Dragon Ball Z Kai

So last night, I picked up Dragon Ball Z Kai Season 1, Part 1 from Wal*mart. Being an avid DBZ fan, I'm always looking for new DBZ-related stuff like video games and DVDs. Now when I first heard about DBZ Kai last year, essentially the same DBZ with no filler and only story, my first reaction was "Okay, no big deal... once you've seen DBZ, that's it." So I was never really all that pumped for it, and I just basically said I'd eventually check it out whenever it was finally dubbed just to see what they did with it, but I probably wouldn't stick with it.

Boy, I could not have been more wrong.



I absolutely love this series. Yes, I'm only six episodes in (out of the 13 on this set), but wow. DBZ Kai is basically the same footage re-edited and re-dubbed to create a filler-less version of the series. Right from the get-go, we start off with a new beginning to the series, and by the end of the first episode, Raditz has already appeared at Master Roshi's island and such. By the second episode, Goku and Piccolo and already preparing to facce off against Raditz, and so on. If that's any indication, you already know this series is going to move much more quickly than the original series, with whole episodes devoted simply to dialogue and/or flashback filler.

That's not the only plus. The series isn't just re-editing new footage to create a faster-paced story. The footage contains a completely new dub track to create a more coherent story, not to mention it's more accurate than the original dub (as one review puts it, no more "drats, darns, or rats!"). The new scripts are also much better, in my opinion, and the voice acting this time around is very top-notch. Some characters have new voices, and they are quite strong and fitting, in my opinion.

Overall, I'm very much looking forward to getting more into this series, and I cannot wait for the next part of the series to be released! KAMEHAMEHA!