To save his friends and the world he loves, Goku must travel to a realm from which few return, but should he survive, hell discover the power to face the villainous Saiyan warlord. For more background on this announcement and music shift, please view our “ Kenji Yamamoto Retrospective” feature.įor more detailed information on the production and history of Dragon Ball Kai, be sure to visit our “ Episode Guide”. The last descendants of an evil race of warriors known as the Saiyans are on a collision course with Earth, and Goku - the strongest fighter on the planet - is all that stands between humanity and extinction. As listed on this page, FUNimation will be releasing the series under the title of Dragon Ball Z Kai, which adds a “Z” that is not present in its Japanese incarnation.Īfter the announcement of possible music composition infringement in Japan by Toei, FUNimation switched to the Shunsuke Kikuchi replacement score for “Kai” starting with the fifth volume onward. A new World Tournament is set to begin With help from Majin Buu, Goku rigs the drawing so he faces a mysterious fighter in the first round of the finals. Through at least the fourth volume, Kenji Yamamoto’s musical score was initially preserved in both the Japanese and English language tracks, the first time since the original TV series that FUNimation has kept the original musical score in the English track as the exclusive option.
It has been stated that the newly-produced English dub will be more faithful to the original version, and several cast members have had their roles replaced.
In early February 2010, FUNimation’s then-parent company (Navarre) revealed the license acquisition of Dragon Ball Kai during a quarterly earnings conference call, and was confirmed by FUNimation later that same day.įUNimation representatives stated that there would be “consistent” aspect ratios - both the DVD and Blu-ray released are indeed the full-frame 4:3 aspect ratio (slightly different from the Japanese release, where the DVD was a zoomed-in and cropped 16:9 aspect ratio).