View Full Version : Dragon Ball GT: Season 1 Boxset
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513%2BQaUj7UL._SS500_.jpg
Dragon Ball GT: Season 1 Boxset due out on 12/9/2008 (was 11/11/2008).
14:21:26 <bay|Ota|Funi> 36 action packed episodes on 5 discs, newly revised english dialogue w/ japnese audio, marathon, nov 11th
Mach Rider
06-26-2008, 10:04 AM
Oh, so they're going THAT route.
Oh, so they're going THAT route.
Yeah, it's not much of a surprise. I will be passing up on this though.
Mach Rider
06-26-2008, 10:15 AM
I might pick it up if it goes in the actual Japanese episode order and not that terrible mess that FUNi created, what with Lost Episodes and all.
Leroy_Landers
06-26-2008, 10:20 AM
How did they remaster this one? Did Funi decide to crop over 20% of the picture like they did with DBZ or have they learned their lesson?
Loafy
06-26-2008, 10:28 AM
How did they remaster this one? Did Funi decide to crop over 20% of the picture like they did with DBZ or have they learned their lesson?
That was my first question.
Damius
06-26-2008, 10:38 AM
Well, I need pretty more info about that one...
KaidoYuji8Adam
06-26-2008, 10:42 AM
How did they remaster this one? Did Funi decide to crop over 20% of the picture like they did with DBZ or have they learned their lesson?
That was my first question.
I'm assuming that FUNimation is still doing the widescreen crap since DBZ is selling like "hotcakes".
Danime
06-26-2008, 10:44 AM
"Digitally Remastered" *can't stop laughing*
braves
06-26-2008, 10:45 AM
This cover looks pretty bad... Good thing I'm not interested in this since it'll most likely be in widescreen.
Greywing
06-26-2008, 10:58 AM
Original aspect ratio = buying. Forced widescreen 'remastering' = forgetting it even exists.
Vegard Aune
06-26-2008, 03:04 PM
"Digitally remastered"
That's it, I won't be buying this set. Because this almost certainly means that it will be cropped.
ChibiGoku
06-26-2008, 04:17 PM
I'm curious.
From my understanding, FUNimation doesn't have the film masters for Dragonball GT. I remember they made a comment that sounded as if they didn't have the materials to do so. In which case...
Is FUNimation cropping from Digibetas? If so, ew....
I might pick it up if it goes in the actual Japanese episode order and not that terrible mess that FUNi created, what with Lost Episodes and all.Judging by the cover it will be the Baby Saga, however the cover could just be irrelevant.
mifuneral2
06-26-2008, 09:49 PM
How many seasons does GT have? I ask only because I am still patiently waiting for FUNi to start releasing Dragonball instead of this dren.
kakugo
06-27-2008, 03:13 AM
I brought up a single shot from the "Technical" trailer looking like classic Dragonball... I figure if anything, GT would be the better money maker, lest FUNimation wouldn't have milked the pricey singles.
Slayers was "Digitally Remastered", which was basically bullcrap: they used Japanese Digibetas instead of the lossy English credit tape masters CPM used. It's akin to saying canned meat is "fresh" because it isn't moldy. I'm keeping a close eye on this one out of morbid curiosity, to see if it's a new 'HD' master or just marketing bollocks at its' finest.
GT has 64 episodes, which was released in a total of 4 box sets. DB/Z/GT was never animated in 'Seasons', so FUNimation has broken it up into roughly 35 episode chunks. If this box really does cover up to the end of the Baby arc, it'll be 40 episodes long.
Steve_the_Talking_Pie
06-27-2008, 07:27 AM
How many seasons does GT have? I ask only because I am still patiently waiting for FUNi to start releasing Dragonball instead of this dren.
Agreed. Thought season 1 wouldn't be available, I really am waiting to get some season sets of Dragon Ball. That is a show that needs these large seasons. Plus in large seasons the marathons I would do would be pretty ugly.
Legion
06-27-2008, 07:32 AM
Hm, same packaging and cover art style as the Abomination sets so I'm thinking I'm glad I have the original GT sets.
karen0586
06-27-2008, 01:03 PM
It is precisely because of that monstruosity on the cover that GT does not exist to me. I'll take the characters, but what happened in it is not for me. Grow up Goku! You're so old you must have some common sense by now! Well, that wasted a couple of seconds of my life :sd: .
Cyber Inviso
06-27-2008, 01:05 PM
Nice looks and quite big too ... so they just added digitally remastered to make it sale more or less. :sweat:
D3m0n1k Ang3l
06-30-2008, 07:17 PM
nice, hopefully soon ill be able to get all the DBZ sets like this, then ill venture into getting the GT sets :)
Imperfection_Cell
07-03-2008, 10:24 AM
I Also Am Looking Forward To This Been Released The Cover Is Good But I'm Gonna Have To Wait Till Early 2009 As I Live In Australia And We Only Have Region 4 In Our DVD'S
bearcounty
07-04-2008, 01:04 PM
I'm disappointed with the way this set is looking. It makes me think GT is Dragonball Z's ugly cousin, but in reality it's Z's friend you want to hate, however you can't no matter how hard you try.
Imperfection_Cell
07-04-2008, 01:06 PM
How Can You Say You Hate Dragon BALL GT I Think It Was Awsome And When They Release This Onto DVD I'll Get It
bearcounty
07-04-2008, 01:22 PM
I don't hate Dragonball GT. I'm just saying parts of GT can be pretty bad. I don't think I'll pick it up anyway since I've got all the original R1 boxsets.
trunks
07-06-2008, 12:22 AM
So was any specific details given at Funi's panel about the runtime of this collection? Im hoping for only two of these boxsets...
Bilis
07-09-2008, 01:08 PM
Hey, as long as this has the dub w/ Japanese music track on it, I'm buying. I love the Japanese versions and GT's original music was heavenly. And now that the dub has the original scores, that's the best feature of the new season sets IMO.
Danime
07-09-2008, 04:03 PM
How Can You Say You Hate Dragon BALL GT I Think It Was Awsome And When They Release This Onto DVD I'll Get It
It Must Be Hard To Constantly Put A Capital Letter In Front Of Every Word. It Takes Me Quite A Bit Longer To Type Like This, But I Must Admit I'm Getting Used To It Now.
TRSI didn't list this as part of their FUNimation September solicitation. It was reported from FUNimation panel (http://www.animeondvd.com/conitem.php?item=296) that this is to be released sometime in late 2008. So this release may really be postponed.
Covah
07-10-2008, 06:55 PM
people need to stop complaining about the whole cropping deal. Yes, the top and bottom of the image is cropped from the original 4:3 dvds, but here's a new little tid bit. THE 4:3 IMAGE WAS CROPPED TOO. No one ever mentions the image you gain in the remastered DVDs, you know the images on the side that cut out people's heads
case and point:
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ac/8a/91f9810ae7a06a63039ca110.L.jpg
If I gain more image on the sides that fits all my TVs with out stretching it, fine by me, I'll gladly lose the top and bottoms.
Face it, you don't see the full image either way.
PhilipReuben
07-10-2008, 07:36 PM
THE 4:3 IMAGE WAS CROPPED TOO.
The 4:3 image is how the series was designed to be viewed, and how it has been aired and released for nearly 20 years. The additional image on the sides is an artifact of the medium used to shoot it (silent 16mm film, which has a ratio slightly wider than 4:3) and nothing more; it's extraneous information built into the production process and in no way makes up for removing 20% of the image from the top and bottom and breaking the show's intended framing in the process.
Now, if FUNi were to release a version that included ALL of the image from the original film source, I'd certainly be interested from an academic standpoint. Still, I don't think I could ever be disappointed by DBZ only being available in 4:3, whereas the 16:9 version is a travesty that should never have happened.
Legion
07-11-2008, 11:52 AM
If I gain more image on the sides that fits all my TVs with out stretching it, fine by me, I'll gladly lose the top and bottoms.
Be careful what you wish for. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B000KWZ1TI/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_3?ie=UTF8&index=3)
Bilis
07-13-2008, 08:10 PM
For anyone who think this set will be cropped widescreen, think again. Here's the official FUNimation trailer for GT Season 1 from Anime Expo 2008. Notice all of the video is in 4:3, not widescreen.
Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XnDODp2BeM
The trailer also confirms that there will be 32 episodes per set, as well as in 4:3. Smart move, FUNi.
Victor Lewandowski
07-13-2008, 08:29 PM
For anyone who think this set will be cropped widescreen, think again. Here's the official FUNimation trailer for GT Season 1 from Anime Expo 2008. Notice all of the video is in 4:3, not widescreen.
Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XnDODp2BeM
The trailer also confirms that there will be 32 episodes per set, as well as in 4:3. Smart move, FUNi.
The weird thing with that split is that it's one episode off from splitting the original box sets perfectly. The "Lost Episodes" set was episodes 1-16 and the first GT set was episodes 17-31 with a dub only version of episode 16 mixed with clips from during the lost episodes. The second GT set was episodes 32-47 and the third GT set was episodes 48-64.
PhilipReuben
07-14-2008, 06:11 AM
The weird thing with that split is that it's one episode off from splitting the original box sets perfectly.
As with the new DBZ sets, they've ignored their previous releases in deciding how to split the series up. In this case it makes sense to split it up 32/32 and just have exactly half of the series in each set. (However, it does raise the question of what they're doing with the TV special.)
karen0586
07-16-2008, 10:35 AM
The weird thing with that split is that it's one episode off from splitting the original box sets perfectly.
As with the new DBZ sets, they've ignored their previous releases in deciding how to split the series up. In this case it makes sense to split it up 32/32 and just have exactly half of the series in each set. (However, it does raise the question of what they're doing with the TV special.)
Funi just does what it thinks it can do. Just having it in two sets has more chance of being picked up by people like me that didn't really like the series, but have a bit of DBZ and feel a bit like completists.
Release Date: 11/11/2008
Dragon Ball GT: Season 1 Boxset
Dragon Ball Z: Season 7 Uncut Boxset
Chibeh
08-04-2008, 04:29 PM
Release Date: 11/11/2008
Dragon Ball GT: Season 1 Boxset (3-Discs)
Dragon Ball Z: Season 7 Uncut Boxset
So basically it looks like the DBGT sets are rerelease? Any idea if they'll be cheaper or are they the same price? Or are they going to try and combine episodes into that disc format... hm.
Release Date: 11/11/2008
Dragon Ball GT: Season 1 Boxset (3-Discs)
Dragon Ball Z: Season 7 Uncut Boxset
So basically it looks like the DBGT sets are rerelease? Any idea if they'll be cheaper or are they the same price? Or are they going to try and combine episodes into that disc format... hm.
I guess it's a re-release and if take the digitally remastered into consideration. DBGT sets should still be $49.98 each from the original September solicitation. It was supposed to be released on 9/16/2008. It has been changed to 11/11/2008.
OptimusPrimeTime
08-04-2008, 06:25 PM
Release Date: 11/11/2008
Dragon Ball GT: Season 1 Boxset (3-Discs)
Dragon Ball Z: Season 7 Uncut Boxset
So basically it looks like the DBGT sets are rerelease? Any idea if they'll be cheaper or are they the same price? Or are they going to try and combine episodes into that disc format... hm.
I guess it's a re-release and if take the digitally remastered into consideration. DBGT sets should still be $49.98 each from the original September solicitation. It was supposed to be released on 9/16/2008. It has been changed to 11/11/2008.
I hope that listing is wrong, not only is that 5 months after it was suppoused to come out (Originally listed for June). As well, with that disc count it's over 10 episoder per disc, there is no way they'll be able to include Alternate Angles(Which the Japanese OPs/EDs and Eyecatches were) and 3 audio tracks(Japanese, Dub with Menza's Score, and Dub with Japanese BGM) like the orange bricks... :( Hope someone at Otakon get on their asses about this.
braves
08-04-2008, 10:04 PM
Release Date: 11/11/2008
Dragon Ball GT: Season 1 Boxset (3-Discs)
Oh, wow. I bet the video quality will be great. [/sarcasm]
MagicBox
08-05-2008, 12:48 AM
Oh, wow. I bet the video quality will be great. [/sarcasm]
Well, what'd you expect?
After all, high episode-count-per-set, satisfactory coverart, evidence pointing to a proper non-cropped fullscreen release and the dub finally getting the Japanese music, along with the original Japanese version and Mr. Simmons' spectacular subtitles.
The release was just looking too perfect. FUNimation had to do something to bring it back down to "FUNi DragonBall quality," so they decided to cram 32 episodes onto three discs and screw up the picture quality.
I sure hope the three disc thing is just a horrible, horrible typo. I was actually getting really excited about the concept of a well-done DragonBall set. I don't want the rug ripped out from under me again.
OptimusPrimeTime
08-05-2008, 02:35 PM
I'm starting to think FUNimation thinks regular DVDs are Blu-Ray discs and that they can handle 10 episodes worth of video, various audio tracks, alternate angles, extras and still look good. This is ridiculous if it's true.
Vegard Aune
08-05-2008, 02:39 PM
I'm starting to think FUNimation thinks regular DVDs are Blu-Ray discs and that they can handle 10 episodes worth of video, various audio tracks, alternate angles, extras and still look good. This is ridiculous if it's true.
Extras? Alternate angles? I doubt it...
But anyway, the disc-count just has to be a mistake. 11 episodes on a single disc would make this look like complete and utter garbage. Propably something like what you'd get if you watched a scene via the japanese DVDs, and then watched the same scene from a fansub VHS... If they're going with 32 episodes, then 6 discs should be the absolute minimum, preferrably 7 or 8.
OptimusPrimeTime
08-05-2008, 02:46 PM
I'm starting to think FUNimation thinks regular DVDs are Blu-Ray discs and that they can handle 10 episodes worth of video, various audio tracks, alternate angles, extras and still look good. This is ridiculous if it's true.
Extras? Alternate angles? I doubt it...
But anyway, the disc-count just has to be a mistake. 11 episodes on a single disc would make this look like complete and utter garbage. Propably something like what you'd get if you watched a scene via the japanese DVDs, and then watched the same scene from an overplayed fansub-VHS on a TV that hardly works afterwards... If they're going with 32 episodes, then 6 discs should be the absolute minimum, preferrably 7 or 8.
FUNimation's dub of GT changed the eyecatches and themes, on the original run DVDs they were alternate angles with the Japanese audio selected. Although they could give us an instrumental version of Dan Dan, and the closing themes for the dub. As well, if this is the "Orange Bricks" of GT then that means it should have 3 language tracks, and that's going to be murder on 3 DVDs.
Maybe the 3 pieces mean 3 DVD cases, or 3 Digipack panels? To make the set smaller I can see them putting two discs in each case/panel, but why would that be listed in an online shop? I don't know, I hope it's a mistake, and I hope someone get's on their asses about this at Otakon.
Vegard Aune
08-05-2008, 03:07 PM
FUNimation's dub of GT changed the eyecatches and themes, on the original run DVDs they were alternate angles with the Japanese audio selected.
Well, DBZ also used a different opening-video before, but that was nowhere to be found on the Season-sets. I don't think they're gonna include the GT-rap nor the dub-eyecatchers on this release, and if they do, that will also be all there is, as they simply don't use angles anymore. It's a shame, really. At the very least, I can guarantee that the japanese episode-title cards will be gone on this release, though if that's all that's been changed, I'll still be willing to buy it, assuming that the image looks somewhat decent, and that it really IS 4:3. I am, however, a bit concerned about the endings. As far as I know, FUNi's old DVDs never had a creditless version of any of them except the first one, and if they don't have those at all, we might just get stuck with "Hitori Janai" as the ending through the entire series... Or if we're lucky, they'll do what they did with One Piece movie 8, and just play the credits in japanese and have a separate credit-scroll for the dub.
Legion
08-05-2008, 03:38 PM
FUNimation's dub of GT changed the eyecatches and themes, on the original run DVDs they were alternate angles with the Japanese audio selected.
Actually most if not all of the differences in GT's footage (OP/ED, eyecatches, etc) were done through branching as opposed to angles. On the original GT discs there are slight pauses while the disc brings up the appropriate opening or eyecatch.
OptimusPrimeTime
08-08-2008, 01:30 PM
So it's 5 discs, but 36 episodes? About 7 episodes per disc...eeeeehhhh, better then 10, but still not awesome. It's gonna have English with Japanese BGM yeah!
Vegard Aune
08-08-2008, 02:26 PM
So it's 5 discs, but 36 episodes? About 7 episodes per disc...eeeeehhhh, better then 10, but still not awesome.
Well, One Piece had seven episodes on one disc, and that propably looked as good as the source-materials would allow. (The american DVD looks more or less the same as the japanese one.) So if it's five discs, I'd assume that it can look at least good enough for non-videophiles... Unless we get another "Season Two", where the DVNR-ing or whatever had caused both the colors and sharpness to be ridicculously bad, but I'd assume that this should look better, being about 5 years newer and all. So, assuming that the video-quality is decent, the video actually is 4:3, and the japanese openings, endings and eyecatchers are all intact, I'll propably get this set. If any one of those hopes aren't fulfilled though, screw them, I'll import the australian DVDs instead.
OptimusPrimeTime
08-08-2008, 03:45 PM
So it's 5 discs, but 36 episodes? About 7 episodes per disc...eeeeehhhh, better then 10, but still not awesome.
Well, One Piece had seven episodes on one disc, and that propably looked as good as the source-materials would allow. (The american DVD looks more or less the same as the japanese one.) So if it's five discs, I'd assume that it can look at least good enough for non-videophiles... Unless we get another "Season Two", where the DVNR-ing or whatever had caused both the colors and sharpness to be ridicculously bad, but I'd assume that this should look better, being about 5 years newer and all. So, assuming that the video-quality is decent, the video actually is 4:3, and the japanese openings, endings and eyecatchers are all intact, I'll propably get this set. If any one of those hopes aren't fulfilled though, screw them, I'll import the australian DVDs instead.
One Piece never had to deal with 3 audio tracks.
Instead of importing the Australian sets why not pick up FUNimation's original release of GT? It's their best release of the TV series since it has all 64 episodes, 4:3, Uncut and Bilingual. Just doesn't have the Dub with Japanese BGM like the new sets will. It has the Openings and Endings aswell as the Eyecatches if you play the Japanese Audio on the original discs. I believe they released it in 4 Boxsets, and last I checked they aren't the hardest to find on the internet.
Prede
08-08-2008, 11:18 PM
How Can You Say You Hate Dragon BALL GT I Think It Was Awsome And When They Release This Onto DVD I'll Get It
How Come You Captilize Every Word Like This??
Anyway nice cover, predictable but nice. Nothing amazing however. Crop=epic fail for Funimation. Full screen would have been nice :nosebleed: . Anyway i've seen so much of DBZ/DB GT I don't think I'll be buying any DVD's for a long time anyway. I have so much else I wanna/gatta buy that I have yet to see, and so much I'm collecting allready (too much acually). Dragonball/Z/GT is low on the plate...only because it's so good I've seen it so many times, and own some of the original DVD's.
Vegard Aune
08-09-2008, 03:03 AM
Instead of importing the Australian sets why not pick up FUNimation's original release of GT? It's their best release of the TV series since it has all 64 episodes, 4:3, Uncut and Bilingual. Just doesn't have the Dub with Japanese BGM like the new sets will. It has the Openings and Endings aswell as the Eyecatches if you play the Japanese Audio on the original discs. I believe they released it in 4 Boxsets, and last I checked they aren't the hardest to find on the internet.
Because the australian release is completely identical, only with different region-codes and PAL-video, which is more convenient to me, as I live in Europe. Plus, I personally think it's easier to get the australian sets, being that I can guarantee that the american ones have either gone out of print already, or they will once this set comes out.
Release date has been pushed back once more. It's now 12/9/2008.
Chibeh
08-29-2008, 12:44 AM
Release date has been pushed back once more. It's now 12/9/2008.
You're like the Anime Guru!, even if sometimes it's bad news you bear, gah. I wonder why exactly they keep pushing it back.
karen0586
08-29-2008, 08:17 AM
Release date has been pushed back once more. It's now 12/9/2008.
You're like the Anime Guru!, even if sometimes it's bad news you bear, gah. I wonder why exactly they keep pushing it back.
Maybe it's one of those we want to know but really rather not know :sd:.
Release date has been pushed back once more. It's now 12/9/2008.
You're like the Anime Guru!, even if sometimes it's bad news you bear, gah. I wonder why exactly they keep pushing it back.
Maybe it's one of those we want to know but really rather not know :sd:.
Like what Karen said, sometimes it may just better to be left in the dark on matter such as this.
vBulletin® v3.6.8, Copyright ©2000-2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.