Dragon Ball Z: Trunks - Prelude to Terror
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| Release Date | 26 September 2000 |
| Catalog Number | FP-03003 |
| Disc Label | TBD |
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| Primary Content | Dragon Ball Z episodes 121-125 |
| Bonus Material | Yes |
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| Layers | Single-Layered |
| Disk Space | 4.23 GB / 4.63 GB |
| Region Coding | 1, 2, 4 |
| Country | USA |
| Company | FUNimation |
Dragon Ball Z: Trunks - Prelude to Terror is a DVD release collecting Dragon Ball Z television series episodes 121, 122, and 123, released 26 September 2000 in America by FUNimation. The DVD version was re-released in 2002 tacking on episodes 124 and 125[1], which had previously been exclusive to the Dragon Ball Z: Z Warriors Prepare VHS tape released through a promotion with Burger King.
A corresponding VHS edition, released only with an English dub in both edited and uncut formats, preceded the DVD release 23 May 2000[note 1].
Packaging
The cover artwork features a retraced image of Trunks (which is actually sourced from an episode on the prior release, Dragon Ball Z: Trunks - Mysterious Youth). Both the original 2000 and 2002 DVD re-release feature a splash in the lower-right corner noting its status as an uncut release with two audio tracks, though the 2002 re-release reduces the size of this splash text.
The back cover features episode numbering that follows from the production of the first two seasons in 1996-1998, which reduced approximately 67 episodes down to 53; this causes the original run of FUNimation's English dub to run 276 episodes long, even when the third season began to follow "uncut" episodes on a one-to-one basis. The 2002 re-release features slightly different fonts and colors, but otherwise adheres to most of the same styles from the original 2000 release.
Primary Content
The primary content of the original VHS and DVD release from September 2000 is episodes 121, 122, and 123 of the Dragon Ball Z television series, presented in its original 4:3 fullscreen production aspect ratio. The DVD re-release in 2002 tacks on episodes 124 and episodes 125. The video stream is encoded as interlaced (480i), with black side borders of approximately # pixels on the left and # on the right.
| Dub Episode | Dub Title | Japanese Episode | Japanese Title |
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| 106 | Welcome Back, Goku | 121 | オッス！！ひさしぶり…帰って来た孫悟空 Ossu!! Hisashiburi... Kaette Kita Son Gokū |
| 107 | Mystery Revealed | 122 | ボクの父はベジータです…謎の少年の告白 Boku no Chichi wa Bejīta Desu... Nazo no Shōnen no Kokuhaku |
| 108 | Goku's Special Technique | 123 | 悟空の新必殺技！？見てくれ、オラの瞬間移動 Gokū no Shinhissatsuwaza!? Mite Kure, Ora no Shunkan-Idō |
| 109 | Z Warriors Prepare | 124 | こえてやる…悟空を！！戦闘民族サイヤ人の王 Koete Yaru... Gokū o!! Sentō Minzoku Saiya-jin no Ō |
| 110 | Goku's Ordeal | 125 | 免許皆伝？悟空の新たなる試練 Menkyo Kaiden? Gokū no Arata naru Shiren |
The product was released both edited and uncut in an English-dub-only format on VHS, and is presented with two audio tracks on DVD:
- 2.0 stereo sound English dub (FUNimation/Texas-based cast) with a replacement musical score (music by Faulconer Productions)
- 1.0 mono (actually duplicated mono sound across a standard stereo signal) with original Japanese voices and music (score by Shunsuke Kikuchi)
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)
The original 2000 DVD release features FUNimation's initial subtitle font and formatting style, which was adjusted in the coming years. The 2002 DVD re-release featuring the company's longest-running subtitle font and formatting style.
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Subtitle example from the original 2000 DVD release -
Subtitle example from the 2002 DVD re-release
Certain lines of dialog from this original production of FUNimation's English dub, namely those by Christopher R. Sabat, were re-recorded for the "season sets" (colloquially referred to as the "orange bricks") released over the course of 2007 to 2009. These updated lines serve as the basis for all future re-releases, leaving the "Prelude to Terror" DVD as the sole home release featuring the original version of these episodes as first released and first broadcast on American television.
Bonus Material
No flyers or pamphlets are included with either the 2000 original or 2002 re-release on DVD.
Video trailers for specific arcs within FUNimation's Dragon Ball Z release (specifically for the "Garlic Jr.", "Trunks", and "Android" lines) are included, along with commercials for FUNimation's online "DBZ Store" and toys released by Irwin.
The disc's primary extra is "The World of Dragon Ball Z", a 20-minute recap special produced by FUNimation for home video releases of the era, covering the initial portion of Son Goku's journey in the first television series, and then jumping ahead to cover the Saiyan and Freeza arcs of the Dragon Ball Z television series (the only content FUNimation had produced up to this point in time).
External Links
Notes
- ↑ Various websites list different dates for this release. Our own research, however, points to May 23rd. In particular, updates on the fan website Temple 'O Trunks cite this as the release date alongside a slew of screenshots and audio captures from the release; updates on the website prior to this day note fans as getting the release "early", which was common at the time with shipments from RightStuf and FUNimation's "Z Store".