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This box set of Dragon Ball Z contains the entire Vegeta Saga. The Vegeta Saga makes up the first 39 episodes of Dragon Ball Z. The story of Goku and his friends from the classic show Dragon Ball continues with Goku finding out he comes from an alien race of fighters known as saiyans. Now his past has caught up with him and he and his friends must defeat these powerful foes or the people of Earth will face certain doom. This box is crucial for any collector of Dragon Ball Z as it introduces Vegeta, one of the most popular characters in Dragon Ball Z history.
Specifically, the set has 6 discs and very little extra features, but any real fan of Dragon Ball Z will not buy this for extras. They will buy this for the excellent story, the great dialogue, the economic value, and of course the action. The way the discs are packaged is annoying, but you get used to it. I have heard much hype about how this set will ruin Dragon Ball Z because it is in Widescreen, but to be honest this is just not the case. Now I consider myself a true fan of Dragon Ball Z, and I am sad that you do lose some of the picture due to this, but most real fans will easily overlook the loss. I thought the Widescreen would cut much more picture than it actually did. By the second episode, I actually got used to the new look of the screen.
The sound and picture are great, and you can hear the English dialogue with either Japanese or American music behind it, or you can hear the original Japanese version of the show. I enjoy listening in English, but with the Japanese subtitles on to spot where the dialogues differ, I find this to be very interesting. The English music for this set isn't as good as in others such as the Buu and Cell DVDs, but I still think it is better than the Japanese music, though I know my opinion on this matter is probably with the minority.
One thing this set adds that I wish previous ones would have is the Marathon Mode. You can watch every episode on one disc one after another and see them as if they were one gigantic episode. You skip the opening and ending themes and the "Last time on Dragon Ball Z..." part. Of course, you can still watch these parts for every episode if you want.Another great thing about this set is the value. You get at least seven episodes on each DVD but the last, and to get the first 39 episodes of Dragon Ball Z for around $30.00, a price you could easily pay for 3 episodes(and I have), is just incredible.
The key to buying this set is the show itself. Many of the other versions of this saga cut so much footage that they pack the entire saga down to only 25 episodes. This is a tragedy which has finally been fixed. A specific example is the episode called, "The Strangest Robot". This episode was never in the old translation, well most of it. This Saga has many wonderful and tragic moments including the first death of Goku, the first appearance of King Kai(and Vegeta as mentioned above), the awesome battle of Goku versus Vegeta, Gohan's training with Piccolo, and of course Piccolo's sacrifice.
As mentioned above, another good thing about this set is the improved voices. When this show originally aired, I noticed the voices changed between the Namek and Freiza Sagas, but they have finally re-dubbed the first two sagas. Of course this is also the set's only down side to me. I already own many DBZ sets including the Cell Games, Majin Buu, and Fusion Sagas. If they re-release them with new dialogue, better sound, better picture, or for a better value or something I will feel like a fool and a bit annoyed. Personally, I hope they re-release upto and including the Frieza Saga, but my frustration only proves I am a true fan.
This set is a great value, contains 39 episodes of what I consider to be the greatest action cartoon and anime of all time, and is for any true fan of Dragon Ball Z, or even someone who enjoys anime.
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Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2007
Cleaner picture, more episodes for a cheaper price, the Japanese BGM in the dubbed version... the list goes on for the positive (or at least assumed to be positive) things about this set. But all of these things are nulled out by one thing: WIDESCREEN.The series was originally filmed in 4:3 (aka Fullscreen), so the excuse of gaining more on both sides is a fuzzy issue. Since the series was made in the '80s, it was animated using cels, which basically work like a flipbook. However, because the positioning of the camera taking the picture of each cel can be slightly off, animators took a precaution and put slightly more picture outside of the 4:3 reach. These parts are what FUNimation is referring to as the "gained footage" on both sides.But they've completely avoided what they had to do to make the series widescreen. They actually had to cut off parts of the top and bottom screen. If you refer to the actual screenshots put up in this guide, you'll see that a good number of shots have been ruined thanks to this cropping.What really ticks me off about this set is that their special features on the final disc try to justify their reasoning for making the entire series widescreene-ed. What they do is focus solely on how you're getting more footage on the sides than normal. What they fail to mention is how they had to crop the footage on the top and bottom to do so. And to think that FUNimation takes the liberty to refer to this set as "the way it was meant to be seen"...For the most part, this doesn't effect your viewing experience, but there are still a handful of instances where the camera view pans up for a character and completely misses the person's head because it was out of the widescreen perspective's reach. It's just really annoying to know that you're missing what's actually meant to be viewed.As you watch these episodes, you WILL notice that FUNimation has at least brightened up the colors. This isn't that big of a problem with me, but some fans still aren't content with these colors, since they're not necessarily what was originally intended. What I do find wrong with the "re-mastering" that FUNimation has done is how some solid lines have actually been broken down, probably because they automatically cleaned off the minor dirt specks on the film and actually thought some of the lines were dirt.As for the Japanese background music as an option for watching the dub, I found that it actually made the dub sound worse. Sure, the Dragon Ball (as in without the Z) episodes sounded fine, but that was because they were dubbed with the intention of having the JP background music. This dub was done with the intent of having the American background music alongside it, thus having some of the script not match the music altogether. I think this is mostly due to the fact that some background music was actually taken out completely and replaced with utter silence. But at least those songs were kept in the Japanese audio version (as always, the option of the Japanese audio track is available).The only real purchasing point for me here is that you get so many episodes for such a low price. That and this is the only way to get ALL of the Saiyan Saga episodes, without importing, since FUNimation cancelled their Ultimate Uncut Releases. In conclusion, I highly recommend buying FUNimation's 4:3 releases and only get this (and the next set) because those episodes have never been released Uncut in America before. But if you don't even care about the dub (and have a good amount of money), then I suggest merely importing the Japanese DVDs and playing them on a region-free DVD player.
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2007
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