DBZ Remastered

[JKTrix]

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I'm actually pretty excited about this. While DBZ is far from the best anime I've ever seen, it was my first and I am pretty nostalgic about it. I had always intended to get the entire series in some kind of permanent format, and this looks like it will be *the* definitive colelction to get.

Bullet points to those who don't feel like watching:

-All 291 episodes consistently in box sets
-Uncut
-Newly Remastered in widescreen HD from original Japanese masters
-'Revised English Audio' (did they re-dub it?) in 5.1 surround sound
-Original Japanese audio, naturally
-Extras on how they re-mastered the whole thing, among others

I'm a little concerned that the widescreen thing means they cropped the image a bit, but meh. Feel free to tease me :P I'm just a huge DBZ fan on the inside (the K in my username stands for 'Kakarott'...)

[MJN SEIFER]

It already got remasterd on telly. They changed the music, cut out even MORE and replaced various lines. I hope this is different.

[JKTrix]

As mentioned, this is the uncut version. Meaning, nothing is cut. The recent releases were all uncut as well, but this version will have several more enhancements.

[MJN SEIFER]

That's brilliant

[Craig]

Uncut. So in other words another 5 hours of Goku and the bad guy floating around and talking while the world has 1 minute to blow up?

Bad Guy: This is my full power!
Goku: Well this is my full power!
Bad Guy: Oh smurf, you're strong. I lied before, that was only 1% of my full power.
Goku: Super Saiyan!
Bad Guy: Okay, I give up you win. Kill me.
Bad Guy: Oh wait, I'm back alive and 10x stronger.
Goku: Super Saiyan 2!
Bad Guy: ...

[NorthernChaosGod]

Yay!

*adds to Christmas list*

[Paro]

This will be wicked. I'm going to force my girlfriend to watch the whole thing with me, by the end of it she'll be speaking japanese.

[RiseToFall]

This will be wicked. I'm going to force my girlfriend to watch the whole thing with me, by the end of it she'll be speaking japanese.

Actually she's going to start screaming and go all super saiyan on your ass.

[JKTrix]

Uncut. So in other words another 5 hours of Goku and the bad guy floating around and talking while the world has 1 minute to blow up?

Bad Guy: This is my full power!
Goku: Well this is my full power!
Bad Guy: Oh smurf, you're strong. I lied before, that was only 1% of my full power.
Goku: Super Saiyan!
Bad Guy: Okay, I give up you win. Kill me.
Bad Guy: Oh wait, I'm back alive and 10x stronger.
Goku: Super Saiyan 2!
Bad Guy: ...

'Cept now... you can hear it in JAPANESE!

[MJN SEIFER]

Bad Guy: This is my full power!
Goku: Well this is my full power!
Bad Guy: Oh smurf, you're strong. I lied before, that was only 1% of my full power.
Goku: Super Saiyan!
Bad Guy: Okay, I give up you win. Kill me.
Bad Guy: Oh wait, I'm back alive and 10x stronger.
Goku: Super Saiyan 2!
Bad Guy: ...

Well done! you've just summed up the whole series in the space of nine sentances

[bipper]

Despite its long windedness, I really did like the story and the basic mechanics of the world and the powerlevel system. I am very stoked for this collection, an I hope to get the whole thing at once, instead of waiting months on end for subsequent releases. With this set include the movies?

[JKTrix]

They only said 'all 291 episodes', so I don't think it includes the movies. I'm fairly certain that the movies are being released in their own little box sets anyway. Whether they get the HD/widescreen treatment remains to be seen.

The core story elements were actually fairly good, even if it did boil down to predictability. After all, it was made for young boys. DBZ is a legend among anime: not only is it the most successful anime ever, but it blazed the trail for anime outside of Japan and continues to be the inspiration for new series that followed. The creators of Naruto and Bleach directly credit Dragonball as being their inspiration to get into that line of work, and I'm sure many others would as well.

Not only as an anime connoisseur but as a fan of the series, I will be proud to have the entire collection (and pay for it) in one cohesive set.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Does anyone know how much this would be in Yen?

[JKTrix]

Info obtained from the press release
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The suggested price for each box is $49.98 (5,892 JPY today). The first set will be 5 DVDs with 39 episodes on it. Apparently, this version actually retains the "original Japanese score" with the english dub over it, instead of the cheesy replacement music they had previously. This is quite a deal.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I don't want to have to buy them all separately like that, will they be selling all 291 episodes as a package?