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Dragon Ball Z - Vegeta Saga 1

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Yes, this is the new release of the Saiyan Saga, (Now called the Vegeta Saga) and it's now ALOT better than it was before. I just recently purchased the DVD on Wed. and it's not just the new re-dubbing, new music, more blood, and all that good stuff, but you get to see a whole bunch of scenes that was originally taken out by Pioneer. Lets put it this way, for those of you who remember the Saiyan Saga, you know that Raditz was dead by the end of the 3rd episode. Well in the new version, they added so many scenes that were originally taken out, that by the end of the third episode, the fight with Raditz had just started. It really is a new experience, even though you've already seen the episode before. To any DBZ fan, I highly recommend purchasing this DVD. It also has alot of really cool bonus features, none of which have ever been seen by any other DBZ DVD, such as interviews, and a fun quiz. Even if your new to the whole Dragonball Z thing, I still highly recommend buying this, because now you can see what started Dragonball Z, "The way it was meant to be seen."

I found this starter set at Best Buy a week before it's supposed to come out. I would've given it 5 stars, except there were a few things that could have been better.

The good:

All of these episodes are, of course, completely uncut. They have been remastered with new music and opening/closing sequences. The new opening features rock music that seems to match well with the series. There are four audio tracks: English 5.1 surround, English stereo, Japanese mono, and Spanish. There are also more special features than most other DB/DBZ DVDs, including a 28 minute interview with Chris Sabat (Vegeta, Piccolo) and Sean Schemmel (Goku, King Kai). The starter set also comes with an exclusive Goku action figure.

The not-so-good:

There are only three episodes on this disc ("The New Threat", "Reunions", and "Unlikely Alliance"). Like all of FUNimation's other DB and DBZ episodes, they neglected to include the next-episode previews. The DBZ trivia could have also been better. When you select an answer, it just shows a clip of what the question refers to so you can see if you got it right. When the trivia is finished, it just goes back to the menu.

I was excited when this first came out, its the uncut version. I wouldn't waste my money on it though. My reason for that is because in the second vegeta saga set, they discontinued it. Thats because they are making new box sets. Which is great except its going to be in widescreen. So you will be losing 20% of the picture from the top and bottom. It was ment to be seen in full screen. Dont get me wrong i love dragon ball z, just not when you have to buy a million different versions.

First of all, I am actually 11 years old and not some 8 year old kid.
Anyways if you are a new fan of Dragon Ball ZA this is a great way to
start of getting the series if you don't want to buy the cropped
Widescreen Season 1 Box Set which I also own. If you are a new fan
of the show then you probably should be (re) informed of what exactly the
Ultimate Uncut Editions of Dragon Ball Z are. Back in 1996 after
poor ratings from Dragon Ball FUNimation decided to move on to Dragon Ball Z.
FUNimation teamed up with SABAN Entertainment (the company who did
Digimon in America) and released a edited version of Dragon Ball Z
between 1996 and 1998. When SABAN left FUNimation, FUNimation
started dubbing the show themselves. In 2003 FUNimation redubbed
all the episodes that had been edited which was like 67 episodes.
In April 2005, the 6th year anniversery of the first Dragon Ball Z
Series DVD, this Starter Set of the first Ultimate Uncut
Volume was released. Now for my real review. Okay I'll admit it.
I Love FUNimation's English dub of the show (but the Canadian/UK
Dub is Okay too) but that's probably I was a fan of the American
version before the Japanese Version. In fact I, (embarresed laughter)
, didn't become a fan of the show until...2...0...0...6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyways here's what to expect from this set: A box, 3 episodes, okay
Bonus features and a free Goku Action Figure. Finally with this
Starter Box Set American fans can see what was originally cut
out from teh original 96' dub. In fact almost the entire
first episode was cut out! The set itself is okay but it costs too much.
I mean, come on! A LOT OF BUCKS JUST FOR THREE EPISODES WITH ALMOST NO ACTION! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!
But then again these episodes are pretty good. I reccomend watching
both the English and Japanese Versions. The Japanese Music is a
classic and is easily remembered. I really like the "Saiyajins theme"
(that piece of music in the Japanese version that usually appears
in early episodes, see when Raditz's spaceship lands and the
farmer inspects it to really know what i'm talking about) ^-^.
The American music is okay, giving a more American "Sci-Fi'-ish
effect. Well, at least its better then the music that Shuki Levy
gave us. Well, buy some oth the more action packed Vegeta Saga
Ultimate Uncut DVDs, thats my suggestion. But if you want to see
the really action packed awesome Goku Versus Vegeta Fight in
Dragon Ball Z Season 1 Box Set, I reccomend you get that. If
you thought this review was a little long, sorry. I was writing this
a over 10:00 PM near 11:00, A time where I don't pay attention
to how much I write ^-^! Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....LONG LIVE DRAGON BALL
Z UNCUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First, the uncut content is really good and the image is not so dated as you may think.then the sound leave breathless,they done an incredible job with the 5.1 soundtrack .don't belive me , look the japennese track to see the difference.the extra are good like the trivia game ,interview and nimbus cloud.the package is well done.I would give this a 5 but it is so expensive for what you get that it only worth 4. Anyway if you are a fan get it

I'm a new Dragonball fan and I chose to order this to start my collection off ^^

I have to say that, as I live in England and I could only find this in America, this ended up costing me much much more than I would like to pay for a few short episodes of Anime. Also I was sad to find that I had no choice but to go for the "free figure" set - this bumped the price up even more but it worked well as a birthday present for my little brother XD

The Anime episodes are the usual Dragonball style - lots of staring each other down and talking about plans for world conquest with evil looks on their faces, blah blah blah. I was hoping for a lot more action (let's face facts - it's what we watch Dragonball for! XD) but then again this is the first of many in the DBZ series and I can tell that this Anime Boulder has only just started to roll.

So overall a good starter for those wanting to get into Dragonball ^^ ...just be prepared to splash out on the next few DVDs down the line if you want to see some REAL DBZ action >=D

In 2003, it happened to Sailor Moon.

Last year saw it happen to Yu-Gi-Oh.

This year, DBZ finally gets what it deserves.

The original season.... UNCUT.

All the battles, including the first face-off between Goku and Vegeta, will be restored to their original glory. No longer will the Z-Senshi "phase to other dimensions." Pointless edits(c'mon... they really had to edit Gohan's TEARS?) will be removed. And full episodes that had to be taken out(such as an appearance by Launch and Gohan meeting a robot) will be included in the line-up. My only worry with this set is how the English dub will be handled. More than likely Funi will take out the original music(the only DB releases where they haven't were the original series and movies. Z and GT weren't as lucky), but what I'm really wondering is how the voice actors will do dubbing over. In the original edited releases, despite the bad edits, the VAs were actually quite good(Ian Corlett and Scott McNeil as Goku and Piccolo, respectively, were particularly great). For the FUNimation actors it has been either hit or miss. Sometimes they can perform their roles well(The Budokai video games come to mind), but other times they completely fall apart and sound just plain wrong(I hate how the screwed up the end of the Buu saga). Well, I guess I won't find out until this baby arrives in April, but even if the acting isn't up to par there will still be the original Japanese language track available if necessary. But either way, I am really looking forward to this DBZ release. This is the one DBZ DVD ten years in the making.

Yes folks. In the first fifty episodes of Dragon Ball Z, there were actually bits and pieces from 70 episodes from Japan. That's right; the episodes from the Saiyan and Namek Saga were cuts and pastes, with heavy cencorship and many episodes unaired. Now, they're here. If you want these episodes earlier, you can get subtitled Dragon Ball Z DVD imported box sets with 27 episodes for only $30 [...] in the imported DVD section.

Its a good looking art box, with a Goku figure, didnt want that though but well it came with the package.

an point what i find said is there are only 3 episodes on 1 dvd.

i think thats very expensive for only a few eps.

but well im a Dbz fan so i neeeeed it.

in total. its nice.

There has been a bunch of people claiming to know the number of episodes per disc, the number of discs in the starter set, etc. It's been said that there are 3 episodes (or episode 1-3) on Saiyan Showdown, yet it looks like there are only 7/8 discs in the box. I wish someone would clarify this for me. Even with all of this I can't wait. By the way, they are redubbing Japanese episodes 1-67, not just the first 50. I'm hoping they don't redub episode 68 since episode 54 of the US episode contains 10 minutes of episode 67.