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Dragon Ball Z

Dragon Brawl Z ドラゴンボールＺゼット Doragon Bōru Zetto
Genre	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Scientific discipline Fiction, Martial Arts
Anime series: Dragon Ball Z
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio (#1-199) Shigeyasu Yamauchi (#200-291)
Studio	Toei Animation
Written by	Takao Koyama
Licensor	Australasia Madman Entertainment North America Funimation Funimation Uk
Network	Fuji TV Network Ten Australasia Cartoon Network YTV Drawing Network Cartoon Network, CNX, Toonami United States First-run syndication, International Channel, Cartoon Network (Toonami)
Original run	April 26, 1989 — January 31, 1996
No. of episodes	291
Manga capacity adjusted	195-519

Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールＺゼット , Doragon Bōru Zetto , commonly abbreviated as DBZ ) is the long-running sequel to the anime Dragon Brawl. The series is a close adaptation of the 2nd (and far longer) portion of the Dragon Brawl manga written and drawn past Akira Toriyama. In the The states, the manga's second portion is also titled Dragon Ball Z to prevent confusion for younger readers.

1 Overview
- 1.1 Story
- 1.ii Product history
- 1.3 Censorship issues
- 1.4 Filler and differences from the manga
- 1.5 Reception and Touch on
2 Sagas
3 Movies, Television receiver specials, OVA
- iii.one Movies
- 3.ii Idiot box specials
- three.3 OVA
iv Releases
- 4.1 Japanese releases
- 4.2 Dragon Box releases
- 4.three Pioneer DVDs
- 4.4 Funimation DVDs
- 4.5 Funimation Ultimate Uncut DVDs
- 4.half dozen Funimation Remastered Box Sets
- four.seven Funimation Dragon Box Sets
- iv.eight Funimation Stone the Dragon Edition Box Set
- iv.9 Funimation Blu-ray Level Sets
- 4.10 Funimation Season Blu-ray Sets
- 4.11 Funimation 30th Ceremony Collector'south Edition
5 Manga
6 Main cast list
7 Staff
8 Theme Songs
- eight.one Japanese Themes
- 8.2 English Themes
9 Reception
10 See also
11 External links
12 References
xiii Site Navigation

Overview

Story

*Dragon Brawl Z* opening title menu in the original Japanese version

Dragon Ball Z follows the adventures of the developed Goku who, forth with his companions, defends the earth against an array of villains ranging from intergalactic space fighters and conquerors, unnaturally powerful androids and near indestructible magical creatures. While the original Dragon Ball anime followed Goku through babyhood into adulthood, Dragon Brawl Z is a continuation of his adulthood life, merely at the same time parallels the maturation of his son, Gohan, as well every bit other characters from Dragon Ball and more. The separation betwixt the serial is too significant every bit the latter series takes on a more dramatic and serious tone. The anime too features characters, situations and dorsum-stories not present in the original manga.

Production history

The master characters of *Dragon Ball Z*

The other names the product was considering for this 2d serial before they settled on Dragon Ball Z were Dragon Ball: Gohan'due south Big Gamble , New Dragon Ball , Dragon Ball 2 , Dragon Ball Wonder Boy , and Dragon Ball 90 .^[1] The anime start premiered in Japan on April 26, 1989 (on Fuji TV) at 7:30 p.m. and ended on January 31, 1996. The series average rating was 20.5%, with its maximum being 27.5% (Episode 218) and its minimum beingness 12.i% (Episode 273). Like Dragon Ball, the music for Dragon Brawl Z was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi. The character designs for Dragon Ball Z were created by Minoru Maeda from the Raditz Saga to the Cell Games Saga and Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru from the Cracking Saiyaman Saga to the Peaceful Earth Saga.

Toriyama's humor/parody manga Nekomajin, released later Dragon Brawl and Dragon Ball Z, features several concepts introduced in the series, and several Dragon Ball Z characters make various appearances in this manga. Afterwards Dragon Ball Z, the story of Goku and friends continues in the anime-only serial Dragon Brawl GT, which is non based on a manga by Akira Toriyama but is a project by Toei Animation using the aforementioned characters and storyline that serves equally a sequel to Dragon Ball Z. 19 years afterward the end of Dragon Ball Z in Japan, a new sequel series titled Dragon Ball Super premiered with original concepts past Akira Toriyama, taking place afterward the death of Kid Buu but before Dragon Brawl Z's ending.

In the U.Southward., the series initially aired in kickoff-run syndication from September 13, 1996, to May 23, 1998, and and then aired on Drawing Network's Toonami cake from Baronial 31, 1998, to April vii, 2003, though not always with the same continuity of dubbing (for details on the dubbing problems, see Ocean Group dubs and Funimation dub). It was besides shown in Canada on YTV around the same time. Information technology aired in the United kingdom, with the same dubbing problem, on Cartoon Network, premiering on March vi, 2000 and running on that channel until 2002. The Majin Buu Saga, Fusion Saga and Child Buu Saga were later broadcast on CNX, which subsequently changed its name to Toonami, with the evidence ending on Feb 28, 2003. Subsequently the finished run, information technology was repeated daily, until Toonami merged with Cartoon Network. In Australia it was shown on both Cartoon Network and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with Cartoon Network airing information technology in effectually 1997-1999 and ABC from 1999-2004. In New Zealand, it was shown on TV3.

In April 2009, a new 'refresh' of Dragon Ball Z began airing on Japanese television. This re-cut is titled Dragon Ball Z Kai.

Censorship issues

Dragon Ball Z was marketed to entreatment to a broad range of viewers from all ages, and contains crude sense of humor and occasional excesses of violence which are commonly seen equally inappropriate for younger audiences by American standards. When it was commencement marketed in the US, the distribution company Funimation alongside Saban decided to initially focus exclusively on the young children's market, because the anime market was still minor compared to the much larger children'due south cartoon market. This censorship ofttimes had unintentionally humorous results, such as changing all references to death and so the dead characters were merely going to "another dimension", and digitally altering two ogres' shirts to read "HFIL" instead of "HELL".

Starting with the Captain Ginyu Saga on Drawing Network, censorship was reduced due to fewer restrictions on cable programming. Funimation did the dubbing on their own this time around with their voice actors. In 2004, Funimation began to redub the first ii sagas of Dragon Ball Z, to remove the problems that were caused by their previous partnership with Saban. They likewise redubbed the kickoff three movies.

However, the bear witness still retained some level of censorship, non out of FCC laws, just out of choice by Funimation, to cater to the possible sensitivity of western audiences. For example, Mr. Satan was renamed "Hercule" to avoid any religious slurs; his girl, Videl, was a play on the word "Devil", only Funimation felt that the connection was obscure enough to not worry nearly.

Filler and differences from the manga

Main article: Filler Filler is used to pad out the series for many reasons; in the case of Dragon Ball Z, more oft than not, it was because the anime was running alongside the manga, and there was no mode for the anime to run alee of the manga (since Toriyama was still writing it, at the aforementioned time).

Some of the series' master heroes and villains

The company behind the anime, Toei Animation, would occasionally make up their own side stories to either further explain things, or simply to extend the series. Filler does not come only in the form of side stories, though; sometimes it is as unproblematic as adding some actress attacks into a fight. One of the more infamous examples of filler is the Frieza Saga. After Frieza had set the planet Namek to accident up in five minutes, the final fight betwixt Goku and Frieza withal lasted well over five episodes, much less 5 minutes, although this can exist attributed to the fact that Namek only took longer to explode than Frieza expected. Likewise, many numerous filler scenes took identify while the boxing with Frieza was in motion, which accounts for much of the footage during the planet's explosion.

As the anime series was forced to expand 12 pages of manga text into 25 minutes of animation footage, these changes were introduced to kill fourth dimension or to permit the (anime) writers to explore some other aspect of the serial' universe. The Garlic Jr. Saga (Garlic Jr.'s return from the Dragon Brawl Z: Dead Zone movie) between the Frieza Saga and Trunks Saga and the Other World Tournament between the Prison cell Games Saga and the Majin Buu Saga are both good examples of this.

Besides having filler scenes and episodes, there are many other changes from the original manga. Among them are the following:

When Tien Shinhan loses his arm while fighting Nappa, his arm becomes a stump with but a small-scale corporeality of blood seen. In the manga, the scene is much gorier.
In the manga, Frieza kills Cargo, but in the anime Dodoria kills him.
In the manga, Zarbon informs Vegeta almost Frieza's ability to transform during their first fight. This was removed from the anime, merely Vegeta nevertheless later on tells Frieza that information technology was Zarbon who told him about Frieza'southward transformation power.
In the manga, Appule finds all the Namekians in the village attacked past Vegeta dead and tells Frieza, who just tells him to phone call the Ginyu Force. In the anime, the soldier is changed to another soldier referred to as "Orlen" in the closed captioning for the Ocean Dub VHS tapes. This soldier is killed by Frieza when he tells that he killed the last survivor of the village without asking him where Vegeta had hidden the Four Star Namekian Dragon Ball.
In the manga, after Frieza survives Goku'southward Spirit Flop, he immediately strikes down Piccolo with his Death Beam technique. In the anime, still, Frieza fires his axle at Goku, only for Piccolo to spring in the way and get struck downwards by the beam anyway.
In the manga, Frieza's full power was still never a match for Goku'south Super Saiyan form, but in the anime, Frieza appears to accept the upper mitt for a short time before he begins to tire.
In the anime, when Vegeta is brought back to life on Planet Namek, he manages to witness some of the battle betwixt Goku and Frieza, every bit well as Goku'due south Super Saiyan course, before beingness teleported to Earth past the Namekian Dragon Assurance. In the manga, he is teleported to Earth almost immediately after being revived and does not get a chance to see Goku as a Super Saiyan for the starting time time until Goku returns to Earth himself afterward on.
When Dr. Gero kickoff appears in the series (as Android 20), he grabs a man by the cervix and tears him through the roof of a car. In the original manga, he crushes the man's neck afterward, tearing his head off.
In the manga, when Goku fully recovers from the Heart Virus, Chi-Chi finds him simply looking out the window of the sleeping accommodation he was resting in at Kame House. In the anime, however, Chi-Chi finds him exterior the house, firing several Kamehameha blasts across the ocean.
During Gohan and Cell's Energy Clash in the anime, Piccolo, Krillin, Tien, and Yamcha unsuccessfully try to distract Prison cell before Vegeta succeeds in doing and then, whereas in the manga, they all simply observe the struggle and Vegeta is the but ane to assail Prison cell from backside.
- When Vegeta shoots a Galick Blazer at Jail cell, he is seen in his Super Saiyan form in the anime. In the manga, he is seen in his base course. Similarly, Goku'southward spirit is seen in his Super Saiyan form in the anime as he and Gohan perform the Father-Son Kamehameha confronting Cell, while he is seen in his base of operations class in the manga.
Though the flashback of Hereafter Trunks and Future Gohan fighting Androids 17 and 18 are nowadays in both the anime and the manga, there are notable discrepancies between the flashback and the scene depicted in the Idiot box special Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks. In the special, Gohan had not lost his arm yet at the beginning of the story, Trunks had not withal achieved his Super Saiyan course likewise, and in that location was rain in the scene in question.
When Vegito fights Super Buu (with Gohan absorbed) in the manga, Vegito immediately transforms into his Super Saiyan class. In the anime, Vegito fought in his base form for a while earlier becoming a Super Saiyan. Similarly, in the anime Goku and Vegeta battle Super Buu together (unsuccessfully) before fusing into Vegito, while in the manga Goku is able to convince Vegeta to fuse with him earlier Buu gets a chance to assault them.
When Goku begins his battle against Kid Buu in the manga, he transforms immediately into his Super Saiyan 3 form. In the anime, however, Goku starts the battle as a Super Saiyan 2 and manages to concord his own against Kid Buu for a while earlier ascending to Super Saiyan 3.
In the manga, many characters accept a different number of fingers on their easily; such as Piccolo (3 fingers and a thumb), Dodoria (3 thumb-like fingers), and Imperfect grade Cell (two long fingers and a long thumb). In the anime, everybody has human-like hands with 4 fingers and a thumb.

Reception and Impact

The impact of Dragon Ball Z is enormous. For more than than 20 years, the series has stood the test of time and has reached out to many children and adults alike across the globe. This is mainly due to the series' very clear representations of good overpowering evil, dear overpowering hate, the importance of family and friends, and an unyielding passion toward achieving goals. The serial also featured heavy sci-fi overtones, and a greater emphasis on fighting - making it extremely popular among boyish boys who had grown upwards alongside the original series.

Dragon Ball Z - along with Sailor Moon and Pokémon - has also played a large role in contributing to the popularity of anime in western culture. Though the first two seasons of the series were played on various networks in the U.S. in 1996, it would not take off for two more years until Baronial 31, 1998, when Cartoon Network featured the prove in its action-oriented Toonami lineup. Toonami heralded the bear witness every bit "The Greatest Action Cartoon Always Made," and it profoundly boosted the popularity of Toonami, but unknowingly did so much more. Dragon Ball Z's newfound popularity helped to bring about a greater interest in Japanese cartoons in the eyes of western youth, which in plough fueled the western anime industry to new heights. Considering of its success on Toonami, Dragon Ball Z was the first anime that made its way to the Wall Street Journal, who declared it "A Huge Drawing Hit."

Many items such as apparel, backpacks, lunch boxes, writing utensils, candies, drinks, foods and more feature Dragon Ball Z, in both Japan and Due north America. Action figures, collectible figurines, plush toys, bobbleheads, and character model kits were also made. The fast-nutrient chain Burger Male monarch featured Dragon Ball Z toys twice in the early 2000s. Despite the Tv series officially catastrophe in Japan in 1996, and in 2003 in North America, Dragon Brawl Z video games are created nigh every year for well-nigh every console on the marketplace, helping to introduce the Dragon Brawl Z series to younger generations that never got a adventure to run across it air on television. These games ordinarily practice very well in the market. Popular sites such as YouTube accept attracted large Dragon Ball Z fan communities throughout the last few years, and Dragon Ball related videos receive many views. All of these examples showcase the incredible popularity of Dragon Ball Z in many countries of the earth.

The original writer of the manga, Akira Toriyama, held a swell deal of respect for both the Dragon Brawl and Dragon Ball Z anime and those that adult them. Toriyama also admired the fact that the anime managed to possess original stories created by the animation team and stated that he considered the Dragon Brawl anime to be equal in importance to the Dragon Ball manga.^[two]

Sagas

Toei sagas

Assail of the Saiyans (Episodes 1–35) (Apr 26, 1989—February seven, 1990)
Battle on Planet Namek (Episodes 36–74) (February xiv, 1990—January 16, 1991)
Terrible Emperor Freeza (Episodes 75–107) (January 23, 1991—September xi, 1991)
Fight with Garlic Jr. (Episodes 108–125) (September eighteen, 1991—January 29, 1992)
Android No. 16~20 (Episodes 126–147) (February 5, 1992—July 8, 1992)
Over the Super Saiyan (Episodes 148–165) (July xv, 1992—November xviii, 1992)
Beginning of the Cell Games (Episodes 166–194) (November 25, 1992—July 21, 1993)
Ano-yo'ichi Budōkai (Episodes 195–219) (July 28, 1993—March 2, 1994)
Majin Boo Returns (Episodes 220–237) (March nine, 1994—August 24, 1994)
Appearance of the Super Saiyan III (Episodes 237–254) (August 31, 1994—February 1, 1995)
The Final Fighter, Vegetto (Episodes 255–268) (Feb 8, 1995—June 28, 1995)
The Final Battle (Episodes 269–291) (July five, 1995—January 31, 1996)

Funimation sagas

Raditz Saga (Episodes 1–6 [1–4 edited]; formerly part of the "Saiyan Saga")
Vegeta Saga (Episodes 7–35 [5–26 edited]; formerly part of the "Saiyan Saga")
Namek Saga (Episodes 36–67 [27–53 edited])
Captain Ginyu Saga (Episodes 68–74 [54–60 edited])
Frieza Saga (Episodes 75–107 [61–92 edited])
Garlic Jr. Saga (Episodes 108–117 [93–102 edited])
Trunks Saga (Episodes 118–125 [103–110 edited])
Androids Saga (Episodes 126–139 [111–124 edited])
Imperfect Prison cell Saga (Episodes 140–152 [125–137 edited])
Perfect Jail cell Saga (Episodes 153–165 [138–150 edited])
Cell Games Saga (Episodes 166–194 [151–179 edited])
Other World Saga (Episodes 195-199 [180-184 edited])
Bang-up Saiyaman Saga (Episodes 200–209 [185–194 edited])
Earth Tournament Saga (Episodes 210–219 [195–204 edited])
Babidi Saga (Episodes 220–231 [205–216 edited])
Majin Buu Saga (Episodes 232–253 [217–238 edited])
Fusion Saga (Episodes 254–275 [239–260 edited])
Kid Buu Saga (Episodes 276–287 [261–272 edited])
Peaceful Globe Saga (Episodes 288–291 [273–276 edited])

Movies, TV specials, OVA

Movies

Toei titles

Render my Gohan!! (1989)
The World'southward Strongest Guy (1990)
Super Deciding Battle for the Entire Planet World (1990)
Super Saiyan Son Goku (1991)
The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest (1991)
Clash!! 10,000,000,000 Powerful Warriors (1992)
Extreme Boxing!! The Three Great Super Saiyans (1992)
Burn Up!! A Close, Intense, Super-Violent Battle (1993)
The Galaxy at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy (1993)
The Dangerous Duo! Super-Warriors Tin can't Rest (1994)
Super-Warrior Defeat!! I'm the Ane who'll Win (1994)
Fusion Reborn!! Goku and Vegeta (1995)
Dragon Fist Explosion! If Goku Tin't Do It, Who Will?(1995)
God and God (2013)
Revival of "F" (2015)

Funimation titles

Dragon Ball Z: Expressionless Zone (1997) (Remastered/Re-released on May 27, 2008)
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1998) (Remastered/Re-released on May 27, 2008)
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1998) (Remastered/Re-released on September 16, 2008)
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (2001) (Remastered/Re-released on September 16, 2008)
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (2002) (Remastered/Re-released on November 11, 2008)
Dragon Brawl Z: The Render of Libation (2002) (Remastered/Re-released on Nov 11, 2008)
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (2003) (Remastered/Re-released on February xviii, 2009)
Dragon Brawl Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (2003) (Remastered/Re-released on March 31, 2009)
Dragon Brawl Z: Bojack Unbound (2004) (Remastered/Re-released on Feb xviii, 2009)
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - 2d Coming (2005) (Remastered/Re-released on March 31, 2009)
Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (2005) (Remastered/Re-released on March 31, 2009)
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (2006) (Remastered/Re-released on May 19, 2009)
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (2006) (Remastered/Re-released on May 19, 2009)
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2014)
Dragon Brawl Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015)

Idiot box specials

Toei titles

A Lonesome, Last Battle: The Father of Z-Warrior Kakarrot, who Challenged Freeza (1990)
Summer Holiday Special (1992)
Resistance to Despair!! The Remaining Super-Warriors, Gohan and Trunks (1993)
Looking Dorsum at information technology All: The Dragon Brawl Z Year-End Prove! (1993)

Funimation titles

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku (2000) (Remastered/Re-released in February xix, 2008)
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (2000) (Remastered/Re-released in Feb 19, 2008)

OVA

Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans (1993)
The World of Dragon Ball Z (2000)
Dragon Brawl: The Return of Son Goku and Friends! (2008)
Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans (2010)
Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011)

Releases

Japanese releases

Originally, just the Dragon Ball Z movies and the Programme to Eradicate the Saiyans OVA were available for home viewing in Japan. The movies were released on both VHS and Laserdisc format. The Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans OVA was released both on VHS and the PlayDia, as an interactive FMV.

Dragon Box releases

Main article: Dragon Box In 2003, all of the Dragon Ball Z TV series was finally released under the "Dragon Box" label for home viewing in Japan, on two big DVD boxed sets, following the release of a similar set for Dragon Ball. Each Dragon Ball Z Dragon Box had a large number of DVD extras, as well as an action figure and a volume.

The video and sound transfers of the evidence used on these DVDs came off of the Fuji Tv primary tapes of the evidence, as this allowed Toei to put out a far superior and completely accurate version of the show on DVD, which was helpful since the entire plot of a flavour could exist summed up in about ten minutes. This immune all episodes to have their original openings, endings, eyecatches, adjacent episode previews, etc., compared to what was bachelor in the United states of america.

In late 2005 the Dragon Box Z DVDs were re-released in unmarried volumes with six episodes per disc. While the packaging and DVD menus are different from the 2003 release, and then far no plans have been announced for the two TV specials and the Playdia footage released with the 2003 versions, the Audio and Visual quality is the same every bit those discs establish in the 2003 Dragon Box release.

On April 14, 2006, a "Dragon Box: The Movies" DVD box was released. This release contained all 17 Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z theatrical features, containing 8 DVDs in total, forth with a book, and 2 scouters in the form of walkie-talkies. The video and audio are remastered; however, the video is cropped to sixteen:9 (widescreen) and contains less moving-picture show than the full-screen versions. This is a common occurrence for films from Toei based on long-running and popular TV serial (See Saint Seiya, Fist of the N Star, and One Piece).

All Dragon Box releases contain Japanese language sound only (with exceptions to foreign-language bonus clips), and no subtitles.

Pioneer DVDs

DVD Boxed Set I; The Saiyan Disharmonize

During the belatedly 90's/the early on '00s, the kickoff 53 (Saban/Funimation version numbers, originally uncut every bit 67) TV episodes were released on to DVD by Pioneer Entertainment (at present NBCUniversal Entertainment Nippon). These contained merely the edited, US-Goggle box circulate versions (dubbed by the Ocean Group), and totaled 17 volumes, comprising the 'Saiyan Saga' and the 'Namek Saga'.

Along with these episodes, Pioneer also produced bilingual, uncut DVDs of the starting time iii Dragon Brawl Z theatrical features. These DVDs retained the original Ocean cast for the English language rails, every bit well as being ane of the first uncut and bilingual releases in the U.Due south. The English versions of these films were too subject to a different treatment than the serial; rather than replacing the original music, the original OP and ED themes, every bit well as groundwork music, were retained. The simply noticeable differences besides languages are the inclusion of a few different sound effects which are not present on the original Japanese version. These films were released as a three-disc boxset by Pioneer.

As of August the 31st, 2004, Pioneer's license for video distribution of the commencement 53 episodes concluded, assuasive Funimation to re-release them. At the moment, the rights for these episodes and the starting time 3 Dragon Ball Z movies vest to Funimation.

Funimation DVDs

As of 2000, Funimation had released uncut versions of their Texas-based English dub on to DVD, with Japanese language track, and English-translation subtitles. This release does not include the beginning 2 sagas, every bit the rights for the distribution of that episodes were still held past Pioneer Entertainment. These DVDs begin with the Captain Ginyu Saga and comprise every episode covering (Japanese numbers) 68 till 291. Boxsets were release for the Garlic Jr., Androids, Imperfect Cell, Perfect Prison cell, World Tournament, Majin Buu, Fusion, and Kid Buu U.S. sagas. However, to maximize profits, the DVDs were released out of continuity (certain amounts of i section of the series were released, and and so Funimation would become back and release others). With no noticeable numbering visible, this caused frustration to those trying to follow the series from starting time to stop.

Funimation also released Dragon Ball Z movies four-13, finishing the release of the movies with Wrath of the Dragon, the 13th movie. These are all bilingual and subtitled, simply do not follow the tendency ready by Bounding main'due south first three movies. Music has been inverse and altered, including the insertion of songs from rock bands such as Deftones, Disturbed, Breaking Point, and American Pearl. The movies utilise Funimation's Boob tube series Texas bandage, though they also include the original Japanese version with subtitling past Steve Simmons.

Funimation Ultimate Uncut DVDs

Afterwards acquiring the video rights to the commencement 53 (67 uncut) episodes from Pioneer in 2004, Funimation announced that they would release these episodes uncut, with a new v.1 English language linguistic communication track and uncut footage. The "Ultimate Uncut Special Edition" line was born. The release would exist 22 volumes, bilingual, and extras. The Saiyan Saga was renamed the 'Vegeta' Saga (Parts I and Two, covering 12 DVDs), probably to avoid defoliation with the Pioneer volumes. All the same, later on DVD volume 9, Funimation canceled these box sets and planned to re-re-release them in the DVD season boxsets. This upset fans who had purchased the expensive Ultimate Uncut DVDs, equally the Vegeta Saga Office II was never completed and the Ultimate Uncut Namek Saga DVDs were not created.

Funimation had too acquired the rights for the start 3 movies from Pioneer in 2004 and re-released them. Even though the three had the aforementioned cover style, only the kickoff motion-picture show was released under the Ultimate Uncut line. All of these movies had a 5.1 English runway, new subtitles, different DVD extras and come in a boxset titled 'First Strike'. Even so, they do non retain the original dub and contain a new English language dub produced past Funimation's Texas cast. This version contains different music than the original dub and the Japanese version.

Funimation Remastered Box Sets

Main commodity: Funimation Remastered Box Sets

In November 2005, Funimation announced they would release a remastered class of Dragon Ball Z on DVD beginning in 2007. All DBZ episodes were to exist digitally remastered and released in boxset form.

The get-go season prepare (the entire Vegeta Saga) was re-released on Feb six, 2007. The first 39 episodes of this flavor are spread beyond 6 discs and cost $30–$fifty (the original intention was for 5 discs, just there was a hazard of quality reduction). Funimation released a trailer for the new set on the Dragon Ball Z official website.

Funimation released the second season set, containing both the Namek and Captain Ginyu sagas, on May 22, 2007. First with this release, several of the in-business firm voice actors re-dubbed their characters' lines to keep consistency with the residual of the dub. The third season prepare, containing the Frieza Saga, was released on September eighteen, 2007. The fourth season, containing both the Garlic Jr., Trunks and Android sagas, was released on February 11, 2008. Season five, containing both the Imperfect and Perfect Prison cell sagas, was released on May 27, 2008. Flavor six, containing the Cell Games Saga, was released on September 16, 2008. Season seven, containing both the Great Saiyaman and World Tournament sagas, was released on November eleven, 2008. Season eight, containing both the Babidi and Majin Buu sagas, was released on February ten, 2009. Season nine, containing both the Fusion and Kid Buu sagas, was released on May xix, 2009.

The series has been re-transferred at 1080p resolution with digital restoration engineering science removing all grain and scratches from Funimation's original prints of the series. It is important to note, however, that like many late 80's-early 90's Toei productions (for example, Saint Seiya, Crewman Moon, Marmalade Boy, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, and Slam Dunk), the series was produced on 16-millimeter pic which tends to be fairly grainy and soft. The new restoration was supervised past colorist Steve Franko.

The series is presented in a widescreen format (1.78:1, cropped from the original full frame) for the first time. Comparison images from the new set show that while there is missing footage on the tiptop and bottom, there is at least boosted footage on the right and left that has not appeared in any prior release, having been taken straight from the original Japanese film master recording.

This format change was highly controversial among fans, as this is not how the T.5. episodes were intended to exist seen and this substantially alters them. Many fans launched a alphabetic character-writing campaign against the release. In response to the negative fan outcry regarding the release'south apparent cropping of the source video, a Funimation representative has released a document from the team remastering the video, which explains the logistics of the new release. This document details how certain areas of the original film are damaged, and admits that though the video is cropped, this release eliminates the grain that was nowadays on prior four:3 releases. Information technology has too been theorized that it is ultimately more than inexpensive to transfer the serial in 16:9 and thereby remove the damaged portions of the frame than to repair 291 episodes' worth of damaged film.

The boxset contains a revised English rails in Dolby Digital five.1 surround sound (information technology contains the original Japanese score past Shunsuke Kikuchi, although information technology is unknown just how the English language dialogue is revised). For the first time, there is a choice between having the Japanese dialogue with Toei's original Japanese music or English dialogue with either Funimation's dub music or Toei'southward original Japanese music.

Special features include a featurette on the remastering of the original Japanese print and a 24-page booklet with episode summaries, character descriptions and a DBZ timeline.

Funimation Dragon Box Sets

Primary article: Funimation Dragon Box Sets

Funimation Dragon Box sets were confirmed for release by Funimation Entertainment on July nineteen, 2009. The Dragon Box was produced from the original Dragon Box masters after a frame by frame restoration and spans the entire 291 episodes of Dragon Ball Z.

This definitive DVD box release begins with Dragon Box One which includes the kickoff 42 episodes, uncut, on vi discs.

The Dragon Box releases feature an aspect ratio of four:3, the original Japanese audio (with options for an English track or English subtitles), the original episode previews, complete opening and closing credits and a collector's booklet.

While Toei's DBZ Dragon Boxes consists of only two volumes, Funimation's divides the series into seven; Dragon Box One was released on November 10, 2009, with an SRP of $79.98, while Dragon Box 2 was released on Feb 16, 2010, Dragon Box 3 was released on May 4, 2010, Dragon Box Four was released on September 21, 2010, Dragon Box Five was released on April 26, 2011, Dragon Box Six was released on July 5, 2011, and Dragon Box Seven was released on October 11, 2011.

Funimation Stone the Dragon Edition Box Set up

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Rock the Dragon Edition

It is the release of the original Funimation/Saban dub of Dragon Ball Z in a box set. The set consists of the 53 episodes (which were edited from the first 67 Japanese episodes of DBZ) and includes the commencement three Dragon Ball Z movies (Dead Zone, The World's Strongest, The Tree of Might). It was released on Baronial 20, 2013. The collector'due south edition features the Ocean voice cast and opening theme song "Rock the Dragon". It besides features a hardbound full-colour 48-page book that showcases the character's history, and tropes that helped elevate DBZ to the pop culture it is today.

Funimation Blu-ray Level Sets

In July 2011, Funimation announced plans to release Dragon Brawl Z in Blu-ray format. The offset volume was released on November eighteen, 2011. However, after the release of the second volume, Funimation discontinued production of the rest of the Blu-ray releases, citing concerns over restoring the original film textile frame by frame. The episodes were presented in their original four:iii aspect ratio.

Funimation Season Blu-ray Sets

Funimation confirmed in June 2013 that the Blu-ray season box sets of DBZ would take place once again. The beginning set, "Dragon Ball Z Season 1", was released on Dec 31, 2013, and the concluding gear up, "Dragon Ball Z Season 9", was released on December 9, 2014. The episodes are presented in the cropped 16:9 widescreen format. However, different the "Orange Brick" DVD sets which were a "straight crop", these use pan and scan so that important data in the frame is not lost.

Funimation 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition

On March ii, 2019, Funimation announced that Dragon Ball Z will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary with a Collector's Edition Blu-ray compiling the full serial in a 4:3 attribute ratio along with some actress appurtenances. However, they need at to the lowest degree 2,500 fans to reserve the set for it to be produced. They demand to measure interest since it's a loftier-cost endeavor, and 2,500 is the minimum of interested fans needed according to Funimation. But if Funimation fails to go the 2,500 pledges to produce the Collector'southward Edition, they will not release the anniversary set. However, Funimation announced that they needed three,000 pre-orders from fans and the previous ii,500 pledges was a mistake. Funimation began taking pre-orders for the set on April 6 and had since then reached the necessary 3,000 pre-orders making them eligible to produce 6,000 units of the gear up overall. The release of the teaser for this box ready sparked many controversies amid fans apropos the remastered footage'southward framework, color saturation and other footage components that looked worse than previous footage from older collectors editions as fans viewed the teaser featuring the remastered clips. Funimation responded by stating that they cropped the release by going in "scene-by-scene to brand judgments based onto the epitome available in each frame of how much to trim to go to a consistent four:3 attribute ratio, while still attempting to cutting as little out of the picture as possible," and that they felt the digital video noise reduction was "mandatory for this release based on the different levels of fan support from various past DBZ releases with different levels of noise reduction over the years." Funimation took pre-orders for the 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition until May 5. It was released on November fifth, 2019.

Manga

An "anime comic" manga adaption of the Dragon Ball Z anime was released in Nihon from 2005 to 2010. The sagas covered included the "Saiyan Saga", "Super Saiyan / Ginyu Special-Squad Saga", "Super Saiyan / Freeza Saga", "Artificial Humans Saga", "Cell Game Saga", "Afterlife Tournament Saga", "Majin Boo Revival Saga", and "Majin Boo Battle Saga".

Main cast listing

Character name	Vocalization thespian (Japanese)	V.A. (English - Body of water Group)	Five.A. (English - Funimation)
Goku	Masako Nozawa	Ian James Corlett (ep.1-49 [1-37 edited]) Peter Kelamis (ep.l-67 [38-53 edited]; 123-174 [108-159 edited]) Kirby Morrow (ep.175-291 [160-276 edited])	Sean Schemmel (adult) Ceyli Delgadillo (child) Stephanie Nadolny (child)
Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Saffron Henderson (ep.1-67 [one-53 edited]; 123-165 [108-150 edited]) Jillian Michaels (ep.166-194 [151-179 edited]) Brad Swaile (ep.200-291 [185-276 edited])	Stephanie Nadolny (child) Kyle Hebert (teen and adult)
Goten	Masako Nozawa	Jillian Michaels (child) Brad Swaile (teen)	Kara Edwards (child) Robert McCollum (teen)
Chi-Chi	Mayumi Sho (ep.1-66) Naoko Watanabe (ep.88-291)	Laara Sadiq (ep.1-67 [1-53 edited]) Lisa Ann Beley (ep.123-291 [108-276 edited])	Cynthia Cranz
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Lalainia Lindbjerg (ep.ii-66 [ane-53 edited]) Maggie Blue O'Hara (ep.123-258 [108-243 edited]) France Perras (ep.259-291 [244-276 edited])	Tiffany Vollmer
Vegeta	Ryō Horikawa	Brian Drummond	Christopher Sabat
Trunks	Takeshi Kusao	Cathy Weseluck (child) Allistair Abell (teen)	Laura Bailey (child) Eric Vale (teen)
Future Trunks	Takeshi Kusao	Allistair Abell	Eric Vale
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Scott McNeil	Christopher Sabat
Krillin	Mayumi Tanaka	Terry Klassen	Sonny Strait
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Ted Cole	Christopher Sabat
Tien Shinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Matt Smith	Chris Cason (ep.75-107 [61-92 edited]) John Burgmeier (ep.118-288; 12-107 remastered)
Chiaotzu	Hiroko Emori	Cathy Weseluck	Monika Antonelli
Yajirobe	Mayumi Tanaka	Brian Drummond	Mike McFarland
Chief Roshi	Kohei Miyauchi (ep.2-260) Hiroshi Masuoka (ep.288-291)	Ian James Corlett (ep.one-46 [1-34 edited]) Peter Kelamis (ep.63 [50 edited]) Terry Klassen (ep.123-291 [108-276 edited])	Mike McFarland
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Alec Willows (ep.18-57 [12-44 edited]) Richard Newman (ep.127-291 [112-276 edited])	Marking Britten (ep.88-169) Brad Jackson (ep.208-291; 18-107, 127-169 remastered)
Puar	Naoko Watanabe	Cathy Weseluck	Monika Antonelli
Turtle	Daisuke Gōri	Scott McNeil	Christopher R. Sabat
Mr. Satan	Daisuke Gōri	Don Brown	Chris Rager
Videl	Yūko Minaguchi	Moneca Stori	Kara Edwards
Android 18	Miki Itō	Farrell Spence	Meredith McCoy
Baba	Junpei Takiguchi (ep.9-34) Mayumi Tanaka (ep.190-287)	Ellen Kennedy (ep.xx-34 [14-25 edited]) Brian Drummond (ep.190-287 [175-272 edited])	Laurie Steele (ep.190-287) Linda Young (ep.seven-34 remastered)
Dende	Tomiko Suzuki (ep.46-288) Hiro Yuuki (ep.290-291)	Paulina Gillis (ep.46-67 [34-53 edited]) Andrew Francis (ep.173-291 [158-276 edited])	Ceyli Delgadillo (child - original) Laura Bailey (child - remastered) Justin Melt (adult)
Ox-Rex	Daisuke Gōri	Dave Ward (ep.7-64 [5-51 edited]) Dale Wilson (ep.171-291 [157-276 edited])	Mark Britten (ep.88-193) Kyle Hebert (ep.208-291; 5-193 remastered)
Dr. Brief	Jōji Yanami	Paul Dobson (up to ep. 107) Scott McNeil (ep. 108-291)	Chris Forbis
Bikini	Mariko Mukai (up to ep. 136 ) Hiroko Emori (ep. 136-165) Yoko Kawanami (ep. 166-291)	Jane Perry (up to ep. 194) Willow Johnson (ep. 194-291)	Cynthia Cranz
Mr. Popo	Toku Nishio	Alvin Sanders (ep.14-38 [9-28 edited]) French Tickner (ep.137-288 [123-273 edited])	Chris Cason (ep.76-100) Christopher Sabat (ep.108-288; 17-100 remastered)
Korin	Ichiro Nagai (ep.26-192) Naoki Tatsuta (ep.217-285)	Paul Dobson (ep.26-38 [19-28 edited]) Ted Cole (ep. 137-285 [123-270 edited])	Marker Britten (ep.109-192) Christopher Sabat (ep.217-285; 26-37 remastered)
Kami	Takeshi Aono	Michael Dobson (ep.6-28 [4-21 edited]) Dale Wilson (ep.137-141 [123-126 edited])	Christopher Sabat
Rex Kai	Jōji Yanami	Don Brown	Sean Schemmel
Supreme Kai	Yuji Mitsuya	Michael Dobson	Kent Williams
Kibito	Shin Aomori	Don Brownish	Chuck Huber
Old Kai	Reizo Nomoto	Scott McNeil	Kent Williams
Raditz	Shigeru Chiba	Jason Gray-Stanford (ep.1-v [i-4 edited]) Alistair Abell (ep.182 [167 edited])	Christopher Sabat (ep. 104 [89 edited]) Justin Melt (remastered)
Nappa	Shōzō Iizuka	Michael Dobson	Christopher Sabat (original) Phil Parsons (remastered)
Frieza	Ryusei Nakao	Pauline Newstone	Linda Young
Zarbon	Shō Hayami	Paul Dobson	Christopher Sabat
Dodoria	Yukitoshi Hori	Paul Dobson	Chris Forbis
Helm Ginyu	Hideyuki Hori	Richard Newman	Dale Kelly (original) Brice Armstrong (remastered)
Garlic Jr.	Shigeru Chiba	Don Brown	Chuck Huber
Dr. Gero	Kōji Yada	Brian Dobson	Kent Williams
Android 17	Shigeru Nakahara	Ted Cole	Chuck Huber
Android sixteen	Hikaru Midorikawa	Scott McNeil	Jeremy Inman
Cell	Norio Wakamoto	Dale Wilson	Dameon Clarke
Pikkon	Hikaru Midorikawa	Brian Drummond	Kyle Hebert
Babidi	Jōji Yanami	Terry Klassen	Duncan Brannan
Dabura	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo	Scott McNeil	Rick Robertson
Majin Buu	Kozo Shioya	Scott McNeil (Innocent Buu, Good Buu) Brian Dobson (Evil Buu, Super Buu, Kid Buu)	Josh Martin (Innocent Buu, Proficient Buu, Kid Buu) Justin Cook (Evil Buu, Super Buu)
Shenron	Kenji Utsumi Masaharu Satou (ep.192-193)	Don Brownish	Christopher Sabat
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Doc Harris	Dale Kelly (ep.68-194 [54-179 edited]) Kyle Hebert (ep.195-291 [180-276 edited]; 1-194 remastered)

Staff

Series Director: Daisuke Nishio, Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Episode Manager: Atsutoshi Umezawa, Daisuke Nishio (23 episodes), Hidehiko Kadoda, Hidehiko Kadota, Hiroki Shibata, Johei Matsuura, Junichi Fujise, Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Kazuhito Kikuchi, Masahiro Hosoda, Minoru Okazaki, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Osamu Kasai, Shigeyasu Yamauchi (31 episodes), Takahiro Imamura, Tatsuya Orime, Yoshihiro Ueda
Banana Episode Director: Akihiko Yamaguchi, Hidehiko Kadota, Junichi Fujise, Keiko Hashimoto, Tatsuya Orime, Toshihiro Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Kamimura
Producer: Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV), Kōzō Morishita
Assistant producer: Hiromi Seki (Toei Animation), Seiichi Hiruta (Toei Blitheness)
Production manager: Matsuji Kishimoto (1-58), Take Torimoto (59-109), Akihiko Yamaguchi (110-169), Yuichi Suenaga (170-291)
Public Relations: Yumiko Shigeoka (Fuji TV)
Series Limerick: Takao Koyama
Screenplay: Atsushi Maekawa, Aya Matsui Hiroshi Toda, Katsuyuki Sumisawa, Keiji Terui, Masashi Kubota, Reiko Yoshida, Satoru Akahori, Sumio Uetake, Takao Koyama, Toshiki Inoue, Yoshiyuki Suga
Storyboard: Daisuke Nishio (26 episodes), Johei Matsuura, Katsumi Aoshima, Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Minoru Okazaki, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Osamu Kasai, Shigeyasu Yamauchi (32 episodes), Yoshihiro Ueda
Product Advancement: Akihiko Yamaguchi, Kazumi Fujioka, Kazumitsu Matsusaka, Kouichi Hirose, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Yanagi, Yuichi Suenaga
Character Design: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (eps 200-291), Yuji Ikeda
Principal Designer: Ken Tokushige (eps 200-291), Yuji Ikeda
Art: Chigusa Yokoyama, Hitoshi Nagasaki, Kayoko Koitabashi, Kenji Matsumoto, Masazumi Matsumiya, Shigenori Takada, Shinobu Takahashi, Takeo Yamamoto, Tsutomu Fujita, Yoshito Watanabe, Yuji Ikeda
Groundwork Art: Chigusa Yokoyama, Eiko Ito, Goichi Katanosaka, Hideaki Kudo, Hiroaki Kaneko, Hiromitsu Shiozaki, Hisaharu Iijima (ep 42), Hitoshi Nagasaki, Izumi Wada, Junichi Taniguchi, Kayoko Koitabashi, Kazuhiko Suzuki, Kazumi Chiba, Keito Watanabe, Kenji Matsumoto, Kyōko Matsunaga, Masanori Tachibanada, Masao Kajitani, Masuo Nakayama, Mio Isshiki, Momonori Taniguchi, Mutsumi Matsui, Nanae Fukui, Natsuyo Kato, Noriyoshi Doi, Reiichirō Yanagisawa, Rumiko Minemura, Sanae Makino, Sawako Takagi, Shinichi Kamiyama, Shinobu Takahashi, Shoji Tokiwa, Tadahiko Ono, Tadashi Iwasa, Takeo Yamamoto, Tatsuro Iseri, Tetsuhiro Shimizu, Toki Sakamaki, Tomoko Shitamoto, Tomoko Takahashi, Tomoko Yoshida, Toshiko Odagiri, Yoko Ichihara, Yuji Kihara, Yukio Suzuki, Yuko Iida, Yuko Saitou, Yumiko Ogata, Yutaka Ito
Animation Managing director: Ichio Hayashi (ep 245), Ichiroo Hattori, Isao Hayashi, Katsumi Aoshima, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (OP 2; eps 44, 120), Kazuya Kuda, Keisuke Masunaga (18 episodes), Masahiro Shimanuki, Masaki Sato (ep 64), Masayuki Uchiyama, Minoru Maeda, Mitsuo Shindō, Naoaki Houjou, Naoki Miyahara, Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Sachio Ebisawa, Shingo Ishikawa, Takeo Ide, Tomekichi Takeuchi, Yukio Ebisawa, Yuuji Hakamada
Chief animator: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, Minoru Maeda
Key Animation: Akio Katada, Akira Inagami, Chikako Uesugi, Eisaku Inoue, Hideko Okimoto, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hisashi Eguchi, Katsuhiro Nakatsuru, Katsuki Aoshima, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (21 episodes), Kazuo Takigawa, Kazuya Hisada, Kenji Yokoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Kuniko Iwagami, Mamoru Hosoda (ep 173), Masahiro Shimanuki, Masaki Sato (17 episodes), Masako Sankaku, Masayuki Uchiyama, Miki Ugai, Minako Ito, Naoki Mishiba, Naoki Miyahara, Naoki Tate, Naotoshi Shida, Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Noriko Ichihashi, Noriko Shibata, Taiichiro Kohara, Takahiro Yoshimatsu, Takeo Ide, Teruhisa Ryu, Tetsuya Numako, Tetsuya Saeki, Tomekichi Takeuchi, Tomoya Iida, Toshiyuki Sugano, Yoko Arai, Yoko Iizuka, Yosuji Kudo, Yukio Ebisawa
In-Between Blitheness: Akemi Seki, Akihiko Nomura, Akiko Matsumoto, Akira Kato, Ayumi Kondou, Chikako Uesugi, Chiori Matsuda, Chizuko Kawamura, Daisuke Hiruma, Eriko Kimura, Hideaki Maniwa, Hidehiko Kadota, Hideki Inoue, Hiroaki Shimizu, Hiroaki Yoshikawa, Hiromi Ono, Hiromi Shirakami, Hiroyuki Kanbe, Hisashi Nakayama, Iwao Ōtsuka, Izumi Ichiki, Izumi Komatsu, Jin Ehara, Junji Kiyohara, Junko Miyamoto, Junko Shirasu, Kanae Suwa, Kayo Nangumo, Kayo Tanahashi, Kazue Ōneda, Kazufumi Takano, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Kazuyoshi Minato, Keiko Sasa, Kenichi Koyabe, Kimiko Hoshi, Kiyomi Ishiwata, Kiyomi Masuda, Kiyomi Masuko, Kōichirō Tanigishi, Koji Usui, Kouji Aoki, Kumiko Horikoshi, Kuniko Iwagami, Kunitoshi Ishii, Kyoko Higurashi, Maki Ito, Masahiro Hamamori, Masahiro Takano, Masatoshi Hakada, Masayuki Yoshihara, Mayumi Fukushi, Mayumi Nakamura, Megumi Yamashita, Midori Iwai, Miho Fujimoto, Minako Ito, Mineto Shibawaki, Miwa Oshima, Miyako Nishiwaki, Miyuki Abe, Miyuki Nakamura, Miyuki Shibazaki, Miyuki Yano, Naoaki Houjou, Naoki Mishiba, Naoki Tate, Noriko Ichihashi, Rumiko Ōmiya, Sai Yamane, Sanae Kojima, Shigeru Komatsuzaki, Shigeru Nishioka, Shigetaka Nagata, Shiho Takeuchi, Shiho Tamai, Shinichi Kaneko, Shinji Higashida, Shiori Nozawa, Takahiro Umehara, Takashi Aoyama, Takayuki Komori, Takayuki Ushiki, Takeshi Mochida, Tomoko Hirokawa, Tomoko Tanifuji, Tomomi Shimazaki, Toshiko Nakamura, Toshiyuki Komaru, Toshiyuki Sugano, Wataru Abe, Yasushi Morimoto, Yoko Arai, Yoko Tanida, Yoshie Komatsu, Yoshifumi Miyaji, Yosuji Kudo, Yū Ōkusa, Yuko Inoue, Yūko Kogawara
Special Effects: Chiaki Hirao, Kazuya Sakurada, Kunji Tanifuji, Masayuki Kawachi, Masayuki Nakajima, Nobuhiro Shimokawa, Shoji Sato, Yoshiaki Okada, Yūji Okajima, Yukari Hashimoto
Ink & Paint: Fumie Itō, Hideko Sakai, Hiromi Saitō, Ikuno Shimada, Ikuyo Uemura, Kaoru Sugawara, Maki Kamioka, Mariko Higuchi, Mayumi Shiba, Michiko Masui, Miho Sudō, Misae Suzuki, Sachiko Itsukida, Satoshi Nakahata, Takayo Matsui, Tokie Ōkawara
Photography: Hiroshi Itō, Katsunori Maehara, Sadafumi Sano, Takeshi Ando, Takeshi Fukuda, Tetsuo Oofuji, Yukio Sugiyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Music Option: Shigeru Miyashita
Audio Director: Nobuhiro Komatsu
Sound Effects: Hidenori Arai
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Editing: Shinichi Fukumitsu

Theme Songs

Japanese Themes

Openings:

"Cha-La Head-Cha-La":

Version 1: episodes ane~21 (not on FUNimation'southward DVDs, except for the remastered version of Dead Zone and the Season one Blu-ray)
Version 2: episodes 22~117
Version 3: episodes 118~199

"Nosotros Gotta Power": episodes 200~291

Endings:

"Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Ability!": episodes 1~199
"Nosotros Were Angels": episodes 200~291

English Themes

Openings:
- "Main Title" (AKA "Rock the Dragon")
- "Dragon Brawl Z" (AKA "DBZ Theme")
- "Dragonball Z" (Sea dub episodes 108-276)
- "Dragon Brawl Z Uncut Theme"
- "Dragon Ball Z Film Theme"
- "DBZ Movie Theme"
- "Eternal Sacrifice" (Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan theme song)
Endings: nigh English language endings are just shortened or otherwise altered versions of the openings, still the "Ultimate Uncut Special Edition" release used "Summon Up the Dragon".

Reception

Dragon Ball Z peaked at 25% ratings and its lowest point was 13.5%, much better ratings than its successor Dragon Ball GT (which got up to 14%). However in America Dragon Ball GT DVDs outsold Dragon Brawl Z ones in 2003.^[3]

Come across also

List of Dragon Ball Z episodes
Dragon Brawl Z Kai

External links

Official Toei Animation'south website
Official FUNimation's website
Official Manga U.k.'s website
Official Madman's website

References

↑ Supplemental Daizenshuu, 1996
↑ "The Anime and Me", Dragonball Z Anime Special, 1989
↑ Anime Insider December 2003 (#10), "The QT on GT"

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Companies	Bird Studio • Caramel Mama • Shueisha • Toei Blitheness

Author(s)	Akira Toriyama • Naho Ooishi* • Toyotarou* • Yoshitaka Nagayama*

Assistants	Takashi Matsuyama

Editors	Kazuhiko Torishima • Yū Kondō • Fuyuto Takeda • Shinichi Fukumitsu* • Daisuke Terashi* • Akio Iyoku* • Victory Uchida*

Directors	Minoru Okazaki • Akinori Nagaoka • Kazuhisa Takenouchi • Daisuke Nishio • Mitsuo Hashimoto • Takahiro Imamura • Shigeyasu Yamauchi • Yoshihiro Ueda • Masahiro Hosoda • Yasuhiro Nowatari

Producers	Keizo Shichijo • Kōzō Morishita • Kenji Shimizu • Tamio Kojima • Chiaki Imada • Rikizō Kayano • Tomio Anzai • Tsutomu Tomari • Tan Takaiwa • Seiichi Hiruta • Kōji Kaneda • Gyarmath Bogdan • James Wong

Production managers	Kazumi Fujioka • Matsuji Kishimoto • Take Torimoto • Akihiko Yamaguchi • Yuichi Suenaga

Screenwriters	Takao Koyama • Toshiki Inoue • Keiji Terui • Yoshifumi Yuki • Katsuyuki Sumisawa • Hiroshi Toda • Aya Matsui • Atsushi Maekawa • Yūsuke Watanabe • Ben Ramsey • Akira Toriyama

Art directors	Mitsuo Shindō • Yoshiyuki Yamamoto • Kunio Kaneshima • Iwamitsu Ito • Hiromitsu Shiozaki • Yuji Ikeda • Shigenori Takada • Masahiro Shimanuki • Ryuuji Yoshiike • Hiroshi Katō • Teppei Horita

Anime designers	Minoru Maeda • Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru • Tadayoshi Yamamuro • Naohiro Shintani

Animators	Masayuki Uchiyama • Naoki Miyahara • Naotoshi Shida

Special Effects	Hidenori Arai • Nao Ōta

Music composers	Shunsuke Kikuchi • Chiho Kiyooka • Akihito Tokunaga • Kenji Yamamoto • Norihito Sumitomo • Shuki Levy • Kussa Mahchi • Ron Wasserman • Bruce Faulconer • Julius Dobos • Mike Smith • Scott Morgan • Andy Baylor • Dale Kelly • Mark Akin • Scot Risch • Tom Keenlyside • John Mitchell • David Iris • Mark Menza • Dave Moran • Nathan Johnson

Vocalists	Hironobu Kageyama • Takayoshi Tanimoto • Ayumi Hamasaki

Voice actors	Japanese voice actors • Bluish H2o vox actors • Body of water voice actors • FUNimation voice actors

Series	Dr. Slump • Dragon Ball manga • Dragon Brawl anime • Dragon Ball Z • Dragon Ball GT • Dragon Ball Kai • Dragon Ball Super manga • Dragon Ball Super anime • Dragon Ball video games • Related manga

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