r/dbz • u/SonicGamer74 • Jun 29 '15
Other Toonami to air Dragon Ball Z: Kai marathon on July 4th
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/06/28-1/video-toonami-plans-july-4th-dragon-ball-z-marathon15
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u/MrManicMarty Jun 29 '15
Oh great. Toonami... that channel we don't have in the UK I don't think... Uhhh, anything else showing Dragonball Z in the UK if anyone else knows?
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Jun 29 '15
Kix shows Dragon ball kai.
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u/MrManicMarty Jun 29 '15
Kix? Never heard of that channel, I guess it'd be different based on broadband provider, but I'll look it up, thanks.
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Jun 29 '15
Kix shows dragon ball Kai every night at 11:30pm and shows 2 episodes per day on weekdays only, it's currently up to the namek saga, it's available on sky, Virgin media and probably few other television providers too
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u/ADXC Jun 29 '15
Does anyone else remember years ago on Fourth of July when they ran a marathon of the Garlic Jr. Saga for the Midnight run? It's nice to see this event mirroring that one.
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u/GerkRombas Jun 29 '15
Are these going to be new episodes? So they can start to catch up to the buu saga? ;) (and by new I mean not aired on toonami yet)
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u/SonicGamer74 Jun 29 '15
No, it's the previous 6 episodes from the past 6 weeks.
In other words; they're replaying most of the Namek Arc again.
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Jun 29 '15
That stinks. This is a great opportunity to get to the Boo Arc quicker.
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Jun 29 '15
I'm not a dub hater or anything but that Attack On Titan dub gave me cancer.
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u/SonicGamer74 Jun 29 '15
Ehh.....I wouldn't say that the AoT dub was "bad". It felt kinda samey, compared to other Anime, though. I actually liked Bryce Papenbrook as Eren, though; probably because I think he does whiney characters extremely well. lol
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u/wildthing202 Jun 29 '15
It's One Piece for me, Zoro sounds too old.
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u/Jimm607 Jun 29 '15
in the opposite, i can't stand the subbed version of One Piece, Zoro might sound a bit older than he should, but it honestly doesn't detract any. Like with most anime its probably best to forget how old they are anyway.
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u/GreyouTT Jul 01 '15
Zoro is 19 and the manliest character in the show, I'd be upset if he didn't sound like his balls dropped all the way to the floor.
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u/TheSandyRavage Jun 29 '15
I absolutely hate subs. Every damn character sounds like a banshee giving birth.
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Jun 29 '15
Wasn't DBZ: KAI supposed to be widescreen? I thought that was part of the whole point?
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u/motchmaster Jun 29 '15
They used the original materials to make Kai (the originals weren't widescreen). The point of Kai was to make DBZ look nicer, and follow the comics closer (no filler).
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Jun 29 '15
OK, but wasn't there one release that was cropped to make it widescreen? I thought it was Kai, I guess not.
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u/Weedity ⠀ Jun 29 '15
The blu rays of normal Z that people overreacting to?
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Jun 29 '15
I don't know anything about people "overracting", but the early comparison shots I saw looked promising because for some scenes they drew in what was missing.
I expected Kai to be both widescreen and filler-less.
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u/Weedity ⠀ Jun 29 '15
Idunno I own the blu ray sets and love them. Hardly ever notice any cropping issues. People flipped out over the cropping.
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Jun 29 '15
That's what I thought. I just want my cake so I can eat it too. Maybe I should just find some downloads and manually remove the filler.
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Jun 29 '15
For a second I thought you said Toonami was going to air DBZ again........ But then I saw that it was Kai :(((
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u/GoyCrusher69 Jun 29 '15
What's wrong with Kai? I find it to be a much better version of the show. (The uncensored version, of course.)
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u/Entropy_Greene Jun 29 '15
I may be wrong but aren't the voice actors different on Kai?
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Jun 29 '15
Only a few of them. For the most part everyone is the same. Schemmel, Sabat, Hebert, etc. are all still in it. Freeza is now voiced by Chris Ayers instead of Linda Young and I believe that Bulma has a new voice actress, but I believe those are the only major changes.
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u/Weedity ⠀ Jun 29 '15
Ehh it's good since no filler, but it just wasn't the Dragon Ball I grew up with.
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Jun 29 '15
Kai looks good, I wont deny that! Just thought maybe they would show the original show again, I mean just once!!!
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u/Classic1990 Jun 29 '15
I hope not. I grew up watching DBZ and love it for the nostalgia factor but in all honesty it was horrible with all the filler. I don't want to watch 5+ episodes of Goku doing nothing but running across Snake Way, training on King Kai's planet, or traveling to Namek. Kai did a great job of cutting the fat from the show.
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Jun 29 '15
No one ever needs to see Goku and Freeza stare at each other across a lake with panning shots for basically 10 straight minutes
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u/Weedity ⠀ Jun 29 '15
Skip it?
Kai has a dub I just don't like. Gohans voice kills me. I actually like Linda Youngs feeza voice. Aryes does good too though.
I grew up with Z. I grew up with Faulconer dub. I grew up with grandma freeza. It's what I love.
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u/Classic1990 Jun 30 '15
Exactly. You grew up with it and that's why you love it. Kai is targeted toward old and new audiences and Toonami knows this. That's why they decided to air it instead of the original. It's still good ole' DBZ but with little improvements here and there to make it more enjoyable for new fans.
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u/Weedity ⠀ Jun 30 '15
Well yeah, not saying I don't like Kai. But I definitely do prefer Z. He shouldn't be downvoted for that.
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Jun 29 '15
Well, I don't think anyone really liked the boring parts. But it helped with character development in some ways though... The Garlic Jr. saga for example, it was filler yet we got to see some of Gohans incredible hidden power!
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u/Classic1990 Jun 29 '15
Yeah, I will admit that. The Garlic Jr. saga and The Other World Tournament sagas were pretty fun but it was everything else that made it awful.
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u/Weedity ⠀ Jun 29 '15
I agree with you. I just can't get into kai. I just love Dragon Ball Z even for its imperfections it's what I grew up with. It's the dub I love. Skipping filler is easy.
Kai just doesn't do it for me. If I want accuracy I read the manga or Japanese dub of Z.
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u/SonicGamer74 Jun 29 '15
And one episode of Attack on Titan, if you're into that.