Dragon Ball Z: Doomed Heroes

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Dragon Ball Z: Doomed Heroes
Dragon Ball Z: Doomed Heroes
Release Date	29 November 2005
Catalog Number	FN-02224
Contents
Primary Content	Dragon Ball Z Episode 16 Dragon Ball Z Episode 17 Dragon Ball Z Episode 18
Primary Aspect Ratio	4:3
Country	United States
Company	Funimation

"Dragon Ball Z: Doomed Heroes" is the sixth volume of the Funimation DVD series called "Dragon Ball Z: The Ultimate Uncut Special Edition."

"Doomed Heroes" contains Dragon Ball Z television series episodes 16-18. It was marketed as the sixth volume in "Vegeta Saga I" and released 29 November 2005 in North America.

General Overview

Each release features episodes of Dragon Ball Z with branching video tracks depending on the language selected:

• With English voices selected: an altered English-only episode title card is displayed; openings are creditless; each episode's ending has English reversion credits unique to each episode's production.
• With Japanese voices selected: the original Japanese episode title card is displayed; openings are creditless; each episode's ending has credits that are all actually those ripped from the first episode).
• With Spanish voices selected: the original Japanese episode title card is displayed; openings and endings are creditless.

The opening theme uses its second animation version (of four total), while the ending theme uses its first animation version (of two total). In addition to the English video track featuring Nathan Johnson's replacement score, unique Funimation-specific opening and ending sequences replace the original animations. The opening track "Opening Music" is composed by Dave Moran and the ending track "Closing Music" is composed by Mark Menza.

All eyecatches are presented in their correct location mid-episode. No "next episode previews" are provided. The English audio (with Nathan Johnson's replacement score) is selected by default.

• Opening: "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" (v.2)
• Ending: "Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power!"
• Eyecatch: (Goku and Gohan) (v.1)

Previous to this release, episodes 16 through 18 of Dragon Ball Z were not available subtitled in North America (Region 1), having only been available heavily edited on VHS and DVD featuring the Canadian ("Ocean Studios") voice cast. The "Ultimate Uncut Edition" DVD line was planned to cover the first 67 episodes with Funimation's new in-house redub, but was cancelled after Volume 9, in favor of future "season" releases; the content of the "Ultimate Uncut" episodes did, however, air in their entirety on Cartoon Network.

Summary

This plot summary is given on the DVD cover:

Doomed Heroes

Earth's top warriors venture into Kami's Pendulum Room where the past, present and future exist simultaneously. After their eventful trip back in time, the fighters realize a terrifying reality as the two Saiyans speed ever closer to Earth. Meanwhile, Gohan continues his own martial arts training under the watchful eye of Piccolo, but a strange transformation takes him over, causing the young Saiyan to rampage out of control!

Contents

Episodes 16-18

Episode	Title Card	Title
016		Plight of the Children
017		Pendulum Room Peril
018		The End of Snake Way

• DBZ Trivia DVD Menus
• 
  Trivia question Number 1.
  (no music).
• 
  Trivia question Number 2.
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• 
  Trivia question Number 3.
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• 
  Trivia question Number 4.
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• 
  Trivia question Number 5.
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  Trivia question Number 6.
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  Trivia question Number 7.
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DBZ Trivia

Dragon Ball Z trivia questions are presented in a multiple-choice format. When the correct choice is selected, the relevant scene from the English adaptation is shown before the next question appears. When the incorrect choice is selected, the header text changes to "Try Again" or "Wrong Again". There are arrows at the bottom that allow you to skip questions. When all six questions are answered correctly, an advertisement slide for Parklife's "DBZ Trivia Game" is shown. The slides are presented exactly as they were written below, with answers highlighted in bold.

DBZ Question 1
What is the color the van the androids ride in?

• White
• Blue
• Red
• Pink

DBZ Question 2
Who brought the Z warriors some senzu beans before they fought the androids?

• Korin
• Bulma
• Yajirobe
• Chichi

DBZ Question 3
Where is Capsule Corp. located?

• West City
• North City
• South City
• East City

DBZ Question 4
Who resurrected Majin Buu?

• Babidi
• Dr. Gero
• Dr. Brief
• Cell

DBZ Question 5
Who takes Goku home to recover from the mysterious heart virus?

• Gohan
• Yamcha
• Yajirobe
• Krillin

DBZ Question 6
What is the name of the gang that takes the mayor of Satan City hostage?

• The Dodge Boys
• Yellow Jacket Gang
• Red Shirt Gang
• Boss Rabbit

For more DBZ Trivia, play the DBZ Trivia Game by Parklife.

Mr. Stain on Junk Alley

(WIP)

Trailers

• Galaxy Railways ("Leaps of Faith")
• Lupin the 3rd ("The Columbus Files")
• Samurai 7
• Case Closed ("Covering Up")
• Dragon Ball GT ("Box Set 1")
• Dragon Ball Z ("Dragon Ball Z: Back from the Dead")

• Doomed Heroes DVD Menus
• 
  DVD main menu.
  BGM: [[]].
• 
  DVD episode menu.
  BGM: [[]].
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  DVD chapter menu for Episode 16.
  BGM: [[]].
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  DVD chapter menu for Episode 17.
  BGM: [[]].
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  DVD chapter menu for Episode 18.
  BGM: [[]].
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  DVD audio menu.
  BGM: [[]].
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  DVD extras menu.
  BGM: [[]].
• 
  DVD trailers menu.
  (no music).
• 
  DVD language menu.
  (no music).

Menu

The DVD boots to a prompt that requires a language selection between English and Spanish. Selecting Spanish will display all menus in Spanish, defaults the audio track to Spanish and removes the English audio track altogether. Chapter selection menus and all Extras are also removed.

All DVD menus all feature screenshots from featured episodes, accompanied by an unreleased background music (BGM) track composed by Nathan Johnson.

Audio and Subtitles

Two English dub tracks are provided; the default English dub audio is mixed in 5.1 surround sound while the other is in stereo. Japanese and Spanish audio tracks are mono (redundant stereo).

• Audio
  1. English 5.1, with replaced soundtrack (default)
  2. English Stereo, with replace soundtrack
  3. Japanese Mono
  4. Spanish Mono
• Subtitles
  1. On
  2. Off (default)

Two subtitle tracks are included for the film on DVD:

• An English-language closed captions / "dubtitle" track (transcription of the English dub)
• An English-language subtitle track translating the original Japanese dialog (translation by Steven J. Simmons)

Credits

DVD credits.

• DVD Producer: Carly Hunter
• Assistant DVD Producer: Jayme Westman
• Japanese Translations: Steven J. Simmons
• Menu Design: Michelle Alexander
• Menu Audio: Matt Chaney
• DVD Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
• Production Assistants: Clarine Harp, Alese Johnson, Diana Fonner
• DVD Authoring: Visionwise, Inc.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Home Video Guide - Dragon Ball Z TV Series - Ultimate Uncut Special Edition