Dragon Ball Z: Piccolo's Plan

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Dragon Ball Z: Piccolo's Plan
Release Date	14 June 2005
Catalog Number	FN-02214
Contents
Primary Content	Dragon Ball Z Episode 4 Dragon Ball Z Episode 5 Dragon Ball Z Episode 6
Primary Aspect Ratio	4:3
Country	United States
Company	Funimation

"Dragon Ball Z: Piccolo's Plan" is the second volume of the Funimation DVD series called Dragon Ball Z: The Ultimate Uncut Special Edition. "Piccolo's Plan" contains episodes 4-6. It was marketed as the second volume in "Vegeta Saga I" and released on 14 June 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 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 4 through 6 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 and Toonami's "Adult Swim" block.

Summary

This plot summary is given on the DVD cover:

Piccolo's Plan

The situation looks bleak for Goku and Piccolo, as Raditz easily deflects every attack they send his way. But Piccolo has perfected a powerful new attack - the Special Beam Cannon! There's only one problem. Piccolo needs time to gather the energy for the blast. As Goku takes blow after punishing blow from the evil Raditz, Gohan is able to watch no longer and unleashes a mighty attack that not even Raditz can resist!

Contents

Episodes 4-6

Episode	Title Card	Title
004		Piccolo's Plan
005		Gohan's Rage
006		No Time Like the Present

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

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 four 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
Who is the first of the Z Fighters to encounter the Androids?

• Krillin
• Yamcha
• Gohan
• Goku

DBZ Question 2
Where does Piccolo first fight the Android 17?

• West City
• Amenbo Island
• On an island near Master Roshi's island
• Gingertown

DBZ Question 3
Where is Goku first taken to recover from the Mysterious Heart Virus?

• West City Hospital
• Kame House
• Trunk's [sic] Spaceship
• His home

DBZ Question 4
What baseball team does Yamcha play for?

• Giants
• Rangers
• Yankees
• Taitans

For more DBZ Trivia, play the DBZ Trivia Game by Park Life.

Trailers

• Dragon Ball Z ("Dragon Ball Z: Gohan's Trials")
• Kodocha ("School Girl Super Star")
• Burst Angel ("A New Tokyo")
• Baki The Grappler ("Warrior Reborn")
• Shonen Jump

• Piccolo's Plan DVD Menus
• 
  DVD main menu.
  BGM: [[]].
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  DVD episode menu.
  BGM: [[]].
• 
  DVD chapter menu for Episode 4.
  BGM: [[]].
• 
  DVD chapter menu for Episode 5.
  BGM: [[]].
• 
  DVD chapter menu for Episode 6.
  BGM: [[]].
• 
  DVD audio menu.
  BGM: [[]].
• 
  DVD extras menu.
  BGM: [[]].
• 
  DVD trailers menu.
  (no music).

Menu

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
• Japanese Translations: Steven J. Simmons
• Menu Design: Michelle Alexander
• Menu Audio: Matt Piersall, Matt Chaney
• DVD Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
• Production Assistants: Jayme Westman, Duane Deering, Alese Johnson, Clarine Harp
• DVD Authoring: Visionwise, Inc.

External Links

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