Dragon Ball Z Being Re-edited and Re-dubbed for HDTV

[Southe,]

Translation:

20th anniversary of Dragon Ball Z!

The legend of Z will be back with the newest digital technology!!

Starts at 9:00AM in April 5th 2009, on Fuji TV!!

1. More exciting by re-editing!!: The footage will be totally re-edited and HD-remastered!!
2. New opening and ending!!: Both footage and songs will be renewed! The sound effects in the show will also be renewed!!
3. Superb seiyus will gather for the show!!: The show will be re-dubbed by the original casts!!

Edit: This is not from a certain source, but I found the following post on a Toei-related thread in 2ch.

Quote:680 名前: 名無しさん名無しさん Mail: sage 投稿日: 2009/02/06(金)

リメイクといっても

昔のテレビシリーズのフィルムをデジタルリマスターしたものを

素材にに再編集、デジタルエフェクトなどを加えたもの。

音響はアフレコなどをやり直してすべて新しくなる。

作画を新作するのはオープニングとエンディングだけ。

291話あった旧シリーズを100話くらいに再構成するらしい。

This post says that the number of episodes will be about 100. They will reconstruct the whole episodes.

And They won't redraw the footage in the show. Only some digital effects will be added.

Woo have something to look forward to now ^-^.

[Nemo]

Cant they just let the awesome image of DBZ stay in our minds forever instead of continously bringing it back in some way?

[Southe,]

Umm they havent?

97 - Gt finished its run and that was the end of the series.
03 - they released the "Dragon Boxes" which were remasterd versions of the series and movies
08 - The Anime Jump Special

Thats the japanese airings. it was america that re-showed it for years, re-released dvds ect. And the fact that its the 20th anniversary since DB began obviously they would do something for it.

[Niall!]

they are GOING to ryuzaki

apparently, the episode number has been cut down to 100 or so.

[Southe,]

which is good in a way. cuts out all the filler, and gets straight to the point.

The funimation box sets ive been buying. The japanese audio is low quality because its old. So im hoping funimation get this and release and NOT region lock them. Or hope a cheap region free blu ray player comes out.

[Themaster1993]

Wicked it looks good.

[Southe,]

Just some news on it.

Its been giving the name "Dragonball Kai" im wanting more information on what there doing. want to knwo if there recolouring it or just touching up parts.

[Southe,]

Just More information regarding 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!!

This is starting to sound really good ^-^

[PaulMacC]

WHAT 9000?!