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Dragon Ball Z Kai: Part Three [Blu-ray]

Christopher R. Sabat (Actor), Colleen Clinkenbeard (Actor), Joel McDonald (Director) Rated:
NR
Format: Blu-ray
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
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Genre Anime & Manga, Action & Adventure
Format Color, Box set, Full Screen
Contributor Colleen Clinkenbeard, Sonny Strait, Joel McDonald, Christopher R. Sabat, Monica Rial, Sean Schemmel
Language Japanese, English
Number Of Discs 2
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Product Description

For the first time in history, experience the legendary Z as the master intended: bigger, faster, stronger, and packed with the pulverizing power to blow your puny minds! Beef up your collection with this manga-centric, fresh take on Akira Toriyama’s original vision, featuring more action than you can handle, revitalized animation, and an amped-up audio experience that will make your ears beg for mercy! The last descendants of an evil race of warriors known as the Saiyans are on a collision course with Earth, and Goku – the strongest fighter on the planet – is all that stands between humanity and extinction. To save his friends and the world he loves, Goku must travel to a realm from which few return, but should he survive, he’ll discover the power to face the villainous Saiyan warlord – Prince Vegeta.

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 0.01 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Joel McDonald
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Box set, Full Screen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 5 hours and 25 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ December 14, 2010
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Christopher R. Sabat, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Sean Schemmel, Monica Rial, Sonny Strait
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), Japanese (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Funimation Prod
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0043988HG
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings

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Christopher Barrett
5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2011
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I have been a loyal fan of Dragon Ball Z since I was younger and watching the original run on Toonami and on VHS. I drifted away from DBZ for many years but have been an anime enthusiast ever since DBZ got me hooked.

Dragon Ball Z Kai caught my eye for several reasons: mainly being remastered yet retaining the original 4:3 aspect ratio (unlike the previous two versions that chopped part of the format to be presented in pseudo widescreen). I have faithfully purchased the Kai series (the titles released so far) on Blu-Ray. Here are my thoughts:

Part three takes us through the middle of the Namek/Freiza saga. Spoiler free: These episodes cover the time from the post Zarbon Vegeta battle and Gohan's pinching of a certain item up to the second transformation of Freiza (episdoes 27 to 39). For those familiar with the series, this is when things really start heating up. For those unfamiliar, let's just say things start getting pretty crazy at this point.

Technical stuff:
The ratio is kept to the original 4:3 aspect. Some animations have been cleaned and even re-animated (in the case of some of the lighting effects from ki attacks and power-ups). Some of the re-animated shots look like something from American Saturday morning cartoons rather than anime, but these instances were very rare. The two that stood out were in the previous volume anyway.

The sound is vastly superior to the previous versions. The English dub is improved and they aren't afraid to get a little dirty (they swear often, but not in an offensive way. They just yell 'you bastard' a lot). Though the few uses of swearing is in line with the more literal translation. Also, the American voice acting is a lot better this time through. Most of the lines have been slightly changed to stick closer to the actual translation. The Japanese voice acting is the original (highly amusing in some roles) though it has also been cleaned up a bit so that static is removed.

The music is the original Japanese score, just re-digitized for this release. It is superior to the original Japanese and the American scores (though the American score was pretty good considering).

Editing:
Here is where most die hard Dragon Ball Z fans choke up: There is a lot of cut content. I have seen the original, un-cut, American and Japanese versions. I gotta tell you. You're not missing anything. Most of what was cut was pure filler by TOEI trying to fill time slots. They've also removed a lot of re-used cells. I remember how annoyed I was to see Piccolo battling the Android and TOEI reusing animation cells from the Piccolo-Raditz battle. Seriously. Also, I don't hear too many people upset about missing out on the Garlic Jr saga.

They cut about 50 episodes (give or take) and reduced the amount to 98 (through the Cell Games saga). I don't know if they will continue through the Buu saga (no word yet even in Japan), but I am a huge fan on the improvement in quality of picture and sound so I hope they do.

Also of note: the Blu-Ray version is presented in full HD, though the original show was analog and standard definition. There is a noticeable difference between the DVD and Blu-Ray version in animation clarity and quality. There is also a major difference on the sound. The difference is worth the $2 or so for the Blu-Ray vs DVD if you have a player.
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T. Wasiuk
5.0 out of 5 stars Part 3: Reaching the Climax
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2010
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I have been watching DBZ for about 10 years now, and I am happy that I can finally watch every episode and not get bored from all the fillers and stand-offs from the original.

Likes-
New intro
Fixing of the scenes that were damaged over the years
Taking out the fillers
Better English dialogue
Excellent sound quality
Pretty much exactly like the manga
New animated breaks in between parts of an episode that actually change as the episodes progress.

Dislikes-
No marathon mode

Part 3 leaves you wanting more of the action! This actually comes with a small extra unlike the other two parts; An interview of some of the English voices from the show. I can not wait for Part 4 to come out, the final battle between Goku and Frieza!
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Full Metal Z
5.0 out of 5 stars The Bottom Line
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2011
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I consider myself an expert on DBZ. In fact, I'm Otaku DBZ. I own every episode and movie (legally from Funimation). Naturally, I did not think that Kai could trump its predecessor, the most famous anime of all time. I was so wrong, thankfully. Kai is really, really enjoyable. They have done an expert job on removing all the filler, kudos to the team for that. Sure the new voices for Gohan and Bulma are a little annoying, but you get used to them pretty quickly. I would classify this series as a must own, for both newbies and Otakus.
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Enigmatic Wonder
4.0 out of 5 stars The Ginyu Force arrives and the real battle for Namek begins!
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2011
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As Vegeta battles with Krillin and Gohan for control of the Dragon Balls an unforseen circumstance forces them to team up or die!

Quick recap for those who don't know about Kai: DBK is the 20th aniversary version of DBZ. That annoying filler that would make entire story arcs last forever and lead to the nickname Drag-on Ball Z? Totally gone and replaced with a remastered version that has a much quicker pace. This pace favors those that could never get into the original DBZ anime due to it's length as well as manga purists that don't care for anything filler. Animation is improved and cleaned up all around with the occasional new clip to help make up for damaged film. As far as the cuts and animation quality goes if you've seen the first two parts you should know what to expect in this area.

As with part one and two script wise the Japanese version is about the same despite everything being rerecorded for 2009-2011. Meanwhile the English version sees it's best and most accurate translation ever with a good portion of the Funimation voice cast returning. Even if you are a purist that didn't really care for the English voices in any form at least try to watch it in English at least once. Despite the occassional incident of Funi using the English attack names (such as Solar Flare and Spirit Bomb) for the most part they stick with the Japanese names (Taiyoken and Makankosappo). The set itself cover the battle with the Ginyu Force as well as the early part of the battle with Frieza.

If you don't own any of the season box sets or Dragon Boxes of the original Z then do yourself a favor and pick this up! Just please bear in mind that the DVD/Blu-Ray release of Kai is NOT the edited version on Nicktoons. This release is NOT intended for children and is totally uncut.
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M. Schnackenberg
5.0 out of 5 stars The true Namek
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2012
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DB Kai takes Z into the manga story line of the series. Removing filler, this saga is amazingly fun to watch with great fighting and story progress as fast as it should be, unlike Z which takes 40 episodes to meet the enemies and get anywhere in the series.
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mavmu1988
5.0 out of 5 stars Kai 3
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2013
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Dragonball Z on blu-ray is all i needed to hear to get excited but having the series filler cut out to match the manga was a great move watching it on toonami back in the day it seemed like five episodes per spirit bomb.
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Josselin Marre
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2018
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Great dub. Great remaster. No complain!
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you
Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2019
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cmoibenlepro
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in Canada on February 7, 2011
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Dragon Ball Kai is a great improvement over DBZ since they remove all the boring filler episodes.
I highly recommend this series for all Dragon Ball fans.

My only negative comment is that the ratio is 4:3 instead of 16:9.
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