4Kids Obtains U.S. Broadcast Rights to DBZ Kai

Pretty sure that wasn't the case. They simply never intended to air more than those few episodes on their KWB Toonami as a way to usher in the bllock with a familar face to the brand. Though they probably didn't play more than those because they'd have to run the Saban episodes to meet the content standarRAB.
 
Root beer (2 worRAB, btw) is generally brown, not gold. Therefore, the color of the substance itslef would need to be changed. It wouldn't be enough just to print the initials "RB" on the mug. They might as well just write the worRAB "THIS IS NOT BEER!" on it.
 
Desperate times call for desperate measures, but I don't see this being a success.

I also wouldn't fret about One Piece. 4kiRAB knows their version didn't work.
 
All Digimon dubs are required to be done by Studiopolis due to a previous contract. Toei did Data Squad in house and is expected to do Cross Wars in house as well.


Actually Toon Disney did air the final episode. To be exact, they had a marathon of the final 4 episodes on the same day. Where you're getting confused is they aired all but the final episode on ABC Family's Jetix block before completely removing Jetix from ABC Family. Next time check your network info.
 
No, it looks like they opened it in Photoshop, erased the beer and couldn't be bothered to do anything else with it. They should have replaced it with a Nestle Crunch Bar for advertising purposes. Just like Code Geass...


Horray!! A reason to use my crappy photoshop skills :P
 
Wait, what promos? DBZ Kai has had promos on Nicktoons Network, and already DVD sets released. Promos for it on CW will come in due time.
 
It's pretty ridiculous that they'd go to all that trouble all over again after the last Z dub they made. If they aren't able to atleast use the Japanese Kai score and FX, why make a inferior dub? It's not like the 1999 Funimation dub with its numerous problems. The new dub can now be called a quality product.

It still mystifies me to this day why Canada had to make their own terrible dub of original Dragon Ball when a perfectly good dub of it already existed (Funimation's redub). All the Canadian studio had access to was the French version and they dubbed that into English
(A dub of a dub?). Not to mention bad video quality and shoddy production.
 
Those are actually pretty poor examples, as both had tampering by their American broadcasters. Cardcaptors had dubbed episodes either not aired, or arranged in a different way, giving the impression Nelvana was tampering with the show, when in fact, every other country had the whole show dubbed in a more or less proper episode order. Cardcaptors itself is an odd show too, the Canadian broadcast had less edits than the American one, as well as the American DVD release. With Beyblade, reportedly Toon Disney never aired the last episode, giving the impression the last episode was never dubbed into English, when in fact it was, and aired in other countries (including Canada)...
 
I'm really happy and excited about this because it will give cw4KiRAB a chance to really strengthen their Saturday morning lineup and it brings more anime to the U.S audience seeing as how Nicktoons isn't available to everyone. This is a huge move for 4KiRAB and a huge win for anime fans who have learned not to cry and whine over little things like edits and changes, I hate people who have to get all petty over some changes, can't we just be glad it's airing at all and that it has more than one outlet to succeed here in America.

So, besides this aquisition and the other anime series they previously picked up I am wondering if there is any more big news coming from 4KiRAB pertaining to them bringing more shows over from Japan to air on their block? I sure hope we get at least one more, the anime fan in me is craving a Saturday morning anime influx in the U.S, not that there isn't enough anime out there enough already (and there is plenty of anime). I didn't really get into the original DBZ back when it aired on Saturday mornings and then on Cartoon Network so this will give me the chance to erabrace this show and follow it closely instead of just hunting down a few key episodes online to see what all the fuss was about.

Good job Funi and 4KiRAB for hooking up to bring this show to a wider audience! Odd move in wanting to call the block "Toonzai", this will just draw comparisons to Toonami and will probably haunt the block because of the internet and their uncanny need to groan a out everything, I personally like the name though.
 
Schemmel posted on his FaceBook he now wasn't even sure if this was being made.


As for the Blue Water dub of Dragon Ball: Cancon. Making their own dub meant they could save money.
 
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