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Q. My question is about which DVDs of DB , DBZ, and DBGT are bilingual. I know that the first half of season 1 of DB is pure dubbed and also the first 2 seasons of DBZ . I just want clarification if there are other DVD's that are purely dubbed such as specials and movies. Thanks! - Jonathan Evangelista

A. A good question, indeed! There's so many insane releases out there, that it's really hard to keep track of what's what with them. I can indeed answer the question, but keep in mind that this is for the region one releases (which are actually for regions 1, 2, and 4... but they only come out, specifically, in North America). If you're in Australia, you're in a bit of a pinch. Madman has a lot of discs that are dub-only, and a lot of discs that are hybrid; if you're down under, be sure to check before you buy!

For the rest of us, however, it's pretty easy. Here we go!

DRAGONBALL: TV "SAGA OF GOKU" BOXSET - DUB-ONLY, EDITED
TV Episodes 1-13, movie # 1
Currently, the only releases of these episodes is of the original syndication broadcast. This means they are dub-only (with the Ocean Studios cast), and are censored in both dialogue and video.

DRAGONBALL: ANY OTHER TV EPISODES RELEASE - BILINGUAL, UNCUT
TV Episodes 14-153
These episodes were produced after the new FUNimation in-house dub of DB, and contain both the new dub, as well as the uncut original Japanese track. They haven't all been released yet, but will be, all in this format.

DRAGONBALL: MOVIE # 3 - BILINGUAL, UNCUT
Movie # 3: "Mystical Adventure"
This movie contains both an uncut English and Japanese track. Be aware that some voices in the dub may be different than in the TV series, however, since the movie was produced before the new dubbing of the TV series began.

DRAGONBALL: 10th ANN. / MOVIE # 4 - BILINGUAL, UNCUT / DUB-ONLY, EDITED
10th Anniversary / Movie # 4: "The Path to Power"
Just as the DB TV series, FUNimation has dubbed this movie with the original Japanese soundtrack! There is both an uncut English dub and the original Japanese audio track contained on the uncut disc, as well as there being a dub-only, edited disc.

DRAGONBALL Z: TV VOLUMES 1-17 (Seasons 1 and 2) - DUB-ONLY, EDITED
TV Episodes 1-53 (English), 1-67 (Japanese)
Currently, the only releases of these episodes is of the original syndication broadcast. This means they are dub-only (with the Ocean Studios cast), and are censored in both dialogue and video. Since there are only seventeen volumes (and not an ungodly amount like the rest of the series), we will list them here:

Season 1 (1-25 English / 1-35 Japanese): Arrival, The Saiyans, Snake Way, Pendulum Room, Doom, Immortals, Destruction, Showdown
Season 2 (26-53 English / 36-67 Japanese): Departure, Rebirth, Namek, Betrayal, Collision, Quest, Trouble, Ginyu Force, Super Saiyan?

DRAGONBALL Z: TV VOLUMES 18-87 (Seasons 3-7) - BILINGUAL, UNCUT
TV Episodes 54-276 (English) / 67-291 (Japanese)
The rest of the DBZ TV series is completely uncut and bilingual. While not every episode has been RELEASED yet (such as the end of the Cell Games and early Great Saiyaman stuff), they will all remain in this format.

DRAGONBALL Z: MOVIES # 1-3 - BILINGUAL, UNCUT
Movie # 1: "Dead Zone"
Movie # 2: "The World's Strongest"
Movie # 3: "The Tree of Might"
All three of these movies were produced by FUNimation and distributed by Pioneer Home Entertainment. They all include both an uncut English dub (which includes the original Japanese score!), and the original Japanese audio track.

DRAGONBALL Z: MOVIE # 4, 6-8- BILINGUAL, UNCUT / DUB-ONLY, EDITED
Movie # 4: "Lord Slug"
Movie # 6: "The Return of Cooler"
Movie # 7: "Super Android 13!"
Movie # 8: "Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan"
Movie 4 was the first movie release by FUNimation without Pioneer's distribution. There are two versions of the DVD available: a traditional uncut, bilingual release, as well as an edited, dub-only release. Movies six and seven followed suit, while the upcoming movie eight is slated for the same type of release.

DRAGONBALL Z: MOVIE # 5 - TRILINGUAL, UNCUT / DUB-ONLY, EDITED
Movie # 5: "Cooler's Revenge"
Movie 5 is, thus far, the only DBZ property released with THREE language tracks: English, Japanese, and Spanish. Similar to the movie 4 release, there are two versions: uncut with all languages, and edited dub-only.

DRAGONBALL Z: TV SPECIALS # 1-2 - BILINGUAL, UNCUT
TV Special # 1: "Bardock: The Father of Goku"
TV Special # 2: "The Histor of Trunks"
Both of the TV specials have been released as bilingual, uncut -only. There have been no edited releases of either of them.

DRAGONBALL GT: TV VOLUMES 1-? - BILINGUAL, UNCUT
TV Episodes: 17-64
Well, here's the situation. The first "episode" on FUNimation's "first volume" is a dub-only recap of the events in the first sixteen episodes. From there on out, every single episode is completely bilingual, uncut. The beginning epiosdes will EVENTUALLY make it out to this kind of release, but only after the rest of the episodes have been released.

WHAT'S THAT LEAVE TO BE RELEASED, EVENTUALLY, TO FILL IN THE HOLES?

Well, there's still a few things remaining that aren't on the above list. Let's go through that, as well.

DRAGONBALL: MOVIE # 1 - ANTICIPATED: BILINGUAL, UNCUT
Movie # 1: "Curse of the Blood Rubies"
This movie is a part of KidMark's edited "Legend of Goku" boxset, which also contains TV episodes 1-13. FUNimation will probably go back and re-release this movie in a proper bilingual, uncut format, as well.

DRAGONBALL: MOVIE # 2 - ANTICIPATED: BILINGUAL, UNCUT
Movie # 2: "Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle"
They've said they plan to go back and release a DVD of it...we just don't know when.

DRAGONBALL: TV EPs. # 1-13 RE-RELEASE - ANTICIPATED: BILINGUAL, UNCUT
TV Episodes: 1-13
They've BEEN redubbed, and both edited and uncut dubs have been created (edited was aired on Cartoon Network when DB began). We're anticipating a re-release of these episodes uncut on DVD once KidMark's sub-license on home distribution expires (no date known).

DRAGONBALL Z: TV EPs. # 1-67 RE-RELEASE - ANTICIPATED: BILINGUAL, UNCUT
TV Episodes: # 1-53 (English), #1-67 (Japanese)
Many episodes' worth of material was cut out for the original syndication broadcast, which has already been completely released on DVD through Pioneer's home distribution sub-license. FUNimation has already announced and confirmed plans to re-release these episodes uncut on DVD once Pioneer's sub-license expires (which is August 31st of this year). We'd expect this release to be sometime in early 2004.

DRAGONBALL Z: MOVIES # 9-13 - ANTICIPATED: BILINGUAL, UNCUT / DUB-ONLY, EDITED
Movies # 9-13
None have been officially announced, but we're guessing the rest of the DBZ movies will come out in the standard format FUNimation's been following: an uncut bilingual version, and an edited dub-only version.

DRAGONBALL GT: TV EPISODES 1-16 - ANTICIPATED: BILINGUAL, UNCUT
TV Episodes: 1-16
FUNimation has confirmed that once the rest of the series has been released, the first "saga" will have a proper, uncut release on DVD, also.

DRAGONBALL GT: TV SPECIAL - ANTICIPATED: BILINGUAL, UNCUT
TV Special
Since the two DBZ TV specials received only one type of release (bilingual, uncut), it would make sense for the one GT special to receive a similar release. Then again, they'll probably go the route of the movies and do the uncut & edited releases...

Phew! That was a loooong one. All of that information will eventually be included in our upcoming "DVD Guide" section that I've been planning for well over a year, and it will be laid out in a much more intuitive fashion. For now, though...that's all I can answer! I've got everyone else's questions saved, so they might still pop up at a later time. That's it for now! E-mail us your questions for next week's update!

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