Dragon Ball Z: Betrayal

Dragon Ball Z: Betrayal
	DVD VHS Betrayal (VHS)
Release Date	25 August 1998 (VHS); 12 October 1999 (DVD)
Catalog Number	PIVA-0115D (VHS); PIDA-0115V (DVD)
Contents
Primary Content	FUNimation English Dub; Episodes 35-37
Bonus Material	None
Disc Information
Layers	Single-Layered
Disk Space	3.18 GB / 4.63 GB
Region Coding	Region 1
Country	USA
Company	FUNimation
Authoring	Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P.
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Dragon Ball Z: Betrayal is a VHS and DVD release compiling episodes 35-37 from FUNimation's original edited English dub of the Dragon Ball Z television series, first aired in 1997 via broadcast syndication. The home video was released on VHS in 1998, with a DVD version following in 1999.

Following the individual release, Betrayal was included as the fourth volume in a box set release called Dragon Ball Z: The Namek Saga, containing the last nine volumes of the Pioneer VHS and DVD releases.

Versions of these episodes from Betrayal 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. The commerical bumpers introduced in Episode 27 were also restored.

Primary Content

Short synopses for every episode are included on the back of the home releases boxes; these are presented in the table exactly as they were written.

#		Summary	Original Episodes
35	The Nameks Versus Frieza 11 October 1997	As Goku continues his long journey to Namek, Gohan and Krillin watch as the Nameks struggle to defend their planet from Frieza's henchmen. Frieza is continuing his search for the fifth Dragon Ball, and will stop at nothing to get it.	Dragon Ball Z Episode - Dragon Ball Z Episode -
36	Escape From Dodoria 11 October 1997	Frieza's henchman threaten a Namek child during their search for the Dragon Balls, but Gohan and Krillin become enraged and rescue the child. They soon find themselves pursued by Frieza's henchman Dodoria, but they manage to give him the slip.	Dragon Ball Z Episode - Dragon Ball Z Episode -
37	Secrets Revealed 18 October 1997	Vegeta intercepts Dodoria who hopes that Vegeta will spare his life if he reveals that Frieza destroyed the Saiyan home planet! Vegeta decides to destroy Dodoria anyway, and then begins to search for Gohan and Krillin. When he cannot locate them, Vegeta decides to search for the Dragon Balls instead. Meanwhile, Gohan and Krillin locate Bulma who tells them that Goku will reach Namek within the week!	Dragon Ball Z Episode - Dragon Ball Z Episode -

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)

Betrayal includes one set of opening and ending themes surrounding the content of the three episodes, of which run as a sort of "feature-length" presentation with episode recaps and previews removed between episodes. A preview for Episode 38 plays 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. Two static images advertising Pioneer home releases follow the previews. No bonus material or trailers are included.

The main DVD menu features artwork from the box cover, accompanied by the Main Title "Rock the Dragon" track produced by Shuki Levy.