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Dragon Ball Kai

Dragon Ball Kai

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Dragonball Kai, DBK, DB Kai
Japanese: ドラゴンボール改

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 50
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Apr 5, 2009 to ?
Producers: Toei Animation
Duration: 23 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.811 (scored by 4090 users)
Ranked: #5102
Popularity: #478
Members: 8,825
Favorites: 85
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Synopsis

Classic martial-arts shonen series Dragonball Z will be receiving an extensively remastered HD re-broadcast this April. The rebroadcast will include newly recorded dialog by the original seiyuu, new sound effects, new OP/ED sequences, and a brand new HD video transfer. (Sankaku Complex)

Toei Animation has confirmed that Dragon Ball Kai will be edited to more closely follow Akira Toriyama's original manga. The Dragon Ball Z anime series originally ran from April 1989 to January 1996 in Japan. However, since Toriyama was still serializing his manga at the same time in shorter weekly installments, the Dragon Ball Z anime expanded its story by inserting additional content. The new Dragon Ball Kai remastering will be an "Akira Toriyama original cut edition" that will quicken the story presentation and adhere more with the manga's story. Toei has said that they are planning on cutting the series down to around 100 episodes. (Anime News Network)

Related Anime

Adaptation: Dragon Ball
Alternative version: Dragon Ball Z (Original)

Characters & Voice Actors

Piccolo
Piccolo
Main
Furukawa, Toshio
Japanese
Furukawa, Toshio
Kuririn
Kuririn
Main
Tanaka, Mayumi
Japanese
Tanaka, Mayumi
Vegeta
Vegeta
Main
Horikawa, Ryo
Japanese
Horikawa, Ryo
Son, Goku
Son, Goku
Main
Nozawa, Masako
Japanese
Nozawa, Masako

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Jun 15, 2009
Rampant
I am writing this review with mostly one intent in mind: to get across the point of how much is being cut. I know that we were all excited to have the story condensed, but I think that this has gone a bit further than anyone expected. That does not make me upset, as we can all go back and watch the original againl if the original is what we want, but I think that it should be addressed fairly openly. I will also address art, since that is the other big change.

I hope no one minds the spoilers, as I am assuming that most read more
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Jun 10, 2009
Vipey
Normally I'm not one for reviewing shit so damned early, however since this is Dragonball, it deserves a fairly decent, semi-thought out review.


Story:

10/10 because it's Dragonball Z, minus fillers.

Art:

6/10 because of the fact the art is not new(it's completely remastered into an HD 1080p format), the OP and EN is misleading and proves they could have re-animated it. You can easily tell you're watching an old over-animated remake of a series.

Sound:

7/10 because the sound is crisp, new and better than the Dub sound, however it gets no more because eveyone fucking knows Dragonball Z would have been great with an entire Rock/Metal soundtrack, not this read more
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Recommendations

They both have big muscular guys with super powers fighting in totally ridiculous and entertaining ways. They also have a similar style of story telling where the aforementioned muscle guys spend half the episode discussing power levels before beating the crap out of each other.
Both have monstruous fights and have super attacks...^^

Opening Theme

"Dragon Soul" by Tanimoto Takeyoshi

Ending Theme

"Yeah! Break! Yeah! Care!" by Tanimoto Takayoshi

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