So should I go over this disc, or FUNimation's incredible idea to doop you outta your hard earned money?
Basically you are paying $35 for a box and one DVD with only 3 episodes.
The contents.
DVD contains the beginning of the fight between Goku and Nappa.
Okay anyone whos read my reviews knows that I despise FUNimation and how it advertises this as the ULTIMATE UNCUT edition. While it is technically true, the music and script are garbage. And yet, they do an AMAZING job on Fullmetal Alchemist, Desert Punk, Yu Yu Hakusho and everything else that they do. Hell, if they can make me enjoy 4Kids Entertainment properties such as Yu-Gi-Oh! and Shaman King, then FUNimation are miracle workers! And yet Dragon Ball Z is always garbage when they touch it!
The music is your average beats and generic guitar strums. It's disappointing...
The reasons why I bashed the script, it's so similar to the first dub from 1996 that it makes you wonder, why the heck did they redub it in the first place? It changes concepts to hide the truth of things in life from little kids, I can understand that considering that back then, DBZ was directed at children, but this DBZ is directed to hardcore fans and teenagers. Also, starting from the last episode from this disc to episode 53, FUNimation feels the need to add unnecessary cursing. Yes, I wanted cursing, as well as many other fans because we know that it was in the original. But FUNimation just goes wild. FUNimation eventually starts planting D and B bombs all over the place for no reason.
The thing that annoys me the most about this set, FUNImation has already announced a COMPLETE REMASTERED BOX SET of the Saiyan/Vegeta/Frieza sagas for a retail price of $60, less than 2 times more expensive then this set!
Once again, I must give props to the subs on the disc, that really is it, that's probably the best part. Original Japanese language with subtitles and the Spanish dub. The Spanish is one of the best dubs I've ever seen so yeah, FUNimation, follow that! |