Dragon Ball Kai
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| Dragon Ball Kai | |||
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 "Dragon Ball Kai" Episode Title Card | |||
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| 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) | ||
"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)
Majin Buu Arc (Phase 2: 2014 - 2015)
Internationally
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)
- Fuji TV — Masato Seino (1-98), Osamu Nozaki (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
Home Video Releases
References
External Links
- Fuji TV's Official "Dragon Ball Kai" Website (2009)
- Fuji TV's Official "Dragon Ball Kai" Website (2014)
- Toei Animation's Official "Dragon Ball Kai" Website (2009)
- Toei Animation's Official "Dragon Ball Kai" Website (2014)
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