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NEWS: Dragon Ball Z Kai to Run on Adult Swim's Toonami Block

PurpleWarrior13 wrote:

I definitely wish they were showing regular DBZ. Kai is just an awkward Frankenstein experience to watch.

Please explain why it will be an awkward experience? Do you like watching filler?

PurpleWarrior13 wrote:

I definitely wish they were showing regular DBZ. Kai is just an awkward Frankenstein experience to watch.

Kai has less filler and a better English dub (more accurate, better acting).

It kind of beats the pants off of the original version in terms of convenience and fidelity.

The fandom infighting will exceed some sizeable number!

*lightly holds a calculator*

And yet again DBZ is back on Toonami and the count down to the end of toonami again

@Penguintruth It's fine if you wouldn't want to watch it, but please respect the opinions of others that don't mind the original DBZ (and your vocal DBZ posts are getting old, and I know you're just trying to gauge a reaction out of me). I mean, both shows are popular. Millions of people in the US have already seen DBZ and DBZ Kai (especially DBZ). It doesn't feel right to wish others would never see a particular version of something. There are dubs of anime that I don't particularly like, but I don't care if others' see them. It's of no concern to me if someone sees something I dislike, even versions I hate of stuff I'm passionate about. I would prefer Toonami show DBZ because I would prefer to see that myself than DBZ Kai. It's REALLY no big deal to me. Really.

We've had this discussion many times on many other boards, so I see no point in discussing it further (I don't even CARE as much as I used to. I'm not 15 anymore). Obviously I can't tell you what to do or anything, but honestly, do you have nothing better to do than bitch about the US version of a Japanese television show all over the internet? Is it really THAT big a deal? All I ask is that you at least stay away from me with the topic. I'd rather not spend so much time arguing about something that REALLY doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. I watch my TV shows the way I want to, and you watch them the way you want to.

walw6pK4Alo wrote:

So that's like almost 2 years to get through, right? For someone who gets tired of how stretched out DBZ became, is Kai really any kind of improvement for speeding shit along or do they just cut everything that isn't fighting?

The Dragon Ball Z anime ran for 291 episodes. Kai will end at 165. If you go with Kai, be prepared for awful music placement, jarring transitions between 1980s/early 90s cell animation and digital traces, as well as changes between good animation days and the not so good ones. I also can't forget the abysmal new music score for the Boo storyline!

I seem to recall signing up for ANN's message board long before you came around. I didn't follow you here. This subject came up. I commented. Don't flatter yourself with the notion I only debate you over this.

penguintruth wrote:

I seem to recall signing up for ANN's message board long before you came around. I didn't follow you here. This subject came up. I commented. Don't flatter yourself with the notion I only debate you over this.

Trust me, I know you don't. You complaining on your own or arguing with someone else is a different matter, as annoying and tiresome as it is to see. I was talking about you specifically responding to ME, when you have done so on COUNTLESS, COUNTLESS other times on SEVERAL sites, with the same topic no less.

I'm simply engaging in a debate with somebody with contrary views, as is customary in a message board forum. The person just happens to be you. You don't get special immunity from it because I've already talked to you about it. If you aren't interested in debating it, just ignore the comments altogether.

Back on the subject at hand, I certainly hope Kai airs as uncut as they can get it, though even in Japan they edited that Makankosappo hole.