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Title: DragonBall Kai
Post by: manganime02 on April 07, 2009, 11:31:43 AM
When I heard there was a renewed DBZ series out I was so excited, I saw the opening and the animation was renewed like how it is in the new DB games. I just breifly saw the first episode and it would seem that all it is is just a condensed version of the original DBZ using the same animation and clips. Not to mention it says "original Toriyama CUT version" at the beginning.

I thought they re-animated DBZ but i guess if they were gonna do that there would've been heaps of publicity and hype in advance.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: mgz on April 07, 2009, 02:39:45 PM
i think, not sure, but i think i read audio is redone betterer too, so as to make it gooder on the ears
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Lucerin Red on April 07, 2009, 02:53:22 PM
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Kai

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Dragon Ball Kai (ドラゴンボール改 「カイ」) is an upcoming anime series that is set to be an HD Remaster and Recut of Dragon Ball Z done for the 20th Anniversary of Dragon Ball Z that premiered on Fuji TV on April 5th at 9:00am just before One Piece, and the two shows are being marketed together as 'Dream 9', which refers to the hour in which they both air. Little is known about the series, however two Issues of Shounen JUMP have included some primary information about it.

Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnvupMV9su4) is the HD opening.

Next time you have a question, please see my dear old friend google. I don't have a problem with people creating threads on subjects like this, it's just one of pet peeves when someone creates a topic to ask a question that can be easily found by searching google.

Edit: The first episode is also available in the description of the opening.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: UMMX on April 07, 2009, 06:46:24 PM
I liked the new Version of DragonballZ. It's way better then what Funimations has done with it's fake HD version. So far with Dragonball Kai they have not cut half of the faces off with remastered version.

Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: MTR on April 07, 2009, 09:11:43 PM
I would have liked better subs than the version I watched, but Ill probably keep watching Dragonball Kai. It brings back memories lol.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: newy on April 07, 2009, 09:21:55 PM
yeah, i'm wating eagerly for a nice subgroup
the op urged me to watch it asap!
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Lucerin Red on April 07, 2009, 09:47:42 PM
So far, those doing subs are Suppiido-Fansubs, SafetyDance, SD Project, DBZ Renaissance, AasaSubs
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: manganime02 on April 07, 2009, 11:42:49 PM
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Kai

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Dragon Ball Kai (ドラゴンボール改 「カイ」) is an upcoming anime series that is set to be an HD Remaster and Recut of Dragon Ball Z done for the 20th Anniversary of Dragon Ball Z that premiered on Fuji TV on April 5th at 9:00am just before One Piece, and the two shows are being marketed together as 'Dream 9', which refers to the hour in which they both air. Little is known about the series, however two Issues of Shounen JUMP have included some primary information about it.

Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnvupMV9su4) is the HD opening.

Next time you have a question, please see my dear old friend google. I don't have a problem with people creating threads on subjects like this, it's just one of pet peeves when someone creates a topic to ask a question that can be easily found by searching google.

Edit: The first episode is also available in the description of the opening.

Well to be honest, I didn't really ask a question. I read an article on ANN after making this thread anyway, I was just creating a general thread about the series to get people's opinions and I was giving my first impressions on it :)
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: damagegirl on April 07, 2009, 11:50:34 PM
So, let's see....it's all original footage, right? They haven't re-drawn anything?

The opening looked pretty good, but what I'm really after is a re-animation of the Dragon Ball series. That was the best of the three for my money.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Steve Basnof on April 08, 2009, 03:28:06 AM
Hmmz. I've always thought about whether or not I should buy the DBZ series on DVD. I just didn't want to buy all those stretched out episodes. Perhaps I'll just buy DBKai once it starts coming out if it's all you guys are saying it is. Less time, more DBZ goodness. hmmz thanks for the thread I didn't know about this.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: HazukiChan on April 08, 2009, 05:15:03 AM
The Audio has been redone, and the animation is supposed to have been sharpened up. I thought it looked pretty good, and the pace will be much faster as they promised ( I can do without one fight lasting for four episodes ). For someone like me who has only seen DBZ on toonami it is a treat to see it. Goku's voice is so high pitch it is funny, but I guess the same woman did his, Gohan's and later Goten's voice.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Carnivus on April 08, 2009, 07:24:34 AM
It actually looks great.
But they said there won't be fillers....
Which arcs are considered fillers?
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: dankles on April 08, 2009, 07:28:28 AM
The Audio has been redone, and the animation is supposed to have been sharpened up. I thought it looked pretty good, and the pace will be much faster as they promised ( I can do without one fight lasting for four episodes ). For someone like me who has only seen DBZ on toonami it is a treat to see it. Goku's voice is so high pitch it is funny, but I guess the same woman did his, Gohan's and later Goten's voice.

I HATE SISSY MALE VOICES!!!! that's one thing that will make me go dub instead of sub. Men need to sound like men and not little girls! rraaaaahhhh! Stupid girl goku!
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Steve Basnof on April 08, 2009, 08:16:17 PM
I wouldn't say Goku's voice is sissy. It's quite a strange voice in that I would definitely never hear someone use that voice in the real world. Goku's voice is a good representation of his innocent character. He sounds like a weird little boy, and he is pretty much always a little boy at heart. I do prefer the classic english dub voice for Goku, but maybe that's just because I got used to it over the years.

Overall though I think the Japanese voices are amusing. The weird voices make watching the show a lot more "fun" and somehow a lot easier to accept since the unrealistic voices suit the unrealistic fantasy world well I guess.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Carnivus on April 08, 2009, 08:19:32 PM
Even tought it haves very nice graphics,the old one still has its own feeling....I mean there is a "oldie but goldie" feeling...I still like the old one,but definetly will get the Kai version:):D

Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: dankles on April 08, 2009, 08:30:28 PM
I'm dropping the Kai version... I forgot how gay the jap voices are... it's worse than bad eng-dubs

PS
The OP is cool though...
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: relic2279 on April 08, 2009, 09:13:20 PM
You think the American voice actors are better? I think not. America soiled the franchise. (I'm American)...

I'm not trying to be an uppity elitist here, but the american dubs became a meme. The second funi laid hands on Dragonball, it ruined the entire franchise.

Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Lucerin Red on April 08, 2009, 10:46:58 PM
oh come on, without american voice actors, we wouldn't have "IT'S OVER 9000!!!!"
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: dankles on April 08, 2009, 11:12:49 PM
You think the American voice actors are better? I think not. America soiled the franchise. (I'm American)...

I'm not trying to be an uppity elitist here, but the american dubs became a meme. The second funi laid hands on Dragonball, it ruined the entire franchise.


yes, the eng dubs are 100x better then the japs (with dragonball series)
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: queenmetroid on April 08, 2009, 11:50:53 PM
You think the American voice actors are better? I think not. America soiled the franchise. (I'm American)...

I'm not trying to be an uppity elitist here, but the american dubs became a meme. The second funi laid hands on Dragonball, it ruined the entire franchise.


yes, the eng dubs are 100x better then the japs (with dragonball series)

Seconded. I don't know a single person who has ever thought otherwise. Although for the most part English dubs tend to be lacking, this is not one of those series. It's all about choosing between the lesser of two evils for DBZ.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: manganime02 on April 09, 2009, 10:57:12 AM
Not to mention the kickass music in the American version

It actually looks great.
But they said there won't be fillers....
Which arcs are considered fillers?

I'm guessing there will be no Garlic.Jr saga, maybe not so many epsiodes will be spent on the Z-fighters training and all the random epsiodes here and there like Goku and Piccollo learning how to drive will most definetly be cut  :D
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Carnivus on April 09, 2009, 11:18:52 AM
You think the American voice actors are better? I think not. America soiled the franchise. (I'm American)...

I'm not trying to be an uppity elitist here, but the american dubs became a meme. The second funi laid hands on Dragonball, it ruined the entire franchise.


yes, the eng dubs are 100x better then the japs (with dragonball series)

Seconded. I don't know a single person who has ever thought otherwise. Although for the most part English dubs tend to be lacking, this is not one of those series. It's all about choosing between the lesser of two evils for DBZ.
Well,you're kinda right...I haven't seen Kai,just heard about it and saw the OP,but even in the original DBZ Goku is really annoying,but after 2-3 eps you get used to it and begin to like it,to feel it familiar.
The DBZ eng dubs are one of the best anime eng dubs ever,just like the Pokemon ones(Ash' voice it's high pitch too)
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Humanoidz on April 09, 2009, 12:47:42 PM
Why doesn't Toriyama just make new episodes?  If it's such a massive franchise... why not continue it...
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: relic2279 on April 09, 2009, 02:07:31 PM
I've pointed out why I prefer the Japanese voice actors in Dragonball versus the american dubs in a few threads. :P Don't feel like rehashing it...

Though as far as Akira Toriyama goes, he didn't even really want to make DBZ after DB. He was pressured into it. He did not have any involvement with GT. I doubt he wants to continue it or restart the franchise back up.

Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: vicious796 on April 09, 2009, 03:11:08 PM
I've pointed out why I prefer the Japanese voice actors in Dragonball versus the american dubs in a few threads. :P Don't feel like rehashing it...

Though as far as Akira Toriyama goes, he didn't even really want to make DBZ after DB. He was pressured into it. He did not have any involvement with GT. I doubt he wants to continue it or restart the franchise back up.



Especially when he makes so much bank off of releasing "revamped versions". He's busy with DBO anyways.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: relic2279 on April 09, 2009, 03:45:38 PM
Yeah, his plan was to end Dragonball after the cell saga. That's why he was setting up Gohan as Goku's successor from what I've read in interviews.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: dankles on April 09, 2009, 05:50:31 PM
I've pointed out why I prefer the Japanese voice actors in Dragonball versus the american dubs in a few threads. :P Don't feel like rehashing it...

Though as far as Akira Toriyama goes, he didn't even really want to make DBZ after DB. He was pressured into it. He did not have any involvement with GT. I doubt he wants to continue it or restart the franchise back up.
TO each their own, I was just stating an opinion. Just preference, not politics... thank goodness!
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: nazleth on April 09, 2009, 10:08:20 PM
Dubs are always horrible.  The English version did have some decent music though, I'll give it that.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Humanoidz on April 09, 2009, 11:50:19 PM


Though as far as Akira Toriyama goes, he didn't even really want to make DBZ after DB. He was pressured into it. He did not have any involvement with GT. I doubt he wants to continue it or restart the franchise back up.



Yeah, his plan was to end Dragonball after the cell saga. That's why he was setting up Gohan as Goku's successor from what I've read in interviews.

Interesting.  Well that clears things up. 
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: sotamarsu on April 10, 2009, 04:46:41 AM
I've only readed the manga, I really liked the first "part" where he's still a kid. Actually stopped reading after that.
I think I'll start following that serie as it's supposed to have much less length than the original and well, why see the worse version if there's option.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: newy on April 11, 2009, 10:47:27 PM
just watched dbzr's subs.

subs: well, i do not understand jap so i can't say if the translation's correct but the eng looked solid

ep: too bad, it's just remastered to fit WS and HD. wished it would have been redrawn as well. but it's ok... remembering the good old times^^ it's kinda "mean" to see that the animation style of the OP and ED are drawn like at the end of DBZ and to see that the content is the old style. well, so what?^^
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: nukedeath on April 15, 2009, 07:30:40 AM
I just saw the first episode of Dragonball Kai.

I must say that im quite glad that the the dubs are redone by the same voiceactors, the reuse of old effects, but added new ones. But i didnt like the new music thou.. I kinda liked the good old japanese soundtrack.. Even if it sounds like an LP player without RIAA :)

PS: I don't like english dubs, and when i saw DBZ with english dubs for the first time, i died  :P
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: manganime02 on April 15, 2009, 03:57:30 PM
Personally I am glad they changed to old Japanese soundtrack to make it sound more modern but actually there isn't a great deal of music so far, I hope they use music similiar to that in the dubs.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Faerwon on April 15, 2009, 08:19:25 PM
Not to mention the kickass music in the American version

It actually looks great.
But they said there won't be fillers....
Which arcs are considered fillers?

I'm guessing there will be no Garlic.Jr saga, maybe not so many epsiodes will be spent on the Z-fighters training and all the random epsiodes here and there like Goku and Piccollo learning how to drive will most definetly be cut  :D

Hey, driving school was a funny filler episode. What I want to see gone is the combat filler. Battle against Freeza on Namek took 30 episodes. There's at least one episode where they just trade punches and kicks without any actual effect. Goku starts charging the spirit bomb .. 2 episodes later it's ready.
Also, several episodes' worth of constipated screaming ("powering up"). At worst it's something like half an episode of one guy screaming, stuff floating up, reaction shots of people..
Sometimes they at least try to stop the opponent's super attack, why not interrupt their attempt to power up?
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: BHGinc on April 17, 2009, 06:11:08 AM
just watched dbzr's subs.

subs: well, i do not understand jap so i can't say if the translation's correct but the eng looked solid

ep: too bad, it's just remastered to fit WS and HD. wished it would have been redrawn as well. but it's ok... remembering the good old times^^ it's kinda "mean" to see that the animation style of the OP and ED are drawn like at the end of DBZ and to see that the content is the old style. well, so what?^^

  It is basically the original film re-scanned.  So far, season 1 has fairly low detail pencil work, but, it still is much better than the DVD rez DBZ.

  Once the series made more money, starting at season 2 & even more for season 3, expect season 2-3 of Kai-HD to be twice as sharp & expect season 3-4 onward to be immaculate.

  As for it being shorter, it could be both a directive decision as well as the availability of quality prints zoomed out, or, in to 16:9.  This may also mean some new expanded scenes to left & right of the original where they were able to do so.

  I wonder if someone out there will do a fan-dub audio track from the English DVD.  It'll probably take a bunch of audio editing, but, it is possibly feasible.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: LiquidZero on April 17, 2009, 06:22:49 AM
hells yeah they need the american voice actors. some times its hard to take anything seriously because gokus voice is so high.
radditz jap. voice actor sounds pretty cool though. they using the original jap. music too...which also isn't as cool IMO.
i also thought they were gonna re-draw it like most people proly thought too. cus as previously stated the intro and endings are HIGH-RES drawn! only to see it still in old animation mode. to me its kinda like a FAIL ill watch it to see how they re-cut it or what ever because on wikipedia it says they cut out alot of the pointless starring and itll get cut from like 300+ episodes down to around 100+. but thats just a rumor.

Also i liked the original english voice actor for Vegeta when he had a RASPY voice. cus the one after him kinda sounds like piccolo
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: nukedeath on April 17, 2009, 09:14:46 AM
It's nice to see that they will cut out most of the fillers. 100-high-quality-episodes beats the heck out of 300-earn-money-episodes :3
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: damosaxxx3 on May 01, 2009, 01:05:08 PM
I think Dragonball Kai is interesting.. much better in action movements and the voices of the characters are more clearer..

...and english dubs sucks.. no offense.. >_> japanese voice actors are more "intimate or rather they putting their best efforts, putting their heart to it" when voice acting, unlike some dubs (not referring to DBZ dubs) that has no feelings at all while dubbing, that i think why japanese voice actors are better, and yes, i understand japanese even though I'm filipino, (i'm not a descendant either) so I knew if the subbers are trolling or not.

Besides, Goku's japanese seiyuu isn't sissy, her voice is just high pitch but not shitty like those manly voices that never put their hearts when dubbing it. Again, just an opinion, we are democratic citizens right? Learn to accept others opinions as much as I understand how others loooooove dubbing...  ::) ;D

(somehow  SOME non-japanese speakers are just lazy to read the sub or like someone said, they don't understand japanese so they won't know if the subbers are not doing troll subs.. in anycase, don't criticize japanese voice actors/actresses if you don't like them... because not all japanese VA are sissies, english/filipino dubbers are much more sissier than the japanese VA... talking about "tryinghard" much... *facedpalms*

in any case, I hope its true the so-called "no-filler-episode" in KAI... since its just started we wont know if they're telling the truth, ne?  :-X
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: LiquidZero on May 02, 2009, 06:04:45 AM
just watched last few episodes and wow! :o they definitely re-edited certain parts! it hurts when you see them they look different then the original drawings buts its not re-drawn HD it looks like a flash movie er sumthin! check em out!
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: offstandard on May 04, 2009, 12:22:20 PM
yeah, it's supposed to be 100 episodes.  So one seasons being around 24-26 episodes, it would be 4 seasons.  Of course there's an exception as Meitantei Conan (Case Closed) is almost 50 episodes per season or so (which is crazy).

Fillers gone is so refreshing.  Goku starts to run on the snake road in Episode 4, by Episode 6 he's already on Kai-oh Sama's "planet."  No 5-6 episodes on the snake road from what I remember.

Voice actors, I usually can't watch anything but original soundtrack.  I actually learned 3 years of college japanese so I could understand anime and read manga because of it. (back in the 90's when I was a wee lad)  Sometimes it's hilarious how bad some subs are.  And there's definitely a lack of "strength" in the voice acting department by non-hollywood voice actors.  You have to remember that the rest of the world DUBS Hollywood movies more than the US dubs things, so there's a deeper depth of experience in voice acting in the rest of the world than in the US.

One example.  If you understand Spanish (I do) try watching Mulan in english, then in Spanish.  The voice acting of the spanish cast is just amazing.  I didn't notice anything inherently wrong with the US Mulan voice, but once I heard the Spanish acting, the US actress' voice sounded like a 5 out of 10, no emotions at all in her acting.

anyhow.  I grew up with Dragon Ball, so I'm used to Goku's weird annoying voice haha.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Faerwon on May 18, 2009, 11:16:36 PM
Oh wow, checked out DBK this weekend. Next week's preview (for episode 8) has the arrival of Vegeta and Nappa. This was episode 21 in the original DBZ (episode 15 in the cut up US version). So yes, they've thrown out a lot of useless garbage. No Gohan's adventures during the first 6 months of Piccolo's training. No side trips during Snake Road (Princess Snake, falling down to Hell (or HFIL in the US censored version) and starting the run all over).
Current milestone would be the start of the new arc, which is episode 36 in the original or 27 in the cut up US version.

One geeky comment about Snake Road: Goku starts running when they have a year left. He arrives at Kaio-sama's planet when there's 158 days left. So he ran it in about 200 days. The road is 1 million kilometers long. Calculating from that, if Goku ran 24/7 without any breaks, his speed would be 200km/h. He didn't seem to be running extraordinarily fast, and normal humans can manage about 36km/h (100m dash in 10 seconds) for a very short while.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Tatsujin on May 18, 2009, 11:45:46 PM
Descriptive SiM DBZ 10+

:: Drifts his frame above the ground, merging thoroughly towards his target ::
:: Ki Blasts his enemy, insuring the target is within his range ::
:: Blurrs his image in a split second just before this man ::
:: Lifts my left leg up towards his face, slamming it just roughly against his face ::
:: Reappears above his enemy's head, both of my hands above my head clinched together ::
:: With power, I rush both of my hands onto his head sending him towards the ground ::

--

Speed SiM 5+

-= Blurrs behind his enemy's back. =-
-= Kicks him up, above my head. =-
-= Shovels three Kamehameha's into his stomach area. =-
-= Dispenses a powerful Ki Blast to his face. =-
-= Flips through him, punching his nose. =-
-= Grabs his left arm and pulls him to me. =-
-= Rams him against my shoulder as he comes. =-
-= Rushes downwards to the floor with him. =-
-= Slams his figure-first on the floor. =-
-= Re-creates images around my enemy, all charging different energy forms. =-

--

Ah ................. memories of AOL chat rooms.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Steve Basnof on May 19, 2009, 01:04:18 AM
Well a convenient excuse for Goku not having been travelling 200km/h is that he was flying at first. And also while the snake road twists back and forth Goku was flying in a straight line over them. He could've covered a large distance flying. In the end though he's Goku so it's ok if he distorts time-space whenever he moves.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Takeshi on February 16, 2010, 05:37:00 PM
Copy and pasted from my soon-to-be-locked topic.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: newy on February 16, 2010, 06:53:10 PM
- There's even fillers in this version. The scenes with Kuririn being chased by Freeza definitely wasn't in the manga so I'm a bit disappointed by that.

Did you compare it to the manga? I didn't read the manga. As far as I know the series is condensed to the content of the manga.

- There seems to be a bit of censor in it. When Kuririn shot a blast through Vegeta, and Vegeta fainted because Dende wouldn't heal him. It didn't look like a bloody wound at all. But this is probably because the show airs on Sundays at 9:00am, and a lot of kids are watching it.

Are you sure about this? I only watched a (most certainly censored) German dub and that ages ago, so I don't remember that scene anymore.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Takeshi on February 16, 2010, 07:35:34 PM
Did you compare it to the manga? I didn't read the manga. As far as I know the series is condensed to the content of the manga.
I have a few volumes of the manga. And it only shows Kuririn throwing the Kienzans, flying a bit and then gets stopped by Frieza. Chapter 299.

Are you sure about this? I only watched a (most certainly censored) German dub and that ages ago, so I don't remember that scene anymore.

[DBNL]Dragonball_Z_-_083_-_Another_Transformation_[DR][x264][EC3F8C65]
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7299/dbnldragonballz083anoth.jpg)

[SD&Taka]_Dragonball_Kai_-_040_[720p][967FAC80]
(http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/4901/sdtakadragonballkai0407.jpg)

This is one of the crappy scenes. It just might be because they were lazy. It reminds me of Matsumoto's censor from Bleach.

[DBNL]Dragonball_Z_-_083_-_Another_Transformation_[DR][x264][EC3F8C65]
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7299/dbnldragonballz083anoth.jpg)

[SD&Taka]_Dragonball_Kai_-_040_[720p][967FAC80]
(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4901/sdtakadragonballkai0407.jpg)

Wow, I'm starting to dislike Dragonball Kai because of this. :-\ Maybe I should just watch the old series instead.

[DBNL]Dragonball_Z_-_045_-_Frieza_Strikes__[DR][x264][C9E231DF]
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1254/dbnldragonballz045friez.jpg)

[SD&Taka]_Dragonball_Kai_-_020_[720p][701DF4FB]
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6560/sdtakadragonballkai0207.jpg)
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: relic2279 on February 16, 2010, 10:15:00 PM
Dragonball Kai was licensed by Funi a couple weeks ago.


http://www.japanator.com/funimation-licenses-dragon-ball-kai-to-release-this-year-13334.phtml
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: newy on April 08, 2010, 05:34:08 PM
I thought remembering Goku's transformation being more imposing :/
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Hizoka003 on April 08, 2010, 06:10:40 PM
so they are taking all blood out of Kai.... wow... thats pretty sad...
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: relic2279 on April 08, 2010, 11:03:25 PM
so they are taking all blood out of Kai.... wow... thats pretty sad...

The early 90's were a more liberal time. Dragonball Kai is geared for younger kids, aired at 9 in Japan...(or 9:30, I forgot. Same hour as One Piece) so it's not a surprise. If was aired after 11pm like a many anime are, I don't doubt it would keep the blood. But it likely wouldn't get the same ratings it's getting now.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Hizoka003 on April 08, 2010, 11:45:37 PM
IMO the blood in dragonball was never out of place... especially when you think about stuff like Fist of the North Star... its not like there are entrails hanging out...
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Takeshi on August 27, 2010, 08:50:46 PM
Dragonball Kai is geared for younger kids, aired at 9 in Japan...(or 9:30, I forgot. Same hour as One Piece) so it's not a surprise.
There's blood in One Piece though. ::)

Anyone still watching? I dropped it around ep 40 or something.. how is it handling the Cell saga?
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: newy on August 27, 2010, 09:34:51 PM
You dropped it? I'm stalled at the 2nd episode of the Cell saga. Been faithfully following Taka since the series is not that high in priority.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Takeshi on August 27, 2010, 10:05:07 PM
Yeah, I'm going to watch the Dragon Box episodes instead. They're closest to the original source. Although there's quite a few eps to watch. DBNL has released up to 126 at the moment.

A comparison here (http://comparescreenshots.slicx.com/comparison/75800/). Of course, the picture is much better in Kai compared to the remastered version, but cropping and censoring drags that version down quite a bit.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Razorflame on November 17, 2010, 10:04:11 PM
So DB Kai is a remake of the original DBZ anime?  After reading this thread, that makes it quite likely, but I Just want to check and confirm..
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Mumoto on November 17, 2010, 11:13:18 PM
The animation has better colors but it all seems washed out, it's nice they cut all the "filler-episodes" but in the end it sucks because they removed blood =/ it might be a "minor" difference but if you have seen the original and even if you haven't you will be kind of disappointed by that.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: TheExtreme on November 18, 2010, 12:33:00 AM
After watching Dragon Ball Kai up to episode 81 I realized that the Taiyoken is the most useful technique in the entire series.
It always works, even on the people who've seen it before or can actually use it themselves.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Mumoto on November 18, 2010, 03:02:21 AM
After watching Dragon Ball Kai up to episode 81 I realized that the Taiyoken is the most useful technique in the entire series.
It always works, even on the people who've seen it before or can actually use it themselves.

Why not instantly blow up the planet like Freeza does? Much more effective :D
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: vargtegel on November 18, 2010, 08:12:21 PM
I loved DB and DBZ and when I heard about DB Kai I downloaded it immediately. So nice to see the old gang again. Though I was a little (little) disappointed when I saw the awesome animated intro and thought that the whole episode would look like that :P But hey, it's still good looking! And a big plus for the original voice-acting cast doing a new recording! (Because this is the only anime that i REALLY prefer the English voices)
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Byokugen on January 24, 2011, 12:36:35 AM
Ok, one question, who encodes dubs of DBK?
I know of game stAr but can't locate past ep 39. any help?
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: borghellit on January 24, 2011, 03:12:59 AM
I loved DB and DBZ and when I heard about DB Kai I downloaded it immediately. So nice to see the old gang again. Though I was a little (little) disappointed when I saw the awesome animated intro and thought that the whole episode would look like that :P But hey, it's still good looking! And a big plus for the original voice-acting cast doing a new recording! (Because this is the only anime that i REALLY prefer the English voices)
I was going to download it to, but I read somethings about it and decided that it was the worst thing that could have been done to DBZ. anyways, I prefer the latin voices in DBZ, they are so bad that are good.
Title: Re: DragonBall Kai
Post by: Takeshi on April 10, 2014, 05:16:28 PM
It's back, may check it out again. Though if censur, ugly re-drawn scenes persists then I am likely to drop it again. I didn't notice any from quickly skipping the first episode though.

Hopefully, they won't get another scandal.