Dragonball Kai

[DarthEnderX]

I didn't see a thread for this, and I guess the first episode was this week so:

"To mark the 20th anniversary of the original run, the series will be rebroadcasted and remastered using the latest HD digital technology, with new versions of the opening and ending themes, re-recorded sound, re-edited animation and less episodes. Son Goku's Masako Nozawa will lead the cast of a new voice recording."


So, it's Dragonball Z, digitally remastered and with all the filler staring contests removed?

Curtain UP!

[chambers]

i hope they have head cha la as the opening again :P that rocks

also i hope they remove most of the crappy filler like the garlic jnr crap and the driving exams and stuff... just keep the figthing to a straight line with about 150 eps or somthing that would own.

[Kite]

They are going to stay true to the manga, which means the whole series is going to be 100 episodes. 1 group so far has subbed it, but i didn't like them that much, hope one of the better groups pick it up.

link to episode 1 subbed:

http://rarbg.com/download.php?id=c91...E039%5D%20avi-[rarbg.com].torrent

[Narasho]

If the entire series is really just 100 episodes (down from what, 200+?), this might be half decent, if just for the nostalgia factor.

I liked the opening and ending songs. We'll see how the fights turn out remastered and hopefully edited down to cut out the episode long charge-ups.

[Idealistic]

This is awesome. Though I do miss the original OP and ED songs.

By the way, are they going to air all the episodes in one go, or is it going to split into seasons?

[DarthEnderX]

If the entire series is really just 100 episodes (down from what, 200+?).

The original DBZ was 291 episodes.

If we're lucky, they'll just stop at the end of the Cell saga this time.

[Sapphire]

Unfortunately the digitally remasteredness and nonfillerness didn't do much for me.. D:

For some reason I was very excited to see this, but I nearly fell asleep two minutes in. I think I would find it more interesting with the original (North) American voice actors, so the hint of nostalgia could keep me going...

[itadakimasu]

The original DBZ was 291 episodes.

If we're lucky, they'll just stop at the end of the Cell saga this time.

Is that were the manga stopped?

[RyougaZell]

Is that were the manga stopped?

No. That's just DE's wish.

[Psyke]

I was being naive after watching the awesome opening sequence and thought that perhaps they re-drawn the entire series. I couldn't even finish watching the episode after that, but I'll look forward to the Freeza and Cell sagas.

[animus]

Yea same with me. I just skipped through the rest of the episode and watched the ED.

[XanBcoo]

For some reason I was very excited to see this, but I nearly fell asleep two minutes in. I think I would find it more interesting with the original (North) American voice actors, so the hint of nostalgia could keep me going...

Seconding this. This series has absolutely no appeal to me any more beyond nostalgia. If I can't watch Goku without hearing Sean Schemmel's voice, then I won't watch Goku at all.

Also the opening is really nicely animated, but dear Lord Japanese pop music is so awful.

[Yukimura]

Watching subbed DBZ in japanese on the International channel Sundays at 1AM was my very first foray into original audio anime. I thought the Japanese voices sounded remarkably silly compared to their English counterparts but it was still DBZ and so I watched. Considering the dearth of action anime and the high nostalgia factor I plan to stick with this one as long as someone is willing to sub it.

[Marik]

I was being naive after watching the awesome opening sequence and thought that perhaps they re-drawn the entire series. I couldn't even finish watching the episode after that,

Same. When the episode started I was like wtf, it looks just like the old one.

[Harima Kenji]

I think what they did with this series is comparable with what Funimation did with DBZ (didn't read anything about the remastering being done in japan). Take the original footage, remaster it for HD, fix some audio stuff, and done.

I was really looking forward to watching the series fully redrawn, but is wasn't so. I don't think I'll be following this series on a weekly basis, but I think I'll watch it when it's done, just to see how the pace would be without the fillers etc.

Just imagine how cool it would be to have the whole series in the graphics shown in the OP and ED...

[Board of Command]

Can someone post a screenshot?

[Marik]

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[Psyke]

Also the opening is really nicely animated, but dear Lord Japanese pop music is so awful.

I was pretty surprised that Kageyama Hironobo didn't sing the OP song, given the fact that he's done nearly all the OPs for the series, movies, and games.

[Board of Command]

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Good lord...

Did they really "remaster" it? or did they just stretch the original video to 1280x720?

[Carnage]

Anyone know where to get Suppido subs?