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Despite FUNimation CEO Gen Fukunaga promising (and even personally anticipating with delight!) a dubbed release with the original Japanese music, it was a product that would come far-too-little, far-too-late, and on the third DVD release of the Dragon Ball Z TV series in 2007… over a decade after FUNimation’s original promise. The problem was that it was an entirely new (and extremely amateur-at-the-time) voice cast, the music was not what had been used in the dub for several years prior, never mind the original Japanese score… and it was dub-only. While we initially had censored, dub-only VHS/DVD releases of the original broadcast run from 1995-1998 (that includes the first season of Dragon Ball and the first two seasons of Dragon Ball Z), 1999 brought us “uncut” VHS releases of the third season of Dragon Ball Z. The Background HistoryįUNimation’s home releases have always been a mixed-bag for fans of the Japanese version. Even if you are a younger, confused, FUNimation-dub-only type of fan that just shelled out for nine season box sets, you should at least be aware of what these products are and why you should (or should not?) care. Are we talking about you with that statement? Perhaps it is tough to get a firm grasp on what the general audience truly is, these days.

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It is hard to imagine this kind of era for today’s fans that have immediate access to high-definition, subtitled releases that magically appear on their hard drives for free (if they even have to download anything).įUNimation’s “Dragon Box” sets are not for these types of fans.

Remember that Dragon Ball Z was just finishing on Japanese television when FUNimation obtained the rights to the series in the first place, and even when they did bring the series over, regardless of fond memories one may have of the televised dub, it was censored, dub-only, and had no uncensored equivalent beyond shoddy fansub VHS releases. Sound familiar? Poor DVD encodes, rewritten dialogue, releases out-of-order… fans have been craving a way to properly see the series even just in chronological order, never mind any other aspect, since it began! It is funny to look back on the availability of the series to fans before FUNimation came around - the hit-or-miss video/audio quality on VHS tapes, gross translation inaccuracies, and a disgusting inconsistency among what you would find for episodes (and movies) actually there to obtain. There was already an entire generation of fansites on the web, already the majority of the series fansubbed on VHS, and already newsgroups brimming with discussions about so-and-so’s power level long before FUNimation entered the picture. North American fans of the Dragon Ball franchise existed long before FUNimation existed as a company. Why is there celebrating in the streets? Why is this particular release such a big deal? Why are these “older” and “hardcore” fans of the Japanese version suddenly coming out of the woodwork with enthusiasm, and especially for a company that has typically ignored or worked-around the pleas of this one, single, vocal-minority sub-set of fans for the last fifteen years? IntroductionįUNimation is re-releasing the Dragon Ball Z TV series for what seems like the billionth time (for those actually counting, some of these episodes are on their fourth official release). If all you want to know is how the “Dragon Box” sets are / will be different from the orange “Season Sets” that may be sitting on your shelf, skip down a lot. It is convoluted enough as it is without fully delving into the other two.įinally… if you do not like reading, this is not for you. Also, while nods to the original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT will be given where appropriate, this is primarily about the Dragon Ball Z TV series. This is less of a “history lesson”, and more of a description of the emotional roller-coaster over time that led us to this point.

If you would like to read a flat history of Dragon Ball Z TV releases, our “ Newbie Guide” and “ Home Video Guide” are great starting points. We have insight that few other American Dragon Ball fansites have, and we have no qualms with leveraging that. We have been doing this for well over a decade, and have been following the fandom in our own country even longer than that. This site is what it is primarily because of our experience. If you do not want to read any personal feelings or insight, do not read this. Features FUNimation Dragon Box History & Significance