Dragon Ball Z

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Dragon Ball Z
Original title ド ラ ゴ ン ボ ー ル Z
transcription Doragon Bōru Z
genre Action, shons
Anime television series
Dragonball Z Logo.svg
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1989-1996
Studio Tōei Dōga
length 23 minutes
Episodes 291 ( list )
Director Daisuke Nishio
music Shunsuke Kikuchi
First broadcast April 26, 1989 on Fuji TV
German-language
first broadcast
August 27, 2001 on RTL II
synchronization
Anime television series
title Dragon Ball Z Kai
Original title ド ラ ゴ ン ボ ー ル 改
transcription Doragon Bōru Kai
DBKaiLogo.png
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2009–2011, 2014–2015
Studio Tōei animation
length 23 minutes
Episodes 159 (Japan),
167 (international) in 2 seasons
Director Yasuhiro Nowatari (Season 1)
Naohiro Terazaki (Season 2)
music Kenji Yamamoto → Shunsuke Kikuchi → Norihito Sumitomo
First broadcast April 5, 2009 (Season 1)
April 6, 2014 (Season 2) on Fuji TV
German-language
first broadcast
November 16, 2015 on ProSieben MAXX
synchronization

Dragon Ball Z ( Japaneseド ラ ゴ ン ボ ー ル Z Doragon Bōru Zetto , often abbreviated as DBZ ) is a 291-episode Japanese anime series that can be assigned to the Shōnen genre and is the continuation of the television series Dragon Ball . Both animes are based on the internationally successful 42-volume manga series Dragon Ball by the artist Akira Toriyama, which appeared from 1984 to 1995 . While the Dragon Ball anime implements the manga story up to volume 17, chapter 194 and describes events in the childhood of the main character Son Goku, Dragon Ball Z continues the story with Son Goku as an adult from volume 17, chapter 195.

action

Chronologically, Dragon Ball Z covers the period from the childhood of Son Goku's son Gohan to the childhood of Son Gohan's daughter Pan.

According to Studio Toei, the series officially consists of four "sagas":

  • Saiyan Saga (episodes 1-35)
  • Freezer Saga (episodes 36–125)
  • Cell saga (episodes 126–199)
  • Boo saga (episodes 200-291)

The basis of the plot is the defense against seemingly overpowering attackers who either strive for supremacy or seek revenge for defeats previously suffered. A group of fighters (who call themselves Z-warriors) around Son Goku oppose these attackers in order to prevent them from carrying out their plans. Dragon Ball Z consists of the representation of these fights, loosened up by humorous incidents and sayings. The fights, their effects and the fighting strength of the participants increase with the continuation of the series to ever new superlatives.

The series is characterized by an almost surreal expansion of dramatic situations through long sequences of cuts and dialogues. Also typical is the frequent alternation of the plot and some characters between this world and the hereafter, which indicates the underlying Far Eastern ways of thinking and narrative traditions.

Publications

Television series

The television series produced by the anime studio Tōei Animation comprises 291 episodes of 22 minutes each and was broadcast from April 26, 1989 to January 31, 1996 on the Japanese television channel Fuji TV .

Dragon Ball Z has also aired in France, Poland, Great Britain, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Serbia, the Philippines and the USA, among others. For the USA, Funimation had the source material of the series digitized again in high resolution and released the first DVD box on February 9, 2007 , which includes a first season.

Episodes

synchronization

The basis for the German-language adaptation was a previously edited French version, while the dialogue translation was based on the German manga series. The German dialogue book was written by Thomas Maria Lehmann, the dialogue was directed by Wolfgang Zahl.

The German dubbing was implemented by the dubbing studio of the Berlin MME Studios and took place in consultation with the French license holders. Among other things, Santiago Ziesmer was initially cast as the voice actor for the role of Vegeta, as he sounded most similar to the French speaker. Due to protests from fan circles, the role was re-cast after a few episodes with Oliver Siebeck.

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Son Goku / Kakarott Masako Nozawa Tommy Morgenstern
Vegeta Ryō Horikawa Santiago Ziesmer (episode 5-35)
Oliver Siebeck (from episode 36)
Vegetto Ryō Horikawa &
Masako Nozawa
Viktor Neumann
Chichi Mayumi Shou (up to episode 66)
Naoko Watanabe (from episode 88)
Julia digit
Bulma Hiromi Tsuru Claudia Urbschat-Mingues
Gohan (child) Masako Nozawa Sandro Blümel
Gohan (adult) Masako Nozawa Robin Kahnmeyer
Son Goths (child) Masako Nozawa Ricardo Richter
Son Goths (youth) Masako Nozawa Marius Clarén
Trunks (youth) Takeshi Kusao Sebastian Schulz
Trunks (child) Takeshi Kusao Arda Vural
Gotenks Takeshi Kusao &
Masako Nozawa
Tobias Müller
Piccolo Toshio Furukawa David Nathan
Krillin Mayumi Tanaka Vanya Gerick
Yamcha Tōru Furuya Karlo Hackenberger
Tenshinhan Hirotaka Suzuoki Julien Haggége
Chao-Zu Hiroko Emori Julia Blankenburg
Yajirobi Mayumi Tanaka Eberhard Prüter
Muten-Roshi Kōhei Miyauchi (up to episode 260)
Hiroshi Masuoka (from episode 288)
Karl Schulz
Uranai Baba Junpei Takiguchi Ulrike Lau
God Takeshi Aono Rainer Doering
Shenlong Kenji Utsumi Wolfgang number
Master Kaio Jōji Yanami Rudiger Evers
Dende Tomiko Suzuki Raúl Richter
Freezer Ryūsei Nakao Thomas Nero Wolff
C18 Miki Ito Diana Borgwardt
C17 Shigeru Nakahara Timm new
Cell Norio Wakamoto Stefan Gossler
Videl Yūko Minaguchi Anna Carlsson
Mister Satan Daisuke Gōri Elmar Gutmann
Boo Kōzō Shioya Uwe Büschken
teller Jōji Yanami Roland Hemmo
Raditz Shigeru Chiba Tobias Kluckert
Nappa Shōzō Iizuka Gerald Paradise
Senior elder Junpei Takiguchi Jürgen Kluckert
Nehl Katsuji Mori Thomas Schmuckert
Polunga Junpei Takiguchi Raimund Krone
Zarbon Shō Hayami Oliver Field
Dodoria Yukitoshi Hori Helmut Gauss
Commander Ginyu Hideyuki Hori Erich Rauker
Jeeze Kazumi Tanaka Olaf Reichmann
Barta Yukimasa Kishino Gerald Schaale
Rikoom Kenji Utsumi Walter Alich
Guldo Kōzō Shioya Marco Kroeger
Garlic Jr. Shigeru Chiba Thomas Petruo
Mustard Masaharu Satō Joachim Kaps
Vinegar Daisuke Gōri Jörg Döring
King Cold Daisuke Gōri Tom Deininger
Dr. Gero / C20 Kōji Yada Gerhard Paul
C19 Yukitoshi Hori Marlin Wick
C16 Hikaru Midorikawa Tim Moeseritz
Kaioshin from 15 generations ago Reizō Nomoto Hans Nitschke
Kaioshin Yūji Mitsuya Hans Hohlbein
Kibito Shin Aomori Bernd Schramm
Kibitoshin Shin Aomori &
Yūji Mitsuya
Bernd Vollbrecht
Babidi Jōji Yanami Bodo Wolf
Dabra Ryūzaburō Atomo Jörg Hengstler
Pui Pui Tomohisa Asō Michael Christian

As opening songs, Cha-la-head-cha-la and We Gotta Power were translated into German by Hironobu Kageyama and produced under the direction of Andy Knote .

Dragon Ball Z in the present cut version received a broadcast release from 7 p.m. without further conditions and was broadcast on the private broadcaster RTL II from August 27, 2001 and subsequently repeated there several times. During the first broadcast of the series, an event went through the media known as the Erfurt rampage . In the immediate aftermath of this, the station's program management decided at short notice not to broadcast two episodes because an assassination attempt on the boastful wrestler Mister Satan can be seen here. Instead, the immediately following episodes were broadcast.

From March 5, 2005 to July 18, 2006, the series was repeated by the broadcaster Tele 5 in a cut version.

German DVD release

The German DVD label Anime-Virtual announced on July 29, 2009 that it would publish all 291 episodes of the anime in ten DVD boxes. The DVDs only contain the German TV version, which is based on the French cuts and except for episode 253, there are no subsequent cuts. The reason for the lack of the original Japanese version is to keep the price of the boxes affordable for all fans. The Japanese end credits are also missing from the first episode that RTL II broadcast when it was first broadcast on August 27, 2001.

Box
no.
Episode
no.
epi
soden
DVDs Publication
date
Which sagas?
01 001 to 35 035 06th November 27, 2009 Raditz saga
Vegeta saga
02 036 to 74 039 06th February 26, 2010 Namek Saga
Ginyu Force Saga
03 075 to 107 033 06th April 30, 2010 Freezer saga
04 108 to 138 031 06th June 25, 2010 Garlic Jr. saga
Trunks saga
Cyborg saga
05 139 to 164 026th 05 August 27, 2010 Cell saga
06 165 to 199 035 06th October 29, 2010 Cell-games-saga
tournament-in-the-afterlife-saga
07 200 to 230 031 06th December 17, 2010 The great Saiyaman saga
The 25th great tournament saga
Babidi saga
08 231 to 250 020th 04th February 25, 2011 Majin Boo Saga
09 251 to 276 026th 05 May 27, 2011 Fusion saga
10 277 to 291 015th 03 July 29, 2011 Kid Boo Saga
Oob Saga

Dragon Ball Z Kai

season 1

A Japanese, high-definition version was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 5, 2009 to March 27, 2011, as well as two dozen other channels with an offset, which received digitally revised video material and a new dubbed version that was recorded for the 20th anniversary of the series. Directed by Yasuhiro Nowatari.

The series was revised in several aspects and now exactly follows the plot of the manga under the name Dragon Ball Kai. In contrast to Dragon Ball Z, it is not interrupted by so-called filler episodes , which were inserted in the original broadcast to stretch the content whenever the plot of the anime caught up with the manga published in parallel in Weekly Shōnen Jump . In some countries the new edition is called Dragon Ball Z Kai , including Germany and the United States.

The plot of the new version begins with content from the television special, which appeared on DVD in Germany under the title Das Bardock Special . It shows the prehistory of the annihilation of the Saiyajin by Freezers and, as an introduction, also contains footage from the first television series, before the actual plot begins at the same time as in the original.

Overall, Dragon Ball Kai should contain 98 episodes and end with the Cell saga, but on March 27, 2011 the 98th episode, which should have been broadcast immediately after the 97th, was not broadcast due to the severe earthquake in Japan. Although the Dragon Ball Kai episode 98 ( Mirai ni Heiwa o! Gokū no Tamashī yo Eien ni ) has not been broadcast on Japanese television to this day, it is included on the published Japanese Blu-rays and DVDs.

In May, Kazé announced that it had licensed the first season of Dragon Ball Z Kai . This is to appear from September 2015, divided into six boxes, every two months. The first box was released on October 9, 2015. The series received an independent, new dubbed version.

season 2

A second season with a further 61 episodes, which covers the Boo saga, was shown on Fuji TV from April 6, 2014 to June 28, 2015, as well as on two dozen other channels with an offset. Naohiro Terazaki directed this season. Originally 69 episodes were to be broadcast, but 8 episodes have been removed from the Japanese episode count and are not included on the Japanese DVDs and Blu-rays . The official international name of the second season is Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters and, in contrast to the Japanese number of episodes, contains all 69 episodes planned.

synchronization

The German dubbed version of Dragon Ball Z Kai is produced by the Berlin dubbing studio TV + Synchron GmbH under the direction of Sabine Winterfeldt, who also wrote the dialogue book.

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Son Goku / Kakarott Masako Nozawa Amadeus Strobl
Vegeta Ryō Horikawa Florian Hoffmann
Vegetto Ryō Horikawa &
Masako Nozawa
Oliver Bender
Chichi Naoko Watanabe Jennifer White
Bulma Hiromi Tsuru Carmen Katt
Son Gohan Masako Nozawa Olivia Büschken (up to episode 58)
Sebastian Fitzner (from episode 59)
Son of Goths Masako Nozawa Marcel Mann
Trunks Takeshi Kusao Sebastian Kluckert
Gotenks Takeshi Kusao &
Masako Nozawa
Tobias Müller
Piccolo Toshio Furukawa Felix Spit
Krillin Mayumi Tanaka Daniel Gardener
Yamcha Tōru Furuya Karlo Hackenberger
Tenshinhan Hirotaka Suzuoki Sven Gerhardt
Chao-Zu Hiroko Emori Julia Blankenburg
Yajirobi Mayumi Tanaka Stephan Schleberger
Muten-Roshi Masaharu Satō Karl Schulz (up to episode 84)
Thomas Kästner (from episode 85)
Uranai Baba Mayumi Tanaka Sabine Winterfeldt
God Takeshi Aono Rainer Doering
Shenlong Kenji Utsumi Mathias Kunze
Master Kaio Jōji Yanami Rüdiger Evers (up to episode 97)
Kaspar Eichel (from episode 104)
Dende Aya Hirano Christian Pointer
Freezer Ryūsei Nakao Thomas Schmuckert
C18 Miki Ito Diana Borgwardt
C17 Shigeru Nakahara Dirk Stollberg
Cell Norio Wakamoto Stefan Gossler
Videl Shino Kakinuma Maria Hönig
Mister Satan Daisuke Gōri Elmar Gutmann
Boo Kōzō Shioya Uwe Büschken
teller Jōji Yanami Roland Hemmo
Raditz Shigeru Chiba Nick Forsberg
Nappa Tetsu Inada Gerald Paradise
Senior elder Junpei Takiguchi Jürgen Kluckert
Nehl Taiten Kusunoki Frank Kirschgens
Zarbon Hiroaki Miura Sebastian Christoph Jacob
Dodoria Takashi Nagasako Helmut Gauss
Commander Ginyu Katsuyuki Konishi Erich Rauker
Jeeze Daisuke Kishio Gerrit Hamann
Barta Masaya Onosaka Gerald Schaale
Rikoom Seiji Sasaki Marlin Wick
Guldo Yasuhiro Takato Marco Kroeger
King Cold Ryūzaburō Atomo Marco Kroeger
Dr. Gero / C20 Kōji Yada Reinhard Scheunemann
C19 Yukitoshi Hori Marlin Wick
C16 Hikaru Midorikawa Tim Moeseritz
Kaioshin from 15 generations ago Ryōichi Tanaka Kaspar Eichel
Kaioshin Yūji Mitsuya Hans Hohlbein
Kibito Shin Aomori Marlin Wick
Kibitoshin Shin Aomori &
Yūji Mitsuya
Fabian Oscar Vienna
Babidi Jōji Yanami Bodo Wolf
Dabra Ryūzaburō Atomo Jörg Hengstler

Television films

In 1990 and 1993, a separate television film was produced that goes into more detail on the background story of individual characters. Both films were released on DVD in Germany .

The Dragon Ball Z specials will be released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by the anime label Kazé in early 2012 in a complete box on DVD. The subtitles have been completely re-translated.

The first of the two, entitled Son-Goku's Father - The Bardock Special, is a prequel to the Freezer saga and deals with the fall of the Saiyan. The second, entitled The Story of Trunks - The Trunks Special, shows the background of Trunks traveling back from an alternative future .

Movies

Studio Toei produced a total of 13 Dragon Ball Z cinema films from 1989 to 1995 with stories outside of the manga template. The first feature film to be released in Germany under the title Die Todeszone des Garlic jr. appeared, provides the template for a section of Dragon Ball Z , which begins after the Freezer saga.

The first 13 Dragon Ball Z cinema films (i.e. all before the 14th Dragon Ball Z - Battle of the Gods ) have been released on DVD in Germany by the licensee Polyband, with the second film being entitled Der starkste auf Erden und a few days later the third film, The decisive battle, followed. Other films that appeared were Super Saiyan Goku , Revenge for Freezer , Cooler's Return , Attack of the Cyborgs , The Legendary Super Saiyan , Super Saiyan Gohan , Broly's Return and Attack of the Bio-Fighters .

The two films Dragon Ball Z: Fusion and Dragon Ball Z: Drachenfaust from 1995 came together in German cinemas on February 13, 2003 under the title Dragon Ball Z - The Film , before they were also released on DVD in this version. Only then did the first feature film appear on DVD.

Like the Dragon Ball Z specials, the films in Germany, Austria and Switzerland will first appear on the anime label Polyband. Since they are now out of stock, Kazé licensed the films and specials and brought them on DVD in a total of three complete boxes from October 2011. The subtitles were completely re-translated.

With the game Dragon Ball Raging Blast 2 from 2010, the first OVA Dragon Ball: Plan to destroy the Super Saiyan from 1993 was published outside of Japan for the first time.

A new OVA has been published since December 2011, but so far only exists in Japan. In which the legend of the Super Sayajin is retold. Goku's father, Bardock, is not killed in the destruction of the planet Vegeta, but is sent back in time. There he transforms into a Super Sayajin.

A new, animated Dragon Ball film was released in Japan for the Shōnen Jump Super Anime Tour 2008, which went through several locations in Japan from September 21 to November 23 and shows several films on manga series from the magazines of the Shueisha publishing house by the name of Dragon Ball: Hey! Son Goku and his friends return !! , in which Akira Toriyama was fully involved. The film was together with the manga Romance Dawn and Letter Bee filmed for the anime tour from November 24, 2008 to January 31, 2009 on the Shōnen Jump site for free online.

On March 30, 2013, the 14th Dragon Ball Z film (ド ラ ゴ ン ボ ー ル Z 神 と 神Doragon Bōru Z: Kami to Kami ) was released in Japanese cinemas. The plot of the film, which Akira Toriyama was instrumental in developing, takes place between manga chapters 517 and 518, after defeating Majin Boo, during the time jump of ten years and before the 28th Tenkaichi Budokai. The action after Hey! Goku and his friends return !! , which starts two years after the events in the Boo saga.

continuation

Due to the great success of Dragon Ball Z , another sequel series was produced for about a year from 1996 under the title Dragon Ball GT , which comprises 64 episodes, but unlike Dragon Ball Z no longer has a manga template. On July 5, 2015, a new anime series titled Dragon Ball Super started on Japanese television, which reappears together with a manga by Akira Toriyama and follows on from Dragon Ball Z.

Success and reception

In April 2002, RTL II achieved a market share of 18% among 13 to 29 year olds with the broadcast of Dragon Ball Z, meaning that an average of 1.3 million viewers saw the series. AnimaniA magazine explains the success primarily with the complex universe in which the series takes place. The network of figures is sophisticated and the world is lovingly designed. In the case of the anime, in contrast to the manga, the focus would be on the action instead of the comedy. Despite the simple good-evil scheme, the series is a lot of fun at the beginning. Later, however, starting with the Cell Games , the tension is exhausted too far and the fights dragged on. Thanks to the possibilities of the Dragon Balls, the viewer is now offered a "showdown in an endless loop format" . The animation quality is consistently high. The synchronization is also appropriate, except for the voice of Vegeta. This has been changed after many fans complained.

Individual evidence

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  2. DBZ Goes HD - Anime News Network. Retrieved July 20, 2008 (in English, notification for publication).
  3. Cut description for Dragon Ball Z
  4. Background report on Animedigital
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  7. a b AnT: Dragon Ball Z. Retrieved July 20, 2008 .
  8. René Quakernack: Information about the TV broadcast of Ranma on RTL2 and the censorship of the anime series. In: AnimeDigital. Retrieved on July 20, 2008 : “In addition to the elimination of the well-known Dragon Ball Z episodes 253 and 254, which contained an assassination attempt, the broadcaster began to check its programming more closely and thus certain scenes were removed from series and films that started remember the assassination. "
  9. 'Kazé Newsletter # 5 - May 2011'. (No longer available online.) In: www.kaze-online.de. Archived from the original on August 2, 2011 ; Retrieved November 4, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kaze-online.de
  10. Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Anime-Virtual: Akira Toriyama's Magnum Opus on DVD  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.anime-virtual.de
  11. DBZ episode 1 with original ending. Retrieved on August 9, 2012 (German).
  12. Announced in Weekly Shonen Jump, issue 11/2009
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  15. Dragon Ball Kai on Myanimelist.net
  16. Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dragonballkai.de
  17. Newsletter . In: news.kaze-online.de . May 10, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  18. a b New Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes . In: toei-animation.com . April 16, 2014. Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 3, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.toei-animation.com
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  23. Dragon Ball Z Special 2: The History of Trunks - Anime News Network. Retrieved July 20, 2008 .
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  25. Japan's Jump Anime Tour to Show New Dragon Ball Anime - Anime News Network. Retrieved November 14, 2008 .
  26. One Piece's 'Prototype' Romance Dawn to be Animated - Anime News Network. Retrieved November 14, 2008 : "Weekly Shonen Jump's 32nd issue has also revealed the name of the tour's new Dragon Ball short:" Ossu! Kaette Kita Son Goku to Nakamatachi !! " (...). It also hints that the characters will face a previously unknown and powerful enemy. "
  27. quotemeter.de (April 30, 2002): RTL 2 can be very satisfied with April . Retrieved May 23, 2009.
  28. AnimaniA No. 44, p. 28 f.

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