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Daizenshuu EX - Guides - DVD Guide - DragonBall GT TV Series

The GT TV series on DVD "begins" with a special episode, which is actually a dub-only recap of the first sixteen episodes. FUNimation has since gone back and released these first episodes as part of their "Lost Episodes" five-volume collection. Most recently released are two "remastered season box set" versions of the entire series.

Volumes Released / Announced: 20 + box sets
Total Volumes Expected: 20 + box sets
Episodes: 1-64 English / 1-64 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (1-64 / 1-64)
Uncut, English Only (Special Recap on Vol. #1)
Uncut, "Remastered" (1-64 / 1-64)

FUNimation's "Volume 1" of DragonBall GT begins with "A Grand Problem," an English-only recap of the first sixteen episodes of the series; it then goes straight into episode 17. While FUNimation never issued any sort of concrete and official statement regarding their marketing strategy and basis for this decision, the common and logical reasoning behind this was to get more quickly "into the action." Everything FUNimation had done relating to the DragonBall GT TV series up until (and through the majority of) its release was to separate it from all pre-existing fan conceptions. Things like music replacement and jumping ahead in the series for its initial run fall right in line with this strategy. For its initial run of individual DVD releases until the end of the series, FUNimation released two discs at a time every one-to-two months (until volume 15).

FUNimation announced that once the rest of the series had been completed and released, they would return to dub and release the first sixteen episodes. These were to be released in five volumes. Despite the fact that FUNimation chose to call them "lost episodes," it is important to note that no-one "lost" them — they simply chose not to put them out until later.

FUNimation released box sets of five volumes each for the initial run of the DragonBall GT TV series. The first set released contained volumes one through five (TV episodes 17-31; 18 October 2005); the second set released contained volumes six through ten (TV episodes 32-47; 14 February 2006); the third set released contained volumes eleven through fifteen (TV episodes 48-64; 13 June 2006); the final set released contained the five "Lost Episodes" volumes (TV episodes 1-16; 13 November 2007).

Continuing onwards with the success of their DBZ TV season sets, FUNimation's "remastered" DBGT "season boxsets" will see their release to DVD beginning in November 2008, taking the place of the previous releases. The first "season" set contained slightly more than half of the series (episodes 1-34), while the second "season" set contained the rest of the series (episodes 35-64) as well as the single TV special. Unlike the DragonBall Z season sets, however, the DragonBall GT season sets were presented in their original 4:3 aspect ratio with significantly less "remastering" to negatively affect the image clarity and overall quality, though some amount of blurring is indeed present. These sets also contain newly-produced English versions of all original Japanese opening and ending themes, though next-episode previews have been removed, and only English title cards are present (due to the removal of alternate angles). For more information about FUNimation's DragonBall GT TV season sets, check out Episode #0156 of our podcast.

There are two sets of commercial eye-catches for the DragonBall GT TV series. The first lasts from episodes 1-26, while the second lasts from 27-64 (the end of the series). Note that the English versions have alternate angles with different eye-catches than that of the original Japanese on the individual discs from FUNimation's original run of the series.

There are four ending themes to DragonBall GT, which come in at different points in the series. The opening theme, "DAN DAN Kokoro Hikarete 'ku" by Field of View, is used throughout all 64 episodes. It has two different animation sequences, the second of which begins with episode 27. Here is a breakdown of when to expect which ending themes:

"Hitori ja nai" (by DEEN): Episodes 1-26
"Don't you see!" (by ZARD): Episodes 27-41
"Blue Velvet" (by Shizuka Kudô): Episodes 42-50
"Sabitsuita Mashingan de Ima o Uchinukô" (by WANDS): Episodes 51-64
"DAN DAN Kokoro Hikarete 'ku" (performed by Field of View): Episode 64

The last episode of DBGT ends with a video montage of scenes from all three DragonBall series to an extended version of the opening theme. As the song ends, the phrase "THE END" appears on the screen, which fades to black; after that, there is one last reprise of "Sabitsuita...," and then nothing more.

BOX SET RELEASES ("REMASTERED")

TV SERIES "REMASTERED SEASON ONE"

Released: 11 November 2008
Discs: 5
Episodes: 1-34 English / 1-34 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

"Digitally Remastered", Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese with subtitles); contains three audio tracks (original Japanese, English dub with Japanese BGM, and English dub with broadcast music replacement)

TV SERIES "REMASTERED SEASON TWO"

Released: 10 February 2009
Discs: 5
Episodes: 35-64 + TV Special English / 35-64 + TV Special Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

"Digitally Remastered", Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese with subtitles); contains three audio tracks (original Japanese, English dub with Japanese BGM, and English dub with broadcast music replacement)

COMPLETE TV SERIES "REMASTERED"

Released: 21 September 2010
Discs: 5
Episodes: 1-64 + TV Special English / 1-64 + TV Special Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

"Digitally Remastered", Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese with subtitles); contains three audio tracks (original Japanese, English dub with Japanese BGM, and English dub with broadcast music replacement)
Repackaging of "Seasons" 1 & 2

BOX SET RELEASES (SINGLE DISC REPACKAGINGS)

TV SERIES "LOST EPISODES" BOX SET

Released: 13 November 2007
Discs: 5
Episodes: 1-16 English / 1-16 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese with subtitles)

TV SERIES VOLUMES 1-5 BOX SET

Released: 18 October 2005
Discs: 5
Episodes: 17-31 English / 17-31 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese with subtitles)

TV SERIES VOLUMES 6-10 BOX SET

Released: 14 February 2006
Discs: 5
Episodes: 32-47 English / 32-47 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese with subtitles)

TV SERIES VOLUMES 11-15 BOX SET

Released: 13 June 2006
Discs: 5
Episodes: 48-64 English / 48-64 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese with subtitles)

INDIVIDUAL DISCS

TV SERIES "LOST EPISODES" VOLUME 1
Reaction

Released: 13 July 2004
Episodes: 1-3 English / 1-3 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese) with subtitles
Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese) with subtitles; also includes box

TV SERIES "LOST EPISODES" VOLUME 2
Rejection

Released: 07 September 2004
Episodes: 4-6 English / 4-6 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese) with subtitles

TV SERIES "LOST EPISODES" VOLUME 3
Ruination

Released: 23 November 2004
Episodes: 7-9 English / 7-9 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese) with subtitles

TV SERIES "LOST EPISODES" VOLUME 4
Conviction

Released: 14 December 2004
Episodes: 10-12 English / 10-12 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese) with subtitles

TV SERIES "LOST EPISODES" VOLUME 5
Activation

Released: 08 February 2005
Episodes: 13-16 English / 13-16 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese) with subtitles

TV SERIES VOLUME 1
Affliction

Released: 15 April 2003
Episodes: "Recap" + 17-19 English / 17-19 Japanese

AVAILABILITY:

Uncut, Bilingual (English / Japanese) with subtitles
(NOTE: The first "episode" is really an English-Only recap of the actual first 16 episodes to the series, which at that point in time were not yet aired or released either on television or DVD)