#Dragon ball z kai themes series#
Ī new anime series based on the Toriko manga, has since debuted in in April 2011 and took over the Dragon Ball Kai time slot at 9 AM on Sunday mornings before the One Piece anime series. On April 26th, 2010, 4Kids Entertainment announced the series has currently aired on The CW's Toonzai block in its 2010 - 2011 season. This is quite a change, as all the Dragon Ball series have almost always appeared on Cartoon Network in the United States.
The show has also been airing premieres on the Nicktoons since and ended on January 1, 2012. The "Kai" (改「かい」) in the series' name means "updated," "modified," or "altered." Interestingly, despite the series being only a directors cut of Dragon Ball Z, the Z has been completely removed from the title (at least in the Japanese version).įans of the original series were divided in their opinions of this series, with the main criticisms being the absence of various plot elements featured in the original series, such as the violence and filler.įUNimation Entertainment has been dubbing Dragon Ball Kai into English for a North American release, under the release title of Dragon Ball Z Kai (more information can be viewed below). Two issues of Shonen JUMP have included some primary information about the series. It premiered on Fuji TV on April 5th 2009 at 9:00am just before One Piece and ended on Augwith 98 episodes, and the two shows are being marketed together as 'Dream 9', which refers to the hour in which they both air. "Dragon Ball Revised"), is an anime series that is a high-definition remaster and recut of Dragon Ball Z, done for its 20th Anniversary. Dragon Ball Z Kai, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Kai (ドラゴンボール改 「カイ」, Doragon Boru Kai lit.