Dragon Ball Z: Arrival
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| Dragon Ball Z: Arrival | |
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| Release Date |
19 August 1997 (VHS) 13 April 1999 (DVD) 20 April 1999 (VHS Re-release) |
| Catalog Number |
PIVA-1329D / PIVA-1330D (VHS) PIDA-1330V (DVD) PIVA-132ND (VHS Re-release) |
| Contents | |
| Primary Content |
FUNimation English Dub Episodes 1-4 |
| Bonus Material | Yes |
| Disc Information | |
| Layers | Single Layered |
| Disk Space | 4.08 GB / 4.63 GB |
| Region Coding | Region 1 |
| Country | USA |
| Company | FUNimation |
| Authoring | Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P. |
Dragon Ball Z: Arrival is a VHS and DVD release compiling the first four episodes from FUNimation's original edited English dub of the Dragon Ball Z television series, first aired in 1996 via broadcast syndication. The home video saw two versions released on VHS in 1997, with a DVD version following in 1999.
Arrival is the first licensed home video release of the Dragon Ball Z television series in the United States. It was re-packaged as the first volume in the box set release Dragon Ball Z: The Saiyan Conflict, containing the first eight volumes of the Pioneer DVD and VHS releases.
Versions of these episodes from Arrival were later collected in the "Dragon Ball Z: Rock the Dragon DVD Box Set Collector's Edition" set from FUNimation, released in August 2013 spanning nine DVDs,[1] collected the entire 53-episode run of the syndication broadcast, plus broadcast versions of the first three films. This release restores the first four episodes to their individual broadcast versions, including original line recordings and episode title cards.
Summary
This plot summary is given on the DVD cover:
The Saiyans are a race of alien warriors who crave destruction. They have sent their mighty warrior, Raditz, to the Earth to search for his younger brother, Kakarot, and to finish the job his brother neglected - to destroy all traces of human life on the planet!
Raditz confronts Goku, one of the Earth's greatest defenders, and shocks everyone by revealing that Goku is really Kakarot with amnesia! Raditz commands Goku to accept his heritage and attack the earth [sic]. When Goku refuses, Raditz kidnaps Goku's son Gohan and commands Goku to destroy 100 earthlings by the next morning to save his son's life. Still reeling from the shock, Goku suddenly finds help from an unlikely source - his arch-enemy Piccolo! Despite their differences, they both realize that they must team up if they want to have a chance against Raditz. However, once their battle against the Saiyan has begun, it becomes obvious that, even together, they are not powerful enough to challenge Raditz! How will they make up the difference? What sacrifices will have to be made to protect the Earth?
Primary Content
| # | FUNimation Title/US Air Date | Original Episodes | |
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| 1 |  |
The Arrival of Raditz 13 September 1996 |
Dragon Ball Z Episode 1 Dragon Ball Z Episode 2 |
| 2 |  |
The World's Strongest Team 20 September 1996 |
Dragon Ball Z Episode 3 Dragon Ball Z Episode 4 |
| 3 |  |
Gohan's Hidden Powers 27 September 1996 |
Dragon Ball Z Episode 4 Dragon Ball Z Episode 5 |
| 4 |  |
Goku's Unusual Journey 04 October 1996 |
Dragon Ball Z Episode 5 Dragon Ball Z Episode 6 |
The product was released edited in an English-dub-only format on VHS and DVD, and is presented with a single audio track on both formats:
- 2.0 stereo sound English dub (FUNimation/Vancouver-based cast) with a replacement musical score (music by Shuki Levy)
Certain lines of dialog — namely those including the words "kill" or "death" — were replaced following the original broadcast in the initial batch of episodes; these revised dialog edits are present until FUNimation's "Rock the Dragon" edition in 2013.
Arrival includes one set of opening and ending themes surrounding the content of the four episodes, of which run as a sort of "feature-length" presentation. Episode 1's title card was replaced with an exclusive "ARRIVAL" title card. The title cards for episodes 2-4 are removed, as are all episode recaps. Previews for the next three episodes play in succession after the ending theme.
On DVD, the video stream is encoded as interlaced (480i), with black side borders of a varying number of pixels on the left and right, and sometimes on the top as well.
The main DVD menu features artwork from the box cover, accompanied by the Main Title "Rock the Dragon" track produced by Shuki Levy.
Bonus Material
Opening: Series introduction, including footage from Dragon Ball Episode 1, Dragon Ball Z Movie 1, Movie 2 and Movie 3.
Packaging
Clamshell cases; white vs. black for each version; subsequent volumes in standard slipcase boxes
Promotion
Flyers, ads
External Links
Notes
References
- ↑ "FUNimation To Release Original Broadcast DBZ English Dub" (01 June 2013). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 06 February 2020.
- ↑ Mixx Zine, August 1991, Issue 1-1. America: Tokyopop. (p. 2)
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