Gokus transformations from saiyan to super saiyan to super saiyan 2 super saiyan 3 and gob goku dragon ball z animation movie The series premiered in the U.S. on September 13, 1996 in first-run syndication, but was cancelled after two seasons due to a lack of interest from syndication companies.[5] On August 31, 1998, re-runs of the cancelled dub began airing on Cartoon Network as part of the channel's Toonami programming block. Due to the success of these re-runs on Toonami, production on the series' English dub was resumed in the U.S. (with less censoring, due to fewer restrictions on cable programming) and Funimation's new in-house dub premiered on Toonami from September 13, 1999 to April 7, 2003, and continued to be broadcast on the network in reruns into 2008. KidsWB ran Dragon Ball Z in 2001.[9] After Funimation got back the rights to the first 67 episodes, they would air their own uncut dub of these episodes on Cartoon Network during the summer of 2005 (in late night, due to the unedited content).[10][11] In January 2011, Funimation and Toei announced that they would stream Dragon Ball Z within 30 minutes before their simulcast of One Piece.[12] As of 2013, Dragon Ball Z is being streamed on Hulu, containing the English dub with the Japanese music and uncut footage, as well as subtitled Japanese episodes. International releases[edit] The home release structure of Dragon Ball Z is complicated by the licensing and release of the companies involved in producing and distributing the work. Releases of the media occurred on both VHS and DVD with separate cut and uncut versions released simultaneously (with two VHS editions and one uncut DVD edition). Due to the popularity of the work both versions of the cut and uncut material are treated as different entries and would frequently make Billboard rankings as separate entries. Home release sales were featured prominently on the Nielsen VideoScan charts.[7] Further complicating the release of the material was Funimation itself; which was known to release "DVDs out of sequence in order to get them out as fast as possible"; as in the case of their third season.[13] In 2006, Funimation remastered and cut the episodes into 16:9 widescreen format and then began re-releasing the series to Region 1 DVD in nine individual season box sets. The first set was released on February 6, 2007; the final set on May 19, 2009. In July 2009, Funimation announced that they would again be re-releasing Dragon Ball Z in a new limited edition seven-volume DVD set called "Dragon Box Z", which was previously released in Japan as a two-volume set. Based on the original series masters with frame-by-frame restoration, the episodes are uncut and, unlike the previous season box sets, are presented in their original 4:3 fullscreen format. The first set was released on November 10, 2009; the final set on October 11, 2011.[14] In July 2011, Funimation announced plans to release Dragon Ball Z in Blu-ray Disc format. Dragon Ball Z Level 1.1, containing the first 17 episodes, was released on November 8, 2011.[15][16][17] However, after the release of the second volume, Funimation suspended production of the rest of the Blu-ray releases, citing concerns over restoring the original film material frame by frame.[18] However, FUNimation has released a survey asking for feedback for future Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray releases.[19] The Funimation dubbed episodes also aired in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, and New Zealand. However, beginning with episode 108 (123 uncut), AB Groupe and Westwood Media (in association with Ocean Productions) produced an alternate English dub to comply with Canadian broadcasting standards. The alternate dub was broadcast in the UK, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Canada, while Funimation's dub continued to air in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. Dragon Ball Z originally aired on the British Comedy Network in Fall 1998.[20] This production used some of the same voices from the original short lived dub syndicated in the US (that was later on Toonami), was edited for content, featured an alternate musical score, and used much of the same script from Funimation's in-house dub. Dragon Ball Z Kai[edit] Further information: List of Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes In February 2009, Toei Animation announced that it would begin broadcasting a revised version of Dragon Ball Z as part of the series' 20th anniversary celebrations. The series premiered on Fuji TV in Japan on April 5, 2009, under the name Dragon Ball Kai corrections of the original work.[21] The original footage was remastered for HDTV, featuring updated opening and ending sequences, and a rerecording of the vocal tracks.[21][22] The footage was also re-edited to more closely follow the manga, resulting in a faster-moving story, and damaged frames removed.[23] On March 9, 2011, Toei announced that due to Kenji Yamamoto's score for Dragon Ball

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