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Quick Facts: I’m 27, been a fan of Dragon Ball Z since 1999, and a fan of anime since 1992. I’m very picky about uncut anime, and I always purchase the unusual aspect ratio. I disfavor English dubs as most any anime fan does. This is my first review of a DVD.
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Video: FUNimations claims this is a widescreen transfer from the new video. Dragonball Z fans are screaming the unusual video was cropped to manufacture it widescreen. I’ve spent the last 2 days with WinDVD and Photoshop to confirm or disprove this. Anyone who does image editing knows that cropping a 4:3 image to 16:9 can be really dramatic. After watching 67 episodes of this current release from FUNimation, I wasn’t completely convinced about the transfer being cropped from it’s unusual 4:3 aspect ratio. Dragonball Z fans are moral to say the widescreen transfer is cropped, but they also would need to admit to that the 4:3 broadcast we fans know and fancy was also cropped! The widescreen transfer has extended video on the left and proper that was cropped for the fresh 4:3 TV broadcast some 18 years ago. A time when 4:3 televisions were standard. In original times, 16:9 televisions have taken over, and we’re noteworthy more widescreen oriented. The unusual animation aspect ration I got when I was done sizing and layering the images over each other from the 4:3 and 16:9 gave me a 16:11 aspect ratio. This my Dragon Ball Z fans… Seems to be the Current size. 16:11 though won’t gape all that tall on any TV state. Also makes sense though since animators execute the unique larger so when transferring the animation to video, there’s room to play with so you don’t have random spots missing on the sides, top and bottom. So if you have to ask yourself if this is a legitmate 16:9 transfer or some 4:3 cropped (cut/edited) video, the right acknowledge is… It’s a legimate 16:9 transfer. Both the 4:3 and the 16:9 are cropped from the fresh… In the waste, it depends on personal preference.
The video was supposedly cleaned up, and the colors remastered. Personally, For the most portion, I glimpse an increased brightness on the video, which actually does peer better. They did desirable up the video and removed grain and video noise. All in all, the remastered represent looks better compared to the modern DVDs that FUNimation released.
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Audio: I can’t say grand about the sound quality since I’m using my computer for the time being. Impartial moved, and have yet to hook up my home theater again. FUNimation is releasing this with 3 settings. The unusual Japanese language and music. Nothing seems to have changed between the current DVDs and this release. For those who contemplate DBZ subbed only, I discover no change at all. The second option is the English dub with the Japanese music. This is actually quite provocative, and I give credit for this addition! In this rare instance, I have always like the dubs for Dragon Ball Z, so having the option to leer it with the modern music is titanic. If that isn’t enough though, this unique intention to contemplate the series is in Dolby Digital 5.1. Then there’s the third option which is the English dub with the US music done by Bruce Faulconer in stereo. I guess doing this in 5.1 would have taken too mighty time.
The dub was also redone for whatever reason. After comparing the modern DVDs vs the unusual ones, the older ones sometimes seem a bit more consistent with what was originally being said. One quickly example would be this…
Japanese Audio: Vegeta “I issue”
Original English Dub: Vegeta “I guess so”
New English Dub: Vegeta “Shut up!”
Why FUNimation went out of the plot to do a whole recent dub, I have no notion… This seems to be wasteful of production time, or maybe they can’t exhaust the current dub anymore. Why FUNimation does anything at times is beyond my concept. They have time to redub the series, but they can’t create the English dub with the US music in 5.1…
The menus on these discs are light years ahead of the current DVDs FUNimation released, with powerful more chapter points, and the MARATHON option which allows you to leer all the episodes on a disc straight through without the opening/closing between the episodes. More like watching a movie than episode after episode, having to skip after each one.
The packaging of the discs in the case is rather nice. Seems upon collection the series, you can line them up for a broad “DRAGONBALL Z” title! Each season comes with a slight booklet with character information, episode information, etc.
Also want to ticket that according to FUNimation, this video was remastered on HD 1080/24p. This doesn’t mean the discs are HD and can optimize the current HDMI 1.3, but it does demonstrate that 1080/24p mastering is being done, and we’re probably not far off from seeing this powerful more commonly done and seeing HDDVDs with valid 1080/24p video as TVs are now coming out with HDMI 1.3.
I hope this information helps people looking to possibly hold this series or in the case I’m in, retract it again for the remastered video and widescreen version. Also noteworthy more compact compared to dozens of standard DVD cases!
Giving this 4 stars. Why not 5? Because there is collected room for improvement. The unusual dub doesn’t always seem to fit, and in comparison to the true translation of what was being said, it’s like comparing shaded and white. FUNimation was always lousy about the dub translation, and there’s microscopic excuse for rebubbing the series and making it impartial as abominable as the first time around. Making the English Dub with Japanese music 5.1, but the US music in 2.0 is another point away from me. While this doesn’t change anything for me, if they had the time to redub and upscale to 5.1 for the Japanese music, it seems to me they should have taken the time to upscale the US music track too. Slothful? Additionally, they should have some minute explanation of the widescreen transfer included. The extras on the discs are meaningless.
For the sign these current box sets go for… It’s an unbeatable deal for the series and Dragon Ball Z fans.
Let me open off by saying this…If you are stunned about buying this state because of the well known “cropping-issue” don’t be. It’s not nearly as dreadful as most people invent it out to be. I finished watching it and there was not one instance where I could point out that it had in fact been cropped from the fresh episodes. I had to go online and accept the comparisons to even behold. So yes there is cropping but in my understanding it in no plot took away from the incredible experience of watching DBZ.
I judge what I like about this the most is that they have redone the utter acting. You can now seek the entire Dragon Ball Z series inaugurate to conclude with the same articulate actors. That and the fact that you can salvage most of these sets for $24.99 makes this a catch of a deal.
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