Product: Dragon Ball Z: Kai: Part Two [Blu-ray]
Rating: 4.0
The start of Namek and the reintroduction of DBZ's greatest villian
The battle between Vegeta and Goku comes to it's end and we reach the start of what many consider to be the original DBZ's greatest saga: Namek!Quick recap for those who don't know about Kai: DBK is the 20th aniversary version of DBZ. That annoying filler that would make entire story arcs last forever and lead to the nickname Drag-on Ball Z? Totally gone and replaced with a remastered version that has a much quicker pace. How much quicker are we talking? Well as of this writing episode 92 just aired in Japan and saw Cell destroying Android 16 and Gohan's transformation to Super Saiyan 2. In the original DBZ this was the 184th episode! So what was the 92nd episode of Z you ask? That was the episode where Goku began powering up for the Spirit Bomb on Namek. Note that I said BEGAN not USED. The attack was charged over the course of three episodes before it was even used.Needless to say this quick pace favors those that could never get into the original DBZ anime due to it's length as well as manga purists that don't care for anything filler. Animation is improved and cleaned up all around with the occasional new clip to help make up for damaged film. Script wise the Japanese version is about the same despite everything being rerecorded for 2009-2011. Meanwhile the English version sees it's best and most accurate translation ever with a good portion of the Funimation voice cast returning. Even if you are a purist that didn't really care for the English voices in any form at least try to watch it in English at least once. The English dub of DBK Part One has taught us that Goku does indeed curse at times, his power level is over 8000 and that Piccolo's attack is the Makankosappo. Part Two goes on to show us that Vegeta gets "pissed off", Frieza's men are extremely brutal and violent and that Frieza himself can indeed sound even more intimidating with a new voice that's more in line with the original Japanese.If you don't own any of the season box sets or Dragon Boxes of the original Z then do yourself a favor and pick this up! Just please bear in mind that the DVD/Blu-Ray release of Kai is NOT the edited version on Nicktoons. This release is NOT intended for children and is totally uncut.