Captain Ginyu marked the departure of home distribution by Pioneer, and instead the releases would come right from FUNimation, themselves. These discs also mark the beginning of the bilingual releases of DBZ (both English and Japanese audio), with translations provided by Steven J. Simmons. The first disc, Assault, has two video tracks because the English and Japanese audio could not quite be lined up exactly due to FUNimation's censoring of seasons one and two off-setting so many episodes. From volume 19 to the end of the series, however, all discs are perfectly synched and can have their audio switched at will.

Both Captain Ginyu discs have an incorrect animation for the opening theme, "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA". The animation used is that from the first DBZ movie (released as Dead Zone; the correct animation at this point should include a scene with Nappa and Vegeta walking through fire. This one includes credits to the movie one insert song, "Tenka-ichi Gohan").

The title cards and subtitles always default to the English versions, even when "Japanese" is selected via the menus. The correct versions do exist, and instead need to be selected manually with the remote's "Angle" and "Subtitles" buttons.

Minor swearing in the Japanese script is censored to words like "darn," and character names are in their English-dub forms (for example, "Krillin" and "Frieza"). These censorings are abandoned after these two discs; all other dialogue is translated accurately.

Despite now lining up perfectly with the beginning and ending of corresponding episodes per the original Japanese broadcast, FUNimation stuck with an episode numbering system based on the edits made in their original version of seasons one and two. Due to this, the original run of their dub would end up having 276 episodes, as opposed to the original's 291.

The demand for a proper release of DragonBall Z on DVD may have been more than anticipated by FUNimation in 2000, as many retailers (such as RightStuf) were unable to fill orders upon release and had to place a significant amount on back-order.

Continuing onwards with their success from before, FUNimation's "remastered" DBZ Season Three box set saw its release to DVD (entirely replacing the original run of "Series #3" & "Series 4", and with updated subtitle translations). Touted as a complete remastering, this release was produced in a (cropped) widescreen presentation with a "remastering" process by Video Post & Transfer in Texas. Despite FUNimation's claims, the set is indeed cropped (missing approximately 20% of its vertical resolution while only gaining approximately 5% of its horizontal resolution), it is not remastered frame-by-frame from its original film, and the color has been adjusted. Of note is the inclusion of a new audio track, featuring FUNimation's traditional voice track (with minor line alterations where appropriate) played alongside the original Japanese musical score. FUNimation continued with this release style for the entirety of the DBZ TV series, marking the first time it had ever received a "consistent" release from beginning to end in North America. This release also negated the original numbering of episodes for their dub, and would provide a complete run of 291 episodes.