Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z first episodes and TV specials' previews torrent

Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z first episodes and TV specials' previews

As we know, at long last and after all these years, high-quality projects of the series appear to be well-headed for conclusion. One thing that's frequently missing, though, are the previews of the first episodes and of the specials.

To be sure, high-quality versions of some of them don't actually exist and had to be reconstructed by fans using Dragon Box footage, but in any case these are nice little complements to the final release of the series that should be archived along with them. Also, even though the audio of course comes from recordings (there's no other source after all...), we now have better versions, so I took the liberty to sync them.

This isn't supposed to be a definitive release. It's more of a gathering of the best materials available, some of which aren't very easy to obtain right now, so that anyone can use them as they see fit.

• Dragon Ball episode 001 preview

Preview remade by Ashura: [Ashura] Dragon Ball - First Episode Preview.mkv
Audio source used in this sync: DB001.flac (Anonymous)

• Dragon Ball Z episode 001 preview

Preview remade by Deli295: Dragon Ball Z Episode 001 Preview.mkv
Audio source used in this sync: DB153.flac (Anonymous)

• Dragon Ball Z TV special 1 preview

This one isn't actually missing but, since most of the high quality releases I've seen thus far have omitted it, I decided to include the best audio source that I know of. I'm not including the video, as you may prefer to use the one from the Japanese Dragon Box Z Volume 1 extras or the one from the Special Selection DVD, and you may prefer to have it attached to the beginning of the special or as a separate file. But, regardless of what you choose, at least you already have the audio (not sure where I got it, but I seem to recall it was Deli295 who uploaded this broadcast recording somewhere).

• Dragon Ball Z TV special 2 preview

Preview remade by Pendekar: [Pendekar] Dragon Ball Z - TV Special 2 Preview [Dragon Box].mkv
Audio source used in this sync: TVSP2 Preview.avi (AnimeMaakuo)

You may prefer to keep only the first half (the second is a preview for DBZ movie 08). Deli295's attempt (2nd Dragon Ball Z TV Special Preview.mkv) did exactly that, but I find Pendekar's video to be better here, so I split the file with MKVToolNix and synched the audio again (with a fading effect at the end). Of note: Deli295's audio is louder, but not necessarily better than the one from the .avi file.

Also, I prefer the fact that in the subtitles Deli295 went along with "I'm Goku!" instead of Pendekar's "It's me, Goku!". Makes it consistent with the rest and is actually Funimation's choice too.

What about GT?

No, I did not neglect GT. I actually love GT and sincerely wish GTeam or someone else to take care of it soon.

But GT is not the problem here. The first episode preview is already included at the end of iKaos' Z episode 291 and GTeam already did the TV special. However, if you want to have your go at it, here are the sources you should use:

• Dragon Ball GT episode 01 preview

Video source: Japanese Dragon Box GT extras
Audio source: Z289-291.wav (AnimeMaakuo)
Subtitles: for example, https://nyaa.si/view/1261710 (at the end of Z episode 291)

• Dragon Ball GT TV special preview

Video & audio source: Japanese Dragon Box GT extras
Subtitles: for example, https://nyaa.si/view/1261710

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