Product Description NTSC/Region1. In 1986, the animated adaptation of Akira Toriyama's manga Dragon Ball debuted on Japanese television, launching one of the most popular franchises in anime history. Dragon Ball introduced a special mixture of male bonding, rigorous training, martial arts fighting, slapstick comedy, and sci-fi action that scored a huge hit with boys and led to the follow-ups Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. desertcart.com In 1986, the animated adaptation of Akira Toriyama's manga Dragon Ball debuted on Japanese television, launching one of the most popular franchises in anime history. Dragon Ball introduced a special mixture of male bonding, rigorous training, martial arts fighting, slapstick comedy, and sci-fi action that scored a huge hit with boys and led to the follow-ups Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT--and numerous imitators. A small boy from another planet, Goku commands super-human strength, but he was raised in the remote mountains by an old man and he knows little of the world. Goku meets Bulma, who's trying to assemble the seven magical Dragon Balls so she can wish for a boyfriend. The naive boy and the hot-tempered girl join forces, then form a quarrelsome alliance with Oolong, the shape-shifting pig, and Yamcha, a dashing bandit with a metamorphic familiar, Puar. The heroes compete for the Dragon Balls against the pint-sized Emperor Pilaf (who wants to rule the world). After defeating Pilaf, Goku goes to study martial arts with Master Roshi, a lecherous but extraordinarily skilled old man. Goku and fellow student Krillin develop formidable powers that they use in the World Martial Arts Tournament. These episodes set the pattern for Dragon Ball and numerous other series: humans and creatures of all description train endlessly, then gather to pound the ramen out of each other before an audience. Naturally, the hero wins in an extended final match. The first adventures are lighter in tone and more broadly comic than the beginning of the darker Red Ribbon Saga. For years, the first13 episodes of Dragon Ball were only available in the U.S. in the heavily edited set Saga of Goku, to the chagrin of the fans. Following their successful release of the complete Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT, Funimation is presenting Dragon Ball uncut and digitally restored. The series probably looks better now than it did when it premiered, as it was reportedly filmed in 16mm. Note: The sight of the prepubescent Goku and Krillin running around naked doesn't bother Japanese audiences. (Rated TV 14, but appropriate for ages 12 and up: nudity, risqué and toilet humor, cartoon violence, ethnic stereotypes, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon (1. Secret of the Dragon Balls, 2. The Emperor’s Quest, 3. The Nimbus Cloud of Roshi, 4. Oolong the Terrible, 5. Yamcha the Desert Bandit, 6. Keep an Eye on the Dragon Balls, 7. The Ox-King on Fire Mountain, 8. The Kamehameha Wave, 9. Boss Rabbit’s Magic Touch, 10. The Dragon Balls Are Stolen, 11. The Penalty Is Pinball, 12. A Wish to the Eternal Dragon, 13. The Legend of Goku, 14. Goku's Rival, 15. Look Out for Launch, 16. Find That Stone! 17. Milk Delivery, 18. The Turtle Hermit Way, 19. The Tournament Begins, 20. Elimination Round, 21. Smells Like Trouble, 22. Quarterfinals Begin, 23. Monster Beast Giran, 24. Krillin's Frantic Attack! 25. Danger From Above, 26, The Grand Finals, 27. Number One Under The Moon? 28. The Final Blow, 29. The Roaming Lake, 30. Pilaf and the Mystery Force, 31. Wedding Plans?) Review: Excellent picture quality in the original aspect ratio...unedited! - I was curious about Dragon Ball, so I caught a few episodes on YouTube and I enjoyed it so much that I had to buy the DVD set to continue watching. The YouTube quality for some episodes was good, but the DVD set is amazing. Others suggest that some of the individual set releases were better quality, but were edited. This set, from my understanding, contains the original unedited versions of the episodes. So, you see blood, brief nudity, etc.. And let me say that the video quality is amazing. I am watching it on a 65" HDTV and it resembles Blu-ray quality. I know some will balk, but unlike other animation sets I own, the lines are solid, with no noticeable jaggedness due to the upscaling of the SD quality to HD and the colors look vibrant. As usual, you will see some macroblocking with large areas of green or blue, in particular, but the set looks great overall. Best of all, the original 4:3 aspect ratio is intact, unlike what Funimation has done with DBZ. As for the packaging, I like it. There is a slipcover that matches the box art. If you remove it the spine of the box has a dragon image that you can combine with the other box sets to form a nice image of the dragon and the Dragon Ball logo on your shelf. The slipcover isn't necessary, but it is embossed, which is nice. All of the disks include the same art, which is applicable to the blue bricks, as they are called, for Dragon Ball, as well as the orange bricks from the Dragon Ball Z sets. Funimation, which produced the sets, stuck with a consistent design, which is commendable. Now, one of the complaints is that the blue bricks now lack the booklet, which includes character bios and episode synopsis. Apparently, Funimation decided to "go green" (i.e., save money) by not including them in the sets. However, you may download them in PDF form from their web site. It is a means to save money producing the sets, let's be honest. But, it is nice to be able to have them on my computer to view, so I don't mind. At least they aren't getting folded, torn, and just generally worn out. I will always have the digital version to reference if I like. For the price of these sets, you can't go wrong. You get hours of entertainment at a good price. The animation is beautiful and the show is a lot of fun. Funimation did a good job with these sets, although, the orange bricks are of lesser quality regarding the video, which is another story. Review: Pleasantly Suprised With Quality for This Entire Release - Im a big fan of all the Dragonball shows whch include Dragonball, Dragonball Z and Dragonball GT. Personally I own the Blue Dragonball brick sets, the Orange Dragonball Z Brick Sets, the Neon GT sets, the Gold Dragonbox sets which are not in print anymore, the Level sets on Blu Ray and several other releases. Im a bit disappointed that the entire Dragonball and Dragonball Z series isnt on Blu Ray but until that day comes this set is a fine release that surprised me with its quality. There is no disputing this collection like there is with Dragonball Z where people argue over which set is the best such as the orange brick, Dragon Box, Level set, or the newly released Blu Ray set. When it comes to the original Dragonball series this is the best and one of the only Dragonball releases and ill tell you why. 1st off the Blu Box collection shows the show in a remastered state, the image quality might not be on par with that of the Dragon Box set but it looks pretty good and for this price is a steal, the only way I would rebuy this is if there was a Blu Ray release because an aditional DVD release could nopt possibly increase the quality because its so good. 2nd Ive said before that im surprised at this quality release, the reason why I say that is the "remastered" release for the Dragonball Z or Orange Brick set are butchered, the original format for the video has been cropped heavily from a 4x3 to a 16x9 aspect ratio causing 20% of the image to be lost, some people dont mind but for its important to receive the original video, if prefer a cropped image then I will do so during my own playback. Since this is not altered in any way I highly recommend this set in terms of video quality. Lastly we have the video quality, the Japanese and English Dubs are both Present and the quality is pretty good in my opinion, I'm not a sound expert though so your free to make up your own mind here. In closing if you haven't bought any Dragonball or Dragonball Z DVDs yet then you must look no further as this is the definitive Dragonball release, I cannot say the same for Dragonball Z since each set has something different to offer, if anyone has any questions then feel free to ask me and ill do my best to help you, the questions can cover any of the Dragonball or Dragonball Z items in my collection as previously stated in my review
| ASIN | B002FOQXTQ |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 |
| Audio Description: | English |
| Best Sellers Rank | #55,589 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #825 in Anime (Movies & TV) #4,340 in Kids & Family DVDs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (3,248) |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item model number | 28935024 |
| Language | Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1) |
| MPAA rating | NR (Not Rated) |
| Media Format | Animated, Box set, Color, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC |
| Number of discs | 5 |
| Product Dimensions | 1 x 5.7 x 7.4 inches; 13.6 ounces |
| Release date | September 15, 2009 |
| Run time | 12 hours and 25 minutes |
| Studio | Funimation Prod |
| Subtitles: | English |
I**T
Excellent picture quality in the original aspect ratio...unedited!
I was curious about Dragon Ball, so I caught a few episodes on YouTube and I enjoyed it so much that I had to buy the DVD set to continue watching. The YouTube quality for some episodes was good, but the DVD set is amazing. Others suggest that some of the individual set releases were better quality, but were edited. This set, from my understanding, contains the original unedited versions of the episodes. So, you see blood, brief nudity, etc.. And let me say that the video quality is amazing. I am watching it on a 65" HDTV and it resembles Blu-ray quality. I know some will balk, but unlike other animation sets I own, the lines are solid, with no noticeable jaggedness due to the upscaling of the SD quality to HD and the colors look vibrant. As usual, you will see some macroblocking with large areas of green or blue, in particular, but the set looks great overall. Best of all, the original 4:3 aspect ratio is intact, unlike what Funimation has done with DBZ. As for the packaging, I like it. There is a slipcover that matches the box art. If you remove it the spine of the box has a dragon image that you can combine with the other box sets to form a nice image of the dragon and the Dragon Ball logo on your shelf. The slipcover isn't necessary, but it is embossed, which is nice. All of the disks include the same art, which is applicable to the blue bricks, as they are called, for Dragon Ball, as well as the orange bricks from the Dragon Ball Z sets. Funimation, which produced the sets, stuck with a consistent design, which is commendable. Now, one of the complaints is that the blue bricks now lack the booklet, which includes character bios and episode synopsis. Apparently, Funimation decided to "go green" (i.e., save money) by not including them in the sets. However, you may download them in PDF form from their web site. It is a means to save money producing the sets, let's be honest. But, it is nice to be able to have them on my computer to view, so I don't mind. At least they aren't getting folded, torn, and just generally worn out. I will always have the digital version to reference if I like. For the price of these sets, you can't go wrong. You get hours of entertainment at a good price. The animation is beautiful and the show is a lot of fun. Funimation did a good job with these sets, although, the orange bricks are of lesser quality regarding the video, which is another story.
E**R
Pleasantly Suprised With Quality for This Entire Release
Im a big fan of all the Dragonball shows whch include Dragonball, Dragonball Z and Dragonball GT. Personally I own the Blue Dragonball brick sets, the Orange Dragonball Z Brick Sets, the Neon GT sets, the Gold Dragonbox sets which are not in print anymore, the Level sets on Blu Ray and several other releases. Im a bit disappointed that the entire Dragonball and Dragonball Z series isnt on Blu Ray but until that day comes this set is a fine release that surprised me with its quality. There is no disputing this collection like there is with Dragonball Z where people argue over which set is the best such as the orange brick, Dragon Box, Level set, or the newly released Blu Ray set. When it comes to the original Dragonball series this is the best and one of the only Dragonball releases and ill tell you why. 1st off the Blu Box collection shows the show in a remastered state, the image quality might not be on par with that of the Dragon Box set but it looks pretty good and for this price is a steal, the only way I would rebuy this is if there was a Blu Ray release because an aditional DVD release could nopt possibly increase the quality because its so good. 2nd Ive said before that im surprised at this quality release, the reason why I say that is the "remastered" release for the Dragonball Z or Orange Brick set are butchered, the original format for the video has been cropped heavily from a 4x3 to a 16x9 aspect ratio causing 20% of the image to be lost, some people dont mind but for its important to receive the original video, if prefer a cropped image then I will do so during my own playback. Since this is not altered in any way I highly recommend this set in terms of video quality. Lastly we have the video quality, the Japanese and English Dubs are both Present and the quality is pretty good in my opinion, I'm not a sound expert though so your free to make up your own mind here. In closing if you haven't bought any Dragonball or Dragonball Z DVDs yet then you must look no further as this is the definitive Dragonball release, I cannot say the same for Dragonball Z since each set has something different to offer, if anyone has any questions then feel free to ask me and ill do my best to help you, the questions can cover any of the Dragonball or Dragonball Z items in my collection as previously stated in my review
S**N
Great show
I watched dragon ball z when I was young. The games were one of my favorites. But I never watches dragon ball till now. I learned a lot about the show that I never knew before. It helps you understand more about all the characters. I thought it was really cool seeing goku grow up, and how he became so strong. Once I started I couldn't stop. I recommend getting the funimation app though. You'll save a lot of money, Amazon video doesn't have anything good included with prime. Everyone says it's not a good show for kids, but I watched dragon ball z when I was very young and maybe even dragon ball, but I mostly remember dragon ball z. I never noticed all the sexual jokes and how master roshi is a huge pervert, not till rewatching it now that I'm older. When younger kids watch something like this, they don't understand all the adult content they just focus on the fighting and action. If your kid wants to watch this, let them watch it, I'm glad I did, I have some good memories of watching dragon ball z with my brother and cousin. But kids probably would want to watch this anyway, it's to old for them.
D**H
A DVD worth the money
If you love the og Dragon Ball this DVD doesn't disappoint and is a great addition for my collection
R**N
Gran serie para muchos en especial los que nacimos en los 80' y finales de los 70' ,ediciones con MUY buena calidad,sin los recortes que en alguna television autonomica hizieron al estrenarla y sin errores al doblarla.Ademas durante este mes a un precio increible(23,55e).Por fin la serie completa
D**W
It's Dragon Ball so there is really nothing not to like. Simple as that. I'd recommend this to everyone everywhere.
S**8
リージョンフリーのプレーヤーで見れました 全然再生できないのでDVDの不良かと思っていたのですが リージョン２の日本用プレーヤでは見れないですね
S**N
komplett Uncut kann man mit dieser box dragonball genießen. ich kann es jedem empfehlen. die us version wird euch nicht enttäuschen
A**A
I love it . Amazing. Must buy if you are a dragon Ball fan
