Dragon Ball Z - Seasons 01 - 09 - Blu-ray

This is great! A few things to note: To have it play with the Bruce Faulconer composition, you have to go into the setup screen and change the audio to the second choice, "American [something]". It has 3 choices of audio. And there is also a "Marathon play" option that plays every episode in the disk while skipping all of the recap and openers after the first one. It's the original art style, with your choice of audio composition. I got it as a gift for a DBZ fan and they melted when they found out it had the Bruce Faulconer composition because they thought that that version had been lost and discontinued.

At first I was hesitant to purchase this item due to the negative reviews about not receiving all of the discs and general wear of the box. But, I decided to buy it as I couldn't pass it up! So I gave it a chance, as I am a hesitant online shopper. The package also arrived on time, technically earlier than I expected! After opening the package, the DBZ blu-ray box set was in perfect condition inside. I followed the advice of people in the reviews and checked the boxes and each individual disc for repeats or mistakes. ALL CORRECT DISCS ARE IN THE BOX SET!!! If you're hesitant to purchase due to the reviews, I want to let you know that it came perfect for me and I am EXTREMELY happy with my purchase. Those reviews about the wrong discs were in 2018. As of 2021, I have experienced zero issues. As for the Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray Box Set itself, it also exceeded my expectations. I was also hesitant after reading about quality issues with the remaster and lost details. While I can see what they are talking about, it does not look bad to me at all. The show is from 1996 and was originally in 4:3 ratio, there is only so much remastering that can be done besides remaking the whole show. For a show that old, I am very impressed with the quality and how well it translated over to 16:9. Mainly I have noticed softening of the painted backgrounds, but you can't avoid this when getting rid of the "noise" or "grain" in the picture. Some early episodes also have a slight "shake" in certain scenes, but once again that is due to how the show was made in the 1990s. None of these "quality" details affected my viewing experience. I also wanted to note how cool I think the menu screen is. It's a series of landscape shots from the show that translate between the old look of the show in 4:3, and the remastered look in 16:9 set to a cool beat. I wasn't expecting the menu screen to be anything more than a picture with the usual "Play," "Menu," and "Set-up" buttons, so I was very impressed. If you love DBZ, don't have enough money for a Dragon Box, and prefer HD 16:9 vs the old school look, definitely get this set!!

Worth every penny, the quality is outstanding and every episode is in English. This is a must have for dbz fans. Buy this instead of scouring around for dubbed episodes. You won’t regret it!

-This is a review of the Blu-ray version- This is the single greatest remaster I have seen for Dragon Ball Z for a few reasons It is superior to the "orange brick" set in every way The picture quality and aspect ratio has been updated to play on modern HD televisions, eliminating graininess and shake, the color pallet has been broadened and blurry background details have been sharpened/brought into focus. The title menu is very simple and user friendly, in addition to being much nicer visually than the "orange bricks" The Blu-ray sets are much more compact, only having 36 discs versus 54/56 for the DVD sets. The Blu-ray set takes up about half as much space compared to the "orange bricks". If you are craving the epic Bruce Faulconer experience have no fear, his score enters the set in episode 68 of season two and continues through the rest of the series. The only criticism I have is they did away with the heavy rock/synth intros and outros, and replaced them with something much more tame. The into is just ok and the outro sucks in my opinion. It detracts from the experience but not enough for me to detract a star. -WARNING- Some buyers have recieved their sets with shattered disc cases, or ended up with the wrong discs in one of their cases (season 4 disc in a season 5 case) so be sure to open each case when you recieve your set to make sure everything is right. If bought through Amazon they will ship you a replacement ASAP If you've always wanted to own a DBZ set you will not be disappointed. THANK YOU FUNIMATION

This review is for the Blu-ray version of the complete series box set. I'm going to assume you've seen the series, so I'll focus on the quality of this exact product. Overall, I'm very happy with this set. I'm convinced that this was the best choice of the options available. Now for details: It started when one of my old VHS tapes that I recorded off Toonami glitched and broke my VCR (Agh, I can't replace that!). I went on here to get a DVD copy but couldn't find much comparative information on the different sets. Did I want Blu-ray, DVD, Kai? I checked out Kai on Internet Archive and decided I didn't like the new voices or that awful circus parade music and I did like the funny episodes that Kai left out, so that was out as an option. From the pictures posted the Blu-ray copy took up less shelf space than the DVD version, so I went with that. My copy arrived in perfect condition, but I checked it over thoroughly. No disks were broken, scratched, or missing, so I embarked on a ten-day binge to check every episode for glitching. While I was at it, I streamed the other series options alongside to compare them. The first episodes I compared to the 1996 US TV version, the Cell saga I compared to the DVD edition and then the Kai edition. Here's my take: the video on the Blu-ray is better than all the other versions, although Kai came close. The picture I posted is a side-by-side comparison of the picture from the DVD (on the laptop) and Blu-ray (on the TV) editions. My computer screen is far better than my TV, but the picture on the TV is better because of the superb quality of the Blu-ray. The clarity is amazing. I can see all the individual character in the hand-drawn lines. The DVD version I used for comparison was letterbox ratio, so maybe that's an option with that set. I can confirm that the Blu-ray is widescreen only. If Amazon didn't cut off my picture, you can see that the widescreen edition is not just zoomed and cut. They actually drew in more picture on the sides. In some cases, the letterbox version seemed more cut down than the widescreen version. Other scenes didn't transition to widescreen as nicely, so some are better and some are worse. No lines or details were missing in my version, like some reviewers had. For audio, I liked the '96 TV version best. It was much funnier, had snappier pacing, better voices, and way better music. If there ever is a complete series version of a 90's style TV edit with Ocean Group voices I'd pay twice this much for it, but that won't happen. I already mentioned my opinion of Kai's English audio, but if you want Japanese voices, that would be a better bet. The Japanese audio track on this set is tinny and thin, probably because it's a very old recording made using old technology. Kai is re-recorded and is sure to sound better than this. The English dub is perfect quality. I like the fact that the Toonami music track is available on here, but it's too bad it is the second track. I have to remember to change it with each disc. For people concerned about bad language, it's rarely in the English dub. I think just in the Freiza arc. It's all over the subtitles though. The menu system is intuitive, and this series works perfectly with my remote. The audio and subtitle buttons work as they should for when I forget to run the setup first. Each disk has annoying ads that Autoplay on loading, but they can be easily skipped with the menu button on my remote, so I don't care. Each episode is divided into intro, segment 1, segment 2, and ending, so it's easy to skip intros and endings if you want to go through the trouble. Better yet, use the marathon mode (genius!) and have the system skip them for you. The cases are not great. There's no episode guide, they don't always close securely, and they have those nasty plastic disc holders that tear discs up. At least the plastic is fairly soft, and the disc holders don't have sharp points, so they won't scratch the discs. The discs will snap onto the holder securely, but it takes some careful persuasion. Getting them off without risking breaking the discs can be tricky. I tried replacing the plastic holders with poly sleeves, but the cases fit too snugly for that. The outer box is not well glued and wants to fall apart, but some packing tape will fix that. There's a lot of excess packaging that isn't environmentally friendly. It does take very little room on my shelf; the box is 5.75" wide.

After purchasing this, I've I watched every single episode and special feature on every single disc; I really enjoyed seeing this in my first rewatch of the series since I was a child. I can't speak to the ways this release may differ from other releases because this is the only physical release I've acquired of this series, but: (1) I can say that I never felt like I was missing out on anything with this being mastered in a widescreen aspect ratio and presumably having been cropped from the original and (2) I did subjectively feel that watching DBZ on these Blu-Rays was such a higher fidelity experience than I ever had with it as a kid. It was absolutely a worthwhile purchase for me.

This is a difficult product to review. Having gotten through about 2 1/2 seasons so far, this is a bit of a mixed bag. Nothing to terrible it even all that bad, just a few minor annoyances, making this a difficult buy at the asking price. Overall this series has never looked better, and while at first being in widescreen is off-putting, it's no where near as terrible as the orange boxes. There is this weird white boarder throughout the first season and honestly just looks bad, but that's not the fault of this restoration. There is only so much you can do to fix these issues. My biggest problem is that they clean up the image to much giving it a bit of a unnatural look especially in the first two seasons. I would have much preferred the natural film grain of the show with edits and cleaning of random errors in the film stock, but that can be a exspensive and tedious process. By the time we get to the Freeza saga this restoration looks great. The colors are so vibrant and with all the action going really showcases why they decided to go this route. I have watched this show so many times in so many different ways. From the horrible Orange boxes, bootleg Chinese DVD sets, as well as Kai. At the time I loved Kai as it cut out the fat, but there were some episodes I really wished never got cut. That said I really feel in love with the newer dub of Kai, and still to this day prefer it. My biggest problem with Kai was with the new animation was just so disjointed. Side rant aside, they did a much better job restoring this series. Mostly because the action and colors look so much better than they ever have. I was able to get this on sale for $120 and only on season 3 while I write this review, so take that as you will.

Just. Received mine Dragon ball Z blue ray set no problems with the desk so far I went through every single one there is no cracked desks no cracked covers I am very happy with my purchase all the desks are in the proper order and this is a very amazing dragon ball Z box set. Which that they made the option to let people pick if they wanted to. See it in a 4 x 3 or have it by 16 x 9 I must say the picture quality on the blue rays are amazing Shipping was fast the customer service was wonderful would buy from again thank you Amazon for a wonderful box at dragon ball Z I know a lot of people will love it to be it’s original 4 3 just as we got. back in the day but as a diehard dragon ball Z fan I could not resist to buy this. Blue ray box set I’m a Diehard fan of this wonderful tv series willing to watch it whatever way I can as much as I wish that it it was in its original broadcast 4 x 3 I wish they just gave an option I would’ve been a lot more happier but a long as I’m able to watch it it doesn’t matter I’m still happy either way and hopefully the people may also be happy when they buy this at two and realize that it’s not as bad as people make it to be hopefully you are able to do the right decision and if this is not a box. For. U out there all I can tell They get the steel cover Blu-rays which are very nice and they’re in 4 x 3. Just like the original broadcast which I plan to buy but the only reason why I didn’t buy it is because they are very expensive and that’s the only reason why I got this Blu-ray box set so I’m willing to give it a try and see what happens it’s so far I’m satisfied this box that is only temporary until the steel box sets go on sale because I love to watch everything the original way that it Broadcast back in the day hopefully you all have a wonderful blessed day please stay safe for u and your family and god bless