As a child from a poor family, collecting these 9 bricks were as meaningfull to me as collecting the dragonballs were to these characters. Receiving one as a birthday or Christmas present meant the world, because I was one step closer to finally completing that infamous logo on my bookshelf. After several years, and working odd jobs as a kid to supplement everything, I finished my collection, which proudly sits in my living room. These bricks mean more to people than accuracy or animation or dub quality or anything else. To me they do anyway.
I don't know if anyone has brought this up but the Orange Bricks are a steal for the price. You can get these for 15-20 bucks and you get between 35-40 episodes. Good luck getting that price with any other anime on the market. Hell some still want over 50 bucks for 13 episodes.
Just gonna point this out really late, sure it's a good deal, but you can just watch the series on the Funimation website with a subscription for like 6$. The price isn't exactly the issue here, though it was a lot more expensive back in the day. It's the fact that it's one of the most popular anime of all time, and it's never gotten a truly good home set
Even worse here in germany you have to pay 40 dollars for 9 episodes of hxh for example and dbz is 60 dollars a box but they are better than the orange bricks though but not upgraded at all just like it originally was
Connor C. Bro what's the proper name. It's impossible to find them anywhere other than eBay. I search Funimation DVDs or VHS or Funimation Single Sets for DBZ but most of the reults are Orange Bricks.
RIP to the Level Sets, it was good getting a taste of perfection even if it were for a split second. The new Blu-Ray sets IMO look worst than the orange bricks because the outlines look bleached on the characters. The only complete and best Blu-Ray version we have now is the Kai series.
I don't think it's even that much cut off. the orange sets are not nearly as bad as what they're making it out to be. I don't know what the hell they're talking about lines missing and shit. there must be something wrong with their fucking TV then. because it looks fine on my TV and yes I have done side-by-side comparisons between the originals and the Orange Box in case if they want to get a wild hair up their ass. this is coming from somebody who's been down with Dragon Ball Z since its creation with the original so probably a longer fan than they have been. and they say that any other set would be better than this one? do they not remember the pioneer release? That's if they've been a fan long enough to know that a company called pioneer released it. that shity voice acting and it just plain out sucked balls with the color and everything about it. they don't know what the hell they're talking about. the orange sets are nowhere near as bad as what they're making it out to be.
I don't think it's even that much cut off. the orange sets are not nearly as bad as what they're making it out to be. I don't know what the hell they're talking about lines missing and shit. there must be something wrong with their fucking TV then. because it looks fine on my TV and yes I have done side-by-side comparisons between the originals and the Orange Box in case if they want to get a wild hair up their ass. this is coming from somebody who's been down with Dragon Ball Z since its creation with the original so probably a longer fan than they have been. and they say that any other set would be better than this one? do they not remember the pioneer release? That's if they've been a fan long enough to know that a company called pioneer released it. that shity voice acting and it just plain out sucked balls with the color and everything about it. they don't know what the hell they're talking about. the orange sets are nowhere near as bad as what they're making it out to be.
I don't think it's even that much cut off. the orange sets are not nearly as bad as what they're making it out to be. I don't know what the hell they're talking about lines missing and shit. there must be something wrong with their fucking TV then. because it looks fine on my TV and yes I have done side-by-side comparisons between the originals and the Orange Box in case if they want to get a wild hair up their ass. this is coming from somebody who's been down with Dragon Ball Z since its creation with the original so probably a longer fan than they have been. and they say that any other set would be better than this one? do they not remember the pioneer release? That's if they've been a fan long enough to know that a company called pioneer released it. that shity voice acting and it just plain out sucked balls with the color and everything about it. they don't know what the hell they're talking about. the orange sets are nowhere near as bad as what they're making it out to be.
Hella late comment but I loved these things. I learned so much from the orange bricks! I learned all the filler such as the days before the cell games, travel to namek episodes, gohan school days episodes. I learned almost everything I know about DBZ from the orange bricks. I still own and loved these things especially since it was hard to watch dragonball after it was no longer on Cartoon Network (Well it was hard for me with no computer). I guess my bad eyesight doesn't pay that much attention to detail
@@unkono sadly you'd still lose picture because it's just shrinking the 16:9 image. So you'd still have the same problem but it's just squeezed to 4×3.
SUNIKI GAMING I don't know what that means, but when the amount of extra frame you get to see when you watch it "correctly" is extremely insignificant and costs FAR more than the "incorrect" way, I'm positive which one I'm going with.
Personally I think that the Orangebrick sets do not suck at all. That was the first Dragonball DVD that I received. I have the entire series in the orange bricks that I got absolutely love it. I don't think it really matters what form of Dragonball you prefer as long as you're loving the series for what it is. I don't know why so many people complain about what version of Dragonball series other people prefer regardless of how you watch it.
+a life form known as rob It is most certainly not a fact, rather, it is an opinion. Just because you might think something is trash doesn't necessarily mean that other people might not believe it is.
+Jarred Rexroad No, it's not an opinion. You can objectively say that the line-art was compromised. You can objectively say that the cropping removed the intended framing. You can objectively say the colours were saturated and crushed to the point where detail was lost, and the series no longer resembled its intended pallet. On every technical point, it is an objective failure. That is not up for debate. You're entirely free to enjoy the sets, even prefer the visuals. But they are horrendous from an artistic, moral, and technical standpoint.
SO many things wrong with everything you typed, Kaelmax. First "except," not "expect." That's the least egregious & if you fucking nitpick with me about that, go fuck yourself because there's worse shit there that I'm going to point out. 2. There's PLENTY of reason to talk about this because the orange bricks are SHIT, ok bud? 3. It is NOT the same thing as the Dragon Boxes. Fucking cropping, horrible saturation, & horrible "remastering." The Dragon Boxes, minus having a green hue for some reason, are the OPPOSITE of the Orange Bricks & the Blu-Rays. The Blu-Rays have better cropping, but those are NOT something you should own either. 4. The Dragon Boxes don't have special features on the DISCS (neither do the orange bricks for that matter), but they have the books, which are a wealth of information on the series, characters, & episodes. Those are GREAT. The Blu-Rays have interviews, behind the scenes stuff, & looks into how they do things. Sure, some of them are boring as shit, but they're still there. The orange bricks have NOTHING in terms of special features of any kind. By the way, they're not stupid, they're a bonus for the people buying them in case they don't feel the prices of the sets are justified at first. It's the movie/TV show equivalent to including a season pass for DLC with a video game.
Kælmax The guardian of Eus-kara And you clearly didn't read anything past the first thing, so I don't know why I'm even bothering. If I'm supposed to "get over" one of the most cancerous DVD releases to ever hit an anime series, I'm sorry, but I can't do that.
I will always be nostalgic for the Orange bricks. I don’t care about “the best quality and crop”. The Orange bricks never failed me and will forever have a place in my childhood. Anyone here remember the little booklets that came with them? That was my favorite part as a kid! Now if you buy them new they don’t come with the booklets anymore :(
We NEED a new release of the Funimation Dragon Boxes. It's never going to happen, but picture this... Toei restored Dragon Boxes on Bluray! Damn, I think I just blew my own fucking mind.
+TheFrozenParticle no thank you I wood nto buy them dragonbox did nto have the eoic burce msudi so unles dragonbox for blu rya had bruce msuci then only then I wood buy them
Robo9400 hell no dude dragon box had hrobble color goku look like whtite ghost in them btoh the elvels and the blue ray dbz season had better color goku did not look like white ghost or nmajni buu skin color haff time and dude dbz blu ray seoans do have brace but where hell is original dragonball blu ray fuanis iad of dbz blu ray seoasn sell will we wodo the original dragonball on blu rya and they did sel will no leble war killed do the lame 17 epsidoe shti when ti be season pre set that then blue rya elvle wodo take off big time
Robo9400 I said dbz blu ray season do have bruce music and 2nd levels flip not do bad tiem do the 17 epsidoe shit when btoh the o boxes and dragon boxes had more then 17 epsidoes
If only they finished the level sets. Those were perfect. But the only reason they didn't sell enough to warrant finishing them was because everyone had already bought the orange bricks. Not because they were actually good but because they were the only way to own the whole series without busting your wallet.
I just wish they would re-release the original tv aired version the one with the theme Prelude To Conflict on dvd or blu-ray because that would be the ultimate nostalgia trip for me
I think the Season Set Blu Rays' high point was during the Buu saga. Regardless of what people say, I loved the picture quality for The Buu Saga blu rays. Sure, some of the cropping looked a little odd, but I still enjoyed it, because that cropping appeals to me for some reason lol, and it looks stunning. But that aside, I 100% agree with you on the orange bricks, and I still respect everyones' opinion. :)
Honesty, I couldn't careless about quality, I prefer to watch DBZ in its original ratio aka FULL PICTURE but they cropped like 20% off it, that's too MUCH! it would be great if they could offer BOTH 16:9 AND 4:3 ratio. But, right now, it's very rare to find an available 4:3 DBZ set.
Watching the series until the mid to late nineties on bootleg VHS tapes really made me seriously ignorant on quality issues on box sets. This really taught me a lot about how something as simple as video quality could become a major issue.
@Chin Onuora Oh well. Guess I'll have to live with watching it "incorrectly" then. I love the "shitty" music so I guess something is just wrong with me lol
@@ALANtt They do. However, he did NOT make music for the whole series! He and Funimation had a HUGE fallout before Funi re-dubbed episodes 1-67. But after that, you should hear his music
@syed jawad Those 53 episodes can be found on the early single DVDs (before Ginyu Assault) and on the Rock the Dragon set which is very rare and expensive.
+Matthew Lajoie First, make sure you support the official release. Second, Kissanime is a better site and has it in higher quality. Third, both the site you mention and Kissanime have it in cropped 16:9, and are in HD, so they are both likely taken from the Blu Ray seasons of DBZ. So overall, these are nearly just as bad the orange bricks besides being in HD. They are cropped and remastered with slightly more finesse, but cropping is still cropping. In conclusion, make sure to support the official release, and honestly, just watch DBZKai, because it's much better in every way and is in 4:3.
its annoying as fuck though, some characters heads are cut off and some arent even in the picture, plus you are missing detail, i dont care about all the other shit they talk about i just hate the cropping they should have just left it (4:3)
It's not that it completely changes everything, it's that it's wildly unnecessary. Taking out of a fifth of what you're watching to pretend it's "widescreen" is ridiculously unprofessional video editing. If a big blockbuster film today had a DVD release that claimed it was widescreen but instead had large black bars pasted over the footage instead of the film being properly adjusted, it would be a total embarrassment. People are giving money for your product, and you have the gall to black out sizeable portions of it and call that respectable? It's removing portions of film and pretending it's a selling point by suggesting the aspect ratio has been naturally adjusted. "It's not that bad" shouldn't be what fans stand behind, especially when it's deliberately poorly done. If a hardcore fan of DBZ cares about owning their favorite series in high quality, they shouldn't handwave having a noticeable chunk of the series removed.
Oh some people do. I own them all, I live in New Zealand and there's not a lot of options down here as to which set to buy so I was just thrilled to finally own the series, and over here it was aired on TV3 which was always shitty reception for some reason so these looked supreme in comparison. Then I bought Kai and never went back to the bricks haha
I currently own all 9 seasons of the "Orange Bricks" and just finished all of them. While there are occasionally framing issues where the focal object in the scene is being badly cropped, this is a very rare issue and mostly present only in the first 2 seasons. The missing lines in the animation are also rare and ultimately make no difference in viewing. The audio is great, the quality of the picture is great (with few exceptions in the first 2-3 seasons) and I think these receive far too much hate.
Take it from somebody who owns the steelbooks and level sets, and all of the other versions, including the ultimate uncut version. You have the worst version some thing that should’ve never been sold to you and they should’ve just re-packaged the dragon box or the ultimate uncut version
This is the first time i heard about orange bricks,tbh before watching this i sometimes watching some clips of dbz (original dub) especially the android saga on RUclips and i actually thought that the fans zoomed in and changed the saturation so they won't hit with copyright strikes,but i was apparently wrong thanks to this video. Also i agree with you on that because it's annoys me so much when they cropped so much that we can't see in details and the saturation are pretty much bad in early DVDs sets which they "kinda improved" on it.
I mean you make some good points but here's my thing, I already have the Orange Bricks, they're fine, there's no need for me to spend 200+ dollars for the Blu-Ray to buy something I already have, I like to look at it like at least I have the series in its entirety
I've seen this channel and avoided this specific video for a while. All because I spent hella money owning these bricks. When I bought them they were a new product and treasure them dearly. But I see your points.
Lol I just finished editing a video of me unboxing and talking about the GT bricks. I touched on the orange bricks and how everyone hates them for how poorly they were cropped and such.
I grew up with the Funimation Dub DBZ. When the orange bricks came out I bought and watched them years ago, I realized there's something wrong with this. DBZ was not meant to be in 16:9 when 4:3 is original. That's the reason why I always appreciate Dragon Ball/GT because they never changed the original aspect ratio.
Orange bricks, those bring back memories. I remember as a kid going across the street to my friends' house to borrow each season, then going back at the end of the week to get the next season.
Having any quality standards whatsoever is not the same as being a perfectionist. The Orange Bricks aren't just slightly flawed. They're one of thew orst home releases ever produced.
The English subtitles don't even match the audio. As a deaf/hard-of-hearing fan of DBZ, this was frustrating on so many levels. You had one fucking job, Funimation.
I feel bad for any deaf person watching DBZ having to read: Goku: "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" Vegeta: "HUUUUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Goku: "HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" Vegeta: "HRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!" Goku: " *HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* " Vegeta: *dead*
-Accurate colors to the cels. -Better dubbing. -Uncropped. -Not overly saturated. -Not overly contrasted. -There's no vanishing lines during heavy shaking scenes. The Kai blu-rays are light years better than the orange bricks shit.
Guess the majority of us are watching Super wrong too huh? I mean those English subtitles cut through the bottom of the frame and we are missing some of the original image. Guess we've all got to be fluent in Japanese to watch any Dragon Ball " correctly. " That sounds about as nitpicky as this video does.
+AndreFTW Funi fired him for that reason. Also replacing the music in a dub is never a good idea. It's like replacing John Williams Star Wars score with some techno bullshit.
+Devin Marshall I don't care his music to me goes hand and hand with DBZ for me it may be nostalgia but regardless that's how i feel i still get chills when his music hits at points like the final flash vs cell are gohan transformation into ssj 2 and goku going super sayin 3 for the first time perfect cells theme his music made this show epic to me
People care way too much about details. Maybe it's because I remember being a kid, amd never being able to sit down and watch the whole series, that I'm happy just to have it.
For me it’s the music that killed it for me I can deal with slight cropping but the English dub on the orange bricks have a weird bastardized score and the Japanese dub is really poor audio quality
They need to make videos, i get that, but there are a million better ideas for content than "If you watch DBZ on this YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!" videos. It's sad they take this so seriously, it's a fucking anime show.
I had the orange bricks but then I bought the Dragon Boxes as they were being released, so I got the boxes for about 40 each. I gave the orange bricks to my brother since he didn't have the series. I'm glad I picked up the Dragon Boxes as they were coming out.
Terry Hesticles i mean obviously Geekdom did or he wouldn’t have made the channel and if one person saying this is enough to turn you into a 5 year old then it’s pretty evident who the whiney bitch is lmfao
Well shit,I just went back and looked at one of my Orange Boxes and you were right lol. It's been so long since I watched them so I guess I really never noticed those things since I've had them forever. I'm still going to do my collection on them since that's all I have at the moment but I'm thinking of investing in the Blu Rays now. Thanks for the tip!
The Orange Bricks are like the redheaded stepchild of the Dragon Ball Z releases. I'm very glad that this video is here, since I didn't go as in depth on why these releases suck in my video, as I perhaps should have.
I get cropping looks bad, but it's not like I'm missing a big part of show or am I missing info, if not then I say their not so bad cause it still gets the show put to people who can barely find it online for free and with good connections, for me it looks bad cause cropping but at least I'm still being told the story so I can actually talk with people because I know the anime but of course I haven't read the full manga. Though I have the newer ones
The be fair there is one good thing about the Orange sets and that's the price. I did a comparison to DBZ/Kai sets a year back and though my prefered way to watch DBZ is through the Blu Ray releases though I believe for someone who's never watched DBZ before and would like to watch it though isn't sure they'll like it they could pick these sets up as they are now dirt cheap. I own all 9 volumes of the Orange Brick set, I bought each release as they came out (as at that time it was the only way I could watch DBZ on TV) and I had no idea about the cropping and colour issues until I read about it online. Now if I watch them I will notice the difference, but it certainly doesn't ruin watching the show for me when I watch the Orange sets.
I own six of the Orange Bricks and I already knew of the flaws with the Orange Bricks so I can understand just owning the series and having three different ways to watch the show.
However, I no longer have the desire to watch DBZ on the Orange Bricks' butchered format so I've started to collect the DBZ Dragon Boxes and thankfully I got Volumes 1, 3, and 5 of the Dragon Boxes for Christmas.
Damn. I had no idea they were that bad. I have the dragon boxes (bought them back when they came out) and I bought them bc I prefer the japanese score and the 4:3 original ratio, but I didn't know they filtered out the grain and all that too. Hopefully they re-release the dragon boxes bc they really are the best way to watch dbz imo.
Best part is they don’t even have the actual original score many of the most important moments don’t have the original songs present like the intros for example don’t have head chala unless you change it to Japanese audio which is significantly worse quality
There is nothing wrong with this video.....except for the fact that Goku's missing lines on his face and he's just having his hair cut off by the screen.
Dude, I bought the Dragon Boxes (the yellow ones) and I'm happy about it. Took a big chunk out of my wallet but, it was worth it. All uncut and original frame. You can't get them anymore unless you pay hundreds for one box.
@@Shadywolf09 It honestly is. I'm lucky I bought these things 3-4 years ago. Yes, they were expensive back then, but they're even more expensive now and will continue to rise in price
I have the (Omfg I'm old) the VHS Dragon Ball Z set where each VHS tape box has part of an image pertaining to the Saga like if 1-4 was the Saiyan Saga the complete picture was split between the 4 sides of the box! !! Pretty cool !! (And old) Now I moved on up to Blue Ray or DVD or whatever
Yeah i have them all. Vhs player ate the one with goku and pikkon fighting...pissed me off so down 1. Later in life i bought....the orange bricks. But nice to have them all
Is seeing the entirety of gohan's hair really that important that I willing to spend an additional 200 hundred dollars to see? I mean really, what am I missing with the orange box sets? Those images with heads cut off. I honestly don't remember seeing that if it did it would pan up to the rest of the face. I don't know what to say. I just finished buying the last of the orange box sets and now you are saying they cut to much out. How about for the original dragon ball? Any recommendations for that one before I buy the first one I see?
He didn't say that you can't see all of Gohans hair he said sometimes they crop it so that you only see the top of Gohan and the rest of his body is cut off.
+.png except that never happened the only thing cropped was either the feet or the head it even shows you how it was cropped at the beginning of the video. This video is just nerd rage normal people wouldn't really care about.
GodRise My thought exactly, I watched the entire thing and not once did I notice anything like this video is describing. I even saw a side by side comparison and while there were a few more clouds in the picture I still saw everything I needed to see. I didn't miss any fights, Really I can't spend 200 bucks for something so minor
You can't overreact when everything they are saying is a fact, I understand its probably the first you have owned but its all facts, so no they can't be overreacting.
Hey Geekdom please do an in depth video about the Dragonboxes. I used to have the Orange Bricks when I was in high school and was happy I had a complete collection of Dragonballz. But then when I went to visit my relatives across the country I found that my home was robbed and my anime dvds were stolen. Eventually in the new year of 2014 I found the first three Dragonboxes and bought them for 50 dollars each. I've now collected all 7 Dragonboxes and absolutely love them! Please tell everyone about the greatness of the Dragonboxes.
At the time the orange bricks came out were there any other options for full seasons of DBZ and were they as cost effective? I don't recall much else being out there.
There's not good reason for the Dragon Boxes to be that expensive. The don't need to "correct" anything, just digitize the original show as aired and put it on a DVD or blu ray. Does George Lucas own Funimation or something?
If people only buy the orange bricks due to them being cheap you are better off watching the original from a anime website especially since that is free lol.
My favorite feature on the orange bricks waa the marathon feature. Had the opening once and the whole disc plays as a movie instead of doing the opening and intro for every episode. Also had the option to listen to the dub with the Faulconer soundtrack or the OG soundtrack. The Dragon Box sets didn't have either option.
Hey dude, I actually watched some of your videos and liked them, and was about to subscribe until I saw this video. I think you come off a bit too much like an elitist in this video- and your hysterical hatred of this DVD set is not wholly founded. Let me start off by saying that I own the Blue Bricks (DB), Orange Bricks (DBZ) and Green Bricks (GT). I bought the orange and green bricks from someone off Craigslist who had them all brand new for only $120. So I paid just under $11/box. And while there definitely are some issues with the Orange Bricks (the 16:9 resolution being the main issue, removal of film grain), the sets are not all that bad. I watched through the entire franchise a couple years ago (all episodes, movies, and specials from the 3 series pre-Super) and I think it was an awesome way to watch the whole franchise. I also think they actually look better than the Blu-Rays, which are far too bright and look like a flash cartoon sometimes (as you mentioned in your vid). The Orange Bricks have 3 grade audio options, the entire series uncut and uncensored, and are readily available to most every DBZ fan. The color correction stuff I honestly didn't notice, and film grain is a bit annoying. The main issue is the cropping, which I always am against; but imagine if this set released in 4:3. You wouldn't be complaining that much. Also, this was only my second viewing of the entire series from start to finish, the first time I had seen the series since it first aired in America on Toonami- and I thought the series looked way better on my HDTV via DVD's then they did on a CRT through cable as most of us watched the show as kids. So in short, I feel you greatly exaggerated how "terrible" these box sets are, and they don't even look that bad. Let's hope that Funimation will release the entirety of the Level Sets one day, but for now, the Orange Bricks are definitely watchable and fine.
Come on man, give me a break with the Dragon Boxes already. Most DBZ fans can't afford to spend over $2k on DVD's, therefore, they are pretty much unobtainable. Heck, it's hard just to find a complete set! So the "Dragon Boxes, Dragon Boxes" argument is completely null and void in my opinion. Also, they do not have the Shuki Levi and Bruce Faulconer scores, so they are mainly aimed at the Japanese language fans, which the Dragon Ball is the one anime series in which I prefer the English voices and soundtrack over the original. Please name me another complete DBZ box set that can actually be obtained that is better than the Orange Bricks.
What i mean is that at the end of the day, for the majority of all DBZ fans in the U.S- their options are either to get the Orange Bricks, or the current Blu-Rays. Both have their issues. But to call them "complete and utter garbage" and to get so pissed about them is completely non-nonsensical. I hope that they release the Levels set or something similar in it's entirety (which I am sure will happen one day). 4:3 aspect ratio, film grain, correct colors, along with the 3 different audio options in the best resolution possible. I'm going to wait for that release to re-watch the series again.
WestSide1207 preach .... no one is going to spend 200 bucks on one dragon box . On top of that this guy is wants to be a purist than travel back in time and tape it as it aired on tv in Japan
Gotta factor in the price point with the orange bricks. They’re very affordable and easily accessible. There’s a product for everyone, and this one is just right for some folks.
...and yet the Orange Bricks are STILL the most affordable & practical way to watch DBZ in 2020. ebay has them for about $12-$15 a set, a worthy investment if you ask me!
I don't agree with the cropping. I still watch tv in 4:3. But about HD, Yes you can have high definition DVD. They go up to 720. The lowest HD quality, but still HD
yes you can have digitially remastered version on a DVD. I owned VHS tapes back then! Moving to DVD was a good move up! So yes if you are from that era It IS
What's the issue with the orange bricks, they cut off the screen a little bit? Is that really that bad? I want to watch the show again with the funimation dubs and bruce faulconer soundtrack for the sake of nostalgia like when I watched back in the early 2000s. Idc about this perfection bullshit. I stream anime online and it's not always 1080 hd shit but I get to watch the show in decent quality or better and that's what's important. I've been looking for the funimation dubs/ bruce st episodes online and I don't see them anywhere anymore. Anyone know where to find them or should I just buy a box set? If I buy the orange bricks would they have the bruce faulconer ST and old English voices or do I need the blu rays for that?
BigManTate7364 the reason I dont really like em Is not becuz the quality, its the changes like redub scenes, soundtracks were placed in different scenes and certain sound effects were cut out. other than that its alright. IMO its better than the Z blu ray
I own all the DVD orange bricks and the the two green ones as well. I love Dragonball Z since the mid 90s and I'm mad for the fact that my lack of knowledge of certain quality of home entertainment has been distant. Whether if it's the confusion of the Fandom community through the years of knowing whose right or whose bullshitting. I'm glad I've found Geekdom101 and his blunt honesty. Most fans I talk too, speak very farfetched ideas ( Super saiya-jin 3 Trunks). Thank you guys for making Dragonball a tangible thing.
Only reason why I prefer the Orange Bricks over the Blue-Rays is due to the Bruce Faulconer score with original dialogue from the old Toonami televised broadcast on Cartoon Network before Nickelodeon acquired the license for the Kai dub. I don't know why FUNimation felt the need to dub Kai after it was originally aired in Japan when the absence of filler material didn't make up for the absence of the original voice actors, dialogue, and Bruce Faulconer score. High Definition isn't everything when it comes to animation quality especially in a series like Dragon Ball where the animation cel battle choreography felt as If you we're actually being engaged in the series compared to CGI battle choreography which felt lifeless.
The exact same dub from the Orange Bricks is on the Blu-Ray Season Sets, but if you want the original Toonami version, you're going to have to buy the VHS tapes on eBay, or if you want the Original FUNi dub uncut, you're going to have to buy the uncut bilingual DVD singles by FUNimation on eBay.
As a child from a poor family, collecting these 9 bricks were as meaningfull to me as collecting the dragonballs were to these characters. Receiving one as a birthday or Christmas present meant the world, because I was one step closer to finally completing that infamous logo on my bookshelf. After several years, and working odd jobs as a kid to supplement everything, I finished my collection, which proudly sits in my living room.
These bricks mean more to people than accuracy or animation or dub quality or anything else. To me they do anyway.
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steveclarkreborn ignorance is bliss
That's great that you enjoy it but it doesn't change that funimation could've done way better with this release
I could enjoy a pile of dogshit, but it's still dogshit
That's the most beautiful story I've ever heard🥺
Cropping 4:3 to make it "widescreen" was the dumbest idea ever. And funimation weren't the only ones doing it, a lot of shows did it.
wouldn't it have been better to stretch it?
@@craigime naw it would have been better to keep it 4:3 then anyone with a DVD player could just use the remote to zoom in or stretch it
On my tv you can shrink the widescreen picture back to 4:3
@@unkono same
Not everyone is a videophile and gives a fuck lmao
I don't know if anyone has brought this up but the Orange Bricks are a steal for the price. You can get these for 15-20 bucks and you get between 35-40 episodes. Good luck getting that price with any other anime on the market. Hell some still want over 50 bucks for 13 episodes.
Timothy Salters Geekdom said they were cheap in the video...
Timothy Salters I got all for like 45$.
Yeah I got them because they cheap.
Just gonna point this out really late, sure it's a good deal, but you can just watch the series on the Funimation website with a subscription for like 6$. The price isn't exactly the issue here, though it was a lot more expensive back in the day. It's the fact that it's one of the most popular anime of all time, and it's never gotten a truly good home set
Even worse here in germany you have to pay 40 dollars for 9 episodes of hxh for example and dbz is 60 dollars a box but they are better than the orange bricks though but not upgraded at all just like it originally was
VHS set is where its at.
DJ Faty310 where can I buy them? I've been searching for them online with no luck.
Ebay is probably your best option.
Connor C. Bro what's the proper name. It's impossible to find them anywhere other than eBay. I search Funimation DVDs or VHS or Funimation Single Sets for DBZ but most of the reults are Orange Bricks.
Wasef Shah it's easy and each individual VHS had different names. Just go to eBay and search dragon ball z vhs
Connor C. Lmao aight but I don't have my VCR anymore 😂
RIP to the Level Sets, it was good getting a taste of perfection even if it were for a split second. The new Blu-Ray sets IMO look worst than the orange bricks because the outlines look bleached on the characters. The only complete and best Blu-Ray version we have now is the Kai series.
Never expected you to comment on here man
I try to lay out a comment and Like on every good DBZ video I can ^_^
+RandomBlackGamer this is a fact and thanks for commenting!!!
Geekdom101 No probs, great discussion my guy
+RandomBlackGamer thanks!
"Dragonball Z is one of the most confusing to buy animes of all time".
*kappa*
It was a cheap way for me to own the entire series so the fucks I give about 20% of the screen being cut off is 0.
Yeah same
I don't think it's even that much cut off. the orange sets are not nearly as bad as what they're making it out to be. I don't know what the hell they're talking about lines missing and shit. there must be something wrong with their fucking TV then. because it looks fine on my TV and yes I have done side-by-side comparisons between the originals and the Orange Box in case if they want to get a wild hair up their ass. this is coming from somebody who's been down with Dragon Ball Z since its creation with the original so probably a longer fan than they have been. and they say that any other set would be better than this one? do they not remember the pioneer release? That's if they've been a fan long enough to know that a company called pioneer released it. that shity voice acting and it just plain out sucked balls with the color and everything about it. they don't know what the hell they're talking about. the orange sets are nowhere near as bad as what they're making it out to be.
I don't think it's even that much cut off. the orange sets are not nearly as bad as what they're making it out to be. I don't know what the hell they're talking about lines missing and shit. there must be something wrong with their fucking TV then. because it looks fine on my TV and yes I have done side-by-side comparisons between the originals and the Orange Box in case if they want to get a wild hair up their ass. this is coming from somebody who's been down with Dragon Ball Z since its creation with the original so probably a longer fan than they have been. and they say that any other set would be better than this one? do they not remember the pioneer release? That's if they've been a fan long enough to know that a company called pioneer released it. that shity voice acting and it just plain out sucked balls with the color and everything about it. they don't know what the hell they're talking about. the orange sets are nowhere near as bad as what they're making it out to be.
I don't think it's even that much cut off. the orange sets are not nearly as bad as what they're making it out to be. I don't know what the hell they're talking about lines missing and shit. there must be something wrong with their fucking TV then. because it looks fine on my TV and yes I have done side-by-side comparisons between the originals and the Orange Box in case if they want to get a wild hair up their ass. this is coming from somebody who's been down with Dragon Ball Z since its creation with the original so probably a longer fan than they have been. and they say that any other set would be better than this one? do they not remember the pioneer release? That's if they've been a fan long enough to know that a company called pioneer released it. that shity voice acting and it just plain out sucked balls with the color and everything about it. they don't know what the hell they're talking about. the orange sets are nowhere near as bad as what they're making it out to be.
Goku Black lol not even 20 percent probably like 5 percent
Hella late comment but I loved these things. I learned so much from the orange bricks! I learned all the filler such as the days before the cell games, travel to namek episodes, gohan school days episodes. I learned almost everything I know about DBZ from the orange bricks. I still own and loved these things especially since it was hard to watch dragonball after it was no longer on Cartoon Network (Well it was hard for me with no computer). I guess my bad eyesight doesn't pay that much attention to detail
Good job
good for you
I got the orange bricks and truth be told they not that bad if anything I see it this is dbz back in the old days that’s how I like it frl🤷🏾♂️💯
@@deontedean5172 on my tv you can shrink the widescreen picture down to 4:3
@@unkono sadly you'd still lose picture because it's just shrinking the 16:9 image. So you'd still have the same problem but it's just squeezed to 4×3.
I'd love to get the Dragon Boxes for the real deal but I can't afford to drop $2000 on a set of DVDs.
GoldStorm07 got it for $200 bro lol
Jairo Bobadilla You got the entire set of 7 for $200? Frigging how?
*140K
@GoldStorm07 I found some on eBay for $200. Not much better kinda, but still somewhat reasonable. I’ll need to save my money to buy each one.
"you're watching it incorrectly" I guess I'm sorry that I can't see the top of gohans hair
No you're only seeing the top of gohans hair.
So if you purchased a couple you'd be fine with only being able to sit in the middle seat?...
SUNIKI GAMING I don't know what that means, but when the amount of extra frame you get to see when you watch it "correctly" is extremely insignificant and costs FAR more than the "incorrect" way, I'm positive which one I'm going with.
CrapesVHS Autocorrect figured I meant couple yay. I meant If you purchased a COUCH, that you'd be fine with only being able to sit in the middle seat.
SUNIKI GAMING That depends, are the other sides a small fraction of the couch?
Personally I think that the Orangebrick sets do not suck at all. That was the first Dragonball DVD that I received. I have the entire series in the orange bricks that I got absolutely love it. I don't think it really matters what form of Dragonball you prefer as long as you're loving the series for what it is. I don't know why so many people complain about what version of Dragonball series other people prefer regardless of how you watch it.
no they're trash you may like them but they're terrible period
I respect your opinion but why do you think that they're terrible regardless? +a life form known as rob
+Jarred Rexroad because they are its not an opinion its a fact
+a life form known as rob It is most certainly not a fact, rather, it is an opinion. Just because you might think something is trash doesn't necessarily mean that other people might not believe it is.
+Jarred Rexroad No, it's not an opinion. You can objectively say that the line-art was compromised. You can objectively say that the cropping removed the intended framing. You can objectively say the colours were saturated and crushed to the point where detail was lost, and the series no longer resembled its intended pallet. On every technical point, it is an objective failure. That is not up for debate. You're entirely free to enjoy the sets, even prefer the visuals. But they are horrendous from an artistic, moral, and technical standpoint.
damn this guy really want us to see dbz perfectly when me in general just wants to watch it lol
Kælmax The guardian of Eus-kara
It is different
SO many things wrong with everything you typed, Kaelmax.
First "except," not "expect." That's the least egregious & if you fucking nitpick with me about that, go fuck yourself because there's worse shit there that I'm going to point out.
2. There's PLENTY of reason to talk about this because the orange bricks are SHIT, ok bud?
3. It is NOT the same thing as the Dragon Boxes. Fucking cropping, horrible saturation, & horrible "remastering." The Dragon Boxes, minus having a green hue for some reason, are the OPPOSITE of the Orange Bricks & the Blu-Rays. The Blu-Rays have better cropping, but those are NOT something you should own either.
4. The Dragon Boxes don't have special features on the DISCS (neither do the orange bricks for that matter), but they have the books, which are a wealth of information on the series, characters, & episodes. Those are GREAT. The Blu-Rays have interviews, behind the scenes stuff, & looks into how they do things. Sure, some of them are boring as shit, but they're still there. The orange bricks have NOTHING in terms of special features of any kind.
By the way, they're not stupid, they're a bonus for the people buying them in case they don't feel the prices of the sets are justified at first. It's the movie/TV show equivalent to including a season pass for DLC with a video game.
Kælmax The guardian of Eus-kara And you clearly didn't read anything past the first thing, so I don't know why I'm even bothering. If I'm supposed to "get over" one of the most cancerous DVD releases to ever hit an anime series, I'm sorry, but I can't do that.
Night Fall because you aren't a fan lol
@@solracv8528 he is more of a fan then you if he watches dbz for enjoyment and not to feel special about slightly better quality
4:37 - The BITRATE is very low. The frame rate is consistent. You'd be watching a powerpoint presentation if it wasn't. ;)
Correct sir! :)
+Peten Nope
The orange bricks had the best dvd menu music
@@meridox6460 its also the bruce falconer edition you have to change it to English music in settings
The bricks for Dragon Ball and GT are actually awesome. They're in the original aspect ratio.
Ryan Means
Except GT in English only has the English music which is really annoying if you like the performances but hated the music.
WELCOME TO THE GRAND TOUR
thanks i was planning on getting the blue bricks and was wondering if it was the same problem
I grew up with those
The green bricks? No, you can switch the music to Japanese while keeping English voices
I will always be nostalgic for the Orange bricks. I don’t care about “the best quality and crop”. The Orange bricks never failed me and will forever have a place in my childhood. Anyone here remember the little booklets that came with them? That was my favorite part as a kid! Now if you buy them new they don’t come with the booklets anymore :(
good for you...keep those nostalgia glasses on
We NEED a new release of the Funimation Dragon Boxes. It's never going to happen, but picture this... Toei restored Dragon Boxes on Bluray! Damn, I think I just blew my own fucking mind.
+TheFrozenParticle no thank you I wood nto buy them dragonbox did nto have the eoic burce msudi so unles dragonbox for blu rya had bruce msuci then only then I wood buy them
Robo9400 hell no dude dragon box had hrobble color goku look like whtite ghost in them btoh the elvels and the blue ray dbz season had better color goku did not look like white ghost or nmajni buu skin color haff time
and dude dbz blu ray seoans do have brace but where hell is original dragonball blu ray fuanis iad of dbz blu ray seoasn sell will we wodo the original dragonball on blu rya
and they did sel will
no leble war killed do the lame 17 epsidoe shti when ti be season pre set that then blue rya elvle wodo take off big time
Robo9400 I said dbz blu ray season do have bruce music and 2nd levels flip not do bad tiem do the 17 epsidoe shit when btoh the o boxes and dragon boxes had more then 17 epsidoes
FrozenParticle WITH BRUCE MUSIC
FrozenParticle No, what we NEED is the Dragon Box GT in America.
Does anyone else think that geekdom is slightly (Very) arrogant?
THANK.YOU.
David your welcome.
YES!
I'm not the only one?!
Define slightly...
Okay, let's all take a deep breath.
If only they finished the level sets. Those were perfect. But the only reason they didn't sell enough to warrant finishing them was because everyone had already bought the orange bricks. Not because they were actually good but because they were the only way to own the whole series without busting your wallet.
Not going to lie, this video was much more informative and much less..."ranty" than I anticipated
+Amelia Montes LOL!
I just wish they would re-release the original tv aired version the one with the theme Prelude To Conflict on dvd or blu-ray because that would be the ultimate nostalgia trip for me
Singles DVDs
Kyogre's Hideout they did, I think
If they did that now, that would probably be the laziest crap ever, but it would be more effort than the Season Sets and Blu-ray Sets.
I think the Season Set Blu Rays' high point was during the Buu saga. Regardless of what people say, I loved the picture quality for The Buu Saga blu rays. Sure, some of the cropping looked a little odd, but I still enjoyed it, because that cropping appeals to me for some reason lol, and it looks stunning. But that aside, I 100% agree with you on the orange bricks, and I still respect everyones' opinion. :)
I watched the Buu saga on the orange bricks with my friend and we thought the quality was amazing
Honesty, I couldn't careless about quality, I prefer to watch DBZ in its original ratio aka FULL PICTURE but they cropped like 20% off it, that's too MUCH! it would be great if they could offer BOTH 16:9 AND 4:3 ratio. But, right now, it's very rare to find an available 4:3 DBZ set.
Watching the series until the mid to late nineties on bootleg VHS tapes really made me seriously ignorant on quality issues on box sets. This really taught me a lot about how something as simple as video quality could become a major issue.
Orange bricks have never done me wrong tbh.mnever felt like I was missing out on anything at all
@Chin Onuora Oh well. Guess I'll have to live with watching it "incorrectly" then. I love the "shitty" music so I guess something is just wrong with me lol
@@TotallyAwesomeWrestlingTAW fax plus we got the we were angels theme
Chin Onuora correct me if im wrong. But the orange boxes do have the brucefalcon. Atleast mine do
@@ALANtt They do. However, he did NOT make music for the whole series! He and Funimation had a HUGE fallout before Funi re-dubbed episodes 1-67. But after that, you should hear his music
@syed jawad Those 53 episodes can be found on the early single DVDs (before Ginyu Assault) and on the Rock the Dragon set which is very rare and expensive.
I think the word you were thinking for in the beginning was "redundant".
+Kenshin0011 thank you!!!
+Matthew Lajoie
First, make sure you support the official release.
Second, Kissanime is a better site and has it in higher quality.
Third, both the site you mention and Kissanime have it in cropped 16:9, and are in HD, so they are both likely taken from the Blu Ray seasons of DBZ.
So overall, these are nearly just as bad the orange bricks besides being in HD. They are cropped and remastered with slightly more finesse, but cropping is still cropping.
In conclusion, make sure to support the official release, and honestly, just watch DBZKai, because it's much better in every way and is in 4:3.
Yea, remember DBZ was created in the 1980s-1990s. so The REAL and TRUE ratio is 4:3. Widescreen for home TVs didn't exist then.
But you act like not seeing an inch of footage on the top and bottom completely changes everything about DBZ
Frankie K. Thank you
its annoying as fuck though, some characters heads are cut off and some arent even in the picture, plus you are missing detail, i dont care about all the other shit they talk about i just hate the cropping they should have just left it (4:3)
@@Addicted2Battle I never had a problem with that
It's not that it completely changes everything, it's that it's wildly unnecessary. Taking out of a fifth of what you're watching to pretend it's "widescreen" is ridiculously unprofessional video editing. If a big blockbuster film today had a DVD release that claimed it was widescreen but instead had large black bars pasted over the footage instead of the film being properly adjusted, it would be a total embarrassment. People are giving money for your product, and you have the gall to black out sizeable portions of it and call that respectable? It's removing portions of film and pretending it's a selling point by suggesting the aspect ratio has been naturally adjusted. "It's not that bad" shouldn't be what fans stand behind, especially when it's deliberately poorly done. If a hardcore fan of DBZ cares about owning their favorite series in high quality, they shouldn't handwave having a noticeable chunk of the series removed.
I never had a problem with them tbh.
Im buying the Blu-Ray sets because of the Faulconer score. I just can't watch Z without it
I have the orange bricks, they also include the faulconer music
Orange brick has Bruce falconer score change the audio to English 2
blue ray hasfaulconer music forsure?
@@ZetsuboXIII is that true?? Shit thats the only thing i hated about the orange bricks.
@@christianpagoulatos8210 yeah orange bricks had the faulconer score
I don't think most people really care or look too hard for these things as long as they get their fix of the show.
Oh some people do. I own them all, I live in New Zealand and there's not a lot of options down here as to which set to buy so I was just thrilled to finally own the series, and over here it was aired on TV3 which was always shitty reception for some reason so these looked supreme in comparison.
Then I bought Kai and never went back to the bricks haha
If you saw the original airing of the show or got a hold of the dragon boxes, you woukd be disgusted with these orange shit bricks.
Well the orange bricks were the first time we finally got Dragon Ball Z uncut, that was a plus for me
Single dvds after the single dvds of the funi/ocean dub are uncut
@@stewie17 but they were still censored
I currently own all 9 seasons of the "Orange Bricks" and just finished all of them. While there are occasionally framing issues where the focal object in the scene is being badly cropped, this is a very rare issue and mostly present only in the first 2 seasons. The missing lines in the animation are also rare and ultimately make no difference in viewing. The audio is great, the quality of the picture is great (with few exceptions in the first 2-3 seasons) and I think these receive far too much hate.
Take it from somebody who owns the steelbooks and level sets, and all of the other versions, including the ultimate uncut version. You have the worst version some thing that should’ve never been sold to you and they should’ve just re-packaged the dragon box or the ultimate uncut version
I said on twitter. "Awful cropping, terrible grain removal, terrible colors".
***** I said that too, that was a portion of my tweet.
Man, so we STILL need a proper DBZ Box set.
Just buy the dragon ball z kai blu rays if you can't afford the dragon boxes :)
No, Z and Kai aren't the same
MetroidLord1 thats true but its better dub and less filler
+xXSonTjXx Agreed
Who says that I care about the dub lmao, and if I don't want filler I read the manga
MetroidLord1 You really going to be that guy huh lmao
This is the first time i heard about orange bricks,tbh before watching this i sometimes watching some clips of dbz (original dub) especially the android saga on RUclips and i actually thought that the fans zoomed in and changed the saturation so they won't hit with copyright strikes,but i was apparently wrong thanks to this video.
Also i agree with you on that because it's annoys me so much when they cropped so much that we can't see in details and the saturation are pretty much bad in early DVDs sets which they "kinda improved" on it.
I mean you make some good points but here's my thing, I already have the Orange Bricks, they're fine, there's no need for me to spend 200+ dollars for the Blu-Ray to buy something I already have, I like to look at it like at least I have the series in its entirety
I feel like this was aimed more for those who are thinking about buying a dbz DVD, not as much for those who already have a DVD.
+Transformer Geek nah he says at the beginning that everyone who likes the orange bricks are wrong.
GodRise oh yeah, okay then.
I've seen this channel and avoided this specific video for a while. All because I spent hella money owning these bricks. When I bought them they were a new product and treasure them dearly. But I see your points.
Jaden Asher so what set would you buy now, Boeing what you know now? I wanna buy a set... plz help
@@buky6825 unless you have 2 grand to drop on the dragon boxes, the blu-ray season sets are the best option
Is this a joke? This is the most ridiculous rant I have ever heard.
Preach lol
Agreed man.
The “orange shit bricks” is just a small part of how Funimation poorly mishandled DBZ. Excellent video bro.
Lol I just finished editing a video of me unboxing and talking about the GT bricks. I touched on the orange bricks and how everyone hates them for how poorly they were cropped and such.
I grew up with the Funimation Dub DBZ. When the orange bricks came out I bought and watched them years ago, I realized there's something wrong with this. DBZ was not meant to be in 16:9 when 4:3 is original. That's the reason why I always appreciate Dragon Ball/GT because they never changed the original aspect ratio.
On my tv you can shrink the picture back to 4:3. But it is still missing the top and bottom of the picture
Orange bricks, those bring back memories. I remember as a kid going across the street to my friends' house to borrow each season, then going back at the end of the week to get the next season.
They should reprint the Dragon boxes.
And not make them a million bucks.
I have the orange boxes. I don't have a problem with them. Stop being a perfectionist...
Having any quality standards whatsoever is not the same as being a perfectionist. The Orange Bricks aren't just slightly flawed. They're one of thew orst home releases ever produced.
The English subtitles don't even match the audio. As a deaf/hard-of-hearing fan of DBZ, this was frustrating on so many levels. You had one fucking job, Funimation.
They use the Japanese script, the accurate one, the REAL one. The Subs are correct. The Dub was always wrong
The dub line for Z is sometimes incorrect but not Kai. The subs in the early days were funky in terms of accuracy.
Corey Toomey The later sets and the dragon box also don't have the dub match the subs. The kai version is pretty close but Z never matched the subs
The English subtitles are for the Japanese audio... Not the English audio.. lol.
I feel bad for any deaf person watching DBZ having to read:
Goku: "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"
Vegeta: "HUUUUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
Goku: "HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
Vegeta: "HRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!"
Goku: " *HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* "
Vegeta: *dead*
I'm happy with the Dragon Ball Z Kai blu Rays.... The orange bricks are just orange shits
-Accurate colors to the cels.
-Better dubbing.
-Uncropped.
-Not overly saturated.
-Not overly contrasted.
-There's no vanishing lines during heavy shaking scenes.
The Kai blu-rays are light years better than the orange bricks shit.
Babul Ahmed
I agree with that.
The work they did redrawing some scenes look like cow shit. At least the dubbing was better.
+Babul Ahmed There were no "newly added scenes". It's a myth.
SeeReax shut up
That's even worst. Kai sucks
Guess the majority of us are watching Super wrong too huh? I mean those English subtitles cut through the bottom of the frame and we are missing some of the original image. Guess we've all got to be fluent in Japanese to watch any Dragon Ball " correctly. " That sounds about as nitpicky as this video does.
I actually don’t mind the orange bricks
This is soooo petty lmaoooo they're honestly you fine you guys are reaching way too much
I can guarantee, with full certainty, that 13-year-old me did not give a fuck about any of these problems.
One thing we can agree, the opening on the Orange Bricks is kind of good.
which one?
I don’t disagree with this take but can I atleast have the option to have the full kikuchi score for English including head chala intro
it has the Bruce faulconer music i cant watch DbZ without his music
Faulconer is a talentless hack and a plagiarist. His music is trash too.
Plagiarist? How is he?
+AndreFTW Funi fired him for that reason. Also replacing the music in a dub is never a good idea. It's like replacing John Williams Star Wars score with some techno bullshit.
Agree I also can't watch the Original Dragon ball without the Bruce Faulconer music.
+Devin Marshall I don't care his music to me goes hand and hand with DBZ for me it may be nostalgia but regardless that's how i feel i still get chills when his music hits at points like the final flash vs cell are gohan transformation into ssj 2 and goku going super sayin 3 for the first time perfect cells theme his music made this show epic to me
"I CANT SEE FRIEZA'S FEET IN SOME SCENES! RAGE!!
GIVE ME THEM CHANGELING TOES
really?
People care way too much about details. Maybe it's because I remember being a kid, amd never being able to sit down and watch the whole series, that I'm happy just to have it.
For me it’s the music that killed it for me I can deal with slight cropping but the English dub on the orange bricks have a weird bastardized score and the Japanese dub is really poor audio quality
You guys need to get out more
Thats no excuse, this the saddest thing ive ever listened to
+Krontok that was a stupid retort, money is money and considering people will kill for money, I wouldn't mind this as a job.
They need to make videos, i get that, but there are a million better ideas for content than "If you watch DBZ on this YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!" videos. It's sad they take this so seriously, it's a fucking anime show.
Bob Bobston no, the real pathetic youtubers are any adults playing Minecraft
Krontok getting paid is an excuse for everything my good sir LMAO
I had the orange bricks but then I bought the Dragon Boxes as they were being released, so I got the boxes for about 40 each. I gave the orange bricks to my brother since he didn't have the series. I'm glad I picked up the Dragon Boxes as they were coming out.
"You are watching it incorrectly" I laughed so hard, then unsubscribed. Too much negativity man.
Blake Rhodes quit crying bitch no one wanted your sub to begin with
Terry Hesticles i mean obviously Geekdom did or he wouldn’t have made the channel and if one person saying this is enough to turn you into a 5 year old then it’s pretty evident who the whiney bitch is lmfao
skelitonking117 - Real talk bruh. Well spoken.
Gotta get a VHS to get that nostalgic feel otherwise the remastered version low key destroys a lot of nostalgia.
Well shit,I just went back and looked at one of my Orange Boxes and you were right lol. It's been so long since I watched them so I guess I really never noticed those things since I've had them forever. I'm still going to do my collection on them since that's all I have at the moment but I'm thinking of investing in the Blu Rays now. Thanks for the tip!
I think a big part of why people buy this set is because of the cool box art. That's certainly the only reason I would buy them.
The Orange Bricks are like the redheaded stepchild of the Dragon Ball Z releases. I'm very glad that this video is here, since I didn't go as in depth on why these releases suck in my video, as I perhaps should have.
Ill always love the orange boxes because of the nostalgic feel it gives me
They are also really cheap and im poor lol
nostalgia glasses are cool
I get cropping looks bad, but it's not like I'm missing a big part of show or am I missing info, if not then I say their not so bad cause it still gets the show put to people who can barely find it online for free and with good connections, for me it looks bad cause cropping but at least I'm still being told the story so I can actually talk with people because I know the anime but of course I haven't read the full manga. Though I have the newer ones
The be fair there is one good thing about the Orange sets and that's the price. I did a comparison to DBZ/Kai sets a year back and though my prefered way to watch DBZ is through the Blu Ray releases though I believe for someone who's never watched DBZ before and would like to watch it though isn't sure they'll like it they could pick these sets up as they are now dirt cheap. I own all 9 volumes of the Orange Brick set, I bought each release as they came out (as at that time it was the only way I could watch DBZ on TV) and I had no idea about the cropping and colour issues until I read about it online. Now if I watch them I will notice the difference, but it certainly doesn't ruin watching the show for me when I watch the Orange sets.
I own six of the Orange Bricks and I already knew of the flaws with the Orange Bricks so I can understand just owning the series and having three different ways to watch the show.
However, I no longer have the desire to watch DBZ on the Orange Bricks' butchered format so I've started to collect the DBZ Dragon Boxes and thankfully I got Volumes 1, 3, and 5 of the Dragon Boxes for Christmas.
Damn. I had no idea they were that bad. I have the dragon boxes (bought them back when they came out) and I bought them bc I prefer the japanese score and the 4:3 original ratio, but I didn't know they filtered out the grain and all that too. Hopefully they re-release the dragon boxes bc they really are the best way to watch dbz imo.
Best part is they don’t even have the actual original score many of the most important moments don’t have the original songs present like the intros for example don’t have head chala unless you change it to Japanese audio which is significantly worse quality
The Orange bricks are good
Anyone saying "it's only a bit of the top and the bottom" , look at 3:36. Tell me the only issue is the top and the bottom.
There is nothing wrong with this video.....except for the fact that Goku's missing lines on his face and he's just having his hair cut off by the screen.
Dragon Ball Z Episode 98 btw
I have both Orange Bricks and Blu-Ray. They aren't as bad as the Internet fans claim but I do agree that Blu-Ray is worlds better.
Dude, I bought the Dragon Boxes (the yellow ones) and I'm happy about it. Took a big chunk out of my wallet but, it was worth it. All uncut and original frame. You can't get them anymore unless you pay hundreds for one box.
Look at how expensive they are now lmao
@@johnleone1996 It's ridiculous. I get that they're out of print, but that's just plain greed.
@@Shadywolf09 It honestly is. I'm lucky I bought these things 3-4 years ago. Yes, they were expensive back then, but they're even more expensive now and will continue to rise in price
Fuck!!!!!
I had no idea the dragon boxes went up in price like crazy!!
the orange bricks are original and will be legendary!
WitnessLebron23Cavs
I don't think so
Your right they are legendary only true dbz fans would understand lol
BXGamingTV there's no such thing as a "true fan" you're a fan if you like the show, theres no tiers for liking something
*17 monologuing quietly*
*INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING*
I have the (Omfg I'm old) the VHS Dragon Ball Z set where each VHS tape box has part of an image pertaining to the Saga like if 1-4 was the Saiyan Saga the complete picture was split between the 4 sides of the box! !! Pretty cool !! (And old) Now I moved on up to Blue Ray or DVD or whatever
me too. I have nearly all the VHS of DBZ, but I no longer even own a player. just a tub of cassettes.
Yeah i have them all. Vhs player ate the one with goku and pikkon fighting...pissed me off so down 1. Later in life i bought....the orange bricks. But nice to have them all
Oh god the audio geekdom has evolved since this for sure.
Is seeing the entirety of gohan's hair really that important that I willing to spend an additional 200 hundred dollars to see? I mean really, what am I missing with the orange box sets? Those images with heads cut off. I honestly don't remember seeing that if it did it would pan up to the rest of the face. I don't know what to say. I just finished buying the last of the orange box sets and now you are saying they cut to much out. How about for the original dragon ball? Any recommendations for that one before I buy the first one I see?
The Dragon Ball remasters are fine.
He didn't say that you can't see all of Gohans hair he said sometimes they crop it so that you only see the top of Gohan and the rest of his body is cut off.
.png I don't remember seeing that. That can't be right
+.png except that never happened the only thing cropped was either the feet or the head it even shows you how it was cropped at the beginning of the video. This video is just nerd rage normal people wouldn't really care about.
GodRise My thought exactly, I watched the entire thing and not once did I notice anything like this video is describing. I even saw a side by side comparison and while there were a few more clouds in the picture I still saw everything I needed to see.
I didn't miss any fights, Really I can't spend 200 bucks for something so minor
The orange bricks has my Bruce falconer for the music score, so they're fine with me.
Jesus christ overreacting... Listening to this video made my brain die...
I’m sorry man. I hope your brain comes back
You can't overreact when everything they are saying is a fact, I understand its probably the first you have owned but its all facts, so no they can't be overreacting.
You would need a brain in the first place.
There sets are as bad, if not worse than they said. The shit isn't worth the discs they're printed on.
Joshua Rupert their*
Hey Geekdom please do an in depth video about the Dragonboxes.
I used to have the Orange Bricks when I was in high school and was happy I had a complete collection of Dragonballz. But then when I went to visit my relatives across the country I found that my home was robbed and my anime dvds were stolen. Eventually in the new year of 2014 I found the first three Dragonboxes and bought them for 50 dollars each. I've now collected all 7 Dragonboxes and absolutely love them!
Please tell everyone about the greatness of the Dragonboxes.
Lucky bastard! ;)
At the time the orange bricks came out were there any other options for full seasons of DBZ and were they as cost effective?
I don't recall much else being out there.
There's not good reason for the Dragon Boxes to be that expensive. The don't need to "correct" anything, just digitize the original show as aired and put it on a DVD or blu ray. Does George Lucas own Funimation or something?
If people only buy the orange bricks due to them being cheap you are better off watching the original from a anime website especially since that is free lol.
orange brick fan comes to school in a trench coat while pumped up kicks is playing
Am I the only one that likes those old single release DVDs?
Is there a good place to find those?
+SuperSonic SpinDash eBay
Halo Extreme what keywords should I type
+SuperSonic SpinDash just search dragon ball z DVD and find the single ones
I remember buying the vhs tapes and getting spoilers for the upcoming season. I lived off those tapes.
My favorite feature on the orange bricks waa the marathon feature. Had the opening once and the whole disc plays as a movie instead of doing the opening and intro for every episode. Also had the option to listen to the dub with the Faulconer soundtrack or the OG soundtrack. The Dragon Box sets didn't have either option.
I really could care less. As long as I can watch dbz then I'm good
Actually, I'd consider the original single releases of Dragon Ball Z a better option than the Blu-rays.
I second this...I've decided to pick up some singles myself..
Hey dude, I actually watched some of your videos and liked them, and was about to subscribe until I saw this video. I think you come off a bit too much like an elitist in this video- and your hysterical hatred of this DVD set is not wholly founded.
Let me start off by saying that I own the Blue Bricks (DB), Orange Bricks (DBZ) and Green Bricks (GT). I bought the orange and green bricks from someone off Craigslist who had them all brand new for only $120. So I paid just under $11/box. And while there definitely are some issues with the Orange Bricks (the 16:9 resolution being the main issue, removal of film grain), the sets are not all that bad. I watched through the entire franchise a couple years ago (all episodes, movies, and specials from the 3 series pre-Super) and I think it was an awesome way to watch the whole franchise. I also think they actually look better than the Blu-Rays, which are far too bright and look like a flash cartoon sometimes (as you mentioned in your vid).
The Orange Bricks have 3 grade audio options, the entire series uncut and uncensored, and are readily available to most every DBZ fan. The color correction stuff I honestly didn't notice, and film grain is a bit annoying. The main issue is the cropping, which I always am against; but imagine if this set released in 4:3. You wouldn't be complaining that much. Also, this was only my second viewing of the entire series from start to finish, the first time I had seen the series since it first aired in America on Toonami- and I thought the series looked way better on my HDTV via DVD's then they did on a CRT through cable as most of us watched the show as kids.
So in short, I feel you greatly exaggerated how "terrible" these box sets are, and they don't even look that bad. Let's hope that Funimation will release the entirety of the Level Sets one day, but for now, the Orange Bricks are definitely watchable and fine.
WestSide1207 they're not unwatchable, but other releases, like the dragon boxes, just put it to shame
Come on man, give me a break with the Dragon Boxes already. Most DBZ fans can't afford to spend over $2k on DVD's, therefore, they are pretty much unobtainable. Heck, it's hard just to find a complete set! So the "Dragon Boxes, Dragon Boxes" argument is completely null and void in my opinion. Also, they do not have the Shuki Levi and Bruce Faulconer scores, so they are mainly aimed at the Japanese language fans, which the Dragon Ball is the one anime series in which I prefer the English voices and soundtrack over the original.
Please name me another complete DBZ box set that can actually be obtained that is better than the Orange Bricks.
WestSide1207 well yeah, the orange bricks are cheap and easy to get. Doesn't mean they are higher quality though
What i mean is that at the end of the day, for the majority of all DBZ fans in the U.S- their options are either to get the Orange Bricks, or the current Blu-Rays. Both have their issues. But to call them "complete and utter garbage" and to get so pissed about them is completely non-nonsensical. I hope that they release the Levels set or something similar in it's entirety (which I am sure will happen one day). 4:3 aspect ratio, film grain, correct colors, along with the 3 different audio options in the best resolution possible. I'm going to wait for that release to re-watch the series again.
WestSide1207 preach .... no one is going to spend 200 bucks on one dragon box . On top of that this guy is wants to be a purist than travel back in time and tape it as it aired on tv in Japan
Gotta factor in the price point with the orange bricks. They’re very affordable and easily accessible. There’s a product for everyone, and this one is just right for some folks.
I've noticed the mass majority are ignorant to video and don't care about quality it seems
I have the orange bricks. Watched all the episodes inside too. But I'm glad that I have them in a clear case.
I guess I'm not a DBZ fan. I noticed all of these problems but they don't bother me at all. Fuck me right?
At least let me buy you dinner first.
Sorry, I saw an opening that said "Joke," so, I did.
You can still be a fan, you just don't have an eye for good picture quality.
I have the orange bricks, they look fine to me. I can see where you're coming from though, the loss of detail and cropping issues kinda urk me a bit.
...and yet the Orange Bricks are STILL the most affordable & practical way to watch DBZ in 2020. ebay has them for about $12-$15 a set, a worthy investment if you ask me!
Yes
Ebay sets are bootlegs
The only problem I have is the spoilers on the front and back. They shouldn't have shown Friezas final form on season 3 cover
I don't agree with the cropping. I still watch tv in 4:3.
But about HD, Yes you can have high definition DVD. They go up to 720. The lowest HD quality, but still HD
yes you can have digitially remastered version on a DVD. I owned VHS tapes back then! Moving to DVD was a good move up! So yes if you are from that era It IS
What's the issue with the orange bricks, they cut off the screen a little bit? Is that really that bad? I want to watch the show again with the funimation dubs and bruce faulconer soundtrack for the sake of nostalgia like when I watched back in the early 2000s. Idc about this perfection bullshit. I stream anime online and it's not always 1080 hd shit but I get to watch the show in decent quality or better and that's what's important. I've been looking for the funimation dubs/ bruce st episodes online and I don't see them anywhere anymore. Anyone know where to find them or should I just buy a box set? If I buy the orange bricks would they have the bruce faulconer ST and old English voices or do I need the blu rays for that?
Chaotic Puppet Agreed man. But do these Orange brix have the old school dbz we know and love or must my search for them continue?
Awesome! Then what's their issue with the bricks in this video? They cut off parts of the screen or something?
Chaotic Puppet Exactly, they might be taking it a little too seriously lol. Looks like my search is over. Thanks for the help!
BigManTate7364 the reason I dont really like em Is not becuz the quality, its the changes like redub scenes, soundtracks were placed in different scenes and certain sound effects were cut out. other than that its alright. IMO its better than the Z blu ray
I know right! These guys are so greedy about this stuff.
I own all the DVD orange bricks and the the two green ones as well. I love Dragonball Z since the mid 90s and I'm mad for the fact that my lack of knowledge of certain quality of home entertainment has been distant. Whether if it's the confusion of the Fandom community through the years of knowing whose right or whose bullshitting. I'm glad I've found Geekdom101 and his blunt honesty. Most fans I talk too, speak very farfetched ideas ( Super saiya-jin 3 Trunks). Thank you guys for making Dragonball a tangible thing.
+Shane 0 Mike i may do a more detailed version later
+Geekdom101 That would be very cool.
My fav part about orange bricks is the intro n end of every episode now do u agree (season nine) only
Only reason why I prefer the Orange Bricks over the Blue-Rays is due to the Bruce Faulconer score with original dialogue from the old Toonami televised broadcast on Cartoon Network before Nickelodeon acquired the license for the Kai dub.
I don't know why FUNimation felt the need to dub Kai after it was originally aired in Japan when the absence of filler material didn't make up for the absence of the original voice actors, dialogue, and Bruce Faulconer score.
High Definition isn't everything when it comes to animation quality especially in a series like Dragon Ball where the animation cel battle choreography felt as If you we're actually being engaged in the series compared to CGI battle choreography which felt lifeless.
The exact same dub from the Orange Bricks is on the Blu-Ray Season Sets, but if you want the original Toonami version, you're going to have to buy the VHS tapes on eBay, or if you want the Original FUNi dub uncut, you're going to have to buy the uncut bilingual DVD singles by FUNimation on eBay.