Dragon Ball Z: Collision
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DVD  VHS Collision (VHS) | |
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| Release Date |
25 August 1998 (VHS) 12 October 1999 (DVD) |
| Catalog Number |
PIVA-0116D (VHS) PIDA-0116V (DVD) |
| Contents | |
| Primary Content |
FUNimation English Dub Episodes 38-40 |
| Bonus Material | None |
| Disc Information | |
| Layers | Single-Layered |
| Disk Space | 3.51 GB / 4.63 GB |
| Region Coding | Region 1 |
| Country | USA |
| Company | FUNimation |
| Authoring | Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P. |
Dragon Ball Z: Collision is a VHS and DVD release compiling episodes 38-40 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, Collision was included as the fifth 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 Collision 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.
| # | FUNimation Title/US Air Date | Summary | Original Episodes | |
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A Collision Course 18 October 1997 |
Goku struggles to fix his ship during his trip to Namek, and barely avoids getting barbecued! Vegeta beats Frieza to the Namek village containing the fifth Dragon Ball and he takes it for himself. | Dragon Ball Z Episode - Dragon Ball Z Episode - |
| 39 |  |
Stay Away From Frieza 25 October 1997 |
Piccolo and the others reach King Kai's and begin their search for the Dragon Balls while Gohan and friends learn about the eldest Namek. Krillin soon sets out to find the last Dragon Ball, but Vegeta decides to amuse himself at the expense of Zarbon. | Dragon Ball Z Episode - Dragon Ball Z Episode - |
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Zarbon Transformed 25 October 1997 |
Vegeta surprises Zarbon with his increased power, but Zarbon returns the surprise by transforming into an incredibly powerful monster. Zarbon then attacks Vegeta and appears to destroy him! | 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)
Collision 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 41 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.
Vol. 1-11
Information Services
Packaging
Promotion
In promotional material advertising upcoming VHS releases for Dragon Ball Z: Betrayal and Collision, this release was tentatively titled "ZARDON" (referring to Zarbon). The description for this release reads:
Dragon Ball Z - Zardon (Vol. 13)
Vegeta challenges Frieza's henchman, Zardon. Early in their conflict, Vegeta surprises Zardon with his increased power, but Zardon shocks Vegeta by transforming into an incredibly powerful monster
External Links
Notes
References
- ↑ "FUNimation To Release Original Broadcast DBZ English Dub" (01 June 2013). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 06 February 2020.
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