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Enjoy the next chapter in the saga of this legendary warrior with Dragon Ball: Season Two!
The search for the seven magic balls continues!
After meeting his match in the World Martial Arts Tournament, Goku embarks on a mission to recover the Four Star Dragon Ball that once belonged to his grandfather. His treacherous quest will take him from the terrifying heights of Muscle Tower to the darkest depths of the deep blue sea. But with the Flying Nimbus under his feet and Bulma’s Dragon Radar leading the way – there’s nothing mighty Goku can’t handle.
With the first season set getting some mixed reactions from all fans, you would think that FUNimation would at least have the decency of cleaning up any problems they put upon themselves, specifically, the widescreen. However, this is basically the same quality release as the last set, with the only difference being the episodes.Episode-wise, I think this set covers one of the best episodes of the first half of the series. Even the filler episodes are actually related to what's going on at that time, unlike later filler like Gohan's random birthday. For those not in the know, the heroes are off to planet Namek, where the original dragon balls were created, so they may resurrect their fallen comrades who died against the Saiyans in the previous season set. But when they finally reach the planet, they find that new villains are after the dragon balls for their own greed. Filled with some of the smartest moments in the series (throwing dirt at the other guy to momentarily blind them, stealing the dragon balls from each other, hiding their power levels from the scouters, etc.), this is definitely one of the better arcs, balancing the massive amount of fights with some clever strategies to boot.Sadly, all this is practically nulled out by what FUNimation has done to this release, mainly, the false remastering and the widescreen. While some of the scenes look beautiful, others really stand out. The main problems with the remastering are the outlines of characters and objects suddenly disappearing, and the over-brightening of the lighter colors. This is just something that words themselves cannot explain and that one must see themselves to fully comprehend. And while brighter colors may be a good thing, they make it a lot easier to spot out the random black blotches (wear and tear from the film masters) that appear on occasion. I personally think the remastering job seemed like someone just pushed a button to do the job and walked away, failing to oversee the job in case things like the aforementioned would happen.And the widescreen... ah the widescreen... how random of a move was that? As opposed to what others may have said, this series was NOT meant to be viewed in widescreen format. It was a series that ran from the early `80s to mid `90s. Like the other shows of that time period, it was made with the intention of it being viewed in fullscreen (4:3). While removing the top and bottom does not ruin the viewing experience entirely, just the fact that it WASN'T "the way it was meant to be seen" can really get under your skin. I'll stop on that topic before I go into a major rant.And with all these strange decisions on FUNi's part, they add in one more thing by changing up the original dub voices. When these episodes were originally dubbed, the voice acting (as well as big chunks of the script) was far from perfect. So, they try fixing that up by re-dubbing all the characters who could be re-dubbed (Krillin, Vegeta, Ginyu). The problem is that the Captain Ginyu episodes were only partially re-dubbed, with Vegeta and Krillin's current American voice actors, but with Goku's older voice work. It's just so strange and random.I don't really mind the packaging of the episodes, with the discs overlapping each other. If it saves space, then all the better. The only minor grip I have is how it looks. I mean, have you seen it? It's a big orange brick.Even the "special features" couldn't save this set. All the negative aspects are just so bad, especially since we know that FUNimation could have released things in their normal non-remastered (but still watchable) and fullscreen version. I mean, they've done it with the past single disc releases, so why not now? Also, the special features are nothing but trailers. I would have liked something like a comparison between the American and Japanese version, or some Toonami promotional commercials, but I guess that would be asking for too much.In conclusion, I think this second set could have been vastly improved upon, fixing up all the problems with the first set. But instead, it looks like we'll be stuck with these releases. So, I'm gonna say you're better off with FUNimation's 3-episodes-per-disc releases. You can get most of them for under $10 nowadays, anyways.The only reason I've bought this set (and the last one) is because they're the only episodes you can't get uncut without resorting to importing the Japanese releases. If you've got the money to spring for the Japanese releases, then go for it. Otherwise, these releases are your best bets in getting the first 74 episodes. Episodes 75 and on can be purchased via the single disc releases.NOTE: If this review didn't make sense at certain points, that's only because FUNimation is doing so much random and uncalled for things to the Dragon Ball Z series that confusion was inevitable.EDIT: And just for you haters out there, I will say that Funimation releasing the Dragon Box releases in the correct aspect ratio following this line of releases is proof enough that enough people weren't satisfied with these sets that a separate release had to happen. For those interested, these episodes can be found in better quality in Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Box Two.
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