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Dragon Ball Kai
	"Dragon Ball Kai" Episode Title Card
ドラゴンボール改; Doragon Bōru Kai
ドラゴンボール改; Doragon Bōru Kai
Original Run	05 April 2009 – 27 March 2011; 06 April 2014 – Ongoing
Broadcast	Fuji TV (Sunday, 9:00 – 9:30AM)
Animation	Toei Animation
Production	Fuji TV; Toei Animation
Episodes	Ongoing (List of Episodes)
Chapters	Chapter 195 to Chapter 519
Main Staff
Series Director	Yasuhiro Nowatari (1-98); Terazaki Naohiro (99–ongoing)
Series Organizer	Kazutaka Sado (1-98); Caramel Mama; Kōhei Obara (66-98)
Planning	Yōko Matsuzaki (1-98); Kōzō Morishita (1-ongoing); Masato Seino (99-ongoing)
Music	Kenji Yamamoto (1-95); Shunsuke Kikuchi (96-98); Norihito Sumitomo (99-ongoing)
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"Dragon Ball Kai" (often abbreviated as Kai), known internationally as "Dragon Ball Z Kai", is a Japanese animated television series produced by Toei Animation. The series is a "revised" version of the Dragon Ball Z TV series, produced for a high-definition (HD) presentation, and features re-recorded dialogue, new music, updated sound effects, and new digital effects. The first 13 episodes feature a formal title card stating that Dragon Ball Kai is a "Commemorative Encore of the Broadcast's 20th Anniversary" and is an "Akira Toriyama Original Cut Version" of the series.

Plot

Five peaceful years have passed since Goku's victory over Piccolo in the 23rd Tenka'ichi Budōkai and his marriage to Chi-Chi, when a mysterious alien warrior arrives on Earth in search of "Kakarrot". The alien eventually finds Goku, identifying him as Kakarrot, and introduces himself as Goku's older brother, Raditz. He proclaims that Goku is actually a Saiyan, the strongest warrior race in the universe, that was sent to Earth to exterminate humanity. From here the series takes to the stars, with even stronger and stronger opponents appearing before Goku and friends.

History

Japan

In early 2009, Toei Animation officially announced^[1] that a "refreshed" version of the Dragon Ball Z TV series, re-titled Dragon Ball Kai (改; Kai meaning "renewed" or "revised"), was being produced for a high-definition presentation in honor of its 20th anniversary. The first episode of Dragon Ball Kai aired on 05 April 2009 as part of Fuji TV's new hour-long Sunday morning anime block, "Dream 9". The block began with Dragon Ball Kai at 9:00AM and was followed by Toei Animation's other mega-hit anime series, One Piece, at 9:30AM. This marked the first time the franchise held a regular television time slot since Dragon Ball GT ended in November 1997.

During its original production, filler material was incorporated into the Dragon Ball Z TV series in order to stretch out story elements and avoid catching up with the concurrent weekly manga serialization. With no weekly serialization constraining Dragon Ball Kai, and the storyline already established, the series was able to cut out much of this material and move the story along with a faster tempo in an attempt to create a higher "sense of action"^[1]. In addition, unlike the previous TV series, each episode's prologue and next episode preview could be produced in advance.

Saiyan to Cell Arc (Phase 1: 2009 - 2011)

Although the series was consistently seeing high rating shares, it was ultimately canceled in March 2011 following the conclusion of the Cell story arc, presumably due to low merchandising sales^[2]^[3], and replaced with the Toriko animated TV series. Shortly before the series end, Toei Animation acknowledged issues of possible musical infringement in the series' background music and promptly removed Kenji Yamamoto's score, replacing it with Shunsuke Kikuchi's original score from Dragon Ball Z. The last two broadcast episodes (96 & 97) of the series exclusively featured Shunsuke Kikuchi's score, along with all subsequent re-airings of the series.

The series' broadcast was delayed one week due to the horrific earthquake that struck Japan on 11 March 2011, and consequently the final episode of the series was not aired as originally scheduled. It was included as a special unaired episode on the series' home video release.

Majin Buu Arc (Phase 2: 2014 - 2015)

Internationally

Characters

Further information: Dragon Ball Characters

Main Staff

Original Author: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Yōko Matsuzaki (Fuji TV; 1-98), Kōzō Morishita (Toei Animation), Masato Seino (Fuji TV; 99-ongoing)
Producer:

Fuji TV — Masato Seino (1-98), Osamu Nozaki (99-ongoing)
Yomiko Advertising — Kyotaro Kimura (1-14), Kazuya Watanabe (15-98), Naoko Sagawa (99-ongoing)
Toei Animation — Kōhei Obara (1-65), Gō Wakabayashi (66-98)
SKY Perfect Well Think — Norihiro Hayashida (99-ongoing)

Music: Kenji Yamamoto (1-95), Shunsuke Kikuchi (96-98), Norihito Sumitomo (99-ongoing)
Production Supervisor: Atsunori Kazama
Series Organization: Kazutaka Sado (1-98), Kōhei Obara (66-98), Caramel Mama
Editing: Shin'ichi Fukumitsu (1-10), Nobutaka Maki (11-98), Kenta Katase (12-ongoing)
Editing Assistance: Kentarō Furushō (1-98), Kiminori Furuta (99-ongoing)
Audio Director: Yukio Nagasaki (1-ongoing) & Satoshi Motoyama (99-ongoing)
Recording: Mitsuharu Itō
Recording Assistance: Miki Arakaki
Original Sound Effect Design: Hidenori Arai
HD Production Coordination: Hidehiko Kadota
Assistant Director: Yasunori Koyama (1-98)
Performance Direction: Hiroshi Kamiho (99-ongoing)
Digital Mastering: Q-TEC (1-98), Toei Digital Lab (99-ongoing)
Digital Mastering Coordination: Nobuhiro Kobayashi (1-98), Shin'ichi Fukumitsu (99-ongoing)
Director: Yasuhiro Nowatari (1-98), Terazaki Naohiro (99-ongoing)
Production Coordination: Toei
Production: Fuji TV, Yomiko Advertising (Uncredited), Toei Animation

Themes & Insert Songs

Opening Theme

"Dragon Soul" (Episodes 1-98)

Lyrics: Yumi Yoshimoto / Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki / Arrangement: Sei'ichi Kyōda / Vocals: Takayoshi Tanimoto (Dragon Soul)

"Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go: Like Nothing Before or After" (Episodes 99-ongoing)

Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori / Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki / Arrangement: Hiromasa Kagoshima / Vocals: Takayoshi Tanimoto (Dragon Soul)

Ending Theme

"Yeah! Break! Care! Break!" (Episodes 1-54)

Lyrics: Yuriko Mori / Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki / Arrangement: Sei'ichi Kyōda / Vocals: Takayoshi Tanimoto (Dragon Soul)

"Wings of the Heart" (Episodes 55-98)

Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto / Composition: Kensuke Yoko / Arrangement: Magokoro Ikuta / Vocals: Team Dragon

"Dear Zarathustra" (Episodes 99-111)

Lyrics: Shingo Kanehiro / Composition: Shingo Kanehiro/ Arrangement & Vocals: Good Morning America

"Pure Heart" (Episodes 112-123)

Lyrics: Leo Ieiri / Composition: Yoshihiko Nishio / Arrangement: Kikuo Satō / Vocals: Leo Ieiri

"Oh Yeah!!!!!!!" (Episodes 124-136)

Lyrics: Masmi Takei / Composition: Masmi Takei / Arrangement & Vocals: Czecho No Republic

"GALAXY" (Episodes 137-ongoing)

Lyrics: Seiya Yamasaki / Composition, Arrangement, & Vocals: Kyūso Nekokami

Insert Songs

"Over the Star" (Episode 17)

Lyrics: Yuriko Mori / Composition & Arrangement: cAnON. / Vocals: Saki Oshitani

"Take the Stage!! Ginyu Special-Squad!!" (Episodes 28 & 29)

Lyrics: Hiroshi Yamada / Composition, Arrangement, & Vocals: Yō Yamazaki

"Only a Chilling Elegy: The Theme of Freeza" (Episodes 37 & 40)

Lyrics & Composition: Demon Kakka / Arrangement: Anders Rydholm / Vocals: Demon Kakka

"Saiyan Blood" (Episode 41)

Lyrics: Hiroshi Yamada / Composition & Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto / Vocals: Vegeta (Ryō Horikawa)

"Ultra☆Super Dragon Soul" (Episode 41)

Lyrics: Yumi Yoshimoto / Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki / Arrangement: Hiromasa Kagoshima / Vocals: Takayoshi Tanimoto (Dragon Soul)

"The Lone Warrior" (Episode 82)

Lyrics: Hiroshi Yamada / Composition & Arrangement: Shin'ichi Sakurai / Vocals: Trunks (Takeshi Kusao)

"My 18th Magic" (Episode 85)

Lyrics, Composition, & Arrangement: cAnON. / Vocals: cAnON.

"News of the Cell Games" (Episode 85)

Lyrics: Hiroshi Yamada / Composition & Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto / Vocals: Kenji Ōtsuki

"Cure: I'll Be Here" (Episode 98)

Lyrics: Yuriko Mori / Composition & Arrangement: cAnON. / Vocals: Dende (Aya Hirano)

Episodes

Further information: List of Dragon Ball Kai Episodes

Home Video Releases

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Weekly Shōnen Jump 2009 #11. Japan: Shueisha, 09 February 2009. (p. 338)
↑ "Fiscal 2010 Second Quarter Financial Results Presentation" (29 October 2009). Toei Animation Co., Ltd. Retrieved: March 2011.
↑ "Fiscal 2011 Second Quarter Financial Results Presentation" (28 October 2010). Toei Animation Co., Ltd. Retrieved: March 2011.

External Links

[announcement-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Weekly Shōnen Jump 2009 #11. Japan: Shueisha, 09 February 2009. (p. 338)

[2] "Fiscal 2010 Second Quarter Financial Results Presentation" (29 October 2009). Toei Animation Co., Ltd. Retrieved: March 2011.

[3] "Fiscal 2011 Second Quarter Financial Results Presentation" (28 October 2010). Toei Animation Co., Ltd. Retrieved: March 2011.

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 ====Saiyan to Cell Arc (Phase 1: 2009 - 2011)====
-Although the series was consistently seeing high rating shares, it was ultimately canceled in '''March 2011''' following the conclusion of the Cell story arc, presumably due to financial reasons, and replaced with the ''Toriko'' animated TV series. Shortly before the series end, Toei Animation acknowledged issues of possible musical infringement in the series' background music and promptly removed [[Kenji Yamamoto]]'s score, replacing it with Shunsuke Kikuchi's original score from ''Dragon Ball Z''. The last two broadcast episodes (96 & 97) of the series exclusively featured Shunsuke Kikuchi's score, along with all subsequent re-airings of the series.
+Although the series was consistently seeing high rating shares, it was ultimately canceled in '''March 2011''' following the conclusion of the Cell story arc, presumably due to low merchandising sales<ref>{{Cite web|URL=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/pdf/20091029_presen_e.pdf|Website=Toei Animation Co., Ltd|Title="Fiscal 2010 Second Quarter Financial Results Presentation"|Date=29 October 2009|AccessDate=March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|URL=http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/pdf/201103_2Q_presen_e.pdf|Website=Toei Animation Co., Ltd|Title="Fiscal 2011 Second Quarter Financial Results Presentation"|Date=28 October 2010|AccessDate=March 2011}}</ref>, and replaced with the ''Toriko'' animated TV series. Shortly before the series end, Toei Animation acknowledged issues of possible musical infringement in the series' background music and promptly removed [[Kenji Yamamoto]]'s score, replacing it with Shunsuke Kikuchi's original score from ''Dragon Ball Z''. The last two broadcast episodes (96 & 97) of the series exclusively featured Shunsuke Kikuchi's score, along with all subsequent re-airings of the series.
 The series' broadcast was delayed one week due to the horrific earthquake that struck Japan on '''11 March 2011''', and consequently the final episode of the series was not aired as originally scheduled. It was included as a special unaired episode on the series' home video release.