Toei Animation Europe's Dragon Ball strategies - could this mean morer dubs and a better situation between AB and Toei?

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Toei Animation Europe's Dragon Ball strategies - could this mean morer dubs and a better situation between AB and Toei?

Post by sangofe » Tue Oct 21, 2025 1:45 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzRH4inMUCQ&t=1s

Could this mean more future Dragon Ball dubs and a better situation between AB and Toei meaning more Blu Rays properly upscaled could be released?

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Post by PowerPhantom245 » Tue Oct 21, 2025 2:43 am

Instead of upscale, how about remaster from FILM?

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Post by sangofe » Tue Oct 21, 2025 6:03 am

PowerPhantom245 wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 2:43 am Instead of upscale, how about remaster from FILM?
Yeah but I actually don't trust Toei to do a good job. They'd end up using what was called Q-Tec again.

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Re: Toei Animation Europe's Dragon Ball strategies - could this mean morer dubs and a better situation between AB and To

Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Tue Oct 21, 2025 7:16 am

sangofe wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 6:03 am
PowerPhantom245 wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 2:43 am Instead of upscale, how about remaster from FILM?
Yeah but I actually don't trust Toei to do a good job. They'd end up using what was called Q-Tec again.
Q-Tec would be better than TOEI doing it inhouse, as they did the first 98 episodes of Kai, which looks decent and doesn't have the green tint. Sadly it probably wouldn't be them.
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Re: Toei Animation Europe's Dragon Ball strategies - could this mean morer dubs and a better situation between AB and To

Post by Sani007 » Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:48 am

Dragon Ball Ireland wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 7:16 am Q-Tec would be better than TOEI doing it inhouse, as they did the first 98 episodes of Kai, which looks decent and doesn't have the green tint. Sadly it probably wouldn't be them.
Yeah, it's true that there's no green tint, but there's also no detail and no grain either. It's ridiculous, but the SD Dragon Box actually has more detail than the Kai Blu-ray version.

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Re: Toei Animation Europe's Dragon Ball strategies - could this mean morer dubs and a better situation between AB and To

Post by PowerPhantom245 » Tue Oct 21, 2025 3:49 pm

Sani007 wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:48 am Yeah, it's true that there's no green tint, but there's also no detail and no grain either. It's ridiculous, but the SD Dragon Box actually has more detail than the Kai Blu-ray version.
It's utterly ridiculous that one of the most important and influential anime EVER exists, cannot warrant a proper higher quality release.
If the original source (FILM) exists, use that master for Blu-ray.
This picture is from Toei vault with Dragon Ball GT films; seriously, IT'S RIGHT THERE!
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Next year (2026) is the 40th anniversary of the anime; why not take advantage of that momentum and release something that fans would want?
I can guarantee that if pre-order comes out domestically and internationally for $500~$800 a set (153 episodes), it would sold out within minutes; there are demands out there.

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Post by GhostEmperorX » Tue Oct 21, 2025 11:14 pm

PowerPhantom245 wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 3:49 pm It's utterly ridiculous that one of the most important and influential anime EVER exists, cannot warrant a proper higher quality release.
If the original source (FILM) exists, use that master for Blu-ray.
This picture is from Toei vault with Dragon Ball GT films; seriously, IT'S RIGHT THERE!
As I said, throwing away guaranteed victories while on top is just as much a DB management thing as it is a character thing.

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