Buu saga Kai international opening vs Japanese opening theme

[90sDBZ]

Out of the 2 which do you prefer?

International opening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQmrS9waDws

Japanese opening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJXzA_GcTZ8

I much prefer the international opening personally. The Japanese one is good but it feels like a bit more of a modern anime opening than a classic Dragonball opening. Fight it out on the other hand is awesome and I really hope that's what gets used in Funimation's dub. What do you guys think?

[Ajay]

I think Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go is probably the better song and most appropriate for Dragon Ball but I'd say I prefer Fight It Out based entirely around the fact that it's catchy as fuck.

Honestly, they're both pretty solid songs, it's pretty hard to choose.

[Codarik]

I vote international. Especially for the ending theme. Can't wait for a high quality version of Never Give Up to appear.

[Xeogran]

Kuu Zen Zetsu Go is overall better, but Fight It Out is pretty catchy too.

[Valerius Dover]

Can't really judge until we get a high quality version of Fight It Out, but it'll definitely be the one Funimation uses.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Honestly, I can't choose. Ironically, my top 3 openings are the openings of the Majin Boo arc (Z, Kai, International Kai), and I like them all equally.

[B]

Maybe it's the way they're applied to the animation, but I'm not a fan of either the International offerings. They're not terrible, though.

[NintendoBlaze53]

Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go easily the animation and music match perfectly and it's catchy, it also feels more like a sequel song to Dragon Soul in the same vain that We Gotta Power is a sequel song to Cha-la. No offence to anyone that likes Fight It Out! but the song has no big moment it's just slow and dull, while Kuu-Zen has build up to a large big chorus. I also feel Fight It Out! drags not in length, but it makes me want to just skip it to get to the episode.

[mcdonough88]

Kuu Zen Zetsu Go!
Fight it out sounds a bit flat and NOT-DBish

[Valerius Dover]

Hmm, I know I said I wouldn't judge yet, but I think think they're both really solid songs that have a lot of energy to them. I prefer them over Dragon Soul for sure. It's really hard to choose, but Fight It Out has something in the lyrics that sounds like "Eat The Spirit Bomb". That's a definite win for me.

[Gyt Kaliba]

I need to hear a better quality version of 'Fight It Out' to really decide, but as things stand now, I prefer 'Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go' by quite a wide margin. It seems to fit Dragon Ball better, and seems like a much better song by it's own merits too.

[dbzfan7]

Til I hear a better quality version of "Fight it out", Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go shits all over it. That song didn't pump me up or make me excited at all to watch an episode. It bored me. Though the ending theme sounds better than what we have now...and maybe better than the first Kai 2014 ending theme.

[jda95]

I'm sure my opinion will change at least a small amount when we can hear it in a higher quality, but Kuu Zen Zetsu Go, while far from my favorite Dragon Ball song, is substantially stronger than the international theme. It doesn't really give me significant DB vibes at all.

[Cold Skin]

The Japanese one, Like Nothing Before or After, is better, it has a lot of energy and sounds epic, it gets you pumped up, it's the equivalent of the Budokai 2 opening!
And there's something of that "hard edge" feeling to it after the first "blue sky" Dragon Soul opening, similarly to how We Gotta Power feels after Cha-La Head-Cha-La.

Fight It Out is good, but it feels too sloppy, too slow now that we've known the Japanese opening. It feels nice, and is quite good, but in comparison, it feels very classic and somehow unimpressive, non-epic. And "classic" is not what we want from Kai, we want "refreshed", we want a "modernized, high-paced, current anime" feel.

As for the ending, I like the song Never Give Up more, but the animation for Dear Zarathustra is more mature, not showing which enemy they face or not directly showing Goku's presence with the group. Can't compare Pure Heart for now since we don't know the equivalent for the international version.

In order of the best, first opening/ending songs for each version:
1 - Like Nothing Before or After
2 - Never Give Up
3 - Dear Zarathustra
4 - Fight It Out

[DarkPrince_92]

I like the Japanese Opening Song, but the International verison's use of animation. I like the international ending a lot more than the japanese in both song and use of animation. There's less spoilers for those who are unfamiliar with the Buu arc of Z.

[90sDBZ]

It looks like most seem to prefer the Japanese opening then. A few of you mentioned it suits Dragonball better. I'm curious why you guys feel that way. Fight It Out feels more familiar to me, sort of like some of the game openings. And I also feel like Never Give Up is much better than Dear Zarathustra.

[MCDaveG]

Fight It Out definitely. It reminds of the old B-Side songs of the DBZ Movie Singles which I liked a lot back then.
Also, I hate Dragon Soul and Ku Zen Zetsu Go a lot, as I think they sound rather silly. Fight It Out is catchy and the singer is not as annoying to me as the Dragon Soul one.
I actually like his voice and delivery. For me it's finally some good Japanese opening after loooooong time!

[SoundVox]

Kuu Zen Zetsu Go just feels like better song. I like Fight it Out, but KZZG just feels more "fun", adventurous. The visuals of fight it out as an opening are better, but it feels like KZZG was given more love as a song. In all honesty, I haven't been the biggest fan of the new ost for Kai since Kenji was fired, aside from a few exceptions. Something about the music just feels empty, and while Fight It Out is catchy, I get the same feeling from it. Kuu Zen Zetsu Go feels complete to me. It feels like the perfect "We Gotta Power!" To Dragon Soul's "Cha-La Head-Cha-La." I really hope, if FUNimation continues the trend of dubbing the opening and ending songs of Kai, that they dub KZZG instead of Fight It Out. I liked Dragon Soul when I heard it in Japanese, and loved it when I heard it in English (mainly Vic Mignogna's version); I already love KZZG, so I wanna see if I can love it any more.

I rambled enough, but basically KZZG just feels not only more complete, and exciting, but it just feels more fun for me, and Dragon Ball has pretty much always been summed up as fun for me.

[SoundVox]

It looks like most seem to prefer the Japanese opening then. A few of you mentioned it suits Dragonball better. I'm curious why you guys feel that way. Fight It Out feels more familiar to me, sort of like some of the game openings. And I also feel like Never Give Up is much better than Dear Zarathustra.

Honestly Kuu Zen Zetsu Go feels more like a game opening to me, that has a part of why I prefer it I guess. But in my case, while Fight It Out is catchy, Kuu Zen just sounds more full to me. I haven't been a big fan is the OST for this season of Kai, aside from a few tracks, mainly because someone about them sounds empty to me, it doesn't feel like Dragon Ball, and I sorta get the same feel from Fight It Out. It feels like Kuu Zen was given more love, and it gives me the same exciting feeling as Budokai 2 and 3 openings. Of course music is one of the most subjective things on the planet, but Kuu Zen just feels like a better fit to me. But I do agree in that I enjoy Never Give Up more than Dear Zarathustra.

[Valerius Dover]

^Pretty sure it'll be Fight It Out, like most of the rest of the world, and it'll be kept the same since it's already in English.