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Dragon Ball Z: Rock the Dragon Collector's Edition

Daisuke Nishio (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 138 ratings
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August 13, 2013
Collector's Edition
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Genre kids & family
Format Color, NTSC, Multiple Formats, Animated, Box set
Contributor Daisuke Nishio
Language English
Runtime 10 hours and 50 minutes
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Product Description

Your wish has been granted. Now get ready to Rock the Dragon like it's 1999. FUNimation is bursting open the vault and finally unleashing what fans have sought for so long: the original broadcast version of DBZ with the Canadian voice actors.

Each Collector's Edition comes in a hardbound, full color 48 page book; which showcases the characters, history, and tropes that helped elevate Dragon Ball Z to the pop culture phenomenon it is today.

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches; 1.37 Pounds
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Daisuke Nishio
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, Multiple Formats, Animated, Box set
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 10 hours and 50 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ August 13, 2013
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Funimation Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00D7TS972
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 9
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 138 ratings

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Drewz
5.0 out of 5 stars They say you never forget your first
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2013
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I know that I am wrong in saying so, but, to me, these will always be the original episodes of DBZ.

I used to come home every day from school and watch this show. It certainly wasn't the first anime I had seen, but there was just something about DBZ that opened the floodgates to the genre, so to speak. I believe that part of that was the voice acting for this dub of the series. Everyone, from Goku to Ox King, had exactly just the right voice actor. Vegeta actually sounded like a villainous snake in this one as opposed to the constantly-constipated, grunting moron that he became in the more modern dubs.

Once Cartoon Network began airing episode 54+, I was devastated to see that not only had the animation and sound quality worsened, but EVERYONE had been cast a new voice actor and not one of them -- no offense -- was as good as the original crew (The Ocean Dub).

Because of this, I could never watch any of the new versions of DBZ. I found that I just constantly compared them to the old one. This collection represents such an awesome opportunity. I was more than happy to throw my money at it.

Included is the first 53 episodes spread across multiple discs, an art book, and three movies: The World's Strongest, The Tree of Might, and Dead Zone. Don't expect any HD quality here, though. These episodes are still edited (for gore, etc.) and pretty much look like they did back in the day. If there is a quality boost, it's been too long for me to tell.

If you prefer the older dub of DBZ, though, then this purchase is a no brainer.
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David
5.0 out of 5 stars I didn't buy this as a collector
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2022
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Just a fan. This was my childhood dub. I don't care how bad this localization is, the nostalgia goggles are hardcore for this one. Just sad that it's being sold on ebay for ungodly amounts. If you have this, do your part and seed it to fight the vultures holding your childhood hostage.
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jay v
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this set the only thing I don't like is ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2014
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I love this set the only thing I don't like is that all the DVD's are edited even the movie's but it's not so bad but I know that they have these episode's uncut because I had the single DVD's back in the day and they were uncut but get this set if you love the old school dub. All the joke's and pun's are all there the dialog is so much better the banter is more real to me and you actual feel the emotions in the actors voice. The funimation dub is great and all but they don't have nothing on the ocean group this is the best dub in my opinion I can't even watch the funimation dub for the first three movies it just doesn't feel right but the other show's that funimation does is great and I love them I just don't like the way they pussy foot around DBZ.
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Kevin Joseph
5.0 out of 5 stars If you’re a DIE HARD DBZ fan, buy this collection ASAP!
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2018
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I remember as a kid watching a little bit of the Ocean Dub (Canadian English version for Dragonball Z) of this show, and it was really good, especially if you love the theme song, “Rock The Dragon”! The collection set includes all the first edited 53 episodes of the Saiyan/Namek/Captain Ginyu Sagas on 7 discs, including an extra disc featuring the first three feature movies, “Dead Zone”, “World’s Strongest” and “Tree of Might”. Even though I love the Funimation English Dub more, I really wish they could have finish continuing the Ocean Dub from beginning to end, but I’m still happy to see this in its entirely. If you are a big DBZ fan, go on and buy it ASAP!
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Joshua Montoya
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2014
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I remember staying up until 10 PM on school nights just to watch DBZ on Toonami. I remember the disappointment of watching Goku land on Namek and beat up Recoome in one hit, then face up against Jeice and Burter and... return to fighting Raditz. For many years I waited. Then one day I see a commercial saying "The Second Coming" will arrive soon. I was overjoyed! Finally NEW DBZ!

Then the original "Ocean Dub" disappeared. Old VHS recordings were fine and all, but where are the DVDs?

Finally, I get an email from Funimation announcing the release of the original "Ocean Dub" and I vowed I had to get it. I had no idea the set came with a booklet of character info and artwork plus the first three movies Dead Zone, The Worlds Strongest, and Tree of Might.

Well worth the cost for true fans of the anime.
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Sekirei 1990
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but...
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2014
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The box set is really neat but the movies aren't uncut which sucks and when I watched the tree of might it's the ocean dub but not the ocean dub I remember. The voices are different except for piccolo, Goku, gohan and pretty much the z fighters. But the villains aren't the same and when I watched it I felt like I was watching another version. The phrases were all different which really sucked. I still have the original VHS uncut version which I really enjoyed. But this version of tree of might sucks for me cause I'm use to hearing something entirely different. Now I also have worlds strongest uncut on VHS but yet again these are the edited movies and for some reason that movie had everything the uncut version had when it came to voice actors except for some of the bad language cut out which I didn't mind too much. All in all I gave this 4 stars because of this. Here I thought funimation was going to release my childhood but they kind of let me down with the movies. But I did enjoy watching the first 53 episodes I grew up with.
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bookdude
5.0 out of 5 stars DBZ brings back the good old days
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2013
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I have been looking forward to this for a long time. i fell in love with DBZ when it originally aired on toonami back in the day. however, the packaging of this item from amazon was absolutely terrible. this is a collectors item and they shipped it to me in a flimsy yellow envelope and not a box with bubble wrapping to protect it. in result, my items box was damaged in all 4 corners and i haven't even owned it for more than a minute or two. i am enraged by this as amazon normally takes care of shipping. as soon as i saw this damage i took pictures of the box and the flimsy envelope and requesting a return shipment and hopefully the next one i get from them is protected enough to go from Kentucky to Ohio without being squashed.... absolutely enraged. anyways.... can't wait till i can actually WATCH this...
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Crroni
5.0 out of 5 stars Una pasada!
Reviewed in Spain on January 3, 2021
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Es increible lo recomiendo si te gusta la serie y eres fan te gustara la caja contenedora sobre todo por que al final los box los puedes comprar a parte y son los mismos. Por la serie de momento bien se ven bien !
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Giga Bytes7
5.0 out of 5 stars Waited for this forever
Reviewed in Canada on September 20, 2013
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Drewz: I know I am wrong in saying this...

And I'm a monkey's uncle. Everything you said in your review is true, and here's mine. So what if they omitted blood and replaced uses of "kill" with the phrase "sent to the next dimension"? Compared to the redub, this had better voice acting, a better soundtrack that I'd put about equal to the Bruce Faulconer soundtrack of the FUNimation portion of original dub (which is everything after Episode 53), and above all, this was the classic original version that aired on TV, and that should always get box sets. Yet by the time DVD's were there, they thought they needed to redub the whole series, and change voices from even the FUNimation portion, like Vegeta. I love his Ocean voice by Brian Drummond (and he's the one who does the "over 9000" meme, which the box's booklet even MENTIONS), his first FUNimation voice was all right, but the redub's Vegeta sounds like Chris Sabat has to strain his voice to sound like that. And I like Zarbon's Australian accent in this version better than his redub voice (shudder). (Besides, I'm a huge fan of Ocean, especially Piccolo, Jeice, Vug, Orlen, and Raspberry's voice actor, Scott McNeil)

I've been waiting for them to do this forever, and I thought I was dreaming when I found out they were releasing this. I found out when I was in the process of trying to request it. And I love what it says on the back because it's so true. "HFIL has frozen over, and your wish has been granted!"
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NightmareToast
5.0 out of 5 stars Region 2 compatible - will work on UK players... Oh, and it's great!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2014
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Though I disagree with his gripes about the packaging, the previous reviewer did a great job in summarising the content of the discs; I won't repeat him, read his review. To be clear, these discs are regions 1, 2 and 4 compatible and therefore WILL work with UK machines.

Ok... Serious stuff over! This "Rock the Dragon" edition is fantastic for those who remember the original Cartoon Network broadcast. Whilst it's true that the episodes are edited and censored somewhat, this adds to the supreme nostalgia value. It's always a great laugh when we hear "next dimension" instead of "Hell"! And yes, the violence is toned-down. We don't actually see Special Beam Cannon explicitly piercing through Goku and Raditz... The thing is, though, the DBZ fan that Funimation are targeting with this set will be fully aware of what's actually happening behind the censor's block. So it doesn't really matter.

The main draw for this set is the voice talent, obviously. Now, I really don't want to cross into that old and worn "Drummond Vs Sabat" debate; we've all been there before. But if you're considering buying this product then you're probably sitting on the Ocean side of the argument. You will not be disappointed on that front. The old favourites at Ocean sound as incredible as you remember them in the late 90s.

New DBZ fans should always be pointed to Funimation's 2007 remastered editions, rather than this set. But for the fan who first got hooked on this legendary programme at 5 o'clock after school, rather than on the Internet at midnight, this "Rock the Dragon" edition will be the perfect companion to the Dragon Ball universe!
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miguel angel
5.0 out of 5 stars Imprescindible
Reviewed in Spain on May 3, 2021
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Imprescindible para los amantes de la saga, e impecable presentación
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Daniel Lysohirka
5.0 out of 5 stars The original dub for the NA broadcast
Reviewed in Canada on June 21, 2015
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Awesome DVD set of the original Ocean Dub voice over. Just what we had all experienced growing up with I s first airing on North American television. Good looking picture and great background music that suits the North American audience perfectly. Though I don't see the Canadian/British broadasting version of the opening theme, that is fairly admissible, considering what we are getting in the package.
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