by Marc on May 5th, 2010 at 3:03pm in Anime Review, Early Looks, Feature, Reviews
I bet you are wondering why I’m reviewing Kai again… I decided since I have both on hand to not leave our DVD only friends hanging without proper caps and a review. When it is appropriate I’ll be using text from the Blu-ray, but anything that is different for the DVD version (packaging, [...]
by Marc on May 5th, 2010 at 1:18am in Feature
After doing the review of Dragon Ball Z Kai on Blu-ray I decided to check the DVD. Very quickly I noticed a difference in colors in the remastered Z footage. When I showed some screen shots to a friend to find out about the Japanese Kai Blu-ray, he actually ran it over right then so [...]
by Marc on May 4th, 2010 at 8:50pm in Anime Review, Early Looks, Feature, Reviews
The franchise that will never die returns, but on Blu-ray in a new ‘refreshed’ version. Yes, Dragon Ball Z returns as Dragon Ball Z Kai. After stacks of releases in the USA, including the Dragon Boxes, is the modern refresh of Z on Blu-ray the new high bar for the series in the [...]
by Marc on Feb 2nd, 2010 at 4:26pm in Feature, News
Dragon Ball Kai was finally announced by Funi as Dragon Ball Z Kai. Here’s a bit of extra info I’ve had on hand for awhile about the release. The current plan is to have the first DVD and BD boxes in May. The BD releases will have a five dollar premium. [...]
by Rachel Oliver on Jan 29th, 2010 at 1:50pm in Anime Review, Feature, Reviews
In 1999, Pioneer began releasing the edited TV version of the first two dub seasons of Dragon Ball Z on DVD. In 2000, FUNimation began releasing their own uncut, bilingual DVDs of the series, starting with the third dub season. In 2005, after the rest of the series was finished, FUNimation began releasing bilingual, [...]
by Marc on Jul 18th, 2009 at 2:01pm in News
We are finally getting an American release of the fully remastered Dragon Ball Z Dragonboxes. Not generally a person to just post post press releases, but for now I’m just quite happy that it’s actually happening, so I’ll let Funi’s press release do the talking. There are also more pictures of early packaging [...]