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|title              = Dragon Ball Z Kai
|english            = Dragon Ball Z Kai
|kanji              = ドラゴンボール<br>{{Ruby|改|カイ}}
|romanji            = Doragon Bōru Kai
|genre              = Adventure, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Martial Arts
|image name         = DB Kai JP Logo.png
|image size         = 300px
|image caption      = ''Dragon Ball Kai'' logo
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{{Infobox/Animanga/Anime
|title              = Dragon Ball Z Kai
|director           = [[Yasuhiro Nowatari]] {{small|(#1-98)}}<br/>Naohiro Terazaki {{small|(#99-159~167)}}
|series composition = Kōhei Ohara<br>[[Kazutaka Satoh]]
|writer             = [[Takao Koyama]]<br>[[Katsuyuki Sumisawa]]<br>[[Toshiki Inoue]]<br>[[Hiroshi Toda]]<br>others
|studio             = [[Toei Animation]]
|licensor           = [[Funimation]]
|network            = [[Fuji Television]]
|network other      = [[Nicktoons]]<br/>The CW (Toonzai/Vortexx)<br/>[[Adult Swim]] ([[Toonami]])
|first aired        = April 5, 2009 – March 27, 2011<br>'''Continued run:'''<br>April 6, 2014
|last aired         = June 8, 2015
|num of episodes    = 159 (Japan)<br>167 (International)
|num of chapters    = 195-520
|Streaming Sites    = 
*Hulu
*Prime Video
|ref                =
}}
{{Infobox/Animanga/End}}
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'''''Dragon Ball Z Kai''''', known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Dragon Ball Kai'''''|ドラゴンボール{{Ruby|改|カイ}}|''Doragon Bōru Kai''|lit. '''''Dragon Ball Revised'''''}}, is an anime series that is a high-definition remastered and recut of ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'', done for its 20th Anniversary. It premiered on Fuji TV on April 5, 2009, at 9:00 am just before ''[[W:c:Onepiece:One Piece (Anime)|One Piece]]'' and ended initially on March 27, 2011, with 97 episodes (a 98th episode was later released straight-to-video), and the two shows were marketed together as "Dream 9", which refers to the hour in which they both aired. The series average rating was 9.4%, with its maximum being 12.3% ([[Awaken, Legendary Warrior! Goku the Super Saiyan!|Episode 47]]) and its minimum being 6.4% ([[The Ship Resting in Yunzabit! Time to Blast Off for Planet Namek!|Episode 18]]). ''Dragon Ball Kai'' returned to Japanese TV on April 6, 2014, with the [[Majin Buu Saga]], and ended its run for the second and last time on June 28, 2015, with 61 episodes while the original uncut international version would go on to have 69 episodes (bringing the total episode count of the series to 159 for the original Japanese broadcast and 167 for the extended International broadcast).<ref name="2014VJump#4">''[[V-Jump]]'', Issue  #4, 2014</ref>

For most of the international releases, the Majin Buu Saga of the series is known as '''''Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters'''''.

==Overview==
The "Kai" (改「かい」) in the series' name means "updated," "modified," or "altered," reflecting it being an abridging of the original anime that removes a majority of its [[filler]].<ref name="DBKANN2">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-19/japan-remastered-dbz-to-be-called-dragon-ball-kai|title=Japan's Remastered DBZ to Be Called Dragon Ball Kai|work=Anime News Network|date=February 19, 2009}}</ref> Two issues of ''[[Shonen Jump]]'' have included some primary information about the series.<ref name="DBKANN1">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-06/dragon-ball-z-to-rerun-on-japanese-tv-in-hd-in-april|title=Dragon Ball Z to Rerun on Japanese TV in HD in April|work=Anime News Network|date=February 6, 2009}}</ref> Interestingly, despite the series being only a director's cut of ''Dragon Ball Z'', the ''Z'' has been completely removed from the title (at least in the original Japanese version).
[[File:DBZ Kai Overseas Logo.png|left|thumb|Dragon Ball Z Kai International logo]]
[[Funimation]] has dubbed ''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). The series premiered on the [[Nicktoons]] Network on May 24, 2010.<ref name="dbzknick">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-03-11/top-ranked-nickelodeon-announces-its-2010-11-season-programming-slate-at-annual-upfront-presentation|title=Top-Ranked Nickelodeon Announces Its 2010-11 Season Programming Slate at Annual Upfront Presentation|work=Anime News Network|date=March 11, 2010}}</ref> This was quite a change, as all the ''Dragon Ball'' series have almost always appeared on {{w|Cartoon Network}} in the United States. On August 14, 2010, the series premiered on {{w|The CW Television Network|The CW}}'s Toonzai block.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-26/dragon-ball-z-kai-to-air-on-thecw4kids-on-saturdays|title=Dragon Ball Z Kai to Air on TheCW4Kids on Saturdays|work=Anime News Network|date=April 26, 2010}}</ref> The uncut version of the series began airing on [[Adult Swim]]'s [[Toonami]] block on November 8, 2014.<ref name="Toonami">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-24/dragon-ball-z-kai-to-run-on-adult-swim-toonami-block/.74885|title=Dragon Ball Z Kai to Run on Adult Swim's Toonami Block|work=Anime News Network|date=May 24, 2018}}</ref> It was shown on Kix in the United Kingdom.

[[File:BuuSagaKai.png|thumb|''Dragon Ball Kai'' Buu Saga]]
After episode 97, there were initially no plans for ''Dragon Ball Kai'' to reach the [[Majin Buu Saga]]. A new anime series based on the ''Toriko'' manga debuted in April 2011, taking over the ''Dragon Ball Kai'' time slot at 9 AM on Sunday mornings before the ''One Piece'' anime series. The 97th episode of the series was broadcast on March 27, 2011 in Japan, and January 1, 2012 in America. The series was in syndication in Japan for exactly two years. Despite this, the series has been one of the top 10 rated anime series every week since syndication began in April 2009. The 98th episode of the series, which recapped the entire series and provided some closure, was released to DVD/Blu-ray on August 2, 2011, in Japan and was aired on Nicktoons in the U.S. on February 8, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-14/toriko-manga-gets-tv-anime|title=Toriko Manga Gets TV Anime Series Next April (Updated)|work=Anime News Network|date=December 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kanzenshuu.com/2012/03/14/funimations-final-kai-volume-coming-in-june/|title=Funimation's Final “Kai” Volume Coming in June|work=kanzenshuu|date=March 14, 2012}}</ref> In November 2012, it was confirmed that the production of ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' would continue and air outside of Japan.<ref name="Mayumi's blog">{{cite web|url=https://hamayoshi.exblog.jp/16740082/|title="It will not be aired in Japan, but overseas, ''Dragon Ball Kai'' is continuing. Right now, we are recording the part at the World Martial Arts Tournament, where Goten and Trunks infiltrate the adults division by one standing on the other's shoulders. The image is definitely clearer than before. We talked about how we want it to air in Japan, too."|work=Mayumi Tanaka's blog|date=November 5, 2012}}</ref> [[Mayumi Tanaka]] (the Japanese voice of [[Krillin]] in the series) posted the news on her blog confirming that ''Dragon Ball Kai'' would be continuing, as voice work was already underway for the early stages of the Majin Buu story arc. Her post went on to specify that the series revival is for the overseas market, and as of the time of her post there are no plans to air the new episodes in ''Dragon Ball's'' home country of Japan.<ref name="Mayumi's blog" /> In April 2013, [[Sean Schemmel]] and [[Kyle Hebert]] (the [[Funimation dub]] voice actors for [[Goku]] and [[Gohan]]) confirmed they were recording their lines for the Funimation dub of the Buu Saga. In November 2013, when questioned about it on their Facebook page, it was stated by Australian anime distributor [[Madman Entertainment]] that the Buu Saga of ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' should be released on November 8, 2014 on Cartoon Network, as they were just waiting on dubs to be finished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-23/australia-madman-ent/dbz-kai-buu-saga-should-come-in-2014|title="Australia's Madman Ent: DBZ Kai's Buu Saga Should Come in 2014"|work=Anime News Network|date=November 23, 2013}}</ref>

''Dragon Ball Kai'' returned with the Majin Buu arc to Japanese TV on April 6, 2014, taking over the time slot previously occupied by ''Toriko''.<ref name="2014VJump#4" /> This story arc was comprised of 61 episodes for the Japanese version, and 69 episodes for the International version, raising the total episode count for the entire ''Kai'' series to 159 episodes for the Japanese version and 167 episodes for the International version.

==Series information==
[[File:DBRat.jpg|thumb|Comparison of aspect ratios from ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' (left) and ''Dragon Ball Z'' (right). Click to enlarge]]
The series was extensively "refreshed" for Japanese television. This is not a new animation, but rather a remastered edit that runs through ''Dragon Ball Z'' to provide a presentation that is as faithful to the [[Dragon Ball (manga)|original manga]] as possible, removing a majority of ''DBZ's'' padding and filler. Part of this is reformatting and extending the picture to 16:9 Widescreen. However, for episodes 1-98, this only exists with the footage used for the Japanese and Nicktoons broadcasts; the footage used for the home media release and Toonami broadcasts are in the original 4:3 ratio. Through digital processing, the image was made vibrant. All the music, damage and noise remaining on the ''Dragon Ball Z'' film is removed, making the image much clearer in high-definition.

A comparison with the original video side-by-side shows considerable cropping to achieve the 16:9 aspect ratio. However, it seems carefully done to avoid missing anything important. The original image is not stretched, just cut where it would be more appropriate, being a "tilt and scan" or "reverse pan and scan" of the original ''Dragon Ball Z'' footage.

[[File:DragonBallKaiVillainsLogo.png|thumb|left|New ending credits with new animations of Dodoria and Zarbon (top left), the Ginyu Force (top right), Frieza (center left), Raditz (center right), and Nappa and Vegeta (bottom left), the bottom right symbol is the [[Kanji]] for "Kai".]]
''Dragon Ball Kai'' includes a complete re-recording of the dialog by most of the original Japanese voice cast (in part due to the master audio for ''Z'' being permanently lost), as well as completely new sound design with updated sound effects. The opening and ending themes are completely new. [[Takayoshi Tanimoto]] performs the series' opening themes "[[Dragon Soul]]" and "[[Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go]]", and the closing theme "[[Yeah! Break! Care! Break!]]" These new opening and closing credits have newly animated appearances by most of the [[Dragon Team|main cast]], as well as for the villains, such as [[Raditz]], [[Nappa]], [[Vegeta]], [[Frieza]], [[Zarbon]], [[Dodoria]], and the [[Ginyu Force]]. There's also a new artwork clip after every intermission, such as one of [[Cui]] and Vegeta in episode 19. Unlike the original ''Dragon Ball Z'', which only had two sets of [[List of Dragon Ball eyecatches|eyecatches]] for the entire series, in ''Dragon Ball Kai'', it changes every few episodes to feature an appropriate character ensemble/situation.

As with most filler sequences in ''Dragon Ball Z'', the [[Garlic Jr. Saga]] does not air in ''Dragon Ball Kai''. Originally lasting from episodes 108 to 117, the saga featured the return of [[Garlic Jr.]], the main villain from the [[Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone|first DBZ movie]]. The saga was completely filler and Garlic Jr. or any of his henchmen did not appear in the original manga. Because ''Kai'' stays truer to the manga, this saga has been completely cut out.

[[File:VegetaAndNappa01..png|thumb|Original palette]]
[[File:VegetaNappaDragonBallZKai.png|thumb|Revised palette]]
The first 98 episodes of ''Kai'' feature new digital animation, often used to rectify continuity errors in the source print. Among other things, Vegeta's red palette while on an unnamed planet in the beginning of the series has been altered to the color scheme used from his arrival on Earth-onwards; however, Nappa's armor still uses a different palette, bearing brown pauldrons and banding instead of the standard marigold. Shots of Piccolo bleeding red blood are also altered to recolor his blood purple, such as in the ''[[Dragon Ball (anime)|Dragon Ball]]'' recap of episode one or during his fight with Raditz. However, when Raditz is explaining to Goku about the Saiyans, Vegeta has his red color scheme.

[[File:VegetaAttacksGohanDBK.png|thumb|left|New scene: Vegeta's assault]]
For the [[Androids Saga]], the animation in the opening scene and closing credits have been altered a bit to fit the current storyline. New animations of [[Dr. Gero]], [[Android 19]], [[Android 17]], [[Android 18]], [[Android 16]], and [[Cell]] appear, as well as the [[Super Saiyan]] appearances of Goku, Vegeta, [[Future Trunks]], and Gohan. The new intro also showcases battles taking place within the saga, such as Vegeta vs. #18, [[Piccolo]] vs. #17, #16 vs. Cell, Goku vs. Cell, and ends showing a sequence of the [[Dragon Team]] standing together with their Cell Saga appearances. The ending credits are also different, showcasing Goku flying with [[Shenron]] as the faces of the main cast appear. He proceeds to transform into a Super Saiyan and the cast joins him in flight. The sequence ends with the Z Fighters standing in front of the [[Earth]], with Shenron and [[Porunga]] in the backdrop.

For the [[Majin Buu Saga]], the show uses a different remaster done in-house at Toei Animation. This version is shot in cropped 16:9 rather than the original 4:3 ratio, even for the American release, and features a noticeable greenish tint compared to the ''Dragon Ball Z'' Blu-rays. Additionally, the neo-classic animation by Q-TEC that appeared throughout the previous 98 episodes is gone (due to Toei now re-mastering the footage in-house), and a new animated intro sequence for the series is used with fights and events corresponding with the Majin Buu Saga, such as Goku vs Majin Vegeta, [[Super Buu]] uses his [[Human Extinction Attack]], Goku, Vegeta, [[Goten]], and [[Trunks]] fusing into [[Vegito]] and [[Gotenks]], respectively, then moves to Potential Unleashed Gohan and Gotenks vs Super Buu, and finally, Goku transforming into [[Super Saiyan 3]] and then fighting [[Kid Buu]], with the latter launching a massive energy blast and the former firing his [[Kamehameha]], the sequence ends with the heroes in assembly as Super Saiyan 3 Goku drops by and powers up. This arc had five different newly animated endings, with each ending that corresponds to the arc's sagas or situations (like "Oh Yeah!!!!!!!" for the Fusion Saga or "Don't Let Me Down" for the Kid Buu and the Peaceful World Sagas.)

Toei released the first set on DVD and Blu-ray in September 2009 in a 4:3 aspect ratio, which is said that is how it was originally created and was only 16:9 ratio before because it was cropped for HD TV.{{fact}} The refreshed series also spawned a stage play named ''[[Dragon Ball Kai: Super Battle Stage]]''.

===Music===
''Dragon Ball Kai'' used a new background musical score by [[Kenji Yamamoto]], composer of the ''Dragon Ball'' video games. His score was used regularly for all releases of episodes 1-95, however, he was given a layoff notice from [[Toei Animation]] after it was discovered that he had spent nearly his entire career at Toei infringing off of works from various western artists (such as Earth, Wind and Fire, Pink Floyd, Stratovarius, Propaganda, James Horner and Danny Elfman) and eventually resigned. The last few episodes of ''Dragon Ball Kai'', as well as Japanese reruns of past episodes, made use of music recycled from ''Dragon Ball Z'' by [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]] (although the ''Dragon Ball Kai'' theme songs remained intact), however, the placing of the music differed from the original series. It is unconfirmed if the original matching of the tracks with the scenes as the original series will ever be released.

The American broadcast of ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' was affected as well. The 5th American DVD/Blu-ray volume was delayed twice, due to Funimation replacing Yamamoto's score with the original ''Dragon Ball Z'' background score for the remainder of the English release of ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'', for the DVDs/Blu-rays (all episodes) and the TV Version (all episodes). The re-released ''Dragon Ball Kai'' collections including episodes 1-26 and episodes 27-52 have included the random placement of the original tracks. It is possible, though, that Funimation has not disposed of the original masters as [[Toonami]] mistakenly aired the Yamamoto score for the first episode. [[Norihito Sumitomo]], who composed music for the film ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods]]'', would succeed Yamamoto for the series' music, and composed new background music for the series' Majin Buu Saga, and some of this arc's music was reused for the new series ''[[Dragon Ball Super (anime)|Dragon Ball Super]]'', in which Sumitomo also composed the scores.

===Recasts===
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|+ 
|-
!Previous Voice Actor
!Character(s)
!New Voice Actor
|-
|[[Mayumi Shō]]
|[[Chi-Chi]]
|[[Naoko Watanabe]]
|-
|[[Hirotaka Suzuoki]]
|[[Tien Shinhan]]
|[[Hikaru Midorikawa]]
|-
|[[Shozo Iizuka]]
|[[Nappa]]
|[[Tetsu Inada]]
|-
|[[Kazumi Tanaka]]
|[[Jeice]]
|[[Daisuke Kishio]]
|-
|[[Hideyuki Hori]]
|[[Captain Ginyu]]
|[[Katsuyuki Konishi]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Tomiko Suzuki]]
|[[Dende]]
|[[Aya Hirano]]
|-
|[[Launch]]
|[[Mayumi Tanaka]]
|}

==Funimation==
{{Quote|The phenomenon that defined a generation... is back for more.|Funimation's tagline in the season one release trailer}}Navarre revealed during its Q3 2010 earnings conference call, on February 2, 2010, that its North American anime distributor Funimation had licensed the ''Dragon Ball Kai'' series for release in the "latter part of the upcoming fiscal year." However, it was re-titled '''Dragon Ball Z Kai'''. Funimation later confirmed the license with AnimeNewsNetwork.com. ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' Part One was released to DVD and Blu-ray on May 18, 2010. The cast for ''Kai'' was mostly the same as ''DBZ'' except for a few re-casts for various reasons. The [[Funimation dub|English dub]] for the series was produced by [[OkraTron 5000]] in Dallas, TX, US at the same recording studio used for the [[List of Dragon Ball video games|video games of the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise]], with [[Christopher Sabat]] as one of the primary voice directors. Cartoon Network, broadcaster of all previous ''Dragon Ball'' media, passed on the rights to show ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' (though the series would eventually air on the channel as part of Adult Swim). Instead, ''Kai'' premiered on Nicktoons in the U.S. on May 24, 2010.<ref name="dbzknick" />

[[File:DBZKAI edits 1.JPG|thumb|A comparison of the opening scene in ''Dragon Ball Kai''. The shot on the left is the original uncut  scene, and the right being the one that appeared on Nicktoons. It is clear to see all traces of blood have been removed from Bardock's face]]
The series was edited on Nicktoons to fit the intended audience, and occasionally contains different verbiage than the home release, which is entirely unedited. Some character attacks regained their correct and untranslated-proper-noun announcements in the unedited dub (i.e. "Makankōsappō" instead of [[Special Beam Cannon]], "Kienzan" instead of [[Destructo Disc]], "Taiyoken" instead of [[Solar Flare]]), though this was dropped after the [[Frieza Saga]]. Most other names used in the English dub remain the same (i.e. Krillin and [[Tien Shinhan]] instead of "Kuririn" and "Tenshinhan"). Less liberty is taken with the script, and episode titles are mostly literal translations of their original Japanese versions. Nicktoons' broadcast originally used Kenji Yamamoto's musical score, however it changed to Shunsuke Kikkuichi's cues after the music plagiarism incident (see "Music" above). The opening theme was retained, although shortened to allow time for more commercials. The broadcast used [[Vic Mignogna]]'s version of the theme song for the full run, even though his complete version was only used for Episodes 27 - 39 on the official home video release. The ending theme was usually cut, and the credits were shown in split screen, although a shorter version of the ending was used on occasion.

The CW also aired Funimation's English dub of ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' in their Toonzai block (later named Vortexx). Their broadcast contained most of the edits of the Nicktoons version, as well as extra editing to fit the stricter broadcast standards (see "English adaptations" below). Like Nicktoons' broadcast, the Toonzai broadcast featured the Kenji Yamamoto score before being replaced with the Shunsuke Kikuchi score.

===English Recasts===
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|+ 
|-
!Previous Voice Actor
!Character(s)
!New Voice Actor
|-
|[[Kyle Hebert]]
|[[Narrator]]
|[[Doc Morgan]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Stephanie Nadolny]]
|Kid [[Gohan]]<br />Baby [[Trunks]]<br />Baby/Kid [[Goku]] (flashbacks)
|[[Colleen Clinkenbeard]]
|-
|[[Cargo]]
|[[Cynthia Cranz]]
|-
|[[Idasam]]
|[[Jamie Marchi]]
|-
|[[Tiffany Vollmer]]
|[[Bulma]]
|[[Monica Rial]]
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Christopher Sabat]]
|[[Turtle]]<br />[[Mr. Popo]]
|[[Chris Cason]]
|-
|[[Zarbon]]
|[[John Michael Tatum|J. Michael Tatum]]
|-
|[[Moori]]
|[[Barry Yandell]]
|-
|[[Grand Elder Guru]]
|[[Bill Jenkins]]
|-
|[[Burter]]
|[[Vic Mignogna]]
|-
|[[Jeice]]
|[[Jason Liebrecht]]
|-
|Kid [[Vegeta]]
|[[Laura Bailey]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Chris Forbis]]
|[[Farmer]]<br />[[Dodoria]]
|[[John Swasey]]
|-
|[[Dr. Brief]]
|[[Mark Stoddard]]
|-
|[[Monika Antonelli]]
|[[Chiaotzu]]<br />[[Puar]]
|[[Brina Palencia]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Brad Jackson]]
|[[Oolong]] (barring "Final Chapters")
|[[Bryan Massey]]
|-
|[[King Cold]]
|[[Jason Douglas]]
|-
|[[Linda Young]]
|[[Frieza]] (barring first episode)
|[[Chris Ayres]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Laura Bailey]]
|Kid [[Dende]]
|[[Maxey Whitehead]]
|-
|[[Erasa]]
|[[Alexis Tipton]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Bill Townsley]]
|[[Appule]]
|[[Kyle Hebert]]
|-
|[[Guldo]]
|[[Greg Ayres]]
|-
|[[Chris Cason]]
|[[Orlen]]
|[[Chris Patton]]
|-
|[[Brice Armstrong]]
|[[Captain Ginyu]]
|[[Robert Bruce Elliott|R. Bruce Elliott]]
|-
|[[Phillip Wilburn]]
|[[Android 19]]
|[[Todd Haberkorn]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Meredith McCoy]]
|[[Android 18]]<br />
|[[Colleen Clinkenbeard]]
|-
|[[Ikose]]
|[[Jessie James Grelle|Josh Grelle]]
|-
|[[James T. Field]]
|[[Jimmy Firecracker]]
|[[John Swasey]]
|-
|[[Chuck Huber]]
|[[Rock]]
|[[Phil Parsons]]
|-
|[[Sean Schemmel]]
|[[Mr. Musuka]]
|[[John Michael Tatum|J. Michael Tatum]]
|-
|[[Melodee Lenz]]
|[[Marron]]
|[[Tia Ballard]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Dameon Clarke]]
|[[South Kai]]<br />[[Killa]]
|[[Jason Douglas]]
|-
|[[Mighty Mask]]<br />[[Cell]] ("Final Chapters" only)
|[[Jim Foronda]]
|-
|[[Upa]]<br />[[Bora]]
|[[John Michael Tatum|J. Michael Tatum]]
|-
|[[Sean Whitley]]
|[[Jewel]]
|[[Robert McCollum]]
|-
|[[Paul LeBlanc]]
|[[Yakon]]
|[[Cris George]]
|-
|Josh Martin
|[[Evil Buu]]
|Justin Cook
|-
|[[Denise Yeatts-Logan]]
|[[West Supreme Kai]]
|[[Alexis Tipton]]
|-
|[[Kara Edwards]]
|[[Launch]] ("Final Chapters" only)
|[[Colleen Clinkenbeard]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Susan Huber]]
|[[Suno]]
|[[Felecia Angelle]]
|-
|[[Pan]]
|[[Elise Baughman]]
|-
|[[Megan Woodall]]
|[[Bulla]]
|[[Lauren Landa]]
|}

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes}}
[[File:Eyecatch 12.1.jpg|thumb|left|Super Saiyan Goku]]
Toei Animation stated that the ''Dragon Ball Kai'' episodes would be edited to more closely follow [[Akira Toriyama]]'s original story in the manga, resulting in a faster moving story, and to remove any damaged frames.<ref name="Manga1">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-02/toei-confirms-dragon-ball-kai-is-edited-to-follow-manga|title="Toei Confirms Dragon Ball Kai is Edited to Follow Manga"|work=Anime News Network|date=March 2, 2009}}</ref> ''Dragon Ball Kai'' minimizes the [[filler]] material produced for ''Dragon Ball Z's'' original production run. On the broadcast episodes, only a few minutes of filler material with no impact to the story have been left in (like [[Gregory]]'s appearance at [[King Kai's Planet]], who wasn't present in the manga), probably to help the episode reach its full 20 min.

[[File:SSJ2GohanInDragonBallZKai.jpg|thumb|Super Saiyan 2 Gohan]]
Happinet (the Japanese company releasing the series on DVD and Blu-ray) announced the Japanese DVD and Blu-ray release would have an end point of "98 Episodes (tentative)" meaning the planned and announced episode count would end at 99.<ref name="99episodes">[http://www.happinet-p.com/jp2/dragonball/#contents happinet-p.com]</ref> Actually, ''Dragon Ball Kai'' was supposed to last for 98 episodes, but everything had originally been thrown off an entire week due to the horrific tsunami that struck Japan the prior week. The series temporarily ended with 97 episodes aired, and the 98th episode was released direct-to-video. A few years later, the series returned in Japan with 61 Majin Buu Saga episodes.<ref name="2014VJump#4" />

==English adaptations==
[[File:DragonBallZKaiTheFinalChapters.jpg|thumb|left|''Dragon Ball Z Kai'', "The Final Chapters" logo]]
The title screen translations are far more similar this time around, but are changed to fit properly into English. Edits were made to the version appearing on Nicktoons, including the removal of blood (which was sometimes replaced with black grayish liquid where the blood is supposed to be), overly violent moments, profanity and others. The CW's Toonzai airings, however, were edited even more so than the Nicktoons version, due to tighter restrictions on broadcast programming. These edits include recoloring [[Mr. Popo]]'s skin from black to blue, replacing dead characters' halos with glowing orbs, removing virtually all references to death in both dialogue and episode titles, and renaming certain special techniques (i.e. Goku's [[Spirit Bomb]] renamed as the "Spirit Blast" and Vegeta's [[Galick Gun]] as the "Galick Blast"). Also in the beginning of the intro song, Toonzai edited out Shenron and replaced him with a green colored sky. When Toonzai became Vortexx, these edits remained but the halos/glowing orbs were removed altogether. On Nicktoons, the series aired from May 24, 2010 to February 8, 2013; on Toonzai/Vortexx, the series aired from August 14, 2010 to September 27, 2014 when the block was cancelled.

[[File:DBZKaiFinalChapters.jpg|thumb|''Dragon Ball Z Kai'', "The Final Chapters"  promotional image]]
The series returned with the 69 Majin Buu Saga episodes in 2014 in Europe, carrying the sub-title "The Final Chapters". This remastered and reedited series was broadcasted in the UK on Kix, in Portugal on Sic Radical, in Poland on AXN Spin, and in France on Game One. On May 25, 2014, Funimation and Adult Swim announced that the English dub of ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' would air uncut on Adult Swim's [[Toonami]] block starting in fall 2014.<ref name="Toonami"/> The show began airing at 12:00 AM on November 8, 2014, replacing ''Bleach''. Starting on February 21, 2015, a rerun of the previous weeks episode began airing at 8:00 PM on Saturdays outside of the Toonami block, with a new episode at its 12:00 AM time slot as part of Toonami.

On December 7, 2016, it was announced via multiple media outlets that the English dub of ''Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters'' would make its U.S. debut on Toonami on January 7, 2017 at midnight, after ''[[Dragon Ball Super (anime)|Dragon Ball Super]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/12/06/dragon-ball-z-kai-the-final-chapters-heading-to-toonami/|title=Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters Heading to Toonami|work=Funimation|date=December 6, 2016}}</ref> The series fully completed its U.S. run on June 23, 2018.

==DVD/Blu-Ray==
All the Japanese and Funimation DVD and Blu-ray releases are presented in an original 4:3 aspect ratio, although there is an option to zoom the picture to a 16:9 aspect ratio using the television remote to make it appear identical to the original Japanese broadcast.

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The uncut box set entitled ''Dragon Ball Z Kai Part One'' was released on the 18th of May 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/RvQUb1cFMxifOibytX/browse/item/86816/4/0/0|title=Dragon Ball Z Kai DVD Part 1 (Hyb)|work=rightstuf}}</ref> and Part Two was released on the 14th of September, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/RvQUb1cFMxifOibytX/browse/item/88528/4/0/0|title=Dragon Ball Z Kai DVD Part 2 (Hyb)|work=rightstuf}}</ref>

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!Title
!Release
!Episode
!Region Compatibility*
!Details
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Part One
|May 18, 2010
|1 - 13
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 325 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Part Two
|September 14, 2010
|14 - 26
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 325 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Part Three
|December 14, 2010
|27 - 39
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 325 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Part Four
|March 8, 2011
|40 - 52
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 325 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Part Five
|June 28, 2011
|53 - 65
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 325 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Part Six
|September 13, 2011
|66 - 77
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 290 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Part Seven
|March 20, 2012
|78 - 88
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 275 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Part Eight
|June 5, 2012
|89 - 98
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 250 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Season One
|May 22, 2012
|1 - 26
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 625 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Season Two
|May 22, 2012
|27 - 52
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 625 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Season Three
|September 11, 2012
|53 - 77
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-Time 625 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai Season Four
|March 12, 2013
|78 - 98
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-Time 525 minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters Part One
| April 25, 2017
|99-121
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 575 min minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters Part Two
| May 23, 2017
|122-144
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 575 min minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|-
|Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters Part Three
| June 20, 2017
|145-167
|Blu-ray A/B<br />DVD 1/4
|Run-time of 575 min minutes, TV-PG Rating, available on DVD & Blu-ray
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> As stated on back of case

==Staff==
*'''Series & Episode Director''': [[Yasuhiro Nowatari]]
*'''Assistant Episode Director''': [[Yasunori Koyama]]
*'''Producer''': [[Gō Wakabayashi]], [[Kazuya Watanabe]], [[Kohei Obara]], [[Kyōtarō Kimura]], [[Masato Seino]]
*'''Production Chief''': [[Atsunori Kazama]]
*'''Planning''': [[Kōzō Morishita]], [[Yoko Matsusaki]]
*'''Series Composition Cooperation''': Kōhei Ohara, [[Kazutaka Satoh]] (Caramel Mama)
*'''Script''': [[Aya Matsui]], [[Hiroshi Toda]], [[Katsuyuki Sumisawa]], [[Keiji Terui]], [[Sumio Uetake]], [[Takao Koyama]], [[Toshiki Inoue]]
*'''Animation''': [[Naotoshi Shida]] (OP & ED Staff), [[Tadayoshi Yamamuro]] (OP & ED Staff), [[Tatsuya Nagamine]] (OP & ED Staff), [[Yasunori Gotō]] (OP & ED Staff)
*'''Music''': [[Kenji Yamamoto]] (eps 1-95), [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]] (eps 96-98), [[Norihito Sumitomo]] (eps 99-159)
*'''Sound Director''': [[Yukio Nagasaki]], [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
*'''Sound Effects''': [[Hidenori Arai]] (Fizz Sound Creation)
*'''Editing''': [[Kenta Katase]], [[Shinichi Fukumitsu]] (eps 1-10)
*'''HD Editing''': [[Emi Maruo]], [[Tetsuro Tsukada]]

==Theme songs==
*Opening (OP):
**"[[Dragon Soul]]" version 1: [[Prologue to Battle! The Return of Goku!|episodes 1]]~[[First Up for the Ginyu Force! Guldo's Time Freeze!|29]]
**"Dragon Soul" version 2: [[The Nightmare Recoome! Come Out and Play, Vegeta!|episodes 30]]~[[Goku Vanishes Into Space! Welcome Home, Super Warriors!|54]]
**"Dragon Soul" version 3: [[There is Planet Earth, Father! Frieza and King Cold Strike Back!|episodes 55]]~[[The Monster Goes Into Motion! Strike of the Super Namekian!|68]]
**"Dragon Soul" version 4: [[I Am Your Brother! The Monster with Goku's Energy!|episodes 69]]~[[Peace for the Future! The Spirit of Goku is Forever!|98]]
**"[[Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go]]": [[Seven Years Later! Starting Today, Gohan is a High School Student|episode 99]]~[[Even Stronger! Goku's Dream is Never-Ending!|159]] (Japanese version)
**"[[Fight It Out!!]]" (Performed by Masatoshi Ono, with the musical composition by Yō Yamazaki and lyrics by Hiroshi Yamada): [[Seven Years Later! Starting Today, Gohan is a High School Student|episode 99]]~[[Even Stronger! Goku's Dream is Never-Ending!|167]] (international version)
*Endings (ED):
**"[[Yeah! Break! Care! Break!]]: [[Prologue to Battle! The Return of Goku!|episodes 1]]~[[Goku Vanishes Into Space! Welcome Home, Super Warriors!|54]]
**"[[Wings of the Heart]]": [[There is Planet Earth, Father! Frieza and King Cold Strike Back!|episodes 55]]~[[Peace for the Future! The Spirit of Goku is Forever!|98]]
**"[[Dear Zarathustra]]": [[Seven Years Later! Starting Today, Gohan is a High School Student|episodes 99]]~[[Enter the Headliner! The Looming Demon King!|111]] (Japanese version)
**"[[Junjō]]": [[A Heart of Evil Awakened Vegeta, Prince of Destruction|episodes 112]]~[[Find The Nuisances Babidi's Retaliation Begins!|124]] (Japanese version)
**"[[Oh Yeah!!!!!!!]]": [[A Time of Trials! Lay Hold of Legendary Powers!|episodes 125]]~[[Training Complete! You're Finished Now, Majin Buu!|137]] (Japanese version)
**"[[GALAXY]]": [[Eliminating Buu with Ghosts: A Knockout Kamikaze Attack!|episodes 138]]~[[Rescue Gohan and the Others! Goku and Vegeta's Infiltration Mission!|148]] (Japanese version)
**"[[Don't Let Me Down]]": [[Emergency Escape from the Body! Buu's Retrogression Into Evil!|episodes 149]]~[[Even Stronger! Goku's Dream is Never-Ending!|159]] (Japanese version)
**"[[Never Give Up!!]]" by Junear: [[Seven Years Later! Starting Today, Gohan is a High School Student|episodes 99]]~[[Even Stronger! Goku's Dream is Never-Ending!|167]] (international version)
*Insert Songs (IN):
**"[[Over the Star]]" by Saki Oshitani ([[Dawn of a Fierce Battle! The Star of Hope is Piccolo's Homeland!|episode 17]])
**"[[Saiyan Blood]]" by [[Ryō Horikawa]] ([[The Moment of Truth Approaches! Goku Back in Action!|episode 41]])
**"[[Chou Super Dragon Soul]]" by [[Takayoshi Tanimoto]] ([[The Moment of Truth Approaches! Goku Back in Action!|episode 41]])
**"[[Tatta Hitori no Senshi]]" by Takeshi Kusao ([[The Strongest Super Saiyan! Trunks' Power Unleashed!|episode 82]])
**"[[Only a Chilling Elegy]]" by Demon Kakka ([[Funimation dub]])
**"[[Let it Burn]]" by Masatoshi Ono ([[A Final Showdown at the Summit! Face-Off in the World of the Kais!|episode 158]]; international version)
**"[[Cha-La Head-Cha-La]]" by FLOW ([[Even Stronger! Goku's Dream is Never-Ending!|episode 167]]; international version)

==Trivia==
*In the 1st ending credits ("Yeah! Break! Care! Break!"), [[Launch]] is shown along with the rest of the cast while all the scenes from ''Dragon Ball Z'' she was in were filler that have been cut out from ''Kai'' (except for her brief appearance in the [[Kid Buu Saga]] when she gives her energy to Goku's Spirit Bomb).
*Some (but not all) of the more gory moments have been edited to a degree in even the Japanese version of ''Dragon Ball Kai''. For example, when Piccolo fires his [[Special Beam Cannon]] at Raditz and Goku, he creates a hole through both of them and a heavy amount of blood is shown in ''Dragon Ball Z'', while no blood is seen at all in ''Kai'' and the holes that Piccolo creates in the centers of their bodies are replaced with burn marks. Similarly, in the scene where Krillin blasts a hole through Vegeta during the [[Frieza Saga]], only blood stains are seen in ''Kai'' while in ''Dragon Ball Z'', there is blood coming out of the hole. Other edits in ''Kai'' include all middle finger gestures, as well as toning down most of the epileptic flash effects. Nudity is notably edited as well, such as in the first episode of ''Kai'' whenever baby Goku is shown, his genitals are covered up by making objects that he is sitting on appear to be covering his genitals. In a similar manner in episode 4 of ''Kai'', Gohan's genitals are edited as well by using his tail to cover him when he is shrinking from his [[Great Ape]] state to his normal self. Most of these edits were made quite possibly because Japan's television broadcasting laws have become stricter since ''Dragon Ball Z'' was first aired, though it may also have been due to ''Kai'' airing at 9am instead of primetime like ''DBZ'' did in Japan.
*In the 48th episode, "[[The Angry Super Saiyan! Goku Throws Down the Gauntlet!]]", Goku announces in front of Frieza "I am the Super Saiyan, Son Goku!" This marks the first time in the history of the Funimation-dubbed ''Dragon Ball'' anime series (both [[Ocean Group dubs|Ocean dub]] and [[Funimation dub|in-house]] combined) that Goku has addressed himself by his full name (in Japanese order), "Son Goku", though he did previously refer to himself as such during the same scene in the English dub of the video game ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit]]''.
**In a video reddit interview, Sean Schemmel said that it was his idea to say Goku's full name, but that he needed permission to use. Schemmel thought that it was fitting for that moment and that fans would love it.
*Parts 1-4 of the DVD/Blu-ray releases by Funimation (encompassing episodes 1 - 52) are now out of print, as the music on them was composed by Kenji Yamamoto, who was fired near the end of ''Kai''<nowiki/>'s run due to the rampant plagiarism within his portfolio, which caused re-runs, later episodes, and the season sets to switch over to the original ''Dragon Ball Z'' soundtrack by [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]]. Parts 6-8 have also gone out of print, because all these releases were replaced by new season sets containing two "Parts" worth of episodes each.
**Due to an error, the original release for the season set containing episodes 1-26 still had the Kenji Yamamoto score. The sets were quickly recalled, and a corrected version was later released alongside the second season set.
***However, the U.K. release of the season sets still have Yamamoto’s score.
**[[Norihito Sumitomo]] eventually took over for the Majin Buu Saga and some of the music from this arc were recycled for the later series ''[[Dragon Ball Super (anime)|Dragon Ball Super]]'', whose music was also composed by Sumitomo. Sumitomo previously composed music for the film ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods]]'' and composed again for ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’]]''.
*Strangely, unlike the original ''DBZ'', the Majin Buu arc of ''Kai'' has greenish tinting and somewhat grainy picture compared to the previous arcs, whose images have more vibrant, fluid definition and brighter colors (this was due to Toei remastering the footage themselves for the final arc instead of Q-TEC).
*In the Majin Buu Saga of ''Kai'', Super Buu's originally white eyes before his fight with Gotenks were recolored red to fix an inconsistency of Kid Buu's flashback, where his eyes were red.
*For ''The Final Chapters'', Oolong's original Funimation voice, Brad Jackson, returned for the role, previously, he was voiced by Bryan Massey, but, Turtle and Mr. Popo were still voiced by Chris Cason, Dr. Briefs was still voiced by Mark Stoddard, and Android 18 remains voiced by Colleen Clinkenbeard, all except the former whom reprised their roles from the previous arcs and would do so in ''Dragon Ball Super'', however, Meredith McCoy, Android 18's original Funimation voice actress, voices her in ''Dragon Ball Super'', reprising her role from ''Battle of Gods'' and ''Resurrection ‘F’''.
*Ironically, in ''Super'', Alexis Tipton replaces Laura Bailey as Trunks while in ''Kai'', it is Erasa (formerly voiced by Bailey) that gets her voice replaced by Tipton, and Trunks is still voiced by Bailey, both the ''Super'' and ''Kai'' series seemingly switched voices between Tipton and Bailey for both Erasa and Trunks or vice-versa.
*The Latin American and Brazilian dubs are the only ones in the world where the ''The Final Chapters'' opening and ending themes were dubbed.
*Despite being more faithful to the manga, some filler material remains in the ''The Final Chapters'' such as Kid Buu's appearance in Other World and confrontation with [[Pikkon]], [[Olibu]], Krillin, and Yamcha, as well as the villains in Hell watching the final battle between the Dragon Team and Kid Buu. The part with the villains creates a plothole for the anime's [[Golden Frieza Saga]] of ''Dragon Ball Super'' as Frieza has his organic body and is aware of Goku's battle with Kid Buu in ''The Final Chapters'', while in ''Dragon Ball Super'' he is cocooned in Hell as Mecha Frieza and learns of Goku's battle with Majin Buu from [[Sorbet]]. Pikkon and Olibu's appearance is less problematic though confusing as the [[Other World Saga]] was omitted. Furthermore, [[Goz]] and [[Mez]] recognize Goku as "the guy who fell off [[Snake Way]]" even though that entire filler incident from the Saiyan Saga was omitted.
*The Cartoon Network India broadcast of ''Z Kai'', from Saiyan Saga to Cell Games Saga, did not have credits and titles in the openings, endings, and title cards. During ''The Final Chapters'', Japanese credits and titles were used, despite using soundtrack and footage from the international version.

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Dragon-ball-kai.jpg|Promotional art of Goku ready to launch a Kamehameha
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==See also==
*[[List of Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes|List of ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' episodes]]
*''[[Dragon Ball Kai: Super Battle Stage]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/dragon_kai/ Official Toei Animation's website]
*[http://www.dragonballzkai.com/ Official Funimation's website]
*[http://www.dragonballz.com.au/ Official Madman's website]

==References==
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