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Dragon Brawl Z

Dragon Ball Z ドラゴンボールＺゼット Doragon Bōru Zetto
Genre	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Martial Arts
Anime serial: Dragon Brawl Z
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio (#1-199) Shigeyasu Yamauchi (#200-291)
Studio	Toei Animation
Written past	Takao Koyama
Licensor	Australasia Madman Amusement North America Funimation Funimation U.k.
Network	Fuji TV Network X Australasia Cartoon Network YTV Cartoon Network Cartoon Network, CNX, Toonami Us First-run syndication, International Channel, Cartoon Network (Toonami)
Original run	April 26, 1989 — January 31, 1996
No. of episodes	291
Manga chapters adapted	195-519

Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールＺゼット , Doragon Bōru Zetto , ordinarily abbreviated as DBZ ) is the long-running sequel to the anime Dragon Ball. The series is a shut adaptation of the second (and far longer) portion of the Dragon Brawl manga written and fatigued by Akira Toriyama. In the United States, the manga's second portion is also titled Dragon Ball Z to forestall confusion for younger readers.

ane Overview
- 1.i Story
- 1.two Production history
- ane.iii Censorship issues
- i.4 Filler and differences from the manga
- 1.v Reception and Bear on
2 Sagas
three Movies, TV specials, OVA
- 3.1 Movies
- iii.2 Boob tube specials
- three.3 OVA
4 Releases
- 4.1 Japanese releases
- 4.2 Dragon Box releases
- 4.3 Pioneer DVDs
- 4.4 Funimation DVDs
- 4.5 Funimation Ultimate Uncut DVDs
- 4.6 Funimation Remastered Box Sets
- 4.seven Funimation Dragon Box Sets
- 4.8 Funimation Stone the Dragon Edition Box Set
- four.9 Funimation Blu-ray Level Sets
- 4.ten Funimation Season Blu-ray Sets
- iv.eleven Funimation 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition
5 Manga
six Master cast listing
7 Staff
8 Theme Songs
- 8.1 Japanese Themes
- eight.2 English Themes
9 Reception
10 See also
11 External links
12 References
13 Site Navigation

Overview

Story

*Dragon Ball Z* opening title card in the original Japanese version

Dragon Ball Z follows the adventures of the adult Goku who, forth with his companions, defends the earth against an assortment of villains ranging from intergalactic infinite fighters and conquerors, unnaturally powerful androids and well-nigh indestructible magical creatures. While the original Dragon Ball anime followed Goku through childhood into adulthood, Dragon Brawl Z is a continuation of his machismo life, but at the same fourth dimension parallels the maturation of his son, Gohan, as well as other characters from Dragon Ball and more. The separation between the series is as well significant equally the latter series takes on a more dramatic and serious tone. The anime also features characters, situations and back-stories not present in the original manga.

Production history

The other names the production was considering for this second series before they settled on Dragon Ball Z were Dragon Brawl: Gohan'south Large Adventure , New Dragon Ball , Dragon Ball two , Dragon Ball Wonder Boy , and Dragon Ball 90 .^[1] The anime offset premiered in Japan on April 26, 1989 (on Fuji TV) at 7:xxx p.g. and ended on January 31, 1996. The series average rating was twenty.5%, with its maximum beingness 27.5% (Episode 218) and its minimum being 12.1% (Episode 273). Like Dragon Ball, the music for Dragon Ball Z was equanimous by Shunsuke Kikuchi. The graphic symbol designs for Dragon Ball Z were created by Minoru Maeda from the Raditz Saga to the Cell Games Saga and Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru from the Corking Saiyaman Saga to the Peaceful World Saga.

Toriyama'due south sense of humor/parody manga Nekomajin, released later on Dragon Ball and Dragon Brawl Z, features several concepts introduced in the serial, and several Dragon Ball Z characters make various appearances in this manga. Later on Dragon Ball Z, the story of Goku and friends continues in the anime-only series Dragon Brawl GT, which is not based on a manga by Akira Toriyama just is a projection by Toei Animation using the same characters and storyline that serves as a sequel to Dragon Brawl Z. 19 years after the end of Dragon Ball Z in Nihon, a new sequel serial titled Dragon Brawl Super premiered with original concepts past Akira Toriyama, taking place after the death of Kid Buu only before Dragon Ball Z's ending.

In the U.S., the serial initially aired in get-go-run syndication from September 13, 1996, to May 23, 1998, and then aired on Cartoon Network'southward Toonami block from August 31, 1998, to April 7, 2003, though non ever with the aforementioned continuity of dubbing (for details on the dubbing bug, run into Sea Grouping dubs and Funimation dub). It was also shown in Canada on YTV around the aforementioned time. It aired in the Uk, with the same dubbing problem, on Cartoon Network, premiering on March vi, 2000 and running on that aqueduct until 2002. The Majin Buu Saga, Fusion Saga and Child Buu Saga were later broadcast on CNX, which later changed its proper name to Toonami, with the show ending on February 28, 2003. After the finished run, it was repeated daily, until Toonami merged with Drawing Network. In Commonwealth of australia it was shown on both Drawing Network and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with Cartoon Network airing it in around 1997-1999 and ABC from 1999-2004. In New Zealand, information technology was shown on TV3.

In April 2009, a new 'refresh' of Dragon Brawl Z began ambulation on Japanese television. This re-cutting is titled Dragon Brawl Z Kai.

Censorship problems

Dragon Ball Z was marketed to appeal to a wide range of viewers from all ages, and contains rough sense of humour and occasional excesses of violence which are commonly seen every bit inappropriate for younger audiences by American standards. When information technology was kickoff marketed in the US, the distribution visitor Funimation aslope Saban decided to initially focus exclusively on the young children's market, considering the anime market was still modest compared to the much larger children's cartoon market. This censorship often had unintentionally humorous results, such every bit changing all references to decease so the dead characters were merely going to "another dimension", and digitally altering ii ogres' shirts to read "HFIL" instead of "HELL".

Starting with the Captain Ginyu Saga on Cartoon Network, censorship was reduced due to fewer restrictions on cablevision programming. Funimation did the dubbing on their own this fourth dimension around with their vocalization actors. In 2004, Funimation began to redub the showtime two sagas of Dragon Ball Z, to remove the problems that were caused by their previous partnership with Saban. They too redubbed the starting time 3 movies.

However, the evidence withal retained some level of censorship, not out of FCC laws, merely out of selection by Funimation, to cater to the possible sensitivity of western audiences. For example, Mr. Satan was renamed "Hercule" to avert any religious slurs; his daughter, Videl, was a play on the give-and-take "Devil", but Funimation felt that the connection was obscure enough to not worry about.

Filler and differences from the manga

Master article: Filler Filler is used to pad out the serial for many reasons; in the case of Dragon Ball Z, more than oftentimes than not, it was because the anime was running alongside the manga, and in that location was no way for the anime to run ahead of the manga (since Toriyama was nevertheless writing it, at the same time).

Some of the series' main heroes and villains

The company behind the anime, Toei Animation, would occasionally brand up their own side stories to either farther explain things, or simply to extend the serial. Filler does non come up only in the form of side stories, though; sometimes it is as uncomplicated as adding some extra attacks into a fight. One of the more infamous examples of filler is the Frieza Saga. After Frieza had fix the planet Namek to accident up in five minutes, the final fight between Goku and Frieza still lasted well over five episodes, much less five minutes, although this can be attributed to the fact that Namek simply took longer to explode than Frieza expected. Likewise, many numerous filler scenes took identify while the battle with Frieza was in motion, which accounts for much of the footage during the planet's explosion.

As the anime series was forced to aggrandize 12 pages of manga text into 25 minutes of animation footage, these changes were introduced to impale time or to allow the (anime) writers to explore some other attribute of the series' universe. The Garlic Jr. Saga (Garlic Jr.'s return from the Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone pic) betwixt the Frieza Saga and Trunks Saga and the Other World Tournament betwixt the 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 just a small amount of claret 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'due south ability to transform during their first fight. This was removed from the anime, but Vegeta still later tells Frieza that information technology was Zarbon who told him almost Frieza'southward transformation ability.
In the manga, Appule finds all the Namekians in the hamlet attacked by Vegeta expressionless and tells Frieza, who just tells him to telephone call the Ginyu Force. In the anime, the soldier is changed to another soldier referred to as "Orlen" in the closed captioning for the Bounding main Dub VHS tapes. This soldier is killed by Frieza when he tells that he killed the terminal survivor of the village without asking him where Vegeta had hidden the Four Star Namekian Dragon Ball.
In the manga, later Frieza survives Goku'south Spirit Flop, he immediately strikes down Piccolo with his Death Beam technique. In the anime, however, Frieza fires his beam at Goku, only for Piccolo to jump in the way and go struck down by the beam anyway.
In the manga, Frieza'due south full power was still never a match for Goku's Super Saiyan class, just in the anime, Frieza appears to have the upper hand for a curt 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 boxing betwixt Goku and Frieza, also equally Goku's Super Saiyan form, before being teleported to Earth by the Namekian Dragon Balls. In the manga, he is teleported to World well-nigh immediately subsequently being revived and does not go a chance to encounter Goku as a Super Saiyan for the first fourth dimension until Goku returns to Earth himself later on on.
When Dr. Gero first appears in the series (equally Android 20), he grabs a human past the neck and tears him through the roof of a car. In the original manga, he crushes the human being's neck afterwards, violent his caput off.
In the manga, when Goku fully recovers from the Center Virus, Chi-Chi finds him simply looking out the window of the sleeping room he was resting in at Kame House. In the anime, yet, Chi-Chi finds him outside the business firm, firing several Kamehameha blasts across the ocean.
During Gohan and Prison cell's Energy Clash in the anime, Piccolo, Krillin, Tien, and Yamcha unsuccessfully endeavor to distract Prison cell earlier Vegeta succeeds in doing and then, whereas in the manga, they all simply observe the struggle and Vegeta is the just one to attack Cell from behind.
- When Vegeta shoots a Galick Blazer at Cell, he is seen in his Super Saiyan course in the anime. In the manga, he is seen in his base form. Similarly, Goku's spirit is seen in his Super Saiyan form in the anime as he and Gohan perform the Father-Son Kamehameha against Jail cell, while he is seen in his base form in the manga.
Though the flashback of Future Trunks and Futurity 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 Telly special Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks. In the special, Gohan had not lost his arm however at the beginning of the story, Trunks had not yet achieved his Super Saiyan class too, and there 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 form. In the anime, Vegito fought in his base course for a while before 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 before Buu gets a take chances to assail them.
When Goku begins his battle against Kid Buu in the manga, he transforms immediately into his Super Saiyan 3 form. In the anime, even so, Goku starts the battle as a Super Saiyan 2 and manages to hold his own against Kid Buu for a while before ascending to Super Saiyan 3.
In the manga, many characters have a different number of fingers on their hands; such as Piccolo (3 fingers and a pollex), Dodoria (three thumb-like fingers), and Imperfect form Cell (two long fingers and a long thumb). In the anime, everybody has human-like easily with 4 fingers and a thumb.

Reception and Impact

The touch of Dragon Brawl Z is enormous. For more than xx years, the series has stood the examination 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 adept overpowering evil, love overpowering hate, the importance of family unit and friends, and an unyielding passion toward achieving goals. The series besides featured heavy sci-fi overtones, and a greater accent on fighting - making it extremely pop amidst adolescent boys who had grown up alongside the original series.

Dragon Ball Z - along with Sailor Moon and Pokémon - has also played a large part in contributing to the popularity of anime in western culture. Though the showtime ii seasons of the series were played on diverse networks in the U.Due south. in 1996, it would not take off for ii more years until August 31, 1998, when Drawing Network featured the bear witness in its activity-oriented Toonami lineup. Toonami heralded the show as "The Greatest Action Cartoon Ever Fabricated," and information technology greatly boosted the popularity of Toonami, but unknowingly did so much more. Dragon Ball Z'south newfound popularity helped to bring near a greater interest in Japanese cartoons in the eyes of western youth, which in turn fueled the western anime industry to new heights. Because of its success on Toonami, Dragon Ball Z was the first anime that made its fashion to the Wall Street Periodical, who declared it "A Huge Cartoon Hitting."

Many items such every bit dress, backpacks, luncheon boxes, writing utensils, candies, drinks, foods and more feature Dragon Ball Z, in both Japan and North America. Action figures, collectible figurines, plush toys, bobbleheads, and graphic symbol model kits were as well made. The fast-nutrient chain Burger King featured Dragon Ball Z toys twice in the early 2000s. Despite the Tv series officially ending in Japan in 1996, and in 2003 in North America, Dragon Ball Z video games are created nearly every year for most every console on the market, helping to introduce the Dragon Brawl Z series to younger generations that never got a gamble to run into it air on boob tube. These games usually do very well in the market place. Popular sites such every bit YouTube take attracted large Dragon Brawl Z fan communities throughout the last few years, and Dragon Brawl related videos receive many views. All of these examples showcase the incredible popularity of Dragon Ball Z in many countries of the world.

The original author of the manga, Akira Toriyama, held a nifty deal of respect for both the Dragon Ball and Dragon Brawl Z anime and those that developed them. Toriyama too 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.^[2]

Sagas

Toei sagas

Attack of the Saiyans (Episodes ane–35) (April 26, 1989—February 7, 1990)
Battle on Planet Namek (Episodes 36–74) (Feb 14, 1990—Jan sixteen, 1991)
Terrible Emperor Freeza (Episodes 75–107) (Jan 23, 1991—September 11, 1991)
Fight with Garlic Jr. (Episodes 108–125) (September xviii, 1991—January 29, 1992)
Android No. 16~twenty (Episodes 126–147) (Feb v, 1992—July eight, 1992)
Over the Super Saiyan (Episodes 148–165) (July 15, 1992—November 18, 1992)
Beginning of the Cell Games (Episodes 166–194) (Nov 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—Baronial 24, 1994)
Advent of the Super Saiyan III (Episodes 237–254) (August 31, 1994—February i, 1995)
The Concluding Fighter, Vegetto (Episodes 255–268) (February 8, 1995—June 28, 1995)
The Final Battle (Episodes 269–291) (July 5, 1995—January 31, 1996)

Funimation sagas

Raditz Saga (Episodes i–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–lx 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 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])
Great Saiyaman Saga (Episodes 200–209 [185–194 edited])
Globe 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 World Saga (Episodes 288–291 [273–276 edited])

Movies, TV specials, OVA

Movies

Toei titles

Return my Gohan!! (1989)
The World'south Strongest Guy (1990)
Super Deciding Boxing for the Entire Planet Earth (1990)
Super Saiyan Son Goku (1991)
The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest (1991)
Clash!! x,000,000,000 Powerful Warriors (1992)
Farthermost Battle!! The 3 Great Super Saiyans (1992)
Burn Up!! A Close, Intense, Super-Trigger-happy Boxing (1993)
The Galaxy at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy (1993)
The Dangerous Duo! Super-Warriors Can't Rest (1994)
Super-Warrior Defeat!! I'1000 the 1 who'll Win (1994)
Fusion Reborn!! Goku and Vegeta (1995)
Dragon Fist Explosion! If Goku Tin can't Do It, Who Will?(1995)
God and God (2013)
Revival of "F" (2015)

Funimation titles

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1997) (Remastered/Re-released on May 27, 2008)
Dragon Brawl Z: The World'southward 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 Brawl Z: Lord Slug (2001) (Remastered/Re-released on September 16, 2008)
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler'south Revenge (2002) (Remastered/Re-released on November 11, 2008)
Dragon Ball Z: The Render of Cooler (2002) (Remastered/Re-released on November 11, 2008)
Dragon Brawl Z: Super Android 13! (2003) (Remastered/Re-released on February 18, 2009)
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (2003) (Remastered/Re-released on March 31, 2009)
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (2004) (Remastered/Re-released on Feb eighteen, 2009)
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second 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 Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015)

TV specials

Toei titles

A Lonesome, Last Battle: The Father of Z-Warrior Kakarrot, who Challenged Freeza (1990)
Summer Vacation Special (1992)
Resistance to Despair!! The Remaining Super-Warriors, Gohan and Trunks (1993)
Looking Back at it All: The Dragon Ball Z Year-End Evidence! (1993)

Funimation titles

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

OVA

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

Releases

Japanese releases

Originally, just the Dragon Brawl Z movies and the Program to Eradicate the Saiyans OVA were bachelor for home viewing in Japan. The movies were released on both VHS and Laserdisc format. The Programme 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 Goggle box series was finally released under the "Dragon Box" label for home viewing in Japan, on two large DVD boxed sets, following the release of a similar prepare 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 audio transfers of the show used on these DVDs came off of the Fuji Television set master tapes of the bear witness, as this allowed Toei to put out a far superior and completely authentic version of the show on DVD, which was helpful since the entire plot of a flavour could be summed up in about ten minutes. This immune all episodes to take their original openings, endings, eyecatches, next episode previews, etc., compared to what was available in the U.s.a..

In late 2005 the Dragon Box Z DVDs were re-released in single volumes with 6 episodes per disc. While the packaging and DVD menus are different from the 2003 release, and then far no plans have been appear for the two TV specials and the Playdia footage released with the 2003 versions, the Audio and Visual quality is the same as those discs found in the 2003 Dragon Box release.

On April xiv, 2006, a "Dragon Box: The Movies" DVD box was released. This release contained all 17 Dragon Brawl and Dragon Ball Z theatrical features, containing 8 DVDs in full, forth with a volume, and two scouters in the form of walkie-talkies. The video and sound are remastered; however, the video is cropped to 16:9 (widescreen) and contains less motion picture than the full-screen versions. This is a common occurrence for films from Toei based on long-running and popular TV series (See Saint Seiya, Fist of the North Star, and 1 Piece).

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

Pioneer DVDs

DVD Boxed Fix I; The Saiyan Disharmonize

During the late 90'due south/the early '00s, the kickoff 53 (Saban/Funimation version numbers, originally uncut equally 67) Telly episodes were released on to DVD by Pioneer Entertainment (now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan). These contained but the edited, The states-Idiot box circulate versions (dubbed by the Bounding main Group), and totaled 17 volumes, comprising the 'Saiyan Saga' and the 'Namek Saga'.

Along with these episodes, Pioneer besides produced bilingual, uncut DVDs of the beginning 3 Dragon Ball Z theatrical features. These DVDs retained the original Ocean bandage for the English language track, as well as being one of the first uncut and bilingual releases in the U.S. The English versions of these films were besides subject to a different treatment than the serial; rather than replacing the original music, the original OP and ED themes, as well as background music, were retained. The only 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 Baronial the 31st, 2004, Pioneer's license for video distribution of the get-go 53 episodes ended, allowing Funimation to re-release them. At the moment, the rights for these episodes and the kickoff three Dragon Brawl Z movies belong to Funimation.

Funimation DVDs

Every bit of 2000, Funimation had released uncut versions of their Texas-based English language dub on to DVD, with Japanese language track, and English-translation subtitles. This release does not include the first 2 sagas, every bit the rights for the distribution of that episodes were still held by Pioneer Entertainment. These DVDs begin with the Captain Ginyu Saga and contain every episode roofing (Japanese numbers) 68 till 291. Boxsets were release for the Garlic Jr., Androids, Imperfect Cell, Perfect Cell, Globe Tournament, Majin Buu, Fusion, and Kid Buu U.Due south. sagas. However, to maximize profits, the DVDs were released out of continuity (certain amounts of 1 section of the series were released, and then Funimation would get back and release others). With no noticeable numbering visible, this acquired frustration to those trying to follow the series from start to stop.

Funimation also released Dragon Ball Z movies 4-13, finishing the release of the movies with Wrath of the Dragon, the 13th movie. These are all bilingual and subtitled, but practise not follow the trend set by Ocean's commencement iii movies. Music has been changed and contradistinct, including the insertion of songs from stone bands such equally Deftones, Disturbed, Breaking Indicate, and American Pearl. The movies employ Funimation'due south Idiot box series Texas cast, though they also include the original Japanese version with subtitling by Steve Simmons.

Funimation Ultimate Uncut DVDs

Later acquiring the video rights to the starting time 53 (67 uncut) episodes from Pioneer in 2004, Funimation announced that they would release these episodes uncut, with a new v.ane English language language track and uncut footage. The "Ultimate Uncut Special Edition" line was born. The release would be 22 volumes, bilingual, and extras. The Saiyan Saga was renamed the 'Vegeta' Saga (Parts I and II, covering 12 DVDs), probably to avert confusion with the Pioneer volumes. Nevertheless, subsequently DVD book 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, every bit the Vegeta Saga Part II was never completed and the Ultimate Uncut Namek Saga DVDs were non created.

Funimation had also acquired the rights for the first three movies from Pioneer in 2004 and re-released them. Even though the three had the aforementioned comprehend way, only the get-go pic was released under the Ultimate Uncut line. All of these movies had a 5.1 English language track, new subtitles, dissimilar DVD extras and come in a boxset titled 'Commencement Strike'. Yet, they do not retain the original dub and contain a new English dub produced by Funimation's Texas cast. This version contains different music than the original dub and the Japanese version.

Funimation Remastered Box Sets

Principal article: Funimation Remastered Box Sets

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

The showtime season set (the entire Vegeta Saga) was re-released on February vi, 2007. The first 39 episodes of this season are spread across six discs and toll $30–$50 (the original intention was for 5 discs, but there was a risk of quality reduction). Funimation released a trailer for the new fix 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 remainder of the dub. The tertiary flavour set, containing the Frieza Saga, was released on September 18, 2007. The fourth season, containing both the Garlic Jr., Trunks and Android sagas, was released on February 11, 2008. Season v, containing both the Imperfect and Perfect Cell sagas, was released on May 27, 2008. Season six, containing the Cell Games Saga, was released on September 16, 2008. Flavour vii, containing both the Bully Saiyaman and Globe Tournament sagas, was released on November 11, 2008. Flavor viii, containing both the Babidi and Majin Buu sagas, was released on February 10, 2009. Season ix, containing both the Fusion and Kid Buu sagas, was released on May 19, 2009.

The serial has been re-transferred at 1080p resolution with digital restoration technology 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 instance, Saint Seiya, Sailor Moon, Marmalade Boy, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, and Slam Dunk), the series was produced on 16-millimeter film which tends to be fairly grainy and soft. The new restoration was supervised past colorist Steve Franko.

The serial is presented in a widescreen format (i.78:1, cropped from the original full frame) for the showtime time. Comparing images from the new set show that while there is missing footage on the peak and bottom, there is at least additional footage on the correct and left that has non appeared in any prior release, having been taken straight from the original Japanese film main recording.

This format change was highly controversial amid fans, equally this is not how the T.V. episodes were intended to be seen and this substantially alters them. Many fans launched a letter-writing campaign against the release. In response to the negative fan outcry regarding the release'southward 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 sure areas of the original movie are damaged, and admits that though the video is cropped, this release eliminates the grain that was nowadays on prior 4:3 releases. It has likewise been theorized that information technology is ultimately more inexpensive to transfer the series in xvi: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 language track in Dolby Digital 5.ane environs sound (it contains the original Japanese score by Shunsuke Kikuchi, although it is unknown just how the English dialogue is revised). For the kickoff time, there is a choice between having the Japanese dialogue with Toei'due south original Japanese music or English language dialogue with either Funimation's dub music or Toei'south original Japanese music.

Special features include a featurette on the remastering of the original Japanese print and a 24-folio 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 Amusement on July 19, 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 Brawl Z.

This definitive DVD box release begins with Dragon Box One which includes the kickoff 42 episodes, uncut, on 6 discs.

The Dragon Box releases feature an aspect ratio of 4:three, the original Japanese sound (with options for an English track or English subtitles), the original episode previews, complete opening and closing credits and a collector'southward booklet.

While Toei'southward DBZ Dragon Boxes consists of only two volumes, Funimation's divides the serial into 7; Dragon Box I was released on Nov 10, 2009, with an SRP of $79.98, while Dragon Box Ii was released on February 16, 2010, Dragon Box Three was released on May 4, 2010, Dragon Box 4 was released on September 21, 2010, Dragon Box Five was released on Apr 26, 2011, Dragon Box Six was released on July 5, 2011, and Dragon Box 7 was released on October eleven, 2011.

Funimation Rock the Dragon Edition Box Set

Main commodity: 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 offset 67 Japanese episodes of DBZ) and includes the first three Dragon Ball Z movies (Dead Zone, The World's Strongest, The Tree of Might). It was released on August 20, 2013. The collector's edition features the Ocean voice bandage and opening theme song "Stone the Dragon". It besides features a hardbound full-color 48-folio book that showcases the grapheme'due south history, and tropes that helped elevate DBZ to the pop culture it is today.

Funimation Blu-ray Level Sets

In July 2011, Funimation appear plans to release Dragon Brawl Z in Blu-ray format. The starting time volume was released on November 18, 2011. However, later on the release of the second volume, Funimation discontinued product of the rest of the Blu-ray releases, citing concerns over restoring the original film material frame by frame. The episodes were presented in their original 4:3 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 starting time set, "Dragon Ball Z Season i", was released on December 31, 2013, and the terminal set, "Dragon Ball Z Season nine", was released on December ix, 2014. The episodes are presented in the cropped sixteen:nine widescreen format. However, unlike the "Orangish Brick" DVD sets which were a "straight crop", these apply pan and scan so that important data in the frame is not lost.

Funimation 30th Anniversary Collector'south Edition

On March 2, 2019, Funimation announced that Dragon Ball Z will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary with a Collector's Edition Blu-ray compiling the total serial in a iv:3 aspect ratio along with some extra goods. Even so, they need at least 2,500 fans to reserve the set for information technology to be produced. They need to measure interest since it'southward a high-cost endeavour, and 2,500 is the minimum of interested fans needed co-ordinate to Funimation. But if Funimation fails to go the 2,500 pledges to produce the Collector'south Edition, they volition not release the anniversary set. However, Funimation announced that they needed iii,000 pre-orders from fans and the previous two,500 pledges was a error. Funimation began taking pre-orders for the set on April vi and had since then reached the necessary 3,000 pre-orders making them eligible to produce 6,000 units of the set overall. The release of the teaser for this box gear up sparked many controversies amongst fans concerning the remastered footage's framework, colour saturation and other footage components that looked worse than previous footage from older collectors editions equally fans viewed the teaser featuring the remastered clips. Funimation responded by stating that they cropped the release by going in "scene-by-scene to make judgments based onto the image available in each frame of how much to trim to get to a consequent 4:3 attribute ratio, while still attempting to cut equally little out of the picture equally 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 by DBZ releases with unlike levels of noise reduction over the years." Funimation took pre-orders for the 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition until May 5. Information technology was released on Nov 5th, 2019.

Manga

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

Master cast list

Grapheme proper name	Voice actor (Japanese)	Five.A. (English - Ocean 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 (kid)
Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Saffron Henderson (ep.1-67 [1-53 edited]; 123-165 [108-150 edited]) Jillian Michaels (ep.166-194 [151-179 edited]) Brad Swaile (ep.200-291 [185-276 edited])	Stephanie Nadolny (kid) 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.ane-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.two-66 [i-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)
Hereafter 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
Master Roshi	Kohei Miyauchi (ep.two-260) Hiroshi Masuoka (ep.288-291)	Ian James Corlett (ep.ane-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])	Mark 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 Chocolate-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.20-34 [14-25 edited]) Brian Drummond (ep.190-287 [175-272 edited])	Laurie Steele (ep.190-287) Linda Young (ep.7-34 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-King	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 (upward to ep. 107) Scott McNeil (ep. 108-291)	Chris Forbis
Bikini	Mariko Mukai (upwards 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])	Mark Britten (ep.109-192) Christopher Sabat (ep.217-285; 26-37 remastered)
Kami	Takeshi Aono	Michael Dobson (ep.6-28 [iv-21 edited]) Dale Wilson (ep.137-141 [123-126 edited])	Christopher Sabat
King Kai	Jōji Yanami	Don Dark-brown	Sean Schemmel
Supreme Kai	Yuji Mitsuya	Michael Dobson	Kent Williams
Kibito	Shin Aomori	Don Brown	Chuck Huber
Old Kai	Reizo Nomoto	Scott McNeil	Kent Williams
Raditz	Shigeru Chiba	Jason Gray-Stanford (ep.1-five [1-four edited]) Alistair Abell (ep.182 [167 edited])	Christopher Sabat (ep. 104 [89 edited]) Justin Cook (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
Captain 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 16	Hikaru Midorikawa	Scott McNeil	Jeremy Inman
Jail 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, Proficient Buu) Brian Dobson (Evil Buu, Super Buu, Kid Buu)	Josh Martin (Innocent Buu, Good Buu, Child Buu) Justin Cook (Evil Buu, Super Buu)
Shenron	Kenji Utsumi Masaharu Satou (ep.192-193)	Don Brown	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

Serial Manager: Daisuke Nishio, Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Episode Director: 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
Assistant 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 Animation)
Production director: Matsuji Kishimoto (1-58), Take Torimoto (59-109), Akihiko Yamaguchi (110-169), Yuichi Suenaga (170-291)
Public Relations: Yumiko Shigeoka (Fuji Idiot box)
Serial Composition: 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
Production Advancement: Akihiko Yamaguchi, Kazumi Fujioka, Kazumitsu Matsusaka, Kouichi Hirose, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Yanagi, Yuichi Suenaga
Character Pattern: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (eps 200-291), Yuji Ikeda
Main 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
Background 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 Director: Ichio Hayashi (ep 245), Ichiroo Hattori, Isao Hayashi, Katsumi Aoshima, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (OP ii; 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
Central 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 Animation: 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
Sound Director: Nobuhiro Komatsu
Sound Effects: Hidenori Arai
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Editing: Shinichi Fukumitsu

Theme Songs

Japanese Themes

Openings:

"Cha-La Head-Cha-La":

Version one: episodes 1~21 (non on FUNimation'due south DVDs, except for the remastered version of Dead Zone and the Season one Blu-ray)
Version two: episodes 22~117
Version 3: episodes 118~199

"We Gotta Power": episodes 200~291

Endings:

"Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!": episodes 1~199
"We Were Angels": episodes 200~291

English Themes

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

Reception

Dragon Ball Z peaked at 25% ratings and its lowest bespeak was 13.five%, much amend ratings than its successor Dragon Ball GT (which got upwardly to fourteen%). However in America Dragon Ball GT DVDs outsold Dragon Ball Z ones in 2003.^[3]

Run into also

Listing of Dragon Ball Z episodes
Dragon Ball Z Kai

External links

Official Toei Animation's website
Official FUNimation's website
Official Manga UK'southward website
Official Madman's website

References

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

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Companies	Bird Studio • Caramel Mama • Shueisha • Toei Blitheness

Writer(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 Furnishings	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 Alike • Scot Risch • Tom Keenlyside • John Mitchell • David Iris • Mark Menza • Dave Moran • Nathan Johnson

Vocalists	Hironobu Kageyama • Takayoshi Tanimoto • Ayumi Hamasaki

Voice actors	Japanese vocalism actors • Blue H2o voice actors • Ocean phonation actors • FUNimation voice actors

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

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