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| Dragon Ball GT: Season One | 
 enlarge | Director: Chris Cason
Actors: Sean Schemmel, Kyle Hebert
Studio: Funimation
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.98
Buy New: $32.13
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 3369
Format: Animated, Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Original Recording Remastered
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 800 minutes
Number Of Items: 5
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1
MPN: 4874
UPC: 704400048746
EAN: 0704400048746
ASIN: B001DRF83S
Release Date: December 9, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Studio: Funimation Prod Inc Release Date: 12/09/2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 DBGT, Season 1: Great Collector's Item December 31, 2008
Just like the previous review, I will be making it about the set - and NOT THE SERIES! For starters, anyone who likes the series in general, this is a great and cheap way to see all the episodes! I got mine at Wal-Mart for only $29.96! FUNimation has been dropping prices lately, and let me tell you, it's a bargain! If you do the math, each episode is a little less than one dollar. Moving on, some of my favorite things about this box set is that the episodes have opening credits (it's just really cool to me), and the original Japanese songs are translated erasing the first "rap" theme. To me, that song wasn't that bad! Anyway, I do have 2 problems with the set and they both have something to do with the recording: I remember back in '06 when FUNimation said they were re-recording the dialogue and it seems they started with the DBZ sets, but now they keep saying "don't miss scenes from the next..." which is annoying to me because THERE ARE NO SCENES. And secondly, with the original Japanese music, I think the GT narrator (from english dialogue) has too much a deep voice to go with the soft melody of the episode recap music. Doesn't anyone agree? Otherwise, those 2 little problems, I feel it's a great set!
Actual Product Review December 10, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Unlike most of the people giving this a bad rap, I actually own the product in question. This is not just some kid howling because they hate DBGT since it's not as OMFG H4RDC0R3!!!1ONE!!!... THREE MONTHS BEFORE IT'S EVEN ON SHELVES. Come on.
The box itself is the same as the DBZ sets, although it is a few millimeters longer vertically, so it doesn't sit flush with the DBZ sets on a shelf. The booklet inside has some character biographies and short episode summaries. There is no "About the Transfer" blurb on the back of the booklet as there was on the back of the DBZ set booklets.
The transfer on here is pretty much on par with the DBZ remasters. Not a lot of spots or scratches to be found. There isn't any evidence of compression here even though they squeezed 34 episodes on 5 discs instead of the usual 6, so I was impressed. You are unable to switch the visuals to the original Japanese, so you're stuck seeing the "comical" Funimation episode titles.
The standard audio track is the 5.1 English dub with original Japanese audio, and they remade the opening track. Instead of the horrid rap track they originally made, they had Vic Mignogna sing the original Japanese track in English. Even if you switch the audio track to the US broadcast version, you will still hear this remade track. The rap version is nowhere to be found. The Japanese track is in mono as always.
Extras (on the 5th disc) are pretty sparse, following the recent DBZ box sets. You can see clean opening and ending videos as well as some trailers for upcoming releases, although they are a little dated. The Dragonball Z trailer is for Season Seven, which released last month. You'd think they would use the most recent trailer for Season Eight instead.
The set includes episodes 1-34 (Black Star and the majority of the Baby sagas), so it encompasses all of the "Lost Episodes" that were originally released out of order. The next box set, featuring SS4 Gogeta on the front, will include the last half of the series as well as the special "A Hero's Legacy" to wrap up the series. No release date was shown on the trailer.
Equipment used: XBOX360 Elite connected via HDMI to a 37" JVC Genessa 1080P television.
 Excitement December 9, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ok I'll admit i have never seen Dragonball GT. So of course I'm excited that they are re-releasing it. I keep reading how bad it is because its so different from Dragonball Z. Truth is, if it was like Dragonball Z, everyone would say it was bad because they didn't change anything. Good, bad or indifferent I will enjoy having it for my collection. The real question is are they going to re-release the lost episodes of GT as well?
 Not Quite as Expected... : ( December 5, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Ok, I'm an anime fan at heart. I recently bought my 92nd anime show and am still going on... Dragonball GT was the first anime I've collected. When i heard about the actual dvd coming out remastered and in a Season box set, I got really excited and expected lots; especially since I've really LOVED the Dragonball Z Season sets (GO ANDROIDS!!) But anyways, for some strange reason, my best buy likes to put things on shelf a week before they are REALLY supposed to be released. Knowing this, I hopped on over and purchased the season 1 set. Little did I know, the format of the show had completely changed. First of all, I like my anime how it's supposed to be and I can't stand when the american companies mess with the original japanese footage and stuff. Funimation changed the logo of "Dragonball GT" in both the original Japanese and English opening theme credits. They also completely took off the American Rap Opening Credits (which I wasn't much of a fan of) and switched it with some other person singing the original Japanese Opening with English words (no offense to the singer). For those that like the rap, sorry it's gone. Also, the screen is in Full Screen, not Widescreen. (Not that that matters to me). I could tell in certain parts of the show that it WAS remastered, but it wasn't that much of a difference from the original dvd releases Funimation did 3-4 years ago. Also, in the orginal releases, there was Japanese characters at the bottom of the screen for the original Japanese themes that played, but in this set, they completely took those off! I can't read Japanese, but taking off the words was still kind of like..."Why?" I don't mean to sound mean and I know it's just a dvd, but it was really not what I expected when I bought it. The only good thing that I liked was the fact that they had the English voice actors with the original Japanese music in the background. But the music seemed a bit quieter than the voices and sounds itself. Well, that's basically it. The box cover and back looks cool and all, but yeah. I think I've said what I wanted to say. If you don't mind the set containing and cutting the things that I mentioned, then price wise, it's WELL worth it. It contains the entire first half of the show and it's an easy way to see most of it if you haven't already. Funimation is great, but I've never really seen a problem like this before. The season itself is fairly long and still the show is enjoyable...so get it if you haven't....regaurdless of whatever set or individual dvds you purchase. ;)
Finally Here and Finally Remastered November 29, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I know the Season isn't out yet but I got some connections and was able to get it.
The DVD contains all of the following like the usualy Dragonball Remastered :
* 32 Episodes
* Remastered
* 3 Audio Tracks (English 5.1 Sourround, English Fun Animation, Original Jap)
* Special Features
The only thing I found wrong with this DVD is it's in Fullscreen not Widescreen. If your like me and want widescreen or have a LCD HD tv, you'll not be very happy.
I still bought this because it has so much stuff and i can deal with the Fulscreen video.
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