
Never Released – General Blue: N/A (052-054)
May 14, 2002 – General Blue: Lost in Penguin Village (055-057)

--NOTE: Production of DragonBall VHS Tapes Canceled Indefinitely; Episodes 052-054 & 087-153 Unreleased--

So it really exists rather than just a picture on the internet (FUNimation's shown artwork for their future products which ended up being cancelled *cough* Level Blu-rays).

thank you very much for the reply the the link but this post is more of a request of needing a physical copy slash ranting about how someone must have dropped the ball on the episode selection process.

[Gaffer Tape]

When Funimation decided to produce dragon ball on VHS who knew they would end up stopping a little more then half way there before focusing on Dragon Ball Z.

I know you said this isn't about that, but this has me confused. What do you mean by that, because, that didn't happen. FUNimation DID stop production on Dragon Ball to focus on DBZ, but that was several years earlier and after only 13 episodes have been produced and released to VHS, not half the series.

As for this release, they began redubbing and continuing DB in 2001, when DBZ was only a couple of years from being finished. They eventually cancelled their VHS releases, not because of DBZ, but so they could focus on the DB DVD Saga sets, which were on a newer format and provided a much better deal.

[Hellspawn28]

When Funimation decided to produce dragon ball on VHS who knew they would end up stopping a little more then half way there before focusing on Dragon Ball Z.

This was likely around 2002 and by then the VHS market was pretty much dieing out with DVD players becoming more common in house holds. I can see why they chose to stop the VHS releases and focus on DVD's instead.

[Gaffer Tape]

Well, I think it was also due to the content. The sales of the VHS probably showed them that, unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, that DB wasn't popular enough to sustain 3-episode releases like DBZ was, and they figured that releasing 10-16 episodes at a time was the way to get it to really sell.