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|genree aired on syndicated television, not the Cartoon Network on cable tv. The massive edits made to the show were for the syndicated children's television show market, not due to specific cable tv restrictions. The Funimation dubbing of the show was put back into production after Cartoon Network picked up the syndicated seasons and the show became a hit for them. At this point, the editing became somewhat less restrictive due to the show's new home on cable television.

===Creaties, and by the end few remained from the original 1996 cast. See below for a complete cast listing.

Filler

Filler is used to pad out the series for many reasons; in the case of Dragon Ball Z, more often than not, it was because the anime was running alongside the manga, and there was no way for the anime to run ahead of the manga since Toriyama was still writing it.

The company behind the anime, Toei Animation, would occasionally create side stories to either further explain things, or simply to extend the series. Filler does not come only in the form of side stories though; sometimes it is as simple as adding some extra attacks into a fight. For instance, many scenes in the anime appear quite protracted, featuring long shots of the characters faces and stand-offs lasting an entire episode or even spanning multiple episodes for a single fight. As the anime series was forcedigital restoration technology removing all grain and scratches from FUNimation's original prints of the series. Unfortunately, it is not in HD. The quality is a lot better than the original but another flaw is with the digital restoration. Because of the magnitude of the grain and scratch removal, the lines from face features are commonly removed such as the nose and mouth. It is important to note however, that like many late 80's-early 90's Toei productions (for example, Saint Seiya, Sailor Moon, Marmalade Boy, Ghost Sweeper Mikami and Slam Dunk), the series was produced on 16 millimeter film which tends to be fairly grainy and soft. The new restoration was supervised by colorist Steve Franko. It was reported from FUNimation's online trailer that the series would be presented in widescreen format (1.78:1, cropped from the original full frame) for the first time. This was highly controversial among fans, as this is not how the T.V. episodes were intended to be seen and this substantially alters them. Many fans launched a letter-writing campaign against the release. The boxset contains a revised English track in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound (it contains the original Japanese score by Shunsuke Kikuchi, although it is unknown just how the English dialogue is revised). For the first time ever, there is a choice between having the Japanese dialogue with Toei's original Japanese

1. Dragon Fist Explosion!! If Gokū Won't Do It, Who Will? (1995)

FUNimation titles

1. Dead Zone (1997) (Re-released in 2005)
2. The World's Strongest (1998) (Re-released in 2006)
3. The Tree of Might (1998) (Re-released in 2006)
4. Lord Slug (2001)
5. Cooler's Revenge (2002)
6. Return of Cooler (2002)
7. Super Android 13! (2003)
8. Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (2003)
9. Bojack Unbound (2004)
10. Broly's Second Coming (2005)
11. Bio-Broly (2005)
12. Fusion Reborn (2006)
13. Wrath of the Dragon (2006)

TV specials

Toei titles

1. A Lonesome, Final Battle: The Father of the Z-Warrior Son Gokū, who Challenged Freza (1990)
2. Resistance to Despair!! The Remaining Super-Warriors, Gohan and Torankusu (1993)

FUNimation titles

1. Bardock: The Father of Goku (2000)
2. The History of Trunks (2000)

OVA

1. Another Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyajin (1993)

Theme songs

Japanese themes

• Openings
  1. "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA"
     • Lyrics: Yukinojo Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyooka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Episodes 1~21 (version 1)
       • Episodes 22~117 (version 2)
       • Episodes 118~199 (version 3)
       • Movies 1-9
  2. "WE GOTTA POWER"
     • Lyrics: Yukinojo Mori, Music: Keiju Ishikawa, Arrangement: Keiju Ishikawa, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Episodes 200~291
       • Movies 10-12
• Closings
  1. "Detekoi Tobikiri ZENKAI Pawā!"; でてこいとびきりZENKAIパワー! (Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power!)
     • Lyrics: Naruhisa Arakawa, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: MANNA
       • Episodes 1~194
  2. "Boku-tachi wa Tenshi Datta"; 僕達は天使だった (We Were Angels)
     • Lyrics: Yukinojo Mori, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Osamu Totsuka, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Episodes 195~291

Cast list

List of FUNimation and Pioneer DVDs

• The Saiyan Conflict (Volumes 1-8, released by Pioneer in 1999, edited, English audio)
• The Namek Saga (Volumes 9-17, released by Pioneer in 1999, edited, English audio)
• Captain Ginyu (Volumes 18-19 released in 2000, uncut, English and Japanese audio)
• Frieza (volumes 20-29 released in 2001, uncut, English and Japanese audio)
• Garlic Jr. (volumes 30-32 released in 2002, English and Japanese audio)
• Trunks (Volumes 33-35 released in 2000, re-release of 34 in 2004, English and Japanese audio)
• Androids (Volumes 36-39 released in 2001, English and Japanese audio)
• Imperfect Cell (Volumes 40-43 released in 2002, English and Japanese audio)
• Perfect Cell (Volumes 44-47 released 2002, English and Japanese audio)
• Cell Games (Volumes 48-56, 48 released in 2002, 49-56 released from 2004-2005, English and Japanese audio)
• Great Saiyaman (Volumes 57-61, released in 2005, English and Japanese audio)
• World Tournament (Volumes 62-64 released in 2001, English and Japanese audio)
• Babidi (Volumes 65-68, released in 2001, English and Japanese audio)
• Majin Buu (Volumes 69-75, released in 2002, English and Japanese audio)
• Fusion (Volumes 76-82, released in 2002, English and Japanese audio)
• Kid Buu (Volumes 83-87, released in 2003, English and Japanese audio)
• Vegeta Saga (Ultimate Uncut edition, Volumes 1-9 out of 12 released between 2005 and 2006, English, Japanese, and Spanish audio, Volumes 10-12 canceled)
• Namek Saga (Ultimate Uncut edition, Canceled)
• Season Box Set (Seasons 1-3 released in 2007, English and Japanese audio)

Japanese staff

• Original author: Akira Toriyama
• Planning: Kōzō Morishita, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
• Series composition: Takao Koyama
• Script writers: Takao Koyama, Aya Matsui, Katsuyuki Sumizawa, Toshiki Inoue, and others
• Production managers: Matsuji Kishimoto -> Takeshi Torimoto -> Akihiko Yamaguchi -> Yūichi Suenaga
• Chief animator (Character design): Minoru Maeda -> Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru
• Chief designer: Yūji Ikeda
• Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
• Music Production: Columbia Music Entertainment
• Editing: Shinichi Fukumitsu (TAVAC)
• Recording: Kenji Ninomiya (TAVAC)
• Sound effects: Hidenori Arai (Fizz Sound Creation)
• Music selection: Shigeru Miyashita (TAVAC)
• Recording Studio: TAVAC
• Series director: Daisuke Nishio
• Production: Fuji TV, Toei Animation

Episode list

Video games

See also

• Lists of Dragon Ball characters
• Dragon Ball (franchise)
• List of Dragon Ball films
• Dragon Ball (artifact)

References

http://z9.invisionfree.com/liveactionanime/index.php?showtopic=130

http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/new/jleslie

http://z9.invisionfree.com/liveactionanime/index.php?showtopic=3932

http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Ball-Season-Three-Frieza/dp/B000OIOOW8

http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/uaANa8dlc0BfJNWuhd/browse/item/74977/4/0/0

External links

• English Dragon Ball Z website
• Dragon Ball Z World Map
• Toei Dragon Ball Z website
• Atari, publisher of Dragon Ball Z games
• Dragon Ball Z ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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