Blu-ray Exclusive: Dragon Ball Z

FUNimation Entertainment has revealed to IGN that it has a big announcement planned for this year's San Diego Comic-Con International. Namely, the anime company will be announcing that it has decided to release its first high-definition DVD product on Blu-ray disc. What title, you ask, will be the lucky recipient of this inaugural release? Dragon Ball Z!

"After seeing demos of each next generation platform, it was clear that the Blu-ray platform was ideal for FUNimation," says Ward Thomas, Senior Vice-President of Sales and Operations at FUNimation Entertainment. "The capabilities of the Blu-ray technology allows our fans to enjoy their favorite FUNimation titles like never before."

And after this debut release, FUNimation plans to start releasing high-definition versions of "some of its most popular catalog titles in the U.S."

[DiLeCtioN]

ill be getting this one with my own money for sure....now sony just get somebody to make a next gen dbz game that will make me a very happy gamer

[Chobits]

i hope they bring out all of the episodes on Blu-ray
ill spend all my games money for dbz <3

[chasegamez]

my name blackton im new Legendary Super Saiyan
i will destroy the earth so bring on dbz blu ray

[jlemdon]

This is question I want to ask Funimation and movies producers.

because HD-DVD does the same, Keep it real and say I went on the bandwagon.

[ChibiSelz]

size? of the disk matters
why make 5 hd-dvd's when u can spend 1 saves money dont it

[TaylorB]

Quality is the same. Potentially, the additional 20gb on a dual layer disc could be used for any reason. Less compression, new codec, etc.

Most importantly, BD+. Blu-Ray discs incorporate an additional layer of copyright protection. It's invisible to customers, but it's not to studios. That's why Blu-Ray has signed up so many studios, because they're concerned about protecting their intellectual rights.

Sure, it will eventually be broken I'm sure, but it's another impedance to pirating that it's competitor doesn't have.

[WilliamRLBaker]

360 you obviously know nothing of the disc formats, because really size isn't that much different, 50gigs for dual layer bd, and 30 gigs or is it more now? for 2 layer hd dvd......

How much space do you need for high def Craptacular cartoons like DBZ?
WE can Include even more talking with random punches and kicks in teh blu ray versions of DBZ! On this episode of DBZ Freeza and cell join forces....Hey hey hey guys lets go on a picnic nothing bad could happen, huh huh huh!

As for that I just got done purchasing the DVD uncut collections 1 and 2 why would I purchase these versions? they all ready lied on those versions saying they took the opriginal wide screen captures and remastered them in 1080p...ect *there we're no widescreen original master tapes* half the action is cut off cause of their butchering so its...cut off craptacular cartoons.

Simply put its all copyrighting and thats it, There isn't much to do with space needed how much space do you need for HD DBZ? hd dvd would have been fine, but Funimation wanted the extreme Copy protection BD offers.

[Tsalagi]

Does this mean that they might release Full Metal Alchemist too?

*dreams of all 51 episodes on one disk*

[frostbite06]

Funimation is Blu-ray
Bandai is Hd-Dvd
So it would be blu-ray if they chose to release it
http://dvd.ign.com/articles...

[GodofPeace]

because DBZ is the most popular and well known Anime I believe in the World.

[boi]

man dbz to me is very old now...well thats because I watched it before it was released worldwide (USA,EUROPE ect)hehe

but it brings back memories

Im hoping for DB-AF...

[timmyp53]

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[sadiq]

all the anime stations in japan broadcast in hd so ppl actually like tv rips more than dvd releases for subbers

[hotshot1237]

go dbz

[achira]

i love dbz, and i hope it comes soon on blu ray!

[tehcellownu]

That be awesome..I grew up watching Dragon Ball z ..im goin to get it for sure when they release it on blue ray!!

[Rythrine]

That's great news. I'm a big fan of this series. Broly is a beast and cool, too bad he's a villain. Bring on the Janemba movie next. Hopefully, they release the whole series in blu ray too (Dragonball, DBZ, and DBGT).

[hazeblaze]

This is awesome. I already own over a dozen blu rays and can't wait to start adding anime to the collection! I'll definitely be picking these up in Nov.

[daous]

I have been waiting FOREVER to finally see the shift from DVD to Blu-ray for Anime shows, movies, etc.

I believe they will probably, in order to maximize profits, release roughly 3-6 episodes per Blu-ray, but at insanely high quality.

However, I would personally love to see companies release lots of DVD-quality episodes on a single 50GB Blu-ray disc :D That would mean roughly 50-60 episodes per BD-50 disc. And that would be SWEET.

[LilClaw]

This is great. I was thinking about getting the DBZ DVDs. With this who cares about super high quality anime, just give me a slew of eppys on one disc (with DBZ its probably 10 discs lol). Now its time to save up for the PS3. I'm thinking about getting it mid September. Perhaps there is a price drop to counter Halo 3. Then I can get that and the 5 free movies before that deal is over. Go Team!!!

[daveman3]

DBZ is weak, it's a kids cartoon

[GrooveChampion]

but aren't we all just big kids anyway? :)

[PlayStation360]

Dude, you remind me of those people who say video games are for kids.

[lib9]

BRING FULL METAL ALCHEMIST TO BLU RAY!!!

[Lord Anubis]

FUNiamation doesn't make Naruto right?

[Nigther]

FUNimation has never made an anime, but I knowwhat you are really asking. Naruto is licensed by VIZ Media in the US so it might take a while before we see that show in High-Definition.

[Keyser]

I'd like to see Ninja Scroll on Bluray.

[darkvenom]

glad they're bringing DBZ to Bluray.Hopefull all the Saiyan saga can fit on one disc.

[Tsalagi]

It will be one Blu-Ray disk per saiyan transformation. 25-50 GB of screaming ftw!!

I keed, i love DBZ.

[gano]

What do u know about db-af. Bubbles. Any new info.

[DiLeCtioN]

naa AF was just a fake show some japanese fans drew and made some fake mangas....i thought AF was after GT but turns out that GT was the last series :(

i downloaded the janemba movie through rss on psp. here is a pic

[WilliamRLBaker]

IT helps no one, neither format is good, or superior, They need to combine the 2 and give us a super format, The war is gonna be moot any ways cause within 1-2 years we'll have the super 200gig discs they are promising...so we can put 4000x2000 resolution on them...

[PlayStation360]

man, that is crazy dude. Thats also a blu-ray disc right? Made by TDK. They said it can hold like 18 hours of HD content. Thats wild.

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