Product Description
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The Ultimate for any Dragon Ball Z Collector!
Originally produced in limited quantities in Japan, the
incredibly rare Dragon Box has long been the ultimate prize for
avid Dragon Ball Z collectors. Now this coveted collection has
been reproduced for the first time in the United States,
delivering the authentic original Dragon Ball Z experience to
hardcore fans.
The battle to harness the power of the seven Dragon Balls
explodes in vivid detail like never before. The Dragon Box
features over 40 uncut episodes, remastered and restored frame by
frame, rendering the legendary action in pristine clarity. Each
episode is presented in Japanese with the complete opening and
closing credits and includes the original episode previews.
Truly the essential edition for Dragon Ball Z purists, this set
isn’t an addition to your archive – it is your archive. Your wish
is finally granted. The Dragon Box is here.
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The American reissue of the first Dragon Box includes the
reference volume "The Dragon Book" and episodes 1 to 42--all of
season 1 (the Vegeta saga) and the first three episodes of season
2 (the Namek saga) of the Dragon Ball Z series. (When the
original Dragon Box was released in Japan in 2003, it contained
episodes 1 to 147 of Dragon Ball Z, a Son Goku action figure, and
the "Dragon Book"--all for ¥100,000, or about $1,100.) As the
story opens, the adult Goku learns he's not an Earthling, but a
Saiyan from the planet Vegeta. Only three other Saiyans survive,
all of them extremely powerful and destructive. Goku slays Raditz
with the help of Piccolo but dies in the process. He spends much
of the season training in the Other World with King Kai. Piccolo
takes over training Goku's son Gohan, anticipating he will have
to face the remaining Saiyans, Nappa and Vegeta. The first season
of Dragon Ball Z set the pattern of martial arts training,
fantasy battles, and slapstick comedy that makes the series so
popular. The first episodes of season 2 take Gohan, Krillin, and
Bulma to the planet Namek to find an even more powerful set of
Dragon Balls that can restore the lives of Tenshinhan, Yamucha,
Chaozu, and Piccolo, who were killed by Vegeta during season 1.
(Their souls are also training with King Kai.) Funimation
remastered Dragon Ball Z from the original prints for their nine
boxed sets of the individual seasons. Fans who already have those
sets may decide that seeing the series in its original aspect
ratio (rather than the widescreen version in the earlier sets)
and acquiring the "Dragon Book" warrants buying the new box;
viewers who are just discovering Dragon Ball Z will find the
Dragon Box a handsomely packaged introduction. (Rated TV PG,
suitable for ages 8 and older: violence, minor incidents of
risqué and toilet humor, ethnic stereotyping, and alcohol use)
--Charles Solomon
(1. The New Threat, 2. Reunions, 3. Unlikely Alliance, 4.
Piccolo's Plan, 5. Gohan's Rage, 6. No Time Like the Present, 7.
Day 1, 8. Gohan Goes Bananas, 9. The Strangest Robot, 10. A New
Friend, 11. Terror on Arlia, 12. Global Training, 13. Goz and
Mez, 14. Princess Snake, 15. Dueling Piccolos, 16. Plight of the
Children, 17. Pendulum Room Peril, 18. The End of Snake Way, 19.
Defying Gravity, 20. Goku's Ancestors, 21. Counting Down, 22. The
Darkest Day, 23. Saibaman Attack! 24. The Power of Nappa, 25.
Sacrifice, 26. Nappa's Revenge, 27. Nimbus Speed, 28. Goku's
Arrival, 29. Lesson Number One, 30. Goku vs. Vegeta, 31. Saiyan
Sized Secret, 32. Spirit Bomb Away, 33. Hero in the Shadows, 34.
Krillin's Offensive, 35. Mercy, 36. Picking Up the Pieces, 37.
Plans for Departure, 38. Nursing Wounds, 39. Friends or Foes? 40.
Held Captive, 41. Friends or Foes? 42. The Search Continues)