Dragonball Z HD refresh sees details, trailer pop up ahead of April 5 launch

by Richard Lawler posted Mar 11th 2009 at 12:08PM

The 100 episode limited edition high definition reintroduction of DragonBall Z has a name: DragonBall Kai, and a fresh HD trailer, embedded and lovingly fansubbed after the jump. More details have come out about the series since it was revealed, with the backers still emphasizing "no cropping" of original scenes, renewed opening and closing music plus re-recorded background songs. Just 24 more days to go.

Tags: animation, anime, cartoons, dragon ball z, dragonball kai, DragonballKai, DragonBallZ, japan, remastered, shonen jump, ShonenJump, super saiyan, SuperSaiyan

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mxmightymc @ Mar 11th 2009 12:44PM

DBZ just sounds better in Japanese.

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Killersaurus @ Mar 11th 2009 12:46PM

Well, the logo in the corner looks sharp as a tack. The video...not so much.

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dagamer34 @ Mar 11th 2009 1:23PM

I'm wondering if they really drew all of those shots in widescreen back in 1989.

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Andy Anonymous @ Mar 12th 2009 12:51AM

That's what I'm wondering. They say there's no cropping -- which is what pissed everyone off about the widescreen DVD releases -- yet that's most definitely in widescreen.

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Richard @ Mar 11th 2009 1:35PM

Is it just me or is this upscaled sd with hd text?

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mmendoza27 @ Mar 11th 2009 1:36PM

I 2nd that... it really doesn't look that great... I'm excited about April 5th!! I'm sure it'll be fansubbed, which is sweet.

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Papa Midnight @ Mar 12th 2009 12:09AM

If you've seen any of the movie re-releases that are available in HD, they actually don't look bad.

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J.Goodwin @ Mar 11th 2009 6:03PM

It definitely doesn't look nearly as awesome as I had perhaps hoped. I guess that my 31 year streak of not watching DragonBall will continue.

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Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Mar 12th 2009 8:58AM

I'm going to need a BETTER reason to spend a few $100 of the BD set of this than the video that is shown. Honestly that quality looks no better than the DVD. Sad because the BD DBZ Movies look better

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Kakkarot @ Apr 17th 2009 12:33AM

dudes,this is HD all right.
but you all must know that you tube processe sall the videos to standard resolutions so that it can be easily synced and buffered.SO,lets keep our fingers crossed and may be the best show of all time will be available in true HD.

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