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	\| company = [[FUNimation]]		\| company = [[FUNimation]]
	\| authoring = Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P.		\| authoring = Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P.
	\| content = ''[[List of FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-2003) Episodes\|FUNimation English Dub]]''<br>~~[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 47\|Episode~~ 47~~]]-[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996~~-~~1998) Episode 49\|Episode~~ 49]]		\| content = ''[[List of FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-2003) Episodes\|FUNimation English Dub]]''<br>Episodes 47-49
	\| bonus = None		\| bonus = None
	\| msrp =		\| msrp =
	\| date = 27 November 1998 ''(VHS)''<br>7 December 1999 ''(DVD)''		\| date = [[Template:November 27\|27 November 1998]] ''(VHS)''<br>[[Template:December 7\|7 December 1999]] ''(DVD)''
	}}		}}
	'''''Dragon Ball Z: The Ginyu Force''''' is a VHS and DVD release compiling episodes [[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 47\|47]]-[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 49\|49]] from [[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998)‎\|FUNimation's original edited English dub of the ''Dragon Ball Z'' television series]], first aired in 1998 via broadcast syndication. The home video was released on VHS in 1998, with a DVD version following in 1999.		'''''Dragon Ball Z: The Ginyu Force''''' is a VHS and DVD release compiling episodes [[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 47\|47]]-[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 49\|49]] from [[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998)‎\|FUNimation's original edited English dub of the ''Dragon Ball Z'' television series]], first aired in 1998 via broadcast syndication. The home video was released on VHS in 1998, with a DVD version following in 1999.
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	\|'''48'''\|\|width=100\|[[File:funi-1996-dub-episode-48-title.png\|100px\|link=FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 48]]\|\|align=left\|[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 48\|Arrival of the Ginyu Force]] <br>'''07 February 1998'''\|\|style="text-align:left"\|Krillin and Gohan reach the Eldest Namek's hideout just as Vegeta catches up with them. The Eldest Namek sense the arrival of the Ginyu Force, so Krillin and Gohan decide to make a truce with Vegeta in order to protect the [[Dragon Balls]]. Meanwhile, [[Son Goku\|Goku]] finally conquers the 100 Times Large Gravity setting and is ready for battle!\|\|[[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]]<br>[[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]]		\|'''48'''\|\|width=100\|[[File:funi-1996-dub-episode-48-title.png\|100px\|link=FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 48]]\|\|align=left\|[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 48\|Arrival of the Ginyu Force]] <br>'''07 February 1998'''\|\|style="text-align:left"\|Krillin and Gohan reach the Eldest Namek's hideout just as Vegeta catches up with them. The Eldest Namek sense the arrival of the Ginyu Force, so Krillin and Gohan decide to make a truce with Vegeta in order to protect the [[Dragon Balls]]. Meanwhile, [[Son Goku\|Goku]] finally conquers the 100 Times Large Gravity setting and is ready for battle!\|\|[[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]]<br>[[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]]
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	\|'''49'''\|\|width=100\|[[File:funi-1996-dub-episode-49-title.png\|100px\|link=FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 49]]\|\|align=left\|[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 49\|Elite Fighters of the Universe... The Ginyu Force]]]<br>'''14 February 1998'''\|\|style="text-align:left"\|Frieza's Ginyu Force arrives on Namek! Krillin, Gohan and Vegeta reach Vegeta's hiding place for the rest of the Dragon Balls, when suddenly, the Ginyu Force appears in front of them! The Ginyu Force decides to have some fun - by challenging our heroes!\|\|[[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]]<br>[[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]]		\|'''49'''\|\|width=100\|[[File:funi-1996-dub-episode-49-title.png\|100px\|link=FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 49]]\|\|align=left\|[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 49\|Elite Fighters of the Universe... The Ginyu Force]]<br>'''14 February 1998'''\|\|style="text-align:left"\|Frieza's Ginyu Force arrives on Namek! Krillin, Gohan and Vegeta reach Vegeta's hiding place for the rest of the Dragon Balls, when suddenly, the Ginyu Force appears in front of them! The Ginyu Force decides to have some fun - by challenging our heroes!\|\|[[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]]<br>[[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]]
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	* 2.0 stereo sound English dub (FUNimation/Vancouver-based cast) with a replacement musical score (music by [[Shuki Levy]])		* 2.0 stereo sound English dub (FUNimation/Vancouver-based cast) with a replacement musical score (music by [[Shuki Levy]])

			''The Ginyu Force'' 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 [[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 50\|Episode 50]] plays after the ending theme.

	[[File:16the-ginyu-force-main-menu.png\|thumb\|250px\|DVD main menu]]		[[File:16the-ginyu-force-main-menu.png\|thumb\|250px\|DVD main menu]]

	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~~. A preview for the next episode plays after the ending theme~~. Two static images advertising Pioneer home releases follow the previews. No bonus material or trailers are included.		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]].		The main DVD menu features artwork from the box cover, accompanied by the Main Title "Rock the Dragon" track produced by [[Shuki Levy]].

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'''''Dragon Ball Z: The Ginyu Force''''' is a VHS and DVD release compiling episodes [[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 47|47]]-[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 49|49]] from [[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998)‎|FUNimation's original edited English dub of the ''Dragon Ball Z'' television series]], first aired in 1998 via broadcast syndication. The home video was released on VHS in 1998, with a DVD version following in 1999.

Following the individual release, ''The Ginyu Force'' was included as the eighth 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 ''The Ginyu Force'' 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,<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/2013/06/01/funimation-to-release-original-broadcast-dbz-english-dub/|Website=Kanzenshuu|Title="FUNimation To Release Original Broadcast DBZ English Dub"|Date=01 June 2013|AccessDate=06 February 2020}}</ref> collected the entire 53-episode run of the syndication broadcast, plus broadcast versions of the first three films. The commerical bumpers introduced in [[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 27|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.
{| class="wikitable" style=align="center"
!#!!align=left colspan=2|FUNimation Title/US Air Date!!width="50%"|Summary!!Original Episodes
|- style="border-top: 2px solid #AAA"
|'''47'''||width=100|[[File:funi-1996-dub-episode-47-title.png|100px|link=FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 47]]||align=left|[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 47|Scramble for the Dragon Balls]] ''[sic]'' '''07 February 1998'''||style="text-align:left"|[[Kruirin|Krillin]] and [[Son Gohan|Gohan]] are travelling to the [[Namek's Eldest|Eldest Namek]], but they fail to notice that [[Vegeta]] has begun to follow them! Meanwhile, the [[Ginyu Special Force|Ginyu Force]] is approaching [[Planet Namek|Namek]] on a mission from [[Freeza|Frieza]]...||[[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]] [[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]]
|-
|'''48'''||width=100|[[File:funi-1996-dub-episode-48-title.png|100px|link=FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 48]]||align=left|[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 48|Arrival of the Ginyu Force]] '''07 February 1998'''||style="text-align:left"|Krillin and Gohan reach the Eldest Namek's hideout just as Vegeta catches up with them. The Eldest Namek sense the arrival of the Ginyu Force, so Krillin and Gohan decide to make a truce with Vegeta in order to protect the [[Dragon Balls]]. Meanwhile, [[Son Goku|Goku]] finally conquers the 100 Times Large Gravity setting and is ready for battle!||[[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]] [[Dragon Ball Z Episode -]]
|-
|'''49'''||width=100|[[File:funi-1996-dub-episode-49-title.png|100px|link=FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 49]]||align=left|[[FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998) Episode 49|Elite Fighters of the Universe... The Ginyu Force]]] '''14 February 1998'''||style="text-align:left"|Frieza's Ginyu Force arrives on Namek! Krillin, Gohan and Vegeta reach Vegeta's hiding place for the rest of the Dragon Balls, when suddenly, the Ginyu Force appears in front of them! The Ginyu Force decides to have some fun - by challenging our heroes!||[[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]])

[[File:16the-ginyu-force-main-menu.png|thumb|250px|DVD main menu]]

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. A preview for the next episode plays after the ending theme. 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]].

[[File:pioneer-dvd-ad4.png|thumb|250px|Pioneer Advertisement: Vol. 1-17]]
[[File:pioneer-dvd-ad2.png|thumb|250px|Pioneer Advertisement: Information Services]]

==Packaging==

==Promotion==
Flyers, ads

==External Links==
* [https://www.kanzenshuu.com/home-video/na/dbz-tv/ Kanzenshuu: Home Video Guide - North America - Dragon Ball Z TV Series]

==Notes==
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==References==
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