Dragon Ball International

Tag: Blu-Ray

  • Spain to receive first ever Blu-Ray release of Dragon Ball GT

    20 years into the formats history and just in time for the 30th anniversary of the series it has just been announced that Dragon Ball GT will be receiving a Blu-Ray release.

    This upcoming release will be in Spain from distributor Selecta Vision, who have released a lot of Dragon Ball content on home video in the country, including recent Blu-Rays of not just the original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z but also Dragon Ball Kai and the movies.

    No release date is yet known but Selecta Vision distributed posters at the Manga Barcelona 2025 event announcing this release.

    These posters were leaked by a user named Vercery on forums and a fan contacted Selecta Vision to verify the information.

    Furthermore a user named Bicho_86 supplied the image below, which went unnoticed by the Spanish fanbase for a few days following the announcement.

    Suffice to say Selecta Vision did confirm the news, so soon Spanish fans can look forward to completing their classic anime trilogies on a HD format.

  • Crunchyroll UK Blu-Ray release of Dragon Ball Z leaves out final extras disc and 16:9 returns

    Yesterday, Crunchyroll’s new Blu-Ray boxset for Dragon Ball Z was released in the UK.

    Scott Emsen of UK Anime Blu-Ray received a test copy and reviewed it.

    Unfortunately the following special features from Funimation’s 2013/2014 Blu-Ray season sets are not included:

    • Inside Dragon Ball Z : Interview with Josh Martin
    • Inside Dragon Ball Z : Interview with Chris Rager
    • From East to West : Dragon Ball Z’s Epic Journey
    • A Completely Serious Discussion About the Comedy of Dragon Ball Z

    These additional special features were included on the original 2014 Blu-Ray release of Season 9 but were absent from the Crunchyroll rebranded release in the US as well.

    As such, it seems these extras have been phased out and never got a UK release.

    The only difference, as Emsen points out, other than the placement of Crunchyroll’s logos and BBFC ratings the disc art depicts the four star Dragon Ball rather than a plain blue and white background.

    While Manga UK’s head of marketing and acquisitions at the time ruled out these Funimation discs being released in the UK because of the backlash and the company listened to advice against releasing them again in 2020 it appears the company, now known as Crunchyroll are operating differently.

    This box set marks the fourth UK release of Dragon Ball Z on Blu-Ray (following the 30th anniversary collection in 2019 as well as Manga UK’s standards and steelbooks in 2020) and the first release for the cropped 16:9 discs.

    This will come as a disappointment to fans clamouring for the original 4:3 aspect ratio, but it is very telling that Manga UK cared about what the fans wanted. Crunchyroll has been a much less customer-focused company.

  • Selecta Vision announces Dragon Ball Kai Blu-Ray Spanish Blu-Ray Release

    Following the theatrical screenings in June, a streaming release on Anime Box the month after, Selecta Vision has announced they will be bringing Kai, with this new dub to Spain on Blu-Ray. with the first box set set for release on October 28th.

    The first of 7 volumes, which contains episodes 1-17 will contain 3 discs in a digipack, art cards, and an episode guide.

    Exclusive gifts will also be available for all who pre-order, which appear to be Dragon Ball-themed accessories:

    The description, on Selecta Vision’s website, as translated by Google states the following:

    Dragon Ball Z Kai is here in a collector’s edition in 7 packs perfect to add to your collection!

    THE DEFINITIVE EDITION OF DRAGON BALL Z

    – More faithful to Akira Toriyama’s original manga

    – No filler chapters

    – Remastered in HD

    – Improved image with new backgrounds, coloring…

    – Scenes corrected with new animation

    – New sounds and effects.

    – New soundtrack

    – Translation more faithful to the original Japanese

    – New dubbing with current actors

    – Adapted to new screens

    Don’t miss out on any Box! Subscribe to comfortably receive each box at home before its launch, without additional costs or procedures. Get the full collection at a special price.  

    In addition, during your subscription you will receive four exclusive gifts along with box 1, 3, 5 and 7:

    – A keychain with a Corp Capsule

    -A Radar cushion with sound!

    – Acrylic figurines to decorate your collection

    – Container box with an exclusive design to be able to store and protect all the boxes.

    Each Box includes:

    – The episodes of the series in Japanese, Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician with Spanish subtitles translated from the original script in Japanese

    – An episode guide

    – 10 collectible visual cards

    All in a digipack with a sleek design that will fit in perfectly with the rest of your collection!

    The date of the subscription indicates the release date of the first box, the following deliveries will be received a few days before its release date. The final dates will be announced both on our social networks and on the website.
    Remember that the subscription with exclusive gifts is limited and will not be replenished after stocks run out. In the event that the stock of any of the gifts is exhausted, it will be replaced by one of equal or greater value.

    As a new episode of Dragon Ball Kai is being released on Anime Box every weekday, today marks the release of episode 63 (titled Pursue Doctor Gero…! The Search for the Mysterious Laboratory! in the Japanese version), and the first 99 episodes should be on the streaming service by November 14th.

    Should there be any more exciting updates for Spain it will of course be reported here.

  • New Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Z Blu-Ray boxsets confirmed for the UK and Ireland

    On August 27th I became aware of this, as my sources at UK Anime News received emails from Crunchyroll.

    Now it is official as UK retailer Anime-On-Line has announced Crunchyroll’s upcoming Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Z Blu-Ray boxsets will be making their way to Britain and Ireland.

    These box sets had previously been announced for North America, but Dragon Ball fans in the British Isles will only have an extra month to wait, although unlike the US and Canada it will not be a Crunchyroll Store exclusive.

    With a pre-order prices of £97.49 (Dragon Ball Super) and £127.49 (Dragon Ball Z) both box sets will be available from December 2nd.

    The Dragon Ball Z Blu-Rays noticeably share the cover art of Funimation’s 2013/2014 season sets, which were repackaged by Crunchyroll, but never came to the UK, and for a time were not going to be released, as advised by Ajay back when the company was known as Manga UK.

    The 9 Dragon Ball Z “season” sets and 10 parts for Super will all come in two collectable boxes each displaying promotional art of Goku and friends and Shenron on the side.

    Both collections are also available from Amazon UK and likely more retailers to follow.

  • New Dragon Ball Z Complete Series Boxset coming from Crunchyroll?

    A new Complete Series Blu-Ray collection seems to be coming if the recent leak on Rightstuff is to be believed.

    If true, fans in North America can expect a new collection of all 291 episodes of Dragon Ball Z from November 5th this year with a price as low as $142.49.

    This is not the first time Crunchyroll has released all of Dragon Ball Z since the rebrand from Funimation, as an Amazon-exclusive set was released last year.

    It is unlikely the discs will be anything other than Funimation’s 2013/2014 16:9 cropped Blu-Rays, so if anyone has this release, either from its original print run, the rebranded Crunchyroll sets or even the 2007-2009 season sets this release is probably worth skipping.

Tag: Blu-Ray