“The Namek Saga” is the second season of Dragon Ball Z for the North American syndication television market as produced by FUNimation. The episodes released on those discs are as-is from their original syndication run on American television beginning in 1996 (although in the original run episode 26 was considered part of season one, it is included on the season two box set). These releases are edited, English-dubbed ONLY (with the Ocean Studios cast, as opposed to FUNimation’s in-house cast, which did not yet exist), and were distributed by Pioneer Home Entertainment (later renamed to Geneon). The Japanese episodes listed with these discs in this guide indicate which original Japanese episodes these dubbed episodes correspond to based on their visual content due to edits and episode splicing. FUNimation’s sub-licensing agreement with Pioneer expired on 31 August 2003, resulting in a complete return to FUNimation’s control. For more information on the Pioneer/FUNimation licensing agreement, please refer to the “Newbie Guide“.
FUNimation had announced plans to go back and re-dub the first two seasons with their own in-house actors (which had already done the rest of the series), and release this re-dub uncut on DVD with the Japanese version included as well. These discs had been in-process of release under the “Ultimate Uncut Edition” line, but the line was canceled after releasing 27 episodes in favor of the faux-“remastered” season box sets.
PIDA-0112V
TV Series Volume #09 – “Departure”
- 17 August 1999
- Released
- English Dubbed Only
- Dialogue
- 4:3 Standard / Edited
- Format
PIDA-0113V
TV Series Volume #10 – “Rebirth”
- 14 September 1999
- Released
- English Dubbed Only
- Dialogue
- 4:3 Standard / Edited
- Format
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TV Series Volume #11 – “Namek”
- 14 September 1999
- Released
- English Dubbed Only
- Dialogue
- 4:3 Standard / Edited
- Format
PIDA-0115V
TV Series Volume #12 – “Betrayal”
- 12 October 1999
- Released
- English Dubbed Only
- Dialogue
- 4:3 Standard / Edited
- Format
PIDA-0116V
TV Series Volume #13 – “Collision”
- 12 October 1999
- Released
- English Dubbed Only
- Dialogue
- 4:3 Standard / Edited
- Format
PIDA-0117V
TV Series Volume #14 – “Quest”
- 9 November 1999
- Released
- English Dubbed Only
- Dialogue
- 4:3 Standard / Edited
- Format
PIDA-0118V
TV Series Volume #15 – “Trouble”
- 9 November 1999
- Released
- English Dubbed Only
- Dialogue
- 4:3 Standard / Edited
- Format
PIDA-0119V
TV Series Volume #16 – “The Ginyu Force”
- 7 December 1999
- Released
- English Dubbed Only
- Dialogue
- 4:3 Standard / Edited
- Format
PIDA-0120V
TV Series Volume #17 – “Super Saiyan?!”
- 7 December 1999
- Released
- English Dubbed Only
- Dialogue
- 4:3 Standard / Edited
- Format