DragonBall Kai Coming Soon!

[Barashin]

DragonBall Kai Coming Soon!

Looks like DragonBall just cannot be stopped right now! In addition to the upcoming movie DragonBall: Evolution, it was announced a few days ago in Weekly Shonen Jump that a “refreshed DBZ” entitled DragonBall Kai will hit Japanese television on April 5th:

So what exactly is DragonBall Kai? Well according to V-Jump and Daizex, we’ll be seeing the story developed more speedily with some of the filler being cut out so the story can continue in a way closer to Akira Toriyama’s orignal manga. The voice actors will be returning to re-record their lines, and the opening and ending theme songs will be renewed as well! In addition to that, the series will be remastered to remove any damage to the film, and unlike Funimation’s so-called “remastered” set, this will not be cropped and will be shown in its original 4:3.

The official website for DragonBall Kai has gone live! Just by clicking here

 

[DigDoug]

I can't wait! I hope that Funi eventually gets the dub cast together to re-record their lines, gets Bruce Falconer to re-record the soundtrack, and releases this on DVD in the original aspect ratio.

I'm probably being too optimistic, but that's just the kinda guy I am :coolshades:

 

[HaiTien78]

Holyshit

 

[Barashin]

The opening stuff is the standard fare we have come to expect from the earlier announcements (like "Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Start of Dragon Ball Z's Broadcast!" and "The Son Goku Legend, Once More!! And its name is... DRAGON BALL KAI"). However, the interesting material appears under the header "The four points that make up the world of "Kai"!":

The story will be developed speedily!
"Kai" starts from the invasion of the Saiyans. This version will be re-edited to hew more closely to Akira Toriyama's original story, so the story's development will progress all the faster!

The opening and ending songs will be completely renewed!!
The opening and ending songs will together be made anew! Furthermore, in "Kai", the background music will be newly recorded. Let's enjoy "Kai", where even the music has been powered up!!

Through digital processing, the image will be made vibrant!!
All the grime, damage and noise remaining on the "Z" film will be removed! In HD, the image will be even clearer. We've carefully made the ultra-powerful "Kai" world even more impressive!

An all-star voice cast will record the lines anew!!
The original main cast, centered around Masako Nozawa as Son Goku, will reunite, yo. They'll breathe life into the characters again, to support their appeal!!

While slightly unrelated to DragonBall Kai, we do have one little nugget of info

Another page says that they will carry Manga version of 2008 Special on V Jump. It's not drawn by Akira Toriyama.

Mangaka is オオイシナホ (Ooishi Naho), who never drawn manga under this name.​

Look for a manga adaptation of last year's Ossu! Kaette Kita Son Gokû to Nakama-tachi!! at some point in the near future courtesy of V-Jump. The issue will be out on 21 March 2009

 

[Aoiblue]

lol, well I remember we said this in the previous thread. So now they decided to slap on "Kai" huh?
cool.

 

[icebolt]

Holy ****. I swear as I was reading the posts my heart almost stopped.

 

[Gryphman]

DragonBall Kai Coming Soon!

Looks like DragonBall just cannot be stopped right now! In addition to the upcoming movie DragonBall: Evolution, it was announced a few days ago in Weekly Shonen Jump that a “refreshed DBZ†entitled DragonBall Kai will hit Japanese television on April 5th:

So what exactly is DragonBall Kai? Well according to V-Jump and Daizex, we’ll be seeing the story developed more speedily with some of the filler being cut out so the story can continue in a way closer to Akira Toriyama’s orignal manga. The voice actors will be returning to re-record their lines, and the opening and ending theme songs will be renewed as well! In addition to that, the series will be remastered to remove any damage to the film, and unlike Funimation’s so-called “remastered†set, this will not be cropped and will be shown in its original 4:3.

The official website for DragonBall Kai has gone live! Just by clicking here

Some filler? They're cutting it down to 100 episodes. It might actually be pretty ok.

 

[Chronotia Archzenom]

Say what? :O_O: Goodness! Here we go again with more
"KAME HAME WAVE/HA!!!!!"

 

[Tanuki]

Yeah, I used to have a freind who would call it a Kamehameha wave, despite me telling him that the HA in kamehameHA meant wave. He basically whatevered me about it. Made me want to slap him

 

[Chronotia Archzenom]

Oh my! Dear me! Looks like I'll be buying magic beans once more in a form of magic soya! GOOD!