Dragon Ball Kai Released in the US! (discussion thread)

[Blademaster]

I watched the Japanese version (a few episodes, anyway) about 2 months back. It was... disturbing how quickly everything moved.

I just hope they don't chop all the best scenes down.

[Master Rudy]

I watched the Japanese version (a few episodes, anyway) about 2 months back. It was... disturbing how quickly everything moved.

I just hope they don't chop all the best scenes down.

Well that's kind of the whole point of Kai. Kai is suppose to cut out all the pointless filler and condense the entire series down to about 100 episodes. When the series was first announced in Japan a full viewing was marketed as taking about the same amount of time as reading the manga from start to finish.

Now granted I know some people do like the filler and even I'll admit filler episodes had their moments. However the worst part of watching DBZ in general was the sheer length and how often some of the fights got dragged out for much longer than they should have. As far as the animation quality goes I already know it'll be great. I've caught the first two episodes on You Tube awhile back. If the English dub of Kai delivers what Sabat is promising then I have a feeling we'll be in for a real treat.






As far as the visual quality goes I don't think you can argue with these screenshots ^_~
EDIT-As I look at that first image again I'm starting to think it may be a promotional image more than anything. Even so it still looks damn good.
As an added bonus here is Goku's NEW Super Saiyan theme! ENJOY ^_~

[Mr. Brightside]

The Garlic Jr. Saga made no fucking sense.

OH HAI GUYZ WE KNOW YOU JUST KILLED THE MOST POWERFUL GUY IN THE UNIVERSE AND LAST TIME YOU FOUGHT US WE WERE WEAKER THAN RADITZ BUT NOW WE'RE MAGICALLY STRONGER THAN FRIEZA AND I SOMEHOW ESCAPED THE DEAD ZONE. ALSO THERE'S SOME KIND OF MAGIC NECROPOLIS IN THE LOOKOUT.

Lol really? I remember a few things only. I haven't watched the show since 2000 something. I remember that Garlic Jr. put Kami on a bottle and i always though this was funny XDD

Maybe it wasn't that good after all XDD

[color=forestgreen]Well that's kind of the whole point of Kai. Kai is suppose to cut out all the pointless filler and condense the entire series down to about 100 episodes. When the series was first announced in Japan a full viewing was marketed as taking about the same amount of time as reading the manga from start to finish.

I love how shiny it looks. As i said i'm downloading it but i haven't watched it yet.

[Mr. Brightside]

So those pics are only for promotional reasons? I watched the first episode and the quality is pretty much the same it was in the original episodes, no "shiny" Goku or any other character. Only the intro and ending are completely new. O.o

Damn it, and my french is not that good to read exactly what the heck it is written on top of those pics. I get the first line but...